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192189090Sans nom d'éditeur | Paris 1921-1923 | 22.5 x 29 cm | 3 volumes brochés
1893197818-1Berlin, Reimer 1893-96. 4°. 338; 312 S. Mit über 100 Abb. auf 25 Tafeln u. 1 Karte. Orig.-Broschur.
1780PHO-2003Genève, Jean-Léonard Pellet, 1780. 5 volumes in-4, 4 volumes de texte (25,5x20cm) et 1 Atlas (25,5x22cm), portrait, XVI, front.,741 pp., front., (2 ff.), VIII, 485 pp.; front., XV, 629 pp.; front., (2 ff.), VIII, 770 pp., (1 f.); 22 pp., (1 f. bl.), 50 cartes (49+17bis) et 23 tableaux. Relié plein veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné avec tomaison et pièce de titre grenat, filets aux plats, tranches rouges, frottements aux charnières, petites épidermures au dos, qlqs feuillets légèrement brunis. Bel exemplaire en reliure uniforme
178742693Paris, Buisson, 1787. 2 tomes en 1 vol. in-4 de (4)-XXI-(3)-478 pp. et (4)-462 pp., chagrin noir, dos à nerfs, titre frappé or, tranches marbrées (reliure moderne).
In 8° (190x125); Vol. I: pagg. (14 su 16 fra cui manca il forntespizio), 605 con 37 tavv. f.t., fra cui Antiporta figurato, 33 tavv. f.t. di vedute, animali, scene di costume, 3 grandi carte geografiche ripiegate più volte, tutto inciso in rame. Vol. II: pagg. (14 su 16 fra cui manca il frontespizio), 632, (8) con 35 tavv. f.t., fra cui antiporta figurato, 6 carte geogr., 28 tavv. il tutto inc. in rame. <BR>Cartone muto coevo con titolo manoscritto al dorso. <BR>Interessante descrizione del continente africano eseguita nel tipico stile divulgativo del periodo. Molto ricco l'apparato iconografico con carte geogr. delle zone descritte, vedute delle città, scene popolari, di costume, animali curiosi. Esemplare molto bello, in ottima impressione tipografica, genuino, come raramente si trova quest'opera.<BR><BR>
In-8°; cc. (13), 103, (7) legno al frontespizio. Legatura in cartonato frontespizio restaurato in una minima parte bianca.
132475aafLausanne, Clairefontaine, 1966, in-4°, oblong, pages illustrées non chiffrées (108 p. ill. en noir/blanc et en couleurs ) + 4 lithogr. originales en couleurs dont 2 sur double page + une suite des 4 lithogr. sur grand format (num. XII/75, dont 2 sur double feuille, grandeur de la feuille: 31x42 cm), un des 50 ex. num. I - L. Ex. N° XII pour l’édition française (+ 25 ex. h.-c réservés à l’artiste), reliure originale en chagrin rouge (J. Stemmle & Cie , Zürich) + une suite grand format non reliée (signée et num. XII/75) , ensemble dans un étui toilé gris, avec le dos en chagrin rouge,
18813840London: W H Harrison 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 168 pp. Penzer p 106. Becoming scarce. Burton traveled to Bavaria to see if there was any connection between the survival of "Christian Mystery" the great religious drama in the highlands of Bavaria and the living scenes at Ek-Islam and Meccah. Publisher's presentation copy in orig. red gilt cloth slightly darkened at edges & spine. Endpaper cracked but hinges are firm. Rare in orig. cloth. Better than vg. W H Harrison hardcover
184291013London: Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 1842. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good because of fragile repaired map. 2 vols. 4 folding maps 3 in Part I and one in Part II xxvi 744 637p. Contemporary 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Covers intact but rather heavily scuffed and rubbed. Bookplates removed on both front pastedowns. Contents generally sound and clean although the large folding map of the coast of West Africa in Part Volume II is fragile. That map had split apart along many of the original folds and elsewhere. While it had been carefully put back together it needs careful handling when folding or unfolding to keep nthe map intact. These volumes contain a wealth of material about British trade and administrative activities in Gambia Sierra Leone and Gold Coast the three areas of particular British interest and control in West Africa at that time -- Lagos and other pieces of what is now modern Nigeria were still outside British influence and control in 1842 and Benin hadn't yet been grabbed by Germany before passing to Great Britain after World War I. These volumes also contain quite a bit of information about British efforts to suppress and end the slave trade. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed hardcover
First edition, [4], 192, 100p., 2 engraved folding plates (one as frontispiece), of which both slightly browned with spotting to adjacent leaves, title-page and subsequent few leaves with light damp-stain to lower outer corner of blank margin. 2 vols., bound in one, 8vo (215 x 130 mm), nineteenth-century red half calf, spine rubbed, marbled boards, edges dyed yellow. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of George Wilbraham (1779-1852), Whig politician, of Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire.
