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1693016706Princes Arms St Paul's Churchyard London: S. Smith & B. Walford 1693. First edition. Two volumes in One. Octavo imprimatur leaf title page dedication page pp 26 396; ii half-title to second volume 186; 45 bookseller's catalogue 3 pages the last page torn and repaired without loss. Fairly heavy browning and foxing on some pages throughout contemporary panelled calf rubbed and scuffed corners worn rebacked at some time with a new calf spine raised bands en extract from a bookseller's catalogue for this copy attached with sellotape to the rear endpaper. The front endpaper contains the armorial bookplate of Sir Edward William Watkin 1819-1901 Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur; also with the signature of W. Fletcher Grappenhall Cheshire. John Ray was the compiler of these important travels. It is the first English translation of the Rauwolf who was a German physician botanist and traveller. His main notability arises from a trip he made through the Levant and Mesopotamia in 1573-75. The motive of the trip was to search for herbal medicine supplies. Shortly after he returned he published a set of new botanical descriptions with an herbarium. Later he published a general travel narrative about his visit. In addition to botanical investigations Rauwolff observed and recorded his impressions of the people customs and sights of the Levantine region; he was one of the first Europeans to describe the drinking of coffee. First Edition. Full-Leather. Good. S. Smith & B. Walford Hardcover
1634ST20186London: printed by William Stansby and Jacob Bloome 1634. FIRST EDITION. 290 x 195 mm. 11 1/2 x 7 3/4". 6 p.l. 225 15 pp. <br/> Contemporary sprinkled calf raised bands traces of old paper label to spine pastedowns lifted to reveal leather bands and manuscript document fragments used as sewing guards all edges sprinkled red expert repair to rear joint. With additional engraved title page featuring two figures of Persian dignitaries and three small travel vignettes signed at foot by William Marshall and 36 engravings in the text the majority vignettes but one full-page and nine more than half a page tall. Front endpaper with ink armorial stamp of Sir Walter John Trevelyan 8th Baronet of Nettlecombe and High Sheriff of Cornwall. Price inked in a contemporary hand to the front endpaper. Sabin 31471; STC 13190.3; ESTC S92948. Front board a bit splayed covers with three old dampstains and a few scars and tiny wormholes but a very pleasing original binding with almost no wear to the joints. A very few marginal smudges made during printing other quite trivial imperfections but AN ESPECIALLY FRESH BRIGHT AND CLEAN COPY INTERNALLY with rich impressions of the engravings.<br/> <br/> This is a contemporary copy in remarkably fresh internal condition of an important and entertaining account of the travels of a 17th century Englishman in exotic Asian and African territories particularly Persia. It is significant both for the ways it is accurate and for the ways it is fictitious. Sir Thomas Herbert 1606-82 left for Persia on a diplomatic mission to Shah Abbas in 1626 as part of the entourage of Sir Dodmore Cotton. The mission was not successful: Cotton and the mission's other leader Sir Robert Shirley both died in 1628 leaving their retinue at loose ends with the increasingly unimpressed Shah. Herbert made a slow return to England traveling through a large portion of Asia and Africa and even sailing up the coast of North America. He finally returned to England in 1630; four years later he published this account of his adventures. The text describes meetings with people of many cultures as well as encounters with exotic animals including the dodo flamingoes and flying fish. Herbert's accounts are of great importance for their details of early Asian travel by Westerners. At the same time the author was unable to resist the urge to embellish a good story and according to DNB gave implicitly first-person accounts of places he had not in fact visited. One such detour into the fanciful comes in the chapter involving the author's apparent visit to America. In it Herbert discusses the belief that the mythical Welsh king Madoc ap Owen-Gwyned had settled in North America in the 9th century for which he provides linguistic evidence that Sabin calls "entirely fanciful." DNB tells us that "this segment was apparently included to please the earl of Pembroke's own Welsh nationalist fancies. It also continued to help fuel various theories about Madoc's colonies and Welsh Indians in North America until the early years of the nineteenth century." Herbert's tale is profusely illustrated by William Marshall fl. 1617-49 with engravings that are sometimes more imaginative than accurate see for example the depiction of the shark on page 6 or the penguin on page 13. Despite these rather amusing inaccuracies the illustrations are lively and detailed providing a sense of the awe the early readers must have felt when imagining foreign places. Our copy in a period binding with part of a manuscript ledger used in the binding process visible is from the library of Walter John 1866-1933 8th baronet Trevelyan who as his inkstamp suggests served as High Sheriff of Cornwall from 1906-07. printed by William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome unknown
166020198Hague, Adrian Vlack, 1660. Folio (37 x 24 cm). Mit gest. Titelvignette, Kopfvignette 2 Bl., 116 S. Ldr. d. Zeit auf 6 Bünden m. Deckelornamenten in Blind- u. Goldpräg. u. Resten eine RSchildes.
