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81 1424 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Bernard F 81 1424 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Bernard F
81/1424 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Bernard, F. Petit guide de l'étranger à Paris. Paris, L. Hachette et Cie., 1855, (4),119,(5)p., fold. handcol. engr. plan, orig. blindst. cl., 12mo.

- The plan loose; occas. trifle foxed; upper hinge weak.

€ (40-60)
81 1425 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Bucher B and Weiss K 81 1425 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Bucher B and Weiss K
81/1425 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Bucher, B. and Weiss, K. Wien. Führer für Fremde und Einheimische. Vienna, Tendler & Comp., 1868, 2 parts in 1 vol., (7),VII,(1),172; (8),207,(1)p., 2 loosely inserted fold. tinted plans (centre and larger Vienna) in front and rear pocket, orig. clothbacked printed boards.

- Trifle/ sl. foxed. Boards (finger)soiled.

= First part: Wiener Baedeker. Wanderungen durch Wien und Umgebungen. Second part: Das heutige Wien, ausführliche Beschreibung der Stadt, ihrer Institute und Sammlungen.

AND 2 others.

€ (60-80) 60
81/1426 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Seeing the USSR 81/1426 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Seeing the USSR
81/1426 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Seeing the USSR 81/1426 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Seeing the USSR
81/1426 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Seeing the USSR 81/1426 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Seeing the USSR
81/1426 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Seeing the USSR. N.pl. (Moscow), n.publ., n.d. (±1935), (32)p., photogr. ills., orig. dec. wr. (by "SZh").

- Fine copy.

AND a fold. brochure of the Soviet section at the World Exhibition in Brussels (1958), w. nice colourful (and photomontage) design.

€ (60-80) 60
81 1427 Turkey Ertug A 81 1427 Turkey Ertug A
81/1427 [Turkey]. Ertug, A. Istanbul: City of Domes. Istanbul, the author, 1992, 132p., tipped-in col. photogr. plates and num. (full-p.) col. ills., orig. gilt cl. w. mounted plate on frontcover, slipcase, folio.

= With tipped-in presentation on first blank (and loosely inserted presentation letter) to Pieter Kooijmans, former minister of foreign affairs of the Netherlands.

€ (80-100)
81 1428 Turkey MacFarlane C 81 1428 Turkey MacFarlane C
81 1428 Turkey MacFarlane C 81 1428 Turkey MacFarlane C
81/1428 [Turkey]. MacFarlane, C. Konstantinopel en Turkije. Uit het Engelsch vertaald. Amst., G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1830, 2 parts in 1 vol., XII,378; X,364p., 4 lithogr. plates (1x fold.) by J.A. DAIWALLE, contemp. hmor.

- Bookblock trimmed; stamp on title-p.; partly (vaguely) watest.; final leaf sl. browned. Spine rubbed and sl. sunned.

€ (150-250) 150
81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey 81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey
81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey 81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey
81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey 81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey
81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey 81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey
81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey 81/1429 Turkey The Military Costume of Turkey
81/1429 [Turkey]. The Military Costume of Turkey. London, T. M'Lean, 1818, (6),VIII,(30)p., handcol. aquatint on engr. title, 30 full-p. handcol. engravings and aquatint, contemp. gilt and blindst. longgrained morocco, a.e.g., folio.

- Plates partly w. erroneous numbering, two diff. plates w. "11" and plate 26 shows "20", nevertheless complete; new endpapers; occas. trifle foxed/ waterstain in outer upper blank margin. Spine-ends worn; upper joint weak.

= Navari 813; Lipperheide Qp3; Colas 2059; Abbey Travel 373; Hiler 613; Blackmer 1125 and Blackmer sale 835 (ed.±1820). "These costume plates are by an unknown artist, though there is some connection between these plates and several in Wittman's Travels in Turkey, which are based on the same prototypes." (Navari). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIII.

€ (700-900)
81 1430 Turkey Ungewitter F H 81 1430 Turkey Ungewitter F H
81/1430 [Turkey]. Ungewitter, F.H. Turkije geschetst in zijnen tegenwoordigen, verledenen en toekomstigen toestand, of uitvoerig aardrijks- en geschiedkundig overzigt van het Turksche Rijk. Uit het Hoogduitsch. Tiel, H.C.A. Campagne, 1854, (4),316,(4)p., tinted lithogr. frontisp. portrait, 2 fold. maps, contemp./ sl. later clothbacked plain wr.

- Hinges strengthened; occas. sl. foxed. = Landwehr, Vergeten cultuurdragers 219.

