Voyages

Compte rendu de la Société de Géographie... Année 1894.

In-8, 500p. Avec 4 cartes dépliantes. Bel exemplaire. Détails sur demande.

Librairie Le Cabinet D'Amateur · Neuchâtel, CH100,40 €

[Soviet General Staff Maps] - China 1:1,000,000.MareMagnum

General'nyí shtab. (China 1:1,000,000). [Moscow, General Staff], 1971-1989.

A total of 25 topographic maps, colour-printed, ca. 57 x 59.5 cm - 58 x 66.5 cm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale. In Russian (Cyrillic). The Soviet Union's 1:1,000,000 General Staff map quadrangles showing China: from the Russian series of maps produced during the Cold War, based on high-quality satellite imagery, but usually also ground reconnaissance. While there are a few lacunae mostly concerning central China, the South ranging from Myanmar to Fuzhou and parts of the East Coast including Nantong and Beijing are well covered. Assembled continuously, the quadrangles would form an enormous map spanning more than 5 x 6.5 metres!. - Products of a massive, clandestine cartographic project begun under Stalin and ultimately encompassing the entire globe, the Soviet General Staff maps are today noted for their extreme precision. Indeed, even in post-Soviet times they provide the most reliable mapping for many remoter parts of the world: "Soviet-era military maps were so good that when the United States first invaded Afghanistan in late 2001, American pilots relied on old Russian maps of Afghanistan. For almost a month after the United States began a bombing campaign to help oust the Taliban government, American pilots were guided by Russian maps dating back to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s" (Davies/Kent, p. xi). - Although the details of the cartographic programme evolved over the decades, its overall system and plan remained remarkably constant. "The basic quadrangle is the 1:1,000,000 sheet spanning 4° latitude by 6° longitude. The quadrangles are identified by lettered bands north from the equator and by numbered zones east from longitude 180° [...] Each 1:1,000,000 sheet is subdivided into four 1:500,000 sheets (from northwest to southeast), labeled [by] the first four letters of the Russian alphabet" (ibid., p. 19-21). "Printing such large-format plans in so many colors with near-perfect print registration itself testifies to the skill of the printers in the military map printing factories across the former Soviet Union. The quality of printing reflects the level of training and the reliability of humidity-control equipment and the electricity supply at the time" (ibid., p. 6f.). Although the details of the cartographic programme evolved over the decades, its overall system and plan remained remarkably constant. "The basic quadrangle is the 1:1,000,000 sheet spanning 4° latitude by 6° longitude. The quadrangles are identified by lettered bands north from the equator and by numbered zones east from longitude 180° [...] Each 1:1,000,000 sheet is subdivided into four 1:500,000 sheets (from northwest to southeast), labeled [by] the first four letters of the Russian alphabet" (ibid., p. 19-21). "Printing such large-format plans in so many colors with near-perfect print registration itself testifies to the skill of the printers in the military map printing factories across the former Soviet Union. The quality of printing reflects the level of training and the reliability of humidity-control equipment and the electricity supply at the time" (ibid., p. 6f.). - Although the general terrain evaluation maps and operational maps produced at the smaller scales of 1:1,000,000 and 1:500,000 were not separately marked as classified (larger-scale maps were often specifically labelled "Secret" or "For Offical Use"), all General Staff maps de facto constituted closely guarded military material, none of which became available in the West before the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s. - Light traces of folds and occasional wrinkles, but altogether in excellent condition. Cf. J. Davies / A. J. Kent, The Red Atlas (Chicago/London, 2017).

Inlibris · Wien, AT7 500,00 €

[Soviet General Staff Maps] - China 1:200,000.MareMagnum

General'nyí shtab. (China 1:200,000). [Moscow, General Staff], mainly 1970s and 1980s.

