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75 935 Adam A 75 935 Adam A
75 935 Adam A 75 935 Adam A
75/ 935 Adam, A. A Summary of Geography and History, Both Ancient and Modern: containing an Account of the Political State, and Principal Revolutions of the most illustrious Nations in Ancient and Modern Times (...). London, printed for T. Cadell etc., 1824, 6th ed., XI,(1),727,(1)p., 13 fold. engr. maps, contemp. calf w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece, large 8vo.

- Sl. yellowed and dampstained; maps occas. torn

€ (50-70)
75 936 Africa  Browne W G 75 936 Africa Browne W G
75/ 936 [Africa]. Browne, W.G. Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the Year 1792 to 1798. London, T. Cadell Junior and W. Davies, 1799, XXXVIII,496p., frontisp. by J. NEAGLE after L. MAYER, 2 fold. maps (1x w. itinerary indicated w. green) and 1 plan, contemp. simple gilt calf w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Title-p. yellowed/ browned; maps w. offsetting on both adjacent pages and onto the opposite side of the map itself; new endpapers. Binding worn along extremities and covers sl. chafed; rebacked w. modern calf.

= Rare. Henze I, p.349; Cox I, p.394; Gay 43; Howgego I, B170; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p. 91. "(...) Having successfully crossed the desert to Darfur, he was detained by the local sultan for three years until 1796 before being allowed to return north. His account of the region was to be the first by a European explorer. (...) His description of Egypt is considered one of the best of the period, despite its dry, affected style." (Howgego). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVII.

€ (150-250) 240
75 937 Africa  Levaillant F 75 937 Africa Levaillant F
75/ 937 [Africa]. Levaillant, F. Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, Dans les années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85. Vol. 1. Brussels, B. le Francq, 1791, XX,274p., engr. frontisp., 2 fold. plates, contemp. hcalf.

- Without the 2nd vol.; final text leaf loose. Binding rubbed and sl. worn.

= Mendelssohn I, p.889 (Engl. ed., 1790); Gay 3118 (other ed.); Kainbacher I, p.162 (German eds.); Henze III, p.225ff; Cox I, p.389: "(...) interesting as an account of South Africa at a time when comparatively little was known regarding its natural history and the Dutch settlers". Nice views of the Cape of Good Hope and "Camp de Pampoen-Kraal".

€ (70-90)
75 938 Africa  Roncière C de la 75 938 Africa Roncière C de la
75/ 938 [Africa]. Roncière, C. de la. La découverte de l'Afrique au Moyen Âge. Cairo, Société royale de géographie d'Égypte, 1925-1927, 3 parts in 1 vol., VIII,174,(1); (6),144,(3); (4),VIII,130p., (double-p.) plates (1x fold.), modern gilt red mor. w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, folio.

- Fold. plate strengthened on fold. = Memoires de la Société royale de géographie d'Égypte V-VII.

€ (150-250) 160
75 939 Africa  Speke J H 75 939 Africa Speke J H
75 939 Africa  Speke J H 75 939 Africa Speke J H
75 939 Africa  Speke J H 75 939 Africa Speke J H
75/ 939 [Africa]. Speke, J.H. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. Edinb./ London, W. Blackwood and Sons, 1864, 2nd ed., XXXI,(1),658,(2 advert.)p., 2 steelengr. portraits, fold. partly col. lithogr. map loose in rear pocket, 24 woodengr. plates, num. ills., orig. gilt cl.

- Hinges split; owner's entry on 1st free endpaper; last 2 lvs. and map sl. nibbled by silverfish. Binding (sl.) worn; joints splitting.

AND 4 others, i.a. A. EGMONT HAKE, The journals of Major-Gen. C.G. Gordon, C.R. at Kartoum (London, 1885, steelengr. portrait, maps, ills., orig. gilt cl.) and IDEM, The story of Chinese Gordon (ibid., 1884, maps, portraits, orig. gilt pict. cl. Owner's entry on title; both vols. hinges weak. Spine sunned).

