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Barby, Chr. F. Laux, 1777. Bound in one cont. hcalf. (16),1068 pp. + Register and 3 large folded engraved maps, 4 engraved folded views (one of these a little stained). Very slightly brownspotted.
Lemgo, Meyerischen Buchhandlung, 1766. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Some cracks in leather along joints. Wear to spine ends. Spine rubbed.Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. XVI,344 pp., 2 folded engraved maps and 5 engraved plates. Plate I and II having each two illustrations are divided, and the illustrations are inserted at the places where they are treated in the text. Internally clean and fine.
London, Richard Bentley, 1833. 2 contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines. Gilt lettering. Very light wear to top of spines with a small repair. 2 engraved frontispieces. XV,(1),434 "VIII,420 pp., Errat-slip bound in. 3 engraved plates and 4 large folded engraved maps. Plates with some marginal brownspots, otherwise clean and fine.
Ljubljana, 1950. 8vo. In publisher's original full cloth binding with printed board. Soiling to extremities and hindges weak. Internally with some offsetting, otherwise clean. 459, (1) pp.
Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1753. 4to. Contemp. full motteld calf. Raised bands, richly gilt spine and with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. (2),VIII,288,(10) pp., 8 folded engraved maps and charts, 1 engraved vignette, 1 folded plate and 1 folded table. Internally clean, a few marginal brownspots.
- Chez Fantin, A Paris 1812, In-8 (13x21cm), xviij, 559pp. (1) et (4) 500pp., 2 volumes reliés. - Edition originale, rare, illustrée de 3 cartes et 2 plans, dont la carte générale de la Crimée et le plan de la capitale des Cosaques du Don. Rare première édition française, de la traduction d'Emmanuel de Laubespin, qui fut retirée de la vente. Quérard: "Le gouvernement [français] ne permit pas la mise en vente de cette traduction ; il n'y en eut que quelques exemplaires de répandus". Reliure en plein veau brun d'époque. Dos lisse orné de 4 fers quadrilobés et de multiples roulettes. Pièces de titre et de tomaisson en maroquin rouge. Frise d'encadrement sur le splat doublé d'un filet doré. Roulette intérieure. Epidermures sur les dos et plats. Pièce de tomaion du tome 2 gratté avec perte de cuir. 3 coins émoussés. Quelques rares et pâles rousseurs. Malgré des défauts, bel exemplaire dans l'ensemble. Minéralogiste et archéologue anglais professant à l'université de Cambridge où il devint bibliothécaire. Clarke fut un infatigable voyageur tout au long de sa vie, d'abord en Italie, en Scandinavie, en Grèce, en Russie, en Turquie, en Egypte et en Terre Sainte ; voyages qui lui permirent de collecter nombre de minéraux et d'effectuer des observations précises de géographie physique et humaine. Outre ses observations critiques, et notamment sur le tsar Paul, qui lui valurent une interdiction du gouvernement français, le voyage de Clarke (1799-1802) est particulièrement intéressant puisqu'il voyage au-delà des limites européennes de la Russie et s'occupe des Cosaques du Don dont il décrit la vie, l'organisation et les coutumes. Il descend ensuite jusqu'à la mer d'Azov, voyage en Crimée, à Odessa, et jusqu'à Constantinople. La qualité principale de l'auteur est son don d'observation et son intérêt multiple, tant pour les insectes, les serpents venimeux que les coutumes des Russes et des Cosaques ou le commerce sur la mer Noire. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
