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First Edition. Very good cloth library copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims; some library marks remain. A well-preserved example overall; internally strong and clean. Physical description; 208 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 26 cm. Notes; Edited by Gavin Kennedy. Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-203). Contents; Otaheite The bread-fruit The mutiny The open-boat navigation The 'Pandora' The court-martial The King's warrant The last of the mutineers Conclusion Articles of War. Subjects; Bounty Mutiny, 1789 20th century. Bounty (Ship). Bligh, William (1754-1817). Great Britain. Royal Navy Biography. Pitcairn Islands History 20th century. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: New. In English.

Fourth Edition. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Provenance; from the Church of England Library with its bookplate. Physical description; 320 pages. Subjects; Peter the Great. Memoirs. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked decorated cloth in slip-case. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. The classic Folio Society design. Physical description; 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. First published in, 1831. Subjects; Bligh, William 1754-1817. Bligh, William 1754-1817. Bounty (Ship). Bounty Mutiny, 1789. Pitcairn Islands. Pitcairn. Pitcairn Islands History. Great Britain Royal Navy Sailing vessels Bounty (Ship). Mutiny Early works. Great Britain Royal Navy Sailing vessels Bounty (Ship) Mutiny. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: New. In English.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original, decorated cloth, with an equally fine slipcase. The classic Folio Society design. An exceptional example; corners sharp with a tight, bright and clean impression. Top edge gilt. Physical description; 262 pages,(12) leaves of plates : ill., map(on lining papers), plan, ports ; 23 cm. Notes; In slip case. First ed. originally published, London , Murray, 1831. Subjects; Earlyworks. William Bligh Fletcher Christian. Great Britain. Royal Navy. Sailing vessels. 1 Kg.…

1st Edition in this form. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 414 pages; Physical desc. : xvi, 414 p. , [1] leaf of plates: port ; 19 cm. Subject: Peter, I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725. Russia - History - Peter I, 1689-1725. 1 Kg.…

in-8°, XXIV + 498 + 1 Bl. mit 60 Holzschnitten und 5 gef. Kupfertafeln, mit weissen Bl. durchschossenes Exemplar, Ex-Libris (Rudolf) Otto Bertschinger (1882-1942), entworfen von dem bekannten Wiener Kupferstecher Friedrich Teubel (1884-1965), Original-Halblederband, rotes Titelschild, Scharniere leicht gespalten. Berieben. Rotschnitt. Vorsätze fleckig First edition, it was followed by a second and third ed. (1842). Johann A. Eytelwein was chief commissioner in charge of all hydraulic works of the Prussian kingdom. ?Eytelwein, like his French contemporary M.R. de Prony, was one of the first to write on the application of mechanics and mathematics to the design of structures and machines in order to bring rational methods to both the practicing engineer and the student. Eytelwein's efforts on behalf of an engineering institution were realized with the founding of the Berlin Bauakademie in 1799; this was the first German engineering school of university stature and one of the two nuclei of the later Technische Hochschule. He was the first director of the Bauakademie and held that post for seven years; he also lectured on mechanics, hydraulics, hydrostatics, machine design, dike embankments, and stream regulation. Thoughout his life Eytelwein was a strong influence in the elevation of the standards of engineering education, bringing to it the analytical methods of his time. His writings were distinguished for their clarity and sweep, practice being viewed and upgraded by developing analysis.? (DSB).Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Dictionary of Scientific Biography IV/501-502; Poggendorff I/708-709.…

Hardcover. 16mo. pp. xi, [1 leaf]plate list, 356. 6 engraved plates by Lieut.-Col. Batty (incl. frontis.). contemporary ribbed calf, gilt back, gilt back, recased preserving endpapers (joints cracked, some foxing to plates & adjacent leaves). Presentation inscription to Henry Manley from Revd. Chancellor Potts, September 1835. Second Edition. ".Barrow gave a most interesting account of the later fortunes of the mutineers, also an account of the voyage and wreck of the Pandora, bringing back the mutineers from Tahiti, the trial of the mutineers, letters written by Capt. Peter Heywood to his sister, and the discovery of John Adams and the Bounty descendants on Pitcairn Island." (Hill) cfFerguson 1416. cfHill p. 346. cfKroepelien 46. cfO'Reilly-Reitman 573. cfSabin 3662. Signed by Author(s). …