€ (80-100) 90
75 940 Africa  Underhill E B 75 940 Africa Underhill E B
75/ 940 [Africa]. Underhill, E.B. Alfred Saker, Missionary to Africa: A Biography. London, Alexander and Shepheard, 1884, 1st ed., XIII,(3),173,(3)p., photogr. frontisp. portrait of A. Saker, orig. gilt and dec. cl.
€ (40-60)
75 941 d'Allemagne H R 75 941 d'Allemagne H R
75/ 941 d'Allemagne, H.-R. Histoire du luminaire depuis l'époque romaine jusqu'au XIXème siècle. Paris, Picard, 1981, (6),VI,702p., num. (full-p.) ills., contemp. gilt hmor., orig. wr. pres., t.e.g., sm. folio.

- Occas. trifle foxed. Sl. rubbed along extremities. = Standard work on the history of lighting.

€ (70-90) 70
75 942 America  Beaujour F de 75 942 America Beaujour F de
75/ 942 [America]. Beaujour, F. de. Aperçu des États-Unis, au commencement du XIXe siècle, depuis 1800 jusqu'en 1810. Paris, L.G. Michaud/ Delaunay, 1814, 272p., large fold. engr. map w. handcol. borders, 17 fold. tables, contemp. green boards w. red mor. letterpiece.

- The map w. large closed tear and one hole (closed w. scotch tape). Covers sl. stained and scratched; spine-ends and corners bumped.

= Sabin 4172. The author was French ambassador to the United States (1804-1811).

€ (150-250)
75 943 America  Emory W H 75 943 America Emory W H
75 943 America  Emory W H 75 943 America Emory W H
75 943 America  Emory W H 75 943 America Emory W H
75/ 943 [America]. Emory, W.H. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. Wash., Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848, 416p., large fold. lithogr. map in rear pocket (±80x180 cm.), 41 plates (incl. 3 maps/ plans), contemp. cl. w. ticket on spine.

- Text and some plates sl. foxed; most plates remarkably clean and the large map fine (only a few sm. creases and tiny tears on intersection of folds); owner's stamp on upper pastedown and fore-edge. Binding worn along extremities; spine-ends repaired.

= Edition Senate Executive, No. 7, w. the author's rank given as Brevet Major. Sabin 22536; Howes E145. Rare, especially with the folding map.

€ (400-600)
75 944 America  Irving W 75 944 America Irving W
75/ 944 [America]. Irving, W. A tour on the prairies. Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1835, X,199p., contemp. gilt hcalf.

- Occas. sl. foxed; contemp. owner's entry on htitle (ink oxidizing). = Sabin 35139.

€ (60-80) 60
75 945 America  Smet P J de 75 945 America Smet P J de
75/ 945 [America]. Smet, P.J. de. Missions de l'Orégon et Voyages dans les Montagnes Rocheuses en 1845 et 1846. Paris/ Lyon, Librairie de Poussielgue-Rusand/ J.B. Pelagaud et Cie, 1848, (4),II,7-408p., tinted lithogr. frontisp., title-p. and 12 plates, contemp. gilt mor., a.e.g., sm. 8vo.

- Sl. foxed; partly waterstained in margins, mainly at the beginning. Top of spine sl. chipped; corners dam.

= The second French edition (the first was publ. at Ghent the same year), partly based on the first English ed. of 1847 (from which it has also borrowed the plates) and partly on the Ghent edition. Howes D286; Sabin 82266.

€ (120-150)
75 946 America  Storke E  75 946 America Storke E
75 946 America  Storke E  75 946 America Storke E
75/ 946 [America]. (Storke, E.). Sample Subscription Book of the Great American Rebellion. Auburn, Auburn Publ. Comp./ E.G. Stork, n.d. (1863), 4 parts in 1 vol., 7 fold. (woodengr.?) maps, 25 woodengr. plates and portraits (15x printed on recto and verso), ills., fold. letterpress broadside, orig. gilt cl., part of the gilt backstrip to vol. I of the complete work pasted on upper pastedown.

- Some occas. sl. foxing; 1 map w. repaired tear on fold. Recased w. use of orig. (plain) backstrip; frontcover sl. stained.

