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[Buddhist manuscript].MareMagnum

Sutra. Burma, [ca. 1896 ].

[China - logbook].MareMagnum

Journal geführt an Bord des Bark Schiffes Anna / Capitain C. Eisenmenger / auf der Reise von Hamburg / nach Shanghay. (Printed form: Hamburg, C. Plath, D. Filby Nachfolger), 1869-1872.

Small oblong folio (ca. 276 x 210 mm). German manuscript on paper (letterpress form). 188 ff. Contemporary brown half cloth over marbled boards with giltstamped red cover label reading "Journal. 12 Monate". Diligently kept naval log of a long China voyage on a Hamburg-based ship undertaken soon after the Second Opium War, at the time of the Tianjin Massacre, during the early years of the rule of the Tongzhi Emperor. The Chinese ports of call range from Hong Kong on the South China Sea and Shanghai on the East China Sea to Tianjin (near Beijing) on the Yellow Sea. - The journal entries begin with the schooner barque Anna weighing anchor in Hamburg on 17 January 1870; they cross the Sunda Strait on 23 April and reach Shanghai on 1 June. After a layover, the course is set for Tamsui, then for Chifoo (Yantai) and Tientsin (Tianjin), and onwards to Hong Kong, Amoy (Xiamen), and Taku, bringing the ship to the island of Penang (George Town) on the Straits of Malacca on 12 March 1872. 14 pages prefixed to the printed form describe how the Anna is taken over at Geestemünde (Bremerhaven) on 20 November 1869, as well as the travel preparations, but also events in the port of Yantai. Apart from precise position readings, weather notes, and other navigational records, the book also contains information in brief regarding disciplinary measures, damage suffered from ice jams, celebrations on board, etc. Until 21 June 1870 the logbook is maintained by the chief helmsman Thomas Brügeman, after which date a different writer takes over. - The Anna (ex Malvina), built and launched in 1859, was a barquentine of 227 register tonnes, sailed by a crew of ten men under captain Carl Eisenmenger, who was also the owner of the ship. - Binding slightly rubbed; paper occasionally browned, but well-preserved altogether.

Inlibris · Wien, AT6 500,00 €

[Commonplace book].MareMagnum

Anecdoten, Auszüge. Northern Germany, ca. 1770-1867.

4to (172 x 202 mm). German manuscript on paper by various hands. 298 written pp. on 180 ff. (including flyleaves). Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. An extensive German commonplace book, continuously expanded for nearly a century by a family of merchants, farmers, and mariners, one of whom sailed to Virginia on the HMS Lion to join the fleet of Admiral Cornwallis, probably in 1779 during the American Revolutionary War. - The first part (comprising some 40 ff.) offers an anthology of maxims, aphorisms, and anecdotes about the Vienna Court Theatre, about Garrick and Hogarth, King George III and Voltaire, etc., apparently mainly compiled in the 18th century, with a few later additions by other hands. The second part, begun by the same writer and considerably expanded by several later owners of the book, contains a vast miscellany of historical and historico-cultural themes. Items include a piece about verbal responses to sneezing, another about wigs and elaborate hairstyles throughout history, about the history of playing cards; and tables for housewives with which to calculate their annual expenses. Later entries focus more strongly on household remedies against illnesses (such as cholera and dropsy) and agricultural advice (how to get rid of weevils, how to increase the fertility of fruit trees). - Occasionally, the notes will provide a more immediate glimpse of the life of the writer: underneath a discussion of how to calculate the deadweight tonnage of a ship of 100 cannons with a crew of 1000 men, an early 19th century owner who signs his name "Bindseil" states that he himself "sailed on an English ship of the 2nd line, blue flag, of 64 cannons, named Lion, under Captain Fox, which was taking us to the English general Cornwallis in Virginia. On this ship were 1375 souls, 4 live oxen, 12 large pigs, the same number of rams, and 4 horses, which are not taken into account by the above calculation, as little as the minimum two anchors are, each of which weighs some 600 pounds and yet is quite indispensable [...]" (transl.). Not infrequently, an entry will cite the source from which it is drawn: newspapers and journals mentioned include the "Hamburgischer Correspondent", "Holzmindisches Wochenblatt", "Hannoverscher Anzeiger" and "Braunschweigische Zeitung", pointing to a Northern German origin. - Occasional light brownstaining; binding somewhat rubbed. A fine survival worthy of detailed study.

