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1695E0561xxiv21612 pages with frontispiece folding map and eight engraved costume plates. Duodecimo 6 ¼" x 3 ½" early full calf later spine label. First Edition in English. First published in French the prior year which was published without the plates.<br /><br />François Pidou de Saint Olon was a French diplomat under Louis XIV. In 1682 he was nominated as the first French resident envoy to the Republic of Genoa following the Bombardment of Genoa. He was then sent as an envoy to Madrid. In 1689 François Pidou was appointed ambassador to the court of Sultan Moulay Ismail for the signing of a commercial treaty and to release prisoners now slaves of Barbary corsairs of Salé for 233 including 29 bedridden Moroccan prisoners held by the French. His mission was not successful however he continued to stay more than three weeks more in Morocco. The book gains particular interest through its author's position as ambassador giving him access not always voluntary to areas of Moroccan society previously unrecorded by travelers. There are detailed descriptions of Moroccan dress and the book is beautifully illustrated with eight engraved plates of Moroccan men and women in traditional costume.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />With the fine copper engraved frontispiece of the overall state of Morocco which is quite rare and is often found missing in most copies. Joints cracking spine chipped at edges; foxing else very good. R. Bently hardcover books
1695E0561xxiv21612 pages with frontispiece folding map and eight engraved costume plates. Duodecimo 6 ¼" x 3 ½" early full calf later spine label. First Edition in English. First published in French the prior year which was published without the plates.<br /><br />François Pidou de Saint Olon was a French diplomat under Louis XIV. In 1682 he was nominated as the first French resident envoy to the Republic of Genoa following the Bombardment of Genoa. He was then sent as an envoy to Madrid. In 1689 François Pidou was appointed ambassador to the court of Sultan Moulay Ismail for the signing of a commercial treaty and to release prisoners now slaves of Barbary corsairs of Salé for 233 including 29 bedridden Moroccan prisoners held by the French. His mission was not successful however he continued to stay more than three weeks more in Morocco. The book gains particular interest through its author's position as ambassador giving him access not always voluntary to areas of Moroccan society previously unrecorded by travelers. There are detailed descriptions of Moroccan dress and the book is beautifully illustrated with eight engraved plates of Moroccan men and women in traditional costume.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />With the fine copper engraved frontispiece of the overall state of Morocco which is quite rare and is often found missing in most copies. Joints cracking spine chipped at edges; foxing else very good. R. Bently hardcover
1999100062016Robert Laffont 1999 346 pages 15x21x2cm. 1999. Broché. 346 pages.
19971245731997 Editions du Seuil - 1997 - In-8 carré, broché, couverture illustrée - 287 pages - Nombreuses illustrations en N&B et en couleurs, in et hors-texte, dans l'ouvrage
200410159Hachette 2004 209 pages in8. 2004. broché. 209 pages. Sigurt le Viking est le premier tome d'une trilogie jeunesse qui suit les aventures de Sigurt un jeune orphelin recueilli par un guerrier viking. Il embarque pour une expédition vers le Vinland (future Amérique) mais se retrouve seul après le massacre de ses compagnons lors d'une dure traversée dans les glaces du Grand Nord. Le roman se distingue par son souci de réalité historique et son rejet des clichés sur les 'invasions normandes'
8608Albin Michel 1956
14521Carte nouvelle de l’Afrique dirigée par M. PHILIPPE dessiné par MOITHEY gravé par VALLET. Gravure sur vergé 41x290mm à la cuvette 530x350mm avec marges. (Pli central et petite déchirure réparée en marge supérieure), carte issue de l’atlas universel dirigé par PHILIPPE de PRETOT.
200661321München: btb 2006. Genehmigte Taschenbuchausg., 1. Aufl. 505, [24] S.: Ill., Kt.; 19 cm Taschenbuch 0
19892825Fayard 15 x 23,5 Paris 1989 Broché, 552 p, cahier d'illustrations central. Récit et mise en perspective de la mission britannique Macartney en Chine. Très légère pliure au dos, sinon livre en excellent état.(C91) Livre 2213020256
19892825Fayard 15 x 23,5 Paris 1989 Broché, 552 p, cahier d'illustrations central. Récit et mise en perspective de la mission britannique Macartney en Chine. Très légère pliure au dos, sinon livre en excellent état.(C91) Livre 2213020256
in-8°, 213 pp., illustrations, cartes, broche, couverture illustree. Papier jauni, traces de mouill., dos leg. us. sinon bon etat. [P-19]
1850P1-22-1Bagnères de Luchon, Dulon, Lafont, Bassy, Boicin, s.d.(1850). In-folio oblong, titre et 30 lithographies sur Chine appliquée sur papier fort légendé, cartonnage éditeur percaline, titre orné doré sur le plat supérieur (quelques rousseurs). Bel album de 26 vues, dont 3 doubles et 1 triple. Bagnères de Luchon et ses environs, par Victor Petit. Paris, 1850, oblong folio (390x270mm), original green cloth with gilting enclosing by ornate, gilt covers, attractive collection of lithographs of medicine baths in the Pyrenees. 29 unnumbered plates of which 3 double and 1 triple.