€ (40-60) 50
81 1431 VOC and WIC Akveld L ed 81 1431 VOC and WIC Akveld L ed
81/1431 [VOC and WIC]. Akveld, L. (ed.). Machtsstrijd om Malakka. De reis van VOC-admiraal Cornelis Cornelisz. Matelief naar Oost-Azië, 1605-1608. Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2013, 397p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

= Werken uitgegeven door de Linschoten-Vereniging CXII.

Breet, M. and Barend-van Haeften, M. De Oost-Indische voyagie van Wouter Schouten. Ibid., idem, (2003), 544p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Imhoff, W.B. van. Memoir left by Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, governor and director of Ceylon, to his successor Willem Maurits Bruynink, 1740. Colombo, H.C Cottle, 1911, IV,86p., modern cl. w. use of the orig. wr. Peters, M. De wijze koopman. Het wereldwijde onderzoek van Nicolaes Witsen (1641-1717), burgemeester en VOC-bewindhebber van Amsterdam. Amst., Bert Bakker, 2010, 520p., ills., orig. boards. - AND 12 others, i.a. P.H. VAN DER BRUG, Malaria en malaise. De VOC in Batavia in de achttiende eeuw (ibid., 1994, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.); R. VAN GELDER, Naporra's omweg. Het leven van een VOC-matroos (1731-1793) (Amst./ Antw., 2003, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and H. KETTING JR., Leven, werk en rebellie aan boord van Oost-Indiëvaarders (1595-±1650) (Amst., 2002, ills., orig. boards).

€ (70-90) 70
81 1432 VOC and WIC Diessen J R ed 81 1432 VOC and WIC Diessen J R ed
81 1432 VOC and WIC Diessen J R ed 81 1432 VOC and WIC Diessen J R ed
81/1432 [VOC and WIC]. Diessen, J.R. (ed.). Grote Atlas van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. Voorburg etc., Asia Maior/ Atlas Maior etc., 2006-2010, 7 vols., num. (full-p.) col. maps and ills., printed in 1000 (vol.1)/ 1600 numb. copies, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., in orig. slipcases, large folio.

= Comprises: I. Atlas Isaak de Graaf; II. Java en Madoera; III. Indische Archipel en Oceanië; IV. Ceylon; V. Afrika; VI. Voor-Indië, Perzië, Arabisch Schiereiland; VII. Oost-Azië, Birma tot Japan. Text in Dutch and English.

Brommer, B. and Heijer, H. den (ed.). Grote Atlas van de West-Indische Compagnie. I. De Oude WIC 1621-1674; II. De Nieuwe WIC 1674-1791. Voorburg etc., Atlas Maior etc., 2011-2012, 2 vols., 416; 472p., num. (full-p.) col. maps and ills., printed in 1200 numb. copies, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., in orig. slipcases, large folio. - WITH a custom made wooden cabinet, 120(h.)x76(w.)x60(d.) cm., w. hinging upper part w. gilt incised VOC monogram.

€ (1.000-1.500) 1300
81 1433 Woensel P van 81 1433 Woensel P van
81 1433 Woensel P van 81 1433 Woensel P van
81/1433 (Woensel, P. van). De tegenwoordige staat van Rusland. Amst., A. Borchers, n.d. (1781), (26),106[=206],(2)p., engr. title w. portrait of Catherine the Great, contemp. hcalf, gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo. - BOUND WITH: (Guibert, J.A.H. de). Beschrijving van de staat- en krijgskundige gesteldheid des Pruissischen legers. Nevens eenige anekdoten van het huishoudelijk leven des tegenwoordigen konings van Pruissen. Utr., S. de Waal and G. van den Brink, 1779, 3rd ed., (2),24,3-143,(1)p., engr. frontisp. portrait of Frederick the Great. - BOUND WITH: (Mouflé d'Ongerville, B.F.J.). De Fransche spion, of De geheimen van het hof van Lodewijk den XV. Amst./ Harlingen, P. Conradi/ V. van der Plaats, 1781, (2),II,440p. - AND BOUND WITH: Engelsche Tieranny. Amst., H. Gartman, 1781, (8),100p., 4 engr. plates by C. BROUWER after P. WAGENAAR.

- Binding (sl.) worn/ rubbed; contents fine.

= Ad 1: rare work by the Dutch personal physician of Catharine II. Only 1 copy in STCN. Cat. (...) des Russica 729. Ad 2: rare, not in usual reference works. Ad 3: Buisman 1670; De Vries 351; Muller 259; Scheepers 684. Based on Vie privée de Louis XV (London, 1781). Ad 4: Buijnsters BNK 1181; Waller 1674. "Het beroemdste politiek geïndoctrineerde kinderboek uit de Patriottentijd, in de vorm van vier samenspraken tussen vader en zoon; fel anti-stadhouderlijk. Tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog verspreidden de Duitsers om propagandistische redenen in het neutrale Nederland een facsimile-uitgave in grijsblauw bedrukte omslag, die dikwijls voor echt wordt gehouden." (Buijnsters). The plates illustrate the burning of Terschelling, murder on the coast of Guinea, Torbay prison and the plundering of St. Eustatius.