Inlibris · Wien, AT2 800,00 €

[Dreißigjähriger Krieg].MareMagnum

Sammlung von 49 Schriftstücken. Deutschland, Frankreich und Niederlande, ca. 1630-1648.

Zusammen (304) SS. Lateinische, französische u. italienische Handschrift auf Papier. Folio (330 x 225 mm), Blattmaß ca. 320 x 210 mm. Wechselnde Schriftspiegel. Flexibler Pergamentband der Zeit mit Goldprägung und hs. Rückentitel sowie hs. Vermerk am Hinterdeckel. Kollektaneenbuch aus den Wirren des Dreißigjährigen Krieges. In bespielloser geographischer, thematischer und nicht zuletzt sprachlicher Vielfalt dokumentieren insgesamt 49 Schriftstücke in zeitgenössischer Abschrift die Ereignisse in Deutschland, Schweden, Frankreich, Spanien und den Niederlanden in den Jahren 1629-34. Unter den Ausstellern finden sich prominente Persönlichkeiten wie Gustav Adolf von Schweden, Ferdinand Fürstbischof von Trier, der französische König Ludwig XIII., der spanische König Philipp IV. und die Infantin Isabella. Ein von Johann Gregor in Liège verfasster Bericht über die Ereignisse des Schwedischen Krieges und den als "Achilles Germanicus" stilisierten Heerführer Tilly, drei Briefe Gustav Adolfs von Schweden an den französischen König sowie den Herzog von Lothringen, ein offener Brief der Infantin Isabella an die Bürger der spanischen Niederlande sowie ein Bericht über die Vertreibung der Jesuiten aus Mainz durch die Schweden im Sommer 1633 sind nur einige Beispiele für den erstaunlichen Themenreichtum. Zu den Ausstellungsorten zählen Alameda, Chantilly, Charmes, Den Haag, Köln, Lüttich, Madrid, Mainz, Maline und Trier. - Die Wasserzeichen des verwendeten Papiers lassen auf eine Entstehung in Frankreich, den Niederlanden und Deutschland schließen. Der aus wiederverwendetem Material gefertigte Einband zeigt eine für Italien typische Goldprägung; die Vorsatzpapiere wurden vermutlich um 1650 in Rom hergestellt. Mit hs. Rückentitel "(V.) Narratio Rerum German. Ann. 1630-1631 M.S". - Fragmentarisch erhaltenes Signaturschildchen am Rücken; hs. Vermerk am Hinterdeckel verblichen. Vorderdeckel gewellt; vorderes Innengelenk gebrochen. Papier unterschiedlich gebräunt, teils mit geringen Randläsuren. - Detaillierte Verlistung auf Anfrage.

Inlibris · Wien, AT9 500,00 €

[East Asia - Lagrené mission].MareMagnum

Ship's log of the "Archimède". At sea between Macao and Calcutta, 1846.

