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London: John Long, n.d. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, map illus. endpapers, 186 pp. Illustrated. Neat former-owner bookplate; otherwise, Near-Fine, in a Good, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes chipping. Contents: Aerial View; Airport Requirements; Existing Airports; The Case for Seadromes; Traffic and Safety; British Empire Airliners; United States Airliners; Freighters, Conversions and Foreign Aircraft; Transatlantic Air Routes; Empire Trunk Routes; Foreign Trunk Routes; Future of Air Trunk Lines; United States Internal Networks; British Internal and European Networks; British Commonwealth Airline Companies; Foreign Networks; Operational Costs and Problems; Mails; Fares and Freights; Airline Personnel; Air Transort Expansion; Private and Club Flying; Gliders and Sailplanes; Racing and Sport; Airships; Fighting Air Forces; Air Police; High Routes of the Future; Chances in Aircraft Design; Looking Forward.
DEUX ANNÉES AU BRÉSIL: Ouvrage illustré de 180 vignettes dessinés par E. Riou d’après les croquis de M. Biard by BIARD, F. (François-Auguste) - 1862
by BIARD, F. (François-Auguste)
DEUX ANNÉES AU BRÉSIL: Ouvrage illustré de 180 vignettes dessinés par E. Riou d’après les croquis de M. Biard
by BIARD, F. (François-Auguste)
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Paris: Hachette. 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in early/period quarter red morocco and marbled boards, marbled endpapers, top page edges gilt. pp 680. Numerous engraved plates and in-text illustrations, folding map at rear. Sabin 5134. Profusely and handsomely illustrated with engravings after sketches by the author, a successful French genre painter of the time. His artistic career in a lull, François-Auguste Biard (1799-1882) traveled to Brazil in 1858 and spent two years living and traveling in Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo, Bahia, Amazonia, and elsewhere. He was one of the very first European artists of note to spend time with and depict the indigenous population of the rain forest and the interior. Light shelf wear to lower edges of boards, spine faintly sunned, else fine, contents exceptionally clean and bright, free of foxing, firmly bound. A very nice copy. 3 kg parcel; Thick octavo .
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Modern Air Transport. 26 Illustrations.
by Stuart, F. S. S. and H. C. Biard
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Deux années au Brésil. Ouvrage illustré de 180 vignettes dessinées par E. Riou d’après les croquis de M. Biard.
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Paris, : L. Hachette, 1862,. 245x155mm,. 678 pages, reliure d'éditeur. Demi-chagrin, dos à faux-nerfs, auteur, titre et filets dorés, plats avec encadrements à froid, quelques rousseurs.
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Deux années au Brésil. Ouvrage illustré de 180 vignettes desinées par E. Riou d'apres les croquis de M. Biard.
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Paris, Hachette 1862.. gr.-8°. 1 Bl., 680 S. Mit 180 meist ganzseit. Illustr. in Holzschn. v. E. Riou. u. 1 gefalt. Karte HLdr. d. Zt. Berieb. EA Sabin I, 5134 - François-Auguste Biard (1799-882), war ein französischer Maler. Er war einer der ersten europäischen Künstler der die Menschen des Regenwaldes getroffen und dargestellt hat.
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