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83 2522 Japan Guimet E
83 2522 Japan Guimet E
83/2522 [Japan]. Guimet, E. Promenades Japonaises. Paris, G. Charpentier, 1878-1880, 2 vols., 212; 288p., num. (8x col. lithogr.) plates and ills. by F. REGAMEY, orig. unif. gilt dec. cl., a.e.g., kept in 2 unif. cl. slipcases, large 4to.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Otherwise a fine set.

€ (150-250) 160
83 2523 Japan Heine W
83 2523 Japan Heine W
83/2523 [Japan]. Heine, W. Reis om de wereld naar Japan. Rott., H. Nijgh, 1856, (6),486,(1)p., tinted lithogr. title, frontisp. and 9 plates, orig. giltlettered and blindst. cl., large 8vo.

- A few leaves sl. stained and plates occas. sl. foxed in blank margins; sm. WW II confiscation stamp of the Japanese authorities on htitle. Otherwise fine.

= First and only Dutch edition of this travel account by the German artist Wilhelm Heine (1827-1885), who was selected by Commodore Perry for the post of official artist to accompany him on his expedition to Japan. Cordier, Bibl. Japonica p.517.

€ (100-150) 100
83 2524 Japan Kol H H van
83/2524 [Japan]. Kol, H.H. van. Japan. Indrukken van Land en Volk. Rott., W.L. & J. Brusse, 1917, XII,195p., plates, orig. gilt cl.

= With manuscript dedication "Van den schrijver" on htitle and bookplate of Albert Hahn on upper pastedown.

AND 7 others, i.a. H. VAN STRAELEN, The Japanese woman looking forward (Tokyo, 1940, plates, orig. cl.); H. BEUKERS a.o. (ed.), Leraar onder de Japanners. Brieven van dr. K.W. Gratama betreffende zijn verblijf in Japan 1866-1871 (Amst., 1987, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and J.G. ROBERTS, Mitsui. Three Centuries of Japanese Business (New York/ Tokyo, 1973, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwtr.).

€ (50-70)
83 2525 Japan Labroue E
83/2525 [Japan]. Labroue, E. Le Japon Contemporain. Limoges, M. Barbou, 1901, 327p., woodengr. frontisp., num. ills., orig. gilt and richly dec. cl., a.e.g., folio.

- Joints sl. worn.

Bishop, J.F. Unbeaten tracks in Japan. A record of travels in the interior including visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the shrines of Nikkô and Isé. London, G. Newnes, 1900, new ed., XIV,483p., fold. frontisp. map, ills., orig. gilt and dec. cl., a.e.g. - AND 1 other.

€ (70-90)
83 2526 Japan Smith R G
83/2526 [Japan]. Smith, R.G. Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan. London, A.&C., 1908, 1st ed., XV,(1),360,(1)p., col. frontisp. and 61 plates, orig. gilt and dec. cl.

- New endpapers.

€ (80-100)
83 2527 Law Troplong M
83/2527 [Law]. Troplong, M. Droit Civil Expliqué. Des Privileges et Hypothèques ou Commentaire de Titre XVIII de Livre III du Code Napoleón./ Droit Civil Expliqué (...) Commentaire de la loi du 22 Mars 1855 sur la transcription en matière hypothécaire. Paris, Ch. Hingray, 1854/ 1856, 5th/ 1st ed., 4/ 1 vols., contemp. unif. giltlettered ("mr Trodoux") full green mor.

= The final vol. w. a contemp. manuscript dedic. on first blank: "Offert par la chambre des Avoué à Mr. Trodoux, conformément à sa décision du 26 Août 1858, Le Présidant de la chambre." Attractively bound set.

€ (70-90)
83 2528 Malaysia Skeat W W and Blagden C O
83/2528 [Malaysia]. Skeat, W.W. and Blagden, C.O. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula. New York, Barnes & Noble, 1966, 2nd ed., 2 vols., XL,(4),724; X,(2),855,(2)p., (photogr.) plates/ ills., maps, orig. unif. giltlettered cl.
€ (50-70) 50
83 2529 Maritime history Bruijn M de and Raben R ed
83/2529 [Maritime history]. Bruijn, M. de and Raben, R. (ed.). The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808. Drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa. Zwolle/ Amst., Waanders/ Rijksmus., (2004), 543p., 198 col. ills., num. monochr. textills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 4to. Rice, T. Voyages of Discovery. Three Centuries of Natural History Exploration. Introd. D. Bellamy. London, Natural History Mus., 2000, 335p., col. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., folio. - AND 9 others in 10 vols., i.a. A. FROST, Arthur Phillip 1738-1814. His Voyaging (Melbourne, 1987, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., sm. 4to); B. ANDERSON, Surveyor of the Sea. The Life and Voyages of Captain George Vancouver (Toronto, 1960, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and G. GODWIN, Vancouver. A Life (London, 1930, (fold.) plates, orig. cl.).
€ (50-70)
83 2530 Maritime history Dumont d'Urville J S C
83/2530 [Maritime history]. Dumont d'Urville, J.S.C. An account in two volumes of two voyages to the South Seas to Australia, New Zealand, Oceania 1826-1829 in the corvette Astrolabe and to the Straits of Magellan, Chile, Oceania, South East Asia, Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand and Torres Strait 1837-1840 in the corvettes Astrolabe and Zélée. Engl. transl. and ed. H. Rosenman. Melbourne, Melbourne Univ. Press, 1988, 2 vols., LIII,(1),312; XII,313-634p., plates, ills., orig. unif. cl. w. red cl. letterpiece, board slipcase, 4to.

