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78 900 Africa Barth H 78 900 Africa Barth H
78/ 900 [Africa]. Barth, H. Lotgevallen en ontdekkingen op eene reis in het noorden en midden van Afrika, op last der Britsche regering in de jaren 1849 tot 1855 gedaan. Introd. J. van der Hoeven. Den Bosch, Gebr. Muller, 1858-1859, 5 vols., fold. lithogr. map, 19 col. plates, 1 monochr. lithogr. plan, contemp. unif. gilt hcl. w. orange mor. letterpiece.

- Sl. foxed; closed tears and some false creases in map. Paper over covers sl. worn/ chafed.

= First Dutch translation of "Reisen und Entdeckungen in Nord- und Central Afrika" (1857-1858). Henze I, p.175-183: "Der Bahnbrecher der Sahara- und Sudan-Forschung. (...) Schnell liess B. sein grosses Reisewerk, in englischer und deutscher Fassung, folgen, durch das Licht wurde über einen Grossteil Nord- und Zentral-Afrikas. Was vorher bruchstückhaft und unverständlich aus der arabischen Berichten (...) dagelegen hatte, wurde nun erst verständlich." Tiele 74; Landwehr, Dutch books col. plates 233.

€ (150-250) 190
78 901 Africa Dalzel A ed 78 901 Africa Dalzel A ed
78/ 901 [Africa]. Dalzel, A. (ed.). De geschiedenis van Dahomy, een binnenlands koningrijk van Afrika; benevens het verhaal eener binnenlandsche reize in Afrika naar 't hof van Bossa Ahadee, koning van Dahomy; alles verzameld uit echte schriften. The Hague, J.C. Leeuwestyn, 1800, (14),XXXVI,44, 392p., fold. engr. map, 4 fold. plates, 19h cent. blue hmor. w. gilt spine.

- Occas. (sl.) foxed. Otherwise fine.

= Cf. Cox I, p.392 (ed. London, 1793); cf. Kainbacher I, p.157 and Engelmann I, p.176 (both listing the German ed. 1799). "The official situation which the author held gave him opportunities of gaining much valuable information, the accuracy of which may be depended upon - Lowndes" (Cox, referring to Lowndes p.584). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVIII.

€ (200-300) 230
78 902 Africa Gide A 78 902 Africa Gide A
78/ 902 [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.

€ (150-250)
78 903 Africa Mantero F 78 903 Africa Mantero F
78/ 903 [Africa]. Mantero, F. Manual Labour in S. Thomé and Principe. Translated fromt the Portuguese. Lisbon, Annuario Commercial, 1910, 183,(9)p., 2 fold. (col.) maps, num. (mainly photogr.) plates (3x fold.), 11 tables/ charts, orig. wr., large 4to.

- Both wrappers sl. creased in lower outer corner; top of spine sl. worn.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on verso of title-p. "To His Excellency the British Minister Resident at Munich (...) Lisbon, September 1910". Written in response to W. Cadbury's "The Labourers of S. Thome & Principe" (1909 ), in which the Portuguese cocao plantation owners of Sao Tomé were accused of slavery practices.

€ (60-80) 60
78 904 Africa Prevost d'Exiles A F 78 904 Africa Prevost d'Exiles A F
78 904 Africa Prevost d'Exiles A F 78 904 Africa Prevost d'Exiles A F
78 904 Africa Prevost d'Exiles A F 78 904 Africa Prevost d'Exiles A F
78/ 904 [Africa]. (Prevost d'Exiles, A.F.). Histoire générale des voyages ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu'à présent dans les différentes Langues de toutes les Nations connues (...). Vol. 4 and 5. The Hague, P. de Hondt, 1747/ 1748, 2 vols., (2),614; (2),VI,484p., 27/ 41 (fold.) engr. maps/ plans and plates, contemp. unif. marbled calf w. richly gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Apart from a few minor defects, both fine.