Zustand: Good. Folio.28.5 x 36cm. Modern morocco spine over contemporary boards. Inscribed "To Mrs Callander from her friend the author, Feby. 6 1827" on the title-page. Dedication page to Leopold, Prince of Saxe Coburg. 48 soft-ground etched plates by William Daniell after Samuel Daniell, some spotting to plate 1 and a few at end but mostly clean, untrimmed. .Each plate accompanied by a leaf with descriptive text, by William Somerville and Sir John Barrow.Half-title, 48 soft-ground etched plates by William Daniell after Samuel Daniell, text leaves slightly shorter, spotting, half-title toned, [Abbey Travel 326, "a most beautiful and sensitive work"; Gay 3136; Mendelssohn I, p.412],; Library of Congress Control Number 2021666752.; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 7390865504.Samuel Daniell (1775--1811) was an English painter and draughtsman who arrived in South Africa in December 1799. He was appointed secretary and artist for the expedition of 1801--2 from the Cape of Good Hope to Bechuanaland led by P.J. Truter and William Somerville. On his return to England, Daniell published, with the assistance of his uncle, the painter Thomas Daniell, and his brother, the painter and engraver William Daniell, African Scenery and Animals (1804--5). .He later moved to Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), where he made sketches of scenery and people and eventually died of tropical fever. Following his brother's death, William published Sketches Representing the Native Tribes, Animals, and Scenery of Southern Africa, a collection of 48 engravings based on drawings Samuel had made in Africa. The texts accompanying each illustration are by Somerville and Sir John Barrow, a British geographer and explorer who also participated in early British expeditions in southern Africa. Samuel Daniell sketched animals from life in their natural habitats, and his work was praised for its accuracy and attention to detail. The book also includes sketches of people encountered on the expedition and several vivid landscapes.…

Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to., (10 4/8 x 8 2/8 inches). 19 color-printed aquatint plates with additional hand-coloring, including one folding, by T. Medland after Samuel Daniell and W. Alexander, and two folding engraved maps, the first a hand-colored plan of the harbor and town of Rio de Janeiro, the second a "Chart of the Southern Extremity of Africa" (short tear to second map, maps and folding plate strengthened on fold versos, marginal repairs to 2 leaves of prelims, occasional soiling, a few very light spots.) Contemporary calf-backed boards, vellum corners (rebacked preserving original spine, extremities rubbed, endpapers renewed). Provenance: Note with a presentation inscription from the author laid down on the front paste-down "From the Author"; a few faint contemporary marginal annotations; Quentin Keynes (1921-2003) Collection of Important Travel Books and Manuscripts. First edition of the first illustrated English work on southern Vietnam, and is an account of Barrow's voyage to China with Lord Macartney's unsuccessful embassy to China. "The voyage visited Madeira, the Canary Islands, and Rio de Janeiro; a description of that city and of Brazil in general is given. Touching at Tristan da Cunha, the ship rounded the Cape and eventually reached Cochin China via the city of Batavia on Java. The volume is also of Cook interest as it describes finding Captain Cook's "Resolution" transformed into a smuggling whaler under the French flag" (Hill). The work is dedicated to Sir George Staunton, who was also on the voyage, and who wrote his own account in 1797. The supplementary article "An account of a journey to Leetakoo, the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation" "covers an overland expedition from Cape Town to the interior of South Africa into the then little-known territory of Bechuanaland, translated from a manuscript journal by Pieter Jan Truter, one of the commissioners of the expedition" (Hill). Barrow continued in Lord Macartney's service after he was appointed governor in 1796 of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. He married a South African Boer, purchased a house in Cape Town, and intended to settle there permanently, but was forced by the surrender of the colony at the peace of Amiens to return to England in 1804. Abbey "Travel" 514; Borba de Moraes I, p. 88; Brunet, I, p. 672; Cordier, "Indosinica", 2424; Cordier, "Sinica" 2390; Hill 66. 6.4F.24ECatalogued by Kate Hunter. …

