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76 947 Australia Schilder G 76 947 Australia Schilder G
76/ 947 [Australia]. Schilder, G. Australia unveiled. The share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia. Engl. transl. O. Richter. Amst., Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1976, XI,(1),419,(5)p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 8vo. Williams, G. and Frost, A. (ed.). Terra Australis to Australia. Melbourne, Oxford Univ. Press/ Australian Acad. of the Humanities, 1988, XVII,(1),242p., (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 2 others similar: A. SHARP, The Discovery of Australia (Oxf., 1963, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); K.G. MCINTYRE, The Secret Discovery of Australia. Portuguese Ventures 200 Years Before Captain Cook (Medindie/ London, 1977, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.).
€ (50-70) 50
76 948 Belgium Gramaye J B 76 948 Belgium Gramaye J B
76/ 948 [Belgium]. Gramaye, J.B. Antiquitates illustrissimi ducatus Brabantiae (...). Louvain/ Brussels, A. Denique/ Frateres Tserstevens, 1708, 12 parts in 1 vol., 3 engr. vignettes, 8 sm. views, contemp. gilt calf, folio.

- Occas. waterst.; lower corner sl. mouldy at the end. Rebacked; frontcover loosening; top of spine dam.; covers chafed.

= Contains nice vignette views of i.a. Louvain, Brussels, Antwerp and Den Bosch.

€ (150-250)
76/949 Belgium Le roi Albert & son temps Suite d'études exposant les diverses activités de la Belgique et de son roi Ed J Destrée 76/949 Belgium Le roi Albert & son temps Suite d'études exposant les diverses activités de la Belgique et de son roi Ed J Destrée
76/ 949 [Belgium]. Le roi Albert & son temps. Suite d'études exposant les diverses activités de la Belgique et de son roi. Ed. J. Destrée. (Antw.), J.-E. Buschmann/ M. de Behogne, 1932, (16),III,(1),357,(1)p., tinted woodcut ills. and vignettes by F. VAN ERMENGEN, printed in 885 numb. copies (750), contemp./ sl. later hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, folio.

- Without the frontisp. portrait of king Albert; title sl. fingersoiled.

= Originally published in loose quires with portfolio.

€ (70-90)
76/950 Belgium Antwerp Historia episcopatûs Antverpiensis continens episcoporum seriem et capitulorum abbatiarum et monasteriorum fundationes 76/950 Belgium Antwerp Historia episcopatûs Antverpiensis continens episcoporum seriem et capitulorum abbatiarum et monasteriorum fundationes
76/950 Belgium Antwerp Historia episcopatûs Antverpiensis continens episcoporum seriem et capitulorum abbatiarum et monasteriorum fundationes 76/950 Belgium Antwerp Historia episcopatûs Antverpiensis continens episcoporum seriem et capitulorum abbatiarum et monasteriorum fundationes
76/950 Belgium Antwerp Historia episcopatûs Antverpiensis continens episcoporum seriem et capitulorum abbatiarum et monasteriorum fundationes 76/950 Belgium Antwerp Historia episcopatûs Antverpiensis continens episcoporum seriem et capitulorum abbatiarum et monasteriorum fundationes
76/ 950 [Belgium. Antwerp]. Historia episcopatûs Antverpiensis, continens episcoporum seriem, et capitulorum, abbatiarum, et monasteriorum fundationes. Brussels, F. Foppens, 1717, (6),210,(6)p., engr. frontisp., 9 fold. plans/ plates by HARREWIJN, 16 woodcut coats of arms, contemp. calf, sm. 4to.

- Frontcover and frontisp. loose; lacks backstrip.

= Plates of i.a. the castle and church of Breda and the townhall and church of Antwerp.

€ (80-100)
76 951 Bonaparte R 76 951 Bonaparte R
76 951 Bonaparte R 76 951 Bonaparte R
76/ 951 Bonaparte, R. Les récents voyages des néerlandais à la Nouvelle-Guinée. Versailles, the author, 1885, (6),16,(1)p., fold. col. lithogr. map, orig. wr., sm. 4to.

- Owner's entry on frontwr.; wrappers partly discol. and duststained. Backstrip dam. = Rare. Cat. NHSM p.182.

ADDED: (Wagenaar, J.). Abregé de l'histoire de la patrie par demandes et par reponses. Traduit du hollandois. Amst., I. Tirion, 1759, (8),206,(2)p., 3 engr. ills., contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.

- Lacks first free endpaper; upper hinge broken; partly loose. Binding soiled.

= French translation of Vaderlandsche historie verkort: en by vraagen en antwoorden voorgesteld. The last 2 pages w. an advertisement (in French) for Wagenaar's Vaderlandsche historie, with vol. 20 being "sous presse & sera publié bientôt".

€ (50-70)
76 952 Bougainville L A de 76 952 Bougainville L A de
76/ 952 Bougainville, L.A. de. Reis rondom de weereld, gedaen op bevel des konings van Frankrijk, in de jaren 1766 tot 1769, met het fregat La Boudeuse en het fluitschip L'Etoile. Dutch transl. and ed. P. Leuter. Dordr., De Leeuw en Krap, 1793, (4),XII,370p., engr. title-vignette, 21 (mostly fold.) maps, 1 plate, modern gilt leather w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Owner's entry on htitle; bookblock trimmed.