= Vol. 4 dealing with the "Voyages au long des côtes occidentales d'Afrique, depuis le Cap-Blanco jusqu'à Sierra-Leona." and vol. 5 subtitled: "Description de la Guinée (a), contenant La Géographie et l'Histoire Naturelle et Civile du Pays." Sabin 65404: "(...) Mainly a reprint of the Paris edition (...)"; Cox I, p.32; Nat. Maritime Mus. I, p.37; NHSM p.108. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIX.

€ (250-350) 250
78 905 Africa Tournefort J Pitton de 78 905 Africa Tournefort J Pitton de
78 905 Africa Tournefort J Pitton de 78 905 Africa Tournefort J Pitton de
78/ 905 [Africa]. Tournefort, J. Pitton de. Beschryving van eene reize naar de Levant, gedaan op bevel des Konings van Vrankryk (...). Amst., Janssoons van Waesberge, 1737, 2 parts in 1 vol., (32),191,(1); (4),187,(21)p., 89 (fold.) engr. maps/ plates, 45 ills., later hcl., 4to.

- 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). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVII.

€ (400-600)
78 906 America Grant U S 78 906 America Grant U S
78 906 America Grant U S 78 906 America Grant U S
78/ 906 [America]. Grant, U.S. Personal Memoirs. New York, C.L. Webster, 1885, 1st ed., 2 vols., 584; 647,(1)p., 2 steelengr. frontisp. portraits, 2 plates, num. (fold.) facsimiles/ maps/ ills., orig. unif. giltlettered calf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- Frontisp. to vol.2 dampstained. Both vols. bookplates on upper endpaper; both vols. leather sl. dried and chafed/ sl. worn along extremities.

€ (100-150)
78 907 America Hayden F V 78 907 America Hayden F V
78/ 907 [America]. Hayden, F.V. Twelfth Annual Report of the United Stated Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: a Report of Progress of the Exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the Year 1878. Part II. Yellowstone National Park. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1883, 1 vol. only (of 2), XXIV,(2),503p., num. fold. maps, tinted/ col. lithogr. plates, woodengr. ills., orig. giltlettered cl.
€ (60-80) 100
78 908 America Robertson W 78 908 America Robertson W
78/ 908 [America]. Robertson, W. The History of America. London/ Edinb., A. Strahan and T. Cadell/ J. Balfour, 1788, 5th ed., 3 vols., XLVII,(1),388; (2),499; (2),439,(39)p., 4 fold. engr. maps, 1 fold. plate, contemp. unif. calf, richly gilt spines w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- First and final lvs. sl. browned. Bindings trifle worn along edges. Otherwise fine. = Sabin 71973 (note).

AND the 1st vol. only of the 2nd American ed. after the 10th Engl. ed. (Philadelphia, 1821).

€ (300-500) 300
78 909 America Sioux Indian Drawings Ed R E Ritzenthaler 78 909 America Sioux Indian Drawings Ed R E Ritzenthaler
78/ 909 [America]. Sioux Indian Drawings. Ed. R.E. Ritzenthaler. Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Museum, 1961, 2 vols.: text booklet: 8p., orig. wr., obl. 8vo; 36 col. plates, loosely inserted in orig. envelope, obl. folio.

- Envelope browned and dam. along extremities. = Primitive Art Series No.1.

€ (50-70) 50
78 910 America Tytler P F and Wilson J 78 910 America Tytler P F and Wilson J
78 910 America Tytler P F and Wilson J 78 910 America Tytler P F and Wilson J
78/ 910 [America]. Tytler, P.F. and Wilson, J. Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of America, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Edinb./ London, Oliver & Boyd/ Simpkin & Marshall, 1832, 1st ed., 444p., fold. steelengr. map, engr. title and 8 plates/ ills., contemp. cl. w. (dam.) paper letterpiece. Edgar, M. Ten Years of Upper Canada in Peace and War 1805-1815. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1891, 2nd(?) ed., (8),389p., 2 portraits, 2 fold. lithogr. maps, orig. gilt cl.

