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PERRY'S SECOND EXPEDITION, BLACK SHIP SCROLLBiblio.com

A large-format illustrated composite scroll 393 x 4750 mm. beige silk outer front endpaper with a series of 15 vivid scenes & detailed portraits of American sailors & leaders including Commodore Matthew C. Perry along with impressive illustrations of the American fleet all done with brush & ink and many color washes

11288Japan: ca. 1854-55. An impressively assembled scroll that portrays the second American expedition to Japan February-March 1854 led by Commodore Perry; much of it is focused on the American vessels that anchored menacingly off the coast. Seven of the nine ships in the American fleet are carefully portrayed with notes on the estimated numbers of cannons and crewmembers. Steam-powered ships with black smoke gushing from the stacks and rows of powerful cannons shocked the Japanese most of whom had never seen such a demonstration of advanced military technology. The observations in this scroll must have been crucial to inform the decision-making of Japanese officials. "Black Ship Scrolls" conveying eyewitness reports were disseminated among the Japanese elite and kept top secret. Our scroll was presumably created for a high-ranking Japanese official since any information on the American interlopers was carefully controlled by the local authorities to maintain public order in the face of an anticipated foreign invasion. Compared to other depictions of the foreigners which frequently showed them as caricatures hairy oversized red-faced and blue-eyed the more dignified portraits in our scroll demonstrate the increasing familiarity between the Japanese and American contingents. In the years following Japan's opening to the West Japanese artisans produced countless scrolls commemorating the American expeditions catering to the tourist trade and as gifts to visiting dignitaries. Mass-produced with foreigners' preferences in mind these scrolls took liberties with the events that transpired straying far from the earliest accounts and sketches. They pale in comparison with the elaborate and scrupulous illustrations found in this early scroll. Though the later mass-produced scrolls are easily found on the market examples like ours presumably created for a Japanese official or nobleman remain greatly treasured for their revealing depictions. We have ordered the scroll into 15 individual scenes most of which have a contemporary manuscript caption translated below: I. Three sailors in the American marching band two of whom are uniformed drummer boys. The band led the American march to Yokohama where negotiations between the two nations were held in a newly constructed reception hall. The Japanese manuscript caption reads: "Illustration of musicians." II. Two sailors with swords sheathed are holding their muskets with bayonets fixed. A fine indigo ink has been employed to depict the uniform on the left. Caption: "Rank: Sergeant/Soldier." III. Commodore Perry on the right faces a sailor who may be the conductor of the American expedition's marching band. Perry is depicted rather sympathetically compared to exaggerated and even outlandish portraits that depict him as quite large hairy and red-faced. The artist has once more used a deep indigo to capture the color of the uniforms. Caption: "Ambassador Perry/Conductor Commandant." IV. A larger portrait of a lone sailor probably an officer clutching his sheathed sword and clenching his fist. Caption: "Foreigner Captain landed near Kanagawa." V. An elaborate and realistic portrait of Perry capturing even the individual hairs on his head and the wrinkles on his face. Caption: "American Envoy Perry." VI. A portrait of Perry's chief-of-staff Henry A. Adams done by the same artist as Perry's portrait. Caption: "American Vice Envoy Adams." VII. upper portion A very long horizontal painting of the American column marching to the Yokohama reception hall for negotiations regarding the opening of Japan to American trade. There are more than 100 armed Americans soldiers following the marching band. The top of this sheet has been slightly cropped cutting off part of the American flag in the middle. Caption: "Illustration of American landing column." VIII. lower right A sizable rendering of the USS Vandalia a sloop-of-war that joined the Perry Expedition in late 1853. Caption: "Name of ship: Vandalia 20 cannons 200 crewmembers." Minuscule mended wormholes to the image. IX. lower left The USS Saratoga another sloop-of-war. Caption: "Name of ship: Saratoga 20 cannons 200 crewmembers." Expertly mended wormholes touching the image hardly visible. X. upper portion A panoramic view with a fleet of 23 American rowboats headed to shore. Mending to the top of the scroll. XI. right lower portion The USS Mississippi a steam frigate that was part of the first expedition. Caption: "Name of ship: Mississippi 8 cannons 240 crewmembers." XII. left lower portion The USS Southampton a storeship. Caption: "Name of ship: Southampton 6 cannons 50 crewmembers." Expert mending of wormholes affecting the image. XIII. USS Supply a supply ship. Caption: "Name of ship: Supply 6 cannons 40 crewmembers." Wormholes repaired and with some foxing. XIV. USS Lexington a supply ship. Caption: "Name of ship: Lexington 26 cannons 50 crewmembers." Repaired wormholes and small sections of the white wash used for the sails have come off. XV. USS Susquehanna a steam frigate. Caption: "Name of ship: Susquehanna 6 cannons 240 crewmembers." Careful mending of wormholes to head and tail of scroll. In very good condition; there are a number of wormholes all expertly restored to the point that most are invisible to the naked eye and some browning and speckles to blank segments of the scroll. Two unidentified ownership seals next to the illustration of the USS Vandalia no. VIII. Housed in a custom-made 20th-century wooden box. â§ Renata V. Shaw "Japanese Picture Scrolls of the First Americans in Japan" in The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress Vol. 25 No. 2 April 1968 pp. 134-53. For helpful recapitulations of accounts from the Japanese and Americans William McOmie The Opening of Japan 1853-1855: A Comparative Study of the American British Dutch and Russian Naval Expeditions to Compel the Tokugawa Shogunate to Conclude Treaties and Open Ports to Their Ships 2006. unknown

Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. · États-Unis39 500,00 $US≈ 33 420,95 €

[SHACKLETON NIMROD EXPEDITION].Biblio.com

Menus & Souvenir programme from the collection of Henry Dunlop Chief engineer on the Nimrod.

950041907-1913. . A collection of six menus and one souvenir programme various sizes and dates concerning the Nimrod British Antarctic Expedition. Preserved in archival sleeves within a blue morocco-backed fold-over box with chemise. A rare opportunity to obtain a collection of signed printed ephemera from Shackleton's first Antarctic expedition 1907-1909 during which Shackleton reached 'Farthest South' and achieved the first ascent of Mount Erebus. with the provenance of the Ship's chief engineer. The collection comprises: 1. 'To Celebrate the birthdays of our Shipmates H.J. Dunlop; & W.A.R. Michell at "Latitude 40"S. 30'/ Longitude 50"E.30'' manuscript menu in red and black ink on printed card signed on the reverse by Michell Murray Davis Mackintosh Mackay Dunlop and Captain England headed with the printed National Antarctic Expedition badge Nimrod added in ink 8vo 15.5 x 11.2 cm. Menu for a meal to celebrate the birthdays of four shipmates of the Nimrod given whilst en route to Christchurch - at this point half way between South Africa and the Kerguelen Islands. Signed by four of the ship's officers and three of the eventual shore party. Food includes Potage. Dominion Crême D'Unloppè and Dessert. Abricot au Shackleton. 18 October 1907. 2. 'Complimentary Dinner Given to Lieutenant Shackleton and the Scientists and Officers of the Antarctic Expedition of 1907' menu signed by Shackleton Bernard Day William Roberts and 7 others 4pp. upper cover printed in gilt with the 'Antarctic Expedition S.Y. Nimrod 1907'. emblem in blue 12mo 11.3 x 8.8 cm. Christchurch Freeman's Rooms. 19 December 1907. Menu given for members of the Nimrod expedition by the Canterbury establishment. Shackleton was presented with a copper salver made from bolts taken from Nelson's ship Victory and Bishop Julius gave his blessing at an event attended by some eighty local dignitaries. 3. Menu held for the 'British Antarctic Expedition' dinner held at the Canterbury Club Christchurch signed by Shackleton Wild Edgworth Davis and approximately 30 others 4pp. oval photographic illustration of polar scenes on upper and lower cover signatures on inside and lower pages punch holes at fore-edge 8vo 15.5 x 10.5 cm. 30 December 1907. Nimrod arrived at Lyttleton harbour on 25 March 1909 to a heroic welcome by the New Zealand public. The 'luncheon' held at the United Service Hotel the following day appears to have been a relatively intimate one the menu signed by Shackleton all but 2 members of the Shore Party and 3 of the ship's officers but none of the usual local dignitaries and was apparently unreported in the press. 4. 'Luncheon Menu. British Antarctic Expedition. United Service Hotel Christchurch' signed by Shackleton and eighteen other members of the British Antarctic Expedition. 4-page menu the upper cover colour-printed with British flags. 26 March 1909. 5. 'Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. Complimentary Banquet to Lieut. E.H. Shackleton M.V.C. the Shore Party and Officers of the S.Y. Nimrod on their return from Antarctica' signed by John K. Davis Nimrod's first officer Henry Dunlop and 24 other attendees 4-page menu the upper cover printed with map of the South Pole showing position reached by Discovery and Nimrod split at fold. 3 April 1909. The banquet at the Philosophical Institute was a public affair at which 'a standing ovation was given to Shackleton and loud applause as he responded to the many toasts to the expedition. He said that 'They always felt dissatisfied with what might have been done. but on that plateau with no 'grub' inside them. they were forced to turn back. There had been no gentle maidens to rest their heads upon!' This was a reference to a duet that had been sung earlier in the evening and was received with laughter' The Press 5/4/09 p.8. 6. 'South Polar Dinner given by John Howard Mcfadden. June 13. 1913' large-format menu card embellished with an original watercolour oval vignette by George Marston the Nimrod artist of a polar scene man sledge and tent against snow-covered mountains large penguin and decoration signed by the artist on the vignette 28.4 x 19.4 cm. the oval vignette c.6.8 x 9.5 cm. Oddenino's Imperial Restaurant. 13 June 1913. Celebratory menu illustrated by George Marston. 'One wealthy friend was so far interested as to give an Antarctic dinner at a famous restaurant to all the available men who had been in the far South. The table was transformed into a picture of the Antarctic with artificial snow and real ice where large models of the Nimrod and the Aurora were placed at the edge of an ice-barrier thickly peopled by penguins and Marston the Antarctic artist painted special menu cards. It was a gay gathering enlivened towards the close by songs from Harry Lauder; but alas! the rich and kindly host did not pursue his hospitality to the point of providing transportation for his guests to revisit the haunts they longed for' The Life of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton 1923 pp.191-2. 7. Souvenir programme. 4to 'Sir Ernest Shackleton to give his Popular Lecture entitled Nearest the South Pole at the Music Hall Chester' signed twice by Shackleton 'E.H. Shackleton' in ink on the map once at the location of Farthest South and once in the lower margin 4 pages first page printed in red and black with photographic portrait of Shackleton. 21 February 1910. A souvenir from Shackleton's extensive fund-raising lecture tour following the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-9 during which Shackleton reached 'Farthest South' and achieved the first ascent of Mount Erebus. The series of talks accompanied by lantern slides proved hugely popular with audiences. An account of a similar lecture in Edinburgh describes his charismatic style of delivery: "'In the centre' he said 'you see the South Pole. Now you've seen as much as anybody else has ever seen". Hearty laughter greeted this opening as he knew it would. He had an orator's gift for dramatic effect and his humour was timed to perfection.' 'A born leader of men' article RSGSexplorers.com. 1907-1913. unknown

Shapero Rare Books · Royaume-Uni25 000,00 £GB≈ 28 545,00 €

Novara -Expedition - Scherzer, Karl von :Biblio.com

Reise der oesterreichische Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857 1858 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von W¸llerstorf-Urbair.

