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London: R. Ackermann, 101, Strand, 1820. First edition, early issue, with the plates unnumbered. One of Ackermann’s most breathtaking color plate books — these exquisite views of the Rhine are justly prized for their matchless beauty. Read More Item Details for A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne: With Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events, and of Popular Traditions …Translated from the German by John Black Add to Wish List

Item #12893

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[Constantinople (Istanbul): Dār al-Ṭibāʻah al-ʻAmirah, A.H. 1219 = 1804 C.E.]. Read More Item Details for [Tarih-i Vâsif] Mehasin el-âsâr ve-hakayik el-ahbâr Add to Wish List

Item #371059

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1843. Rare - the plate for this print remained private and was never used for a published edition. Read More Item Details for “A nun and a small peasant girl” entitled "From a Watercolour Sketch by E. Landseer" Add to Wish List

Item #14355

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Styria, Lower Austria: 1962. Styrian book calendars were initially developed for agrarian people of the southeast regions of Austria who may be illiterate, and in some houses it may have been the only book that reached the residents each year. They became known as "Almond Calendars" after the "Mandln", the.....  Read More Item Details for Alter Bauernkalender 1962 Add to Wish List

Item #339315

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Cairo: Maṭbaʻat Wādī al-Nīl, 1286 A.H. [C.E. 1869]. Speech on the history of Arab Ottoman trade, noting the key position of Egypt as nexus between Red Sea and Mediterranean commercial routes. This was delivered at a time when Egypt was asserting greater claims of sovereignty under Isma‘il and when the.....  Read More Item Details for Khitab fima yahsan dhikrihi min Ta'rikh al-Tijarat ‘and al-‘Arab wa al-‘Uthmaniyin idhalan li-Sharh Qanun-namat al-Tijarat al-‘Uthmaniyyah [Speech on Arab Ottoman Trade Relations touching upon Ottoman Trade Law]. [At head of title:] Al Nubadh al-Mukhtarah fi Ta'rikh al-Tijarah [Select Tracts on the History of Trade] Add to Wish List

Item #351956

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n.p. [Bavaria? c. 1779?]. Handsome and beautifully drawn genealogical tree of this noble Bavarian family, whose members of have served for Bavarian Kings and Electors. Theodor Graf Topor von Morawitzky (1735 -1810), whose descent is given here, had a disinguished career as a public servant and was the first President.....  Read More Item Details for Manuscript on vellum of the family tree of “Theodor Heinrich von Morawitzky zu Ruednitz aus dem Haus der Starzoniem und Toporn” Add to Wish List

Item #230747

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[Reichenberg, Bohemia: July 1875]. A large and elaborate testimonial from the notables of the Bohemian town of Reichenberg (today Liberec in the Czech Republic) extending formal condolences to Maria Anna of Savoy, consort of Ferdinand I (1793-1875), who was ruler of Austria Hungary from 1835 to 1848. Following his abdication.....  Read More Item Details for Calligraphic Testimonial to the Dowager Empress of Austria, on the death of Ferdinand, from the Reichenberg Katholisch-Politischen Casino Add to Wish List

Item #316762

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London: George Virtue, 1836. First edition. Read More Item Details for Switzerland illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett Add to Wish List

Item #317282

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London: John W. Parker and Son West Strand & Longmans, Green, 1854 & 1876. Read More Item Details for Charicles Illustrations of the Private Life of the Ancient Greeks WITH: Gallus or Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus Add to Wish List

Item #303830

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Mannheim: Kurpfalz Regierungsrath … F. Stamm, 27 April 1784. Law regulating the permissible peals of bells in the territory, the May-Peal, ringing of the bells in thanks after the end of storms, and prohibiting others. Read More Item Details for [Kurpfalz. Regierungsrath, Mannheim. Ordinance governing Bell-Ringing] Von Gottes Gnaden Wir Carl Theodor, Pfalzgraf vei Rhein, Herzog in Ober- und Nieder-Bayern … Verordnen hiermit gnädigst, daß in Unsern Kurlanden hinkünftig das May-Geläut gänzlich eingestellet, das Wettergeläut aber dahin eingeschränkt werden solle, daß ausser dem gewöhnlichen zu Anrufung des göttlichen Beistandes bestimmten Englischen Gruß, und dem nach geendigtem Gewitter zur Danksagung abermal zu gebenden Zeichen, nicht weiter in denen Kirchen geläutet werde … Add to Wish List

Item #217396

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Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth Tubingen, 1948. Fourth edition. Read More Item Details for Urformen der Kunst. Photographische Pflanzenbilder...Herausegeben mit Einleitung von Karl Nierendorf Add to Wish List

Item #35687

Price: $1,750

[Istanbul]: Ahmed İhsan ve Şürekası Matbaacılık Osmanlı Şirketi, A.H. 1330 [= 1914 C.E.]. First edition of this comprehensive maritime work detailing the history, operations, and employees of the Şirket-i Hayriye (the Bosphorus Ferry Company), Turkey’s first joint-stock company, which operated passenger and freight transport services on the Bosphorus from 1854.....  Read More Item Details for Boğaziçi Şirket-i Hayriye, Tarihçe, Salname Add to Wish List

Item #371558

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c. 1923. A collection of photos of mostly local scenes, as well as construction projects and employees of Stone & Webster Co., and subsidiary, and Brightman & Co., Inc. Photos include William T. McCaskey and Mayor of Codo on mule; handcars transporting passengers and baggage to Coroata; Sao Luiz harbor.....  Read More Item Details for Photograpas: photograph album of local scenes and construction projects in various towns, in Brazil Add to Wish List

Item #304773