Engraving with original hand-colored. Image measures 8.5" x 5.75". Sheet measures 12.5 x 9.25". This map, published circa 1764, shows the course of the Menan River (Chao Phraya River) to the Gulf of Thailand, passing through the town of Bangkok. The Gulf is tinted with a light yellow and the river is outlined in a subtle blue. A ornamental compass rose appears to the right of the map, and a decorative border surrounds the title to the left. The map... More

Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu. Map. Engraving. Image measures 14.75 x 19.25". This stunning circa 1640 map of the volcanic island of Ischia located in the Tyrrhenian Sea on the northern part of the Gulf of Naples depicts the mountainous island in exquisite detail. A combination of a map and a Bird's-eye view, it covers the island as well the coast of nearby Naples. The peninsula of Capo Miseno as well as the island of Procida are included. Oriented with north at... 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

Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler, 1902. Illus. 448pp. 8vo, decorated green cloth. Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler, (1902). Very good The 1902 volcanic explosion in Martinique. More

New York: Stein and Day, 1969. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. slightly chipped, corners of cloth bumped. New York: Stein and Day, (1969). Book Club Edition. The volcanic eruption of Mount Pelee on Martinique in 1902. More

New York: Harper Collins, 2003. Illustrations. 8vo, glossy pictorial boards, with wide wrap-around band. New York: Harper Collins, (2003) First edition, later issue, signed by Winchester. More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Many black & white illustrations. 4to, red cloth, d.w. Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, (1990). First Edition. Small private library ink numbers on cloth & wrapper spine, otherwise a fine copy. More