H738Wien Hof- und Staatsdruckerei 1861-1875. 4to. 18 B‰nde gebunden in 17. Mit zahlreichen lithograph. Tafeln und farblithogr. Karten gest. Tafeln 111 Textholzstichen 1 Holzstichtafel 11 mont. Orig.-Photographien sowie 8 Tabellen auf 16 Bl. Halblederb‰nde der Zeit 2 B‰nde anders gebunden kl.Bibl.-Schild a.d. Vorderdeckeln St.a.Vorsatz saubere gute Exemplare. Sehr seltene vollst‰ndige Reihe der ber¸hmten wissenschaftlichen Expedition ÷sterreich-Ungarns nach dem S¸dlichen Afrika S¸damerika S¸dost-Asien Australien und Neuseeland sowie dem Pazifik die wertvolle zoologische Resultate erbrachte. - Hier vorhanden sind die wissenschaftlichen B‰nde. Die 1.Abteilung besteht aus 3 B‰nden und beinhaltet den Reisebericht der Expedition. Diese B‰nde sind relativ h‰ufig und sind hier nicht vorhanden. - Die Reihe besteht aus: II.Abt.: Anthropologischer Teil 3 Abt. In 3 B‰nden III. Botanischer Teil 1 Bd. IV. Geologischer Teil 3 B‰nde V. Nautisch-Physicalischer Teil 1 Bd. VI. Statistisch-Commercieller Teil 2 Bde. VII. Zoologischer Teil 6 Bde. VIII. Linguistischer Teil 1 Bd. IX. Medizinischer Teil 1 Bd. - Es fehlen die Beilagen 7 Pl‰ne im Nautisch-physikalischen Teil ¸ber die Junk schreibt daﬂ er "noch nie ein Exemplar gesehen habe dem die 7 Pl‰ne nicht gefehlt h‰tten Junk W.: 50 Jahre Antiquar S.303. - Zu den Autoren der einzelnen Werke: BESCHREIBENDER Teil: Scherzer Karl; W¸llerstorf-Urbair N.; ZOOLOGIE: Zelebor J.; von Pelzeln A.; Steindachner F.; Redtenbacher L. Saussure H.de Mayr G.L. Brauer F. Schiner J.R. Heller C. Grube E. Frauenfeld G: Ritter von Felder C.; Grunow A.; Krempelhuber A.; Reichardt H.W. Mettenius G. Milde J.; GEOLOGIE: Hochstetter F.v.; Reuss A.E. u. Schwager C.; ANTHROPOLOGIE: Zuckerkandl E. Weisbach A. M¸ller F.; STATISTISCH-COMMERCIELLER Teil: Scherzer K.v.; MEDIZIN: Schwarz E. - ÷BL X93f.; Nissen ZBI 47501341; Borba des Moraes II105-108 unvollst.; Du Rietz 378 BK 1155; Embacher 258; Sabin 77619. - Der ˆsterreichische Weltreisende Karl von Scherzer 1821-1909 wurde 1856 vom ˆsterr. Finanzminister eingeladen die Fregatte "Novara" auf ihrer Reise um die Erde als Mitglied der wissenschaftlichen Kommission zu begleiten. Er begleitete diese umjubelte Expedition bis Valparaiso wo er im Mai 1859 von Bord ging um auf eigene Kosten den R¸ckweg nach Europa ¸ber Peru und Panama zu nehmen. Der buchh‰ndlerische Erfolg war kolossal seine Wertsch‰tzung durch f¸hrende zeitgenˆssischer Kˆpfe erging sich in schmeichelhaftestem Lob. Henze 23.Lfg. S.33. Die Tafeln zeigen unter anderem Schmetterlinge Insekten Tiere Pflanzen Ansichten etc. unknown

Antiquariat Kainbacher · Autriche16 000,00 €

United States Exploring Expedition (USExEx) U S E x EBiblio.com

Pacific Ocean and South Seas 1838-1842 U.S. Ex.Ex. American Nautical Charts - Set of 15