183952178London: printed for private circulation only by J. L. Cox and Sons 1839. 4to pp. 8 213; engraved frontispiece 2 other engraved plates; original brown cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine; covers dampstained and the yellow-coated endpapers possibly renewed; all else very good and sound. The book was posthumously published. Having previously travelled in Italy Poland Russia Arabia Palestine Syria Canada and the United States Davidson 1797-1836 visited Fez and Marrakesh in Morocco and was on his way to Timbuktu when he was ambushed robbed and shot dead. His expedition continued onward to Timbuktu but were never heard from again. The interesting appendix contains extracts from letters written by Davidson and others to the Royal Geographical Society various locations in Morocco and the Sahara. See Howgego 1800-1850 D-4 p. 159 for details. <br/><br/> printed for private circulation only [by] J. L. Cox and Sons hardcover books
188752601London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Livingston 1887. Second edition of volume I first edition of volume II; 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 2 316; viii 2 318; mounted albumen frontispiece portrait by H. S. Mendelssohn folding map printed in color 20 wood-engraved plates plus other wood engravings in the text; slightly later full green crushed levant gilt monogram of Henry Arthur Johnstone and gilt tools exposed sewing thongs at inner corners of covers t. e.g. pigskin endpapers with Johnstone's nautical ex-libris stamped in brown on the front free endpaper and dated 1899; light rubbing at extremities all else near fine. The library of Henry Arthur Johnstone which contained a large proportion of books on natural history was sold en bloc to the London bookseller Clements in 1921 and thence dispersed. Mendelssohn I p. 812-3: "The work is an important contribution to the history of exploration in South-Equatorial Africa and contains an excellent account of the physical features of these regions and of their fauna inhabitants &c." <br/><br/> Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Livingston unknown books
188752601London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Livingston 1887. Second edition of volume I first edition of volume II; 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 2 316; viii 2 318; mounted albumen frontispiece portrait by H. S. Mendelssohn folding map printed in color 20 wood-engraved plates plus other wood engravings in the text; slightly later full green crushed levant gilt monogram of Henry Arthur Johnstone and gilt tools exposed sewing thongs at inner corners of covers t. e.g. pigskin endpapers with Johnstone's nautical ex-libris stamped in brown on the front free endpaper and dated 1899; light rubbing at extremities all else near fine. The library of Henry Arthur Johnstone which contained a large proportion of books on natural history was sold en bloc to the London bookseller Clements in 1921 and thence dispersed. Mendelssohn I p. 812-3: "The work is an important contribution to the history of exploration in South-Equatorial Africa and contains an excellent account of the physical features of these regions and of their fauna inhabitants &c. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Livingston unknown
189452719London: Longmans Green and Co 1894. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xx 435 1; xii 397 1; 2 large folding color maps both with short tears near the stubs the second incorporating 3 inset maps 179 illustrations in the text a number full-page; contemporary full red polished calf gilt supralibros on the upper covers of the Boston School and with Boston School prize bookplates in each volume; lightly rubbed; very good. Czech Africa p. 78: "An excellent work of exploration and sport this scarce set represents African adventure at its finest." <br/><br/> Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
189452719London: Longmans Green and Co 1894. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xx 435 1; xii 397 1; 2 large folding color maps both with short tears near the stubs the second incorporating 3 inset maps 179 illustrations in the text a number full-page; contemporary full red polished calf gilt supralibros on the upper covers of the Boston School and with Boston School prize bookplates in each volume; lightly rubbed; very good. Czech Africa p. 78: "An excellent work of exploration and sport this scarce set represents African adventure at its finest. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown
188552532New York: Harper & Bros 1885. First American edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xxvii 1 528; x 483 1 12 ads; 2 large color folding maps in cover pockets 3 folding maps 44 wood-engraved plates plus other wood engravings in the text; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt black red and white on upper covers and spines; spines a little soiled and the extremities lightly rubbed but in all a very good sound copy without any cracking at all of the hinges. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover books
181967124London: printed for Henry Colburn Conduit Street 1819. 2 volumes 8vo pp. xv 1 375 1; 4 396; folding map 7 hand-colored aquatints; original drab paper-covered boards printed paper labels on spines; light wear; very good and sound. First published in 1816 with 2 fewer aquatints and with the title Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa. Written by the sister-in-law of Richard Tully British Consul at Tripoli between 1783 and 1793. The female members of Tully's family were on intimate terms with the Bashaw's family. Thus the narrative contains a unique insight into the life of the Seraglio. The letters were published from the originals in the possession of the family of the late Richard Tully comprising authentic memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning Bashaw his family and other persons of distinction. Also included are accounts of the domestic matters of the Moors Arabs and Turks. One of the most important records of Tripolitan life during the 18th century. "These letters will prove no less important to the political inquirer than amusing to the public at large; laying open much that will materially assist the comprehensive views of the stateman blended with all the rich entertainment that so greatly distinguished the correspondence of Lady Mary Wortley Montague" Preface. See Abbey Travel 299; Blackmer 1682; Tooley 493 for the 1816 edition. printed for Henry Colburn, Conduit Street unknown
Il COSTUME antico e moderno ovvero Storia del Governo, della Milizia, della Religione, delle Arti, Scienze e Usanze di tutti i popoli, antichi e moderni. Torino, A. Fontana, 1829/1833. (cm. 21 x 13,5). Legatura coeva in mezza pelle con doppio tassello con titoli ai dorsi. AFRICA: Tre volumi. Pp. 466, (2) e 15 tavole f.t; 518, (2) e 7 tavo- le f.t; 523, (4) e 11 tavole f.t. In totale 33 tavole colorate. AMERICA: Tre volumi. Pp. 406, (2) con VI tabelle e 8 tavole f.t; 463, (4) e 13 tavole f.t; 448, (2) e 8 tavole f.t. In totale 29 tavole perlopiù colorate. ASIA: Sei volumi. Pp. XXX, (2), 502, (2) con una carta geografi- ca più volte ripiegata e 24 tavole f.t; 588, (4) e 26 tavole f.t; 438, (2) e 6 tavole f.t; 473, (2) e 9 tavole f.t; 490, (4) e 13 tavole f. t; 665, (2) e 14 tavole f.t. In totale 92 tavole perlopiù colorate EUROPA: 13 volumi. Pp. 441, (2) e una carta geografica più volte ripiegata, 2 tabelle e 11 tavole f.t; 580, (2), 1 c. b. e 19 tavole f.t; 448, (4) e 14 tavole f.t; 622, (2) e 23 tavole f.t; 776 e 21 tavole f. t; 452, (2) e 6 tavole f.t; 336, (2) e 21 tavole f.t; 758, (2) e 27 tavole f.t; 413, (2) e 11 tavole f.t; 396, (4) e 19 tavole f.t; 522, (4) e 25 tavole f.t; 452,(2) e 24 tavole f.t; 603, (4) e 14 tavole f. t. In totale 235 tavole perlopiù colora- te. 25 volumi con 389 tavole, alcune ripiegate. Ottimo esemplare. Manca il quarto volume dell’America. Il milanese Giulio Ferrario (1767-1847) fu bibliotecario della Biblioteca Braidense, erudito e colto, autore di fortunate opere di taglio storico-letterario. Questa monumentale documentazione degli usi e costumi del mondo fu compilata dal Ferrario con l’ausilio di numerosi collaboratori; largamente apprezzata in tutta Europa nonche’ piu’ volte ristampata, venne tradotta anche fuori dai confini italiani. Un’autentica miniera di informazioni storiche, geografiche, etnologiche ed antropologiche, anche relative a parti del mondo al tempo ancora scarsamente indagate . Bibl: Colas, I, 1051 e 1053 - Cicognara, 1648 - Brunet, II, 1232 - Graesse, II, 571.
