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- JUST THE WORD WANTED a handbook of English Synonyms giving a list of words expressing every shade of meaning,from which an appropriate selection can be made.
London, Walker 1890s) . Duodecimo limp decorated cloth (spine with 2 small holes but quite sound/bit marked and dusty) 126pp +publisher's pictorial advert leaf. Endpapers and TP a bit dusty and with name & 3 words in pencil on FEP. Corners rounded, as issued, but have ink mark to fore-edge not affecting pages.
GBP 11.00GBP [Appr.: EURO 12.75 US$ 14.46 | JP¥ 2230] Booknumber: A67886
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| Abbey Antiquarian Books 119 Northwick Business Centre, Blockley, Glos., GL56 9RF, Great Britain Tel.: +44 (0)1386 70 11 33 Email: books@abbeybook.com |  |
Giuseppe ACERBI - Voyage au Cap-Nord, par la Suède, la Finlande et la Laponie
Schoell et Comp. Levrault | Paris AN XII (1804) | 22.5 x 29.5 cm | 3 volumes reliés + 1 Atlas Schoell et Comp. Levrault | Paris AN XII (1804) | 22.5 x 29.5 cm | 3 volumes reliés + 1 Atlas | Edition originale de la traduction française, revue sous les yeux de l\'auteur, par Joseph Lavallée, de cette relation estimée. L\'atlas comporte 16 planches de vues et d\'histoire naturelle, 12 pages de musique gravée, et 1 carte repliée (cf Monglond VI 729-730.) Reliures en demi veau blond à coins de vélin vert, dos lisses ornés aux petits fers dorés, tranches jaunes, reliures de l\'époque pour les trois volumes de texte. Reliure en demi basane verte à coins, dos lisse orné de triples filets dorés, plats de cartonnage souple, vert, gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve, reliure de l\'époque pour l\'atlas. Trous aux pages de titre, plats frottés, mors fendillés, quelques rousseurs pour les volumes de texte ; quelques éraflures sur les plats de reliure et quelques rousseurs pour l\'atlas. Giuseppe Acerbi est le premier voyageur italien qui pénétra en 1799 en Laponie jusqu\'au Cap Nord. Il dressa un excellent état général de la Suède et de ses régions hyperboréennes, mais surtout fit connaître au public et décrivit de manière approfondie la Finlande qu\'aucun voyageur ou presque n\'avait visitée auparavant. Acerbi était accompagné par le colonel Suédois Skioldehand, paysagiste habile dont un certain nombre de dessins sont reproduits dans l\'atlas. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition of the French translation, revised under the author\'s supervision, by Joseph Lavallée, of this highly regarded travel account.The atlas includes 16 plates depicting views and natural history subjects, 12 pages of engraved music, and 1 folding map (cf. Monglond VI 729730).Contemporary bindings in half blond calf over green vellum-tipped boards, smooth spines decorated with gilt tooling, yellow edges, for the three text volumes.Contemporary binding for the atlas in half green sheep with vellum tips, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, soft green paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.Wormholes on title pages, scuffed boards, joints starting, some foxing to the text volumes; minor abrasions and some foxing to the atlas boards.Giuseppe Acerbi was the first Italian traveller to reach Lapland and the North Cape in 1799. He compiled an excellent general overview of Sweden and its northernmost regions, but above all, provided a thorough account of Finland, which had been little visited or documented by earlier travellers. Acerbi was accompanied by the Swedish colonel and skilled landscape artist Skioldebrand, whose drawings are reproduced in the atlas. *
EUR 1000.00EUR [Appr.: US$ 1154.02 | £UK 877.75 | JP¥ 177950] Booknumber: "88591
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- Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. Daniel Webster of Massachusetts ,Secretary of State for the United States: Delivered in the Senate and in the House of Representatives of the United States, Fourteenth and Fifteenth December,1852
Washington: Robert Armstrong, 1853. Hard. 8vo. Hard cover. Published Washington: Robert Armstrong, 1853. 8vo, engraved frontis portrait + 86 pp. Cloth split along embossed panel on cover, several nicks on spine, wear, foxing to text. Fair, but internally good.. Fair .
USD 10.00USD [Appr.: EURO 8.75 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1542] Booknumber: 4309
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