A total of 1,618 topographic maps, colour printed, ca. 45 x 51.5 cm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale. In Russian (Cyrillic). The Soviet Union's 1:200,000 General Staff map quadrangles showing China: from the Russian series of maps produced during the Cold War, based on high-quality satellite imagery, but usually also ground reconnaissance. While there are a few lacunae in the north and south, western and central China as well as the east coast including Taiwan are well-covered, ranging as far as Vladivostok. Assembled continuously, the quadrangles would form an enormous map spanning roughly 27 x 34 metres!. - Products of a massive, clandestine cartographic project begun under Stalin and ultimately encompassing the entire globe, the Soviet General Staff maps are today noted for their extreme precision. Indeed, even in post-Soviet times they provide the most reliable mapping for many remoter parts of the world: "Soviet-era military maps were so good that when the United States first invaded Afghanistan in late 2001, American pilots relied on old Russian maps of Afghanistan. For almost a month after the United States began a bombing campaign to help oust the Taliban government, American pilots were guided by Russian maps dating back to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s" (Davies/Kent, p. xi). - Although the details of the cartographic programme evolved over the decades, its overall system and plan remained remarkably constant. "The basic quadrangle is the 1:1,000,000 sheet spanning 4° latitude by 6° longitude [...] Each 1:1,000,000 sheet is [...] subdivided into 36 1:200,000 sheets in a six-by-six grid [... They] normally contain on the reverse side a detailed written description of the districts (towns, communications, topography, geology, hydrology, vegetation, and climate) together with a geological sketch map" (ibid., p. 19-21). "Printing such large-format plans in so many colors with near-perfect print registration itself testifies to the skill of the printers in the military map printing factories across the former Soviet Union. The quality of printing reflects the level of training and the reliability of humidity-control equipment and the electricity supply at the time" (ibid., p. 6f.). - Somewhat curled at the sides, including the odd edge flaw, but altogether very well preserved. Cf. J. Davies / A. J. Kent, The Red Atlas (Chicago/London, 2017).

Inlibris · Wien, AT150 000,00 €

[Soviet General Staff Maps] - China 1:500,000.MareMagnum

General'nyí shtab. (China 1:500,000). [Moscow, General Staff], 1970-1989.

A total of 108 topographic maps, colour-printed, ca. 52.5 x 57.5 cm - 56 x 68.5 cm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale. In Russian (Cyrillic). The Soviet Union's 1:500,000 General Staff map quadrangles showing China: from the Russian series of maps produced during the Cold War, based on high-quality satellite imagery, but usually also ground reconnaissance. While central and southern China are well covered, ranging from Myanmar over Hongkong to Hefei, and far Western quadrangles include parts of Kashmir, a few quadrangles of the East coast and the far North are lacking. Assembled continuously, the quadrangles would form an enormous map spanning roughly 10 x 15 metres!. - Products of a massive, clandestine cartographic project begun under Stalin and ultimately encompassing the entire globe, the Soviet General Staff maps are today noted for their extreme precision. Indeed, even in post-Soviet times they provide the most reliable mapping for many remoter parts of the world: "Soviet-era military maps were so good that when the United States first invaded Afghanistan in late 2001, American pilots relied on old Russian maps of Afghanistan. For almost a month after the United States began a bombing campaign to help oust the Taliban government, American pilots were guided by Russian maps dating back to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s" (Davies/Kent, p. xi). - Although the details of the cartographic programme evolved over the decades, its overall system and plan remained remarkably constant. "The basic quadrangle is the 1:1,000,000 sheet spanning 4° latitude by 6° longitude. The quadrangles are identified by lettered bands north from the equator and by numbered zones east from longitude 180° [...] Each 1:1,000,000 sheet is subdivided into four 1:500,000 sheets (from northwest to southeast), labeled [by] the first four letters of the Russian alphabet" (ibid., p. 19-21). "Printing such large-format plans in so many colors with near-perfect print registration itself testifies to the skill of the printers in the military map printing factories across the former Soviet Union. The quality of printing reflects the level of training and the reliability of humidity-control equipment and the electricity supply at the time" (ibid., p. 6f.). - Five of the maps carry the Russian air defense grid ("setka PVO") printed in pink. Although the general terrain evaluation maps and operational maps produced at the smaller scales of 1:1,000,000 and 1:500,000 were not usually marked as classified (larger-scale maps were routinely labelled "Secret" or "For Offical Use"), all General Staff maps de facto constituted closely guarded military material, none of which became available in the West before the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s. - Light traces of folds and occasional wrinkles, but altogether in excellent condition. Cf. J. Davies / A. J. Kent, The Red Atlas (Chicago/London, 2017).

