Bologna 2010 - ILAB Congress and International Antiquarian Book Fair
The Best Place for Rare Books, Old Books, Antiquarian Books, Modern First Editions, Illustrated Books, Atlases, Manuscripts, Autographs! The Italian Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (ALAI) will welcome more than 100 delegates and exhibitors to the 39th ILAB Congress and 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair. More ...
A Bibliophile of huge Ec(h)o
Fresh from his stint as Special Guest Curator at the Louvre, in September 2010 Umberto Eco will open the ILAB Congress and International Book Fair. More ...
Rare Book Film Festival at the Cineteca di Bologna
Among the other events for advertising the 39th ILAB Congress and 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair, the ALAI is organizing a Rare Book Film Festival. The prestigious Cineteca di Bologna has enthusiastically embraced the idea, showing films related to books during the Congress week. All the famous movies will star a librarian among the main characters. The Cineteca will also realize a medley of the most important scenes related to bibliophily, which will be screened at Palazzo Re Enzo. More ...
ITALY - REST OF THE WORLD
A football (soccer) match on the occasion of the ILAB Congress and International Antiquarian Book Fair in Bologna. Players list ...
ILAB Launches New Stolen Book Site
We, as an organization and as individual booksellers, do all we can to combat theft of books. As the world’s leading Antiquarian Booksellers we have always worked successfully with law enforcement organizations, librarians and other interested persons to reclaim stolen property and bring thieves to justice. With the new ILAB Stolen Book Database we have lifted our technology into the 21st century. More …
New Website for One of the Most Prestigious Prizes
The ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography publicizes the League's support for the original scholarship on which the book trade so much depends. The new website www.ilabprize.org introduces the Prize Winners 2010, the history of the Prize since the early 1960s, and the future of the Prize with a list of books which have already been submitted to the upcoming 16th Award in 2014. More ...
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[An album of twenty four views in India]
MOFFATT, James (1775-1815)
Bookseller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books
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Calcutta: 1804-1810 [watermarked 1798-1807]. Folio. (22 x 17 inches). 24 uncoloured aquatints by Moffat. Expertly bound to style using half... MoreCalcutta: 1804-1810 [watermarked 1798-1807]. Folio. (22 x 17 inches). 24 uncoloured aquatints by Moffat. Expertly bound to style using half 18th-century diced russia over marbled paper-covered boards, the flat spine divided into six compartments by double gilt fillets, lettered in gilt in the second and third compartments, modern morocco-backed cloth box, spine gilt. A fine and very rare album of Moffat's highly important views of India. In its entirety, this album represents the greatest series of aquatint views ever printed in India. We have occasionally been able to offer individual prints by James Moffat, but this is the first album that we have ever encountered: collections such as this are of the greatest rarity. The twenty four plates make up three different series, and were originally assembled in about 1820. All the plates are on laid paper, the majority with watermarks including dates. The three series are probably as follows: a series published in about 1804, a second published in about 1810 and the third group of four plates are from drawings of Gaur by Henry Creighton. Little is known of Moffat. Mildred Archer writes that he 'was a Scotsman living in Calcutta from 1789 to 1815. He appears to have learnt his profession of painting and engraving in India. In 1798 and from 1805 to 1810 he produced views of towns on the Ganges and Hooghly, and in 1808 engravings from Henry Creighton's drawings of Gaur.' The plates are bound and titled as follows: 1.