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1805biblio278<p><em>First edition. Printed for Richard Phillips. London 1805. 4to. xiv 487 1pp. 1 engraved map 20 hand coloured plates. Later half calf marbled boards raised bands to spine in six compartments with gilt motifs and lettering title label with gilt lettering. Some variable foxing and offsetting. Small spot between lines on p 61. </em></p><p><em>The beautiful hand coloured plates in slightly smaller format on heavier paper depict the costume of various segments of Peruvian society. </em></p><p> Signature "<strong>Westmorland</strong>" in pencil to ffep. </p><p><strong> Note: The Earl of Westmorland Fane family of Wormsley Park now owned by Sir Paul Getty.</strong></p><p><strong> Abbey Travel 723. Sabin 81615. Colas 2751.</strong></p> Printed for Richard Phillips hardcover
1853BC3EG701U79OAdegeest manor house at Voorschoten between The Hague and Leiden 1853. Loose quires in cover: marbled boards joined together by a spine of red painted sheepskin green ties. Large 4to 27 x 21.5 cm. Extensive autograph poetical work in four Chants provided with elaborate notes containing a romantic imaginary voyage in French verses. The anonymous author - indicating himself with his initials "J.F. v. H. St." - has composed the poem at the manor house Adegeest at Voorschoten between The Hague and Leiden and has dated his work: Mars deleted and 1 April 1853. At the time the manor house was in the possession of the very rich family Dorrepad. G.L. Dorrepad 1816-1883 was an entrepreneur who had gathered his wealth in the Dutch East Indies he was involved f.e. in a notorious financial scandal denounced by the famous Sicco Roorda van Eysinga. To all probability our anonymous author was the private teacher for his children at Adegeest.In the introduction the author states that he had never visited the countries and regions he describes so passionately "N'ayant jamais visité les lieux que je decrits". Citing Cicero Lord Byron Alexandre Dumas and many others he concentrates on classical Greece and Italy and the Mediterranean.Contents: pp. I-V; Avertissement; 1-53: Chant premier; 55-81: Notes; 1-61: Chant second; 63-120: Notes; I-VI Avertissement; 1-68: Chant trousième; 69-132: Notes; 1-76: Chant quatrième; 77-136: Notes.Cover rubbed and spine damaged otherwise in good condition. hardcover
1813e6020London: James Cawthorn. G: in good condition. External joints cracked. Areas of wear to boards. Heraldic bookplate to front pastedown. Title page and first leaf of contents list frayed. Archival repairs to initial folding map. Inner hinges cracked. Contemporary marginalia to pp. 143. Scattered light foxing and offsetting. 1813. First Edition. Contemporary calf hardback leather cover. 280mm x 230mm 11" x 9". xix 1152pp. Engraved frontispiece 2 folding maps 3 engraved plates 17 hand-coloured aquatint plates 7 double-page 2 engraved leaves of music in-text illustrations. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. Bound without advertisement to front. . James Cawthorn hardcover
181816209London: J. J. Stockdale; Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown. Good. 1818 1822. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. In contemporary three-quarter leather. Worn at the corners. The spine is very chipped and worn. The exterior hinges have cracked and the book has been reinforced internally to keep it tight. All four plates are present in the first work. Trimmed which does not affect the text or plates but did trim part of the titles on the plates. A pair of very scarce travelogues. Priced as-is. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 228171 pages . J. J. Stockdale; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown hardcover
183819490London: Henry Colburn Publisher. Near Fine. 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in very attractive decorated leather. Gilt devices etc. Light rubbing to the edges and spine ends. Nice inscription on the fep dated 1851. The binding appears to be contemporary. All the gilt on the spine is nice bright and fresh. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 436443 pages . Henry Colburn, Publisher hardcover
1900169765Circa1900. Large illustrated map of Beijing showing the city in the period following the invasion of the military forces of the Eight National Alliance old folds scale not given. Some scattered light foxing particularly at edges short closed tear at fold lower edge neat non acidic tape repair short section upper edge wear along folds and a couple of small unobtrusive holes with minor image loss. Blocks of text in traditional Chinese right and left upper sections stating each nation's occupied zone Japanese text title accompanies the English title along the upper section of the map. 63.7 x 56.9cm. Very good overall. A rare and significant large Japanese woodblock map of Peking Beijing issued just after the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion. Centred on the Forbidden City the map depicts Peking following the multinational suppression of the Boxer Rebellion or Yihetuan Movement of 1900. The map was issued to illustrate the areas of occupation associated with each of the powers in the Eight Nation Alliance. <br> <br>The map gives measurements of the city walls detailed names of streets and buildings and the boundaries of the inner and outer city including the forbidden city are shown with demarcation lines in pink yellow and blue. The hand coloured eight national flags of the occupation powers are featured at the right and left. <br> <br>This map is essentially a later edition of 京城内外首善全圖 a map of Beijing issued by the Qing for administrative purposes in the mid-19th century. The Japanese seized the wood blocks during the suppression of the Rebellion and subsequently pulled new impressions overprinting them additional details including flags and demarcations of areas of the city held by members of the Alliance. Versions are known in French German Japanese and as with the present example English. An attractive map of great historical interest. . unknown