= Second enlarged Dutch edition of Voyage autour du monde (...), first published in Paris in 1771. Tiele 177 (1st ed.); Sabin 6872; Henze I, p.320; Cat. NHSM p.137 (ed. Paris, 1772); Rouffaer/ Muller p.601 (ed. Paris, 1771); Oeilly/ Reitman 289; Howgego B142; Cox I, p.55 (other eds.): "The expedition here described had to do with the delivery of the Falkland Islands to Spain (...). After having performed this duty he was ordered to proceed across the Pacific Ocean to the East Indies and thence back home. This was the first French expedition to sail around the world... The expedition visited the Island of Tahiti, which was annexed for France and called La Nouvelle Cythere... Several other South Sea islands were also visited (...)". Hill 163: "Bougainville's accounts of Pacific Islanders in this work echoed Jean Jacques Rousseau's concepts of the "noble savage", and inspired Denis Diderot to write his denunciation of European contact with indigenous peoples."

€ (400-600) 475
76 953 Brazil Agassiz L 76 953 Brazil Agassiz L
76/ 953 [Brazil]. Agassiz, L. Voyage au Brésil. Paris, L. Hachette et Cie., 1869, XII,532p., 5 (col.) (engr.) maps, 54 (full-p.) woodengr. ills., contemp. gilt hmor., a.e.g.

- Endpapers soiled; (sl.) foxed throughout. Spine worn/ rubbed along extremities.

Driesen, L. Leben des Fürsten Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen (...) mit einem Fac-simile. Berlin, Deckersche Geheime Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, 1849, XVII,(1),375,(1)p., fold. facs. letter, contemp. cl. w. gilt spine.

- Sl. foxed throughout.

AND 5 others, i.a. F. DE AZEVEDO, A cultura Brasileira (São Paulo, 1944, num. (photogr.) ills., gilt hcalf, 4to).

€ (80-100) 80
76 954 Brazil Barlaeus C 76 954 Brazil Barlaeus C
76 954 Brazil Barlaeus C 76 954 Brazil Barlaeus C
76/ 954 [Brazil]. Barlaeus, C. Nederlandsch Brazilië onder het bewind van Johan Maurits Grave van Nassau 1637-1644. Dutch adapt. S.P. l'Honoré Naber. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1923, new facs. ed., XVI,442,(1)p., engr. facs. frontisp. portrait, title-p. and 67 maps/ plates, printed in 160 numb. copies signed by the publisher, contemp. gilt hmor., folio.

- Free endpapers browned; occas. (sl.); one plate w. false fold.

= Facs. reprint of the ed. Amsterdam, 1647 published by Blaeu. Cf. Sabin 3408; Bosch 127 and Borba de Moraes p.78-79.

€ (500-700 500
76 955 Brazil Barlaeus C 76 955 Brazil Barlaeus C
76 955 Brazil Barlaeus C 76 955 Brazil Barlaeus C
76/ 955 [Brazil]. Barlaeus, C. Nederlandsch Brazilië onder het bewind van Johan Maurits Grave van Nassau 1637-1644. Dutch adapt. S.P. l'Honoré Naber. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1923, new facs. ed., XVI,442,(1)p., engr. facs. frontisp. portrait, title-p. and 67 fold. maps/ plates (3 full-p.), printed in 160 numb. copies signed by the publisher, orig. cl., folio.

- Some occas. foxing. Binding foxed and duststained; frontcover trifle warped.

= Facs. reprint of the edition Amsterdam, 1647 published by Blaeu. Cf. Sabin 3408; Bosch 127 and Borba de Moraes p.78-79.

€ (500-700)
76 956 Brazil Debret J B 76 956 Brazil Debret J B
76/ 956 [Brazil]. Debret, J.B. Voyage Pittoresque et Historique au Brésil. Rio de Janeiro/ New York, Distribuidora Record/ Continental News, 1965, 3 vols., (6),(8),XVI,17-56,(2); (6),162,(2); (4),XVI,252p., num. facs. plates, printed in 1000 numb. copies (900), loose as issued in original unif. cl. dropback box, large folio.

= Reprint of the original edition (Paris, F. Didot Frères, 1834-1839). Fine set.

€ (300-500)
76 957 Brazil Ferrez G 76 957 Brazil Ferrez G
76/ 957 [Brazil]. Ferrez, G. A muito leal e heroica cidade de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro. Paris, M. Mouillot, 1965, 259,(7)p., num. (col.) (full-p.) ills., printed in 1000 numb. copies, orig. hvellum, folio.
€ (100-150)
76 958 Brazil Livro que dá razão do estado do Brasil 76 958 Brazil Livro que dá razão do estado do Brasil
76 958 Brazil Livro que dá razão do estado do Brasil 76 958 Brazil Livro que dá razão do estado do Brasil
76/ 958 [Brazil]. Livro que dá razão do estado do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, Instituto Nacional do Livro, 1968, 85,(3)p., col. facs. frontisp., 22 (fold./ full-p.) col. facs. maps, modern boards backed w. artif. leather, obl. folio.