= Salesman's dummy for the work A Complete History of the Great American Rebellion, Embracing its Causes, Events, and Consequences by Elliot Stork publ. 1865(?), the dummy "containing exact specimens of the maps, portraits and scenes; the contents of the work. Full chapters of the causes, and history of the rebellion, and also of its biography and incidents, perfect samples of the size of the page, kind of type, quality of paper, style of binding, etc." (title-p.). Bound in the back are 20 ruled lvs. intended for, and partly filled out with, the names of subscribers, together with their residence (all Tiffin, Ohio), post office and occupation (all entries in pen and ink). Nice and rare biblio-historical document and a valuable addition to any collection concerning the Civil War.

€ (120-150)
75 947 America  Tocqueville A  C H Clérel de 75 947 America Tocqueville A C H Clérel de
75 947 America  Tocqueville A  C H Clérel de 75 947 America Tocqueville A C H Clérel de
75/ 947 [America]. Tocqueville, A. (C.H. Clérel) de. De la démocratie en Amérique. Brussels, Société Belge de la Librairie, 1837, 4th ed., 3 vols., (4),333; (4),279; 318p., fold. handcol. lithogr. map, contemp. unif. giltlettered hcl., sm. 8vo. Idem. De la démocratie en Amérique. Deuxième Partie. Ibid., idem, 1840, 3 parts in 1 vol., (4),247; (4),245; (4),189p., contemp. giltlettered hcl., unif. w. the above, sm. 8vo.

- All vols. occas sl. foxed.

= Sabin 96060 and 96061; Goldsmiths 28903 (ed. Paris, 1835-1840); Einaudi 5633 (ed. Paris, 1868); Miller, Encycl. of Political Thought p.518-520. "(...) In 1831 Tocqueville journeyed to the United States (...) to study the Americal penal system. He then wrote Democracy in America, the first volume of which appeared in 1835, the second in 1840. (...) Tocqueville was interested in the political, cultural, and to a lesser extent, economic consequences of 'democracy', by which he meant not representative government or political arrangements of any sort, but 'equality of conditions'. (...) Tocqueville's major intellectual, not to say political, preoccupation was discovering how 'liberty' might be preserved under democratic conditions." (New Palgrave IV, 656).

€ (80-100) 80
75 948 America  Verala Bueno C 75 948 America Verala Bueno C
75/ 948 [America]. Verala Bueno, C. Americus Vesputius 1499-1999. Introd by G. Moron. Caracas, Enzo Papi, 1999, (4),XI,(1),285,(10)p., num. col. plates, printed in 2197 numb. copies (1499), orig. giltlettered calf w. purple silk doublures, bronze relief in cire perdue technique by ITALO CELLI on frontcover (23,5x19 cm.), w. orig. wooden standard, folio.

= One of 1499 Arabic numb. copies with a bronze relief.

€ (200-300) 200
75 949  Ant arctica  Shackleton E H 75 949 Ant arctica Shackleton E H
75/ 949 [(Ant)arctica]. Shackleton, E.H. The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909. Introd. H. Robert Mill. An Account of the first Journey to the South Magnetic Pole by T.W. Edgeworth David. London, W. Heinemann, 1909, 1st ed., 2 vols., XLVIII,371,(1); XV,(1),418,(1)p., 2 frontisp., 3 col. maps and 1 fold. profile loosely inserted, 12 col. plates, num. photogr. plates/ ills., orig. unif. silvergilt and pict. cl., t.e.g., sm. 4to.

- Corners sl. rubbed. Fine and clean copy.

= Headland 1383; Conrad p.148: "This is the place to begin for this expedition as it is a detailed, lucid page-turner." Taurus Collection 58: "Known today as the Nimrod expedition, this proved to be the making of Shackleton, encompassing the first ascent of Mount Erebus, the first (failed) experiment with an automated vehicle in the Antarctic and, most importantly, the mapping of a viable route to the Pole."

€ (200-300) 350
75/950 Asia  The Outline of the Reconstruction Work in Tokyo & Yokohama 75/950 Asia The Outline of the Reconstruction Work in Tokyo & Yokohama
75/950 Asia  The Outline of the Reconstruction Work in Tokyo & Yokohama 75/950 Asia The Outline of the Reconstruction Work in Tokyo & Yokohama
75/950 Asia  The Outline of the Reconstruction Work in Tokyo & Yokohama 75/950 Asia The Outline of the Reconstruction Work in Tokyo & Yokohama
75/950 Asia  The Outline of the Reconstruction Work in Tokyo & Yokohama 75/950 Asia The Outline of the Reconstruction Work in Tokyo & Yokohama
75/ 950 [Asia]. The Outline of the Reconstruction Work in Tokyo & Yokohama. N.pl. (Tokyo), Bureau of Reconstruction, 1929, (14),VI,X,(1),219,(1)p., 6 large fold. col. maps/ plans printed on thin paper, ills., orig. giltlettered cl., t.e.g.

