The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World (1879 4th Ed.); [together with] The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy (1873 1st Ed.); and The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy (1876 1st Ed.) by Rawlinson, George - 1879

Cantabrigiae [Cambridge] : Joannis Oweni, 1703 A very good early copy of this atlas of the ancient world which was first published in Leipzig in 1701. In 2 volumes with contemporary full leather bindings; frontispiece portrait of Cellarius; 33 folding maps; one folding diagram; and decorative initial capitals, head and tailpieces. Vol I: blank; frontispiece; title page 1703 in red and black with vignette; dedication 5pp; Preface 4pp; Contents listing 1p; Text with initial vignette, 20 folding maps and one folding diagram pp 1-862 with errata list on final page; index 38pp. Vol II: blank; title page 1706 in red and black with vignette; dedication 5pp; 'Benevolo Lectori' 3pp; Contents 2pp; Text (Asia) p 1-544; half title Africa; text pp 3-266; 13 maps (distributed through the book); index 38pp; blank. Both bindings are sound and have raised bands, gilt tooling to the spines and title and volume labels. They have wear - particularly to the base of the spine and corners, and some rubbing to… Read More

Detroit, MI: R. L. Polk & Co., And A. C. Danser, 1878. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 939+ pages. Covers are well worn, with much of spine cover chipped away. Paper over top and bottom boards is rubbed and worn, and there is some loss of paper. Hinges (internal) are cracked, though holding solid. Text block remains tight. Inked address stamp at top of advertising front paste down, and heavily penciled name/address at top of advertising front free end page. Ink stamped address is also seen at the top of the advertising rear free end leaf. Front end leaves are a little soiled and smudged. Remaining contents are generally clean with a little age and foxing on edges, and occasional smudges.

Cologne: De L'imprimerie Jacob Stoer, 1625. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo (super). Two volumes in one. Place of publication stamped out, with "Geneue" stamped below printer. On second title page, no placeof publication, but "Geneue" stamped in place. Bound in full vellum with red leather spine label, slightly raised bands. Text in French. Vol. I: [56] 533 p.p., plus table [219 p.p., unpaginated]; Vol. II: [22] 624 p.p. plus table [142 p.p. unpaginated]. Early doodles to front and rear boards. Vellum chipped to bottom corners with bruising to corners and spine ends. Doodles also to f.f.e. and fly leaves, with early ownership signature on title page of Vol. I. Light sporadic stains and smudges to pages. Some pages trimmed, with sporadic tears to edges and margins throughout. Noticeably on p. 103 (partially affecting text), and bottom corner of p. 441 in Vol. I, and in Vol. II small tear to p. 83 (partially affecting text), head of 167 and p. 361. Otherwise in very good condition. These two books… Read More

Two volumes of Presuhn's souvenir books with 75 vibrant chromolithographs of wall paintings discovered in PompeiiLes Decorations Murales de Pompeii, 1878.With 24 chromolithographs after original drawings by Geremia Discanno, lithographed by Victor Steeger, and 51 pages of text in French translated from the German by A. Giraud-Teulon. Bound with Choix des Plus Belles et Interessantes Peintures de Pompei, avec Plan de la Ville, 1882With 50 chromolithographs after original drawings by Emile Presuhn and Geremia DiscannoAlong with wall paintings from all four eras of design, the plates depict floor mosaics, portraits, statues, plaster-casts of bodies, and plans of houses and the excavations. Presuhn (1844-1881) was a German archeologist who lived and worked in Italy for almost decade from 1870 publishing books illustrating the latest murals, mosaics and discoveries made in the excavations in Pompeii. Discanno (1839-1907) was an Italian artist and painter who worked in Naples and Pompeii.Red cloth binding… Read More

Good complete copy of an unusual illustrated souvenir of PompeiiUnlike other records of Pompeii which focused on the wall paintings and mosaics as they were excavated, this book features "then and now" illustrations. Full-colour reconstructions of Roman life in the villas, shops, baths, streets, theaters, temples and circuses peopled with first-century figures, as well as tinted views of the ruins as they were in 1898.With 21 fine chromolithographs of ordinary life in ancient Pompeii (I-XXI) and 11 tinted lithographs of the ruins (A-L).Lithographed by D. Capri, Friedrich, et al after illustrations by G. Discanno, G. Autoriello, G. Cel, Oscar Dressler, A. Magliano, de Simone, S. de Stefani, V. Mollame and A. Carelli. Antonio was grandson of the architect and scenic designer Antonio Niccolini Sr. (1772-1850). Antonio Jr. also published the final two volumes of Fausto and Felice Niccolini's monumental book on the interior design of Pompeii, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei, (Houses and monuments of… Read More

