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A classic dictionary of ancient geography, for the understanding of ancient authors.
Original edition of 1768.
Full leather binding.

Geography, History - Quantity: 1 - Dictionary

Laurent Echard - Dictionnaire classique de géographie ancienne - 1768

Fascinating two-volume set of this philosophical and moral edition designed to preserve the memory of Socrates by answering the accusations of impiety and of corrupting the youth that led to his condemnation -

Unlike Plato's dialogues, Xenophon presents Socrates as primarily

Philosophy, Literature, History, Cartography, Geography - Quantity: 2 - Book

Xénophon & M. Charpentier - Les choses mémorables de Socrate - 1758

Superb illustrated edition of 92 plates and a fold-out map! of this work which is part of the movement of rediscovery and popularization of ancient Egypt in the 19th century, following the great scholarly expeditions and the decipherment work of hieroglyphs -

Published in 1839

History, Archaeology, Egypt, Africa, Geography, Sociology, Reference, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

M. Champollion-Figeac - Égypte ancienne - 1839

Rare illustrated edition of 31 plates of this erudite work intended to accompany the study of historical geography, archaeology and ancient Greek civilization, offering a methodical representation of the territories, cities, monuments and material testimonies of ancient Greece -


Cartography, Geography, Europe, Illustrated, Sociology, History, Reference - Quantity: 1 - Book

Barbié du bocage - Recueil de cartes géographiques, plans, vues et médailles de l'ancienne Grèce - 1790

Good illustrated edition of 110 engravings and 1 folded color map of this extensive historical, geographical, political, and ethnographic study devoted to modern Greece, written by François Charles Hugues Laurent Pouqueville, a diplomat, physician, traveler, and philhellene -


Travels, History, Europe, Illustrated, Cartography, Geography, Architecture, Sociology, Reference - Quantity: 1 - Book

François Charles Hugues Laurent Pouqueville - Grèce - 1835

Beautiful illustrated edition in its charming publisher's binding of this travel book, on local history and discovery devoted to the environs of the French capital, in which the author offers a series of excursions designed to reveal the landscapes, monuments, historical memories

Travels, History, Architecture, Illustrated, Geography, Reference, Regional interest - Quantity: 1 - Book

Jules Levallois - Autour de Paris, promenades historiques - 1884

Rare illustrated edition of 64 drawings by Roux, including 12 large chromotypography plates, in its superb Hetzel publisher’s binding signed by Engel, known as “to the fan and to an elephant with the title in the fan,” of this posthumous novel set in the heart of the gold rush

Literature, Travels, Illustrated, Geography, Reference, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Jules Verne / George Roux - Le Volcan d'Or - 1907

Fascinating illustrated edition of this work, which constitutes the final part of the account of the explorations undertaken by Paul Lucas, antiquary and traveler of King Louis XIV, in the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire, in Egypt, in Syria, in Palestine, in Asia Minor,

Travels, Geography, Illustrated, Architecture, Sociology, Literature, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Paul Lucas - Troisième Voyage du Sieur Paul Lucas - 1719

Rare guide du Paris de Napoléon III.
Guides-Cicerone.
Paris Illustré, édition originale Hachette, 1855.
Son histoire, ses monuments, ses musées, son administration, son commerce et ses plaisirs.
Auteur non mentionné, Adolphe Joanne.
Nouveau guide des voyageurs avec 18 plans et

Travels, Geography, History, Regional interest, Illustrated, Cartography - Quantity: 1 - Reference book

Adolphe Joanne - Paris illustré - 1855

Wonderful five-volume set enriched with 35 plates and 4 maps (some folded) engraved by J. B. P. Tardieu in chiaroscuro on copper. This travel narrative recounts a British diplomatic mission to China at the end of the 18th century -

The text details the ambassadorial journey

Travels, Illustrated, Cartography, Geography, China, Architecture, History, Sociology, Reference - Quantity: 5 - Book

Lord Macartney & J. Castéra / J. B. P. Tardieu - Voyage dans l'intérieur de la Chine, et en Tartarie - 1798

Fascinating original edition of this very comprehensive treatise on viticulture, abundantly illustrated with 4 color maps, including a planisphere, and 440 in-text technical vignettes -

The author first presents the history of viticulture from Antiquity to his era, tracing the

Agriculture, Illustrated, Nature, Natural History, Cartography, Geography, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Gustave Foëx - Cours complet de viticulture - 1886

Superbly assembled in 6 volumes, enriched notably by beautiful color plates of this edition that gathers the principal naturalist writings of Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon and the anatomical and descriptive contributions of Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton, offering a monumental

Natural History, Illustrated, Nature, Science, Animals, Cartography, Geography, Reference, Biology - Quantity: 6 - Book

Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon & Daubenton / Édouard Traviés - Œuvres complètes de Buffon - 1858

Rochon Alexis-Marie . Voyage à Madagascar et aux Indes Orientales. 1791.
The scarce first edition.
Édition originale de cette relation de voyage à Madagascar, comprenant une grande carte dépliante de l'île, gravée par Bénard  Direxit d'après le dessin fait en 1727 par M. Robert .