1850423Chart and Capt. Charles Wilkes Calling Card Details: Lot of 15 black and white independently issued engraved charts on heavy paper bearing a printed oval stamp with Navy anchor and "U.S.Ex.Ex." and "Price thirteen cents" on each chart with occasional period manuscript notation on verso engravers: G.W. Boynton J. Knight George G. Smith 2 and unsigned dimensions: 26 1/2" x 19 1/2" approx. sheet size condition: professionally conserved good condition working charts have manuscript notationsCapt. Charles Wilkes calling card: as found with manuscript ink inscription dimensions: 3 1/2" x 2 1/8"Please see Part II. for a list of the fifteen 15 U.S. Ex.Ex. chart titles and individual chart descriptions.I. Brief History and Description of the U.S. Exploring Expedition:Like a Homeric odyssey the United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842 its six vessels2/ 346 man crew3/ of scientists artists naval officers and other personnel commanded by then U.S. Navy Lieut. Charles Wilkes 1798-1877 set out on a four year journey that touched six continents covered 87 780 miles and set a circuitous course en route to mapping and exploring the islands of the South Pacific and the Pacific Ocean the earth's largest body of water. The outcome of the squadron's journey was yet unknown. The U.S. Ex.Ex. as it came to be known was America's first exploring expedition funded by Congress.4/ Congress recognized that American commercial interests in the lucrative Pacific trade faced both opportunities and perils in this region due to incomplete knowledge especially the lack of surveys and maps to identify and chart a course to the Pacific Ocean islands their safe harbors coastlines inner terrain resources such as fresh water and hazardous coral reefs. Congress also responded to whaling interests in New England who had for a decade been a powerful advocate for Congress to finance improved charting of this dangerous sailing region. Congressional authorization in 1836 for this exploring expedition also spoke to America's identity as a new world power with the skill hunger for knowledge and ambition to demonstrate that America was on a par with older European nations' scientific explorations. 5/On offer is a remarkable lot of fifteen U.S. Ex.Ex. navigation charts of the South Pacific islands America's first surveying and charting of the South Pacific. The charts were published after the expedition returned its mission fulfilled. The charts on offer in this lot sold separately to be distinguished from those bound into the two volume Atlas of Charts 1850 1858 from the same plates being the expedition's signal American contribution to the mapping of the Pacific Ocean and South Seas. These full size engraved charts on heavy paper were and are intended to be used for navigation. These charts are not to be confused with the small illustrations bound into the other U.S. Ex.Ex. Volumes I -XXII or even with those illustrating Wilkes' five-volume Narrative or its bound atlas of five larger folded maps on thin paper.This rare to market 15-chart lot consists of 13 unique titles and two duplicate titles that are representative of the historic mapping highlights of the U.S.Ex.Ex.: accurate surveys of the volcanic Fiji Group6/; islands newly identified by Western surveys new surveys of safe harbors harbor profiles island profiles7/; an expansive survey of the heavily traveled Sandwich Islands for the chart Map of the Hawaiian Group or Sandwich Islands 1841 representing Hawaii's three active volcanoes and volcanic landscape and the features of the other islands in this chain8/; Island of Upolu Samoan Group 1839 the controversial chart that triggered the U.S. Ex.Ex. squadron courts martial; and Tawara the 1841 survey chart still unique by WWII and thus used in WWII by the American Navy and Marines to take strategic Tawara and establish an air base for the WWII Pacific air campaign.9/ Please see a more detailed description of each chart below in Part II. Description of Charts.These nautical charts are part of a larger context. The U.S. Ex.Ex. squadron collected and prior to its return sent ahead crates of animal and plant specimens and artifacts. In 1842 the squadron arrived home to New York City with even more flora and fauna. This trove with accompanying notes journals art work and other materials by 1858 became the foundation of the Smithsonian Institution. 10/ The U.S. Exploring Expedition true to its mandate and name returned with discoveries in the natural sciences mammals and birds botany mollusks and shells corals ethnography and philology geology hydrography and physics observations on astronomy geography and meteorology. These scientific discoveries complement the survey and mapping mission at the heart of the 1836 Congressional authorization for the exploring expedition.Charles Wilkes prepared the squadron specifically for mapping. He traveled to Europe in 1836 to purchase the finest available surveying instruments for the U.S.Ex.Ex. survey and charting mission. As importantly he purchased European books and atlases of the Pacific including Dumon d'Urville's Voyage and Atlas folio of 69 plates Cook's reports of his three voyages Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery and Atlas with 10 plates. 11/ He also purchased existing hydrographic charts. Wilkes drafted a surveying handbook for his naval crew to follow strictly. The U.S.Ex.Ex. surveyed 280 Pacific islands and both discovered and mapped a new continent. At Wilkes' direction ships twice sailed south to the Antarctic and upon survey and observation determined that the Antarctic's icy body was in fact a continent and not just an ice shelf. 12/ Yet the official reception of Charles Wilkes and the squadron was tarnished by court martial trials 13/ recriminations among officers and mixed signals from the public and Capitol Hill.A publishing odyssey of the U.S.Ex.Ex. findings ensued from 1844 to 1872 also commanded and championed by Charles Wilkes.14/ Congress established a Library Committee to which Wilkes reported over this twenty-eight year span as he brought to fruition in manuscript twenty-four illustrated reports of both the U.S.Ex.Ex. scientists and the hydrographic work of the squadron's naval officers. Our subject the set of large navigation charts sold separately15/ along with the large bound folio Atlas of Charts Vol.I. and Vol. II of 106 navigational charts fulfilled Congress' 1836 mandate for a "surveying expedition" of the "Pacific ocean and South seas." to supply navigators whalers and trading ships with reliable nautical charts.Wilkes himself is the author of several of these reports beginning with Vols. I.-V his illustrated Narrative accompanied by its Atlas of five folded maps one colored. 16/ The entire published body of work became twenty-one published volumes. Congress had authorized an official edition of 100 copies of each volume although that goal was not met due to lack of funding.17/ As Wilkes' scope of work grew Congress met his repeated requests for additional funding with scepticism if not outright hostility. The outbreak of the U.S. Civil War ultimately caused the Congressional Library Committee to suspend its work and afterwards only two thirds of the intended edition of 100 published and distributed. The numbered volumes appear frequently in the trade. The full scale separately sold 1850 issue of nautical charts are rare to market and scarce in collections.18/This massive and complex bibliographic output requires an expert guide. The indispensable bibliographic guide to the U.S. Ex.Ex. reports atlases and nautical charts is by Daniel C. Haskell New York Public Library Bibliographer published by the NYPL in 1942 in recognition of the one hundredth anniversary of the squadron's return. 19/ Haskell is cited here as the definitive source on editions issues and related matters except as otherwise noted. Haskell's extraordinary book collates all of the texts atlases legislation correspondence and third party commentary pertaining to the United States Exploring Expedition. He also lists extant holdings. The Smithsonian Institution amplified Haskell's work in 2004 with an equally extraordinary undertaking to digitize the entire U.S. Ex.Ex. bibliography and provide extensive educational materials about the exploration the specimens the U.S. Ex.Ex. brought back now in its and national collections and the knowledge the expedition fostered. 20/The Smithsonian digital library also includes in chart form a summary of Haskell's bibliography. Yet research questions remain regarding the separately sold nautical charts.21/The U.S. Ex.Ex. Nautical Charts on Offer: Themes and HighlightsEach of the charts in this set on offer belongs to an island group - a chain or archipelago - formed as a result of distinct volcanic activity. This set of fifteen charts is thus a teaching tool both for America's first mapping of the South Pacific islands and to illustrate the correct hypothesis of the U.S.Ex.Ex. "Scientifics" that the South Pacific islands were not "scattered" as often described but rather each belonged to a distinct island chain with surrounding reefs that were produced by geologic forces and shifting tectonic plates below the ocean that gave rise to volcanoes. The ocean floor beneath the oldest volcanoes experienced subsidence or sinking to create what appears on these rare nautical charts as numerous patterns of amoeba- shaped atolls lagoons and islands ringed by coral reefs. The U.S.Ex.Ex. mapped both these island chains and the relationship among the chains of the South Pacific islands documented in the Atlas of Charts Vol.I and sold separately.Several graphic features distinguish the charts in this lot as individually sold nautical charts: i each nautical chart includes a printed oval stamp containing within its oval frame the U.S. Navy's insignia anchor and the text "US Ex.Ex." and outside the frame the words "Price 13 Cents"; ii the charts are unnumbered as are the charts in Atlas of Charts Vol. I. 1850 issue and possibly certain of the charts printed prior to Atlas of Charts Vol. II 1858 issue as the Map of the Hawaiian Group navigation chart on offer is unnumbered yet this title is bound into Vol.II of the Atlas of Charts1858 that Haskell notes is numbered; iii none of these charts show any indication of being bound and in fact have pencil notations that are typical of charts used for navigation. In manuscript the name "BGosnold"22/ appears twice on the backs of charts a Massachusetts family name in the maritime region where these charts were purchased and the name of an 1832 whaler out of New Bedford.Every aspect of publishing the U.S. Ex.Ex. reports and charts from inception to publication was overseen by Joseph Drayton one of the two artists on the expedition who Wilkes chose because he was familiar with Drayton's range of professional skills and the excellence of his work. The technical and aesthetic standards set by Drayton and Wilkes for U.S. Ex.Ex. publications - text illustrations and nautical charts - de facto became the standards of excellence for America's subsequent illustrated government reports.23/ Drayton selected the printer engravers paper manufacturers and binders. He drew or reviewed and prepared for engraving many of the manuscript maps 24/ and reviewed the engraved plates. Drayton and other U.S. Ex.Ex. officers reviewed printer's proofs of these charts made manuscript corrections and had the copper plates corrected. Hampered in printing the engraved nautical charts by the poor quality of printing paper Drayton continued to seek good paper that would withstand the numerous steps of wetting inking and press without distorting the surveys. 25/Drayton died in 1856 before completion of the mammoth publishing project. 26/ The U.S. Ex.Ex. reports atlases and charts were received with critical acclaim. Within a decade they were distributed by the French and British hydrographic offices in their chart series with survey attribution to Charles Wilkes. These U.S.Ex.Ex. South Pacific charts are of more than historic interest today.Conclusion: The nautical charts on offer are art American history and science. Then as now these maps are also baseline studies of human settlement patterns in the Pacific islands of Pacific island ecology and records of how the Pacific islands themselves were altered by natural geological forces. These maps deserve further attention today with reference to current altered environmental conditions such as sea water rise shoreline changes damage to these islands by foreign commercial or military uses as well as other circumstances.An overarching theme of the U.S.Ex.Ex. Atlas of Charts Vol. I and Vol.II to which these charts on offer belong is American innovation artistry and scientific excellence in naval surveying and map making. A second theme is political: America's presence as a new world power in scientific exploration and discovery. A third and final theme is less tangible yet perhaps the most graspable namely the American quest for knowledge and its preservation by public institutions as a legacy to future generations.II. Lot of 15 Charts on Offer: Alphabetical by Island Group Fiji Archipelago: Whippy Harbour South Side of Viti Levu By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1840.; Suva Harbour South Side of Viti Levu By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1840.; Granby Harbour South Side of Viti Levu By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1840.; Ndronga Harbor South Side of Viti Levu By The U.S. Ex.Ex. 1840. one sheet four maps of different views of Viti Levu largest island of the Fiji nation 26 ½ x 19 ½ inches no engraver's name paper toned edge repair maps show anchorage topography villages areas "bare at low water" and boat passageIsland of Yendua Feejee Group By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1840; Nucumurry Harbour West End of Vanua Levu By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1840; Wallea Bay North Side of Vanua Levu By The U.S. Ex.Ex. 1840. one sheet three island maps Eng by Sherman & Smith N.Y. 26 ½ x 19 ½ inches lower edge damage repaired pencil inscription on rev. "Navigation Islands Feejee." volcanic mountainous terrain shown with curved lines observatory location noted harbor bottom soils described reefs outlinedPort Safety Island of Kea East End of Vanua Levu By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1840.; Fawn Harbour South Side of Vanua Levu By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1840.; Kombelau Harbour South Side of Vanua Levu By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1840.; Baino Harbour South Side of Vanua Levu By The U.S. Ex.Ex. 1940. one sheet four views Engr. by Sherman & Smith N.Y. 26 ¾ x 19 ½ inches repaired tear in left margin edges reinforced paper toned. mountainous topography drawn with concentric lines coral reefs detailed harbor and lagoon soil bottoms identified and numerous harbor soundings in fathomsHarbour of Muthuata North Side of Vanua Levu By the U.S. Ex.Ex. 1840. Tibethe & Vicuna Harbour's on the North Side of Vanua Levu by the U.S. Ex.Ex. 1840. one sheet two maps two islands of Vanua Levu 26 ½ x 19 ½ inches detached paper chip reattached. town of Muthuata and villages identified two rivers shown steep terrain drawn with contour lines rocky atolls drawn extensive triangular patterned depth soundingsHawaiian Group Map of Hawaiian Group or Sandwich Islands By The U.S. Ex.Ex. 1841. Engr by Sherman & Smith N.Y. Survey of all Sandwich Islands with perimeter and topographic features: Hawaii Maui Kahoolawe Lanai Molokai Oahu Kauai Niihau; three volcanoes on Hawaii-Mauna Kea Mauna Loa Mauna Hualalai other mountains town names labeled no missions or churches. manuscript pencil charting and calculations compass rose on face of map surface abrasion and vertical wrinkles and puckering repaired tear in body of map near Kauai Island repaired tear in lower margin a working map possibly printed on poor paper dimensions: 19 ½ x 27 inchesKingsmill GroupGilbert Islands Taputeouea or Drummond's Island Kingsmill Group By The U.S. Ex.Ex.1841. Peacock's Anchorage at Drummond's Island Kingsmill Group By The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1841. one sheet two island maps seaman John Anderson disappeared and was presumed killed by villagers on Drummond's island when a small crew went ashore. The crew returned to the Peacock to report and a Naval crew of 87 returned with force and burned the village. Engraved by G.W.Boynton Boston 26 ½ x 19 1/2 inches paper toned town of Utiroa labeled location where Flying Fish struck marked with "x" Peacock's Anchorage "very foul rocky bottom" and a village notedHudsons Island By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1841 Maraki or Matthews Island Kingsmill Group By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1841; Maiana or Hall's Island Kingsmill Group By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1841 Apamama or Hopper's Island Kingsmill Group By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1841 Kuria and Nanuki Islands Kingsmill Group By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1841. one sheet five maps six islands Eng. by Sherman & Smith N.Y. 26 ½ x 19 ½ inches harbor profile Hudson's I. Maraki I. Apamama I. Maiana harbor profile Kuria with boat landing noted and Nanouki or Henderville Is. Knoll on small islandHudsons Island By The U.S. Ex.Ex. 1841.; Maraki or Mathews Island Kingsmill Group By The U.S. Ex.Ex. 1841.; Maiana or Halls Island Kingsmill Group By The U.S. Ex.Ex. 1841.; Apamama or Hopper's Island Kingsmill Group By The U.S. Ex.Ex. 1841; Kuria and Nanouki Islands Kingsmill Group by the U.S. Ex.Ex. 1841.one sheet five maps six islands Eng. by Sherman & Smith N.Y. 26 ½ x 19 ½ inches harbor profile Hudson's I. Maraki I. Apamama I. Maiana harbor profile Kuria with boat landing noted and Nanouki or Henderville Is. Knoll on small island manuscript ink signature: "B. Gosnold" on reverse small loss lower right corner and on bottom edgeApiá or Charlotte Island Kingsmill Group By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1841; Tarawa or Knox Island Kingsmill Group By the U.S. Ex.Ex. 1841 one sheet two islands each with its own map Eng. by Sherman & Smith N.Y. 26 ½ x 19 inches Island profile Knox I. and printed note where the Peacock touched. Flying Fish anchorage Apiá chart shows passage through the reef to Lagoon site where Flying Fish struck on low ebb. Note "coral bottom from 2 to 10 fathoms."Paumotu Group Metia Island Paumotu Group By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1841; Taweree or St. Simeon or Resolution Island Paumotu Group By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1841; Takurea or Wolconsky Island Paumotu Group and Seagull Islands Paumotu Group By The U.S. Ex.Ex. 1841. one sheet 4 island maps Engraved by Sherman & Smith N.Y. 26 ½ x 19 ½ inches Metia island profile village shown island profile at 6 miles other islands not settled ink notation on back repaired tear to right margin. Reinforced top edge.Metia Island Paumotu Group By The U.S. Ex.Ex. 1841; Taweree or St. Simeon or Resolution Island Paumotu Group By The U.S. Ex.Ex. 1841; Takurea or Wolconsky Island Paumotu Group By The U.S. Ex.Ex. 1841 and Seagull Islands Paumotu Group by the U.S. Ex.Ex. 1841. one sheet4 island maps Engraved by Sherman & Smith N.Y. 26 ½ x 19 ½ inches Metia island profile village shown island profile at 6 miles other islands not settled paper tonedKawahe or Vincennes Island Paumotu Group By The U.S.Ex.Ex. 1839; Raraka Island Paumotu Group by the U.S. Ex. Ex.1839 Eng by Sherman & Smith N.Y. 20 x 27 inches bottom edge repair entrance to Lagoon on Kawahe island profile Raraka Island 5 miles distant. Village noted. Entrance to Lagoon on Raraka. ink notation on reverseSamoan Group Island of Upolu Samoan Group by the U.S. Ex. Ex. 1839. Engraved by J. Knight Philadelphia 27 x 19 ¼ inches Mapping of mountains and volcanoes. Bird's eye-like view of palm groves mountains and terrain. Island profile with detailed labeling of features and town viewed at 10 miles. "Good Boat harbour" noted. Entire perimeter of island labeled with "boat openings".Tuamotu Archipelago King Georges Group By the U.S. Ex. Ex. 1839 and Aratica or Carlshoff Island by the U.S. Ex.Ex. 1839 Engraved by Sherman & Smith N.Y. 26 ½ x 19 ½ inches one sheet 2 maps two islands harbor profile at 4 miles of Aratica Island location labeled "fresh water" entrance "deep water" on Tiokea I.Ahii and Manhii or Peacock and Wilsons Islands By The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1839 Engraved by Sherman & Smith N.Y. 26 ½" x 19 ½" one sheet two maps harbor profile of each island 3 miles distant. entrance for small vessels labeled on Ahii entrance for vessels labeled on Manhii. paper curls on map surface flattened and reattached to underlayer lighter than background after conservationNotes: 1. The Act of Congress limited the edition size of each volume in the U.S.Ex.Ex. reports to 100. Fewer than 100 copies of some volumes were printed. For the official issue of Hydrography Atlas of Charts Vol.I. Haskell states that for the 1850 issue of Vol.I 100 copies were printed consisting of 55 unnumbered charts of which 30 copies were destroyed by fire. Haskell notes that in this issue charts were also sold individually. An 1858 issue of Vol. I was printed in thirty copies to replace the burned copies. These charts were numbered and the Vol. I table of contents reset. For Vol.II Haskell states that 100 copies were printed and all charts were numbered. A table of contents lists the chart titles in each issue of each volume. 2. The squadron consisted of the Vincennes Peacock Porpoise storeship Relief Sea Gull and Flying Fish. The Sea Gull was lost at sea in 1839 near the Cape of Good Hope and all crew members died. In 1839 the slow Relief was sent home. 3. The crews of the six vessels were recorded by Midshipman William Reynolds cited in Stanton p.279-280. His accounts included the initial crew of 346 diminished renewed with accounts for those discharged those who deserted or died with a cumulative record of 524 men who had participated and recorded that 181 original crew returned to New York. Depending on the source authors thus quote the crew size variously. 4. Act of Congress dated May 14 1836 appropriating $150000 to send out a surveying and exploring expedition to the "Pacific ocean and South seas." including "other means in the control of the Navy Department not exceeding $150000.". The full scope of the expedition included the South Pacific the American Northwest Oregon and the mouth of the Columbia River San Francisco areas in South America Antarctica Australia New Zealand Singapore and other islands near China. 5. The August 26 1842 Act provided authority and funding for publishing the reports of the expedition's discoveries under the Joint Committee on the Library. The Act specified that the U.S. Ex.Ex. reports would be illustrated and modeled on the French government's 1829 publication of the Astrolabe expedition to the Pacific.Congress published a notice in the National Intelligencer March 23 1844 requesting proposals and selected C.onger Sherman of Philadelphia the low bidder as printer. 6. The U.S.Ex.Ex. Fiji charts were a source of pride and scientific accomplishment. Magnificent Voyagers p. 178 notes that Wilkes exhibited them - possibly in manuscript. 7. Stanton states at p. 245 that at the conclusion of surveying Tawara and the other small Pacific islands the U.S.Ex.Ex. surveys had corrected the positions of ten islands on existing charts and had completed their work "with sufficient accuracy to answer all the purposes of Navigation." 8. See below Ulukau. Hawaiian Electronic Library. 9. Tawara was the site of a WWII battle with thousands of casualties. The island was deemed strategic by the U.S. Command for establishing the first air base in the Gilbert chain to support American forces in the Pacific campaign against Japan. The next Gilbert island airfield was on Apamama another U.S.Ex.Ex. chart on offer. 10. For a staggering description of the whole see the Smithsonian Libraries digital Collection article From the Ends of the Earth The United States Exploring Expedition Collections. www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/usexex/learn/Walsh-01.htm. 11. Magnificent Voyagers p. 167. 12. Wilkes' report of the 1839-1840 discovery of a new continent Antarctica was not universally accepted when announced notwithstanding that the discovery was documented with surveys reports and a nautical chart. 13. The court martial arose over allegations that one survey of Upolu Island in the Samoan Island group was erroneous. The island was surveyed twice early and late in the expedition by two different U.S.Ex.Ex. naval officers with an 8 mile discrepancy between their two surveys. The Island of Upolu chart is on offer. 14. Congressional funding acts expressly pertaining to printing charts texts and plates ensued in 1843 1844 1845 1847 1848 1850 twice 1854 1856 1859 1861 1862 1866 1872 twice. The June 1844 act states: "For the publication under the direction of the Secr. of the Navy and of the Secretary of the Treasury of such maps of the ex.ex as in their judgment will be serviceable to the navy and the commerce of the country. $2000." The March 3 1845 act includes the language "For completing the publication of the work on the Ex.Ex. including the printing of an extra number of charts." The language of the Congressional Acts on several occasions also specifically provides funding to replace charts lost in fires either at the publisher bindery or in government hands. 15. The separately sold charts on heavy paper to be used for navigation bearing a printed price stamp are from the plates used for the Atlas of Charts Vol. I. 1850 and Vol. II 1858 to accompany Vol. XXIII Hydrography 1861 by Charles Wilkes distributed separately in 1873.Haskell cites correspondence dated 1844 from Wilkes to the Library Committee and Tappan that the Atlas of Charts was ready for inspection. However the Atlas of Charts was not printed until 1850. The separately sold charts sale dates are treated variously in the literature reviewed. Haskell seems to date first sale to 1850. Viola cites a 1845 report by Wilkes that the copper plates for large charts were 1/3 finished and elsewhere states certain charts were published as early as that year. 16. Wilkes' five volume Narrative 1844 official edition was accompanied by an atlas that contained five folded charts measuring 13.4 x 9.65 inches 34 x 24.5 cm: U.S. Ex.Ex. track Chart of the World Chart of the Antarctic Continent Chart of the Viti Group or Feejee Islands Map of the Oregon Territory and Map of part of the island of Hawaii Sandwich Islands shewing craters and eruption of May and June 1840. These charts are on thin paper and bound in. The Narrative was published in an official issue distributed in 1845 and other unofficial issues. These folded bound atlas maps on thin paper are not to be confused with the separately sold large navigation charts on heavy paper from the plates of the Atlas of Charts Vol.I 1850and Vol.II.1858 to accompany Vol.XXIII Hydrography 1861. 17. Congress specified in 1845 that 100 copies of each volume produced for the U.S.Ex.Ex. be distributed according to an official distribution list - to each American state and territory and to foreign governments. France Great Britain and Russia each were to receive two sets. Other countries were also named. The Naval Lyceum and the three commanders of the principal ships Wilkes Hudson and Ringgold each were allocated one set. Unallocated sets were reserved for future distribution.In 1845 when the extent of the U.S.Ex.Ex. materials was not yet known Wilkes and others estimated a set of fifteen volumes. To account for the growth in the number of volumes as the scope of the U.S.Ex.Ex. collections became apparent and to replace plates pages and books lost to fire Congressional appropriations were sought and with great effort obtained almost annually until 1872. Ultimately twenty-four manuscript volumes were put forward by Wilkes not all of which were funded and only two-thirds of that set printed sometimes in fewer than 100 copies. The volumes were not published sequentially. 18. Few separately sold charts come to market. A complete set of such separately issued charts has not been located during this stage of research. See the New Bedford Whaling Museum collection. Harvard University. Rumsey. More typical are assembled or original whole editions of the bound Atlas of Charts Vol.I and Vol.II. 19. Daniel C. Haskell The United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842 and Its Publications A Bibliography New York Public Library New York 1842.Haskell's Bibliography documents what was published distinguishing the date of actual publication from the publication date in the text and the official and unofficial issues or editions printed and number of volumes printed. How many charts were sold separately is not stated.Haskell identifies the separately published unnumbered nautical charts as associated exclusively with the 1850 issue of Atlas VOL.I. to accompany VOL. XXIII Hydrography. In fact one chart on offer the Map of the Hawaiian Group or Sandwich Islands is unnumbered yet identified in the index of the 1858 Atlas Vol.II that Haskell describes as only containing numbered charts. This small but intriguing fact illustrates that the separately sold charts are hard to classify as to publication date if only with reference to the 1850 and 1858 Hydrography atlases. Haskell dates the printing of the Atlas of large folio charts on correspondence of Drayton to Wilkes in 1850 stating ".Vol.I Atlas is now printed." 20. Smithsonian Libraries The United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842 digital edition https://www.sil.si.edu/Digital Collections/usexex/learn/Overstreet-0. 21. Ehrenberg in Magnificent Voyagers at p. 174 states that navigational charts were printed between 1843 and 1856. When all plates for the U.S.ExEx large scale charts were finished or whether plates were used for printing as they became available or were only used in 1850 and 1858 and whether such plates were revised in the course of their being used is documented variously but not consistently. 22. "Gosnold" is a historic Massachusetts family name from the 17th century. Bartholomew Gosnold is the name of a bark built in Falmouth Massachusetts in 1832 and sailed from New Bedford Massachusetts from 1847-1851 and again later. see ShipIndex.org for further details. 23. The finely drawn illustrations for the U.S.Ex.Ex. reports by artists Drayton and Agate marry art and accuracy. Their artwork predates photography as the scientific mode of presenting natural science culture and other disciplines of the U.S.Ex.Ex. That Drayton also had control over the production of the art prints was essential to the fineness of the art prints. Wilkes also insisted that the engravers be of the highest level of skill. The books of art prints are also termed "atlases" of the reports. 24.The nautical charts were drawn by James Alden William May Frederick D. Stuart Robt. E. Johnson and the artist Joseph Drayton. Magnificent Voyagers p. 167. Wilkes ruled that no surveyor draftman or artist was permitted to put his name on any of the mapping work. Final drawings were prepared by Stuart and Drayton prior to shipping the manuscript maps to the engraver to create the copper plates. These plates were used to pull proofs that were then corrected by Wilkes and Stuart with Drayton making small corrections on the plates and larger corrections made by the plate engraver. In 1866 the charts' copper plates were transferred to the U.S. Navy Hydrography Office and updated as new surveys were performed. Stanton p.365. 25. Drayton ultimately sourced quality paper from Milton Massachusetts paper mills located either at Milton Upper or Lower Falls the site of the first paper mill in New England. See Library of Congress and Magnificent Voyagers p.173. 26. Drayton's legacy is a body of art and scientific literature about the world that were hitherto unknown and beyond the capacity of a single institution to manage. Drayton's art work guides generations in the ongoing appreciation of the U.S.Ex.Ex.References: Primary: Daniel C. Haskell The United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842 and Its Publications A Bibliography New York Public Library New York 1842. Smithsonian Digital Library: From the Ends of the Earth The United States Exploring Expedition Collections. www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/usexex/learn/Walsh-01.htm. Smithsonian Libraries The United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842 digital edition https://www.sil.si.edu/Digital Collections/usexex/learn/Overstreet-0. https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/usexex/learn/Overstreet-02.pdf Smithsonian Collections video of specimens collected see https://www.c-span.org/video/300321-1/us-exploring-expedition-1838-42-part-2 Stanton William The Great United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 University of California Press Berkeley and London 1975 Ulukau the Hawaiian Electronic Library Early Mapping of Hawaii please see: http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/librarye=d-0map01-000Sec--11haw-50-20-frameset-book--1-010escapewin&a=d&d=D0&toc=0 Viola Herman J. and Margolis Carolyn Editors Magnificent Voyagers The U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington D.C. 1985Other References: D.Graham Burnett "Chapter 5 Hydrographic Discipline Among the Navigators Charting an Empire of Commerce and Science in the Nineteenth Century Pacific" from James R. Akerman Editor Cartography and the Mastery of Empire The Imperial Map The University of Chicago Press Chicago and London 2009 Fiji Islands and U.S.Ex.Ex. first contact please see https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/15538/1/OP31-12-49.pdf By Authority of the U.S. Congress