Folio (ca. 217 x 321 mm). 2 vols. French manuscript on paper (a few passages in English). 65 pp.; 76-106, (3) pp. Includes a total of 75 blank ff.; several pages blank except for pagination. Contemporary blue full cloth. Marbled endpapers. Anonymous journal of the voyage of the steamer "Archimède" to the Far East between 1844 and 1846 as part of a diplomatic mission to Qing-China led by Théodose de Lagrené (1800-62), aiming to reach a contract similar to the 1842 Treaty of Nankin with the British. The mission was a success: the Treaty of Whampoa, which resulted in the opening of five Chinese ports for trade with the West, was signed aboard the "Archimède" on 24 October 1844. The commercial delegation aboard the ship under the command of admiral François-Edmond Pâris were charged with studying local industries and the potential of selling French goods to the East Asian market, a mission that led them to explore much of Indonesia as well as Calcutta in 1846. - The first volume covers the voyage from Macao to Singapore and Penang, then on to Calcutta in January and February 1846. It opens with several specifications of the ship, including loading and machinery, before going on to describe its voyage in Indonesia, mentioning a bay in the Anambas archipelago named after Pâris, who mapped part of the archipelago as an ensign aboard the corvet "Favorite" in 1830: "Dans la matinée du 19 depuis 5h 30' jusqu'à midi on fait des routes diverses pour entrer et sortir de l'archipel des Anambas que le commandant a la complaisance de nous faire visiter. En 1830 enseigne de Vaisseau sur la corvette La Favorite il a dressé la carte d'une partie de cet archipel en il nous mène jusqu'au fond de la bai nommé d'après lui Pâris" (p. 4). The account of Calcutta evinces a great fascination with the place, as the writer clearly admires its transformation from a small village to a centre of commerce and the capital of an Empire: "Quant à la ville de Calcutta elle même, la ville des Palais, City of Palaces, il me serait difficile d'exprimer convenablement l'antipathie, l'aversion qu'elle m'a inspiré. Certes il est difficile de ne pas admirer l'étonnante fortune de cette place qui n'était pas plus qu'un pauvre village il y a un siècle et qu'est aujourd'hui l'une des grandes places de commerce du monde & et la capitale d'un grand Empire" (p. 55f.). The description of Calcutta includes a bird's-eye pencil sketch of the Raj Bhavan, today the residence of the governor of West Bengal, deeming it "completely lacking in style" (p. 58f., transl.). - The second volume comprises notes on Hindu-Chinese countries, Cochinchina and Siam drawn from local periodicals, namely the "Singapore Chronicle" and the "Calcutta Journal". A separate list gives the composition of the population of Bangkok in 1828, indicating that the 800 Christians living there were mostly descendants from the Portuguese. - Bindings slightly rubbed and a little cockled in places; lightly bumped at extremities. In contrast to Pâris's journals of the Archimède campaign in 1844 and 1845, held at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris, the present set reflects the later, lesser-known part of the expedition in early 1846. Barron, "La corvette à vapeur l'Archimède au bout du monde, allegro ma non troppo", in: Chronique d'histoire maritime (Commission française d'histoire maritime; Société française d'histoire maritime, 2016), pp. 67-83.

Inlibris · Wien, AT8 500,00 €

[Eben, Christian Adolph Friedrich Frh. von, military officer (1773-1825)].MareMagnum

Observations on the Utility of good Riflemen both in Infantry & Cavalry, with Instructions for Acquiring the Art of Taking a Good Aim, and Description of Targets [...] To which is added A Short Manual Exercise for Mounted Chasseurs as well as for Dragoons or Hussars, who are Armed with Rifle Pieces [...]. Translated from the Original German Manuscript Under the Inspection of the Author. No place, ca. 1802.

Large 4to (211 x 260 mm). English manuscript on paper (watermarked 1797). (2), 86 pp., 1 blank leaf. Text within woodcut margins. With an additional 20 hand-coloured engraved plates (some signed "Merkl", one bound as a frontispiece), many with manuscript captions, and one hand-drawn and uncoloured diagram (numbered "Plate XIV). Contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards. A manuscript from the royal library of the Duke of Clarence; a fair copy in a single hand. "Very interesting qua rifle details, targets etc. (including moving target of a man or deer)" (inserted old collector's note). Neither the author's German manuscript nor the present translation saw publication, but another copy of this manuscript, with the plates, is kept in the Royal Armories Collection (EBEN 1). - Christian Adolph Friedrich Frh. von Eben (1773-1825) was a Silesian nobleman who trained in the Prussian military. He entered the English service in 1800 (where he was styled Frederic, Baron Eben) and composed this manual in 1802, upon receiving a commission in the 10th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Light Dragoons. He went on to fight in the Peninsular War in the Portuguese service and became involved in a conspiracy against the government in 1817. Exiled from Portugal, he served in South America under Bolivar in the 1820s. - Binding rubbed at extremeties. Nicks to some plates, some light discolouring. Provenance: 1) William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV), bookplate (WH within Garter, coronet above); 2) his natural son George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster (1794-1842), book label ("Col. Fitz Clarence"), armorial bookplate, and gilt stamp on spine; 3) Sidney Young, armorial bookplate; acquired in 1930 by 4) Thomas Fremantle, 3rd Baron Cottesloe (1862-1956), commander of the Territorial Army and president of the Society for Army History Research.

Inlibris · Wien, AT8 500,00 €

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