1885179195New York: G. W. Pach & Brothers c.1885. A landmark moment in the history of teaching Chinese A rare photograph of the first instructor of Chinese at Harvard a well-known example of travel against the west-to-east grain. Ko brought with him from China the books that would form the basis of the Harvard-Yenching library. We can trace only a handful of these cabinet cards in commerce. In the late 1870s Harvard decided to offer Chinese classes to prepare undergraduates for lucrative but demanding careers in the Chinese customs service. After the university raised $8750 to finance a lectureship Harvard graduates in China including Edward Drew and H. B. Morse searched for a suitable candidate settling on Drew's former Chinese tutor from Ningbo. Ko 1838-1882 also romanized as Ge Kunhua arrived at Harvard in September 1879 taking as his first student George Lane Pope Professor of Latin in return for Lane teaching him English. "The few remaining photographs of Ko reveal a dignified middle-aged man in the long high-necked heavy garments of a scholar-official of the Qing dynasty" Harvard Magazine. Ko remained in Cambridge until his sudden death from pneumonia in 1882 following which Harvard paid for his family's return to China. His appointment was far ahead of its time: the university did not restore Chinese to the curriculum for another four decades. Ko was accompanied to the US by his six children five of whom are shown in the second cabinet card although only the names of the sons Ge Zhong and Ge Shu are known. Drew helped pay for the pair's education following their father's death. The Pach brothers established their first studio in New York in the 1860s. Between 1877 and 1890 they traded from 841 Broadway. Both cabinet cards give this main address and the Pach satellite locations including Cambridge and New Haven. In 1895 a fire destroyed the firm's entire stock of negatives. 2 albumen prints c.150 x 100 mm and inverse on card mounts 163 x 106 mm verso with yellow surface-paper printed with Pach mark. Light foxing to images image of children slightly faded: very good. "Ko K'un-hua: Brief life of Harvard's first Chinese instructor: 1838-1882" Harvard Magazine 2008; Ye Tian "From Greek/Latin to Chinese" in Deborah L. Morowski & Lynn M. Burlbaw eds Reflections on People Policy and Practices in Curriculum History 2024. unknown
1838021038London: T. McLean D.& P. Colnaghi and John F. Lewis 1838. 1838. Book. Illus. by John F. Lewis. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio approx. 55 x 36.5cm. Complete with all Lithographic plates as called for; tinted frontispiece tinted title-vignette further 27 tinted views on 25 leaves all by Lewis after Coke Smyth. A very clean bright copy. Finely bound in modern brown morocco to style with gilt lettering to the spine and gilt bands to the top and bottom of the spine. Contents clean and tight new light brown endpapers in keeping with the new binding two blank leaves to the front and rear all pages have been professionally cleaned and restored by a paper conservator minimal and unobtrusive water staining remains to some pages and plates mostly confined to the margins and blank areas most plates unaffected new archival paper guards to all plates no inscriptions. A fine complete copy beautifully rebound. References -. Abbey Travel II 394; Atabey 722; Blackmer 1015; Contominas 413; RIBA 1886. T. McLean, D.& P. Colnaghi and John F. Lewis [1838]. Hardcover
18214388John Murray London 1821. First Edition. Hardcover rebound in cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition SIGNED by the Author Parry and also the Purser of The Helca: Full Title - Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Performed in the Years 1821-22-23 in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry R. N. F. R. S. and Commander of the Expedition. Rebound marbled page edges xxx 571 pages eratta 4 fold-out charts and 4 numbered fold-out panoramas "Appearances of Lands" bound at rear 31 plates inc. frontis 5 of which are maps. Following this volume the 1821 North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle is bound in. SIGNED by the Author to W H Hooper Purser on the Hecla "Wm H Hooper Esq with the Author's Kind Regards on the title page. This book was later gifted and signed by W H Hooper on the fly leaf "J.P. Welsford Esq with the affectionate Regards of Wm H Hooper" also The North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle is also signed on the title page "S L Hodges - from her friend W H Hooper Purser of the Hecla in - Expedition - now of the -1821" Unfortunately the pages of the gazette have been cut down to fit with the volume and as such part of this signature and inscription is missing. Charts and panoramas poorly folded in the past some foxing age toning wrinkling of pages as to be expected. "Through the long arctic