Original Antique Maps · États-Unis17 850,00 $US≈ 15 102,89 €

[Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914]. HURLEY, FrankBiblio.com

'The Nugget Penguin Rookery'

122909Very Good. A very large black and white gelatin silver photograph 409 × 555 mm flush-cut on the original thick card mount recently matted visible image size 395 × 537 mm using archival materials ready for framing or long-term storage in its custom-made Mylar sleeve. Minimal expert conservation to three tiny surface blemishes; in excellent condition. A striking view showing two unidentified expeditioners among the royal penguins at the colony on Nuggets Beach Macquarie Island. This vintage print comes from the original 1915 Australian exhibition of Hurley photographs; this was a slightly larger version of the London exhibition held earlier in the same year. The label of the Fine Art Society New Bond Street London is on the verso of this print with the title as above and the catalogue reference number 11 added in ink. The full title of the Australian exhibition catalogue is 'Exhibition of Unique Photographic Pictures taken during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Also other Photographic Studies by Frank Hurley' small octavo 16 pages plus 8 full-page plates and the title wrappers; printed in Adelaide by G. Hassell & Son. A small advertisement appeared in the Adelaide 'Advertiser' on Saturday 25 September 1915 announcing a 'South Polar Exhibit. until October 6. This Exhibition is your only opportunity of viewing Historical Relics of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition and Frank Hurley's Unexcelled Photographic Reproductions'. Provenance: Ainslie Roberts AM 1911-1993 surrealist painter illustrator and photographer; president of the Adelaide Camera Club 1944-45 and life member from 1945; by descent. unknown

Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers · Australie17 500,00 $AU≈ 11 534,25 €

[PERRY EXPEDITION]Biblio.com

Three Contemporary Japanese Manuscript accounts of the arrival of Commodore Perry in Japan including a copy of the official government report of events

1853347471853. 31; 31; 61pp. plus a loose sheet. Original paper wrappers stitched. Contemporary manuscript annotations in red ink in one volume Scattered worming heavy in places. Some dampstaining and dust soiling. About very good. Separate Accounts of the Arrival of Commodore Perry Three fascinating Japanese manuscript accounts of the arrival of Commodore Perry to Japan in 1853. Then first Uraga Kurotone Ni Kansaru or "The Black Ship Arriving in Uraga" comprises the official government report of events when Perry steamed into Uraga Bay. This volume contains contemporary edits to the text in red ink. The second account of Perry's arrival Edo Urgga Bikoku Fune Torai Ikken or "Arrival of the Ships at Uraga" contains a double-page manuscript sketch of the coastline of Uraga Bay together with the disposition of Perry's ships. The final volume consists of a third manuscript entitled GASSHUKKO SHOKAN WAGE UTSUSHI a copy of the report on the Perry arrival prepared by Abe Masahiro Chief Senior Councillor in the Toguwara Shogunate which includes translations of the letters from Fillmore and Perry delivered by Perry on July 8 1853. Also with a single manuscript sheet that provides a description of Perry's ship. Vital contemporary manuscript accounts of this monumental transformation in Japanese foreign relations from significant Japanese participants in events. unknown

Donald Heald Rare Books · États-Unis12 500,00 $US≈ 10 576,25 €

PERRY EXPEDITIONABAA

Three Contemporary Japanese Manuscript accounts of the arrival of Commodore Perry in Japan including a copy of the official government report of events

1853347471853. 31; 31; 61pp. plus a loose sheet. Original paper wrappers stitched. Contemporary manuscript annotations in red ink in one volume Scattered worming heavy in places. Some dampstaining and dust soiling. About very good. Separate Accounts of the Arrival of Commodore Perry Three fascinating Japanese manuscript accounts of the arrival of Commodore Perry to Japan in 1853. Then first Uraga Kurotone Ni Kansaru or "The Black Ship Arriving in Uraga" comprises the official government report of events when Perry steamed into Uraga Bay. This volume contains contemporary edits to the text in red ink. The second account of Perry's arrival Edo Urgga Bikoku Fune Torai Ikken or "Arrival of the Ships at Uraga" contains a double-page manuscript sketch of the coastline of Uraga Bay together with the disposition of Perry's ships. The final volume consists of a third manuscript entitled GASSHUKKO SHOKAN WAGE UTSUSHI a copy of the report on the Perry arrival prepared by Abe Masahiro Chief Senior Councillor in the Toguwara Shogunate which includes translations of the letters from Fillmore and Perry delivered by Perry on July 8 1853. Also with a single manuscript sheet that provides a description of Perry's ship. Vital contemporary manuscript accounts of this monumental transformation in Japanese foreign relations from significant Japanese participants in events. unknown books

