On the caves and the flora of the St. Pietersmountain at Maastricht

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1 BORY DE SAINT VINCENT, Jean Baptiste Georges Geneviève Marcellin & Léon DUFOUR.
Paris, Ponthieu, 1821. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, red gilt title label. Folding map of the St. Pietersberg (St. Pietersmountain) at Maastricht, lithographed by L.A. Paulmier after the drawings by the author, 3 full-page lithographed views a.o.  a view on the large cave entrance along the road to Kanne (Belgium) and a view at the Lichtenberg cave entrance. (4), 381 pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 19th Century  Archaeology  Earth Sciences [General]  Limburg  Mountaineering  Netherlands  Topography 

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Geographical schoolbook on islands, mountains and volcanos

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2 CAILLOT, Antoine.
Rotterdam, Mensing, Van Westreenen, 1824. Sm.8vo. Orig. boards. With engraved illustration on title and fine engraved frontispiece by R. Vinkeles. X, 187 pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Africa  Geography  Greece  Iceland  Mountaineering  Schoolbooks  Sicily  Volcanos 

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To the Himalaya Mountains

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3 FRASER, James Baillie.
London, Thomas Davison for Rodwell and Martin, 1820. Large 4to. Later half calf, spine blind-tooled with red morocco title-label lettered in gold, marbled edges. Large folding map (645 x 745 mm) of the Himalaya Mountains. XX, 548 pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Asia  India  Mountaineering  Tibet  Travel & Voyages 

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A very rare handcoloured copy of Poeppigs famous travel account with 27 original drawings of mountainous landscapes of America, the Andes and the Amazon basin

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4 POEPPIG, Eduard Friedrich.
(South-America, dated 1825-1831). Oblong large folio. Contemporary full red morocco, spine  richly gilt in 7 compartments  with title lettered in gold, front cover with title in centre ''Eduard Friedrich Poeppig drawings. Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonstrome (1827-1832)'' and gilt ruling, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers (RIVIERE & SON); preserved in modern red cloth box. With 27 original, mostly washed pen & ink drawings, in various sizes (see below), mounted on leaves of 43 x 56 cm. Full description >>

Related Subjects: America [South]  America, North  Brazil  Chile  Cuba  Discovery & Exploration  Drawing & Painting  Drawings  Mountaineering  Peru  Volcanos 

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The Trollhätta falls depicted

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5 SKJÖLDEBRAND, Anders Frederik.
Stockholm, Charles Delén, 1804. 8vo. Contemporary blue wrappers. Title, aquatint title, 12 numbered aquatint plates, of which one map titled: 'Carte du fleuve Götaelf aux environs des cataractes de Trollhätta', all in sepia and signed by Skjöldebrand, interleaved with tissueguards. (1), 47, (2) pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Aquatints  Hydraulics  Mountaineering  Scandinavia  Sweden 

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