`View of a Mosque at Chunar,' I.Moffat. sculp.1810 (watermarked 'S.Wise & Patch 1807') 2.'View of the large pagoda at Nuddea,' drawn and engraved by I. Moffat (watermarked 'J. Whatman 1804') 3.'View of Agra, on the River Jumna,' I.Moffat, sculpt. (watermarked 'S.Wise & Patch 1807') 4.'Mausoleum erecting at Ghazepore, to the memory of the Marquis Cornwallis.' Engraved by I. Moffat, Calcutta (watermarked 'S. Wise & Patch 1805') 5.'View on the banks of the Ganges with representation of the Churruck Poojah, a Hindoo holiday,' I. Moffat. Del. et sculp. (watermarked 'Edmeades & Pine') 6.'Gate of Sultan Shah Hussein's tomb at Gour,' H.C. delin I. Moffat. sculp (watermarked 'S.Wise & Patch 1805') 7.'1st; view of the city of Benares,' drawn and Engraved by J. Moffat. Calcutta 1804, (14 ½ x 20 ¼ inches) 8.'2d, view of the city of Benares,' Drawn and Engraved by J. Moffat 1804, (14 ½ x 20 ¼ inches) 9.'West view of the city of Moorshedabad,' J. Moffat del: et Sculp, (14 ¾ x 20 ¼ inches) 10.'View of the hospital at Berhampore,' Drawn and Engraved by Jas. Moffat at Calcutta 1805 (Watermarked 'J. Whatman 1801') 11.'South view of Chinsurah,' J. Moffat del. Et Sculp. Calcutta 1803 (watermarked 'J.Larking') 12.'View of Seringapatam,' J. Moffat Sculp. (watermarked 'Budgen 1803) 13.'View in the fort of Monghyr,' Drawn and Engraved by James Moffat, Calcutta 1805 (watermarked 'J. Whatman 1801') 14.'South view of the new government house, Calcutta,' Drawn & Engraved in Aquatinta, by James Moffat, Calcutta 1803' (watermarked 'I Taylor 1798') 15.Kuddum Russoolat Gour, where they shew the print of their prophet's foot, in a piece of white marble,' H.C. delinr. I. Moffat sculp. 16.'Cutwally gate at Gour,' H.C. delinr. I. Moffat. Sculp. (watermark dated 1805) 17.'The small golden mosque at Gour,' H.C. delin I. Moffat. Sculp (watermarked 'S.Wise & Patch 1806') 18.'West view of Calcutta,' Drawn and Engraved by J. Moffat. Calcutta 1805 (watermarked 'J. Whatman 1801') 19.'South east view of the new government house Calcutta,' Delineated and Engraved in Aquatinta By James Moffat, at Calcutta 1st February 1803 (watermarked 'I Taylor 1798') 20.'View of the cantonments at Berhampore,' J. Moffat del. And sculp. 1806 (watermarked 'J. Whatman 1804') 21.'View of the ancient city gate, Rajemahal,' J. Moffat Del. Et Sculp. 1806 ) (watermarked 'S.Wise & Patch 1805') 22.'Mosque at Peruspore, Gour,' H.C. delin J. Moffat Sculp Calcutta (watermarked 'S.Wise & Patch 1805') 23.'View of the palace at Benares,' Drawn and Engraved by J. Moffat. Calcutta 1805 (watermarked 'J. Whatman 1801') 24.'Cossimundia Ghaut, Benares,' J. Moffat del. et sculp. (watermarked 'S.Wise & Patch 1805') M. Archer British Drawings in the India Office Library, I969, II, p.621 Less
Price: 48000.00 USD
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Always Something to Do in Salinas
Steinbeck, John
Bookseller: Books Tell You Why
Hardcover. 8vo. A most handsome Limited Edition in Very Fine condition. Hand bound in dark brown buckram over boards with a title label in... MoreHardcover. 8vo. A most handsome Limited Edition in Very Fine condition. Hand bound in dark brown buckram over boards with a title label in contrasting tan. Rich textured text paper. This copy is numbered 22 of 300 limited edition copies; This article was first published in Holiday magazine in June, 1955, and was reprinted in the present format "as a service to Steinbeck collectors." It was part of a series of articles by famous writers on their home towns. Steinbeck recalls the Salinas (California) of his youth and it's growth into a populous city. (from the Introduction). Fine+. Less
Price: 1800.00 USD
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Map of Massachusetts proper compiled from Actual Surveys made by Order of the...
