Auction No 364, Tag: Geography
2 Lots (displaying 1 - 2)
Thomas Burnet "The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth,
Thomas Burnet "The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth,
Lot 40
Lot: 40
- Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSThomas Burnet The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, and of all the General Changes Which it hath already undergone, Or Is To Undergo, Till the Consummation of all Things. The Two First Books Concerning The DELUGE, AND Concerning PARADISE.Walter Kettilby, 1684, First Edn, folio, contemp. polished calf, very worn with parts of backstrip missing, front board detached; (xviii), 327, (i),pp; lacks engraved frontispiece; 2 double-page plates [world maps, with the land masses in relief and California as an island], 9 engraved figures in Book One and 3 in Book Two.
J. L. Lobley "Mount Vesuvius A Descriptive, Historical and Geographical Account of the Volcano
J. L. Lobley "Mount Vesuvius A Descriptive, Historical and Geographical Account of the Volcano
Lot 51
Lot: 51
- Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £66
MORE DETAILSJ. L. Lobley Mount Vesuvius A Descriptive, Historical and Geographical Account of the Volcano and its Surroundings 1889, gilt cloth, front hinge slightly frayed, o/w VG; Palmieri The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872, Asher & Co, 1873, modern gilt cloth, few old library stamps; and James Dana Characteristics of Volcanoes, 1890, folding maps, few pencil underlines o/w VG. (3)