- Chez la veuve Duchesne, Paris 1783, in-8 (12,5x19,5cm), (4) viij ; 527pp. et (4) 382pp. et (4) 373pp. et (4) 240pp. [mal pag. 140pp.], 4 volumes reliés. - Troisième édition illustrée de 10 planches hors-texte dont un frontispice de Dalbou d'après Hoüel, 5 planches hors-texte de Laurent d'après Favray et 4 planches hors-texte dépliantes de Laurent d'après Massit. Les trois premiers volumes contiennent toutes les lettres sur la Grèce, le dernier renferme d'autre opuscules de l'auteur : Essais sur les Elégies de Tibulle (suivis de la traduction de ces dernières), Les Saisons et Poésies légères. Nombreux bandeaux et culs-de-lampe floraux (corbeilles de fleurs, illets...). Reliure en plein veau blond marbré de l'époque. Dos lisses ornés de pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin vert, de petits fleurons floraux dorés, ainsi que d'une dentelle dorée en queue. Triples encadrements dorés sur les plats. Toutes tranches marbrées. Coiffe de tête du premier tome arasée. Quelques trous de ver sur les dos des deuxième et troisième volumes. Mors de queue fendue sur le premier volume. Six coins émoussés. Epidermures. Quelques pâles mouillures angulaires. Un travail de vers portant atteinte à tout le coin inférieur droit du troisième volume. Bel aspect de l'exemplaire. Plus large que ne le paraît son titre, le Voyage littéraire de la Grèce contient de nombreuses informations sur les Turcs, les Arméniens et leurs murs, et naturellement les peuples de la Grèce. Les lettres sont l'oeuvre d'un négociant résidant à Constantinople, Monsieur Guys, adressées à un amateur d'art, Bourlat de Montredont. Épris profondément de belles-lettres et de recherches sur l'Antiquité, l'auteur dans sa description de la Grèce, de ses murs et de ses coutumes, puise sa matière dans les écrivains de l'Antiquité en établissant des parallèles constant avec la Grèce moderne, montrant combien en elle se retrouve toute la littérature grecque. Chaque lettre porte sur un sujet, de nombreuses ont pour objet l'art, mais certaines plus spécifiques portent sur le mobilier, les bijoux, le maquillage, les fêtes, les convenances, les bains, l'architecture, et naturellement, un domaine intéressant plus particulièrement l'auteur : le commerce et la navigation. Certaines lettres sont des additions, et traitent des usages chez les Turcs, les Juifs... Projet ambitieux d'un homme ancré dans la réalité de son temps (et qui passa plus de 30 ans dans le Levant), le Voyage littéraire de la Grèce repère dans la Grèce moderne tout l'héritage de l'Antiquité, et fait des Grecs modernes les héritiers directs, les descendants des Grecs anciens. L'auteur renouvelle ainsi l'intérêt du voyage vers la Grèce. Avant la lettre, c'est un des premiers ouvrages d'anthropologie. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
- Chez Volland & Desenne, A Paris 1787, in-8 (12,5x19,7cm), (14) (2) 383pp. et (6p.) (2) 458pp. (3), 2 volumes reliés. - Edition originale, la plus rare des éditions de ce texte qui fut réédité en 1799 puis au XIXe. L'illustration se compose de 5 planches dépliantes, 2 cartes (Egypte, Syrie), et de 3 belles planches panoramiques dépliantes (Palmyre, Balbeec...), le tout sur papier fort. Reliures en plein veau marbré et glacé d'époque. Dos lisse richement orné. Pièce de titre en marouin rouge et de tomaison en maroquin vert. Triple filet d'encadrement sur les plats. Un petit manque en tête du tome I. Un trou de vers en tête du tome I. Un coin avec un petit manque de cuir. Un cahier bruni au tome I. Frottements. Les 2 grande planches dépliantes, mal pliées, ressortent du brochage. Bel exemplaire. Considéré comme le meilleur exposé possible de l'Egypte de la Syrie Ottomane à la fin du XVIIIe siècle, Le voyage de Volney, lequel dura quatre années d'observation, doit tout à la qualité de son auteur, à la fois philosophe et orientaliste ; la narration est différente des livres de voyages classiques, les considérations, remarques et réflexions politiques y sont prédominantes, et la vision politique est déterminante, même lorsque l'auteur décrit les moeurs des habitants, des anecdotes, la situation géographique et commerciale. Par ailleurs, toutes les descriptions de Volney servirent de base pour l'expédition d'Egypte, et de nombreux scientifiques et Bonaparte lui-même l'emmenèrent avec eux. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