Donald Heald Rare Books · États-Unis12 500,00 $US≈ 10 576,25 €

[ POLAR EXPEDITIONS ? COMMANDANT CHARCOT, 1948?1950 ]Biblio.com

EXCEPTIONAL ARCHIVE OF 415 PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES - 1948-1950

1948new11 POLAR EXPEDITIONS COMMANDANT CHARCOT 19481950 ANTARCTICA ADÉLIE LAND PAUL-ÉMILE VICTOR EXCEPTIONAL ARCHIVE OF 415 PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES Albums of Negatives Commandant Charcot France Atlantic Oceania Antarctica 19481950.Five albums and one binder containing 415 photographic negatives.Comprising:<ul><li>3 albums 15 x 8.5 cm faux-leather covers with snap closures index pages negatives 6.5 x 11 cm; 5 x 9 cm stored in glassine sleeves.</li><li>2 albums 15.5 x 10.5 cm cardboard covers negatives 6.5 x 11 cm in tied glassine envelopes with annotations in black pencil.</li><li>1 binder 27 x 15.5 cm oblong format cardboard covers index sheets pasted inside rear board negative strips 18.8 x 3.5 cm some cut stored in three rows of stapled oblong glassine envelopes.</li></ul>The albums and binder show signs of wear. With the exception of a very few fogged images the negatives are in excellent condition.An exceptional ensemble of five albums and one binder comprising 415 photographic negatives including 32 strips documenting the first two expeditions of the vessel Commandant Charcot to Adélie Land in Antarctica 19481950.These unofficial photographs come from the private collection of one of the expedition members clearly taken as personal keepsakessome are even intermingled with unrelated family or holiday shots.Adélie Land is a coastal region of Antarctica discovered in 1840 by naval officer Jules Dumont d'Urville who named it after his wife. Claimed by France but neglected for over a century this 432000 km² territory only regained strategic interest in the aftermath of WWII and renewed geopolitical rivalries.In 1946 three young mountaineersJ.A. Martin Robert Pommier and Yves Valletteconcerned by Norway's claims to Adélie Land sought to land there to reaffirm French sovereignty. They turned to their illustrious elder explorer and scientist Paul-Émile Victor 19071995 already famed for his Greenland expeditions. To this end the Expéditions Polaires Françaises Missions Paul-Émile Victor EPF was founded in 1947 to organize new scientific ventures in Greenland and Adélie Land.Although Paul-Émile Victor did not personally participate he coordinated the mission which combined territorial reassertion with scientific research including the establishment of a permanent base. In 1948 the French Navy acquired an American warship refitted at Saint-Malo and renamed it Commandant Charcot in honor of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot 18671936.The ship sailed on 26 November 1948 carrying 62 crew members including expedition leader André-Franck Liotard Commander Max Douguet and twelve scientists among them Martin Pommier and Vallette. After stops in Casablanca Durban and Hobart the Commandant Charcot attempted to reach Adélie Land but heavy pack ice in February 1949 forced it to turn back only 35 miles from the coast. The ship returned to Brest in June.A second expedition departed in September 1949 with nearly the same crew and an onboard seaplane. During the voyage J.A. Martin died suddenly of an aneurysm; his body was laid to rest in Cape Town. The ship reached Adélie Land on 20 January 1950 where a basenamed Port-Martin in his memorywas established. The Commandant Charcot departed on 8 February leaving the scientific team to winter over and returned to Brest on 10 June 1950.This remarkable photographic archive documents both expeditions in detail from the ship's refitting at Saint-Malo in 1948 to the historic landing at Adélie Land nearly two years later. The photographs were likely taken by one of the expedition members for personal remembrance. They may be compared with those by Luc-Marie Bayle 19142000 naval painter and future director of the Musée de la Marine who took part in both voyages. Bayle's prints from these expeditions are preserved today in the collections of the Musée National de la Marine and were featured in the 2008 exhibition De Brest en Terre Adélie.Bayle also published a humorous illustrated account of these expeditions: Le Voyage de la Nouvelle Incomprise Paris Ozanne 1953 and produced two documentary films on his journeys to Adélie Land.Selected Bibliography:<ul><li>Bayle L.-M. Le Voyage de la Nouvelle Incomprise Paris Ozanne 1953.</li><li>Bayle L.-M. Dubard P. Le Charcot et la terre Adélie Paris France-Empire 1951.</li><li>Douguet G. Cap sur la terre Adélie. Premières expéditions polaires françaises 19481951 Brest Le Télégramme 2007.</li><li>Liotard A.-F. Pommier R. Terre Adélie Paris Arthaud 1952.</li><li>Tabuteau M. "La 'Saga' antarctique et la terre Adélie. II Expéditions françaises actuelles" L'Information géographique vol. 15 no. 3 1951 pp. 104109.</li></ul>InventoryAlbum titled "Charcot A. Nos. 1133. From St. Malo. First Campaign": 126 negatives format 6 ½ x 11 cm.<ul><li>Negs. 110 11 negatives two housed in the same sleeve: Reinforcement work on the hull of the Commandant Charcotthen named L'Atiette see no. 1in the port of Saint-Malo JuneAugust 1948.</li><li>Nos. 1128: Taken in the port of Brest in the Pontaniou dry docks where equipment and thirty sled dogs were loaded see nos. 2627.</li><li>Nos. 2934: Probably at Casablanca where the vessel stopped Dec. 13 as suggested by faint pencil annotations on some sleeves. Includes a fine photograph of crew members at rest no. 33.</li><li>Nos. 3537: Construction of a structure on deck around Dec. 4.</li><li>Nos. 3842: Sled dogs on board at sea around Dec. 8.</li><li>Nos. 4347: Portraits of crewmen. The ship's captain Max Douguet seems recognizable nos. 4647.</li><li>Nos. 4853: Ashore likely Durban South Africa where the ship stopped Dec. 2831 1948. Mainly photographs of the dogs.</li><li>Nos. 55120 sleeve 54 empty: At sea from Durban to Hobart Tasmania. Daily life onboard: a man napping no. 55 a sailor cutting another's hair no. 79 others building what seems to be a shelter for the dogs nos. 8083 possibly André Paget construction officer no. 83. Many images devoted to the dogs. No. 59 captures dolphins swimming alongside the ship. Also views of the sea small boats and a sail hoisted no. 119.</li><li>Nos. 121125: Portraits of crew members.</li><li>Nos. 126127: Ashore likely Hobart. Group portraits of sailors posing with a bachi hat inscribed "Commandant Charcot."</li><li>No. 128: Monument to world expeditions.</li><li>Nos. 129133: In polar seas. First photographs of pack ice.</li></ul>Album titled "Charcot B. 134250": 101 negatives format 6 ½ x 11 cm.<ul><li>Nos. 134167: Series documenting the failed attempt to cross the pack ice toward Adélie Land before returning to Franceor possibly from the second voyage. Photographs include Adélie penguins 134135; 137 seals no. 144 pack ice and icebergs frost on the ship 149155.</li><li>Nos. 168174: Seal hunt. Images close to those in Luc-Marie Bayle's documentary Le Commandant Charcot dans l'Antarctique 1950. Seals shot and hoisted aboard by pulley to feed both dogs and men. Negatives show sailors reaching the ice by boat and hauling carcasses.</li><li>Nos. 175189: Views of pack ice icebergs and a group of penguins no. 176.</li><li>From sleeve 190 onward: Negatives taken during the second expedition leaving Brest Sept. 1949.<ul><li>Nos. 190193: Coasts of Madeira and Tenerife.</li><li>Nos. 194195: Views of the seaplane carried on the second voyage.</li><li>Nos. 196204: Views of the ship's bow and distant coast likely St. Helena.</li><li>Nos. 205216: Ashore at Cape Town from Oct. 22. No. 210 shows the Waverley Hotel built 1897 Sea Point and a Forsdick Motors building. Cape Town is where J.A. Martin who died onboard Oct. 20 was buried. Expedition leader André-Franck Liotard appears in nos. 207208. Other photographs from the port where the ship was docked.</li><li>Nos. 217241: At sea. Sailors working on deck 221222 or observing rough seas 227229; multiple images of the Commandant Charcot from port and starboard 237241 and from the crow's nest 218; 236.</li></ul></li></ul>Album titled "K1100 Charcot. 19491950": 96 negatives format 6 ½ x 11 cm.<ul><li>Nos. 138: At sea. Numerous views of icebergs 4; 612; 1516; 3338 and pack ice 18; 2530; photographs of the ice from the crow's nest 2023; 31; seals 19 and penguins 23; sailors at work on deck 3.</li><li>Nos. 3940: Portraits of expedition members including Robert Pommier no. 39 in charge of sled transport atmospheric optics and photography during the wintering. The second negative may include hydrographer François Tabuteau.</li><li>Nos. 4143: Crewman stepping onto the ice roped for safety.</li><li>Nos. 4448: Penguins.</li><li>Nos. 49100: Photographs of icebergs 5051 and pack ice 6276 sometimes with seals 57; 60; 7778 and side views of the ship 49; 5556; 58; 61; 83; 9596. From no. 96 onward the pack is less dense.</li></ul>Album titled "L101L200 Charcot. Airplane. 19491950": 82 negatives format 6 ½ x 11 cm and 7 negatives format 5 x 9 cm.An important album containing photographs taken in Adélie Land and a series shot from the seaplane in flight.<ul><li>Nos. 17 5 x 9 cm: Pack ice views from the seaplane.</li><li>Nos. 101118: Views of the sea and distant pack ice. No. 113 shows crewmen on the bow watching an explosion on the ice in the distance.</li><li>From no. 119 onward: Photographs in Adélie Land during construction of the wintering base. Many negatives show unloading cargo building the camp and erecting the base 119120; 124; 126; 134; 145146; 147; 166168. Nos. 135 and 137 depict a manpossibly meteorologist Henri Boujonposing by the camp; further portraits in 172174. Dogs unloaded onto barges 165. A mast being raised 176. Views of the Commandant Charcot from Adélie Land 121; 143; 164 Adélie coastlines 127129; 138141; 150151 and Adélie penguins 144; 148149; 151; 170; 177. Two men pose with a seal 173.</li><li>Nos. 152160: Views of an islet archipelago numbered 112. May not correspond to the Adélie landing.</li><li>Nos. 178192: Coastlines or glacial islets possibly marking the ship's departure from Adélie Land.</li></ul>Oblong binder: 32 negative strips.The annotated index on the inside back cover indicates by dates and place names that these negatives were taken during the first expedition 19481949. Some entries match visible images in strips 2122 and 2934.<ul><li>Nos. 16: Crew portraits. Captain Max Douguet clearly identifiable strip 2.</li><li>Nos. 911: Expedition dogs.</li><li>Nos. 1213: Albatrosses.</li><li>Nos. 1528: Ashore. Likely Hobart Tasmania where the ship stopped Jan. 25Feb. 5 1949 and again March 20 on the return. Includes a plaque honoring French explorer Antoine Bruny d'Entrecasteaux strip 20 unveiled at Gordon in 1938. Strips 2122 show reproductions of Dumont d'Urville and his ship L'Astrolabe matching the index entry "Hobart reproductions of engravings relating to Dumont d'Urville." Other negatives: country outing with women and children 1719; 2426 a car beach bystanders 15 rocky plain and coast 16 and the Commandant Charcot moored in port 21; 23; 27.</li><li>Nos. 2931: At sea. Albatrosses and heavy seas ship rolling. Likely taken between Fremantle Australia and Aden Yemen late Aprilmid-May 1949.</li><li>Nos. 3234: At sea same route. Mainly group or individual crew portraits including possibly André Breton strip 32 third negative and Paul Tchernia scientific officer in charge of oceanographic research. Strip 34 may show him sampling.</li><li>No. 35: Portraits of a crewman perhaps Lieutenant-Commander Jacques-Gilbert Guillon Douguet's second-in-command.</li></ul>A major photographic record of one of the last great French polar maritime adventures.