- First portrait and title-p. (water)stained; 2 lvs. w. sm. tear(s) in outer blank margin.

AND 6 others, i.a. E. LIPS, Die Reisernte der Ojibwa-Indianer (Berlin, 1956, num. photogr. ills., orig. hcl. Boards sl. worn) and P. ST. MARTIN a.o., Indians before Columbus (Chicago, 1947, ills., orig. cl. Bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's entry on htitle).

€ (50-70) 50
78 911 America Hasty Pudding Club Garrison L M and Martin E S 78 911 America Hasty Pudding Club Garrison L M and Martin E S
78/ 911 [America. Hasty Pudding Club]. Garrison, L.M. and Martin, E.S. Twelfth Catalogue of The Officers and Members of The Hasty Pudding Club. Containing a Brief Sketch of the Club and an Index of Names. (Cambridge), n.publ., 1902, XVI,358p., 2 engr. portraits, printed in 40 numb. copies on Holland hand-made paper, contemp. gilt hmor., t.e.g., 4to.

- Sl. rubbed along extremities and on raised bands. Otherwise fine.

= The Hasty Pudding Club was a Harvard student body founded in 1795. Its meetings evolved from social/ patriotic events for members wishing to eat a "bowl of Hasty Pudding" (instead of the meagre food usually supplied in their quarters), to meetings at which plays and musicals were presented.

€ (100-150)
78 912 Ant arctica Nansen F 78 912 Ant arctica Nansen F
78/ 912 [(Ant)arctica]. Nansen, F. In Nacht und Eis. Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893-1896. Mit einem Beitrag von Kapitän Sverdrup./ Supplement. Leipsic, F.A. Brockhaus, 1897-1898, 1st German ed., 3 vols., X,527,(1), VIII,507,(1); VIII,519,(1)p., 2 frontisp. portraits, 4 fold. col. maps, 12 col. plates, 293 ills., orig. unif. cl. w. mounted plate.

- Bookplate on upper pastedowns.

= Arctic Bibliography 11992. The third volume consists of a supplement in two parts: B. Nordahl, Wir Framleute; H. Johansen, Nansen und ich auf 86°14'.

Mawson, D. Leben und Tod am Südpol. Ibid., idem, 1921, 1st German ed., 2 vols., XVIII,292; VI,264p., (fold.) maps, plates and ills., orig. unif. dec. cl.

- Bookplates on upper pastedowns; sl. browned. = Conrad p.208; Headland 1456.

€ (70-90)
78 913 Ant arctica Peary R E 78 913 Ant arctica Peary R E
78/ 913 [(Ant)arctica]. Peary, R.E. Die Entdeckung des Nordpols. German transl. G. Uhl. Berlin, W. Susserott, 1910, 1st German ed., XXVIII,372,(16)p., frontisp. portrait, fold. col. map in rear pocket, num. photogr. plates, orig. pict. cl.

- Fine copy.

= Cf. Arctic Bibliography 13226; Ricks p.169; Henze IV, p.62ff. Peary (1856-1920), civil-engineer for the US-Marine, the first man to reach the North-Pole, also travelled the North of Greenland and was the first to proof that Greenland is an island. Account of the first two attempts by Peary to reach the North Pole; in his third attempt in 1909 he was finally successful.

€ (70-90)
78 914 Ant arctica Peary R E 78 914 Ant arctica Peary R E
78/ 914 [(Ant)arctica]. Peary, R.E. Nearest the Pole. A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907, 1st ed., XX,411p., col. frontisp., 2 fold. col. maps, 95 photogr. ills., orig. gilt cl., t.e.g., large 8vo.

- Owner's entry on upper pastedown and on title-p. Corners and spine-ends trifle rubbed.

= Arctic Bibliography 13226; Cat. Nat. Maritime Mus. 984 (ed. London, 1907). Peary's second attempt to reach the North Pole (he was successful on his third attempt in 1909).

