"MICHAELIS, JOHANN DAVID. - ""THE 100 QUESTIONS"".Livre Rare Book
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176256918Frankfurt am Mayn, Garbe, 1762. 8vo. Very nice contemporary full mottled calf with five raised bands to richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A bit of wear to spine, causing slight loss of leather and a neat restoration to lower compartment. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Small loss of leather to back board. A stamp on title-page (Holstein=Holsteinborg). (70), 397 pp., 4 folded tables, paginated 391-97. Internally clean, some quires printed on thick paper.
168828653Nürnberg Johann Hofmann, 1688-89. (The engraved allergorical title having: Amsterdam, Beÿ Jacob von Meursen nachgelassene Witve, 1681). Folio. Cont. full calf, raised bands, old repairs to top and bottom of spine. Richly gilt compartments. Crowned royal monogram on covers inside gilt frames, gilt stamps at corners. Some wears to covers, scratches. Engraved allegorical title, printed title in red/black. 200,(4) pp titlepage,400,(8) pp., 10 double-page engraved maps and plans, 29 engraved plates (of which 21 are double-page) and 29 half-page engravings in the text. The first ab. 35 leaves with a small wormtract in outer margin. A few scattered brownspots, otherwise clean.
London, Lockyer Davis, 1777. 4to. In recent marbled paper wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"". Including title-page of volume 61 and 66. Leaves reinforced/mounted in margin. Light offsetting from folded plates as usual. Pp. (2), 401-406, 447-450, (4), 397-436 pp. + 3 folded plates.
Amsterdam, Gerard van Keulen, 1720. 4to. In recent half cloth with black leather title-label with gilt lettering to front board. Gilt stamp to front board. Small stamp to lower margin of title-page, not affecting text, otherwise fine. (1)-31 pp. [Sabin want 40 pp., which includes another work: ""Korte Beschryving van de Westkust der Straat Davids, ofte anders Noord Amerika genoemd"", not present here].
Paris, Imprimerie Royal, 1835. 8vo. Bound entirely uncut and unopened in a recent half cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. 3 small stamps to title-page and light occassional marginal brownspotting, a fine copy. 247 pp. + folded map.
Frankfurt am Mayn, Garbe, 1762. 8vo. Very nice contemporary full mottled calf with five raised bands to richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A bit of wear to spine, causing slight loss of leather and a neat restoration to lower compartment. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Small loss of leather to back board. A stamp on title-page (Holstein=Holsteinborg). (70), 397 pp., 4 folded tables, paginated 391-97. Internally clean, some quires printed on thick paper.
Nürnberg Johann Hofmann, 1688-89. (The engraved allergorical title having: Amsterdam, Beÿ Jacob von Meursen nachgelassene Witve, 1681). Folio. Cont. full calf, raised bands, old repairs to top and bottom of spine. Richly gilt compartments. Crowned royal monogram on covers inside gilt frames, gilt stamps at corners. Some wears to covers, scratches. Engraved allegorical title, printed title in red/black. 200,(4) pp titlepage,400,(8) pp., 10 double-page engraved maps and plans, 29 engraved plates (of which 21 are double-page) and 29 half-page engravings in the text. The first ab. 35 leaves with a small wormtract in outer margin. A few scattered brownspots, otherwise clean.
Large 8vo. 268 pp. 10 full page mounted photographic plates, with 10 further photographic plates mounted in the text. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked with the original spine laid down, gilt, a.e.g. bookplate to front pastedown. First edition. An unusual work illustrated with photographic illustrations by G. Liquier. In the 1860s photographic printing became cheaper and several publishers used the technique as an alternative to lithographic or woodcut illustration. Ferguson, 12251.
