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79 921 Africa Gide A 79 921 Africa Gide A
79/ 921 [Africa]. Gide, A. Voyage au Congo suivi du Retour du Chad. Paris, Gallimard, (1929), 304,(3)p., 4 maps, 63 (of 64) photogr. plates, printed in 1599 numb. copies (1500), contemp. hmor., orig. wr. pres., folio.

- Lacks one plate; one plate loose. Spine trifle rubbed. = Cf. Kainbacher II, p.142.

€ (80-100) 90
79 922 Africa Lenz O 79 922 Africa Lenz O
79 922 Africa Lenz O 79 922 Africa Lenz O
79/ 922 [Africa]. Lenz, O. Timbuktu. Reise durch Marokko, die Sahara und den Sudan ausgeführt im Auftrage der Afrikanischen Gesellschaft in Deutschland in den Jahren 1879 und 1880. Leipsic, F.A. Brockhaus, 1884, 1st ed., 2 vols., XVI,439,(2); X,408p., 2 frontisp., 9 fold./ double-p. col. maps, 20 woodengr. (double-p.) plates, num. ills., contemp. unif. giltlettered clothbacked boards.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Otherwise fine.

= Kainbacher I, p.82; Hilmy p.372; Playfair 1593 (on vol.1): "one of the best existing resumés of our knowledge of that country [Morocco]".

€ (200-300)
79 923 Africa Peters C 79 923 Africa Peters C
79/ 923 [Africa]. Peters, C. Gesammelte Schriften. Munich/ Berlin. C.H. Beck, 1943-1944 , 3 vols., 516; VI,558; VI,(1),530p., plates, 2 fold. maps (1x loosely insterted in rear pocket), orig. unif. hcl. w. dustwr.

- Vol.2 and 3 contents vaguely dampstained in upper margin (binding and dustwr. not affected). Dustwr. of vol.3 trifle creased at foot of spine.

€ (70-90)
79 924 Africa Savoyen L A von 79 924 Africa Savoyen L A von
79/ 924 [Africa]. Savoyen, L.A. von. Der Ruwenzori. Erforschung und erste Ersteigung seiner höchsten Gipfel. Leipsic, F.A. Brockhaus, 1909, 1st ed., XII,471,(1)p., 4 maps (1x fold. col.), 4 panoramas, 35 (tinted) plates, num. ills., orig. gilt dec. cl.

- Fine copy. = Kainbacher I, p.88.

€ (100-150) 100
79 925 Africa Stanley H M 79 925 Africa Stanley H M
79/ 925 [Africa]. Stanley, H.M. Cinq années au Congo 1879-1884. Voyages, explorations, fondation de l'état libre du Congo. French transl. G. Harry. Paris, M. Dreyfous, n.d. (±1890), XVIII,696p., lithogr. portrait, 5 fold. (col.) lithogr. maps (2x loose in rear pocket), num. woodengr. (full-p.) ills., orig. gilt dec. cl., a.e.g., 4to.

- Occas. foxed (incl. the maps). Joints dam. at top of spine; corners bumped.

€ (40-60) 80
79 926 Africa Sudan Addison F 79 926 Africa Sudan Addison F
79/ 926 [Africa. Sudan]. Addison, F. Jebel Moya. London etc., Oxford U.P., 1949, 2 vols., text vol.: XIV,399p.; plate vol.: VIII textp., 116 plates, fold. map in rear pocket, orig. unif. cl. w. (sl. frayed) dustwr., 4to.

= The Wellcome Excavations in the Sudan I-II.

€ (50-70)
79/927 America Amérique Central Colonisation du district de Santo Thomas de Guatemala par la communauté de l'Union fondée par la Compagnie Belge de Colonisation Collection de renseignements pub79/927 America Amérique Central Colonisation du district de Santo Thomas de Guatemala par la communauté de l'Union fondée par la Compagnie Belge de Colonisation Collection de renseignements pub
79/ 927 [America]. Amérique Central. Colonisation du district de Santo-Thomas de Guatemala par la communauté de l'Union, fondée par la Compagnie Belge de Colonisation. Collection de renseignements publiés ou recueillis par la Compagnie. Paris, Rignoux, 1844, 4 parts in 1 vol., 5 partly handcol. steelengr. maps (1x double-p.), 4 lithogr. views, contemp. hcalf w. 3 black mor. letterpieces.