€ (80-100)
78 915 Arabia Philby H St J B 78 915 Arabia Philby H St J B
78/ 915 [Arabia]. Philby, H.St.J.B. The Empty Quarter being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali. London, Constable & Company, 1933, 1st ed., XXIV,433,(1)p., 3 fold. col. lithogr. maps/ plan, 32 photogr. plates, orig. giltlettered cl.

- A few scattered owner's stamps (i.a. on title and map). Binding sl. rubbed.

= Howgego P31. Philby was initially beaten in his endeavour to be the first European to cross the Rub' al Khali by Bertram Thomas, who had taken a more direct nort-south route. "Philby therefore decided that he would set out to explore over a much wider area and fill the immense gap on the map that still existed (...) His first attempt ended in disaster, the party having made the mistake of taking heavily laden pack animals." Philby eventually completed the journey, having travelled 2700 kilometers in 90 days" (Howgego).

€ (80-100) 80
78 916 Archaeology Maiuri A 78 916 Archaeology Maiuri A
78/ 916 [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.

€ (200-300)
78/917 Archaeology Nuovi Scavi di Pompei Case dei vettii Appenidice ai dipinti murali 78/917 Archaeology Nuovi Scavi di Pompei Case dei vettii Appenidice ai dipinti murali
78/917 Archaeology Nuovi Scavi di Pompei Case dei vettii Appenidice ai dipinti murali 78/917 Archaeology Nuovi Scavi di Pompei Case dei vettii Appenidice ai dipinti murali
78/917 Archaeology Nuovi Scavi di Pompei Case dei vettii Appenidice ai dipinti murali 78/917 Archaeology Nuovi Scavi di Pompei Case dei vettii Appenidice ai dipinti murali
78/917 Archaeology Nuovi Scavi di Pompei Case dei vettii Appenidice ai dipinti murali 78/917 Archaeology Nuovi Scavi di Pompei Case dei vettii Appenidice ai dipinti murali
78/ 917 [Archaeology]. Nuovi Scavi di Pompei. Case dei vettii. Appenidice ai dipinti murali. Napels, P. d'Amelio, 1899, col. lithogr. title-plate, plan (w. index on verso) and 8 plates by V. LORIA, loosely inserted in modern wr., large folio.

- Lacks textpages; Some foxing; a few lvs. waterst.

= Published on the occasion of the excavation carried out in the House of the Vettii (or Domus Vettiorum), one of the wealthiest and most famous houses in Pompeii. The plates depict the mural frescoes of the Vettii house. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIX.

€ (300-500)
78 918 Archaeology Packer J E 78 918 Archaeology Packer J E
78 918 Archaeology Packer J E 78 918 Archaeology Packer J E
78 918 Archaeology Packer J E 78 918 Archaeology Packer J E
78/ 918 [Archaeology]. Packer, J.E. The Forum of Trajan in Rome. A Study of the Monuments. Berkeley etc., Univ. of California Press, 1997, 2 vols., XXX,498; XIV textp., plates, (full-p.) (col.) ills., orig. unif. cl., folio/ 36 large fold. plans, loose as issued in orig. cl. portfolio.
€ (200-300)
78 919 Argentina Buenos Aires Lazárraga E P de ed 78 919 Argentina Buenos Aires Lazárraga E P de ed
78 919 Argentina Buenos Aires Lazárraga E P de ed 78 919 Argentina Buenos Aires Lazárraga E P de ed
78 919 Argentina Buenos Aires Lazárraga E P de ed 78 919 Argentina Buenos Aires Lazárraga E P de ed
78/ 919 [Argentina. Buenos Aires]. Lazárraga, E.P. de (ed.). Buenos Aires. Fototipias Peuser. (Buenos Aires), Casa Jacobo Peuser, n.d. (±1910), 1st ed., title, index and 2 text lvs., 80 phototype plates, orig. boards w. mounted plate on frontcover, obl. folio.

- Sl. foxed. Binding rather worn; joints plitting; frontcover waterst.

AND 1 other picture album of Buenos Aires (±1920, orig. wr., obl. 4to).

€ (100-150)
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