17723812970Paris: Saillant & Nyon 1772. Very slight rubbing to joints but a fine tall copy with good margin. Octavo blind-stamped ex-libris to half title; contemporary French marbled calf flat spine gilt in compartments red morocco label. <p><p>A fine copy of the first French account of Cook's Endeavour voyage and the first French book on the east coast of Australia. Fréville translates the text now considered to be by Magra which - published in English in 1771 - was the unauthorised and earliest account of the progress of the Endeavour voyage. This is one of two probably simultaneous issues this one having the "Supplément" title-page; in this form the publishers intended the book to complement the octavo edition of Bougainville's voyage. The work also includes some material that did not appear in the original London edition including a 'Lettre de M. de Commerson' the famed naturalist from Bougainville's circumnavigation who remained behind at Mauritius to continue his research. </p> <p>The second supplement is equally important: the 'Lettre de M. le B. de G.' is a learned treatise on the possibility of a northwest passage written at Königsberg modern Kaliningrad and quoting from experts on the region such as Gmelin Muller and Engel. Although the identity of this scholar remains hazy it is surprising that such an interesting - and relatively early - report on the northwest passage has been largely ignored. Continuing the parade of famous explorers included in this short work the Commerson letter is said to have been conveyed to France by none other than Kerguelen promoter of the "Terre Australe".</p> <p>Rolf du Rietz in the Kroepelien catalogue further notes that a letter from Sir Joseph Banks to the Académie des Sciences is also quoted in the introduction said to have first been published in the Journal des Savans. Despite his best efforts to distance himself from Magra's work including having the false dedication in the London edition removed it appears that his unwilling association with the work continued on the continent. Indeed one of the attractive aspects of this copy is not only the fine contemporary French binding but the spine label which reads 'Voyage de Solander': it was not unusual for Banks to be given top-billing in the excitement of the return of the Endeavour but there cannot be too many examples that plump for Solander.</p> </p> . Saillant & Nyon unknown
176928352Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1769-70 and 1770. Bound in two fine uniform cont. hcalf., raised bands, gilt back, tome-and title-labels gilt. (Chappe in the first volume and Kracheninnikow in the second). 2 htitles, 2 titles. (4),VIII,(4),686 pp. 7 engraved plates (incl. folded frontispiece) and 5 folded tables. - 2 htitles, 2 titles (each with engraved vignette). (4),XVI,439(4),492 pp. + Avis au Relieur, and 7 folded engraved plates, 2 large folded engraved maps. Printed on fine clean writing-paper.
186053639Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1860-1914. 4to. Bound in 88 uniform contemporary half calf bindings with 5 raised bands (except for two volumes in half cloth). (Each year up to 1894 in 2 parts, 1895-1914 each year in one volume). Some top of spines with wear, some traces of use, otherwise a fine set. Profusely illustrated with large wood-cuts (full-page, half-page and smaller) and maps.
Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1769-70 and 1770. Bound in two fine uniform cont. hcalf., raised bands, gilt back, tome-and title-labels gilt. (Chappe in the first volume and Kracheninnikow in the second). 2 htitles, 2 titles. (4),VIII,(4),686 pp. 7 engraved plates (incl. folded frontispiece) and 5 folded tables. - 2 htitles, 2 titles (each with engraved vignette). (4),XVI,439 (4),492 pp. + Avis au Relieur, and 7 folded engraved plates, 2 large folded engraved maps. Printed on fine clean writing-paper.
Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1860-1914. 4to. Bound in 88 uniform contemporary half calf bindings with 5 raised bands (except for two volumes in half cloth). (Each year up to 1894 in 2 parts, 1895-1914 each year in one volume). Some top of spines with wear, some traces of use, otherwise a fine set. Profusely illustrated with large wood-cuts (full-page, half-page and smaller) and maps.
8vo. (12), (2), 453 [but: 451; omitting 177/178] pp., ff. 454-456, 457-480 [but: 470], 481-653, (1) pp. With engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary blindstamped leather over wooden boards on 4 raised bands; giltstamped oval armorial supralibros to both covers. All edges red. 2 clasps. Rare first edition of this eyewitness account of the Great Northern War, in which the "Little Prince" Maximilian Emanuel of Wuerttemberg-Winnental (1689-1709) took part on the Swedish side. Captured by the Russians in the Battle of Poltava, he died at Dubno. On his journeys he was accompanied by the preacher J. W. Bardili (1676-1740, grandson of the physician Carl Bardili), who later published the present report, containing numerous interesting geographico-cultural observations on Belarus, Smolensk, Sivershchyna, Volhynia and the Ukraine: "The country known as Ukrainie is splendidly fertile and produces such amounts of crops that they can impossibly be stored away, for which reason a large proportion of grain is used for brandy, a drink of which the inhabitants are not only great connoisseurs, but of which they are also wont to possess quite significant quantities. The grass is rich [...]. Thus fed, the Cossacks' horses grow very strong and durable, and they are able to remain outside, throughout summer and winter, until they are five or six years old, and only then are they slowly accustomed to the saddle and bridle" (cf. p. 422). From p. 481 onwards, the book contains an anonymous account of the ensuing events informed by the operations of the Ottoman Empire (such as the Turkish captivity of Charles XII at Bender). - Some occasional browning and staining due to paper. The half-title belonging to the appendix ("Reise-Beschreibung von Pultawa nach Bender", pp. 481 ff.) is erroneously bound after the preliminaries. Both covers bear the giltstamped arms of the Benedictine monk and scholar Gottfried (Johann Georg) Bessel (1672-1749), the probably most important abbot of the Austrian Abbey of Göttweig (1714-49), which he had rebuilt in 1718, following a fire, based on plans by Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt. Hailed as "Germany's Mabillon" for his pioneering work in diplomatics and the auxiliary sciences of history, Bessel authored the "Chronicon Gotwicense" and served as rector of the University of Vienna from 1714 to 1716. Estreicher XII, 370. Warmholtz 5546. ADB XXI, 76.
