London: Printed for Geo. B. Whitaker, 1826. Twenty Fine Hand Colored Aquatint Plates Depicting the Portuguese Way of Life in Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro [ANONYMOUS]. Sketches of Portuguese Life, Manners, Costume, and Character. Illustrated by twenty coloured plates. By A.P.D.G. London: Printed for Geo. B. Whitaker, 1826. First edition. Octavo..... More about Sketches of Portuguese Life, Manners, Costume, and Character
Madrid: Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, y Del. Supremo Consejo de la Inquisicion, 1757. The Most Prized of All California Books VENEGAS, Miguèl. Noticia de la California, y de su conquista temporal, y espiritual hasta el tiempo presente, sacada de la historia manuscrita, formada en Mexico año 1739. por el Padre Miguèl..... More about Noticia de la California, y de su conquista temporal, y espiritual hasta el tiempo presente,...
London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Roamin' in the Gloamin', Etc. A Comic Jaunt Through Great Britain In Twenty-Three Hand-Colored Aquatints E[GERTON], M. Airy Nothings; or, Scraps and Naughts, and Odd-cum-Shorts; in a Circumbendibus Hop, Step, and Jump, by Olio Rigmaroll. Drawn and Written by M.E. Esq. Engraved by Geo. Hunt. Second Edition..... More about Airy Nothings; or, Scraps and Naughts, and Odd-cum-Shorts
London: Printed by T. Bensley. Published by R. Bowyer, 1810. Twenty-Four Fine Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates of Palestine and the Middle East CLARKE, J. [AINSLIE, Sir Robert]. [MAYER, Luigi]. A Series of Twenty-Four Views Illustrative of The Holy Scriptures. Selected from Sir Robert Ainslie's Celebrated Collection of Drawings in Palestine, Egypt, Syria... More about A Series of Twenty-Four Views Illustrative of The Holy Scriptures
London: Allen & Co., 1807. "A Study the Inhabitants of the Roundhouse and the Regular Attendants at the Police-Court" A Journey in Caricature through Early Nineteenth Century England… WOODWARD. George Moutard. Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country, in different parts of England & South Wales. Interspersed..... More about Eccentric Excursions
London: Rodwell and Martin, 1821. Thirty Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates One of a Few Copies with the Plates Mounted on Card DODWELL, Edward. Views in Greece, From Drawings by Edward Dodwell, Esq. F.S.A. & c., London: Rodwell and Martin, 1821. First edition. Large folio (20 7/8 x 14 1/2 inches; 530... More about Views in Greece
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. A Pictorial Binding [BINDING]. [BIRDSALL, binders]. JUNGMAN, Nico [&] Beatrix. Holland. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Octavo (8 13/16 x 6 1/4 inches; 224 x 160 mm.). [ix], [i, blank], 212 pp. Seventy-six color plates, all with printed tissue guards. Some light... More about Holland
Venice: Appresso Tomaso Baglioni, 1609. The First Practical Treatise on Navigation Second Italian Edition MEDINA, Pietro da. Arte Del Navigare dell'eccel Dottor Pietro Da Medina. Nella quale copiosamente si tratta tutto quello, che appartiene alla Navigatione, e sua cognitione. Venice: Appresso Tomaso Baglioni, 1609. Second edition in Italian (first published in 1554) of... More about Arte Del Navigare
Paris: Vivantium Gualtherot, 1553. "Cosmographia is About the World, Which Consists of Four Elements: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire" APIANUS, Petrus. Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per gemmam Frisium apud Lovanienses Medicum & Mathematicum insigne, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis, ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta, figurisque novis illustrata: Additis eiusdem argumenti libellis... More about Cosmographia
Berlin: R. Wagner,, 1871-4. A Wonderful Visual Account of the Prussian Court Painter's 'Progress Around the World' In the Publisher's Deluxe 'Cosway-Style' Portfolio Box HILDEBRANDT, Eduard. Aquarelle. Auf seiner Reise um die Erde. [Watercolors. From Nature, taken on his trip around the world in Egypt, India, China, Japan, Manilla, America, etc.]. Chromo-Facsimiles..... More about Aquarelle. Auf seiner Reise um die Erde
London: Cochrane and Pickersgill, 1831. Robinson Crusoe - Finely Bound by Morrell With a Portrait of Daniel Defoe and Sixteen Engraved Plates DEFOE, Daniel. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. With a biographical sketch of De Foe, written expressly for this edition, and illustrations from original designs. In two volumes. London..... More about Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The
London: John C. Nimmo, 1894. "I do not claim to do any more than give the dry bones of stage-coaching" BLEW, William C.A. Brighton and its Coaches. A History of the London and Brighton Road. With some account of the provincial coaches that have run from Brighton. With twenty illustrations from..... More about Brighton and its Coaches
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., , 1913. Alexander William Kinglakes' Gripping Story Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn One of 100 Copies Signed by the Artist [BRANGWYN, Sir Frank, illustrator]. KINGLAKE, A. W. Eöthen: or traces of travel brought home from the East by A.W. Kinglake. With an introduction by S.L. Bensusan..... More about Eöthen:
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London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1773-84. The Three Voyages of Captain Cook, with the Atlas [COOK, Captain James]. HAWKESWORTH, John. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis..... More about Three Voyages of Captain Cook
London: Robert Jennings, 1830. Twenty-Five Fine Engraved Plates Showing Italy and Switzerland in the Early Nineteenth Century ROSCOE, Thomas. The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy. Illustrated from drawings by S. Prout, Esq… London: Robert Jennings, 1830. First edition. Octavo (9 5/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 236 x 152 mm.). [viii], 278... More about Tourist in Switzerland and Italy, The
London: Printed for W. Miller, 1803. Seventy-Three Fine Hand-Colored Stipple Engravings of The Russian Empire With Descriptions Derived From Authentic Sources [ALEXANDER, William]. The Costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings. With descriptions in English and French. London: Printed for W. Miller, 1803. First edition, later issue... More about Costume of the Russian Empire, The
London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1823. With Thirteen Fine Hand-Colored Plates FELLOWES, W.D. A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe, in 1817: with notes, taken during a tour through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with numerous coloured engravings, from... More about Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe, in 1817: A
Neuchatel: Chex Samuel Fauche, 1779-86. The First Accurate Understanding of the Structure of the Alps SAUSSURE, Horace Benedict de. Voyages dans les Alpes, précédés d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Geneve. Neuchatel: Chez Samuel Fauche, 1779 [and] Geneva: Chez Barde, Manget & Compagnie, 1786. First edition. Volumes I-II (of 4)..... More about Voyages dans les Alpes
London: William Sams, [1828]. An Unusually Fresh & Clean Copy The Plates Superbly Hand-Colored SAMS, William. A Tour Through Paris, Illustrated with Twenty-One Coloured Plates, Accompanied with Descriptive Letter-Press. London: William Sams, [n.d., 1828]. [Second edition], identical to the first of 1824 but with subtitle added, and plates in different order. Folio... More about Tour Through Paris, A
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1927. "Without a Doubt the Greatest Book on Sail Ever Published" LUBBOCK, Basil. The Last of the Windjammers. With illustrations and plans. Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1927-1929. First American edition, first impression. Two octavo volumes in four (9 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches; 245 x.... More about Last of the Windjammers, The
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. "A Seminal Work of African Exploration" BURTON, [Sir], Richard F[rancis]. First Footsteps in East Africa or, An Exploration of Harar. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. First edition, second issue (without suppressed appendix iv, as usual). Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 222... More about First Footsteps in East Africa
London: R. Ackermann, 1821. One of Fifty Large-Paper Copies With Remarkably Brilliant Impressions of the Plates That are Greatly Superior to those in the Regular Copies SAUVAN, Jean-Baptiste-Balthazar. Picturesque Tour of the Seine, From Paris to the Sea. With particulars historical and descriptive… Illustrated with twenty-four highly finished and coloured engravings, from drawings..... More about Picturesque Tour of the Seine From Paris to the Sea
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820. "The Finest English Edition" Large Paper Copy in a Contemporary Binding by J. Mackenzie DEFOE, Daniel. STOTHARD, Thomas, illustrator. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Embellished with engravings from designs by Thomas Stothard… London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820. Second Stothard illustrated... More about Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The
London: Printed for Js. Jenkins… by L. Harrison & J.C. Leigh, [1814-15]. An Amazing Large-Paper Copy with the Majority of the Plates in Three States [JENKINS, James]. [HEATH, William, artist]. The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies; From 1799 to 1815. London: Printed for Js. Jenkins… by L. Harrison..... More about Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies; from 1799 to 1815, The
London: L. Harrison for R. Ackermann, 1819-20. One of the Great Nineteenth-Century Color-Plate Books A Spectacular Copy In the Six Original Parts GERNING, J.J. [Johann Isaac] von. A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne. With illustrations of the scenes of remarkable events, and of popular traditions. Embellished with twenty-four..... More about Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne…, A
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