Inlibris · Wien, AT20 000,00 €

[Soviet General Staff Maps] - Japan 1:200,000.MareMagnum

General'nyí shtab. (Japan 1:200,000). [Moscow, General Staff], 1968-2002.

A total of 152 topographic maps, colour-printed, ca. 45 x 45 cm - 47 x 55 cm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale. In Russian (Cyrillic). The Soviet Union's 1:200,000 General Staff map quadrangles showing Japan: from the Russian series of maps produced during the Cold War, based on high-quality satellite imagery, but usually also ground reconnaissance. All three main islands are very well covered, showing many large cities including Sappora, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Fukuoka, as well as Busan in North Korea and several small islands. Assembled continuously, the quadrangles would form an enormous map spanning roughly 17 x 16 metres!. - Products of a massive, clandestine cartographic project begun under Stalin and ultimately encompassing the entire globe, the Soviet General Staff maps are today noted for their extreme precision. Indeed, even in post-Soviet times they provide the most reliable mapping for many remoter parts of the world: "Soviet-era military maps were so good that when the United States first invaded Afghanistan in late 2001, American pilots relied on old Russian maps of Afghanistan. For almost a month after the United States began a bombing campaign to help oust the Taliban government, American pilots were guided by Russian maps dating back to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s" (Davies/Kent, p. xi). - Although the details of the cartographic programme evolved over the decades, its overall system and plan remained remarkably constant. "The basic quadrangle is the 1:1,000,000 sheet spanning 4° latitude by 6° longitude [...] Each 1:1,000,000 sheet is [...] subdivided into 36 1:200,000 sheets in a six-by-six grid [... They] normally contain on the reverse side a detailed written description of the districts (towns, communications, topography, geology, hydrology, vegetation, and climate) together with a geological sketch map" (ibid., p. 19-21). "Printing such large-format plans in so many colors with near-perfect print registration itself testifies to the skill of the printers in the military map printing factories across the former Soviet Union. The quality of printing reflects the level of training and the reliability of humidity-control equipment and the electricity supply at the time" (ibid., p. 6f.). - Traces of folds, occasional odd edges, but altogether very well preserved. Cf. J. Davies / A. J. Kent, The Red Atlas (Chicago/London, 2017).

Inlibris · Wien, AT20 000,00 €

[Spanien und Portugal] - Schrämbl, F. A.MareMagnum

Neueste Generalkarte von Portugal und Spanien. Nach den astronomischen Beobachtungen und Karten des Gerrn Thomas Lopez Geographen S. M. des Koenigs von Spanien vergasst von Herrn Michael Votésky. Wien, [Joseph Philipp Schalbacher], 1790.

2 (statt 6) grenzkolorierte Kupferstiche, je ca. 865:630 mm (Plattenmaß 665:534 mm). Iberische Halbinsel aus dem Schalbacher-Schrämbl'schen "Großen Allgemeinen Atlas" (1786-1803); hier die Bll. Nr. 41 (Galicien) und 41 D (Murcia). Es fehlen Bll. 41 A-C und E. Gestochen von H. Benedicti; Maßstab ca. 1:940.000. - Im breiten w. Rand minimal angestaubt bzw. kl. Einrisse, sonst sauberes, gutes Exemplar. Dörflinger/Hühnel I, 134, 41.

Inlibris · Wien, AT200,00 €

[Sri Lanka - Photographie]. Scowen, Charles T.MareMagnum

Kandy Lake & Cabbage Palms. Kandy, 1880er Jahre.

Albuminabzug (Vintage). 222:282 mm. Aufgezogen auf Karton. Schöne Aufnahme der Sabalpalmen am Ufer des Kandy-Sees, daneben zum Größenvergleich ein Einheimischer. - Charles Scowen kam Anfang der 1870er Jahre nach Ceylon, wo er innerhalb weniger Jahre ein erfolgreiches Photostudio aufbaute. "His photographs have been judged technically and compositionally superior to the work of other British photographers working in the area. His prints show the natives at home and at work as well as the natural beauty of the island and its plant species" (National Galleries of Scotland). Seine Aufnahmen der Insel finden sich in zahlreichen bedeutenden Sammlungen, darunter die British Library, das Boston Museum of Fine Arts, das Getty Museum sowie das New York Metropolitan Museum. - Mit einbelichtetem Titel. Wohlerhalten und auch in den Rändern ungebleicht.