Cantabrigiae [Cambridge] : Joannis Oweni, 1703 A very good early copy of this atlas of the ancient world which was first published in Leipzig in 1701. In 2 volumes with contemporary full leather bindings; frontispiece portrait of Cellarius; 33 folding maps; one folding diagram; and decorative initial capitals, head and tailpieces. Vol I: blank; frontispiece; title page 1703 in red and black with vignette; dedication 5pp; Preface 4pp; Contents listing 1p; Text with initial vignette, 20 folding maps and one folding diagram pp 1-862 with errata list on final page; index 38pp. Vol II: blank; title page 1706 in red and black with vignette; dedication 5pp; 'Benevolo Lectori' 3pp; Contents 2pp; Text (Asia) p 1-544; half title Africa; text pp 3-266; 13 maps (distributed through the book); index 38pp; blank. Both bindings are sound and have raised bands, gilt tooling to the spines and title and volume labels. They have wear - particularly to the base of the spine and corners, and some rubbing to… Read More

Detroit, MI: R. L. Polk & Co., And A. C. Danser, 1878. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 939+ pages. Covers are well worn, with much of spine cover chipped away. Paper over top and bottom boards is rubbed and worn, and there is some loss of paper. Hinges (internal) are cracked, though holding solid. Text block remains tight. Inked address stamp at top of advertising front paste down, and heavily penciled name/address at top of advertising front free end page. Ink stamped address is also seen at the top of the advertising rear free end leaf. Front end leaves are a little soiled and smudged. Remaining contents are generally clean with a little age and foxing on edges, and occasional smudges.

Cologne: De L'imprimerie Jacob Stoer, 1625. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo (super). Two volumes in one. Place of publication stamped out, with "Geneue" stamped below printer. On second title page, no placeof publication, but "Geneue" stamped in place. Bound in full vellum with red leather spine label, slightly raised bands. Text in French. Vol. I: [56] 533 p.p., plus table [219 p.p., unpaginated]; Vol. II: [22] 624 p.p. plus table [142 p.p. unpaginated]. Early doodles to front and rear boards. Vellum chipped to bottom corners with bruising to corners and spine ends. Doodles also to f.f.e. and fly leaves, with early ownership signature on title page of Vol. I. Light sporadic stains and smudges to pages. Some pages trimmed, with sporadic tears to edges and margins throughout. Noticeably on p. 103 (partially affecting text), and bottom corner of p. 441 in Vol. I, and in Vol. II small tear to p. 83 (partially affecting text), head of 167 and p. 361. Otherwise in very good condition. These two books… Read More

Two volumes of Presuhn's souvenir books with 75 vibrant chromolithographs of wall paintings discovered in PompeiiLes Decorations Murales de Pompeii, 1878.With 24 chromolithographs after original drawings by Geremia Discanno, lithographed by Victor Steeger, and 51 pages of text in French translated from the German by A. Giraud-Teulon. Bound with Choix des Plus Belles et Interessantes Peintures de Pompei, avec Plan de la Ville, 1882With 50 chromolithographs after original drawings by Emile Presuhn and Geremia DiscannoAlong with wall paintings from all four eras of design, the plates depict floor mosaics, portraits, statues, plaster-casts of bodies, and plans of houses and the excavations. Presuhn (1844-1881) was a German archeologist who lived and worked in Italy for almost decade from 1870 publishing books illustrating the latest murals, mosaics and discoveries made in the excavations in Pompeii. Discanno (1839-1907) was an Italian artist and painter who worked in Naples and Pompeii.Red cloth binding… Read More

Good complete copy of an unusual illustrated souvenir of PompeiiUnlike other records of Pompeii which focused on the wall paintings and mosaics as they were excavated, this book features "then and now" illustrations. Full-colour reconstructions of Roman life in the villas, shops, baths, streets, theaters, temples and circuses peopled with first-century figures, as well as tinted views of the ruins as they were in 1898.With 21 fine chromolithographs of ordinary life in ancient Pompeii (I-XXI) and 11 tinted lithographs of the ruins (A-L).Lithographed by D. Capri, Friedrich, et al after illustrations by G. Discanno, G. Autoriello, G. Cel, Oscar Dressler, A. Magliano, de Simone, S. de Stefani, V. Mollame and A. Carelli. Antonio was grandson of the architect and scenic designer Antonio Niccolini Sr. (1772-1850). Antonio Jr. also published the final two volumes of Fausto and Felice Niccolini's monumental book on the interior design of Pompeii, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei, (Houses and monuments of… Read More