Nicolas Malais - Cabinet Chaptal · France12 000,00 $US≈ 10 153,20 €

Siboga Expedition (M W C Weber, ed)Biblio.com

Résultats des explorations zoologiques botaniques océanographiques et géologiques entreprises aux Indes Néerlandaises Orientale en 1899-1900 à bord du Siboga sous le commande de G. F. Tydeman publiés par Max Weber. Livraison 1-148. All published.

51581Leiden E. J. Brill 1901-1986. Large 4to ca. 33.0 x 27.0 cm; more than 1200 plates 188 in colour including lithographed and chromolithographed plates some etchings and photographic plates. Partly original printed wrappers partly blind wrappers. = Very rare complete set of the results of the largest oceanographic expedition in Indonesian waters which are renowned for their unsurpassed biodiversity. The expedition was initiated and lead by the Dutch biologist Max Wilhelm Carl Weber 1852-1937. "On 1 November 1898 the Siboga was officially commissioned and left for the Dutch East Indies the same day. On 7 February 1899 the ship arrived in Batavia and sailed on 11 February to the naval port of Surabaya on East Java. After the final preparations there including the removal of all other armament the expedition to investigate the marine fauna and flora of the Indonesian Archipelago as Max Weber described it began on 7 March 1899. When the Siboga returned to Surabaya on 26 February 1900 at the end of the expedition the ship had crossed an area of 1200 miles 1900 km in a north-south direction and 1500 miles 2400 km in an east-west direction covering a distance of more than 12000 nautical miles 22000 km. map of the route of the Siboga In total 181 fishing trips were made with the trawl or dredge during which depth measurements were also taken. In addition other types of nets such as the trawl were used at 103 positions and bottom samples were taken at 96 positions. Although the expedition was primarily focused on the deep sea of the Indonesian Archipelago shallow waters coral reefs and beaches were also investigated. And Weber and his companions also made regular land excursions during which they did not fail to search if appropriate sometimes successfully for scientifically unknown species at local fish markets! The expedition journal includes a total of 323 so-called measuring stations i.e. sea and land locations where the applicable observations catches or finds have been formally recorded. During the expedition a number of times a port was called at for provisions and bunkering of coal but also to send the already collected specimens preserved and packed in glass jars and zinc boxes to the Zoological Laboratory of the University of Amsterdam. There as Weber was later able to ascertain to his great joy they always arrived virtually undamaged. The enormous catch of zoological botanical and geological material that the Siboga Expedition yielded was the work of four scientists. No fewer than 61 scientists 54 zoologists 4 botanists 2 geologists and 1 hydrographer from 10 countries subsequently examined and described the collected material over a period of many decades. The results were published in 148 monographs or 'Livraisons'. The first appeared in 1901 the probably last in 1986." Dutch Wikipedia. Nearly 50 percent of the species described are new to science for example 131 new species of fishes. The Siboga results include even more species than those of the famous Challenger Expedition. Arguably this is te most important Dutch contribution to oceanography and hydrobiology ever. Published over a very long period and therefore rarely found complete. Papers are in German English or French. Three plates in Part 72 in photostat. Some wrappers slightly damaged a few with some staining to the interior otherwise a very good set. Not in Nissen which is downright ridiculous. unknown

Antiquariaat Schierenberg · Pays-Bas9 500,00 €

(Hayden Expedition) Elliott, Henry WBiblio.com

Profiles Sections and other Illustrations Designed to Accompany the Final Report of the Chief Geologist of the Survey and Sketched under his Directions

1872373132New York: Jules Bien 1872. First edition. Limited to 100 copies. 65 lithographed plates many folding preceded by 4pp. text. 4to. Original green cloth boards upper cover lettered in gilt rebacked endpapers renewed. Dampstaining. First edition. Limited to 100 copies. 65 lithographed plates many folding preceded by 4pp. text. 4to. This book was prepared to illustrate the work of the Hayden survey. It contains numerous panoramic illustrations many on folding sheets depicting sites in Wyoming Utah Colorado and Montana. This report contains the bulk of Henry Wood Elliott's art work for the Hayden Survey see preceding entry most of which was published nowhere else. These images are important because of their scientific contribution to several fields historical significance documentation of the Hayden expedition and their beauty and attention to detail. Elliott's illustrations were among the early images of many locations in the new territories of the West. From an edition of 100 copies issued in advance of the text. The Prefatory Note states p. 3: "A small edition of one hundred copies of the Profiles and Sections are issued in advance of the text for the purpose of placing them in the hands of the principal geologists in this country and in Europe. The first issue of two thousand copies in colors will be published with descriptions in about one year." We find no evidence that a subsequent edition in color was ever printed and it is stated of the present work in the Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789-1909 Washington: Government Printing Office 1909: "Originally intended to illustrate v. 4 of quarto series of reports but never thus used." The Hayden Survey was the most important of the four major government surveys of the American West undertaken after the Civil War the others being Powell King and Wheeler. Collectively these surveys filled in the map of the United States using accurate scientific methods to chart the land and investigate not only its geology but natural resources wildlife and plants as well. Schmeckebier Catalogue and Index of the Publications of the Hayden King Powell and Wheeler Surveys p. 32 #3 Jules Bien unknown

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Perry ExpeditionABAA

JAPANESE WOOD BLOCK PRINT SHOWING THE BLACK SHIPS OF COMMODORE MATTHEW C. PERRY'S EXPEDITION ENTERING TOKYO HARBOR

1855WRCAM46844Tokyo 1855. 24 1/2 x 16 inches. Matted. Old fold lines some minor wear and soiling. Near fine. Large wood block print comprised of two sheets showing the disposition of the Japanese soldiers and ships in preparation for the arrival of Commodore Perry's American fleet seen sailing into Tokyo harbor at the right side of the image. The top third of the print is comprised of text in Japanese characters. Three large American ships dominate the right side of the print while several smaller boats dot the rest of the harbor. The whole is dotted with Japanese characters denoting various people and places around the harbor. Perry first arrived in Japan on July 8 1853 with a fleet of four ships flying his pennant on the steam frigate Susquehanna. This first visit lasted ten days and culminated on July 14 with Perry's presentation of a letter from the President of the United States to the Japanese commissioners. Perry then absented himself for seven months returning on February 11 1854 for a stay of over four months. He negotiated a treaty opening Japan to trade with the western world providing for a U.S. consul in Japan and protecting visiting ships and crews. Perry's visit to Japan remains one of the most important events in the diplomatic history between western and eastern nations. A handsome print showing the Japanese side of this important historic event. unknown books

William Reese Company · États-Unis9 500,00 $US≈ 8 037,95 €

Wilkes Expedition: Robinson HR. publisher H. R.ABAA

AN EXPLORING EXPEDITION ON THE CANAL STREET PLAN. THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION AT THE SOUTH POLE WAITING FOR STORES

1838WRCAM55549New York: H.R. Robinson 1838. Lithograph 12 1/2 x 20 inches. Light foxing and soiling. Two short closed tears in the right edge and left edge of the sheet. Very good. A very rare print satirizing the recently undertaken United States Exploring Expedition commanded by Charles Wilkes. The Expedition departed in August 1838 and Robinson's eagerness to satirize it and the politicians who supported it is ample evidence that the endeavor was not universally popular. The print is made up of three humorous vignettes. "The upper left is Charles Wilkes in a rowboat with an oarsman and two members of the scientific corps who make observations with a transit or telescope and draw fauna. The upper right image depicts a group of sailors and Charles Wilkes huddled together on the snow surrounded by a ring of polar bears and an upturned rowboat foxes penguins and a campfire. They are flying an inverted U.S. flag to signal distress. At the bottom between the two titles is an inset of the three Navy Commissioners Isaac Chaucey Charles Morris and Alexander S. Wadsworth at sea in a bowl. They are framed by a shield surmounted by a jester and flanked on the left by a man in naval uniform James Kirke Paulding Secretary of the Navy and a sailor with a sad expression on the right" - Harry T. Peters Collection at the Smithsonian Institution online catalogue. The print is "Respectfully inscribed to the Secretaries of the Navy and Army and the Board of Navy Commissioners by their humble servant Robinson Crusoe." Not in Reilly's catalogue of American political prints in the Library of Congress though OCLC does locate a copy at the Library of Congress. That is one of two copies listed on OCLC the other copy is at the American Antiquarian Society. There are also copies in the Peters collection at the Smithsonian and at the Australian National Maritime Museum. OCLC 299947747 752795742. Herman J. Viola ed. MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS THE U.S. EXPLORING EXPEDITION 1838-1842 Washington 1985 p.13. H.R. Robinson unknown books

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[Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914]. HURLEY, FrankBiblio.com

'A Dreamy Venice in Seal-land'

122915Very Good. A large blue-toned carbon print 358 × 430 mm flush-cut on the original thick card mount recently matted visible image size 351 × 423 mm using archival materials ready for framing or long-term storage in its custom-made Mylar sleeve. Light brown discolouration about the top edge a tidemark is visible on the original mount on the reverse; two tiny surface blemishes; overall in excellent condition. This photograph is reproduced in 'The Home of the Blizzard' Volume 1 page 102 with the caption 'Adelie Land. Weddell seals asleep on pancake ice'. Several pages earlier Mawson writes: 'Seals and penguins on magic gondolas were the silent denizens of this dreamy Venice. In the soft glamour of the midsummer midnight sun we were possessed by a rapturous wonder the rare thrill of unreality' page 53. The print comes from the original 1915 Australian exhibition of Hurley photographs; this was a slightly larger version of the London exhibition held earlier in the same year. The label of the Fine Art Society New Bond Street London is on the verso of this print with the title as above and the catalogue reference number 48 added in ink. The full title of the Australian exhibition catalogue is 'Exhibition of Unique Photographic Pictures taken during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Also other Photographic Studies by Frank Hurley' small octavo 16 pages plus 8 full-page plates and the title wrappers; printed in Adelaide by G. Hassell & Son. A small advertisement appeared in the Adelaide 'Advertiser' on Saturday 25 September 1915 announcing a 'South Polar Exhibit. until October 6. This Exhibition is your only opportunity of viewing Historical Relics of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition and Frank Hurley's Unexcelled Photographic Reproductions'. Provenance: Ainslie Roberts AM 1911-1993 surrealist painter illustrator and photographer; president of the Adelaide Camera Club 1944-45 and life member from 1945; by descent. unknown

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[Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914]. HURLEY, FrankBiblio.com

'A Terminal Moraine At the wasting face of the great ice-sheet at Cape Denison'

122914Very Good. A large black and white gelatin silver photograph 314 × 437 mm flush-cut on the original thick card mount recently matted visible image size 307 × 429 mm using archival materials ready for framing or long-term storage in its custom-made Mylar sleeve. Light discolouration to a thin strip along the bottom edge; overall in excellent condition. This print comes from the original 1915 Australian exhibition of Hurley photographs; this was a slightly larger version of the London exhibition held earlier in the same year. The label of the Fine Art Society New Bond Street London is on the verso of this print with the full title as above and the catalogue reference number 93 added in ink. The full title of the Australian exhibition catalogue is 'Exhibition of Unique Photographic Pictures taken during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Also other Photographic Studies by Frank Hurley' small octavo 16 pages plus 8 full-page plates and the title wrappers; printed in Adelaide by G. Hassell & Son. A small advertisement appeared in the Adelaide 'Advertiser' on Saturday 25 September 1915 announcing a 'South Polar Exhibit. until October 6. This Exhibition is your only opportunity of viewing Historical Relics of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition and Frank Hurley's Unexcelled Photographic Reproductions'. Provenance: Ainslie Roberts AM 1911-1993 surrealist painter illustrator and photographer; president of the Adelaide Camera Club 1944-45 and life member from 1945; by descent. unknown

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MALASPINA EXPEDITIONABAA

Numero LXXV. Nouvelles Extraordinaires de Divers Endroits du Vendredi 18 September 1789 . Extrait d'une lettre de Madrid du 1 Septembre .