Inlibris · Wien, AT180,00 €

[Sri Lanka].MareMagnum

Manuscript map of the interior of Ceylon. [Kandy, Ceylon?, ca. 1815].

Drawn in watercolour and pen on laid paper, mounted on contemporary linen (310 x 475 mm). (Bound in): Fellowes, Robert ("Philalethes"). The history of Ceylon, from the earliest period to the Year MDCCCXV; with characteristic details of the religion, laws, & manners of the people and a collection of their moral maxims & ancient proverbs ... To which is subjoined Robert Knox's historical relation of the island, with an account of his captivity during a period of near twenty years ... (With): Knox, Robert. An historical relation of the Island of Ceylon in the East Indies: together with an account of the detaining in captivity the author, and divers other Englishmen now living there; and of the author's miraculous escape. London, Joseph Mawman, 1817. 4to. 2 parts in one. XXII, 341; (1), VIII, 383 pp. With a folding engraved map of Sri Lanka by J. Smith, dated 1816, mounted on contemporary linen, an engraved portrait of Knox by Smith, dated 1816, and 15 engraved plates. Contemporary half calf with gold-tooled spine, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Manuscript map of the middle third of the island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), made before any detailed map of this area had been published. Bound in a book containing the first edition of Fellowes's history of Sri Lanka, published together with a then-current edition of Robert Knox's own account of his stay in Sri Lanka (first edition 1681). - The manuscript map provides great detail for inland Sri Lanka, ranging from Puttalam (upper left) to Kalutara (lower left) and from Batticaloa (upper right) to Kataragama (lower right). This area spans several provinces, including the ancient Kingom of Kandy, showing many roads, towns and villages in great detail, especially around the city of Kandy. The various provinces are distinguished by colour. The map is contemporary with the book, made on English paper watermarked "G L Paine 1813", indicating George Leeds Paine of Kent (cf. Shorter 1971, p. 198). The map thus dates between 1813 and 1817, the period leading up to the last armed conflict between the British colonial government and the Kingdom of Kandy, which resulted in the final defeat of Kandy and the British seizing control of the entire island. - The first part of the book has several manuscript annotations in the same hand as the manuscript map, primarily concerning the bureaucracy and administration of the Kingdom of Kandy. Several corrections are written in the margins of chapter LVI (Offices, Casts and Miscellaneous Particulars), and the list of Singhalese sovereigns on the last page of the first work is expanded in manuscript up to the year 1815, ending with: "The English government established 2 March 1815 - Esto perpetua (may it always be so)". There is no owner's inscription, but the person who drew the map and added the annotations was evidently an Englishman with special interest in Kandy, and the notes, the paper and the circumstances suggest a British officer with a knowledge of the Singhalese language and cartography stationed in Kandy at the time of its capture. - In 1821 John Davy published his new map of Sri Lanka, which for the first time showed especially fine detail in the area around Kandy. No earlier map provided detailed information on the topography of the interior of Sri Lanka, as only the coastal areas were well documented. The present manuscript map is therefore a very early - or maybe even the first - attempt to record the topography of the interior. It was a forerunner to Davy's map and might have provided Davy with information, lending it great importance for the history of Sri Lankan cartography. - Several manuscript corrections in ink in the margins of the first work and several faded annotations in pencil in the margins of the second work. Folding engraved map foxed and first title-page slightly foxed. Spine repaired. The manuscript map has a tear at the foot of the fold, otherwise in good condition. For the manuscript map cf. Ian J. Barrow, Surveying and Mapping in Colonial Sri Lanka: 1800-1900. - For Knox: Cox I, 276f. Henze III, 46f.

Inlibris · Wien, AT12 000,00 €

[Stereoscopic Cards].MareMagnum

Collection of 22 Stereoscopic Cards published by Sunbeam Tours, Underwood & Underwood, and others. London, Ottawa (Kansas), Philadelphia, and Burnley, ca. 1897-1918.

