New York. 2 volumes. Color maps, photographic illustrations, 5 folding maps in back pocket of volume one. 416 + 600 pages. Short thick 4to, original burgundy cloth, rubbed and frayed, internally clean. New York: Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs, 1929 & 1931. First Editions. Scarce. Small library stamp on inside front cover. More
Antwerp: Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen, 1709. 42 maps with original hand color, including elaborate "Plani-Spherium Coeleste." Colored frontispiece (split along right margin of plate). 232 pages, slight water staining on lower right of pages. 12mo, original brown calf (corners rubbed), tan leather label. Antwerp: Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen, 1709. Third edition. Very good (+). This very rare pocket atlas describes the world at the end of the 17th century. Published in the former Spanish Netherland by the Catholic cleric Don..... More
Livourne: Gamba, 1833. Ornate copper-engraved title page; hand-colored frontispiece of flags; and illustrated with 163 engraved detailed maps (one folding) as called for on the title. Each map is numbered in the plate, but some are bound out of sequence, and the numbers reach as high as 180... Oblong 8vo, original marbled boards, calf spine (leather is chipped but still solid; scattered foxing throughout). Livourne: Joseph Gamba, 1833. Very good. A very good copy of a very scarce book... More
New York: Asher & Adams, 1872. Atlas. Folio. 18 x 13 inches. Original black cloth with leather spine and corners. Gilt lettered front cover and the spine has a gilt title "New Atlas of the US". Atlas is complete but with some irregular pagination. 46 maps in total with multiple map listings per page. No map listed for pp. 37/38. Two bonus map not listed in the index: pp. 9/10 "Rhode Island" and pp. 107/108 "Portions of Utah, Colorado and..... More
New York: DK Publishing, 1998. Many color Illus., 14 color maps. Small folio, pictorial boards, d.w. with two small tears, corners of boards bumped. (New York): DK Publishing, (1998). More
Mit einem Geleitwort von...O. Hildebrand. 317 color illus. on 132 plates, 132 text illus. 308pp. 4to, orig. cloth- backed boards; rubbed. Munich, 1919. Atlas of surgical exercises on a human cadaver and on a dog. More
Leipzig: Baedeker, 1923. Illustrated with 30 maps and plans, many folding. 247 pages, 12mo, original gilt-lettered flexible red cloth; marbled page edges; ownership inscription on half-title page, a few very minor spots of edgewear. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1923. Sixth edition. A fine bright copy. More
13 maps and 12 plans, in color, some folding. 18mo, cloth; (text dampstained, maps and plans not stained; cloth lightly soiled, otherwise very good). Leipzig: Baedeker, 1907. More
Leipzig: Baedeker, 1931. The Italian Lakes and Lake of Geneva. Handbook for Travelers. Illustrated with 82 maps and plans. 480pp. 16mo, original red cloth. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1931. First edition. A very good(+) copy of this scarce guide. More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1899. Complete with 19 maps and 24 city plans, in color, most folding. c, 579pp. 18mo, contemporary full black leather, lower left corner of page 9 lacking with small loss of text, a few pages with slight underlining, some margins lightly soiled, otherwise very good. Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899. Second Revised Edition. Large map of the United States and several other folding maps are linen-backed. City plans include New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, and Washington, DC..... More
Paris: De Bure, 1790. 31 copper engraved maps plans and plates with several hand colored in outline, many double page. 42 pages of text, small 4to, full mottled calf; rubbed. William Short bookplate pasted on flyleaf Paris: De Bure, 1790. Third Edition. Very Good . Great atlas of Ancient Greece, including many classical maps and battle plans. More
New York: Cross River Press, 1992. Many Illus., some in color. Folio, green cloth, d.w. New York: Cross River Press, (1992). Fine. More
London: George Philip & Son, 1882. Atlas. Revised and Enlarged of all the Counties in England. 12mo (7.35 x 5.25 inches tall), maroon clothbound hardback, gilt. 47 page index + 4pp publisher's catalogue. Good condition, mansuscript initials on contents page. With Consulting Index and 43 lithographed color maps. John Bartholomew (1831-1893) was a Scottish cartographer known throughout Great Britain for his finely produced maps, often in color. More
Chicago: Baskin, Foster, 1876. 6 hand colored maps (2 double page), 375 colored maps (2 double page), all on 89 sheets, 92 lithographed views, 58 lithographed portraits. Title page loose, chipped and torn. Folio, original leather backed cloth; quite worn; spine cracked and torn. Chicago: Baskin Foster & Co., 1876. First Edition. The maps and plates are in fine condition. More
