A Catalogue of Geography Voyages: Travels AmericanaB. Quaritch, 1895 - 200 pages |
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... rare edition ; with the exquisite vignette of the Amazon as a naked female . 2 20 Voyages and Discoveries in South America . The first up the River of Amazon .. by Christo- pher d'Acugna . The second up the River of Plata .. by Mons ...
... rare edition ; with the exquisite vignette of the Amazon as a naked female . 2 20 Voyages and Discoveries in South America . The first up the River of Amazon .. by Christo- pher d'Acugna . The second up the River of Plata .. by Mons ...
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... RARE and valuable when in fine and perfect condition as this is ; but particularly interesting and precious as one of the twenty copies which were sent to England for the King and the members of the Council . It is only in them that the ...
... RARE and valuable when in fine and perfect condition as this is ; but particularly interesting and precious as one of the twenty copies which were sent to England for the King and the members of the Council . It is only in them that the ...
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... rare , and the most important of all the publica- tions of the Mexican States . The above set , complete from the beginning , is from the Ramirez library . BOS . Leeven en Daaden der Doorluchtigste Zee- Helden .. beschreven door ...
... rare , and the most important of all the publica- tions of the Mexican States . The above set , complete from the beginning , is from the Ramirez library . BOS . Leeven en Daaden der Doorluchtigste Zee- Helden .. beschreven door ...
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... RARE AND CURIOUS . It is a scientific treatise on the arts connected with geography , navigation , and travel . It is an Americanum of no small interest by virtue of the eighth and ninth chapters of the second book , which contain a ...
... RARE AND CURIOUS . It is a scientific treatise on the arts connected with geography , navigation , and travel . It is an Americanum of no small interest by virtue of the eighth and ninth chapters of the second book , which contain a ...
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... RARE in such superb and perfect condition . The frontispiece is one of the finest and most beauti- ful efforts of design and execution which have been achieved at any period of the art . The views of cities were also remarkable ...
... RARE in such superb and perfect condition . The frontispiece is one of the finest and most beauti- ful efforts of design and execution which have been achieved at any period of the art . The views of cities were also remarkable ...
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