- Upper endpapers sl. waterdam.; dedication on htitle. Frontcover sl. chafed.

AND 1 other.

€ (40-60)
76 959 Brazil Martius C F P von 76 959 Brazil Martius C F P von
76 959 Brazil Martius C F P von 76 959 Brazil Martius C F P von
76/ 959 [Brazil]. Martius, C.F.P. von. Zur Ethnographie Amerika's zumal Brasiliens. Leipsic, F. Flewischer, 1867, 2 vols., VIII,(2),801,(1); XXI,(1),548p., fold. handcol. lithogr. map, contemp. unif. giltlettered and blindst. hmor. (bound by D.G. van Bommel).

- Contents occas. sl. foxed. Spine-ends dried and sl. worn.

= Impressive work on the native population of Brazil, incl. a glossary of their languages. Sabin 44984.

€ (400-600)
76/960 Brazil O Brasil que Nassau Conheceu 76/960 Brazil O Brasil que Nassau Conheceu
76/ 960 [Brazil]. O Brasil que Nassau Conheceu. Recife, Governo de Pernambuco, 1979, (60) loose facs. lvs., kept in orig. cl. portfolio w. ties, folio.
€ (150-250) 150
76 961 Bruyn C de 76 961 Bruyn C de
76/ 961 Bruyn, C. de. Voyages par la Moscovie, en Perse et aux Indes Orientales. Vol. III and IV. Paris/ Rouen, J.-B.-C. Bauche/ C. Ferrand & R. Machuel, 1725, new ed., 2 (of 5) vols., (6),520,(12); (2),522,(12)p., 4 fold. engr. maps, 42 (fold.) plates, contemp. unif. calf, spines richly gilt w. 2 mor. letterpieces, 4to.

- Without vol. 1, 2 and 5; one text leaf in vol. 2 w. brown stain; occas. trifle yellowed. Otherwise fine and attractively bound.

= Tiele 208; Henze p.378; Blackmer 225 note; Cox I, p.218. Contains i.a. panoramic views of Moscow, Isfahan and Persepolis.

€ (300-500)
76 962 Cannabich J G F 76 962 Cannabich J G F
76/ 962 Cannabich, J.G.F. Leerboek der aardrijkskunde. Dutch transl. J.J.F. Wap. Breda, W.A. Oukoop, 1834-1836, 4 vols., contemp. unif. gilt hcalf.

- Some scattered library stamps.

€ (40-60)
76 963 Carrierès A C de la 76 963 Carrierès A C de la
76/ 963 Carrierès, A.C. de la. Voyage au pays aurifères Afrique, Mexique, Californie, Pérou, Chili, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Australie, Russie. Paris, A. Courcier, n.d. (±1855), 1st ed., (4),328p., frontisp. and 11 contemp handcol. lithogr. plates, orig. richly gilt pict. cl. w. col. onlay mor.(?) decorations, a.e.g., large 8vo.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Joints starting at top of spine. Otherwise a fine copy.

= Howes L5; Palau 129302; Sabin 38450.

€ (100-150) 100
76 964 Ceylon Haafner J 76 964 Ceylon Haafner J
76/ 964 [Ceylon]. Haafner, J. Reize te voet door het eiland Ceilon. Amst., G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1826, VIII,LX,263p., engr. title, 2 fold. plates and 1 handcol. plate by R. VINKELES after J. HAAFNER, later hleather.

- Trifle foxed/ fingersoiled; new (mismatching) endpapers.

= Tiele 435; Landwehr, VOC 350; Landwehr, Dutch Books Col. Plates 297-298; De Silva/ Beumer 461/462 (i.a. listing the first edition published in 1810). Posthumously published, i.a. describing the flora and fauna of Ceylon. "Importance of Haafner's eyewitness accounts is that they were done during the time of decay of the VOC. (...) Haafner was an anti-colonialist, a man before his time, for his ideas were not to be topical until more than a century had elapsed." (De Silva).

€ (150-250) 200
76 965 Ceylon Silva R K de 76 965 Ceylon Silva R K de
76/ 965 [Ceylon]. Silva, R.K. de. Early Prints of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1800-1900. London, Serendib, 1985, X,362p., 156 (mostly col./ tinted) plates, orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to. Brohier, R.L. Links between Sri Lanka and the Netherlands. A Book of Dutch Ceylon. Colombo, Netherlands Alumni Association of Sri Lanka, (1978), (6),165p., 3 (col.) (fold.) maps, plans, plates, ills., orig. gilt rexine w. dustwr., 4to (upper corners sl. bumped).
€ (30-50) 50
76 966 Ceylon Silva R K de and Beumer W G M 76 966 Ceylon Silva R K de and Beumer W G M
76/ 966 [Ceylon]. Silva, R.K. de and Beumer, W.G.M. Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602-1796. London/ Leyden, Serendib/ E.J. Brill, 1988, VIII,495p., (col.) (full-p.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to.
€ (40-60)
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