- Chez Pougin , A Paris 1795 (an III), in-8 (13,5x22cm), XII, 206pp. ; (2) 256pp. (8), relié. - Edition originale française de cet ouvrage paru en 1790 en anglais. La seconde partie qui occupe 256p., est une succession de notes du traducteur, particulièrement riches d'informations, sur les plantes, les animaux et la géographie physique. Reliure en plein veau brun d'époque marbré. Dos lisse richement orné de 5 fleurons dans des losanges avec palmettes angulaires et roulettes à la place des nerfs. Pièce de titre en maroquin rouge. Plat supérieur légèrement incurvé en coin bas droit, sinon, très bel exemplaire, quasi exempt de rousseurs avec quelques cahiers légèrement jaunis, une trace de mouillure pâle en coin bas de la page de titre et du feuillet suivant. Les récits de voyages content la première installation des colons en Australie. Lorsque l'empire Britannique perdit ses colonies américaines où toutes sortes de personnes indésirables étaient régulièrement envoyés, il fut choisi d'installer les déportés en Nouvelle Galles du sud (côte orientale Australie). Une escadre de 11 navires, dont 6 affectés au transport des criminels, fut placée sous les ordres du capitaine Arthur Phillip, gouverneur du nouvel établissement. La flotte partit d'Angleterre en mars 1787, atteignit Botany Bay en janvier 1788, et la colonie se fixa à Port Jackson. Le récit, à plus d'un titre passionnant, du chirurgien en chef de l'expédition, narre par le menu le voyage et l'installation des officiers et des déportés dans la nouvelle colonie, ainsi que les rencontres avec les indigènes. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
12mo [19.5 x 12 cm]; 2 volumes, [x], 510, [iv, ads]; [viii], 184, 132, 112, [lxxvi, index, ads] pp, complete with 9 engraved maps, all but one folding, index. contemporary paneled full calf, gilt title lettering on red leather spine label, spine ends chipped, joints partly cracked but holding, cover a bit rubbed, engraved bookplate of Philp Touchet Chetnode, very good clean set. A picture of this book is availa Royal Geographical Society p. 119. Cox i, 42. National Maritime Museum 92, 93, 95 [referring to the 1729 edition]. Relating to Volume I, Hill 75: 'Dampier was the best known and probably the most intelligent of the famous group of buccaneers that tormented the Spaniard in the South Seas from 1680 to 1720. his industry in taking notes of all he saw was equaled by his pains in preserving them from destruction. His first voyage took him from Virginia to Spanish America and across the Pacific to the East Indies. He traveled extensively in the orient on several voyages which lasted from 1683 to 1691. It was on one of these trips that the first landing was made by the English on Australian shores'. Dampier, an English buccaneer and explorer and one of the more colorful characters sailing in the 17th and 18th centuries, published his various experiences sporadically. He was the first English navigator to assemble a natural history collection. His first book appeared in 1697 followed by another in 1699, and a third in 1703, each volume issued separately and independent of the others. A folding map in volume I is a double hemisphere map of the globe. This set contains the material written by Dampier himself.
8vo [22.5 x 14 cm]; 2 volumes, x, [ii], 406; iv, 380 pp, 8 fine aquatint plates, 2 folding maps, appendix. later full calf leather with gilt title lettering on red morocco spine labels, edges marbled, leaf with marginal tear, small stain on outer margin of few leaves, else near fine set in handsome binding. A picture of this book is available upon request by e The first edition was published in 1816 based on Koster's extensive travels in the area. His narrative is considered one of the most accurate and useful of all the travel accounts written on the area. Boraba de Moraes 437 (referring to this second edition of 1817): 'a classic work on the North of Brazil. . . greatly esteemed by all. . . In the appendix he transcribes two monographs by Arruda Camara, rare today, which appeared in Rio in 1810'. This appendix is on plants found in Brazil and their uses. The work includes chapters on the native peoples, planters, animals, agriculture, society, festivals, slavery, etc, based on the authors extensive travels. The maps are of the port of Pernambuco and of northern Brazil where the author travelled. A very attractive set.
