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Stoye, John - Marsigli's Europe, 1680-1730. The Life and Times of Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli, Soldier and Virtuoso.

New Haven / London, Yale IUniversity Press, 1994. hardcover with dustjacket, XII, 356 pp.. Count Luigi Marsigli (1658-1730) was a nobleman, Habsburg general, emissary of Popes, scientist, and patron of arts and letters. His fascinating life and activities - recounted here for the first time by the eminent historian John Stoye - illuminate the many worlds of European civilization during this important period. Born in Bologna, Marsigli travelled throughout Europe from Istanbul to London, but spent much of his time in the Balkan countries and the lands south of the Danube. Stoye follows the Count through the Habsburg Empire, mapping the terrain, determining boundary lines, and participating in a train of events with a crucial impact on Bosnia and Croatia today. He shows how Marsigli pursued his varied interests, classifying mushrooms, finding geological specimens, describing Roman ruins, studying marine biology and making his place in the increasingly scientific community of the early Enlightenment. Stoye tells how Marsigli, founder of an observatory and museum in Bologna, was welcomed by academies and scientific societies throughout Europe, revealing that the interest in science and antiquity transcended national boundaries during this period. Through the activities of the Count, he sheds light on the complexities of European social, political and military life, and the contrast between conditions of war and peace in the phases of European history. Brilliantly narrated by one of the best-known authorities on the era, this account of Marsigli's life is an engrossing and highly entertaining story. John Stoye, Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, was also the author of 'English Travellers Abroad, 1604-1667', 'Europe Unfolding 1648-1688', and 'The Siege of Vienna'. ISBN: 0300055420
EUR 20.00 [Appr.: US$ 21.49 | £UK 17 | JP¥ 3379] Booknumber: 23509

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- Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse on the Haunted Island (708-10).

Whitman, 1950. Reprint. Hardcover. "Improved" Big Little Book Series, slightly taller and some had printed single color scattered throughout the text. Ink name inside front cover. Tightly bound, all pages present and light shelf, corner and edge wear to brightly colored pictorial boards. Some scratches to finish present on both boards. Mssing both free endpapers. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 42 | £UK 35.5 | JP¥ 7077] Booknumber: 35207

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Boomer's Books
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HALTER, MAREK - La force du Bien

Paris, Robert Laffont, 1995. 24 cm, Paperback. 307pages. ISBN/EAN: 9782221080566. Très bon état. Couverture & dos impeccables. N'a pas été lu. Intérieur frais. Epuisé chez l'éditeur!.
EUR 19.00 [Appr.: US$ 20.41 | £UK 16.25 | JP¥ 3210] Booknumber: R3

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