aubrey john selected (5 risultati)

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good Slipcase. Being a further selection of Brief Lives, together with excerpts from his writings on antiquities, science and folklore. Water mark on the slipcase. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Revised Edition. First printing in this edition. Clean sound slip-case, fresh covers, tight binding, clean pages and end-papers. Contains black and white plates and illustrations. Slip case as opposed to dust-jacket . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08418051086. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. BEAUTIFUL: NEW Fist Folio Society Edition (Orig. 1988) First Impression: NEW gray paper-over-boards gondola-front slipcase, EXQUISTE cover w/ imperial-purple silk-finish linen wrapping spine & extending 1.00" onto front & rear panels SUMPTUOUSLY covered in library-durable natural wheat-tan linen w/ gilt-stamped titles displayed inside double-rule-gilt-bordered black title "boxes" on front panel & spine, IMPECCABLE smooth-cut text-block exterior, BEAUTIFUL imperial purple card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior lithographically printed at The Bath Press (Avon) w/ handsome LUCIDITY in 11-point (spaced one-point) Monotype Bembo on SUPERB unblemished "Archive Long Life" paper * 6.18" x 9.88" x 1.28 / 6.18" x 10.18" x 1.28 (slip-cased), 0.86 kg / 0.96 kg (slip-cased), 300 pp * ABOUT JOHN AUBREY: John Aubrey FRS (12 March 1626 - 7 June 1697) was an English antiquary, natural philosopher & writer, perhaps best known as the author of "Brief Lives", his collection of short biographical pieces. He was a pioneer archaeologist, who recorded (often for the first time) numerous megalithic & other field monuments in southern England, & who is particularly noted for his systematic examination of the Avebury henge monument. The Aubrey holes at Stonehenge are named after him, although there is considerable doubt as to whether the holes that he observed are those that currently bear the name. He was also a pioneer folklorist, collecting together a miscellany of material on customs, traditions & beliefs under the title "Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme". He set out to compile county histories of both Wiltshire & Surrey, although both projects remained unfinished. His "Interpretation of Villare Anglicanum" (also unfinished) was the first attempt to compile a full-length study of English place-names. He had wider interests in applied mathematics & astronomy, & was friendly w/ many of the greatest scientists of the day. For much of the 19th & 20th centuries, thanks largely to the popularity of "Brief Lives", Aubrey was regarded as little more than an entertaining but quirky, eccentric & credulous gossip. Only in the 1970s did the full breadth & innovation of his scholarship begin to be more widely appreciated. He published little in his lifetime, & many of his most important manuscripts (for the most part preserved in the Bodleian Library) remain unpublished, or published only in partial form. -Wikipedia, where rich additional detail may be found * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for our posted below-cost additional fee of $12.00 & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted rates.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. 1st thus. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in a Very Good Slipcase. Nice copy. Faint mark to front free endpaper. Black & white illustrations. 297 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

hardcover. Condizione: Fine. An attractive hardback volume in Fine condition, in a Very Good slipcase. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.