CARLETON, Osgood (fl.1792-1806)
Bookseller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books
[Boston: B. & J. Loring, 1801]. Copper-engraved map, with original outline colour, folded and mounted on linen. Publisher's paper label to... More[Boston: B. & J. Loring, 1801]. Copper-engraved map, with original outline colour, folded and mounted on linen. Publisher's paper label to verso, in good condition apart from some slight browning. Modern cloth chemise, within a morocco-backed cloth slipcase. 31 3/4 x 46 3/4 inches. A very rare and highly important early map of Massachusetts. The revised and much improved first "official" edition of the most important early map of Massachusetts. In three key ways, this edition is a great improvement over Osgood Carleton's 1798 original which was rejected for official sanction by the government of the Commonwealth. Firstly, the coastline and coastal islands have been more correctly rendered, largely due to the incorporation of information from the charts of Joseph Des Barres. Secondly, roads and streams that had been left incomplete in the earlier map were extended. Thirdly, some of the clutter of the 1798 map, engraved by Carleton's partner, John Norman, was removed, and the map is more attractive and informative, with a cleaner and crisper appearance. The history of the creation and publication of Carleton's map is interesting. There was a movement to create a state-sponsored map of Massachusetts as early as 1791. In 1795, after a failed attempt by the Massachusetts Historical Society, Osgood Carleton and John Norman signed a contract with the Commonwealth to create a state map based on surveys submitted by every town, with the entire map to be endorsed as to its quality by the state government. The map was produced in 1798, but it failed to win approval by the General Court which criticized Norman's engraving. The government asked Norman to redraw the map, although he had already printed 400 copies and went about marketing it without the official seal of approval from the Massachusetts government. Carleton, however, began to recompile the map and the firm of Callendar and Hill was contracted to engrave it. The present version of the map was approved by the General Court in 1801, and 500 copies were ordered to be printed. The map was published by B. & J. Loring in Boston, and offered (along with a companion map of Maine, which was then a constituent part of Massachusetts) at four dollars for a set, seven dollars if mounted on cloth with rollers, and eight dollars folded into cases. This copy of the map retains the publisher's original paper label, which forcefully asserts that this 1801 version of the Carleton map of Massachusetts, approved by the General Court, is "the only accurate one ever published of this state." The map is drawn on a scale of four miles to the inch, and gives a clear delineation of the boundaries and coastline of Massachusetts, and of the borders of each town in the state. The distance of each town from Boston and from their respective county seat is given, and major roads and streams are shown. Public and private institutions, including academies, meetinghouses, courthouses, etc., are located, as are topographical features such as mountains, ponds, rivers and streams. The cartouche, smaller in size and more attractive than that in the 1798 version, is still quite large, taking up much of the lower left corner of the map. It shows an Indian standing beside trees on a shoreline, with boats in the distant waters, and casks, anchors, nets, and a globe in the foreground. Danforth, 'The First Official Maps of Maine and Massachusetts,' in Imago Mundi 35 (1983), pp. 37-57; Krieger & Cobb, Mapping Boston, p. 52; Phillips, A List of Maps of America, p. 400; Ristow, American Maps and Mapmakers, pp. 89-92 Less
Price: 35000.00 USD
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The American Atlas; or, a Geographical Description of the Whole Continent of...
JEFFERYS, Thomas (1719-1771)
Bookseller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books
London: Printed and sold by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1778. Folio. (21 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches). 23 engraved maps on 30 sheets, hand-coloured in... MoreLondon: Printed and sold by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1778. Folio. (21 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches). 23 engraved maps on 30 sheets, hand-coloured in outline. Expertly bound to style in 18th-century half russia over original marbled paper boards, spine gilt in seven compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece, black morocco-backed cloth box. The very rare 1778 issue of 'The American Atlas': the most important 18th century atlas for America, and an irreplaceable snapshot of the land as it was during the birth of the United States. Walter Ristow describes it as a "geographical description of the whole continent of America, as portrayed in the best available maps in the latter half of the eighteenth century ... as a major cartographic reference work it was, very likely, consulted by American, English, and French civilian administrators and military officers during the Revolution." As a collection, the American Atlas stands as the most comprehensive, detailed and accurate survey of the American colonies at the beginning of the Revolution. Many of the elements that make up the American Atlas came into being as a result of the British need to understand the geographic and social layout of their colonies after their victory in the French and Indian War of 1756-1763. The maps that resulted from the numerous surveys were to prove to be