180119216Contenant la description des moeurs, usages, lois, gouvernement et commerce des États du Congo, fréquentés par les Européens, et un précis de la traite des Noirs, ainsi qu'elle avait lieu avant la Révolution française.Suivi d'un Voyage fait au cap de Bonne-Espérance, contenant la description militaire de cette colonie. Par L. Degrandpré, Officier de Marine français. Orné de Vues, Cartes, et du Plan de la Citadelle du Cap.Édition originale. Paris, Dentu - An IX - 1801 - 226 et 320 pages. Contenant 1 plan, 2 cartes et 8 planches repliés, représentant des indigènes et des scènes de moeurs. Dessinées d'après nature par Degrandpré. Gravées par Michel.Reliure cartonnée rouille de l'époque. Dos lisse avec pièce de titre verte et tomaison dorée. Pas de rousseur. Très bon état. Format in-8°(22x14).Louis Marie Joseph Ohier Comte de Grandpré, (1761 - 1846) collabore aux travaux des sociétés savantes (Société royale des antiquaires de France, Société de géographie de Paris) et il invente divers instruments dont une boussole appréciée par les navigateurs.
185511633Imprimerie de Bénard et Cie Paris 1855 1 vol. Grand in-8 de 2 ff.n.ch. 409 pp., demi-veau brun, dos lisse fileté, tranches jaspées (reliure XXème).
1723X88480t' Amsterdam, by Nicolaas ten Hoorn 1723 [4bl], [ii], iv + 484 + iv [4bl] pp. + 20 platen buiten tekst (waarvan 2 uitvouwbare) gegraveerd door J.Luiken, gegraveerde titelpagina met vlekje, 2e druk, 21cm., volperkamenten band uit de tijd in goede staat, pagina's licht gebruind en enkele roestvlekjes, de titelpagina vermeldt 1723 als datum van uitgave terwijl de gegraveerde titelpagina 1724 vermeldt, goede staat, [Volledige titel: "Alle de gedenkwaardige en zeer naauwkeurige reizen van den heere de Thevenot ; waar in gehandeld word van de staaten, staande onder 't gebied vanden Grooten Heer, der zelver zeden, godsdiensten, krachten, bestieringen en taalen ; mitsgaders de voornaamste byzonderheden van d'Archipel, Konstantinopolen, 't Heilig Land, Egypten, de woestynen van Arabie, Mekka, en verscheidene andere plaatsen van Asia en Afrika; waar van men tot noch toe nooit een oprechte beschryving heeft gehad.", Titel op titelgravure: "Gedenkwaardige Reysen van den heere Thevenot door de staaten en landen staande onder 't gebied van den Grooten Heer"], X88480
[4bl], [ii], iv + 484 + iv [4bl] pp. + 20 platen buiten tekst (waarvan 2 uitvouwbare) gegraveerd door J.Luiken, gegraveerde titelpagina met vlekje, 2e druk, 21cm., volperkamenten band uit de tijd in goede staat, pagina's licht gebruind en enkele roestvlekjes, de titelpagina vermeldt 1723 als datum van uitgave terwijl de gegraveerde titelpagina 1724 vermeldt, goede staat, [Volledige titel: "Alle de gedenkwaardige en zeer naauwkeurige reizen van den heere de Thevenot ; waar in gehandeld word van de staaten, staande onder 't gebied vanden Grooten Heer, der zelver zeden, godsdiensten, krachten, bestieringen en taalen ; mitsgaders de voornaamste byzonderheden van d'Archipel, Konstantinopolen, 't Heilig Land, Egypten, de woestynen van Arabie, Mekka, en verscheidene andere plaatsen van Asia en Afrika; waar van men tot noch toe nooit een oprechte beschryving heeft gehad.", Titel op titelgravure: "Gedenkwaardige Reysen van den heere Thevenot door de staaten en landen staande onder 't gebied van den Grooten Heer"], X88480
