Narrative... expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam...
on the wild coast of South America
London, Johnson 1806
Sabin 91075; Abbey Travel 719; Bentley, Blake books 499 B
Two books in one volume in quarto
Large paper copy, bookblock 29,5x23cm, blindstamped vellum over heavy bevelled boards.
Book one: 11 lvs, including frontis and title page; 423 pp; 1 leaf; 4 pp;
Book two: second title page; 4 lvs; 419 pp; 5 pp
The two title pages with engraved vignette, 77 plates in aquatint and 3 engraved folding maps, all in attractive contemporary colour.
Images after original Stedman drawings.
A famous abolitionist document, attractive as a large paper copy and enhanced by its ...
Entdeckungsreise..Sudsee; Behring Strasse,
Nord Ostliche Durchfahrt, 1815-1818
Weimar, Hoffmann 1821
(Sabin 38284; Streeter 3511; Lada Mokarski 80)
Three parts in one volume
In quarto (28x23 cm), uncut; barbed paper
Original editors binding of paper over boards
Title on paper label on the spine
23 nn lvs; 168 pp; 176 pp; 240pp, 3 nn lvs XVIII pp (subscribers list)
16 copper plate engravings of which 15 in contemporary color
4 double page aquatints in sepia
6 folding maps
2 tables
Contents:
1-21: Introduction by ...
Colonization..Santo Thomas e Guatemala
Par la Compagnie Belge
In octavo, half calf. Title lables on spine
One bookplate: Verum atque decens
And in MS: Lee Hartwell, 1855
8pp
One double page world map
5 black and white lithos
4 maps: Central America and Santo Thomas district and
Border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica and a map of the ` Caribbean
Pp 5-64: Compagnie Belge: renseignement
Pp 1-170: Exploration de lAmerique Centrale
Pp1-70: Opinion des voyageurs
Pp 1-64: Opinion de la Presse Française
Historia general y natural de las Indias, Islas y
Tierra Firme del Mar Oceano
Cotejado con el codice original por
Jose Amador de los Rios
Madrid, Imprenta Audiencia de la Historia 1851-1855
Palau 89532; Sabin 57990
4 Vols in large, thick quarto
Modern, red, grained morocco; spine, raised bands and gilt titles
Vol I: Frontis with Coat of Arms; 56 lvs Life and works of Oviedo; 632 pp;
5 plates. 1 Leaf: errata
Vol II: 4 lvs; 512 pp; 1 plate and two (one folding) maps
Vol III: 4 lvs; 652 pp; 1 plate; one map
Vol IV: 4 lvs; 620 pp; 4 plates, one folding and colored map
Complete set. Browning of the lithographed plates as usual. Maps and text are fine.
Oviedo spent 20 years ...
Report of the Council of Hygiene
Sanitary conditions of New-York
New York, Appleton and Co. 1866
In octavo, contemporary quarter black Morocco
Title in gilt on the spine
2 free blank end leaves; 18 pages;
FIRST PART: Title leaf ; Large folding map of New York
pp 21-36: Introduction
pp 37-144: Report ..on the sanitary condition of the city,
including 5 illustrations
SECOND PART:
pp 1-350: Reports of the sanitary inspectors,
including one folding map and 46 illustrations
pp 351-360: Index
Condition: excellent
This is the second edition (first 1865) of a path breaking public health study by 29 teams in the 29 districts that constituted XIX century New York. It documents the direct ...