Science, Travels, Botany, Politics, History, Nature, Literature, Geography, Philosophy, Ships and seafaring, Africa, Oceania, Memorabilia, Incunabula & early printing, Education, Colonial history, Religion, Topography - Quantity: 1 - Fold out maps or plates - Book

Rochon Alexis-Marie - Voyage à Madagascar et aux Indes Orientales First Edition - 1791

Beautiful complete and enriched edition with frontispieces and numerous taloists of text engravings, including folding plates, this monumental historical fresco that narrates with narrative elegance and romantic erudition the rise, apex, and decline of the Dukes of Burgundy from

History, Literature, Politics, Royalty, Illustrated, Cartography, Geography, Reference - Quantity: 10 - Book

Prosper de Barante - Histoire des Ducs de Bourgogne de la Maison de Valois - 1842

Islands around the continent Africa: the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean.
Publisher: Firmin Didot frères, Paris, mdcccxlviii (1848) - (iv), 126, (ii), 190, (ii), 300, (iv), 179, (i) pp. + Total 69 engravings.
The Malta and Gozo section contains the most

Africa, History, Illustrated, Geography - Quantity: 1 - Book

collectif - l'Univers - Iles Africaines, Malte, Goze, de la Méditerranée, Atlantique, des Indes - 1848

Fascinating illustrated edition of this cartographic work intended for the teaching of geography, offering a collection of detailed maps covering the continents, the countries, the reliefs, the rivers and the main cities to facilitate students' understanding of the earth’s space

Cartography, Geography, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

Segur - Atlas pour Servir à l'Histoire Ancienne, Romaine et du Bas-Empire - 1827

Superb and rare illustrated edition of this philosophical and scientific work inspired by the thought of René Descartes, which presents, in an accessible and progressive form, the fundamental principles of Cartesian philosophy relating to the constitution of the universe, the

Philosophy, Science, History, Illustrated, Astronomy, Geography, Reference - Quantity: 1 - Book

René Descartes - Voiage du monde de Descartes - 1720

Fine copy from the series “The Universe” dealing with the history and description of all peoples, their religions, customs and manners.
Red half-leather binding, spine with raised bands and gilt lines and title.
460 pp. + 92 engravings + 1 double-page map.
Copy in very good

Geography, History, Travels, Europe - Quantity: 1 - Book

M. Ph. de Golbéry - Histoire et description de la Suisse et du Tyrol. Collection l'Univers, histoire et description de - 1839

Fine copy from the 'L'Univers' collection, dealing with the history and description of all peoples, their religions, manners, and customs.
348 pp. + 1 double-page map + 55 engravings.
Half red morocco binding, spine with raised bands, fillets and gilt title.
Copy in very good

History, Geography, Travels, Europe - Quantity: 1 - Book

Charles Forster - Pologne. Collection l'Univers, histoire et description de tous les peuples. - 1840-1840

Rare illustrated edition with 7 engravings in black hors-texte and a folded map of this major work of political and moral literature from the early 18th century in which François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon uses the mythological framework of Antiquity to propose a reflection

Literature, History, Philosophy, Politics, Education, Illustrated, Cartography, Geography - Quantity: 1 - Book

François de Salignac de la Motte Fenelon - Les Avantures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse - 1719

Superb illustrated edition of 40 splendid two-page colored maps and a folded map at the end mounted on tabs of this encyclopedic atlas designed to offer a global view of the world through its geographic, historic, scientific, economic, and industrial dimensions, in the spirit of

Geography, Science, Illustrated, Cartography, History, Topography, Reference - Quantity: 1 - Book

M. Vuillemin & Ernest Poirée - Géographie universelle. Atlas Migeon, Historique, scientifique, industriel et commercial - 1880

Hérisson (Drawings) - Atlas of Ancient and Modern Geography.
Place and date unknown [Circa 1770]. 49 plates. Title page missing.

Work in its period half-binding, weakened and damaged by the vagaries of time. Numerous notes and pencil drawings on the backs of the plates and

Cartography, Geography - Quantity: 1 - Book

Hérisson - Atlas de géographie ancienne et moderne - 1770

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