Ca. 178 x 97 mm. In original brown book-shaped card case with silver-stamped spine by Underwood & Underwood. Together with two cards with test images and instructions for the use of the stereoscope by Underwood & Underwood. Twelve cards published by Sunbeam Tours which document a naval journey to Mesopotamia with views of the Arabian coastline, the banks of the Shatt al-Arab, the railway from the port of Al-Maqal to Basra, a gunboat and a hospital ship on the river Tigris, the town of Amara, and scenes of everyday life in the region. Six of seven Underwood & Underwood stereoscopic cards depict the coronation procession of King Edward VII on 9 August 1902. One card shows the arrival of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra "at St. Paul's Cathedral on Thanksgiving Day". A card published by Excelsior Telescopic Tours depicts the kennels of the famous Scottish breeder Robert Chapman. "The Lake in the Gardens" of Fontainebleau and the "Captured German submarine of the 'Deutschland' type", dating to WWI, by two different publishers, are added to the collection. - Insignificant foxing to some photographs, with occasional tears and creases.

Inlibris · Wien, AT500,00 €

[Sun Line - Stella Maris].MareMagnum

Menu of a 1960s Farewell Gala Diner. (Genoa, Tormena), [early 1960s].

4to (185 x 250 mm). 4 pp. on a printed card bifolium with colour illustration (Roman mosaic paving) on the upper cover. The menu for a farewell dinner given on board the famous luxury liner Stella Maris that was operated between 1958 and 1965 by the Sun Line under the label of Odyssey Cruises. The sumptuous menu included (starters) médaillons de foie gras, St Daniele raw ham, Russian canapés or red caviar, followed by beef broth Portuguese style, then lobster in mayonnaise sauce. For the next course, voyagers were offered a choice of roast Vermont turkey in cranberry cause, potatnes Duchesse, artichokes and sautéd green peas. After a course of asparagus "à la Polonaise", desserts included "Gala" farewell cake, "Bombe Norvégienne", and fruits, accompanied by Royal Club sparkling wine. - In excellent state of preservation.

Inlibris · Wien, AT50,00 €

[Sächsische Schweiz].MareMagnum

Ansichten aus der sächsischen Schweiz. Dresden, Otto & Lehmann, um 1840.

15 lithographierte topographische Ansichten. Originaler Pappband in originalem Pappschuber mit gedrucktem Deckeltitel. Kl.-12mo. Unter den Ansichten eine Aussicht vom Dresdner Borsberg, Lohmen, die Basteibrücke, Königstein und Lilienstein, der Amselfall, der Hockstein, Schandau, das Prebischtor, Tetschen etc. - Teils gering braunfleckig; die Bindung stärker gelockert.

Inlibris · Wien, AT850,00 €

[Telfair, Charles].MareMagnum

An Account of the Conquest of the Island of Bourbon. London, Thomas Egerton (back of title-page and colophon: G. Hayden), 1811.

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.

Inlibris · Wien, AT3 500,00 €

[Texas - Galveston].MareMagnum

Souvenir of Galveston, Texas. 70 views. Columbus, Ohio, Ward Brothers, published for Victor Phillips, Galveston, 1888.

Small oblong 8vo (150 x 124 mm). Concertina-folded booklet, 18 pp. with a total of 73 photolithographed views, captioned throughout. Publisher's blindstamped original cloth with giltstamped title to upper cover. Pretty series of views of old Galveston before the disastrous hurricane that devastated the city in 1900. During the 19th century, Galveston had become a major commercial centre and one of the largest ports in the US. For a time the largest city in Texas, it was hailed as the "Queen City of the Gulf". - Binding a little rubbed, otherwise fine.

Inlibris · Wien, AT850,00 €

[Textiles.] Nanbenya Jûzô.MareMagnum

Nanbenya Jûzô: Komon cho [Collection of fine patterns]. Japan, Edo period (first half of 18th century).

