921 - 1098 FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS
79/1021 Law Wetboek Napoleon ingerigt voor het Koningrijk Holland 
- Backstrip rubbed. Fine copy.
= Dutch adaptation of the Code Napoléon, replaced in 1811 (after Louis Napoléon's abdication) by the original unchanged French version.
79 1022 Levant Carne J 
- The plates w. some usual foxing. Otherwise fine.
BOUND WITH: the text only of the English ed.
79 1023 Levant Elsner J ed 
- Lacks the plates. Text and binding fine.
= Rare Dutch translation of Neueste Beschreibung derer Griechischen Christen in der Türckey (...) (Berlin, 1737). Cf. Blackmer Collection 546. Rare.
79 1024 Levant Tournefort J Pitton de 
79 1024 Levant Tournefort J Pitton de 
- Contents fine and complete. Spine cracked at two places.
= The first and only Dutch edition. Tiele 1103; Nissen ZBI, 4157 and Hunt 445; Blackmer sale 329 (French edition, 1717) and Atabey 959-961 (various editions). "Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) was one of the greatest botanists of his time, discovering many new plant species during his travels in the Levant." (Blackmer). "The botanist Pitton de Tournefort set out for the Levant in 1700 on a mission for Louis XIV. He was accompanied by the artist Claude Aubriet, whose drawings were engraved for the work, and by the doctor Gundelsheimer. The party travelled extensively in the Greek archipelago and Crete, continuing on to Constantinople and Asia Minor, then overland to Persia, returning to Paris in 1702." (Atabey).
79/1025 Malerische Studien Eine Reise um die Welt in 200 Photographien nach Naturaufnamen 
79/1025 Malerische Studien Eine Reise um die Welt in 200 Photographien nach Naturaufnamen 
- Good/ fine set.
79 1026 Maritime history Boudriot J 
79 1027 Maritime history Boudriot J 
79 1027 Maritime history Boudriot J 
= Fine, complete set. Collection Archéologie Navale Française.
79 1028 Maritime history Cunliffe T 
79 1029 Maritime history Fox F 
79 1030 Maritime history Grenier J R de 
- Owner's annot. on upper pastedown and title; owner's entry on htitle.
= Cat. NSHM II, p.926.
AND 1 other: G. FABIUS, Eenige mededeelingen betrekkelijk de Koninklijk-Fransche marine (n.pl., n.d., contemp. hcalf).
79 1031 Maritime history McGrail S 
79 1031 Maritime history McGrail S 
79 1032 Maritime history Mondfeld W zu 
79 1032 Maritime history Mondfeld W zu 
79 1032 Maritime history Mondfeld W zu 
79 1033 Maritime history Moore J H 
79 1033 Maritime history Moore J H 
- Owner's entries on verso frontisp.; occas. sl. (thumb)soiled/ stained; a few scattered contemp. owner's annots.; final 2p. corner torn off (1x affecting text).
= Cat. NSHM II, p.683.
ADDED a poor copy of F.A.A. GREGORY, Zeemans gids voor de vaarwaters van Java, naar en door den Molukschen Archipel en terug (1853).
79 1034 Maritime history Renault F 
79 1035 Maritime history Toudouze G a o 
79/1036 Maritime history United States Lines Tourist Cabin Tours to Europe American Quadruple Screw Steamer S S Leviathan 59 956 Tons 
79/1036 Maritime history United States Lines Tourist Cabin Tours to Europe American Quadruple Screw Steamer S S Leviathan 59 956 Tons 
- Wrappers loose; a few closed tears in frontwr.
= Until 1917 the S.S. Leviathan was a German ship named "S.S. Vaterland". It was built in 1913 and in use from 1914 onwards and was the largest passenger ship ever. When in 1917 the Americans joined the allies in their war against the Germans, the ship (that had been laid up in the until then neutral USA), was confiscated by the Americans, renamed S.S. Leviathan and turned into a troopship.
WITH a publicity photograph of the S.S. Leviathan after an anonymous painting (13,5x25 cm. Sm. closed tear in right margin). - ADDED a brochure of the M.V. BRITTANIC (n.pl., Cunard White Star, fold. brochure w. col. photogr. ills.).
79 1037 Militaria Brialmont A H 
79 1037 Militaria Brialmont A H 
- The atlas only, without the text. Backstrip worn away; top of spine/ upper corner dam. (prob. by mice), affecting plates at top edge of central fold; boards sl. stained and worn along extremities.
= General Henri Alexis Brialmont was a prolific fortification engineer. He is sometimes referred to as the "Belgian Vauban".
79 1038 Militaria Brialmont A H 
79 1038 Militaria Brialmont A H 
- The atlas only, without the text. Top of spine sl. dam. (prob. by mice), affecting blank margins of plates at top edge of central fold; boards sl. foxed.
= General Henri Alexis Brialmont was a prolific fortification engineer. He is sometimes referred to as the "Belgian Vauban".
79 1039 Militaria Brialmont A H 
79 1039 Militaria Brialmont A H 
- The atlas only, without the text; trifle foxed. Boards sl. worn and stained. Otherwise fine.
= General Henri Alexis Brialmont was a prolific fortification engineer. He is sometimes referred to as the "Belgian Vauban".
79 1040 Militaria Cosson le Baron B de 
- Occas. trifle foxed; newspaper clipping taped to first free endpaper. Spine w. some restorations.
= Lipperheide Ra93. From the library of Henk Visser, with his bookplate on upper pastedown. The famous collection of armory assembled by the Duc de Dino (1843-1917) was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1904 (after it was first announced to be auctioned) for the then enormous sum of £80.000. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIV.