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1864GITd056Paris Victor Masson et Fils 1864. In-8 VIII 502pp. Demi chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs, reliure postérieure. Orné de 80 figures dans le texte. Bel exemplaire.
Tratta dal “A Voyage round the word. In the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Now Lord Anson...” (London, printed for the Author, 1749). Incisione in rame all'acquaforte (incisa da R. W. Seale), b/n, cm 52 x 50 circa (alla lastra), cartiglio in basso a destra, margine graduato su tutti i lati. Sono segnalate tutte le località che dal Brasile scendono fino alla Patagonia e alla Terra del Fuoco con Cape Horn e le Isole Falkland. Anson George (1697 – 1762). Usuali pieghe editoriali, strettissimi margini, molto buono lo stato di conservazione. .
Pages 442-528 plus 24 pages of nice ads. Features: Hunting Wild Cattle - an Englishman's stirring adventures while catching bulls in Patagonia; My Mine-Sweeping Experiences - Joe W. White describes his WWI mine-sweeping and submarine-hunting adventures in home waters - a valuable record of the dangerous work and daring methods employed by our fishermen in destroying enemy mines and driving away submarines - with great photos; The Golden Nugget (short story); The One-Handed Hunter and the Rhinocerous; In the Wilds of Siberia - Part III - fascinating narrative with many photos of convicts/prisoners; My Adventures with the Wanderobo (a warlike African tribe); The Strange Order of the Dervishes - article with great photos; Filming the Sea Elephant; The Adventures of a Newspaperman - part 5 - some wartime experiences with German spies and other curious characters; My Week-End at Freetown - a picturesque account of the capital of Sierra Leone, with photos; Relief Worker's Adventures - part III - thrilling photo-illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia (The American Committee for the Relief of War Victims in the East); Kangaroo Hunting and Bark-Stripping; My South African Adventures - part 2; Canary Birds at School - French methods of breeding and training canaries; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear with loss to bottom of back strip and openings between front cover and spine at each end. Bit of writing on back cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Cm. 30; pp. VIII, 431. Tela editoriale, titoli al dorso e al piatto. Molte Illustrazioni fotografiche nel testo in bianco e nero, numerose tavole fotografiche fuori testo, alcune delle quali più volte ripiegate ed alcune a colori. Allegata una carta geografica a colori, più volte ripiegata, con custodia : " Terra del Fuoco", scala 1: 1.000.000. Manca la sovracoperta. Ottimo esemplare.
In-16 p. (mm. 163x92), 3 volumi in 2 tomi, mz. pelle coeva con ang., fregi e tit. oro su tassello al dorso, decoraz. a secco con fregi e tit. oro, tagli blu, pp. XIII,247;266; 275; ben illustrato f.t., come da Indice, da un ritratto dell’Autore e da 10 (su 11) tavole che raffigurano usi e costumi degli indigeni + una carta geografica relativa alle “Isole Washington” (gruppo di isole al N.U. delle Marquesas nell’Oceano Pacifico del Sud, scoperte dal Cap. Ingraham del brigantino ‘la Speranza’ di Boston, 1701). Questo giornale contiene “la descrizione delle isole del Capo-Verde, delle coste del Brasile, della Patagonia, del Perù, del Chili e delle isole Gallapagos; nonchè una relazione del gruppo delle isole Washington, delle maniere, costumi e foggie di quegli abitanti, ecc.”. Tomi XXXII-XXXIV della “Raccolta de’ viaggi.. nelle varie parti del mondo.. dopo quelli di Cook, e non pubblicati fin ora in lingua italiana”. Lieviss. aloni sul vol. 1°; manca l’Indice delle tavole nel vol. 2°; altrimenti esemplare ben conservato. .
14397P., Chez Molini, 1767 ; in-12. Frontispice-2 ff.- LXVIII-335 pp. Demi-basane blonde, dos lisse teinté vert sombre, orné de filets et petits fers dorés, pièce de titre rouge. Bon exemplaire, frais.
1756PHO-2159Lyon, chez les Frères Duplain, 1756. In-4° (25,5x19,5cm), 1f.-xvi-185 pp.- xiv pp. (table des matières), veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné de lions et oiseaux avec pièce de titre grenat, lions et oiseaux aux coins des plats, tranches rouges, doubles filets aux coupes, très légères rousseurs, coiffe sup. arasée, mouillure très claire, manque la page de titre Illustré d’une vignette gravée sur cuivre en tête du texte, d’après Delamonce.
1770PHO-2290Paris, Saillant, Delalain, 1770. 2 volumes in-8 (20x12,5 cm) : IV-385pp. et 1f.-334pp.-1f. ; illustré de 16 (18) planches hors texte in fine du tome 2, demi basane et coins époque, tomaison et pièce de titre rouge, tranches jaspées, vieille mouillure claire.
1767PHO-2185Paris, Molini 1767. In-12 de (2) ff., Ixciij-335pp., basane marbrée, dos à 5 nerfs orné, pièce de titre à maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l’époque). Charnière légèrement fendillée, écriture et dessin en page de garde, mouillure sur quelques feuillets.
1770PHO-1034Paris, Saillant ; Delalain, 1770. 2 volumes in-8 : IV, 385pp. / 1f., 334pp., 1f. ; illustré de 17 planches hors texte in fine , manque les pages de titre relié plein veau écaillé glacé de l'époque, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre rouges, tranches marbrées , frottements sur dos, charnières faibles , manque aux coiffes , coins usés.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Bright copy of Durrell's account of his animal-collecting expedition to the Argentine during the late 1950s, travelling from Buenos Aires to Patagonia and up to Jujuy. It is another of his collaborations with his finest illustrator Ralph Thompson; the two were brought together in 1954 by Rupert Hart-Davis, who had lured Durrell away from Faber after the success of his first book 'The Overloaded Ark' three years before. The partnership was an extraordinarily fruitful one, lasting a full decade and resulting in Durrell's most attractive books, including, of course, 'My Family and other Animals'. SIGNED COPIES OF DURRELL'S EARLIER WORKS ARE VERY SCARCE.
VOY915M1767, Molini, Paris. Première édition française. Trad. de Jean-Baptiste Suard. In-12, reliure plein maroquin rouge signée, dos à nerfs, roulettes encadrant les contreplats, filets sur chasse et coiffes, toutes tranches dorées. Figure en frontispice d'un couple de Géans pantagons. (2) ff., lxviij-335 pp. Infime enfoncement des coins. Intérieur très agréable voire frais malgré de rares épidermures sans incidence sur le texte. Mors du premier plat très légèrement marqué.
1770PHO-1934Paris, Saillant, Delalain, 1770. 2 volumes in-8 : IV-385pp. et 1f.-334pp.-1f. ; illustré de 18 planches hors texte in fine du tome 2, demi veau moderne, auteur, titre et tomaison au dos, signature aux titres, un cahier plus petit.
1749PHO-2217Amsterdam et Leipzig, Arkstee et Merkus, 1749, 4, f. de titre, [4]-XVI-333-[1] p., complet des 34 pl. h. t. presque toutes dépliantes de figures et cartes, pleine basane de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné avec pièce de titre, tranche rouge, coin usé, frottements, manque en tête au dos, texte légèrement roussi et quelques piqûres éparses, petit trou de vers au verso du premier plat, étiquette du Libraire Raymond Clavreuil.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Beyond the Law - Part II of the first true account of the exploits of the world's most outlaws, The Dalton Gang, written by their only survivor, Emmett Dalton; A Concert Party In the Desert - The "Roosters" Concert Party entertain troops in the Sinai Desert (with photos); Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part II of Fanny and William Workman's exploration of the Himalayas (with photos); The Cruise of the Cowboys - several men are Shanghaied at San Francisco but manage to escape on a small boat and get their revenge; The Hundredth Chance - illicit whisky distillers create major problems for Custom-house officer Alan Temple; ; Our Adventures in Sicily - travel adventures of Penelope and her husband; Boss of the Lava Walls - fight for dominance between two wallaroos; Children's Fight With a Panther - Anthony Farrer and Doreen Ashburnham, both of Cowichan Lake, British Columbia, fight off a panther and are awarded the Albert Medal by the King; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - Part III - Eva Jordan continues her 4,000 mile trek through the great Equatorial Forest of Central Africa; The Mad Druid - a young French girl, Aline Etieve, falls into the hands of a madman thinking himself to be the last Druid, and plotting to offer her as a human sacrifice; The Romance of Platinum-Mining - Ashmore Russan provides a striking account of this much-sought metal - article with photos of related activity on the Rio Opogodo, including a large dredge under construction; My Wanderings Through Texas - a breezy and fascinating pen-picture of a tramp through Texas; How We Outwitted the Bandits - two hostages eventually escape from bandits in Patagonia, South America; Wonders of British Guinana - E.C. Stembridge is enthusiastic over the future of this, the only possession of Great Britain on the mainland of South America; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 90-176, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1750PHO-538Les deux ouvrages reliés en un vol. in-4(245x200) Demi veau, dos à 5 nerfs orné avec pièce-de-titre , tranches rouges. (Reliure moderne). Ouvrage orné de vignettes et de 32(sur 34) cartes et planches gravés dont des cartes dépliantes. [1 f blanc], XXIV-363 pp / [2 ff n. ch], XVI-185 - xivpp (table des matières), [1 f blanc]. Exemplaire en bel état intérieur carte et texte.