178927184Leiden: Etienne Luzac 1789. Small 4to. 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. Woodcut arms of the Netherlands at the head of the first sheet. 4pp. With a 4pp. "Supplement aux Nouvelles Extraordinaires de Divers Endroits du Numero LXXV" inserted. Together 8pp. Unbound. Extremely rare broadsheet containing news of the Malaspina expedition: among the earliest printed records of Spain's greatest scientific voyage to the Pacific Ocean California and the Northwest Coast of America in the 18th century. The extract under the above heading continues: ". Les Corvettes de la Marine Royage la DÃ©couverte & l'Entreprenante commandÃ©es par Don Alexandre Malespina Capitaine de FrÃ©gate ont mÃ¬s Ã la voile de Cadix le 30 Juillet dernier. L'ExpÃ©dition dont elles son chargÃ©es ayant pour objet les progrÃ¨s des Sciences & de la GÃ©ographie elles ont Ã©tÃ© munies de tout ce qui est nÃ©cessaire pour faire un voyage autour du Monde; & outre des Oficiers d'une habilitÃ© reconnuÃ« elles ont Ã bord des Astronomes des Naturalistes des Botanistes des Peintres de Perspective & de Botanique pourvus d'une Collection ample & prÃ©cieuse d'Instruments de MathÃ©matiques de Physique & Astronomie." Other news in the broadsheet concerns revolutionary events in France including a lengthy speech from Necker given at the National Assembly as well as news from Russia Stockholm the Hague and elsewhere. In 1789 Malaspina and Bustamente drew up plans for this scientific circumnavigation which was to rival Captain Cook the purposes being to chart the most remote regions of America and to observe the political state of America relative to Spain. Alexander Dalrymple assisted them with scientific instruments a brilliant team of scientists was assembled and ships specially constructed. Surveys were made of the east and west coasts of South America they fixed the exact position of Cape Horn correcting Cook's reading. On receipt of orders to investigate the apocryphal Strait of Anian they sailed for Alaska and entered Yakutat Bay at the supposed latitude of the strait where the Malaspina Glacier flows into the sea and followed the coast to Prince William Sound and Nootka. Malaspina surveyed the coast south to California at Monterey Bay and crossed the Pacific in 1791. Two of his officers and Jose de Espinosa y Tello returned north in search of a North-West Passage and published the charts and account of this secondary voyage in 1802. In the Philippines New Zealand and New South Wales Malaspina continued charting before making an easterly passage around the Horn for Spain. "In spite of having commanded Spain's greatest scientific voyage of exploration to the South Seas in the eighteenth century Malaspina is virtually unknown. He had enemies in the Spanish court who suppressed his reports which were not printed until.1885. Some scholars consider the exploits of his five-year voyage as great as those of La PÃ©rouse or of Captain Cook" Hill. Eighteenth century material concerning the voyage is of the utmost rarity. Howgego M26; Cf. Hill 1068. Etienne Luzac unknown books

Donald Heald Rare Books · États-Unis7 500,00 $US≈ 6 345,75 €

(LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION). GASS, PATRICKBiblio.com

VOYAGE DES CAPITAINES LEWIS ET CLARKE DEPUIS L'EMBOUCHURE DU MISSOURI JUSQU'À L'ENTRÉE DE LA COLOMBIA DANS L'OCÉAN PACIFIQUE; FAIT DANS LES ANNÉES 1804 1805 ET 1806

1810ST20849Paris: Chez Arthus-Bertrand 1810. First Edition in French. 205 x 128 mm. 8 x 5". xviii 443 1 pp.Translated into French by A. J. N. Lallemant. Contemporary flamed sheep covers with thick and thin gilt rule border smooth spine divided into panels by metope and pentaglyph roll panels either with rows of interlocking gilt circles or a gilt compass ornament two black morocco labels marbled endpapers. Folding engraved map by J. B. Tardieu. Wagner-Camp-Becker 6:3; Howes G-77; Sabin 26742; Graff Collection 1519; Wheat Trans-Mississippi 300. Very small loss to head of rear joint boards faintly abraded but the binding entirely solid and pleasing; a handful of leaves with small marginal tears or paper flaws one slightly larger but not affecting text approximately one-third of volume very mildly browned other trivial imperfections but still an excellent copy extremely clean and fresh internally. Issued three years after the original English text this is the initial printing in French—and the first in any foreign language—of an important firsthand account of the Lewis and Clark voyage of discovery written by a key figure both during and after the company’s undertaking; it is also and crucially the first edition to include a map of the expedition. Tardieu's map the first to mention the names Lewis and Clark noted important landmarks on the journey including the formidable Rocky Mountains the Columbia River and Fort Clatsop on the Pacific Coast where the expedition spent the winter of 1805-06. Our French edition also adds two letters of Clark not appearing in other editions of Gass—one to William Henry Harrison 2 April 1805 from Fort Mandan and one to Clark’s brother 23 September 1806 on the day the six-month return journey came to an end. Wheat observes that this work held special interest for the French as it provided much information about lands that had until the Louisiana Purchase been part of their domain. A carpenter by training Patrick Gass 1771-1870 was in charge of constructing winter accommodations for the party and his knowledge of building informs his observations here about forts and native architecture. This account was based on journals he kept during the explorations and it was an immediate success upon its first publication in Pittsburgh in 1807. The American public was hungry for information about the Western frontier and their curiosity was shared by Europeans particularly those considering emigration to the New World. Wagner-Camp observes that Gass "became one of the best-known members of the expedition for several reasons: his key role as sergeant brought his name up frequently in the journals of Lewis and Clark; his account was the first to be published; he was the first to have a biography written about him; and finally he outlived the other members of the Corps of Discovery by decades" dying at the age of 98. . Chez Arthus-Bertrand unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis7 280,00 $US≈ 6 159,61 €

[PERRY EXPEDITION]Biblio.com

Contemporary Japanese Watercolour and Ink Sketch Depicting Commodore Perry and Members of his Expedition in Japan

185334749Edo 1853. Watercolour and ink drawing on Japanese paper. A contemporary Japanese watercolour of Commodore Perry and members of his expedition produced at the moment of the American squadron’s arrival in Japan and the opening of sustained diplomatic contact between Japan and the United States. This lively drawing belongs to the immediate visual culture generated by Commodore Matthew C. Perry's arrival in Japan in 1853. Perry entered Edo Bay in July 1853 to deliver President Fillmore's request for a treaty and returned the following year leading to the Treaty of Kanagawa on 31 March 1854. The event prompted wide Japanese interest in the appearance dress equipment and conduct of the visiting Americans and images of the "Black Ships" and their crews circulated in manuscript painted and printed form. The composition presents three American figures isolated against the paper ground arranged almost as a study of types. At right Commodore Perry is shown seated in a chair wearing a dark naval coat and holding his hat. At center stands an armed crewman or marine in a red jacket holding a musket upright; at left another crewman kneels while looking through a telescope or spyglass. The emphasis falls on uniform posture weaponry and optical instrument details that would have marked the Americans as visually and technologically unfamiliar to Japanese observers. The drawing is especially interesting as a Japanese interpretation of the expedition distinct from the official American pictorial record produced by artists such as Wilhelm Heine. The Japanese manuscript images such as the present work preserve a different perspective shaped by local observation report and curiosity. unknown

Donald Heald Rare Books · États-Unis6 000,00 $US≈ 5 076,60 €

AFRICA FURLONG EXPEDITIONABAA

An archive of material relating to C. Wellington Furlong's 1930 big-game hunting expedition to British East Africa as described below

50306For the lot of approximately 250 items $6000. a Correspondence with various government officials hunting guides and others involved with preparing and carrying out the trip including14 letters to Furlong typed and autograph one accompanied by four photographs of members of the expedition with trophies; five retained copies of letters from Furlong to the correspondents four telegrams seven typed and manuscript recapitulations of various aspects of the trip e.g. titles for the "Dance of the Nandi" film and a three page typed press release on the expedition dated Nairobi 27 March 1930 accompanied by a photograph of Furlong and two bearers with a leopard he has killed. b Two hunting licenses issued by the Uganda Protectorate to Furlong 22 April 1930 one "For a First Elephant" the other a "Visitor's Full Game License." c Three maps period road map of Kenya and Uganda published by Bullows and Roy for the Royal East Africa Automobile Assn.; Map Showing Cairo-Mombasa Route published by the Sudan Survey Dept Khartoum 1929; and a period National Geographic Society map of Africa. d An account book narrow 12mo 19 pp. 22 March - 8 June 1930 and approximately 125 receipts most partly printed for a wide range of services and material necessary for the trip. e 21 photographs in addition to those mentioned above many picturing Furlong in the field with his rifle and trophies some with Furlong's notations on verso and 34 unused photo postcards featuring tribesmen animals and scenery of East Africa. f 42 promotional pamphlets ca. 1925-1934 for the various parts of Africa along Furlong's route 36 of which are unrecorded on OCLC. The pamphlets were issued by African railway companies and governmental agencies outfitters e.g. Thomas Cook and "Safari Africa Limited" London ship lines and other travel agencies and taxidermy concerns. g A wooden carved string instrument from the Para Mountains in present day Tanzania with Furlong's ownership label "Col. Wellington Furlong / c/o Safariland Ltd. / Musical Instrument / Para Mountains" still attached; the instrument is shaped like a hollowed-out bread tray 27 x 7 1/2 inches three holes in the shape of crosses in the bottom six strings stretched across the opening. Furlong 1874-1967; American explorer army officer author artist and photographer embarked on this big game expedition in 1930 partly as an effort to recover relics of Sir Henry M Stanley in East and Central Africa. Gateway to the Sahara New York 1909 is among several books he published. A member of the Explorers Club he was the first American to explore the interior of Tierra del Fuego 1907-1908. Most of his personal papers are held by the Stefansson Collection at Dartmouth. unknown books

Bartlebys Books · États-Unis6 000,00 $US≈ 5 076,60 €

THE PERRY EXPEDITIONS AND THEIR AFTERMATHBiblio.com

A trove of manuscript insider reports & accounts on the two Perry expeditions and the turbulent Bakumatsu period that followed

7712Several dozen manuscripts in various formats incl. long folded sheets stitched pamphlets sewn volumes and letters. Japan: ca. 1853-63. A substantial group of documents revealing internal high-level debates and discussions in response to Commodore Perryâ€™s landings and later controversies that arose as Western powers established a foothold in Japan. This is an exceptional collection filled with top-secret information on government intrigues as the Japanese state responded to aggressive foreign expansion and dissenting groups within the government urging top-to-bottom reforms. The manuscripts touch upon pivotal events in Japanâ€™s history: â€“Commodore Perryâ€™s two expeditions July 1853 & February-March 1854 and the resulting ratification of the Treaty of Shimoda. â€“Japanese translations of the treaties signed with the United States Russia France and the United Kingdom from 1854 to 1858. â€“The assassination of Ii Naosuke in March 1860 also known as the Sakuradamon Incident which precipitated a violent backlash against foreigners under the banner of Sonno joi â€œHonor the Emperor expel the barbariansâ€. â€“General dissatisfaction with the bakufu and efforts to reform it. â€“The attempted assassination of Ando Nobumasa a chief councillor during this period. â€“The Namamugi Incident in September 1862 when the British merchant Charles L. Richardson was killed by Satsuma domain warriors. â€“The bombardment of Kagoshima August 1863. Among all these materials we must highlight several examples of manuscript kengen proposals and commentaries written by aristocrats with policy advice on the difficult situations faced by the Japanese state. These offer compelling perspectives on the most pressing dilemmas of the day. While they were not composed by the decision-makers these documents are filled with the minutiae and data employed in the policy-making process. All of the items are in a fine state of preservation. â§ John McMaster â€œAlcock and Harris. Foreign Diplomacy in Bakumatsu Japanâ€ Monumenta Nipponica Vol. 22 No. 3/4 1967 pp. 305-367. unknown

Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. · États-Unis5 000,00 $US≈ 4 230,50 €

Apsley Members of the Terra Nova Expedition, Scott, RF, Cherry-Garrard, Apsley (Editor) Wilson, E (illustrator) R FBiblio.com