- One map and one textleaf lack sm. portion in margin (the map w. minimal loss of image); the views trifle foxed. A fine copy.

= Rare. Cf. Sabin 14724; Leclerc 1106.

€ (250-350) 250
79/928 America The Soldier in our Civil War Columbian Memorial Edition Ed P F Mottelay and T Campbell Copeland 79/928 America The Soldier in our Civil War Columbian Memorial Edition Ed P F Mottelay and T Campbell Copeland
79/ 928 [America]. The Soldier in our Civil War: Columbian Memorial Edition. Ed. P.F. Mottelay and T. Campbell-Copeland. New York and Atlanta, Stanley Bradley Publishing Company, 1890, 2 vols., (2),474; (2),444p., 2 (of 4) steelengr. portraits of A. Lincoln and J. Davis by A.B. DAVIES, num. (fold.) (full-p.) ills. by F. LESLIE, later unif. rexine, folio.

- Title and dedication leaf strengthened along edges and repaired; first vol. lacks the 2 steelengr. frontisp. portraits.

€ (50-70)
79 929 Arabia Palgrave W G 79 929 Arabia Palgrave W G
79/ 929 [Arabia]. Palgrave, W.G. Narrative of a year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63). London and Cambridge, Macmillan and Co., 1865, 2nd ed., 2 vols., XII,(2),466; (4),398p., engr. frontisp., large handcol. lithogr. fold. map, 4 fold. lithogr. plans, contemp. unif. hcalf w. central gilt vignette "Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow" on frontcover, gilt spine w. 2 contrasting leather letterpieces.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; hinges weak. Sl. worn along extremities.

= Henze III, p.692; Gay 3696.

€ (300-500)
79 930 Archaeology Maiuri A 79 930 Archaeology Maiuri A
79/ 930 [Archaeology]. Maiuri, A. La Villa dei Misteri. Rome, La Libreria dello Stato, 1931, 2 vols., text vol.: 258,(3)p., plates, ills., (col.) plans, orig. gilt panelled dec. vellum, t.e.g., folio; plate vol.: 18 col. plates, all under passepartout, 1 fold. col. plan, loose as issued in orig. gilt panelled dec. vellum portfolio, large folio.

- Nearly all plates loose from passepartout.

= Momumental work on the Villa of the Mysteries, an ancient Roman villa on the outskirts of Pompei. The villa is named after its famous frescos depicting (as is generally believed) the initiation of a woman into matrimony in accordance with the Dionysian Mysteries.

€ (120-150) 160
79 931 Archaeology Uvarova P ed 79 931 Archaeology Uvarova P ed
79/ 931 [Archaeology]. Uvarova, P. (ed.). Materialy po arkheologii vostochnykh gubernii Rossii. Vypusk II (Works on the archaeology of the Eastern regions of Russia. Issue II). Moscow, M. Volchaninov, 1896, (6),261p., fold. lithogr. map, 23 photogr. plates, 1 fold. chromolithogr. plate, orig. wr., folio.

- Backstrip worn; wr. sl. soiled and stained.

Nikol'sky, M. (ed.). Drevnosti vostochnya. Trudy vostochnoi kommissii Imperatorskogo Moskovskao Arkheologicheskago Obschestva (Eastern antiquities. Works of the Eastern Commission of the Imperial Moscow Archaeological Society). Vol. 1, no.2. Ibid., n.publ., 1891, (2),131-281p., 3 fold. plates, 20 text ills., orig. wr., folio. - AND 2 others similar, both Russian.

€ (100-150) 100
79 932 Atlases Andree R 79 932 Atlases Andree R
79 932 Atlases Andree R 79 932 Atlases Andree R
79/ 932 [Atlases]. Andree, R. Allgemeiner Handatlas in 221 Haupt- und 192 Nebenkarten. Mit vollständigem alphabetischem Namenverzeichnis in besonderem Bande. Ed. E. Ambrosius. Bielefeld/ Leipsic, Velhagen & Klasing, 1914, 6th rev. enl. ed., 2 vols., atlas vol.: (6)textp., 224 (double-p.) col. lithogr. maps, orig. gilt hmor., folio; index vol.: V,(1),532p., orig. gilt limp cl., 4to.

- Atlas owner's entry on title. Both vols. upper joint worn/ splitting. = Espenhorst 5.1.6.