169832119Utrecht By Anthony Schouten 1698
168160827Amsterdam, Hendrik en de Weduwe van Dirk Boom, 1681, 1664 & 1665. 4to. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A bit of wear to extremities. Back-boards with a few worm-tracts. Internally with a few worm-tracts in last part, overall a nice and clean copy. (4), 37, (3), 188, (4), 188, (4), 195, (5), 187, (5), 186, (6), 185, (11) pp. + portrait and 21 plates (out of 25).
165257631652 Broché à rabat, comme neuf, 165x240, 454 gr, 109 pages, traduction Pécasse Marianne , carte dépliable, photographies couleur, ISBN- 9605406756 - 9789605406752
170028857London: Printed for Joseph Wilde at the Elephant at Charing Cross 1700 1700. First edition one of two variants. In this one the dedication is signed "E. L. ESTC R223814 records nine copies Durham Oxford Bodleian National Trust Folger UCLA Illinois Kansas Tennessee Beinecke; Wing A226C. Edges neatly repaired; a little browning and slight smudges in the text; very good copy. 8vo contemporary panelled sheep neatly rebacked with the original spine laid on brown leather spine label gilt decorations and lettering. Informed and lively observations on Spain at the end of the 17th century the political intrigues of the monarchy Spanish culture - including bull fighting and theater - and one allegorical tale entitled "The Story" about the "Monarchy of Philippia" all written in a series of letters to a Mr. Brunet from "His Devoted Friend R.--" who apparently visited Spain and northern Africa between 1694 and 1696. The "Epistle Dedicatory" signed "E. L." in this variant is signed "E. Lewis" in the other equally scarce variant. See ESTC R13796. London: Printed for Joseph Wilde, at the Elephant at Charing Cross, 1700 unknown
16337163Erreur de pagination: on passe de la page 269 à la page 280, mais le texte est bien complet.Très rare étude sur les us et coutumes des pays arabes.Titre gravé. Plein velin à recouvrement, filets à froid sur dos et plats; reliure de l'époque en parfait état. Très bon Amsterdam Janson 1633 1 volume in-32 (11,5 x 6 cm).
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.
167250393Amsterdam, Jakob van Meurs, 1672. Folio. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Covers gilt with central stamps within double frames. Rebacked, preserving almost all of original spine. Frontispiece lacks.Title-page printed in red/black. 379,(3) pp. + (2),184,43,(5) pp. 3 double-page engraved maps, 26 (of 28) engraved plates, some double-page and 33 fine half-page engravings in the text. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper.
168160953Genff, Widerhold, 1681. Folio (340 x 210 mm). Recently bound in a magnificent pastiche-binding of brown half calf with gilt red leather title-label to elaborately gilt spine. Vellum corners. Title-page with stains. A few marginal repairs, not affecting text. (8), 82 pp.
