Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This copy has no corner bumping or edge wear. Some light rubbing of the unclipped DJ. Due to the size of the book, it may require additional shipping.
Seller: A Book Preserve/ John A. Crider, Bookseller, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Fine Hardcover in fine dust jacket. First Edition thus (stated) AND First Printing (full number line). New York: Norton & Co., 1996. 272 pp. 4to. Facsimile of illustrated "Drake" manuscript, which details plants, animals and indigenous life ways in the Americas, probably composed in the 16th century. Forward by Patrick O'Brien in english; text of manuscript is French. Ships fast with tracking/delivery confirmation.
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Text in English & French.
Language: English
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited, London, 1996. XXII, 272 pp. Text in English. Approx. 200 colour illustrations., 1996
ISBN 10: 0233990097 ISBN 13: 9780233990095
Seller: Antiquariaat Hortus Conclusus, Bergambacht, Netherlands
Original green cloth with dustjacket. Large format, minor traces of use, in very good condition. Text in English. Richly illustrated in colour. Please see description or ask for photos.
Language: English
Published by W W Norton & Co., New York, 1996
ISBN 10: 0393039943 ISBN 13: 9780393039948
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition cloth hard cover with dust jacket, NF/NF. Facsimile of 16th Century manuscript. Unmarked, crisp copy. 272pp., illustrated by full page color reproductions of paintings in the original manuscript. Known early on as The Drake Manuscript, it was given the title Histoire Naturelle Des Indes when it was bound in the 18th Century. The illustrations give a picture of daily life, regional plant and animal life of the West Indies. Published at $59.95. Large book: NO international or priority orders. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.
Language: English
Published by Andre Deutsch, London, 1996
Seller: Classic Book Shop, Royal Oak, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. O'Brian, Patrick - Foreword (illustrator). First Thus. translated by Ruth S. Kraemer, this is a facsimile of the illustrations of Histoire Naturelle des Indes, nearly 200 full color paintings, not previously owned.
Seller: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/F. xxiv+272pp, colour illustrations throughout, a fine copy. A facsimile of the Histoire Naturelle Des Indes which was probably painted by a French Huguenot who crossed to the West Indies with Drake at the end of the 16th century. This edition with an English translation of the text at the end. 1750 grams.
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY, 1996
ISBN 10: 0393039943 ISBN 13: 9780393039948
First Edition
Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Very Good/Good+. Color Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good/Good+. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. 4to., 272pp., dust jacket light shelf wear to edges and corners, light creasing, otherwise quite good; cover very light shelf wear to edges and corners, otherwise very good; pencil note on front free-endpaper, half-title page and last page of text block are lightly stained, title page light rubbed(?) spot, top edge of text block lightly stained, otherwise pages clean and unmarked. .
Language: English
Published by Andre Deutsch, London, 1996
ISBN 10: 0233990097 ISBN 13: 9780233990095
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. HEAVY. Preface by Charles E Pierce, Jr. Translations of Ruth S Kraemer. xxii, 272pp, colour illustrations, tinted end-papers. Or cloth boards in dust-jacket which has a nick at the spine head. This is a beautiful portrait of the Caribben world at the time of Sir Francis Drake's travels, at the end of the 16th Century. From the blurb, From the hands of one or more French Huguenots on board with Drake came the water-colours and accompanying texts of this manuscript. This handsomely-produced facsimile, with nearly 200 colour paintings of plants, animals, fish and birds, as well as daily life and work among the inhabitants, everything from diving for pearls and mining for gold and silver to wedding rituals, presents a vivid panorama of early European perceptions of the New World. Size: 4to Full-colour Facsimile with English Trans.
Published by Andre Deutsch (1996), London, 1996
Seller: Chanticleer Books, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine in fine jacket. First edition. xxii, [1], 272 pp.; quarto, original green cloth with gilt spine title, pictorial jacket. Introductory text is followed by the complete facsimile with circa 200 full color reproductions of the extraordinary late-sixteeenth-century Drake manuscript.
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company October 1996, 1996
ISBN 10: 0393039943 ISBN 13: 9780393039948
Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First THUS. Publisher: Andre Deutsch, London, 1996. FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Foreword by Patrick O'Brian. As new. Pristine.
Published by Andre Deutsch London 1996, 1996
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy large octavo xxii + 272pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Facsimile of a famous 16th Century manuscript depicting plants & animals from the Caribbean, painted by Sir Francis Drake. Small closed tear to one page at rear o/w a nice copy of a lovely book.
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited, London, 1996
Seller: Librería Torres-Espinosa, CERCEDILLA, M, Spain
First Edition
1ª edición. 272 pp.31 cm. Tela editorial con sobrecubierta. Profusamente ilustrado en color. Buen papel satinado. Muy buen estado.IMPORTANTE. Lea Nuestras Condiciones de Venta y Gastos de Envío.
Published by New York & London: W.W. Norton & Company, [1996]., 1996
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 4to. pp. xxii, 272. profusely illus. in colour. cloth. dw. First Edition.
London 1996, 272 pp., ill., dust jacket9780233990095 (code Sc-34).