Petermann Augustus (56 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1846. A very well-preserved engraving by Swanston, from Petermann c.1846. Faintly hand-coloured and overall very presentable, with the print itself remaining cleana nd clear across the entire image surface. the page bears a light damp mark at lower corner and some wear along right edge from remov…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Front cover missing, back cover present but detached from main text block, spine present but nearly detached from back cover, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, all maps (50) present and in good condition, paper slightly yellowing, all maps hand coloured, the map of India…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Date: 1850. Original steel engraving. Sheet size: 43.9cm x 35.2cm. Blank to the reverse. Contemporary outline hand-colouring. Highly detailed. Inset maps of West Australia and Tasmania. Minor age toning which is mainly confined to the margins with a very small amount of loss. A very good, bright…

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Map iis in very clean attractive condition. map was removed from a disbound Gazetteer of the World published in 1856 by Fullarton. Would frame well. The map itself is 23 cm x 14 cm withn the border, and sheet is 17 cm x 26 cm. Steel engraving, very fine work, with three lithographic colours: black ou…

No Binding. Condition: Fine. The Aral Sea is a huge expanse between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, now almost completely dried up due to global warming, but in 1856, it's huge extent as an important sea was recorded in this historic map. Map is in very clean attractive condition. map was removed from a disbound Gazetteer of the Worl…

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Map is in very clean attractive condition. map was removed from a disbound Gazetteer of the World published in 1856 by Fullarton. Would frame well. The map itself is 23 cm x 14 cm withn the border, and sheet is 17 cm x 26 cm. Steel engraving, very fine work, with three lithographic colou…

Softcover. Condition: Good. c.1850. Some wear around the outer edges has been carefully patched and repaired with conservation tape and sympathetically-coloured paper to prevent further tears and preserve the integrity of the title, but the printed content remains otherwise intact and well-presented with no major marks or signs…

No binding. 210 x 175 mm., with routes lined in red as issued This fine detailed lithographic map depicts the route to Kathmandu, the capital of present day Nepal and in the heart of the Himalayas. It was published in Gotha by J. Perthes. Petermann arrived at Gotha in 1854 to join the published company of Perthes. He founded and…

Condition: Very good condition. The map illustrates Ernest Giles 2nd expedition across Australia. The explorer's routes marked include Warburton, April 15, 1873 to January 26, 1874; Giles: August 1873 to June 1874; Forrest: Apirl 22 to September 27, 1874. It shows Western Australia from Shark's Bay north to 80 Mile Beach, just b…

Cloth Spine. Condition: Good. German language. vi, 378 pp. 23 lithographic maps, a couple of which are fold-out. Cloth spine with paper hand-written title labels over hard boards; corners covered in cloth. Wear and bumping to binding, including short patch of splitting to lower front joint, with binding being shaken. Foxing. Dr…

Black hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition. Cover stained and partially faded. Shelf-wear. Chipping to spine ends, with some loss. Inner hinge cracking. Light browning to page edges. Sporadic foxing and marking. Some off-setting. 380mm x 290mm (15" x 11"). 142pp + plates. Colour frontispiece…

, linen backed map folded in 20 sections. Hand Coloured in outline. New Edition , close tears along joints of cover and an open tear at head of the spine, cover and title label faded, corners bumped, map is clean and in very good condition , map on linen folding into brown cloth cover, paper title label , 22 x 14 cm (folded), 85…

Hardcover. Condition: Collectable, very good. 1st. Original 1850 edition/printing. Very large hardcover (15.2"x11.5") bound in original dark blue cloth, gold lettering on spine and front cover, gilded page edges, frontispiece illustrates relative mountain heights, 142pp, 15 full-page color maps on heavy stock. Cover has slight w…

Condition: Very good condition. A collection of nine maps of Australian exploration from Petermann's Journal, from 1862 to 1881. Augustus Petermann studied and worked with famous German and English cartographers in the 1840's, and eventually established his Geographical Journal in 1855, which is published to this day. Through hi…