- Lower hinge broken; 3 maps w. (sm.) tear.

= Official report on the reconstruction of Tokyo and Yokohama after the devastating Great Kantō earthquake of 1923.

AND 2 others, i.a. W. MAXWELL, From the Yalu to Port Arthur (London, 1906, 1st ed., 3 col. maps, 33 ills., orig. giltlettered (sl. stained) cl., t.e.g.).

€ (80-100) 90
75/951 Asia  Vollständige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen aller Nationen mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben Vol I Asien 75/951 Asia Vollständige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen aller Nationen mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben Vol I Asien
75/951 Asia  Vollständige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen aller Nationen mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben Vol I Asien 75/951 Asia Vollständige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen aller Nationen mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben Vol I Asien
75/951 Asia  Vollständige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen aller Nationen mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben Vol I Asien 75/951 Asia Vollständige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen aller Nationen mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben Vol I Asien
75/ 951 [Asia]. Vollständige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen aller Nationen mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben. Vol. I (Asien). Meissen, F.W. Goedsche, n.d. (±1840), 278 textp., lithogr. title-p. and 56 (of 68) handcol. plates, each w. 2 ills., later hmor., 4to.

- Lacks 12 plates; annots. on first textp.; foxed/ sl. (water)stained (incl. plates); some plates loosening/ sl. frayed. Covers trifle soiled. Sold w.a.f.

= Lipperheide Ad16.

€ (80-100) 80
75/952 Atlases  Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährtesten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen nebst allen neuen Entdeckungen Säkularisationen und Entschädigungen 75/952 Atlases Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährtesten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen nebst allen neuen Entdeckungen Säkularisationen und Entschädigungen
75/952 Atlases  Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährtesten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen nebst allen neuen Entdeckungen Säkularisationen und Entschädigungen 75/952 Atlases Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährtesten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen nebst allen neuen Entdeckungen Säkularisationen und Entschädigungen
75/952 Atlases  Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährtesten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen nebst allen neuen Entdeckungen Säkularisationen und Entschädigungen 75/952 Atlases Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährtesten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen nebst allen neuen Entdeckungen Säkularisationen und Entschädigungen
75/ 952 [Atlases]. Allgemeiner Atlas. Nach den bewährtesten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen, nebst allen neuen Entdeckungen, Säkularisationen, und Entschädigungen. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (Augsb., J. Walch, 1812), 33 (of 35) handcol. engr. maps, modern gilt hleather, obl. 4to.

- Lacks title-p. and 2 maps; partly sl. (finger)soiled, mostly in lower outer corner; a few maps w. some underlining; map of Australia w. sm. hole (restored on verso w. tape).

€ (150-250)
75 953 Atlases  Blaeu J 75 953 Atlases Blaeu J
75/ 953 [Atlases]. Blaeu, J. Le grand atlas ou cosmographie Blauiane. Amst., Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1967-1968, 12 vols., 609 double-p. maps (some col.), printed in 1000 numb. copies, orig. unif. gilt imitation vellum, large folio.

= Facs. reprint of the ed. Amst., 1663.

€ (1.000-1.500) 1100
75 954 Atlases  Lapie P 75 954 Atlases Lapie P
75 954 Atlases  Lapie P 75 954 Atlases Lapie P
75/ 954 [Atlases]. Lapie, P. Atlas Classique et Universel de Géographie Ancienne et Moderne (...). Paris, Magimel, 1812, (6)textp., 39 (partly col.) engr. maps (3x double-p./ 3x fold.), contemp. hmor., large 4to.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's entry on title-p.; foxed; a few maps repaired on verso. Binding worn/ sl. dam. Sold w.a.f.

€ (80-100) 100
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