Authors starting with O from Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB

Philadelphia:: Abraham Small,, 1820. First American edition. Lrg. 8vo,. Illustrated with hand-coloured folding frontis map, and a folding table. recased in paper backed old boards. Recased, some pages trimmed, name on title page, else very good. An outline of Napoleon's military campagins including the Battle of Ligny and the Battle of Mount St. Jean. ... more information

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Mexico: : Editorial Porrua, , 1968. Limited numbered edition. Lrg. 8vo, . printed wraps, spine darkened, name on upper cover, else very good. Commemorative edition limited to 3000 numbered copies illustrating the history of Mexican imprints. ... more information

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Tokyo: : Kenkyusha, , n.d. . 8vo,. boards. Spine sunned, trace of front part of old dustjacket, pages evenly age-toned. ... more information

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London:: MacMillan and Co., Limited,, 1901. Extra illustrated edition. 8vo,. full painted vellum with gilt floral scrolls, painted portrait and initials, a.e.g. Dusty, hinges reinforced, upper cover slightly sprung, otherwise very good. A beautiful binding with the owner's initials painted on the front cover, and owner's signature on the ffep. Margaret Oliphant was a prolific 19th century author who began her career with submissions to the Blackwoods magazine. In 1859 she and her husband moved to ... more information

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c.1579. 15-3/4" x 19-3/4"- 40 x 50.1 cm. . Copper engraved map with original hand colouring. Laid down on board. An attractive map of Friesland and Groningen with inset of ancient Friesland. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a prominent Flemish cartographer who produced the first world atlas "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" in 1570. This map was based on an earlier manuscript map by Sibrandus Leo whose name is featured in the title. ... more information

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c. 1660. A couple of short tears to upper margin, one at c/f else very good.. 15-1/2” x 18-1/4”- 39.3x 46.3 cm.. Published in Jansson’s “Accuratissima orbis antiqui delineatio sive geographia” Copper engraved map with later hand colouring. Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici III 500H:1. A very good map of the Red Sea, Middle East and Asia extending from Egypt to the South East Asian Malay Peninsula. Two inset maps of northwest Africa and the North Pole. Based upon the travels of Alexande... more information

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