1909N3505Santiago Chile: Imprenta Cervantes 1909. First Edition . Contemp. Half Cloth. Very Good. 8vo- Big. 1909-1910. XI411ppVIII549pp. Text in Spanish. With 7 folding maps in colour and 14 plates of pictures. Minimal outside wear some small library stamps and numbers here and there. 1 page with unnoticeable repair.A very good clean and fresh copy. VERY RARE - <br/> <br/> Imprenta Cervantes hardcover
8vo., First Edition, First Issue, with frontispiece map, plates, and endpaper maps, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; dark navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly spotted at fold-ins but with virtually no trace of the usual fading at backstrip. The author's first book and a landmark in twentieth century travel literature. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1942005575Buenos Aires Editions de l'Aigle 1942 In-4 Broché, couverture rempliée Edition originale
1749PHO-2227Amsterdam et Leipzig, Arkstee et Merkus, 1749, 4, f. de titre, [4]-XVI-333-[1] p., complet des 34 pl. h. t. presque toutes dépliantes de figures et cartes, pleine basane de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné avec pièce de titre, tranche rouge, coin usé, frottements, manque en tête au dos, rousseurs, déchirure au pli (pl. 33), petit trou de vers au verso du premier plat, étiquette de Raymond Clavreuil. Lyon, chez les Frères Duplain, 1756. In-4° (25,5x19,5cm), 1f.-xvi-185 pp.- xiv pp. (table des matières), veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné de lions et oiseaux avec pièce de titre grenat, lions et oiseaux aux coins des plats, tranches rouges, doubles filets aux coupes, très légères rousseurs, coiffe sup. arasée, mouillure très claire, manque la page de titre
1732PHO-2447A Paris : chez Nyon, Didot, Quillau, 1732, in-4 ° (25x20cm). Pages [2], XIV, 298, [2], 63, [1] vierges + 37 planches H.T., dont dépliantes, demi basane et coins, dos à nerfs avec pièce de titre et auteur, tranches rouges. Frottements au dos, coiffes abimées avec petits manque, coupes et coins dénudés, réparation à 2 feuillets, petites rousseurs.
1863GF357751863 Paris - Librairie de Thévelin - 1863 - 1 volume in8 broché de 174 pages - étiquette collée en queue - couverture un peu poussièreuse -
First edition, [4],viii,257,[1]pp., with half-title and engraved frontispiece, cont. half calf, marbled paper boards, hinges slightly cracked, head and foot of spine worn with some light worming to raised bands, marbled paper on lower board peeling, but overall internally a clean and bright copy. Of the first work Hill notes "This account of John Byron's circumnavigation is usually ascribed to midshipman Charles Clerke, who later sailed on all three of Captain Cook's voyages...". Of the second work, Byron was midshipeman aboard the Wager when it was wrecked off the Chilean coast, and he provides a vivid account of the privations endured by the survivors. The author's grandson Lord Byron drew upon the Narrative as a source for his epic poem 'Don Juan'. Hill, 311 & 232.
Quaderno manoscritto a penna e matita in 8, pp. (30) in parte scritte e in parte bb. con gora centrale non deturpante. Indicazione ms. all'ultima p.: quaderno delle sue casse porto Dseato (sic). Importante e raro autografo di questo Capitano ed esploratore al servizio del governo argentino. Di origini chiavaresi, dopo aver viaggiato al comando di un brigantino per i mari dell'estremo oriente, fu al servizio tra il 1875 e il 1885 del governo argentino nell'attivita' dell'eslporazione e dello sfruttamento delle sue terre australi. Nel 1883, su sua proposta, venne organizzata una missione esplorativa nell'area di Porto Deseado che duro' tra l'11 aprile e il 14 novembre. In questo periodo vennero effettuate tutte le misurazioni e i rilievi finalizzati allo stabilimento di una colonia, fatto che avvenne l'anno successivo. Questo importantissimo brogliaccio risale proprio agli ultimi giorni di questa missione, come testimoniano le date apposte a margine delle 4 liste dei materiali caricati alla volta di Buenos Aires sul piroscafo Bahia Blanca comandato dal Capitano Ferro (11, 12, 13 e 14 novembre 1883). Di grande interesse l'esame delle liste dei materiali, che vanno da materiale geodeico e da rilevamento a tende, letti e coperte, tende, arnesi da lavoro ecc. Le pagine iniziali, dedicate ad una sommaria descrizione della localita', riflettono quanto pubblicato nella relazione a stampa edita nel 1884 e qui acclusa. Nel manoscritto poi, compaiono ampie annotazioni a matita di altra mano e che potrebbero attribuirdi a tal Luis Marzano, uomo al servizio dello stesso Oneto. Occore anche annotare che Antonio Oneto si reco' l'anno successivo, con 24 famiglie di coloni, al fine di fondare la citta'. La raggiunse il 15 luglio 1884 ma il 21 giugno 1885 mori' senza veder completata la sua opera. Attualmente, ogni 15 luglio, la citta' rende omaggio alla memoria dell'Oneto con cortei alla sua tomba ed al suo monumento. C. De Negri, L'attivita' geografica di Antonio Oneto in: Annali di ricerche e studi di geografia. Marzo 1955.