Large 4to (193 × 287 mm). "Komon" patterns for cloth or paper designs. 13 ff. with 159 (but: 156) katazome-dyed paper pattern sheets numbered and captioned by hand. Japanese block stitching in indigo wrappers and ms. cover label. The inside front cover has a ms. note providing the name and address of the seller or manufacturer: "Minato Onochô itchôme - Nanbenya Jûzô". The borders of the specimen sheets are fashioned by re-using an older manuscript. - "Komon" is a Japanese pattern dye style based on especially minutely patterned all-over designs. The intricacy of this style originated in 16th century Japan, when it served to decorate the "kami-shimo", or official Samurai garments, and the clothes of the Shogun's family and of some Daimyos. Occasionally, these would even have privileged ("forbidden") designs (so-called "tomegara") which nobody else could wear. Until well into the 19th century, the production of and trade in such "komon" patterns was subject to a special monitoring system. Since the end of the 18th century the patterns were increasingly used by the urban population. Due to the extreme costliness of their manufacture, such garments were worn mainly on semi-official occasions, especially for private ceremonies and celebrations. The patterns, distinguished by their superior delicacy and minute detail, are produced with the help of wax paste and paper stencils ("kata-gami-zome" or "katazome"; cf. Klein-Bednay, Japanische Musterbücher des 18. und 19. Jhs., in: Von Morris bis Memphis, p. 359). - Compared with five similar pattern books in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, dated "ca. 1680" and "ca. 1700", the present specimen shows a wider range of basic colours, while some designs are slightly less intricate. In all other respects, however - such as the arrangement of the pages, the materials use, the size and the scope - show evident parallels, while the 19th century katazome pattern books or other 19th century textile design collections differ markedly. - Binding rubbed; lower wrapper and 3 leaves show slight worming near the gutter. Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art - Digital Collections, Identifier nos. 23.88.5 through 23.88.8 and 23.88.10.

Inlibris · Wien, AT9 500,00 €

[Uniforms].MareMagnum

Armée Française. Probably France, ca. 1885.

Oblong 8vo (234 x 146 mm). 59 uniforms, 16 horses and 4 mules on 41 plates. Watercolour raised in gilt, silver, and egg-white. Original embossed and illustrated cloth album. All edges gilt. Charming watercolour album depicting the uniforms of the French army in the late 19th century, including 16 plates of cavalry units, 4 of mules carrying ordnance and strongboxes, and several legendary colonial units such as the Chasseurs d'Afrique, the Spahis, Zouaves, Turcos, and Tirailleurs Tonkinois. - Paper slightly browned evenly; binding rubbed and bumped at extremeties but still very appealing.

Inlibris · Wien, AT2 500,00 €

[Vairasse d'Allais, Denis].MareMagnum

Histoire des Sevarambes, peuples qui habitent une partie du troisiéme continent, communément appellé la Terre Australe. Amsterdam, Estienne Roger, 1702.

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.

Inlibris · Wien, AT3 500,00 €

[VASON (George)]MareMagnum

An Authentic Narrative of four years' residence at Tongataboo, one of the Friendly Islands, in the South-Sea, By ------ who went thither in the Duff, under Captain Wilson, in 1796. With an Appendix, by an eminent writer.

First edition, 8vo (212 x 125 mm), xv, [1], [17]-234, [2]pp., errata leaf at end, engraved frontispiece and engraved map stained, text age-toned with occasional foxing, cont. half-calf, later cloth reback, corners rubbed. This is an authentic account of the life of the missionary George Vason who was one of the first ten Christian missionaries to arrive in Tonga. He left the missionaries at Tonga and lived among the natives for four years. He began to dress and live as a Tongan, and married one of the native girls. He built up an estate and became a prosperous Tongan gentlemen until the beginning of the civil wars in 1799. He was tattooed, and looked and spoke like a Tongan. He escaped the wars on the ship, Royal Admiral, and returned to Nottingham where he died in 1838. He told his story to James Orange and only two versions have been printed, this one in 1810 and one in 1840. His description of Tonga at the end of the eighteenth century is important in that it precedes William Mariner's longer account published in 1817, but the two accounts give uniquely objective reports of Tonga before and during the civil war. Hill, Pacific Voyages, p.306; Ferguson, 507b; Howgego, D37 and E9.

Forest Books William Laywood · Grantham, GB336,23 €

[Venedig - San Servolo].MareMagnum

Tavole statistiche degli alienati che ebbero cura nel morocomio centrale maschile in San Servolo di Venezia nel decennio 1847-1856 inclusivi. Venedig, Tipografia Armena di San Lazzaro, 1857.