large folio [53 x 41 cm]; [72 l] pp, 32 fine colored plates, including frontis, from paintings by Mee, each with tissue guard, signed in the plate by Mee, dated 1960s, maps, list of plates, pictorial endpapers. original green morocco-backed boards, bound by Zaehnsdorf, boards with hand marbled paper, gilt spine title lettering & gilt vignette on front, top edge gilted, original clear glassine jacket, original cloth slipcase, clean, fine and bright copy. A pictur A superb production with most attractive plates, including nine of orchids and six of bromeliads, each plate with a descriptive leaf. Margaret Mee (1909-88) traveled to the Amazon area 15 times over a 32 year period, by canoe, on foot and often alone. Her paintings and sketches "could stand without shame in the high company of such masters as Georg Dionysius Ehret and Redoute" (Wilfred Blunt). Mee was a passionate conservationist and devoted her life to recording the diversity and beauty of the Amazon. She was one of the first to protest the destruction still taking place there. Sitwell in Great Flower Books describes her work as: 'exceptional and quite in the tradition of the great eighteenth-century books '. 'Mee's work is of an unusually high order of excellence and in the best tradition of flower painting' [Taylor, director of Royal Botanic Garden of Kew]. 'Mee was a talented botanical painter and intrepid traveller. . .an exceptional personality' [Oak Spring Flora]. One of the plants illustrated was discovered by Mee herself.
Leipzig, Gerhard Fleischer d. Jüng., 1802-13. 12mo. Bound in 16 contemp. hcalf. Spines gilt, titlelabels with gilt lettering. Some wear to spines, corners and edges. Spine ends frayed and some volumes with small nicks to spine ends. Traces of use. Stamps on titles. Around 5000 pp. With 170 (of 175) mostly folded engraved plates and 11 large folded maps. Some scattered brownspots and browning throughout.
Folio (221 x 344 mm). (4), 127, (1) pp. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards, rebacked with gilt lettering to modern spine. Rare British army regulations governing equipment and supplies, first issued in 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War and here re-issued in 1883, in vastly expanded form, in spite of the fact that the British and Indian troops had effectively withdrawn from Afghanistan by 1881, leaving behind only British Indian agents to liaison between the governments. The orders were issued by Major General Sir G. R. Greaves (1831-1922) as Adjutant-General for India. - This copy with an ink annotation to the title-page and first leaf of text marking it for the use of "Section C, Simla". Corners worn; interior spotted, preliminaries dusty. Unrecorded in library catalogues: the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection at Brown University's John Hay Library holds the 1880 issue, which comprises a mere 55 pages. Cf. OCLC 143614724.
8vo. 88 pp. With a folding table "Profit and loss on sugars imported from Begal" after p. 10. Disbound with remains of a calf spine. First edition. - "It is contended, in these letters, that the India company are already in possession of exclusive privileges which many deem injurious to the public, and that it would be gross impolicy to invest them with the power of converting the sugar trade into a monopoly. An equalization of duties is deemed both unnecessary and impolitic; unneccessary, because the East India company can bring sugars to market with a profit subject to the present high duties, as long as it can be for the general interest of the nation, that they should so do; and impolitic, because the East India company would totally ruin the West India islands if they can import sugars to any extet for which a demand can be found" (The Analytical Review 15 [1793], p. 523). - Title a little spotty; slight dampstain in the upper margin. "No. 4" handwritten in old ink to upper right corner of title page. Goldsmiths 15622. Ames Library pamphlet collection 91:5. ESTC T2945 (7 copies). OCLC 503866141.
51, (1) SS. Mit gest. Titelvignette (Sturm auf eine Festung), halbs. Wappenkupfer im Text (Sigmund Marschalk von Ebnet zu Weingartsgreuth) und 4 (statt 5) gest. Tafeln (dav. 2 gefaltet). Blau marmorierter Halbpergamentband. 4to. Erste Ausgabe. "Contains the account of several conquests of the Dutch, as the capture of Amboina and Tidor, belonging formerly to the Portuguese; it is more extended than the corresponding part of de Bry" (Asher). Die Tafeln zeigen Mosambik, Goa, Ambon sowie die Einnahme von Tidor; es fehlt die Karte von Südostasien (im Faksimile beiliegend). - Das VD 17 erfaßt nur zwei Exemplare in deutschen Bibliotheken, davon eines wie hier inkomplett (fehlt eine Tafel). Durchgehend etwas gebräunt bzw. fingerfleckig. Sabin 33663. Landwehr (VOC) 196. Asher 60. Church 292. JCB I, 460. VD 17, 14:688820N.