= I. Astrolabe 1826-1829; II. Astrolabe and Zélée 1837-1840.

Smith, P.C.F. (ed.). The Journals of Ashley Bowen (1728-1813) of Marblehead. Boston, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1973, 2 vols., XXIV,326; VIII,(2),327-737p., 2 col. frontisp., plates, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

= Ashley Bowen was an American sailor who wrote an autobiography. His account gives valuable insight into the life of an 18th century sailor.

AND 4 others, i.a. S.J. HORNSBY and J.G. REID, New England and the Maritime Provinces (London etc., 2005, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.) and G. WILLIAMS, The Great South Sea. English Voyages and Encounters 1570-1750 (New Haven/ London, 1977, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

€ (70-90)
83 2531 Maritime history Flinders M Scott E
83/2531 [Maritime history. Flinders, M.]. Scott, E. The Life of Matthew Flinders. Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1914, XVIII,(2),492p., frontisp. portrait, (double-p./ fold.) maps/ (facs.) plates, orig. gilt cl. Brunton, P. (ed.). Matthew Flinders. Personal letters from an extraordinary life. Potts Point/ Sydney, Hordern House/ State Library of New South Wales, 2002, (10),262p., col. frontisp. portrait, (col.) ills., orig. hcl. w. transparent dustwr. - AND 2 others on the same.
€ (40-60)
83 2532 Maritime history Hakluyt Society Veer G de
83/2532 [Maritime history. Hakluyt Society]. Veer, G. de. A True Description of Three Voyages by the North-East Towards Cathay and China, Undertaken by the Dutch in the Years 1594, 1595 and 1596. Transl. by W. Phillip, ed. T. Beke. London, Hakluyt Society, 1853, 8,(4),CXLII,(4),291p., 4 fold. maps, 12 double-p. engr. plates, orig. gilt and blindst. cl.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; libr. stamps of "Nautical College Pangbourne" on first blank. Backstrip dam. and rather clumsily repaired.

= Hakluyt Society, First series, no.13. Rare.

Major, R.H. Early Voyages to Terra Australis, now called Australia (...). Ibid., idem, 1859, XI,(1),CXIX,(1),200p., 5 fold. maps, orig. gilt and blindst. cl.

- Spine-ends dam. = Hakluyt Society, First series, no.25.

AND 5 others in 7 vols. publ. by the same: Hakyluyt Society, Second series, nos. CXI, CXX, CXXI, 144, 145, 185 and 186.

€ (300-500)
83/2533 Maritime history Hakluyt Society Lot of 17 vols from the second third and extra series
83/2533 [Maritime history. Hakluyt Society]. Lot of 17 vols. from the second, third and extra series. London, Hakluyt Society, 1948-2003, 17 vols., fold. maps, plates, portraits, orig. (partly) unif. gilt cl. (w. dustwr.).

= Second series, vol. 98, 152-155, 158, 163-166, 179 and 180; third series, vol. 8-11; extra series, vol. 41.

AND 2 others publ. by the Linschoten Vereeniging (vol. XVII and XVIII).

€ (60-80)
83 2534 Middle East Lamartine A de ed
83/2534 [Middle East]. Lamartine, A. de (ed.). Narrative of the Residence of Fatalla Sayeghir among the wandering Arabs of the Great Desert. Philadelphia, Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836, 204p., contemp. gilt hmor.

- Owner's entry and stamp on title-p.; sl. foxed.

= Interesting account of the wanderings of Fatalla Sayeghir, the arab interpreter and assistant to Monsieur de Lascaris, a spy in Napoléons service. Cf. Gay 3694 (French ed. Brussels, 1835).

€ (50-70) 50
83 2535 Militaria Marbot A de and Dunoyer de Noirmont J A
83 2535 Militaria Marbot A de and Dunoyer de Noirmont J A
83 2535 Militaria Marbot A de and Dunoyer de Noirmont J A
83 2535 Militaria Marbot A de and Dunoyer de Noirmont J A
83 2535 Militaria Marbot A de and Dunoyer de Noirmont J A
83/2535 [Militaria]. Marbot, A. de and Dunoyer de Noirmont, J.A. Costumes militaires français depuis l'organisation des premières troupes régulières, en 1439, jusqu'en 1789. Paris etc., Clement etc., 1847, VI,100; (2)p., 2 lithogr. title-p. and 282 (of 300) handcol. lithogr. plates by G. and A. DAVID, sl. later unif. hmor. w. gilt spine and 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, large folio.