SOUTH POLAR TIMES VOLUME III. Terra Nova Expedition

191440Smith Elder London 1914. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; This copy is 243 of a limited edition of 350. Volume 1 & 2 were Scott's 1st "Discovery Expedition" whilst this Volume 3 is from his 2nd "Terra Nova" Expedition. Although often sold as a set Volume 3 is a complete book in its' own right. The original broadsheets were produced at Cape Evans to amuse the men on the 'Terra Nova' Expedition. It was designed to be published separately from Volume 1 & 2. Cherry-Garrard was the Editor and typist and Wilson the main illustrator. The 1st issue was presented on Midwinter's Day 1911 the 2nd on 8th September and the 3rd on 15th October. Content included poetry humorous articles illustrations of sledging flags and caricatures. Includes Wilson's moving poem 'The Barrier Silence' and Ponting's hilarious tongue twister 'The Sleeping Bag'. Original covers all page edges gilt. Copiously illustrated drawings in the text and full-page plates from sketches and paintings by E. Wilson H. Ponting and others. Ex Library with stamps on some pages Croydon Library. Spine shaken gutta-percha binding delicate some pages loose as is usual with the 1st Edition. Gutta Percha was used as the binding glue in many early books it is not a difficult job to remove and reback using modern glues The South Polar Times was a magazine written and printed by the members of Antarctic Expeditions during the various voyages they undertook. In 1907 the batches were printed and issued in some 250 copies. The South Polar Times form what is perhaps the most personal of the printed documents to have come out of that most remarkable of periods of Antarctic adventures revealing so many often contradictory aspects of these men's various personalities. It contains a diary of the events of each month a record of the proceedings of the local Debating Society a monthly acrostic humorous notes besides articles of a more solid nature as well as stories sketches of various kinds and poems. One of the corner stones of an Antarctic collection. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote. Limited Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1900-1920; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Smith Elder hardcover

Polar Books · Royaume-Uni3 600,00 £GB≈ 4 110,48 €

Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858) signedBiblio.com

Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the Years 1852 1853 and 1854 under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry United States Navy by Order of the Government of the United States

1856E05603 volumes: xvii1537 pages with 90 lithographs plates including the usual expunged bathing plate many in color including 3 "facsimiles" of Japanese woodblock prints 2 folding; 6 maps and charts 2 folding; 79 woodcuts in the text; 2414414-1xi pages with 4 color lithographs of Chinese scenes; 2 uncolored natural history engraved plates; 6 hand-colored lithographs of birds; 10 hand-colored steel-engravings of fish; 5 lithographs of shells 2 hand-colored; 16 diagram plates of winds and currents; 14-page facsimile of Japanese language version of the U.S.-Japan treaty; 17 folding charts on 16 sheets; numerous woodcuts in the text; xliii17051 pages woodcut star charts throughout. Volume III titled "United States Japan Expedition. Observations on the zodiacal light from April 2 1853 to April 22 1855 . by Rev. George Jones A.M. chaplain United States Navy". Quarto 11½ x 8 ¾" bound in the original blind stamped cloth. Volume 1 rebacked with the original cloth spine laid down. Hill 1332; Sabin 30968 Stabbed signature of the author included. First edition of the House Issue. Detailed and profusely illustrated account of Perry's expedition to open Japan to the West; Upon his return to the U.S. his chief duty for the following year was to compile his reports of the expedition aided by Francis Hawks. The first volume has the account of the voyage and lithographs of the travel; the second volume has the natural history reports by D.S. Green and others and includes hand-colored plates of Japanese fishes and shells. In addition to the artist W. Heine from whose drawings a great number of the lithographs were made the daguerreotypist E. Brown Jr. went on the expedition taking what were undoubtedly the earliest photographic images of Japan many of them reproduced lithographically in this work. This copy with the nude bathing plate which was not included on the list of plates and not issued in all copies. In advance of his voyage to the Far East Commodore Perry read widely amongst available books about Tokugawa Japan. His research even included consultation with the increasingly well-known Japanologist Philipp Franz von Siebold who had lived on the Dutch island of Dejima for eight years before retiring to Leiden in the Netherlands. In 1852 Perry embarked from Norfolk Virginia for Japan in command of a squadron in search of a Japanese trade treaty. Aboard a black-hulled steam frigate he ported Mississippi Plymouth Saratoga and Susquehanna at Uraga Harbor near Edo modern Tokyo on July 8 1853. His actions at this crucial juncture were informed by a careful study of Japan's previous contacts with Western ships and what could be known about the Japanese hierarchical culture. He was met by representatives of the Tokugawa Shogunate who told him to proceed to Nagasaki where there was limited trade with the Netherlands and which was the only Japanese port open to foreigners at that time. Perry refused to leave and demanded permission to present a letter from President Millard Fillmore threatening force if he was denied. Perry ordered his ships to attack several buildings around the harbor to demonstrate US naval power. The Commodore was fully prepared for more hostilities if his negotiations with the Japanese failed and threatened to use unrestrained fire if the Japanese refused to negotiate. He sent two white flags to them telling them to hoist the flags when they wished a bombardment from his fleet to cease and to surrender. Perry's ships were equipped with new Paixhans shell guns capable of wreaking great destruction with every shell. The Japanese military forces could not resist Perry's modern weaponry; the term "Black Ships" in Japan would later come to symbolize a threat imposed by Western technology. Perry returned in February 1854 with twice as many ships finding that the delegates had prepared a treaty embodying virtually all the demands in Fillmore's letter. Perry signed the Convention of Kanagawa on March 31 1854 and departed mistakenly believing the agreement had been made with imperial representatives. The agreement was made with the Shogun the de facto ruler of Japan. On his way to Japan Perry anchored off Keelung in Formosa modern day Taiwan for ten days. Perry and crew members landed on Formosa and investigated the potential of mining the coal deposits in that area. He emphasized in his reports that Formosa provided a convenient mid-way trade location. Formosa was also very defensible. It could serve as a base for exploration as Cuba had done for the Spanish in the Americas. Occupying Formosa could help the US to counter European monopolization of the major trade routes. President Franklin Pierce declined the suggestion remarking such a remote possession would be an unnecessary drain of resources and that he would be unlikely to receive the consent of Congress. When Perry returned to the United States in 1855 Congress voted to grant him a reward of $20000 in appreciation of his work in Japan. Perry used part of this money to prepare and publish a report on the expedition in three volumes titled Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan. He was also advanced to the grade of rear-admiral on the retired list when his health began to fail as a reward for his services in the Far East. Condition: Wear and fading to cloth large map repair at with archival tape several others with stub tears and splitting to folds; light foxing spine ends rubbed with a few with chips corners bumped and rubbed through. Accompanied with encapsulated and graded signature of the author else good to very good. Due to the size and weight additional postage will be required. A O P Nicholson hardcover

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(Darien Exploring Expedition) Mayo, George UBiblio.com

Autograph Letter Signed to his father Peter Poythress Mayo detailing his rescue and suffering on the disastrous U.S. Darien Exploring Expedition across Panama

1854369733Palmas Panama 1854. 2pp. single 4to sheet. With: Carte-de-visite photograph of Mayo signed and inscribed to his sister on verso. Folds minor separations. 2pp. single 4to sheet. With: Carte-de-visite photograph of Mayo signed and inscribed to his sister on verso. Seeking a low-level train or canal route to bridge the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in late 1853 President Franklin Pierce ordered a U.S. Naval exploring expedition to participate in an international attempt affiliated with a venture by the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company. Although ships from Great Britain New Grenada and the United States were involved the principle overland portion of the expedition through 40 miles of dense jungle would be led by Lieutenant Isaac G. Strain who had previously led exploring expeditions in Brazil Baja California and Chile. With a party of 27 officers and men and including the author of the present letter they entered the jungle on January 20 1854. Problems began almost immediately. While puting ashore a boat was swamped and a portion of the party's provisions lost. Next the route Strain had been tasked with following contained no gap in the cordillera as had been previously believed. Led through the jungle by several groups of indigenous people the promise of a few days hike turned into months of wandering in the jungle before being abandoned by the guides. Subsisting on plantains and bananas and drinking river water Stain divided his men with an advance party striking out to seek rescue. On March 9 forty-nine days after starting from Caledonia Bay Strain and his advance party reached Yavisa; it would be another nearly three weeks before the main body was rescued but not before at least five had died of starvation or disease. Sometimes compared with the trials of the crew of the Essex or the members of the Donner Party the men on the Darien expedition endured extreme harship and resorted to unspeakable things. This remarkable letter was written by one of the expedition's survivors shortly after his rescue and return to civilization. George Upshur Mayo 1834-1896 was born into a prominent family in Norfolk VA. He attended the Virginia Military Institute served as an assistant engineer on the Strain Expedition was involved in the United States Geodetic Survey and was later a major in the Confederate Army. Here he writes: "My dear father From this filthy native village where our party are brought by the officers of the war steamer Virago English whose officers rescued us from a most deplorable condition starvation misery & want for about 70 days without bread or meat living on roots & nuts from the trees. May the rescue be never forgotten & I thank & give praises to God for his goodness. We abandoned & buried 4 or 5 in the woods as unable to keep up. I suffered from the cusano a worm that gets in the flesh also from a very bad knee. Almost unable to travel 3 miles a day. Unfavorable reports reached the U.S. concerning us. We are safe & go to Panama when we get well. My mind is out of sorts by medicine & sickness & my hand too weak to write more legibly. Will write from Panama or Aspinwall a respectable letter there. We are 100 miles from Panama. Had the party 8 days provisions only in the woods yet nothing to shield us from wind & storm & no change of garments. The suffering was intense & the rescue came at the most dreadful & important for our safety. I with 3 others on the river bank washing at sundown when the canoes came in sight. Captain Strain had no pants or underdraws to protect him from the briars & vermin. God be praised for rescue. Love to Annie. . . . In all probability will meet the Cyane at Aspinwall." A remarkable first-hand account of a desperate struggle for survival. unknown

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Hawks, Francis L - Expedition Perry :Biblio.com

Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan performed in the Years 1852 1853 and 1854 under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry United States Navy by Order of the Government of the United States.

H909Washington Beverley Tucker 1856. Three volumes quarto Volume 1 with 88 lithographed plates most tinted three colour facsimiles of Japanese woodblock prints two folding six maps two folding numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text the suppressed nude bathers plate is present !; Volume 2 with 27 illustration plates 18 hand-coloured 16 plates of wind & current diagrams 16 folding maps 14 linen-backed; Volume 3 with 352 wood-engraved star charts. Original cloth rubbed joints with small tears minor wear Text and plates in good condition. First edition the Senate Issue of Perry's account of his historic voyage to Japan in command of a naval expedition which was to lobby the Japanese government to establish diplomatic relations with the United States. The resulting treaty in 1853 ensured better treatment by the Japanese authorities of shipwrecked seamen and permitted American ships to dock at two Japanese ports to refuel and to seek supplies. "The most important result. was that the visit contributed to the collapse of the feudal regime and to the modernization of Japan" Hill. "As one of the chief diplomatic achievements of the 19th century the opening of Japan by the treaty negotiated by Perry will long make the name of Perry memorable. His expedition marked a departure in Occidental policy restricting Japan in American policy respecting the Orient and in Japanese policy respecting the Western world. In June 1855 Perry was ordered to Washington where his chief duty for more than a year was the preparation of a report of his expedition which was published by the government in 1856" DAB. hardcover

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Dr. A. Petermann's Mittheilungen (später: Mitteilungen ) aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, insg. 43 Bände und 3 Inhaltsverzeichnis zw. 1858 und 1906, verschiedene Herausgeber (A. Petermann, A. Supan, E. Behm u.a.),

185832039ABGotha, J. Perthes, 1858-1906. 4°, jeder Band zwischen ca. 300 und 500 S. mit zahlr. (oftmals farbigen) Ausklapp-Tafeln und Falt-Karten, die ersten 4 Bände (1858-1863) als schwarze original Leineneinbände mit goldener Deckel- und Rückenbeschriftung sowie reicher Deckelbildprägung, der Band 1868 als schlicher schwarzer Pappband der Zeit, dann (1870-1906) Halbleinen-Einbände der Zeit mit Rückenschildern bzw. goldener Rückenbeschriftung und Musterpapierbezügen, alle Bände in Originalausgabe alle Bände unten mit Rückensignaturschildchen, die Rückenkanten der ganz frühen Bände stellenw. angeplatzt, wenige Bände oben am Rücken etwas angerändert, beim schlichten Pappband von 1868 der Rücken beschädigt und mit Fehlstellen (innen aber bindungsstab

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