Hugh Cortazzi
Edition : First edition, Publisher?s full brown cloth boards. Gilt stamp on upper. Gilt lettering on spine. Beige paste-on and free endpapers. With dust jacket, clipped, in Mylar., Arthur Henry Hugh Cortazzi (1924 ? 2018) was a British diplomat, academic, author, and prominent Japanologist. He was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Japan, President of the Asiatic Society of Japan, and Chairman to the Japan Society of London. , Size : 4to, Illustrated in colour, with folding plates.
Tooley, R.V.
Publisher?s full green paper boards. Gilt lettering on spine. With dust jacket, price-clipped. Dust jacket with pasted label on front inner flap reading ?Re-Issued by Jupiter Books 1974.?, Ronald Vere Tooley (1898 - 1986) was an English map dealer, an authority on early maps and cartographers, a noted compiler of catalogues on maps, cartography, and antiquarian books, and founder of the Map Collectors? Circle, which published a series of monographs on historical cartography in the period 1963 - 1975. He is considered the founder of the antiquarian map trade. , Size : 4to. , 100 black-and-white plates.Illustrated in black-and-white and colour. , 132 pp plus 100 plates A very good example. Some shelf wear to jacket and board edges. Text block unglued.
Tooley, R.V.
Publisher?s full green cloth boards. Gilt lettering on black labels on spine. Printed paste-on and free endpapers. With dust jacket, unclipped, in plastic protective slip., Ronald Vere Tooley (1898 - 1986) was an English map dealer, an authority on early maps and cartographers, a noted compiler of catalogues on maps, cartography, and antiquarian books, and founder of the Map Collectors? Circle, which published a series of monographs on historical cartography in the period 1963 - 1975. He is considered the founder of the antiquarian map trade. , Size : 4to. , Illustrated. , Volume : Volume I, 633 pp A very good example. Slight wear to jacket, occasional marks to boards and edges.
Tooley, R.V.
Edition : Limited Edition - 20 signed by the author, Publisher?s full blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. No dust jacket., Signed and inscribed by Tooley on front free endpaper.Ronald Vere Tooley (1898 - 1986) was an English map dealer, an authority on early maps and cartographers, a noted compiler of catalogues on maps, cartography, and antiquarian books, and founder of the Map Collectors? Circle, which published a series of monographs on historical cartography in the period 1963 - 1975. He is considered the founder of the antiquarian map trade. , Size : 4to., 49 black-and-white plates, 88 pp plus 49 plates A very good example. Slight sunning of spine and board edges. Text block unglued.
Arnoldus Montanus
Edition : First Edition. , Contemporary 17th century paneled calf, rebacked expertly with raised bands and gilt motifs. , Text is in Dutch. A scarce and fascinating book on America from the mid 17th century. The book details different aspects of ?the New World? such as towns, fortresses, cultural practices, religions, geographical details, animal life, and so on. It was published at a time when the people of Europe were captivated by the idea of ?the New World? and many wanted to find out as much as possible about what happened across the Atlantic. Some of the illustrations are a bit fanciful but nonetheless, it became a standard work in Europe and was widely read for many years. The work has notable versions of Blaeu?s maps of New England and New Netherland. It also contains versions of John Smith?s Virginia and Carolina maps. A truly fascinating feature is that the book has one of the first engraved views of New York. Church rightly observes that, "The finely executed engravings of this work are especially brilliant in this, the original edition." The original edition can also be determined, according to Howes, by the inclusion of the portrait of the Prince of Nassau. Arnoldus Montanus (c.1625?1683) was a Dutch teacher and author. He published books on theology, history, and geography of both Holland and far-away countries. His most famous book is De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld. , Size : 4to (318x205mm). , Illustrated with an engraved title page, a frontispiece portrait of John Maurice, the Prince of Nassau, 69 in-text engravings, 33 double page engravings, 4 single page engravings, a large folding map of the Americas, 15 maps, numerous woodblock initials, and vignettes. , P. Blank, engraved title page, frontispiece, 1-585, index (i-xxvii), blank. Occasional pale waterstaining, otherwise a very good example of this 17th century foundation work of the Americas
Paul Louis de Giafferri
Colour-illustrated paper portfolio. Upper with illustration of four women wearing cultural dress, in garden with fans and parrot. Lower with illustration of woman dancing. Leaves loose in wraps. , Paul Louis de Giafferri was a 20th-century French artist.Small thin Folio (375x280 mm). , Size : Small thin Folio, Text in French. Text printed on 2 folding leaves (numbered pgs. 49-56). With 10 leaves of illustrations, captioned and numbered, featuring many figures in various cultural dress. Illustrations show occasion outfits and specific clothing articles, hairstyles, accessories, shoes, jewelry, and more, with many figures to a page. Colours are bright and vivid. A very good example. Slight toning, some edgewear.