29, (1) SS. Mit 13 mehrfach gefalteten bzw. doppelseitigen Tabellen und einer gefalt. farblithgraph. Tafel. Marmorierter Pappband. 8vo. Seltene Statistik über die in der psychiatrischen Anstalt auf der Krankenhausinsel San Servolo bei Venedig behandelten Kranken für die Jahre 1847-56. Bereits 1847 war eine Statistik über die Jahre 1844-46 erschienen. Die Falttafel zeigt eine Ansicht der Insel sowie einen Plan der Anstalt und des Geländes. - Nur 2 Exemplare in Italien nachgewiesen (Gorizia und Mantua). ICCU TSA\0330460.

Inlibris · Wien, AT300,00 €

[Voddigel, Jan Simon / Klimsch, Ferdinand Karl].MareMagnum

Album von Wiesbaden. Wiesbaden, C. W. Kreidel, [1852].

Small oblong folio (298 x 228 mm). Suite of 10 steel-engraved views, all finely hand-coloured and heightened with gum arabic, tipped to thick brown leaves with printed decorative borders and captions. Original decorated red cloth, gilt. Beautifully produced suite of views engraved after the Dutch artist Jan Simon Voddiggel (1820-62) showing Wiesbaden in Hesse, one of the oldest spa towns in Europe, celebrated as the "Nice of the North". Includes several views of the old Kurhaus ("spa house") built by Christian Zais in 1810 in the neoclassical style, the nearby cold-water balneological institution of Nerothal, the summer palace of the Dukes of Nassau, the "Kochbrunnen" (hot spring fountain) in downtown Wiesbaden, the sepulchral chapel of Duchess Elizabeth of Nassau, the Ducal hunting palace, and the ruins of Sonnenberg castle. Issued with various titles, as well as without a title-page (as here). - One plate with an unobtrusive mark, another with faint stains at corners from adhesive on rear. Cloth rubbed, spine rebacked with new endpapers. - Provenance: Inscribed in ink on front free endpaper to Christine Emma Sanford, née Percival (1828-1900), "from her affectionate Mother" (dated 1 May 1859). Christine Percival had married Edward Ayshford Sanford of Combe Florey, Somerset, in 1853. A charming set.

Inlibris · Wien, AT4 800,00 €

[West India - Pilot Guide].MareMagnum

The West India Directory. Volume I. Containing Directions for Navigating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; with a Description of the Coast of Colombia, Yucatan, Mexico, and Florida, and the adjacent Islands and Shoals. London, G. Duckworth for the Hydrographical Office, Admiralty, 1829.

8vo. (10), 340, (12), 12 pp. (appendix). Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, gold title on spine, marbled endpapers. Extremely rare first edition (with an appendix printed in 1857, so perhaps reissued at that time) of a pilot guide for parts of the Caribbean, stating explicitly that there is still no adequate information for all parts. Although it calls itself volume 1, it is not clear that any of the various publications under the title "The West India Directory" was intended as a companion volume to the present one. It clearly covers different content than "The West India Directory" published by John William Norie in 1827. - With library stamps of the Marinens Bibliothek, Copenhagen (the library of the Danish Royal Navy): in gold in the centre of the front board and in ink on the title-page. Head of spine cracked, front hinge weak, corners bumped, front endpapers loose, but still in good condition. OCLC 47915720.

Inlibris · Wien, AT1 950,00 €

[Xiamen].MareMagnum

Two panoramic views of Xiamen (Amoy) Island. No place, circa 1870.

2 panoramas, each composed of four consecutive albumen prints. 1100 x 210 mm. Two of the earliest panoramic views of Xiamen, formerly romanized as Amoy. Xiamen Island was considered to possess one of the world's great natural harbors in Yundang Bay, and its served as China's main port for exporting tea. It was one of five Chinese Treaty ports agreed on by the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842. Under Deng Xiaoping Xiamen became one of the original four special economic zones opened to foreign investment and trade in the early 1980s. - Slightly foxed and browned. Rare.

Inlibris · Wien, AT12 500,00 €

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