- Lacks 18 plates and the textlvs. in 2nd vol.; some plates sl. yellowed/ sl. foxed outside image. Otherwise in fine condition. Without the 3rd vol. "jusquà 1814" (publ. 1862) with 150 plates.

= One of the most influential books on uniformology and the most important work on the French military costume, from the establishment of the first regular troops under Charles VII in 1439 until the French Revolution. Colas 1970; Lipperheide 2311 and 2313; Pohler III, p.538. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLV.

€ (700-900)
83 2536 Militaria Masson F
83/2536 [Militaria]. Masson, F. 1792-1809. Aventures de Guerre. Souvenirs et récits de soldats. Paris, Boussod and Valadon, (1894), 1st ed., (6),XII,162,(2)p., num. col. plates and ills. after F. DE MYRBACH, orig. gilt dec. hmor., t.e.g., sm. folio.

- Dedication and owner's entry on first blank/ title-p. Spine-ends sl. rubbed. Good/ fine copy.

€ (30-50)
83/2537 Militaria Ordonnance sur l'exercice et les évolutions de la Cavalerie Deuxième partie Atlas
83/2537 [Militaria]. Ordonnance sur l'exercice et les évolutions de la Cavalerie. Deuxième partie. Atlas. Brussels, G. Stapleaux, 1848, 13 fold. lithogr. plates, orig. boards, obl. 8vo.

- Atlas only, without the text; sl. yellowed; a few scattered owner's stamps. Covers sl. stained and soiled; backstrip worn.

€ (30-50) 40
83 2538 Moravia Ulmann M
83/2538 [Moravia]. Ulmann, M. Alt-Mähren. Geographisch-Chronologisch-Historische in zwey Theile eingerichte Verfassung zweyer auf einander ehemals gewesten Königreichen. I. Der Markomannen, II. Der Slawen Slawinern oder Heneten [sic] (...). Olomouc, J. Hirnlin, 1762, 2 parts in 1 vol., (14),352,(18); 503,(27)p., contemp. calf, folio.

- Without the heraldic plate; sl. foxed. Binding chafed and sl. rubbed.

€ (100-150) 100
83 2539 Pacific Dunmore J
83/2539 [Pacific]. Dunmore, J. French Explorers in the Pacific. Oxf., Clarendon Press, 1965-1969, 2 vols., VI,(2),356; (8),428p., ills., orig. unif. cl.

- Vol. 1 w. cancellation stamp and libr. ticket on first free endpaper.

Smith, B. European Vision and the South Pacific. New Haven/ London, Yale Univ. Press, 1985, XIII,(1),370p., (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 13 others, i.a. B. FRANCIS, The Isles of the Pacific; or, Sketches from the South Seas (London etc., 1883, woodengr. ills., orig. gilt pict. cl., sm. 8vo); T. SUÁREZ, Early Mapping of the Pacific (Singapore, 2004, (col.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to); B. ADAMS, The Flowering of the Pacific (Sydney, 1986, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to); T. LUMMIS, Pacific Paradises. The Discovery of Tahiti & Hawaii (Stroud, 2005, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); E.H. McCORMICK, Omai. Pacific Envoy (Auckland/ Oxf., 1977, plates, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., sm. 4to) and a lithogr. portrait of Omai.

€ (80-100) 80
83 2540 Pacific Spate O H K
83/2540 [Pacific]. Spate, O.H.K. The Pacific since Magellan. Canberra, Australian National Univ. Press, 1979-1988, 3 vols., XXIV,372,(1); XXI,(1),426; XXII,410p., maps, ills., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

= 1. The Spanish Lake; 2. Monopolists and Freebooters; 3. Paradise Found and Lost.

€ (60-80) 60
83 2541 Perk M A
83 2541 Perk M A
83/2541 Perk, M.A. Zes jaren te Tripoli in Barbarije. Amst., Gebroeders Kraay, 1875, 294,IVp., later hcalf.

- Lacks htitle(?); p.33-48 supplied in manuscript.

AND 6 others, 5 by the same, i.a. M.A. PERK, In de Belgische Ardennen (Haarlem, 1882, orig. gilt cl. Bookblock loose); IDEM, De Kozakken te Zwolle en aan de Beneden-IJsseloevers van 13-27 November 1813 (Amst., 1913, orig. wr.) and IDEM, De Nederlandsche Protestantsche Gemeente te Smyrna (Leyden, 1910, orig. wr.).

€ (40-60) 40
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