168561394Franckfurt am Mayn, Zunner, 1685. 4to. In contemporary half calf. Traces from old paper-label to spine. Binding with considerable wear. Back board broken but still attached. Inner hinges split. Frontispiece partly detached. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to spine. With a few occassional brownspots and tears in margin, but internally generally nice and clean. (8), 210, (14) pp. + 128 engraved plates and 1 frontispiece. (plates are numbered consecutively from 1 - 130. Plate no. 90 and 92 are missing, but collation corresponds to the digitalized copy in Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek, OCLC Accession No: 930342403 and the Otto Leopold Schmidt-copy, sold at Bonham in 2020).
165645342Kiøbenhafn, Peder Hake - Jørgen Holst, 1656. 4to. Samtidigt helldrbd. med ægte bind på ryggen. Lidt tab af skind i nederste rygfelt udbedret. nederste hjørne på forpermen stødt. Rygtitlen i gl. håndskrift. Kobberstukket titelblad og bogtrykt titelblad. (20),359,652 pp. samt upaginerede registre (48 pp.) incl. de 4 titelblade (ialt 1116 pp.). Side 323/24 i stort format og foldet (oversigt over Norges inddeling, med en revne, uden tab). Det kobberstukne titelblad lidt tæt beskåret forneden og med et par smårifter i ydre margin. Det bogtrykte titelblad med et indhak i nederste højre hjørne, uden teksttab. Trykt med varierende papirkvalitet, nogle læg lidt brunede og med brunpletter, dog mest marginalt.
165655073Kiøbenhafn, Peder Hake - Jørgen Holst, 1656. 4to. Samtidigt helldrbd. med ægte bind på ryggen. Rig rygforgyldning. Titeletiketten med lidt tab. Skindet ved forreste fals er revnet, men permen er fastsiddende. Bogtrykt titelblad. (20),359,652 pp. samt upaginerede registre (48 pp.) incl. de 4 titelblade (ialt 1116 pp.). Side 323/24 i stort format og foldet (oversigt over Norges inddeling). Det kobberstukne titelblad er i faksimile. Indvenigt frisk velbevaret eksemplar.
168860829Frankfurt & Leipzig, Christoff Riegels, 1688. 12mo. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light soiling to extremities. A few annotations and previous owner's name (Peter Otto Rosenørn - owner of Hersomgård) in contemporary hand to front free end-paper, a few plates with tears, otherwise internally nice and clean. (4), 1038, (6) 120, (2) pp. + 72 plates.
162957396Ex typographia Francisco Martinez | Matriti (Madrid) 1629 | 20 x 29.50 cm | relié
16601372A TROYES, & A PARIS. CHEZ DENYS BECHET & LOUIS BILLAINE. 1660. 2/3 FORTS VOLUMES IN-FOLIO (25 X 37 X 14,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (12) + 949 + (50) ET (16) + 742 + (62) PAGES, RELIURE D’EPOQUE PLEIN VEAU BRUN, DOS A SIX NERFS ORNE DE FLEURONS DORES, TITRE DORE. ILLUSTRE DE 5 CARTES REPLIEES HORS TEXTE: ESPAGNE, ANGLETERRE, PAYS BAS, ALLEMAGNE (TOME 1) ET FRANCE (TOME 2). LE TOME 2 CONTIENT « UNE PARTICULIERE DESCRIPTION DU ROYAUME DE FRANCE, DE SES PROVINCES, CONFINS, MOEURS, RICHESSES, FORCES, GOUVERNEMENT, GENEAOLOGIES, & L’HISTOIRE DE SES ROYS, & UN CATALOGUE EXACT DES OFFICIERS DE LA COURONNE, DES PRINCES, DUCS, COMTES & MARQUIS, AVEC LE NOM DE LEUR FAMILLE, & LE BLASON DE LEURS ARMES». IMPORTANTS DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS, PETIT TRAVAIL DE VERS EN MARGE EXTERIEURE DE QUELQUES PAGES, SANS ATTEINTE AU TEXTE, SINON BON ETAT INTERIEUR. PRIX ETABLI EN FONCTION DES DEFAUTS SIGNALES.
