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Alpine Chronik des Oesterreichischen Touristen-Club [Angebunden: Heinrich Kempf - Die Flora des Schneeberges in Nieder-Oesterreich (1882)]

23. Graf, Edmund.

Alpine Chronik des Oesterreichischen Touristen-Club [Angebunden: Heinrich Kempf – Die Flora des Schneeberges in Nieder-Oesterreich (1882)].

Erste Ausgabe. Sieben Jahrgaenge in 6 Baenden (Jahrgang 1886 fehlt). Wien, L.C.Zamarski – Verlag des Oesterreichischen Touristen-Club, 1880-1887. Octavo. 1880: IV, 212 Seiten / 1881: (6), 200 Seiten mit Falttafeln und angebunden 66 Seiten (Flora des Schneeberges) / Die Jahrgaenge 1882/1883 zusammen gebunden. Paginierung: Jahrgang 1882: Frontispiz (Chemitypie von Angerer und Goeschl: “Das Spronserthal”) plus 95 Seiten mit einer Falttafel “Meteorologische Beobachtungen” [Die Abbildung “Das Spronserthal” ist der Blick vom Schaermer Kreuz bei Schoena und wurde vom Verfasser mittelst Fridolin Plant’s Zeichenapparat aufgenommen [es fehlt eine Abbildung: “Bergfahrt bei Meran” die dem gleichnamigen Artikel beigebunden sein sollte] / Im Anhang des gleichen Bandes: Jahrgang 1883: Frontispiz (Chemitypie von Angerer und Goeschl: “Alttirolische Wirthschaftsgebaeude im Gebirge” Nach einer Originalzeichnung von Grasmair plus 117 Seiten und eine Tafel “Meteorologische Beobachtungen” / Jahrgang 1884: 101 Seiten plus Tafel “Meteorologische Beobachtungen” / Jahrgang 1885: 100 Seiten plus Tafel “Meteorologische Beobachtungen” / Jahrgang 1887: 136 Seiten plus Tafel “Meteorologische Beobachtungen”. Hardcover [original Verlagsleinenbaende] mit Rueckenvergoldung. Sehr guter Zustand. Alle Exemplare mit Exlibris des “Climbers’ Club” / Kleine Stempel des Central-Ausschuss des Deutschen und Oesterrreichischen Alpen-Vereins. Aus der Bibliothek des “Alpine Club”. / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

EUR 350,-- 

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Nathaniel Hooke - The Roman History, From the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth

24. Hooke, Nathaniel.

The Roman History, From the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth [with the printed Dedication to Alexander Pope]. Illustrated with 17 folding Maps, 4 Fontispieces and 11 other Plates [32 copper-engravings in total].

The Fourth Edition. Four Volumes (complete set with all maps and plates). London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson; Hawkins and T.Longman, 1766 – 1771. Quarto (27 cm x 22 cm). Collation: Volume I: Frontispiece, XLVI, XLVI, 634 pages with 10 plates and 3 maps / Volume II: Frontispiece, XXXII, XXXII, 668 pages with 8 maps / Volume III: Frontispiece, VI, 694 pages with 5 maps / Volume IV: Frontispiece, VII, 464 pages plus 76 unnumbered pages of a General Index and 1 plate and 1 map. Hardcover / Original 18th-century leather with gilt lettering and labels on spine. Interior of this set with all maps and illustrations in excellent, very clean condition. The boards of the bindings with abrasions and some bumping but overall very firm. Some stronger peeling of the leather on board of Volume I, Only three pages with minor tears. The large map of Northern Africa (Palestine, Egypt and Libya) with a minor tear. The stunning maps and plates in timeless beauty. Highly underestimated work, in the shadow of Gibbon but with meticulous detail in presenting the geographical impact of the Roman Conquest. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

EUR 3.500,-- 

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John - An account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the Plague

25. Howard, John / [Daniel Conner Library]

An account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the Plague: Together with further Observations on some foreign Prisons and Hospitals; and additional remarks on The Present State of those in Great Britain and Ireland. [Including chapters on English Prisons and Hospitals, Hulks [Prison-Ships] on the Thames, Remarks on the Gaol-Fever, Remarks on Penitentiary Houses, Scottish Prisons and Hospitals, Irish Prisons and Hospitals, Charter Schools in Ireland etc.]

First Edition. Warrington, Printed by William Eyres; And sold by T. Cadell, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, and J. Taylor in London, 1789. Quarto (24,5 cm x 30,5 cm). VIII, 259 pages plus 13 unnumbered pages of Index and 1 page “Directions to the Book-Binder”. Collation complete with 22 plates of which 20 are large fold-out-engravings. Hardcover / Contemporary 18th century calf with gilt lettering on spine. Stunning Volume, recently restored and rebacked by two english master-binders. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. After the restoration now a highly-desirable collectable. One of the first sociological studies of conditions within the penal system of England and Ireland compared to other 18th-century practices within European Jails / Gaols. The partly romantic engravings seem sinister when one imagines what inmates and children endured within these settings. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

EUR 2.800,-- 

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