€ (60-80) 60
79 933 Atlases Andree R 79 933 Atlases Andree R
79/ 933 [Atlases]. Andree, R. Allgemeiner Handatlas in sechsundachtzig Karten mit erläuterndem Text. Bielefeld/ Leipsic, Velhagen & Klasing, 1881, 1st ed., (2),98 textp., 96 (double-p.) col. lithogr. maps, orig. giltlettered hmor., folio.

- Netherlands map w. ballpoint markings. Binding soiled/ stained; boardedges and spine-ends worn/ dam.; upper joint strengthened w. leather strip.

= Espenhorst 5.1.1 E1.

Idem. Allgemeiner Handatlas in hundertzwanzig Kartenseiten und zwei Ergänzungskarten. Ibid., idem, 1887, 2nd rev. and enl. ed., (2),112 textp., num. (double-p.) col. lithogr. maps on 122 numb. pages, orig. giltlettered hmor., folio.

- One double-p. map loose; some (sl.) yellowing/ foxing. Foot of spine/ lower boardedges worn and w. remnants of scotch tape; spine sunned.

= Espenhorst 5.1.2.

Supplement zur ersten Auflage von Richard Andrees Handatlas enthaltend die 33 Seiten neuer Karten der zweiten Auflage von 1887. Ibid., idem., 1887, (1) textp., num. (double-p.) col. lithogr. maps on 34 numb. pages, orig. giltlettered blindst. hmor., folio.

- Sl. browned/ foxed (mostly in blank margins). Spine worn/ rubbed; corners showing.

= Espenhorst 5.2.

€ (80-100) 80
79 934 Atlases Andree R 79 934 Atlases Andree R
79/ 934 [Atlases]. Andree, R. Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas in 139 Haupt- und 161 Nebenkarten (...) Jubiläumsausgabe. Ed. A. Scobel. Bielefeld/ Leipsic, Velhagen & Klasing, 1910, 5th rev. enl. ed., (6),188(index)p., 300 (double-p.) col. lithogr. maps, orig. gilt hcalf, folio.

- Boardedges worn. Contents fine. = Espenhorst (German) 5.1.5.4 and (Engl.) 5.1.5 and ill. p.591.

Sohr-Berghaus, K. Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde. Ed. F. Handtke. Glogau, C. Flemming, n.d. (±1891), 8th ed., 2nd printing, (4)p., 100 double-p. (tinted) lithogr. maps w. handcol. borders, orig. gilt hcl., folio.

- Twenty maps loose; 4 maps partly torn along vertical fold (1x repaired w. sellotape); a few maps loosening; occas. (sl.) browned/ foxed. Boardedges worn.

= Espenhorst (German) p.226 and (Engl.) p.539.

€ (60-80) 60
79 935 Atlases Andree R 79 935 Atlases Andree R
79 935 Atlases Andree R 79 935 Atlases Andree R
79/ 935 [Atlases]. Andree, R. Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas in 99 Haupt- und 82 Nebenkarten. Bielefeld/ Leipsic, Velhagen & Klasing, 1896, 3rd rev. enl. ed., 2nd rev. enl. imprint, (4),188 textp., num. col. lithogr. (double-p.) maps, orig. gilt hmor., folio.

- Backstrip loose/ dam.; corners and backcover (sl.) rubbed/ worn. Contents fine. = Espenhorst 5.1.3.

Idem. Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas in 231 Haupt- und 211 Nebenkarten. Ed. E. Ambrosius. Ibid., idem, 1930, 8th rev. ed., 5th impr., 2 vols., atlas vol.: (6)p., num. (double-p.) col. lithogr. maps, orig. gilt hmor. w. dustwr., folio; index vol.: VI,644p., orig. gilt limp cl. w. dustwr., 4to.

- Dustwr. sl. creased; corners and spine-ends strengthened w. paper tape. Fine set. = Espenhorst 5.1.8.5.

€ (80-100)
79 936 Atlases Andree R 79 936 Atlases Andree R
79 936 Atlases Andree R 79 936 Atlases Andree R
79/ 936 [Atlases]. Andree, R. Neuer allgemeiner und österreichisch-ungarischer Handatlas in 126 Haupt- und 131 Nebenkarten auf 189 Kartenseiten. Ed. A. Scobel. Vienna, M. Perles, 1904, 1st ed., (4),174p., 126 col. lithogr. maps, orig. gilt and blindst. hcalf, folio.

