michael lockley (7 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. David Lockley (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fair. Contemporaneous full calf. Front board detached. Five raised bands and gilt lettering and gilt lettered tile to spine. Covers worn and corners rubbed round. Ownership inscription of 'William Lindley' of Chatton, dated 1737 to free front and rear endpaper and fly-leaf. Leaves toned and with a touch of foxing and damp-staining and a little general thumbing and marking. Illustrated with several copper plates engraved by David Lockley. 7 1/2". The Rev. Michael Malard, a French Protestant refugee, was tutor for that language to the princesses, daughters of George II for whom he wrote this instructional book. The book was intended to provide universal knowledge and to 'put them into a condition of being never seduced by Popery' 'to make godly and understanding youths' 'to make greater improvements in the French tongue' and as a 'Traveller's Guide into the finest Towns and Places of Europe, Asia, and Africa'. Contents include scientific subjects such as 'Of Clouds' 'Of the Thunderbolt' etc, chapters on travel, venerated cities and such additions as 'Of the Parisian Gang', occult matters, eg - 'Of Witches, Charmers, Enchanters, Chiromancers, and Necromancers.' 'If one can raise the Devil with Agrippa's Book' and lots of chapters concerned with Popery. This title is described in 'A Biographical History of England. Volume 3' by Rev. Mark Noble - 1806 as "now seldom to be met with; as, besides being a sort of school-book, in which service numbers of the copies were very likely to be worn out, it is a work that would certainly be destroyed by the Roman Catholics whenever it came in their way".

hardcover. Zustand: Wie neu. Seiten; *** Neuwertig, ungelesen, als Geschenk geeignet. M24-11-XX-7-32-LN Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Sonderausg. ; 207 S. zahlr. Ill. 29 cm ; ISBN: 3572007755; 9783572007752; National Library: 945157924; 945157924 ; OCLC: 75613567 ; German translation of the English London Conran Octopus edition of 1989 ; Contents: Einleitung / Christopher Payne -- Frühe Möbel / Peter Philip -- Die Renaissance / Geoffrey Beard, Victor Chinnery -- Der Barock / Megan Aldrich, Victor Chinnery, Leslie Keno, William Stahl -- Das Rokoko / Leslie Keno, Noel Riley, William Stahl -- Der Klassizismus / Leslie Keno, William Stahl, John Taylor -- Der Eklektizismus / Christopher Payne, Gillian Walkling -- Kunsthandwerk und Design / Patricia Bayer, Malcolm Haslam -- Das Maschinenzeitalter / Peter Dormer -- Die Moderne / Robert Bowman -- Bibliographie -- Glossar -- Der Aufbau der Möbel -- Ubersicht über Stuhltypen -- Register -- Bildnachweis. ; color pictorial boards ; no dustjacket ; FINE. Book.

Zustand: gut. Rechnung mit MwSt Versand aus Deutschland pages.

Zustand: acceptable. Ausreichend/Acceptable: Exemplar mit vollständigem Text und sämtlichen Abbildungen oder Karten. Schmutztitel oder Vorsatz können fehlen. Einband bzw. Schutzumschlag weisen unter Umständen starke Gebrauchsspuren auf. / Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, dust jacket (if any), etc may also be worn.

Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.