winter Parry did everything possible to keep his crew occupied. There was constant activity plays were acted at the 'Royal Arctic Theatre' and Sabine edited a periodical journal The North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle" . This periodical was afterwards published by John Murray and is bound in with this journal. ON THE FIRST VOYAGE Parry was given command of the Hecla and Griper for his first expedition of 1819. Parry sailed up Baffin Bay and through Lancaster Sound and Barrow Strait to the south side of Melville Island encountering much less heavy ice than anticipated. The expedition over-wintered at Winter Harbour on the south side of Melville Island. Freeze-up delayed Parry until August of 1820 but he was still able to continue west to Dundas Peninsula and south to Banks Island before turning to head home to England. Parry's voyage was to be recognized as one of the most important in the history of Arctic exploration. He proved that Lancaster Sound opened a passage to the west he charted a vast area of the unknown Arctic and proved that it was possible to spend the winter north of the Arctic Circle without being in grave danger. He was also the first to reach 110 degrees west longitude which earned him and his crew a cash reward of £5000. AB 13145. The Journal based on Parry's reports appeared in 1821 after the rights had been bought by the publisher John Murray for the stunning amount of a 1000 guineas. In the same year this second corrected edition was published followed by German Dutch and French translations. ON THE SECOND VOYAGE " Sent by the Admiralty to search for a passage along the west coast of Foxe Basin Parry sailed north of Southampton Island instead of south the route preferred by previous navigators and thus became the first to sail through Frozen Strait and confirmed Middleton's discovery of Repulse Bay. In late Aug. having found no passage through Repulse Bay he explored the coast northward sailing as far as Ross Bay. In Feb. 1822 Eskimos visited the ships' winter quarters on Winter Island and spent much of the winter in the expedition's company enabling Parry and his men to make detailed observations on their customs and language. After leaving their winter quarters they explored farther north equiped with Eskimo maps ESKIMAUX CHART No 1 No 2 & No 3 facing p. 197 198 and 252 and found the entrance to Fury and Hecla Strait. Ice prevented their passing through it but overland journeys confirmed that it led westward to a sea. Parry returned to winter quarters and attempted to sail through Fury and Hecla Strait the following summer. Unsuccessful in this attempt and fearing scurvy he then returned home. Sabin 58864. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4388. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. John Murray hardcover
1838ST19413London: Hodgson & Clark 1838. FIRST EDITION. 560 x 380 mm. 22 x 15". 1 p.l. lithograph dedication and table of contents 1 leaf ads. <br/> Apparently unrestored publisher's red quarter morocco over pink watered silk boards flat spine gilt titling on front cover and spine marbled endpapers. WITH 30 VERY FINE SCENIC COLOR LITHOGRAPHS lithograph title and 29 views on 25 plates by T. S. Boys W. Gauci A. Picken and L. Haghe all with original thick tissue guards. Abbey Travel 32; Hardie "English Coloured Books" p. 247. ◆Covers a little soiled and with minor evidence of insect activity corners rather bumped but the original binding without major problems and still surprisingly solid for such a large picture book. Faint stains to free endpapers a few additional trivial defects but VERY FINE INTERNALLY THE PLATES ESPECIALLY CLEAN AND FRESH WITH CONSISTENTLY BRIGHT COLORING.<br/> <br/> Composed of idyllic renderings of views along the great Belgian and German rivers noted in the title the picturesque illustrations in this book are the work of Clarkson Frederick Stanfield 1793-1867 a self-taught artist and close friend of Charles Dickens who began his career as a scenic painter for dramatic productions. In addition to the dramatic landscapes castles and ruins depicted here the artist also paints a picture of daily life in the region by illustrating in great detail the activities of peasants laborers and other common folk who lived and worked in the area. Indeed the stories suggested by the characters' interactions--for example a group of women taking a break from their labors to gossip two lovers stealing a quiet moment on a hillside a solitary old woman selling her meager supply of fresh vegetables on the road--are as enchanting as the landscapes themselves. The theatrical qualities of these plates are perhaps no surprise given the artist's background in stagecraft. Stanfield worked his way up from volunteering for amateur theater productions to a paid position at Drury Lane in London's fashionable Covent Garden district. During his 12-year tenure with that theater as DNB tells us "he achieved a legendary reputation as a creator of romantic landscape scenery. . . . Stanfield's work especially 'taught pit and gallery to admire landscape art and the boxes to become connoisseurs' according to his friend W. M. Thackeray." Even after Stanfield left Drury Lane to focus on his paintings and published works the artist continued to paint scenery for Dickens and even supplied illustrations for some of his works of fiction including the "Christmas Books." DNB notes that upon Stanfield's death Dickens wrote "a moving editorial tribute . . . which described him as 'the soul of frankness generosity and simplicity. The most genial the most affectionate . . . and the most lovable of men.'" Intact copies of the present work are quite scarce in the marketplace. Hodgson & Clark unknown