- Fisher, son, & co., London 1836, Pet. in-4 (21x28,5cm), 3 volumes reliés. - Edition originale, abondamment illustrée de 2 cartes et de 121 gravures sur acier par Bartlett, dont 3 titres gravés avec vignettes. Volume 1 : 38, Volume 2 : 37, Volume 3 : 46. Impression sur vélin teinté, planches sur velin fort. Plusieurs graveurs ont participé à la réalisation de cet ouvrage : Jorden, sand, finsbury, Higham, Finden... Cartonnage de l'éditeur réalisée en demi chagrin vert aux plats de percaline vert sapin gauffrés. Dos lisse orné d'une plaque spéciale avec divers ornements, une femme vêtue à l'orientale, un croissant et 2 chameaux. Plats repoussés d'une grande plaque décorative formée d'entrelacs de fruits et de fleurs, eux-mêmes composant 4 médaillons avec cavaliers, caravane, chameaux... et d'un grand fer central : une urne flanquée de 2 chameaux. Dos éclaircis uniformément. Traces de frottement sur les dos. Le long du mors supérieur du tome 2, manque de percaline sur 2,5cm. Coins repliés. Une tache blanchâtre sur le plat supérieur du tome 1 (un cercle de 8mn de diamètre). Des zones décolorées sur 2 plats. P.43 au tome 2, une déchirure en marge. Les 2 dernières planches du tome 2 avec trace de mouillure sur un coin. Ensemble frais mais quelques rousseurs sur les titres gravés, au dos de quelques planches et sur certaines planches, notamment à la fin du tome 2. Bel exemplaire. Ex-libris Bibliothèque Castletown dans le premier tome. Second ex-libris dans les 2 autres tomes : Thomas Conolly. Composé de 121 vues du Moyen-orient, scènes animées avec des personnages en costumes, on y voit des représentations de Damas, Jerusalem, Tripoli, Jaffa, Acre, Alexandrie, les temples, les antiquités, les rivières et les sites remarquables. Toutes les gravures sont finement exécutées et, bien que marquées par un souci réaliste et naturaliste, engendrent une perception romantique et exotique du monde arabe. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
22067LONDON. STRAHAN AND CADELL. 1777. FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES. THIS SET CONTAINS THE FULL TEXT BUT NO PLATES. VOLUME 1: TITLE PAGES; CONTENTS; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; LIST OF PLATES PLATES NOT PRESENT; 378 PAGES. VOLUME 2: TITLE PAGES; CONTENTS; 396 PAGES. BOTH VOLUMES REBOUND IN MARBLED BOARDS WITH STIFF CREAM PAPER SPINES PAPER LABELS NEW ENDPAPERS. BINDING IS TIGHT. VOLUME 1 IS GENERALLY CLEAN WITH OCCASIONAL FOXING. IN VOL. 1 PAGE 375 HAS A SMALL HOLE WITH LOSS OF ABOUT FOUR WORDS OF TEXT. VOLUME 2 HAS EVIDENCE OF WATER STAINING UP TO PAGE 160 MAINLY IN THE WIDE MARGINS WITH LITTLE IN THE TEXT THEREAFTER A BRIGHT COPY. OVERALL A VERY GOOD CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE SET OF THIS SCARCE WORK WITHOUT THE PLATES AND OFFERED AT AN ATTRACTIVE PRICE. PICTURES AVAILABLE. LONDON. STRAHAN AND CADELL. 1777. hardcover
22068LONDON. STRAHAN AND CADELL. 1773. FIRST EDITION VOLUME 2 ONLY OF THREE. THIS WAS COOK'S FIRST VOYAGE UNDERTAKEN IN THE DOLPHIN SWALLOW AND ENDEAVOUR. REBOUND IN MARBLED BOARDS WITH STIFF CREAM PAPER SPINES PAPER LABELS NEW ENDPAPERS. BINDING IS TIGHT. CONTAINS TITLE PAGE LIST OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 410 PAGES. THERE ARE NO PLATES IN THIS VOLUME. A VERY CLEAN COPY WITH SOME EVIDENCE OF WORM HOLES AT THE FOOT OF THE LAST 30 PAGES. PICTURES AVAILABE. LONDON. STRAHAN AND CADELL. 1773. hardcover
