Venice: Francesco di Leno, 1534. Map with text, double-sided. Woodcut. Sheet measures 8" x 12 1/8". Rare single sheet from Bordone's "Isolario" presenting maps of Guadalupe, Matinina [Martinique], and a map of eight islands of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, accompanied by text on both sides. An illustration of a leafy forest fills the map of Guadalupe, and a mountainous landscape with caves and tall trees illustrates the map of Martinique. The style of both the maps and..... More

Amsterdam: Covens and Mortier. Map. Original engraving. Image measures 18 x 23 inches. Sheet measures 20 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches. Large scale map of the island with excellent detail on elevation and safe soundings and fresh water noted, in French and Dutch. The Amsterdam publishing firm of Covens and Mortier (1665-c. 1862) was established by Cornelius Mortier and Jean Covens. Together, the two republished the works of great 17th and early 18th century Dutch and French cartographers such as..... More

Munich: Wilhelm Andermann. Many color photo Illus. 60pp. Square 16mo, cream cloth, d.w., bottom corner margins of some plates with a small dampstain, cloth lightly soiled. (Munich): Wilhelm Andermann, n.d., circa 1967. Text in English. More

New York: Harper, 1890. Illus. Olive green pictorial cloth. N.Y.: Harper, 1890. First Edition. A touch of wear to the extremes of the spine; label partially removed from front end-paper. More

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1904. New Studies of the Great Volcano of Martinique. 24 b/w plates, 62pp. of text, 4to, 3/4 red cloth, spine and cloth covers warped, cloth dampstained, front board and paper label on front board are rubbed, light foxing to endpapers, front flyleaf, and last blank page. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1904. First Edition Heilprin was an American geologist, who arrived in Martinique very soon after the eruption of Mount Pelee in 1902. He was the first scientist to ascent the..... More