Couverture souple. Zustand: Très bon. Marseille . Imprimerie de Marius Olive . 1844 . EDITION ORIGINALE . Deux volumes in-8 brochés , 14 x 22,5 cm , de 429 pages , 463 pages . Infime marque sur un plat , sinon EXEMPLAIRE en ÈTAT SUPERBE de PARUTION , sans inscription , sans rousseur , à belles marges , NON COUPÈ .…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Laid down by the four corners to piece of paper neatly cut down from a leaf of an album. Reads: 'Sir J. Barrow will thank Mr. Clowes to let him have the Art. on Egypt, as soon as set up, as he will have considerable alterations to make towards the.…

Technic: Copper print, colorit: colored, condition: Perfect, size (in cm): 19,5 x 28,5 cm, Map shows the province of Tyrol, Bressanone, Trento, Carinthia, Styria and the Archduchy of Austria. Cartographer G. Rollos.

Zustand: Good. Oblong folio. 35 x 29cm. modern quarter morocco. Letterpress pages slightly shorter than the plates page. .Each plate accompanied by a leaf with descriptive text, by William Somerville and Sir John Barrow.Bookseller etiquette: Thorold's AfricananBooks, Johannesberg.Half-title, 48 soft-ground etched plates by William Daniell after Samuel Daniell, text leaves slightly shorter, spotting, half-title toned, [Abbey Travel 326, "a most beautiful and sensitive work"; Gay 3136; Mendelssohn I, p.412],; Library of Congress Control Number 2021666752.; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 7390865504.Samuel Daniell (1775--1811) was an English painter and draughtsman who arrived in South Africa in December 1799. He was appointed secretary and artist for the expedition of 1801--2 from the Cape of Good Hope to Bechuanaland led by P.J. Truter and William Somerville. On his return to England, Daniell published, with the assistance of his uncle, the painter Thomas Daniell, and his brother, the painter and engraver William Daniell, African Scenery and Animals (1804--5). .He later moved to Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), where he made sketches of scenery and people and eventually died of tropical fever. Following his brother's death, William published Sketches Representing the Native Tribes, Animals, and Scenery of Southern Africa, a collection of 48 engravings based on drawings Samuel had made in Africa. The texts accompanying each illustration are by Somerville and Sir John Barrow, a British geographer and explorer who also participated in early British expeditions in southern Africa. Samuel Daniell sketched animals from life in their natural habitats, and his work was praised for its accuracy and attention to detail. The book also includes sketches of people encountered on the expedition and several vivid landscapes.…

Technic: Copper print- Aquatinta, colorit: original colored, condition: Tear on the right side perfectly restored, size (in cm): 43,5 x 55,5, View of the Cape Coast at the Gold Coast of Ghana in Africa, with decorative offshore ships. Cape Coast Castle is one of about forty slave castle or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa (now Ghana) by European traders. It was originally built by the Swedes for trade in timber and gold, but later used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Other Ghanaian slave castles include Elmina Castle and Fort Christiansborg. They were used to hold slaves before they were loaded onto ships and sold in the Americas, especially the Caribbean. This ?gate of no return? was the last stop before crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa that became the independent nation of Ghana in 1957. The first Europeans to arrive at the coast were the Portuguese in 1471. They encountered a variety of African kingdoms, some of which controlled substantial deposits of gold in the soil. In 1482, the Portuguese built the Castle of Elmina, the first European settlement on the Gold Coast. From here they traded slaves, gold, knives, beads, mirrors, rum and guns. News of the successful trading spread quickly, and eventually British, Dutch, Danish, Prussian and Swedish traders arrived as well. The European traders built several forts along the coastline. The Gold Coast had long been a name for the region used by Europeans because of the large gold resources found in the area. The slave trade was the principal exchange for many years. The British Gold Coast was formed in 1867 after the British government abolished the African Company of Merchants in 1821 and seized privately held lands along the coast.…

Weimar, Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Vomptoirs, 1804, 8°, 5 Blatt, 428 und 3 Blatt, 317 S., mit Frontispiz und (zusammen) 7, meist gefalteten Kupfertafeln, einigen Textabbildungen und einigen Notenbeispielen, Original-Pappeinband mit rotem Rückenschild (etwas berieben) und moderner, ähnlich gebundener Pappeinband (Die Reihentitel fehlen, Seiten teils etwas stockfleckig, Band 2 oben wasserrandig, *Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen : 14 & 16. *Deutsche Erstausgabe.…