Diarium vel descriptio....Australi
Amsterdam, L. Vlasbloem 1662. (Sabin 77961; Tiele memoires Schouten z, pp 52).
In small quarto, later vellum binding. 4 nn leaves, 6 folding maps & plates, 1 folding map added in manuscript on old paper
72 pages, last page blank. Complete according to tabellae.
This is the third reprint by Dirk Vlasbloem of Schoutens journal in Latin (first & second, both 1648). All of these Vlasbloem editions are extremely rare. Tiele and the index of this book gives 6 plates for this ...
Johan (Joao) de Castro
...Reys door Portugijzen na
Souez, Socotera..., de Roode Zee, 1540-41 AND
Rouwolf, Leendert,
...Reysen na...Syrien; Joodse land; Arabien;
Assierien en Armenien, 1573
Leyden, van der Aa, 1706
In folio, modern half black morocco and paper over boards
Title page with engraving; 44 columns on 22 pp and 5 plates in the text.
Title page with engraving 2 n lvs; 2 folding maps; 204 columns on 102 pp;
4 plates in the text; 4 nn lvs, index
Maps are:
Rouwolfs reystocht door de Levant...., 16x22,5cm, and
Rouwolfs landreyze van Aleppo ...
Relacion del ultimo viaje...
Estrecho de Magellanes...
& Apendice
Madrid, viuda de Ibarra. 1788 & idem 1793
(Palau 352514 y -515; Sabin 16765 & 1729; Hill 1756)
In quarto; contemporary red morocco
Spine comparted and gilt embossed
Handpainted, blue endpaper
Portrait: Magellan
2 lvs; 7 lvs; folded map; p. 1-70; 4 folded tables;
p. 75-160; one folded map; p. 161-360; two folding maps.
(Apendice 1793):
2 nn lvs; p.1-97; folding table (=98); p. 99-128; folded map
Complete with 5 folding maps and 5 folding tables. Good overall internal condition, slight water staining at the last leaves.
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Vatopedi Monastry
Mount Athos, Greece
Copper plate engraving
One sheet of paper: 57x82 cm: image 40x75; text 12x75 cm
Paper watermarks: B Gentile; Double headed Eagle 85x70mm and a shield with a quarter moon with a face (?) inside, 85x70 mm. Distance chainlines 36 mm
Condition: no restorations. Slightly irregular inking especially of the text
Here is an intricate engraving of the Eastern Orthodox Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, printed in 1792 in Venice by Antonio Bortoli. Colloquially known as the 'Holy Mountain,' Mount Athos and Vatopedi specifically have been important religious sites for centuries and Vatopedi remains a home for ascetic monks, ancient religious relics, ornate architecture, intricate frescoes, and an important ...
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 ...