- One map and final free endpaper w. (large) tear, repaired w. sellotape (browned). Corners sl. worn; spine sunned.

= Espenhorst (Engl.) 5.3.5, A.4.1d: "Austro-Hungarian deluxe version".

€ (80-100) 80
79/937 Atlases Atlante Internazionale del Touring Club Italiano Ed L V Bertarelli a o 79/937 Atlases Atlante Internazionale del Touring Club Italiano Ed L V Bertarelli a o
79/937 Atlases Atlante Internazionale del Touring Club Italiano Ed L V Bertarelli a o 79/937 Atlases Atlante Internazionale del Touring Club Italiano Ed L V Bertarelli a o
79/ 937 [Atlases]. Atlante Internazionale del Touring Club Italiano. Ed. L.V. Bertarelli a.o. Milan, Touring Club Italiano, 1927/ 1929, 1st ed., 2 vols., atlas vol.: 170 col. (double-p./ fold.) lithogr. maps; index vol.: XI,(5),223,(1) (index)p., orig. unif. giltlettered hmor., t.e.g.., folio.

- Spines sunned and sl. rubbed along extremities. Contents fine.

€ (80-100) 80
79 938 Atlases Berghaus H 79 938 Atlases Berghaus H
79 938 Atlases Berghaus H 79 938 Atlases Berghaus H
79/ 938 [Atlases]. Berghaus, H. Physikalischer Atlas. Gotha, J. Perthes, (1887-)1892, 3rd rev. ed., 7 parts in 1 vol., 74 (counted as 75) double-p. col. engr. maps, orig. gilt hcalf, folio.

- Some occas. (sl.) foxing; bookplate on upper pastedown. Spine and leather on boards rubbed/ worn; spine-ends dam.

= Attractive atlas portraying seven non-topographical aspects of the earth's geography: four sections focused on those dynamic phenomena whose physical actions alter the earth's surface (1. Geologie; 2. Hydrographie; 3. Meteorologie; 4. Erdmagnetismus), and three describing the earth in terms of its inhabitants and what it produces (5. Pflanzenverbreitung; 6. Tierverbreitung; 7. Völkerkunde). Phillips 217; Sabin 4857; Poggendorff I, p.149; Engelmann 11; Espenhorst (Engl.) 2.7.1.3 and in extenso p.365ff on the production of this 'entirely new type of atlas' by Heinrich Berghaus, which, 'at first intended to be no more than a supplement to the Stieler, quickly grew to be an independent epoch-making work'. Based on concepts and graphical methods developed by i.a. Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Ritter, it contains some very attractive (world) maps and diagrams, all in detailed handcolouring.

€ (250-350) 275
79 939 Atlases Bryce J Collier W F and Schmitz L 79 939 Atlases Bryce J Collier W F and Schmitz L
79 939 Atlases Bryce J Collier W F and Schmitz L 79 939 Atlases Bryce J Collier W F and Schmitz L
79/ 939 [Atlases]. Bryce, J., Collier, W.F. and Schmitz, L. The Library Atlas, consisting of one hundred maps of Modern, Historical, and Classical Geography, &c. London/ Glasgow/ Edinb., W. Collins, Sons, & Co., 1875, (2),208,127p., 100 (double-p.) col. lithogr. maps, 2 double-p. plates, contemp. gilt blindst. cl., 4to.

- Hinges broken; occas. (sl.) foxed; some scattered owner's stamps. Spine-ends worn/ dam.; lower joint splitting at top of spine.

€ (70-90) 325
79 940 Atlases Callewaert C and F 79 940 Atlases Callewaert C and F
79 940 Atlases Callewaert C and F 79 940 Atlases Callewaert C and F
79 940 Atlases Callewaert C and F 79 940 Atlases Callewaert C and F
79/ 940 [Atlases]. Callewaert, C. and F. Atlas général de géographie physique et politique. Brussels, Callewaert Frères, 1873, 11th ed., 23 (fold.) col. lithogr. maps, orig. clothbacked lithogr. boards, obl. 8vo.

- Owner's entry on upper pastedown; some sm. tears. Binding worn.

AND 2 others, i.a. A. MEISSAS and A. MICHELOT, Petit atlas élémentaire (Paris, n.d. (±1860), 8 double-p. contemp. handcol. steelengr. maps, contemp. hcl., 4to. Binding worn).

€ (60-80) 70
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