1890List01108Mostly Patagonia 1890. Printing-out paper prints the images measuring 3 1/4x4 1/2 to 4 1/4x6 inches and the reverse each with a caption written on a label affixed to the mount below the prints. 4to blue pictorial cloth. 1890s. In this bound photo album forty-six photographs document a group traveling from pastoral locations in northern Argentina to breathtaking views at the southern tip of the continent. The photographs were taken by an accomplished photographer and handwritten captions in English provide brief descriptions of the locations and people documented. Apparently a member of an exploration commission the photographer and his team travel first from Bahia Brazil to Buenos Aires and La Pláta then on to the southern tip of the continent and back up the continent through remote lakes and mountains on both sides of the Chilean/Argentinian border.<br /> <br /> While the photographer’s name and nationality are not clear from the album there are two photographs with a Sr. Moreno who is likely the Argentinian explorer Francisco ‘Perito’ Moreno. The photographs of “Sr. Moreno†bear a clear resemblance to photographs of Francisco Moreno and they are taken in La Plata which is where Moreno was the first director of the natural history museum Museo de La Plata. On the album page following the one with photographs of Sr. Moreno there are photographs of the Museo de La Plata building and grounds. Museo de La Plata was established in 1884 and Moreno’s personal collection of 15000 pieces formed the core of the original collections Farro. In order to fill the exhibit rooms he sought more materials and carried out collecting campaigns in Patagonia. At times he hired naturalists to travel into remote parts of Patagonia to gather samples of flora fauna geology and artifacts of indigenous people’s culture Farro. Museo de la Plata was exhibiting anthropological remains and indigenous material culture at the same time that Argentina was expanding into indigenous territory Farro. In this way Museo de la Plata was not just a natural history museum it was also a force of colonialism. <br /> <br /> Not only was Argentina in the process of colonizing Patagonia but also it sought to claim and maintain territory in relation to Chile. A sixty year boundary controversy between Argentina and Chile resulted in the Treaty of 1881 in which the two countries agreed for the first time on the boundaries in Patagonia Perry. Even after 1881 vague language in the treaty that the boundary be “the most lofty peaks that divide the waters†extended the dispute until 1902 Perry. Because Patagonia had not been colonized extensively scientific exploration of the region was tied with nation-building and establishing these borders. In 1896 the Argentinean government appointed Moreno as the Expert Representative in the border dispute with Chile. He led commissions of naturalists and surveying engineers through the disputed border regions along the Andes Mountains Museo de La Plata n.d. Moreno’s work had parallels in Chile’s attempts to establish borders too: “Through the work of these explorers the state was able to.draw up laws and decrees regarding environmental destruction and more effectively defend its position in the limits conflict with Argentina†Etchegaray 2018. <br /> <br /> We do not know whether the exploration commission in this photo album was affiliated with Moreno the collections of Museo de la Plata or the boundary controversy. However given the route to the tip of the continent and the back up along the newly established border it seems possible that this commission could have played some role – whether directly or indirectly – in the process of exploration and nation building occurring at that time. <br /> <br /> References<br /> <br /> Etchegaray J. L. 2018. Cataloging the nation: Explorations and the incorporation of North Patagonia into the Chilean National Ordering 1856-1902 Thesis San Francisco State University. In AS36 2018 HIST .E83. http://dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.3/213510<br /> <br /> Farro Máximo E. n.d. The Business of Museums: Towards a History of Collections in La Plata’s Museum 1888-1906 – World Archaeological Congress. Retrieved June 15 2021 from https://worldarch.org/world-archaeological-bulletin/the-business-of-museums-towards-a-history-of-collections-in-la-platas-museum-1888-1906/<br /> <br /> Ryan C. 2011. Indigenous possessions: Anthropology museums and nation-making in Argentina 1862–1943 Ph.D. The University of Wisconsin - Madison. Retrieved June 15 2021 from http://www.proquest.com/pqdtglobal/docview/885379045/abstract/E55A419FE8D54C0DPQ/1<br /> <br /> Museo de La Plata. n.d. Retrieved July 2 2021 from https://www.museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/museo. unknown
