51. [Aeschines / Attic orator] / [Demosthenes] / [Taylor, John] / [Markland, Jeremiah] / [Reiske, Johann Jakob (Reiskio)].

Aischinou Ho kata Ktesiphontos kai Demosthenous Ho peri stephanou logos. Cum Delectu Annotationum, Præcipue e Tayloro, Marklando, Reiskio. In Usum Juventutis Academicae.

Two Volumes in one (complete), Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1801. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: Portrait-Frontispiece of Cicero, XLVIII, [2], Portrait of Aeschines, 130 pages / Volume II: XXI, Portrait of Demosthenes, 165 pages plus 24 unnumbered pages of an “Index sive Vocum Difficiliorum”. Hardcover / Original, full leather with original spine-label and gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Front hinge starting. Binding a bit scuffed to upper hinge but beautifully firm and with the endpapers intact. Some very interesting, contemporary annotations in ink. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. A very rare book !!

52. [Aeschines of Sphettus / Aeschines Socraticus] Fischer, Johann Friedrich.

Aeschinis Socratici – Dialogi Tres Graece. Tertium Edidit Ad Fidem Codd. Mss. Vindobb Medic. Aug. Et Libb. Editt. Platonis Stobaeique Veterum Denvo Recensvit Emendavit Explicavit. Indicemque Verborum Graecorum Copiosissimum Adiecit.

Leipzig, Mueller, 1786. Octavo. L, 290 pages plus 136 unnumbered pages of a thorough Index (Index Primus Verborum Graecorum / Index Secundus Scriptorum Veterum). Hardcover / Original full vellum with spine-label. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some foxing throughout. Rare !

53. [Aeschylus] Scholefield, Jacobus.

Aeschylus – recensuit Jacobus Scholefield, A.M. Coll. SS. Trin. Nuper Socius, et Graecarum Literarum Professor Regius.

Editio Secunda. Cantabrigiae [Cambridge], Typis Academicis Excudit Joannes Smith, 1830. Octavo. II,436 pages. Hardcover / original, 18th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of J. A. Ormerod B.N.C., with his Bookplate to the pastedown with the Motto: “Dedit Meliora Dabitque” [Ormerod died in 1864 and was a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford]

54. Afanas’ev, Aleksandr. [Ed].

Russian Fairy Tales. Translated by Norbert Guterman. Illustrated by Alexander Alexeieff.

New York, Pantheon Books, 1980. 15 x 23.5cm. 662 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original softcover. Sunning to spine, wear to edges, spine joint beginning to loosen, otherwise good condition. Some text annotations. [The Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library].

55. Afghanistan – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Cabool (Kabul / Afghanistan), The Punjab (Pakistan) and Beloochistan (Balochistan) with Vignettes and Illustrations of Boats on the Indus / Sultan Mahmoud’s Minars and Fortress (Ghuznee / Ghazni in Afghanistan) / Beautiful scenery of Lahore.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 33.7 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

56. Africa. De L’Isle, Guillaume. (1675 – 1726).

Africa, Concinnata Secundum Observationes Membror Acad. Regal Scientiarum et non nullorum aliorum, et juxta recentissimas annotationes.

Original hand-coloured copper engraving. Augsburg, Jeremiam Wollf, 1710. Plate Size: 57.7 cm x 44.5 cm. Sheet Size: 65.5 cm x 51 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Slight staining barely evident near centre of map. Two minor stains to lower margin of map. Very minor tear to top edge and recto fore edge. Trace of foxing to verso edge.

57. Africa – Tallis / Zatta / Lotter / Ortelius / Vaugondy / Kircher / Sanson d’Abbeville and others.

Collection of 24 rare 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th century maps on Africa, including Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa etc.

Some stunning examples of hand-coloured copper-engravings plus one manuscript map (Tuckey / Congo – Zaire). Paris / London / Antwerp and other places of print, c.1595 – 1851. All of these maps in very good+ / excellent condition. This collection presents itself for becoming an amazing, a meaningful starting-point for an Africana-Collection, decoration for a Safari-Lodge, interior-design for an Africana-themed library etc. etc. The price includes worldwide free shipping per DHL Express-Courier (2-3 day-delivery). Ask for complete list and images and please also inquire about our amazing book-collection of Africana, which would be a great match for this collection of vintage maps.

58. Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Africa – The African Continent with Vignettes and illustrations of an Arab family of Algeria, Bosjesman Hottentots Wild Bushmen, St.Helena, Korranna Hottentotts, Bedouin Arabs Encampment.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.4 cm x 25 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

59. Africa / North Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Egypt and Arabia Petrea – with Vignettes and illustrations of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan / Grand Cairo / Alexandria / Ruins of the Great Temple, Karnac / Great Sphinx, Ghizeh / Gulf of Akaba / Gulf of Suez / Red Sea with Boats / .

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 24.5 cm x 34.4 cm. Sheet Size: 27.3 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

60. Africa / South Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Cape Colony with Clan William, Little Namaqua Land, Tulbagh or Karoo, Stellenbosch, The Cape, Zwellendam, George, Zitzikamma, Uitenhage, Beaufort, Graaf Reynet, Albany, Somerset, Victoria, Colesberg, Griquas. With Vignettes and illustrations of Cape Town, Entrance to the Knysna, Graham’s Town.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.