4to. (22), 506, (54) pp. With title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, 2 engraved folding maps (the second crudely highlighted in colour by a later hand), 4 woodcut headpieces and 3 woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary tanned sheepskin, sewn on 6 cords, gold-tooled spine with a label in the 2nd of 7 compartments. First and only edition in the original German of an account of the Dänisch-Hallesche mission on the Carnatic coast in southeast India, from the beginning in 1705 to 1736. The Dänisch-Hallesche mission was the first Protestant mission and many resulting reports were published in the magazine Hallesche Berichte. Niekamp digested its first 44 chapters and organized them in two main parts: the first dealing with geography, inhabitants, languages etc. and the second treating the mission itself in chronological order; this if followed by a comprehensive index. The work contains a preface by Gotthilf August Francke, the son of the August Hermann Francke, who was one of the driving forces in the creation of the mission. - A Latin translation of the second part on the mission was published in 1747 and a complete French translation in 1755. A continuation was published by Michael Meier in 1771, covering the period 1736-1767. - The turn-ins caused some offsetting through the endpapers to the margins of the first and last few leaves, otherwise a very good copy, with only some occasional spots. The binding is rubbed with chips and superificial wear to the spine, but otherwise in good condition. German Africana 1928. Robert, Converting Colonialism (2008), pp. 26-28.
8 vols. 8vo. Contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, smooth spines with lettering pieces and gilt ornaments. All edges marbled. First edition, forming a continuation of the collection of Jesuit letters known as the "Lettres édifiantes et curieuses". Volumes 1-5 cover China, volumes 6-8 concern the missions to Tonkin and Cochinchina. - Some wear to spine ends. Cordier (Sinica) II, 953-957. Cordier (Indosinica) III, 1970-1978. Sabin 40704. OCLC 23391547.
VII, 219 SS. Mit farblith. Frontispiz. Originaler Leinenband. Folio (520 x 385 mm). Erste Ausgabe. Ausführliche Beschreibung der nordgriechischen Hafenstadt und der für ihre Geschichte besonders bedeutsamen Persönlichkeiten. Holzmann/Bohatta VI, 8076.
Copper engraving. 288:356 mm. Matted. This engraving shows the Dutch fort and settlement of Zeelandia on the west coast of Taiwan. On the right is a curved sandy promontory with the castle and battlements; on the left is the town, while junks and sampans fill the water around the settlement.
Copper engraving. 290:346 mm. Matted.
4to. (12), 150, (10) pp. With 12 (instead of 14) engraved plates, also wanting the portrait frontispiece and the engraved title-page. Later vellum using contemporary material with handwritten title to spine. First edition. An account of an East Indian and Middle Eastern journey made during the years of 1641-50. The German soldier Behr (d. 1692) departed from Leipzig, enlisted with the Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) and travelled to East India in 1644. From Batavia he sailed onwards to Java and Goa, and he served with the fleet of Johan Maetsuycker on the Malabar coast. He spent four years to Ceylon before visiting Persia and returning to the Netherlands. His account was published 18 years after his return, and "many sections of his journal resemble suspiciously closely the narratives of Johann Jacob Merklein and Johann Jacob Saar" (Howgego). The fine illustrations include views of Goa, St. Helena, and Kamron (Bandar Abbas), a cinnamon tree and flying fish. The appendix reprints the author's passport issued by Captain Jan van der Laen, as well as an alphabetical index. - Somewhat browned throughout due to paper. Covers slightly warped. Wants a total of four engravings, including the title (letterpress title-page is present). From the library of the Viennese collector Werner Habel (1939-2015) with his handwritten and stamped ownership, dated 1981, to the pastedown. VD 17, 3:307812K. Howgego I, 102, B59. Not in Wilson.
