Children, Children--Iran, Social life and customs, PZ9.R189 Al 1933
by Anna Ratzesberger; illustrated by Ali Akbar. Illustrated t.p. and lining-papers. Main Heritage Shelves General PZ9.R189 Al 1933 Book Item-ID: i10051703 ... Show moreby Anna Ratzesberger; illustrated by Ali Akbar. Illustrated t.p. and lining-papers. Main Heritage Shelves General PZ9.R189 Al 1933 Book Item-ID: i10051703 BIB-ID: 1006806 Show less
by Sir Walter Scott. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General PR5320 .O4 1900 Book Item-ID: i23681366 BIB-ID: 2523359 Show moreby Sir Walter Scott. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General PR5320 .O4 1900 Book Item-ID: i23681366 BIB-ID: 2523359 Show less
"Edition originale" : also 160 numbered copies printed on different papers. Main Heritage Shelves General PQ2615.A8 P35 1929 Book Item-ID: i10130032 BIB... Show more"Edition originale" : also 160 numbered copies printed on different papers. Main Heritage Shelves General PQ2615.A8 P35 1929 Book Item-ID: i10130032 BIB-ID: 1014639 Show less
by Sir Richard F. Burton ; wood-engravings by Wilfred Jones. Main Heritage Shelves General PR4349.B52 K37 1924 Book Item-ID: i10207004 BIB-ID: 1022336 Show moreby Sir Richard F. Burton ; wood-engravings by Wilfred Jones. Main Heritage Shelves General PR4349.B52 K37 1924 Book Item-ID: i10207004 BIB-ID: 1022336 Show less
de Joaquín Pardo de la Casta. Main Heritage Shelves General PQ6629.A736 P37 1853 Book Item-ID: i10245212 BIB-ID: 1026157 Show morede Joaquín Pardo de la Casta. Main Heritage Shelves General PQ6629.A736 P37 1853 Book Item-ID: i10245212 BIB-ID: 1026157 Show less
par Karl May ; traduit de l'allemand par J. de Rochay. Main Heritage Shelves General G155.7 .M39 1885 Book Item-ID: i10134803 BIB-ID: 1015116 Show morepar Karl May ; traduit de l'allemand par J. de Rochay. Main Heritage Shelves General G155.7 .M39 1885 Book Item-ID: i10134803 BIB-ID: 1015116 Show less
von Ewald Banse. Main Heritage Shelves General HE3390.B2 B36 1913 Book Item-ID: i22393924 BIB-ID: 2395791 Show morevon Ewald Banse. Main Heritage Shelves General HE3390.B2 B36 1913 Book Item-ID: i22393924 BIB-ID: 2395791 Show less
Voyages and travels, Commerce--History, Commerce, Commerce, HF3508.A8 F6 1933, 382.0942
by Sir William Foster. Main Heritage Shelves General HF3508.A8 F6 1933 Book Item-ID: i15637785 BIB-ID: 1010447 Includes bibliographical notes (p. 337-343... Show moreby Sir William Foster. Main Heritage Shelves General HF3508.A8 F6 1933 Book Item-ID: i15637785 BIB-ID: 1010447 Includes bibliographical notes (p. 337-343) and index. Show less
Commerce--History, Commerce--History--Early works to 1800, HF1003 .V56 1800
with dissertations by William Vincent. Partly a translation from the Greek of Periplus maris Erythraei, sometimes attributed to Arrian. The register... Show morewith dissertations by William Vincent. Partly a translation from the Greek of Periplus maris Erythraei, sometimes attributed to Arrian. The register and pagination are continuous; with engraved plates and maps. Main Heritage Shelves General HF1003 .V56 1800 Book Item-ID: i10216893 BIB-ID: 1023325 Show less
All' illmo. Sigr. il Sr. Marcho Fucharo Barone di Kirchberg e' d' Waisenhoren ; Giacomo di Castaldi Piamotese Cosmographo in Venetia. Second state Ma... Show moreAll' illmo. Sigr. il Sr. Marcho Fucharo Barone di Kirchberg e' d' Waisenhoren ; Giacomo di Castaldi Piamotese Cosmographo in Venetia. Second state Map of the Arabian Peninsula, northeast Africa and western Asia with relief shown pictorially. Description Rare Second State of the Most Important 16th Century Map of the Middle East, etc. Fine example of Giacomo Gastaldi's rare 2-sheet wall map of the Middle East, covering Egypt, the Holy Land, the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and extending east across the Arabian Sea to the west coast of India. Gastaldi's 2-sheet map of the region is generally considered to be the single most influential map of the region published in