by far the best contemporary records of the region. Among these distinguished maps are; Braddock Meade's 'A Map of the Most Inhabited Parts of New England', the largest and most detailed map of New England that had yet been published; a map of 'The Provinces of New York and New Jersey' by Samuel Holland, the Surveyor general for the northern American colonies; William Scull's 'A Map of Pennsylvania', the first map of that colony to include its western frontier; Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson's 'A Map of the Most Inhabited part of Virginia', the best colonial map for the Chesapeake region; and Lt. Ross's 'Course of the Mississipi', the first map of that river based on English sources. Jefferys was the leading English cartographer of the 18th century. From about 1750, he published a series of maps of the English American colonies. As Geographer to the Prince of Wales, and after 1761, Geographer to the King, Jefferys was well placed to have access to the best surveys conducted in America, and many of his maps held the status of "official work". Jefferys died on 20th November 1771, and in 1775, his successors, Robert Sayer and John Bennett, gathered these separately-issued maps together and republished them in book form as The American Atlas. The first edition with only 22 maps on 29 sheets appeared in 1775, and there were subsequent editions in 1776 and 1778. The maps are as follows (many of the maps are on several sheets, and in the Index, each individual sheet is numbered, the measurements refer to the image size): 1-3. Braddock Meade (alias John Green). 'A Chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Published 10 June 1775.' Six sheets joined into three, 43 1/2 x 49 1/2 inches. Stevens & Tree 4(d). * This great wall map of the Western Hemisphere was chiefly issued to expose the errors in De L'Isle and Buache's map of the Pacific Northwest, published in Paris in 1752. 4. Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg. 'The Russian Discoveries. Published March 2nd 1775.' One sheet, 18 x 24 1/8 inches. *The first official mapping results of the explorations of Bering and Chirikof in Siberia and the Pacific Norwest were issued by the Russian Imperial Academy in 1758. These corrected the earlier incorrect maps including the mythical discoveries of Admiral Fonte. This is a British version of that map 5-6. Thomas Pownall after E. Bowen. 'A New and Correct Map of North America, with the West India Islands. Published 15 February 1777.' Four sheets joined into two, 45 1/4 x 39 3/4 inches. Stevens & Tree 49(f). *Thomas Pownall updated Bowen's North America map of 1755. Pownall's version included the results of the first Treaty of Paris drawn up after the end of the French & Indian War. 7. Thomas Jefferys. 'North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, Improved with the English Surveys Made since the Peace. Published 10 June 1775.' One sheet, 18 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches. Stevens & Tree 51(c). 8. Samuel Dunn. 'A Map of the British Empire in North America. Published 17 August 1776.' 1/2 sheet, 18 1/2 x 12 inches. Stevens & Tree 53(b) 9. Thomas Jefferys. 'An Exact Chart of the River St. Laurence from Fort Frontenac to the Island of Anticosti.... Published 25 May 1775.' Two sheets joined into one, 23 1/2 x 37 1/4 inches. Stevens & Tree 76d) 10. Sayer & Bennett. 'A Chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence.... Published 25th March 1775.' One sheet, 19 1/2 x 24 inches. 11. 'A Map of the Island of St. John in the Gulf of St. Laurence.... Published 6 April 1775.' One sheet, 14 1/8 x 27 1/4 inches. 12. James Cook & Michael Lane. 'A General Chart of the Island of Newfoundland.... Published 10th May 1775.' One sheet, 21 1/2 x 22 inches. James Cook went on to gain renown for his Pacific exploration. 13. 'A Chart of the Banks of Newfoundland.... Published 25 March 1775.' One sheet, 19 1/2 x 26 inches. Based on the surveys of James Cook (see above), Chabert and Fleurieu. 14. Thomas Jefferys. 'A New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island with the Adjacent Parts of New England and Canada.... Published 15 June 1775.' One sheet, 18 1/2 x 24 inches. Stevens & Tree 66(c). * Originally published in 1755, at the beginning of the French and Indian War, this map "proved to be important in evaluating respective French and English claims to this part of North America" (Ristow). England gained sole possession of the region by the Treaty of Paris, 1763. 15-16. Braddock Meade (alias John Green.) 'A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England. Published November 29, 1774.' Four sheets joined into two, 38 3/4 x 40 ¾ inches. Stevens & Tree 33(e). * The first large-scale map of New England. "The most detailed and informative pre-Revolutionary map of New England ... not really supplanted until the nineteenth century" (New England Prospect, 13.) 17. Capt. [Samuel] Holland. 'The Provinces of New York and New Jersey, with Part of Pensilvania.... Published 17 Aug. 1776.' Three insets: A plan of the City of New York, A chart of the Mouth of Hudson's River, and A Plan of Amboy. Two sheets joined, 20 1/2 x 52 ¾ inches. Stevens & Tree 44(d). * An important large-scale map of the Provinces of New York and New Jersey, by Samuel Holland, Surveyor General for the Northern English colonies. With fine insets including a street plan of colonial New York City. 18. William Brassier.' A Survey of Lake Champlain, including Lake George, Crown Point and St.John.' 5 August 1776. Single sheet 26 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches. Stevens & Tree 25(b). *Second state including naval activity on the lake up until 13 October 1776. 