198915562München, Verlag Almuth Petersen-Roil, 1989. numm. Expl. (199 / 200). XXXI, 44 SS. 8°, Orig.- Broschur.
199315563München, Verlag Almuth Petersen-Roil, 1993. numm. Expl. (42 / 60). Ohne Seitenzählung (ca. 70 SS.) 8°, Orig.- Broschur.
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
185546629Gotha Julius Perthes 1855-1874. 4to. Bound in 18 contemp. hcalf some wear to the first 10 vols. some a bit rubbed. Some scattered brownspots to the first volumes. Gilt spines. Wear to top of spines. With a huge amount of original maps plates profiles etc. lithographed and engraved large and folded and mainly in colour. This set does not include the "Ergänzungsbände". <br/><br/><em>The first 19 lacking vol. 14 volumes of this importent periodical from its "Golden Period". "Petermann's Mittheilungen" became the leading geographic publication of the world and remained so until World War I. All the new geographical discoveries all the reports from the latest exploratory expeditions were published and flowed into Petermann's Geographische Anstalt and he took care to see that it was translated into cartographic form as quickly as possible. The maps soon came to have a reputation for containing the latest and the most accurate information available. Not only German but international readers as well came to see the 'Mitteilungen' as an indispensable organ for the world of geographical research. </em> unknown
1978100118447Arthaud 1978 239 pages in8. 1978. Broché. 239 pages.
11288Japan: ca. 1854-55.<br /> <br> <br> 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.<br /> <br> <br> "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.<br /> <br> <br> 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.<br /> <br> <br> We have ordered the scroll into 15 individual scenes most of which have a contemporary manuscript caption translated below:<br /> <br> <br> 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."<br /> <br> <br> 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."<br /> <br> <br> 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."<br /> <br> <br> 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."<br /> <br> <br> 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."<br /> <br> <br> 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."<br /> <br> <br> 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."<br /> <br> <br> 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.<br /> <br> <br> 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.<br /> <br> <br> X. upper portion A panoramic view with a fleet of 23 American rowboats headed to shore. Mending to the top of the scroll.<br /> <br> <br> 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."<br /> <br> <br> 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.<br /> <br> <br> XIII. USS Supply a supply ship. Caption: "Name of ship: Supply 6 cannons 40 crewmembers." Wormholes repaired and with some foxing.<br /> <br> <br> 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.<br /> <br> <br> 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.<br /> <br> <br> 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.<br /> <br> <br> ⧠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. <br /> <br> <br> 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
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. <br> <br> 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. <br> <br> A handsome print showing the Japanese side of this important historic event. unknown books
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.<br/> <br/>Separate Accounts of the Arrival of Commodore Perry<br/> <br/>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
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 x8 ¾" bound in the original blind stamped cloth. Volume 1 rebacked with the original cloth spine laid down. Hill 1332; Sabin 30968 First edition of the House Issue.<br /><br />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. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Wear and fading to cloth first volume rebacked; large map detached several others with stub tears and splitting to folds; light foxing else good to very good. A O P Nicholson hardcover books
1869149309geParis, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1869. Kaliko, mit Rahmen und goldfarbiger Deckelprägung, kl. DinA 5, kleineres Format, 351 Seiten, KEINE Abbildungen, Einband mit stärkeren Gebrauchsspuren, STARK fleckig, beschabt, berieben und bestoßen, Fleck auf der Einbandinnenseite, Schnitt und Seiten papierbedingt stark gebräunt und SEHR STARK stockfleckig, Falz zwischen Vorsatzblatt und Titelblatt fast durchgehend eingerissen, Buchblock beginnt sich vom Einband zu lösen, trotz der deutlichen Gebrauchs- und/oder Altersspuren ausreichender Zustand / used [4 Warenabbildungen]
1954271488Denoel 1954 270 pages in8. 1954. Broché. 270 pages.
1933976071933 A Lyon, Librairie A. Badiou-Amant. 1933. 1 vol in-8 broché. Avec iun envoi de l'auteur à l'abbé Gelin et une signature datée de l'abbé Gelin en page de garde. 100 pages
198121094New York, Pantheon Books, 1981. Four Expeditions to the Arctic, the Congo, The Gobi, and Siberia 183 S. (24x31,5 cm quer) Großformat, Leinen mit Umschlag / gebundene Ausgabe
