By the Venerable John Henry Gray ... Main Heritage Shelves General G490 .G77 1879 Book Item-ID: i10041059 BIB-ID: 1005908 Show moreBy the Venerable John Henry Gray ... Main Heritage Shelves General G490 .G77 1879 Book Item-ID: i10041059 BIB-ID: 1005908 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Discovery and exploration, E141 .A54 1577
A translation, with some omissions, of decades 1-3 of "De orbe novo" by Pietro Martire d'Anghiera; with additions from numerous other sources... Show moreA translation, with some omissions, of decades 1-3 of "De orbe novo" by Pietro Martire d'Anghiera; with additions from numerous other sources edited by Eden and Willes. At foot of title: Cum priuilegio. With six final errata and contents leaves. Main Heritage Shelves General E141 .A54 1577 Book Item-ID: i10203758 BIB-ID: 1022011 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS7 .B43 1718, 910.4
First French edition (first printed in Dutch in 1714); vol. 2 only. The Dutch artist "travelled through Russia and Persia (Ardabil - Kum - Kashan -... Show moreFirst French edition (first printed in Dutch in 1714); vol. 2 only. The Dutch artist "travelled through Russia and Persia (Ardabil - Kum - Kashan - Isfahan - Persepolis - Lar - Persian Gulf) to East India during 1701-1708. Of these well-travelled paths he was able to contribute many new observations, many of them scientific, and his travel description, hailed by Gabriel as one of the best of its time, well deserves critical analysis and acclaim. The especial value of the work lies in its numerous engavings of cities, places, ruins, animals, and plants. Le Brun considered the preparation of accurate drawings as a necessary duty of the traveller. Of the ruins of Persepolis he brought home the best illustrations available at the time, as well as the first legible cuneiform inscriptions" (cf. Henze). - T.p. and flyleaf with cut-out defects (restored); unattractively deleted stamp on reverse of first plate (slight paper defect; restored); further clipped defects to first leaf of text and last index leaf as well as the instructions to the bookbinder (slight loss to text; restored). Large tear to p. 367f. Upper spine-end professionally restored. The fine plates are in good, clear impressions throughout. Title in red and black. Title vignette. On p. 347 of v. 2 is a picture of a kangaroo, believed to be the first sketched from real life. Le Brun saw it in the garden of the Governor of Java. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .B43 1718 Book Item-ID: i16862673 BIB-ID: 1509760 Includes bibliographical references and index. Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS47 .C65 1693
translated from the High Dutch by Nicholas Staphorst ; the second taking in many parts of Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, Arabia Felix, and Oetraea,... Show moretranslated from the High Dutch by Nicholas Staphorst ; the second taking in many parts of Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, Arabia Felix, and Oetraea, Ethiopia, ... from the observations of Belon, Vernon, Spon, Smith, Huntingdon, Greaves, Alpinus, Veslingius, Thevenot's collections and others ; to which are added, three catalogues of such trees, shrubs, and herbs as grow in the Levant ; by John Ray. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .C65 1693 Book Item-ID: i10038061 BIB-ID: 1005609 Show less
Madog ab Owain Gwynedd , 1150-1180?, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Discovery and exploration--Welsh, Discovery and exploration--Pre-Columbian, DS7 .H47 1638
Rare revised and enlarged second English edition of Herbert's account of his voyage (1627-29) to Persia by way of the Cape, Madagascar and Surat ... Show moreRare revised and enlarged second English edition of Herbert's account of his voyage (1627-29) to Persia by way of the Cape, Madagascar and Surat (India). On his way back he visited North America. Herbert begins his account of America (pp. 355-364) with its supposed discovery in 1170 by Madoc, son of Owen Gwyneth, Prince of Wales, and attempts to defend this claim with linguistic and cultural evidence. ''The quaint and curious notes on the travels make the volume one of the most interesting and attractive of the earlier and more primitive accounts'' (South African Bibliography). The illustrations include maps of Madagascar and the southeastern coast of Africa, the Persian empire, India, and Southeast Asia, views of the Persian Gulf, Tenerife, St. Helena, natives of Angola, the Cape, Persia and depictions of a coconut tree, a shark fish, a penguin and a dodo. - Thomas Herbert (1606-82) travelled with Dodmore Cotton, the new English ambassador to Persia (who died before Herbert's return). He first published his account in English in 1634, and it was translated into Dutch (by Lambert van den Bos) in 1658 and into French in 1663. Jonathan Swift attacked its "impertinences, conceitedness, and tedious digressions" and called the author a coxcomb (South African Bibliography). - Some marginal waterstains and soiling. A good copy of this account which is still important for its early eyewitness descriptions, especially of Persia, India and Africa. Headpieces; initials. Author attributes first dicovery of America to Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd, 300 years before Columbus. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .H47 1638 Book Item-ID: i2266774x BIB-ID: 1508228 Book plate of T. Scott. (Rev. Thomas). WlLaUW T.-p. signed William Phillips de Bradeley. WlLaUW Presented by Thomas Phillips 1842. WlLaUW Show less
Watson, Charles , 1714-1757, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Botany, Botany--India, Botany, Medical, Description and travel, History, Description and travel, DS47.5 .I94 1773
By Edward Ives. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47.5 .I94 1773 Book Item-ID: i10044978 BIB-ID: 1006300 Show moreBy Edward Ives. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47.5 .I94 1773 Book Item-ID: i10044978 BIB-ID: 1006300 Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Description and travel, DT51 .I79 1780
by Eyles Irwin, esq. ; illustrated with maps and cuts. Main Heritage Shelves General DT51 .I79 1780 Book Item-ID: i10043329 BIB-ID: 1006136 Show moreby Eyles Irwin, esq. ; illustrated with maps and cuts. Main Heritage Shelves General DT51 .I79 1780 Book Item-ID: i10043329 BIB-ID: 1006136 Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, DT54 .J5 1895
J.K. Dedication dated: Whitsuntide, 1895. Main Heritage Shelves General DT54 .J5 1895 Book Item-ID: i10039089 BIB-ID: 1005711 Show moreJ.K. Dedication dated: Whitsuntide, 1895. Main Heritage Shelves General DT54 .J5 1895 Book Item-ID: i10039089 BIB-ID: 1005711 Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, DT54 .J5 1895, 916.2
J.K. Dedication dated: Whitsuntide, 1895. Main Heritage Compact General DT54 .J5 1895 Book Item-ID: i15530309 BIB-ID: 1005712 Show moreJ.K. Dedication dated: Whitsuntide, 1895. Main Heritage Compact General DT54 .J5 1895 Book Item-ID: i15530309 BIB-ID: 1005712 Show less
