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83 2542 Ramusio G B
83/2542 Ramusio, G.B. Navigationi et Viaggi. Venice 1563-1606. Introd. R.A. Skelton. Amst., Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1967-1970, 3 vols., orig. cl., folio.

= Facs. reprint of the ed. 1563-1606.

€ (100-150) 100
83/2543 Relation des cours de Prusse et de Hanovre Avec les Caractéres des principales Personnes qui les composent Envoïée à une Personne de consideration en Hollande French transl by J Toland
83/2543 Relation des cours de Prusse et de Hanovre Avec les Caractéres des principales Personnes qui les composent Envoïée à une Personne de consideration en Hollande French transl by J Toland
83/2543 Relation des cours de Prusse et de Hanovre, Avec les Caractéres des principales Personnes qui les composent: Envoïée à une Personne de consideration en Hollande. French transl. by J. Toland. The Hague, Thomas Johnson, 1706, (6),162p., contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo (rare).

- Occas. trifle foxed; sm. annot. in sepia ink on upper pastedown, otherwise contents fine. Vellum sl. soiled and w. scratches on backcover.

€ (150-250)
83 2544 Russia Scherwinzky C F
83/2544 [Russia]. Scherwinzky, C.F. Leitfaden zum Unterricht in der Russischen Geschichte für vaterländische Schulen. Reval, "Gedruckt mit Lindforschen Schriften", 1781, 16,158p., contemp. hcalf.

- Sl. fingersoiled. Binding worn.

= Christian Scherwinzky was a headmaster in Pernau, present day Pärnu (Estonia).

€ (200-300) 200
83 2545 Russia Ségur L P de
83 2545 Russia Ségur L P de
83/2545 [Russia]. Ségur, (L.P. de). Mémoires ou souvenirs et anecdotes. Paris, A. Eymery, 1824-1826, 1st (vol.1)/ 2nd ed. (vol. 2 and 3), 3 vols., (4),526; (4),438; (4),601,(4)p., 2 (of 3) diff. engr. frontisp. (1 portrait), 1 fold. map, 1 double-p. facs. plate, sl. later unif. gilt hcalf.

- Lacks 1 frontisp. (portrait of Catherine II); trifle foxed. Frontcovers rubbed.

= Louis-Philippe Comte de Ségur (1753-1830) was sent to Russia as ambassador in 1784. Important source for Russian history of the time and on the life of Catherine the Great.

€ (50-70)
83 2546 Serbia Karadzic V ed
83 2546 Serbia Karadzic V ed
83/2546 [Serbia]. Karadzic, V. (ed.). Srpske narodne pjesme. Vol. 1 and 4. Vienna, Armenian Monastery Printing Press, 1841/ 1862, 2 vols. (of 5), XIV,(4),640; (16),545p., cyrillic script, steelengr. frontisp. portrait, contemp. unif. gilt hmor.

- Without vol. 2, 3 and 5; portrait loose; sl. foxed; owner's entries/ stamp on title-p. Bindings chafed and rubbed.

= Standard anthology of Serbian folkloristic songs and oral poetry. Philologist and linguistic reformer Vuk Karadžić is considered the founder of the modern Serbian language.

€ (50-70) 110
83/2547 CANCELLED
83 2548 Spain Aulnoy M C d'
83 2548 Spain Aulnoy M C d'
83/2548 [Spain]. Aulnoy, M.-C. d' La cour et la Ville de Madrid vers la fin du XVIIe Siècle. Relation du voyage d'Espagne. Ed. B. Carey. Paris, E. Plon, 1874, new ed., IV,568p., engr. portrait, contemp. hmor. w. gilt spine, sm. 4to.

- Two bookplates on upper pastedown. Boards and spines w. a few rubbed spots.

ADDED: 1 other published by the same (in identical binding): E. DE MAGNIEU and H. PRAT, Correspondance inédite de la Comtesse de Sabran (1875, engr. portrait by P. RAJON).

€ (40-60)
83 2549 Spain Girault de Prangey J
83/2549 [Spain]. Girault de Prangey, J. Souvenirs de Grenade et de l'Alhambra. Lithographies Exécutées d'après ses tableaux, plans et dessins faits sur les lieux en 1832 et 1833. Paris, Veith & Hauser, 1837, (16) textp., 27 (of 30) lithogr. plates (1x double-p.) by Bichebois, Chapuis, Danjoy, Hubert, Monthelier, Sabatie, loose in later hmor. portfolio, folio.

- Lacks 3 plates (probably 23, 27, 29 or 30). Plates (heavily) foxed/ sl. waterst. Plates 4 and 15 formerly framed; browned and w. sharp folds/ defects in outer blank margins. Binding dam./ worn along extremities; covers scratched. Sold w.a.f.

