Search Results: Travels & Geography from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

Hordern House, 1995 8vo (24.5 cm), unpaginated. Laminated wrapper. Price list loosely inserted. 152 items.

Hordern House, 1993 8vo (24.5 cm), unpaginated. Laminated wrappers (few marks in the text). Price list loosely inserted. 400 items.

Wrocław, 1982 3 volumes 8vo (23.5 cm & 20.5 cm), 150 pp; 93 pp; 91 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers slightly rubbed, paper of the first volume toned). In Polish. Bibliography of Polish history of geography and cartography 1976-1990. 983, 536 & 593 entries.

Lisbon: Agência Geral das Colónias, 1940 8vo (22.5 cm), 155, (5) pp., plates. Contemporary half-calf over marbled paper, original wrappers bound in (binding slightly rubbed, some foxing of the title page, bookplate).

Berlin: H. Reuther's Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1890 8vo (22.5 cm), XX, 744 pp. Contemporary leather-backed marbled boards with corners, spine gilt, marbled edges (binding slightly rubbed and stained, with minor internal staining). This is the first edition of the standard bibliography of the field, featuring 5,000 works arranged chronologically. The bibliography covers a range of travels, including religious pilgrimages, and includes a cartography of the area. (Besterman 4408).

Melbourne: Gaston Renard, 1988 8vo (24 cm), XVI, 220 pp, 8 color plates. Printed wrappers. Auction catalogue of a sale held on 29-31 August 1988. 921 and 561 items.

Venice: Vincenzo Formaleoni, 1789 In-8, 240 pp, folding map. Cont. leather-backed marbled boards, spine gilt (binding slightly rubbed, blind collector's stamp on title, two tears of the map repaired, some pages creased, stained or soiled bur overall a good copy). A comprehensive study of ancient geography divided into three sections: Errors in antiquity concerning general description; Errors in applying astronomy to geography, and errors in measuring the circumference of the Earth and distances. The concluding section features a folding map of the Black Sea titled 'Idrografia del Ponto Eusino,' created by Vincenzo Formaleoni for his 'Storia Filosofica, e Politica della Navigazione, del Commercio delle Colonie degli Antichi nel Mar Nero,' published a year earlier. Vincenzo Formaleoni (1752-1797) was a Venetian publisher, cartographer, and scholar.

Paris: Edition Quatre Vents, 1930 4to (28.5 x 22 cm), 295, [7] pp, bound in original watercolor. Contemporary decorative binding combining morocco and paper, gilt-lettered spine with two raised bends, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom-edge untried, marbled endpapers, original wrappers and spine bound in (Max Fonseque), housed in burgundy cloth box with gilt-lettered leather label (biding slightly rubbed, collector's blind stamp on the half-title). Limited to 300 copies, this is no. 295 on Rives paper, bound in original watercolor, depicting a church on the walls of Constantinople (14 x 19.5 cm, signed in pencil bottom right). First edition of of a travel journal penned by Ukrainian artist Alexis Gritchenko (1883-1977), chronicling his two-year sojourn in Constantinople following his emigration from revolutionary Russia and preceding his relocation to France. "'Two Years in Constantinople' is the title of a work published in 1930, in which Gritchenko recounts his experiences in a city… Read More

Kodansha International, 1991 12mo (18 cm), VIII, 204 pp. Laminated wrappers.

Harvard University Press, 2005 12mo (17 cm), XLVI, 529 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). "Strabo (ca. 64 BCE to ca. 25 CE), an Asiatic Greek of Amasia in Pontus, studied at Nysa and after 44 BCE at Rome. He became a keen traveller who saw a large part of Italy, various near eastern regions including the Black Sea, various parts of Asia Minor, Egypt as far as Ethiopia, and parts of Greece. He was a long time in Alexandria where he no doubt studied mathematics, astronomy, and history. Strabo's historical work is lost, but his most important "Geography" in seventeen books has survived. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Strabo is in eight volumes." (from the publisher's synopsis)

Bombay: Bombay Education Society's Press, 1905 8vo (21.5 cm), XIV, 197 pp.Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered front board and spine (endpapers slightly stained). "This work contains a Review of the Papers and Notes on Iranian subjects, read before the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, during the last 100 years (1804-1904)."

Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University, 1990 8vo (23.5 cm), 237 pp. Printed wrappers. Contents include: "The Ruthenian (Volhynian) Metrica: Polish Crown Chancery Records for Ukrainian Lands, 1569-1673" by PATRICIA KENNEDY GRIMSTED; "The First Edition (1651) of Beauplan's Description d'Ukranie
DENNIS F. ESSAR and ANDREW B. PERNAL; "The Social Structure of the Ukraine in 1917" by BOHDAN KRAWCHENKO; "Social Questions and National Revolution: The Ukrainian National Republic in 1919-1920" by RUDOLF A. MARK; "Comments on Three Letters by Khan Islam Gerey III to the Porte (1651)" by ZYGMUNT ABRAHAMOWICZ; "Stanisław Stempowski on his Participation in the Government of the Ukrainian People's Republic" by ANDRZEJ CHOJNOWSKI; "Ukrainian Medieval Painting: The State of the Art" by MICHAEL S. FLIER; "Galician Villagers and the Ukrainain National Movement" by STEFAN KIENIEWICZ; "The Chronicle of the… Read More