the 16th century. The map would later be directly copied by Abraham Ortelius, Cornelis De Jode and Gerard Mercator in their respective atlases and other maps. In describing the map, Taleghani, et al noted: "In this large-scale map there appeared for the first time much material which was to recur in all western maps for the next century and a half, (Tibbetts, 1978:20). Gastaldi's representation of the Gulf broke with the Ptolemaic model: no longer a rectangle, it acquires its form of a segment and begins to take on its true contours. Ortelius, Mercator and other Dutch geographers then based their depictions of the Gulf on Gastaldi. Suarez describes at length the sources and innovations used by Gastaldi for all of his Asian continental maps, but foremost the three-sectional maps "had a major influence on the work of Ortelius and de Jode... In their representation of the coastlines his maps are superior to all previous known maps of Asia, either drawn by hand or printed" (Schilder in The Map Collector no. 17, p. 7). Nordenskiöld notes: Finally, it must be remembered that Gastaldi, under the guidance of Ramusio, is supposed to have aided in repairing or repainting the famous wall-maps in Sala dello scudo in Venice . . . If such was the case, it may be considered probable that the monumental maps of Africa and Asia by Gastaldi have had some connection to [Gastaldi's map of Asia], that these copper-plate engravings are a reproduction of the originals of the wall maps in that form which was given them in the middle of the sixteenth century. State The present example is a rare variant edition, bearing the imprint of "Petri de Nobilibus Formis." Pietro de Nobilis was a successor of Lafreri in Rome after 1580. Also, above the scale of miles is a further imprint reading: "In Roma appresso Paulo de Graciam." Rarity The second state is extremely rare. Tooley located only a single example in the Beans collection (now sold). Stefano Bifolco, in his recent census for his upcoming book on Italian Printed Maps from the 16th Century locates only 2 examples, Malta National Library and Jerusalem National Library (ex-Laor). Condition Description 2-sheets joined. Reference Cartographie Historique du Golfe Persique, Taleghani, Couo and Bacque-Grammont, 2006, p 152. Tooley, Maps in Italian Atlases of the Sixteenth Century, #54. Giacomo Gastaldi Biography Giacomo Gastaldi (1500-1566) is considered the foremost Italian cartographer of the sixteenth century, alongside Paolo Forlani. His skills of compilation are comparable to those of Mercator and Ortelius, yet much less is known of his life than of his two contemporaries. Gastaldi was born in Villafranca, Piedmont, but had established himself in Venice by 1539. He originally worked as an engineer, but turned to mapmaking from the 1540s onward. It was in Venice where he made his reputation as an engraver, geographer, and cosmographer; for example, he was asked to fresco maps of Asia and Africa in the Palace of the Doge, or the Council of Ten, Venice’s governmental body. He also frequently consulted on projects for the Savi sopra la Laguna, drawing maps for this body which oversaw the regulation of fresh and salt water around Venice. His contemporaries also recognized his skill, as he was named cosmographer to the Republic of Venice, was a member of the Accademia Veneziana, and was a major source for other geographers and mapmakers including Camocio, Bertelli, Cock, Luchini, and Ortelius. He even had his own distinct style of copper engraving that made him a pioneer in his day and makes his works iconic today. Gastaldi enjoyed an especially productive relationship with Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Secretary of the Venetian Senate, who used Gastaldi's maps for his famous travel account collection, Navigationi et Viaggi. Gastaldi also tutored Ramusio's son in cosmography. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00894 Print Map Item-ID: i25704424 BIB-ID: 2727736 Show less