Oblong folio (501 x 302 mm). Album of 82 photographs mounted on 14 loose brown cardboard sheets, unbound, with blank cover sheet. Sizes ranging from 10 x 6 to 15 x 26 cm. Photographs of the Summer Palace, Tan Chueh Ssu Monastery, a trip to Mt. Connelly (Ching Shi Chien) with views taken on the road from Wang Ping Kou to Men Tou Kou following the river, of Fengtien troops marching westwards to meet the Shanhsi raiders, the Tan Han Ling Pass with the temple, Pan Chiao-Erh, Tan Chueh Ssu main gate, Shan-Hai-Kuan (wall, gates and towers, temple precincts, surrounding landscape, trolley line), etc., many captioned in ink in English. - Provenance: From the collection of Johannes Gottfried William Schröder (1870-1942). Born in India, the brother of the German poet Rudolf Alexander Schröder grew up in Bremen, trained as a merchant and visited India, China, Japan, and America. He established his own business in Shanghai in 1906. His intimate knowledge of East Asia led him to embrace the philosophy of anthroposophy.
Vortitel, Titel, (12) SS. Mit 102 (teils doppelblattgr.) Tafeln. Originaler goldgeprägter Pergamentband mit Kopfgoldschnitt. Folio. Erste Ausgabe, sehr selten. Prachtvolle Monographie der im Ionischen Meer gelegenen Insel Ithaka, welche Heimat des Odysseus gewesen sein soll. - Tadellos erhalten.
8vo. (6), 116 pp. With a folding lithographed plan of Saint-Denis. Contemporary dark green cloth, rebacked with the original backstrip laid down. Rare first and only edition of a firsthand account of the British invasion of the Island of Bourbon (Réunion) in 1810 by "an officer of the expedition", sometimes ascribed to Charles Telfair (1778-1833), an Irish botanist who visited Réunion and Mauritius in 1810 as a ship's surgeon to the Royal Navy. The author briefly narrates the events leading up to the invasion, and in more detail describes the invasion itself, providing much information on the ships, squadrons, regiments and officers involved. "His object was to commemorate facts, while he was a spectator of them, and to stamp them with the sentiments they excited" (p. [5]). Also included are the general instructions and directions to officers at the head of brigades, issued by Lt. Col. Keating (pp. 38-53), and transcripts of letters, decrees and newspaper articles (or extracts thereof) relating to the invasion (pp. 54-102). The book closes with an appendix on the island's "value" as a colony, observing its population, climate, agriculture, trade, and infrastructure (pp. 103-116). The island of Bourbon in the Indian Ocean had been in French hands since 1715, until the British Royal Navy invaded it in 1810. The main objective of the expedition, led by Josias Rowley (1765-1842), was to capture the island as well as Mauritius so as "to secure, on the most permanent foundation, the dominion of England against the hostile attempts of France" (p. 4); the French retreated to the islands after raiding British convoys from India. Though the British kept hold of Mauritius, the island of Bourbon was returned to France at the Congress of Vienna of 1814. It was renamed "Réunion" when the house of Bourbon abdicated during the French Revolution of 1848. - Browned and foxed throughout, otherwise in good condition. Binding rebacked and restored. J. McAleer, Britain's Maritime Empire (2016), p. 87.