181912884Boston: Sylvester T. Goss. Good with no dust jacket. 1819. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The only xlib mark is an embossed stamp on the title page. The covers three-quarter leather are worn at the edges with both covers only heald on by a couple of the binding strings. The title page is torn horizontally with no loss of paper. Stains on the rear endpaper with staining at the top of the last few pages. The balance of the contents are very good with moderate foxing browning & wear. What can I say it is an old book which has been read. With all that if you are looking for it you know how scarce it is. ; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 240 pages . Sylvester T. Goss hardcover
18261980<p>John Murray London 1826. First Edition. Marbled boards Quarter bound leather. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. 1st Edition Association Copy SIGNED BY AUTHOR: WINTER SKETCHES IN LAPLAND Or Illustrations of a journey from Alten on the shores of the Polar Sea in 69 degrees 55 minutes North Lat. through Norwegian Russian and Swedish Lapland to Tornea at the extremity of the Gulf of Bothnia. Intended to exhibit a complete view of the mode of travelling with Rein Deer the most striking incidents that occurred during the journey and the general character of the winter scenery of Lapland. 2nd Title page in French. "With Capt Brookes comps" written is his own hand on title page and a SIGNED letter from Arthur de Capell Brooke to Barry tipped onto verso of front cover. Bookplate of Arthur Hugh Smith Barry Marbury Hall tipped onto verso front cover. A set of 24 tinted lithographs believed to be printed on China paper. The sketches are by Brooke drawn on stone by Harding but the figures and animals are by Dighton. "This work was published in two editions 1826 and 1827 by J. Murray and J. Rodwell respectively. The plates came in three different fashions. Black and white tinted and hand colored." Beautiful images of the winter and its people in the far north. Elephant Folio Half leather binding on marbled boards foxing on some pages paper residues stuck to marbled end papers but overall a in very good condition considering the book is nearly 200 years old. Rare. TRAVELS THROUGH SWEDEN NORWAY AND FINMARK TO THE NORTH CAPE IN THE SUMMER OF 1820. London: Rodwell and Martin1823. 1st Edition: xvi 435 pages illustrated 22 plates of which 2 in colour a lemming and a red coral and a b/w map of Stockholm. In addition 11 vignettes paper tipped-in in the text. Boards detached but text block still solid pencil annotations in margins Ex NSL Library Library bookplate on verso front board library binding and covers in poor condition. Discrete NSL library stamps on plates pages age toned some foxing odd stain but overall very clean condition. Sir Arthur de Capell Brooke 2nd Baronet born in Northamptonshire 22 June 1791 to 6 December 1858 was a British baronet and travel writer Fellow of the Royal Society 1823 and co-establisher of the Raleigh Club 1827. A classic travel narrative illustrated with beautiful lithographic plates depicting winter scenes and the general life in the north including how to travel with reindeers. The author is immersed in the mythology of the polar winter and its inhabitants humans as well as animals. The plates captures the feel of the landscape and its people in a quite facinating way. PLEASE NOTE: Very heavy book which will incur extra postage and insurance. Please contact us for a quote. Sir Arthur de Capell Brooke 2nd Baronet born in Northamptonshire 22 June 1791 – 6 December 1858 was a British baronet and travel writer Fellow of the Royal Society 1823 and co-establisher of the Raleigh Club 1827. Arthur Hugh Smith Barry was the first Baron Barrymore. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote. Size: Large Folio bigger than A3. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 19th century; Exploration. Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1980. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> John Murray hardcover
18194504053Guam 1819. In fine original condition. Original ink drawing 310 x 245 mm. fully signed and dated framed. <p><p>Jacques Arago artist on board Freycinet's Uranie during the French circumnavigation of 1817-20 drew this intimate portrait of Brother Ciriaco the curé in Agana the capital of Guam during the visit there of the Uranie expedition between March and June 1819. This is a charming and unusual portrait of a figure who likely expected to be taken more seriously: the cleric is shown in his "at home" attire his petit negligé smoking. His relaxed stance dressed in a vest and daringly striped leggings is further enriched by the addition of the most delicate slippers. </p> <p>Arago 1790-1855 was not only the most accomplished of the artists who made the voyage aboard the Uranie but was one of the most intriguing of the early travellers. The wonders of the long expedition stayed with him for the rest of his life and he continued writing and drawing about the Pacific right up until he lost his sight. In 1822 he published his own well-regarded account of the voyage Promenade Autour du Monde which was published in an English version in 1823. Over the ensuing decades he wrote more differing versions of this interesting account. </p> <p>The Freycinet expedition stayed for a long time in Agana where they were well received by the Spanish Governor Don Jose Medinilla. Agana modern Hagåtña is the capital of Guam and thus the westernmost state or territorial city of the United States despite its modern population numbering only about a thousand.