4to. 232, 124 SS. Mit zahlreichen Textabbildungen nach Zeichnungen, teilweise ausfaltbar, einigen Tabellen, 4 Farbtafeln und 120 Tafeln mit meist 2 Fotoabbildungen. Originaler Halbleinenband. Erste Ausgabe. Der 1957 gegründete Wenwu Chubanshe ist ein auf chinesische Archäologie spezialisierter Verlag, der seither fast alle wichtigen Werke zum Thema veröffentlichte. Gezeigt werden Bronzetrommeln in allen Variationen. Die Textabbildungen zeigen hauptsächlich Details und Muster. Text bis auf eine kleine Zusammenfassung chinesisch.
8vo. 4 parts in 2 volumes. (12), 394, (2), 428 pp., final blank leaf. (2), 346, LX, 356, (2) pp., final blank leaf. With 3 (instead of 7) folding plates. Contemporary full calf with giltstamped spine and spine-title. Marbled endpapers. All edges red. The first French edition to include a history of the English pirates, in a rare two-volume set published simultaneously with the more common four-volume edition. Considered "the prototype of an entire literature of books of adventures" (Church), Exquemelin's account of the customs and practices of the pirates includes a thorough description of the Caribbean. It was first published in Dutch in Amsterdam in 1678, by Thomas de Frontigniers, and saw Spanish, English and French translations as early as in the 17th century. A ship's surgeon in the service of privateers, the chemist Exquemelin (ca. 1645-1707) not only witnessed but also himself took part in several notorious pirate expeditions, such as that of the English buccaneer Henry Morgan ("John" in the book), including his raid on Maracaibo in 1669, and his 1670 attack on Panama. The second part of the second volume, a French version of an account of English pirates "by Captain Charles Johnson", had first appeared some twenty years earlier. It is a primary source of information on the piratesses Mary Read and Anne Bonny, and is believed by some to have been authored by Daniel Defoe. - Text complete in 2 volumes; lacks the 4 folding maps and plans. From the library of the marquis d'Héricourt, probably Bénigne Jerôme du Trousset d'Héricourt (1691-1779), with his bookplate to the front pastedown of the first volume. Occasional browning; vol. II, p. 247f. shows a large gluestain around a mended tear. In all a charming, appealingly bound set. Cf. Sabin 23477. Palau 85746. Alden/Landis 744/92. JCB (1), III, 780 (4-volume ed.). Cf. Church 658 (1678 ed.).
8vo. (III)-XVI, 234, (4) pp. Modern marbled boards. Second edition of Manuel Godinho's account of his return trip from India to Portugal in 1664 by a new route, particularly important for its observations on India and the Middle East. "A very rare and valuable book of early travel in and near India, of which Brunet remarks that it is so rare as to have been wanting in the best collections of Voyages and Travels sold during many years past" (Quaritch, Bibliotheca Hispana, 210). First published in 1665, this classic of Portuguese travel literature contains valuable descriptions of India, Persia, and the adjacent Turkish Dominions, Arabia Felix, Arabia Deserta, etc. Godinho (1632-1712) had the spirit of an adventurer rather than a priest, and left the Order on his return to Portugal in 1663. He candidly admits the decline of Portuguese power in India, and the rise of the English and Dutch, especially the former. "His entertaining account of his rush to Europe contains observations of the customs of the Hindus and Muslims, as well as descriptions of the places visited" (Howgego). One of the earliest and most interesting Jesuit accounts of India, dating from the very end of Portuguese domination of the country, written shortly before Bombay was ceded once and for all to the English in accordance with the Anglo-Portuguese peace treaty of 1661. - Without the series title "Coleccão de obras reimpressas de la Sociedad Propagadora". First pages lightly waterstained in the margins; somewhat foxed throughout. Brunet II, 1639 (note). De Backer/S. III, 1522 f. Conde do Ameal 1075 ("Relacao muito interessante e curiosa, e muito rara"). Howgego G 54. Palau 103.032. Palha 2326.