19. 'A New Map of the Province of Quebec, according to the Royal Proclamation, of the 7th of October 1763. from the French Surveys Connected with those made after the War, by Captain Carver, and Other Officers. 16 February 1776.' One sheet, 19 1/4 x 26 1/4 inches. Stevens & Tree 73(a). 20. William Scull. 'A Map of Pennsylvania Exhibiting not only the Improved Parts of the Province but also its Extensive Frontiers. Published 10 June 1775.' Two sheets joined, 26 3/4 x 53 inches. * The first map of the Province of Pennsylvania to include its western frontier. All earlier maps had focused solely on the settled eastern parts of the colony. 21-22. Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson. 'A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia, containing the Whole Province of Maryland ... 1775.' [n.d.] Four sheets joined into two, 30 x 48 1/2 inches. Stevens & Tree 87(f). * "The basic cartographical document of Virginia in the eighteenth century ... the first to depict accurately the interior regions of Virginia beyond the Tidewater. [It] dominated the cartographical representation of Virginia until the nineteenth century" (Verner.) 23-24. Henry Mouzon. 'An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina with their Indian Frontiers. Published May 30, 1775.' Four sheets joined into two, 39 3/4 x 56 inches. Stevens & Tree 11(a). * "The chief type map for [the Carolinas] during the forty or fifty years following its publication. It was used by both British and American forces during the Revolutionary War" (Cumming, 450.) 25. Thomas Jefferys. 'The Coast of West Florida and Louisiana ... The Peninsula and Gulf of Florida. Published 20 Feby. 1775.' Two sheets joined into one, 19 x 48 1/4 inches. Stevens & Tree 26(b). * A large-scale map of Florida, based upon the extensive surveys conducted since the region became an English possession by the Treaty of Paris, 1763. 26. Lt. Ross. 'Course of the Mississipi.... Taken on an Expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the Year 1765.' Published 1 June 1775. Two sheets joined into one, 13 1/2 x 44 1/4 inches. Stevens & Tree 31(b). * The first large-scale map of the Mississippi River, and the first based in whole or part upon English surveys. 27. Thomas Jefferys. 'The Bay of Honduras. Published 20 February 1775.' One sheet, 18 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches. 28-29. J.B.B. D'Anville. 'A Map of South America.... Published 20 September 1775.' Four sheets joined into two, 39 1/2 x 46 1/2 inches 30. Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla and others. 'A Chart of the Straits of Magellan. Published 1 July 1775.' One sheet, 20 1/4 x 27 1/8 inches. Cf. Howes J-81; cf. Phillips Atlases 1165 and 1166; cf. Sabin 35953; cf. Streeter Sale I, 72 (1775 edition); cf. Walter Ristow (editor) Thomas Jefferys The American Atlas London 1776, facsimile edition, Amsterdam 1974. Less
Price: 165000.00 USD
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a famous autograph collector. Siegfried Reiter's article about the poet as collector was first published in "Der Autographen-Sammler". [+] More
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Paul Kainbacher’s bibliography is „the“ standard work for dealers, collectors, and scientists who are specialised in geography, travel, ethnology and natural sciences. It comprises – almost completely – the whole German literature on Africa written between the years 1500 and 1945. The first edition, printed in 2002, was an immediate success, highly esteemed as the first bibliography on the travel and exploration of Africa. Until 2009 three more editions appeared. The recent 4th edition is widely enlarged and corrected. It contains more than 6500 books and separately printed articles on politics, history, geography, geology, zoology, botany, archaeology, mission work, the colonial empires etc., referring to Africa. Kainbacher’s African bibliography is structured alphabetically from A to Z, according to the authors’ names. Every item is described in detail with author, title, publisher, the number of editions, the year(s) of publication, the number of pages, plates and illustrations as well as hints to other bibliographies and encyclopaedias. Kainbacher even mentions the “rarity” of a book (rare, very rare, extremely rare), although he himself admits that the rarity of a work cannot be measured by the number of offers in auctions during the past 50 years or its occurrence in internet databases. Dr. Paul Kainbacher is a member of the Austrian Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (VAO). After several journeys to Africa, many years of research and the publication of numerous articles and books he is a well-known specialists on rare books about the history and the culture of the African continent.
Paul Kainbacher: Die Erforschung Afrikas. Die Afrika-Literatur über Geographie und Reisen 1486 – 1945. Eine Bibliographie von A – Z.
The 4th edition of his Africa Bibliography is available as a printed book and as a pdf file. The online version will be revised, enlarged and corrected every three months. You can browse the chapters A to C on ILAB.org, the whole bibliography can be found on Dr. Paul Kainbacher’s website. [+] More
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Three expeditions into the uncharted waters of the Pacific Ocean – and a tragic end on Hawaii. James Cook (1728–1779) was the first to map New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific islands. He formed our modern image of the world and refuted once and for all the existence of a mythical Terra Australis Incognita. [+] More
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