€ (150-250) 160
81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C 81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C
81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C 81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C
81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C 81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C
81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C 81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C
81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C 81 1434 World exhibitions Bernhoeft C
81/1434 [World exhibitions]. Bernhoeft, C. Exposition Universelle d'Anvers 1894. N.pl., C. Bernhoeft, 1894, 50 photogr. plates by C. BERNHOEFT ("Photographe de la Cour Grand-Ducale de Luxembourg"), loose as issued in orig. gilt dec. cl. portfolio, obl. 4to.

- Flaps of portfolio w. some tiny worn/ dam. spots. Otherwise very fine.

€ (70-90) 140
81/1435 World exhibitions l'Exposition de Paris 1889 81/1435 World exhibitions l'Exposition de Paris 1889
81/1435 [World exhibitions]. l'Exposition de Paris (1889). Paris, La Librairie Illustrée, 1889, 2 vols., (4),324; (4),324p., 1 large fold. woodengr. panorama of the exhibition grounds (incl. the newly built Eiffel tower), num. double-p. (col./ tinted) woodengr. plates/ ills., orig. unif. richly gilt pict. cl., folio.

- Vol. 1 a few quires loosening and upper joint splitting.

AND 1 other: F. DUCUING, l'Exposition Universelle de 1867 illustrée. Vol. 1 (Paris etc., 1867, 1 vol. (of 2), ills., orig. gilt cl., folio).

€ (150-250)
81/1436 World exhibitions Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne Paris 1937 Album officiel 81/1436 World exhibitions Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne Paris 1937 Album officiel
81/1436 World exhibitions Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne Paris 1937 Album officiel 81/1436 World exhibitions Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne Paris 1937 Album officiel
81/1436 World exhibitions Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne Paris 1937 Album officiel 81/1436 World exhibitions Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne Paris 1937 Album officiel
81/1436 [World exhibitions]. Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie Moderne. Paris 1937. Album officiel. Paris, n.publ., 1937, 32 col. photogr. plates, orig. wr., 4to. Exposition Universelle & Internationale de Bruxelles 1935. Brussels, n.publ., 1935, 32 tinted photogr. plates, orig. wr., obl. 4to.

- Frontwr. sl. foxed and w. owner's entry.

AND 8 miscell. others, incl. official guides, souvenir booklets and special issues of periodicals, for exhibitions in Paris (1878, 1900, 1937 and 1939), Ghent (1913), Chicago (1934) and New York (1939).

€ (50-70) 60
81 1437 World exhibitions Orandakan 1970 81 1437 World exhibitions Orandakan 1970
81/1437 [World exhibitions]. Orandakan 1970. The Hague, Staatsuitgeverij, 1971, 128p., num. (col.) (photogr.) ills. by i.a. E. POSTHUMA DE BOER, bookdesign by W. CROUWEL and J. VAN DE WOUW, orig. silver wr., obl. 4to.

- Backstrip sl. dam. = Overview of the Dutch contribution to the Expo 1970 in Osaka. Rare.

Everts, F.E.C. Nederland op de Wereldtentoonstelling Brussel 1958. The Hague, Stichting Wereldtentoonstelling Brussel 1958 Afd. Nederland, 1960, XI,(1),96p., 73 photogr. ills. on plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 3 others, i.a. E. MATTIE, Wereldtentoonstellingen (Blaricum etc., 1998, (col.) ills., orig. cl. dustwr., 4to) and the official guide to the Expo 58 (Brussels).

€ (50-70)
81/1438 World exhibitions Le Panorama de l'Exposition Universelle 1900 81/1438 World exhibitions Le Panorama de l'Exposition Universelle 1900
81/1438 World exhibitions Le Panorama de l'Exposition Universelle 1900 81/1438 World exhibitions Le Panorama de l'Exposition Universelle 1900
81/1438 [World exhibitions]. Le Panorama de l'Exposition Universelle 1900. Paris, L. Baschet, 1900, unpaginated, fold. col. lithogr. plan, 1 very large fold. panorama, num. full-p. tinted ills., orig. gilt hmor., obl. folio.

- Tear in plan. Binding sl. chafed and worn along edges.

Les Merveilles de l'Exposition de 1878. Ibid., Librairie Illustrée/ M. Dreyfous, (1878), (2),796p., num. woodengr. ills., contemp. hmor., 4to.

- Sl. foxed. = One of the illustrations showing the head of the Statue of Liberty.