Small 8vo. 333, (1); 303, (25) pp. With engraved frontispiece (repeated in volume 2) and 2 title-pages printed in red and black. Contemporary mottled, tanned sheepskin, rebacked with the original backstrip laid down and a new red title-label. "Best" (Howgego) edition of this account of an imaginary voyage based on the story of the VOC ship Vergulde Draeck that was wrecked on the coast of western Australia in 1656. First published anonymously by the French writer Denis Vairasse (1635-1700), simultaneously in French and English, in five parts over the years 1675 to 1679. At this time Europeans still knew almost nothing about Australia, and the utopian wild stories of the book caught the imagination of the public and went through many editions. - "In Vairasse's story, one of the boats sent out to seek help, returns with news of the discovery of a civilized country where its crew were imprisoned and then released by an armed force from Sporunde, a vassal state of the great kingdom called Sevarambia in the interior. The Sporundeans, who speak Dutch and Spanish as a result of prior European encounter, take the crew to their city where they are welcomed in friendship. On the return of the boat, the survivors of the Dragon d'Or are then taken to Sporunde, from where [Captain] Siden and his companions proceed on a journey to Severambia" (Howgego). "With its emphasis on Deism, Reason, and the full dignity of man, the novel rejects most of what France had stood for from the Huguenot Wars to Louis XIV, and announces instead the dawn of 18th century Enlightenment and 19th century Liberalism" (Friederich). - Some pages a bit browned and rebacked; generally in good condition. From the library of the Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013). Barbier II, 768. OCLC 22754709. R. Davidson, A book collector's notes, p. 43. Howgego, Invented narratives, V1. Cf. Friederich, pp. 20-22.
166447419Chez François Clouzier | à Paris 1664 | 17 x 24 cm | relié
175314757Paris Imprimerie Royale 1753 In-4 veau havane marbré, triple filet doré encadrant les plats avec Armes de Louis XIV au centre, dos à nerfs orné fleurons et chiffres de Louis XIV dans les caissons, dentelle dorée intérieure, tranches rouges. VIII-288 pages et (5 ff).. Illustré de 6 cartes dépliantes, d'une planche et d'un tableau également dépliant.
Large 4to (206 x 280 mm). 111 leaves, folded (double leaves in oriental style). Early 20th century calf-backed marbled boards, lettered on spine "Inscription sur Tuiles des Tsin et des Han". First edition of this historical manual of Chinese inscriptions of honorific and noble titles. The first of three volumes that would appear until 1794. - Paper flaw to title page, repaired on verso; occasional foxing to margins. A good copy. OCLC 40844063.
4to. [2 blank], [2], VIII, 297, [1] blank pp. Contemporary red half roan. Second edition of a handbook that was essential for English speaking persons who wished to obtain competence in Mandarin with the required knowledge of vocabulary and functional grammar and an awareness of the main types of verbal interaction. - The author Joseph Edkins was a prominent English Sinologue who lived in China for 57 years and published fourteen books on the language and culture of the country, amongst others a catalogue of the Chinese collection of the Bodleian Library (1876). His first publication was a Grammar of the Shanghai dialect (1853), making this Mandarin Grammar his second dictionary. It was his only book that had a second edition. He was forward thinking with the idea that the European and Asian languages have common roots, and thus shared ancestors. - With the bookplate of John Lawson on paste-down. In good condition.
21222Paris, L. Carteret, 1924. In-4, 259 pp., maroquin vert foncé de Marius Michel, plats mosaïqués d'un listel de maroquin bleu, de motifs végétaux verts et jaunes ainsi que de filets dorés en encadrement sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné de même, encadrement de maroquin vert, doublure de maroquin brun mosaïquée d'une frise végétale verte et d'un filet doré en encadrement, soie moirée mordorée ornée de motifs géométriques, tranches dorées, couverture conservée, demi-maroquin à bandes brun, étui bordé de même (dos de la chemise et étui légèrement insolés, minuscules et pâles rousseurs).
10132Paris, Veith & Hauser, 1837. In-folio, page de titre-(6)-(4)-(2) pp. et 30 planches, reliure de l'époque plein veau, dos et plats ornés (mors restaurés). / Folio, title page-(6)-(4)-(2) p. and 30 plates, cont. full calf binding, adorned back, gilt and stamped decorations on boards (professionnally restaured hinges).
200030664ABBarcelona, Moleiro, 2000?2002. Folio und quart. 331 S. Mit (20) Bl. mit faks. Karten. Leinen- und Lederband in Lederbox. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, A|B 2 Bände.