New York: Medicina Rara, 1972. 13 plates, tall folio, loose as issued in a rust colored board portfolio and slipcase. N.Y.: Medicina Rara, 1972. A fine copy. Curwen Press, # 1290 of 2500 copies signed by the author. More
Chicago: Beers, 1880. To Which are Added Various General Maps, History, Statistics, Illustrations, &c. &c. &c. Folio, original cloth stamped in gilt & blind; leather spine & corners (worn). Chicago: J.H. Beers, 1880. First Edition. The first atlas of De Kalb County, with a wealth of information, including lithographed illustrations of homesteads & farms, some full page, & portraits. End-papers & fly-leaves are soiled, but the interior is general clean & fine. More
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London: John Bevis, 1786. Celestial Atlas. Oblong folio (19 1/4" x 14 7/8"), leather spine over marble boards. "Table of the Stars" in gilt on spine. 51 uncolored engraved celestial charts. No frontispiece, title or index page. Individual charts with printed arms of the dedicatees (either academic institution or nobleman) beneath each image. Each annotated with pencil, possibly by Richard Alexander, the previous owner. Plates are generally in good condition with foxing and minor staining. First and last plates exhibit..... More
Washington: U.S. Geological Survey, 1896. 36 color maps, some folding. Atlas folio, cloth covered boards, spine ends slightly worn, front cover soiled. First edition. Washington: U.S. Geological Survey, 1896. In very good condition. Atlas to Accompany Monograph XXVIII on the Marquette Iron-Bearing District of Michigan by Richard Van Hise and William Shirley Bayley, with a chapter on the Republic Through by Henry Lloyd Smyth. Lithographs by Julius Bien (1826-1909), an American lithographic printer and cartographer based in New York City..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1991. Large folio. Blue cloth with dust jacket. Light scuff on back of d.j. 224 pages, 100 maps. New York: Rizzoli (1991). More
New York: Edmund and George W. Blunt, 1847. 689 pp. including preface, index and supplemental tables. Illustrated with 17 maps, 13 of which fold out. Fifteenth edition. Inscription on first free fly page "Kimball Harlow Duxbury, Mass". Minor staining throughout. Wear to original full calf binding. Spine has been expertly repaired. Beautiful early exploration of the eastern coasts of the Americas. Notable sea charts include Boston Harbor, Long Island Sound, the Chesapeake Bay and Pensacola Harbor, and a beautiful view..... More
Paris: A. Padoue, 1789. In 3 volumes (first volume is in two separate bound volumes). Illustrated with 140 fine uncolored double page copper plate maps. 72 pp. and 43 maps in first volume; 50 maps in second volume; 122 pp. and 47 maps (no plate numbered 111 or 116, but two plates numbered 102 and 117). Volume 1 and 2 have beautifully illustrated title pages. 4to (11.75" x 8.75"), minor scuffing to original marble board binding, with gilt and leather..... More
Geneva: J. L. Pellet, 1783. Illustrated with 49 double-page, 1 folding; numbered 1-49. 22 pp., 4to (9.75" x 8"), minor scuffing to original half bound brown leather binding, gilt spine in 7 compartments.. Minor toning and light scattered foxing throughout. Geneva: 1783. Atlas volume for Abbe Raynal's "L'Histoire philosophique et politique des etablissements et du commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes." Title-page provides no publication data. Maps and charts are in very good condition. Includes 2 world maps. Rigobert..... More
Geneva: J. L. Pellet, 1783. Atlas. 22 pp. Illustrated with 50 fine uncolored copper plate maps and 23 tables. All maps have centerfold, plate I ("L'Ancien Monde et le Nouveau en Deux Hemispheres") which has two additional folds. 4to (9.75" x 8"), minor scuffing to original leather binding, gilt spine in 7 compartments. Original marble end pages. Only very minor toning and light scattered foxing to text. In very good condition. Geneva: 1783. Atlas volume for Abbe Raynal's "L'Histoire philosophique..... More
Boston: T.G. Bradford, 1835. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 8 x 10 inches, sheet measures 10 x 13.5 inches. Plate 12 from "Comprehensive Atlas Geographical, Historical and Commercial." Intriguingly, details of the highest altitudes recorded in flight by both condor and hot air balloon are indicated. Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1802-1887) was a Boston-based map publisher best known for his "important contributions to American cartography, the 1838 "Illustrated Atlas Geographical, Statistical and Historical of the United States and..... More
New York: G.W. Bromley & Co., 1912. 368 full color maps, 16 page index. 8vo. New York: G.W. Bromley & Co., 1912. Binding fragile. Pages clean and complete. Hard to find tiny desk top edition, easy to hold in the hand and search for streets. Most of the embossed gold title worn off. Spine re-backed and cover repaired. Designed as ward maps, which were used by fire insurance companies to determine the potential hazards of particular buildings, these maps lay..... More
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