16603187A TROYES, & A PARIS. CHEZ DENYS BECHET & LOUIS BILLAINE. 1660. FORT IN-FOLIO (25 X 37 X 7,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (8) + 1017 + (32) PAGES, RELIURE D’EPOQUE PLEIN VEAU BRUN, DOS A SIX NERFS ORNE DE FLEURONS DORES, TITRE DORE. ILLUSTRE D’UNE CARTE REPLIEE HORS TEXTE. TURQUIE, ANATOLIE, ARABIE, PERSE, ORMUZ, MONGOLIE, SIAM, TONKI, CICHINCHINE, CHINE, JAPON, ETC. IMPORTANTS DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS, TRAVAIL DE VERS EN MARGE INTERIEURE DES PAGES 1006 JUSQU’A LA FIN DE L’OUVRAGE, SANS ATTEINTE AU TEXTE, SINON BON ETAT INTERIEUR. PRIX ETABLI EN FONCTION DES DEFAUTS SIGNALES.
166937DBAmsterdam, Jacob de Zetter, 1669. 8°. (16), 1156, (12) p. With engr. title by Johann de Meurs. Contemp. vellum.
166937DBAmsterdam, Jacob de Zetter, 1669. 8°. (16), 1156, (12) p. With engr. title by Johann de Meurs. Contemp. vellum. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, A|B [2 Warenabbildungen]
166598MCBSHUHD3NAmsterdam 1665. 4to. Gillis Joosten Saeghman Late 19th-century vellum with the title stamped on the spine with black foil a black single fillet border on both boards. With a woodcut vignette of ships on the title page 16 further woodcuts on integral leaves 1 full-page signed by Christoffel van Sichem IV and 9 half-page and smaller with his monogram and a woodcut ship in a cartouche plus 1 repeat woodcut decorated initials and decorative bands built up from cast fleurons. Set in textura types with incidental roman and italic. 32 pp. First Dutch translation of the accounts of three voyages to Greenland by Jens Munk John Monck Martin Frobisher and Godske Lindenau searching for a passage to the East Indies through the Hudson Strait. Also containing a description of Greenland and an account of whaling including an unsigned illustration of a beached sperm whale with new illustrations by Christoffel van Sichem IV 1642-1693. It is a Dutch translation of La Peyrère's 1647 Relation du Groenland 1647 via the somewhat abbreviated German translation published in Hulsius's 1650 collection which contains the additional description of Spitsbergen and a discourse on whaling. La Peyrère included revised versions of Jens Munk's account of his voyage to Hudson Bay originally published in Navigatio septentrionalis 1624 and the accounts of voyages by Martin Frobisher and Godske Lindenau. Red armorial library stamp of the Forschungsstelle Volk und Raum on the title page: this was a research institute active at The Hague during the occupation of The Netherlands by Nazi Germany. Good copy.l Alden & Landis 663/79; Gosch Danish Arctic expeditions II pp. lxii-lxiii; JCB III pp. 98-99; Tiele Mém. 256; Sabin 28641 & 51334; STCN 4 copies; cf. Howgego to 1800 F80-F81 L128 and M180. ABE CAT Alaska Canada & Greenland hardcover
167451197Wisingsborg, J. Kankel, 1674. 4to. Nyere hpergamentsbd. (4),304 pp. Gl. ejernavne på titelbladet. Øverste højre hjørne af titelbladet fornyet, intet tab af tekst. Titelbladet med brunpletter og nogle blælpletter. Nogle blde med gl. understregninger. Spredte brunpletter og brugsspor.
169731057(Leipzig, 1697). 12mo. Cont. full vellum. Binding rubbed and somewhat worn. Lacks titlepage and 2 first leaves (a1-a3, starting with a4). (62),744 pp. and 2 (of ?) engraved plates (showing American fauna and 1 map of the islands in the West Indies). Some broownspots, traces of use.
169719600presso Giuseppe Roselli | in Napoli 1697 | 8.50 x 15.20 cm | relié
165223481652 16,5X23, 32 pages, broché, très bon état, entièrement illustré de photographies couleurs, ISBN: 2-7373-2079-8
