City walls (10 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. 8 pages and 5 plates. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: Quarto (25 x 19 cms). Category: Antiquity; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 15 pages, with some illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 22 cms. Category: Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 3 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: British Archaeological Association; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 8 pages, 1 illustration. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: British Archaeological Association; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 14 Pages, some figures and 3 plates. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Britannia : Romano-British Studies; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 112 pages with some illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 26 cms. Category: Gentleman's Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 11 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Archaeological Journal; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. A fine original antique monochrome print, very large and impressive, showing Chester Cathedral from the City Walls. The drawing is undated but is c1892. This print is too large to post mounted (matted) and will be sent rolled in a tube. E Hodgkinson (illustratore).

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No jacket. Catalog of an exhibition on held at the Jewish Museum in New York from May 13 to June 21, 1970. Good condition. Cover is lightly worn and creased along edges. Binding is secure. Small stain and previous owner's ink signature inside front cover. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked.…

Very good. Size 18 x 23.5 Inches. A curious and historically fascinating 1937 map of Paris by Roger Lacourière and Henri Clément Serveau. It highlights the city's evolution by way of tracing the development of its walls over the centuries. Stylistically, it is noteworthy for its resemblance to maps of the 16th and 17th centuries. A Closer Look Coverage roughly corresponds to the modern borders of Paris, nearly a circle with two large 'wings' consisting of the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes. Landmarks such as churches, train stations, parks, and cemeteries are indicated throughout. The outermost ring of fortifications, known as the Thiers Wall (named for the country's prime minister) date to the mid-19th century. This wall was immediately unpopular as it disrupted the easy connection between Paris and its suburbs, and while it did dissuade the Prussians from mounting a direct assault in 1870 - 1871, it could not prevent France's repeated losses on the battlefield. In a stunning volte-face, between late January and early March 1871, France and Prussia reached an armistice, a new but enfeebled French government was organized (led by Adolphe Thiers), left-wing parties took control of Paris, and the French army laid siege to the city, attacking the same walls that the Prussians had recently been bombarding, before storming the city in May and wiping out the communards. The ill-fated Thiers Wall was demolished in the 1920s and converted into civilian boulevards, including the Boulevards des Maréchaux and the Boulevard Périphérique. The map is surrounded by illustrations and explanatory text on the history of the city and its walls, including drawings tracing the evolution of the city's coat of arms. The ship in the coat of arms originally was the seal of the Marchands de l'eau, a commercial guild that received royal permission to trade on the Seine in the 12th century. In the 1850s, the motto 'Fluctuat nec mergitur' (roughly, 'rocked by the waves but not sunken) was added, an apt choice as the city's subsequent history was quite turbulent, including the Paris Commune, the threat of invasion in World War I, occupation during World War II, and mass demonstrations in 1968. Stylistically, the map is reminiscent of much earlier city plans, such as those in Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum , and motifs from early modern maps such as the four winds. Its production technique was similarly old-fashioned; though made in the era of modern lithographic printing, it was printed using a plate that was engraved (or perhaps etched) to produce a print that was then hand-colored. Publication History and Census This map was made by Roger Lacourière and Henri Clément Serveau in 1937, and was likely based on a large mural of the same title by Clément Serveau that was displayed at the Musée Carnavalet. A map with a very similar title (OCLC 494643962) was published as part of Pierre d' Espezel's Paris relief: histoire de Paris des origines à nos jours in 1945 by Éditions Chantecler, but it looks to be an entirely distinct work rather than a later edition of the present map. The present map is not cataloged in the OCLC, but is held by the Musée Carnavalet. Lacourière and Clément Serveau only produced 150 prints of this map, making its appearance on the market a rare and special occasion.…