</p> <p>As several of the Uranie crew had recently died from dysentery Louis de Freycinet took this opportunity to rest his men for several months. Here in the Marianas the Spanish missionaries were both powerful and respected and the sailors were required to attend holy week services. Arago was particularly known for his lively and arresting images of the people he encountered with a distinct preference for the unusual or the grotesque. Whether the priest knew that Arago was drawing him at this intimate moment is not known but it seems more likely that Arago captured this image surreptitiously and certainly the satirical tone of the caption - with its reference to the curé and his informal attire - suggests that this delightful vision of the priest off his guard was not meant to be shared. </p> <p>Although unpublished though fully signed and dated the drawing remained in the archives of Louis de Freycinet and his descendants which perhaps indicates that it was at least considered for publication in the massive official account of the voyage.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Arago's textual description</p> <p>In his own books Arago writes at some length various versions and editions including Voyage autour du Monde Paris 1840 vol. II pp. 141-5 and more briefly in his English version Narrative of a Voyage Round the World in the Uranie. commanded by Captain Freycinet. London 1823 pp. 248-50 about the primitive state of religion in the Marianas and the notably pragmatic approach to questions of morality in Agana. He singles out the curé Brother Ciriaco:</p> <p>"Nowhere perhaps is there so much and so little religion as at Guam. The women bestow their favours for a rosary. The men do not blush to offer you a sister or some other of their relations and will immediately after prostrate themselves at the foot of the altar. In the churches the two sexes are separate; and if you see few girls without a veil you also see few men gaze at them. In church the people behave like Christians; in the city and in the country like savages.</p> <p>"Here as in Spain the husbands are very jealous of their wives; lovers of their mistresses: but these excepted you may pay your court if you please to their sisters and friends; what is it to them What is not appropriated to themselves is no concern of theirs: and you will find men shameless enough to offer you as soon as you enter their houses one of their relations for fear you should cast an eye on their wives. At the same time you may be assured that if you please the wife you will not long sigh in vain.</p> <p>"We should be astonished at the prodigious number of processions and religious ceremonies with which the people are amused at Guam if we were not aware that the zeal of devotees and even the carelessness of the indifferent are beneficial to the church and particularly to the priest who takes advantage of every thing. Collections are made at the houses; requisitions are ordered; and there are few of the inhabitants who can escape that sort of tax. Such as have no money of which there is very little in the settlement provide fruit vegetables and meat to fill the stores of the priest who probably distributes a considerable portion among the poor. . . But I saw no poor at Guam!</p> <p>"I imagined the processions would cease when Lent was over and that the people would have a few days respite. By no means: they went on more sedulously than ever: and all things considered these poor people to whom the church prescribes rest or prohibits labour half the week are not so much to blame for devoting three-fourths of their lives to idleness. Is it not even from excess of zeal that the land is so neglected I cannot tell but I fear I was too severe in my first conjectures. Let me be more circumspect in future.</p> <p>.</p> <p>"It is truly painful to see a people who might so easily be guided aright given-up to the darkness in which they are enveloped and even in the present day adopting with blind confidence the absurd narratives of pretended daily miracles with which they are amused every hour of the day. Our learned Abbé de Quelen whose paternal cares are not confined to the instruction of the crew with whom he has made so long a voyage has had many conversations with the priest of Agagna; and he is convinced that the poor man can scarcely instruct his flock in the simplest lessons of the catechism as he is himself ignorant of the fundamental principles of our religion. As to Latin which he told us he had studied from his earliest infancy under the ablest professors at Manilla our chaplain who speaks it with the greatest fluency could scarcely make him understand a few words by turning and varying his phrases: and for my own part I am convinced that as long as such pastors as friar Ciriaco are sent to the Marianne islands religion will be little honoured there and the morals of the people will not be in the slightest degree improved".</p> </p> . Provenance: Until the 1960s in Freycinet family ownership subsequently in a private collection. unknown