Rowman and Littlefield, 1972 4 volumes 12mo (19.5 cm), XIV, 408 pp; [6] pp, PP. 409-802 pp; [6] pp, PP. 803-1196; [6] pp, PP. 1197-1587. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spines (bindings slightly stained, tipped in bookplates). The fourth edition of Theodore Besterman's "A World Bibliography of Bibliographies" was published in 1965-66. It's a monumental edition which contains 6664 columns. Rowman and Littlefield in 18 separate publications gathered all the titles in some of the major fields. Volumes on cartography, geography, history, voyages and travels include approximately 8,000 entries.

Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2017 8o (20.5 cm), 140 pp. Laminated wrappers. In Polish with an abstract in English. Geographical incunabula in the Polish collections. An overview of the books on geography printed until 1500 is followed by analysis of preserved geographical incunabula in the Polish collections. On the basis of this the author discusses the knowledge and popularity of geographical books among the intellectual elites in the 15th century Poland.

Harvard University Press, 2005 8vo (21 cm), XXVII, 490 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). "Biondo Flavio (1392-1463), humanist and historian, was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance recovery of classical antiquity. While serving a number of the Renaissance popes, he inaugurated an extraordinary program of research into the history, institutions, cultural life, and physical remains of the ancient Roman empire. The Italia Illustrata (1453), which appears here for the first time in English, is a topographical work describing Italy region by region. Its aim is to explore the Roman roots of the Renaissance world. As such, it is the quintessential work of Renaissance antiquarianism. This is the first edition of the Latin text since 1559." (from the publisher's description)

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2008 8vo (23.5 cm), XIV, 496 pp. Laminated wrappers. "The first narrative history of the Jesuits’ mission from 1579 until the proscription of Christianity in China in 1724, this study is also the first to use extensive documentation of the enterprise found in Lisbon and Rome. The peril of travel in the premodern world, the danger of entering a foreign land alone and unarmed, and the challenge of understanding a radically different culture result in episodes of high drama set against such backdrops as the imperial court of Peking, the villages of Shanxi Province, and the bustling cities of the Yangzi Delta region. Further scenes show how the Jesuits claimed conversions and molded their Christian communities into outposts of Baroque Catholicism in the vastness of China. In the retelling, this story reaches across continents and centuries to reveal the deep political, cultural, scientific, linguistic, and religious complexities of a true… Read More

Mariner Books, 2002 8vo (23.5 cm), X, 454 pp. Publisher's laminated wrappers. From the blurb: "When José Saramago decided to write a book about Portugal, his only desire was that it be unlike all other books on the subject, and in this he has certainly succeeded. Recording the events and observations of a journey across the length and breadth of the country he loves dearly, Saramago brings Portugal to life as only a writer of his brilliance can. Forfeiting the usual sources such as tourist guides and road maps, he scours the country with the eyes and ears of an observer fascinated by the ancient myths and history of his people. Whether it be an inaccessible medieval fortress set on a cliff, a wayside chapel thick with cobwebs, or a grand mansion in the city, the extraordinary places of this land come alive. Always meticulously attentive to those elements of ancient Portugal that persist today, he examines the country in its current period of rapid transition and growth. Journey to… Read More

St Pauls Bibliographies, 2000 8vo (22 cm), xiii, 152 pp. Publisher's laminated boards. The book is a series of historical essays on the awakening interests in travel, exploration and its literature by publishers. Leading authorities have contributed seven well-written, scholarly essays on the dramatic influence of travel and exploration on the publishing business. Included: "Strange, remote, and farre distant countreys: the travel books of Richard Hakluyt" by Anthony Payne, "Shipwrecks in print" by Michael Harris, "The Grand Tour" by Jeremy Black, "The English-language guide book to Europe up to 1870" by Giles Barber, "Illustrated books of Middle East 1800-1850" by Charles Newton, "Bound for Australia: shipboard reading in th 19th century" by Bill Bell; "The information resources of the Royal Geographical Society" by Andrew Tatham.

Vienna: Chambre de commerce, d'industrie et des métiers, 1931 16mo (16.5 cm), 64 pp, 4 pp of plates in color, 32 pp of photographs, folding map. Printed wrappers. Promotional brochure about Austrian geography, industry and cultur. Un sommaire de sa situation géographique, de son ethnographie, son histoire, sa constitution et économie nationale, avec descriprions spéciales de ses principales branches industrilles, commerciales, professionnelles, de sa vie culturelle, artistique et scientifique, ainsi que des attractions que l'Autriche peu offrir aux étrangers qui la visitent.

Paris: Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928 12mo (15.5 cm), XLIV, 802, (2) pp, 75 maps, plans and views (35 folding), Publisher's cloth (binding rubbed, joints cracked but firm, small part of cloth missing at the head of spine). Forth edition, complete with all maps and plans, of the very detailed guide to the Holy Land, Lebanon, Syria, and popular destinations of the Mediterranean.