Rousselet, L. l'Exposition Universelle de 1889. Ibid., Hachette et Cie., 1893, 318,(1)p., (full-p.) woodengr. ills., orig. gilt dec. cl., a.e.g., 4to.

- Sl. foxed at the beginning and end. = Contains i.a. images of the Eiffel Tower in construction.

AND 2 others on the World Exhibition in Paris (1900) and Brussels (1910).

€ (80-100) 80
81/1439 World exhibitions The World's Fair 81/1439 World exhibitions The World's Fair
81/1439 World exhibitions The World's Fair 81/1439 World exhibitions The World's Fair
81/1439 [World exhibitions]. The World's Fair. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (±1893), 50 photogr. plates, each w. caption on protective flimsy, orig. cl., obl. folio.

- Possibly lacks a title-p. Frontcover and backstrip loose. = Nice views of the Chicago 1893 World Exhibition.

€ (50-70)
81 1440 World War I Berber F ed 81 1440 World War I Berber F ed
81/1440 [World War I]. Berber, F. (ed.). Das Diktat von Versailles. Entstehung, Inhalt, Zerfall. Eine Darstellung in Dokumenten. Essen, Essener Verlagsanstalt, 1939, 2 vols., (4),XLVI,(2),948; (4),949-1672p., orig. unif. giltlettered cl.

- Fore-edges sl. foxed; extremities sl. rubbed. Good copy.

= Rare German edition of the Treaty of Versailles, written as an analysis of post-WW1 events and an apologetic study on Nazi foreign policy. With a preface by Joachim von Ribbentrop, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany.

€ (100-150) 110
81 1441 World War I Bruyn W G F de 81 1441 World War I Bruyn W G F de
81 1441 World War I Bruyn W G F de 81 1441 World War I Bruyn W G F de
81 1441 World War I Bruyn W G F de 81 1441 World War I Bruyn W G F de
81/1441 [World War I]. Bruyn, W.G.F. de. Herinneringen uit mijn Koeriers-Tijdperk 1914-1918. Vijf Jaren Koerier. Brussels, L. Desmet-Verteneuil, 1919, no pagination, num. (photographic) ills. and reproductions of letters/ documents, one gelatin silver print of a portrait of the author(?), orig. giltlettered calf w. gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g., 4to.

- Covers trifle scuffed; backstrip sl. rubbed, otherwise fine.

= One of a limited numbered ed. of 25. Contains diary entries and reproductions of ephemera regarding the experiences of W.G.F. de Bruyn and his family during the First World War.

AND 2 copies of the same work in the same ed., but bound in orig. wrs. - ADDED: a photograph of W.G.F. de Bruyn and his wife A.C. de Bruyn-Hofman (±1920) and an orange (fold.) cotton/ linnen pennant bearing the embroidered text "Nederl. Gezantschap Brussel", similar to the examples shown in the book (partly dam./ frayed).

€ (300-500)
81 1442 World War I Conditions de Paix Conditions of Peace 81 1442 World War I Conditions de Paix Conditions of Peace
81/1442 [World War I]. Conditions de Paix. Conditions of Peace. N.pl., n.publ., 1919, XV,(1),426p., parallel French and Engl. text, 1 large fold. lithogr. map, orig. wr., folio.

- Hinges broken; map loose. Good copy.

= This is a rare proof copy (stamp "épreuve avant tirage définitif" on frontwr.) before the final version of the Treaty of Versailles, 28 June 1919. With 1 map (final version has 4) "Eastern Boundaries of Germany", dated 14 June 1919.

€ (100-150)
81/1443 World War I Dagelijksche Oorlogskaart No 123 1100 81/1443 World War I Dagelijksche Oorlogskaart No 123 1100
81/1443 World War I Dagelijksche Oorlogskaart No 123 1100 81/1443 World War I Dagelijksche Oorlogskaart No 123 1100
81/1443 World War I Dagelijksche Oorlogskaart No 123 1100 81/1443 World War I Dagelijksche Oorlogskaart No 123 1100
81/1443 World War I Dagelijksche Oorlogskaart No 123 1100 81/1443 World War I Dagelijksche Oorlogskaart No 123 1100
81/1443 [World War I]. Dagelijksche Oorlogskaart. No.123-1100. Amst., Drukkerij N. Buijten, 1915-1918, 2 vols., ±1000 maps printed in red and black, contemp. unif. gilt hmor., obl. folio.

- Not collated, lacks a few maps; some maps sl. creased. Bindings sl. rubbed; 1 vol. backcover sl. stained. Good set.

= Very rare. A collection of daily published maps, showing the actual positions of armies. The collection runs from 8 Jan. 1915 to 8 Nov. 1918.

€ (80-100) 90
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