= Vol. 3 of Monuments Arabes et Moresques de Cordoue, Séville et Grenade, dessinés et mesurés en 1832 et 1833.

€ (300-500) 300
83 2550 Spain Laborde A de
83 2550 Spain Laborde A de
83/2550 [Spain]. Laborde, A. de. Atlas de l'itinéraire descriptif de l'Espagne. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (Paris, 1809), 7 textp., 27 engr. maps (incl. 7 double-p. and 2 fold. maps, the general map of Spain w. handcol. borders) and 2 plates, contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Without the text vols. Lacks half of backstrip; covers sl. rubbed along edges.

= Graesse IV, p.58. Contains apart from 2 maps of Spain a number of maps showing routes in Andalucia and a map of the Baleares.

€ (120-150)
83 2551 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K
83/2551 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Baedeker, K. Brandenburg. Provinz Sachsen, östlicher Teil, Anhalt Stettin, Görlitz, Leipzig, Dresden. Leipsic, K. Baedeker, 1920, 1st ed., X,206,(20 advert.)p., 12 fold. col. maps, 23 fold. col. plans, orig. cl.

- Gilt on covers worn off. = Hinrichsen D229a.

Idem. Berlin und Umgebung. Ibid., idem, 1910, 16th ed., X,254p., 5 fold. col. maps, num. plans, orig. giltlettered cl., sm. 8vo.

- Fine copy. = Hinrichsen D215.

AND 2 others from the series MEYERS REISEBÜCHER (Der Harz) and MEINHOLDS FÜHRER (Die Sächsisch-Böhmische Schweiz).

€ (40-60)
83 2552 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K
83/2552 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Baedeker, K. Dalmatien und die Adria. Westliches Südslawien, Bosnien, Budapest, Istrien, Albanien, Korfu. Leipsic, K. Baedeker, 1929, 1st ed., L,272p., 37 (col./ tinted) (fold.) maps, 34 plans, orig. giltlettered cl., sm. 8vo.

- Fine copy. = Hinrichsen D419.

AND 2 other Baedeker guides: Nord-West-Deutschland (1889, 23rd ed. Hinrichsen D114) and Deutschland in einem Bande (1913, 3rd ed. Hinrichsen D225).

€ (50-70)
83 2553 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K
83/2553 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Baedeker, K. München, Oberbayern, Allgäu, Unterinntal mit Innsbruck, Salzburg. Leipsic, K. Baedeker, 1921, 1st ed., XXIV,(8),286,44(advert.)p., 23 (fold.) (col./ tinted) maps, 16 (fold.) (col./ tinted) plans, 2 fold. tinted panoramas, orig. giltlettered blindst. cl., sm. 8vo.

- Occas. trifle foxed. = Hinrichsen D240a.

AND 22 others similar, i.a. 4 guides by the same (not collated but apparently complete): Sachsen (1920, first ed.); Schwarzwald. Odenwald. Bodensee (1921, first ed.) and 2 copies of Schweden, Norwegen (1914, 13th ed.). - ADDED: a stack of ±80 picture postcards (various subjects, partly unused).

€ (50-70)
83 2554 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Booms A S H
83/2554 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Booms, A.S.H. Geïllustreerde gids voor hollandsche reizigers van en naar Indië via Genua en Marseille. The Hague, M. van der Beek, 1896, 1st ed., 384,CLXXXIp., (fold. tinted) lithogr. maps, fold. (tinted) plans, plates, num. (fold.) adverts, orig. pict. cl.

- Fine copy.

= Nice guide with many contemporary adverts. Tourist information i.a. on Paris, Marseille, Genua and the Rhine. Contains also a small Dutch-Italian dictionary.

€ (70-90) 70
83 2555 Turkey Verdier G S du
83 2555 Turkey Verdier G S du
83/2555 [Turkey]. Verdier, G.S. du. Abregé de l'Histoire des Turcs. Contenant tout ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable sous le regne de vingt-trois Empereurs. Vol. 1 and 3. Paris, Th. Girard/ G. de Luyne, 1676, 2 (of 3) vols., (12),544,(20); (4),635,(27)p., 2 diff. engr. frontisp., 21 portraits in text, contemp. unif. calf, sm. 8vo.

- Without vol. 2; partly sl. yellowed and stained/ fingersoiled. Joints splitting; bindings sl. rubbed and worn.

= Cf. Atabey 384 (ed. Rouen, 1662); not in Blackmer. Contains portraits of Ottoman emperors up to and including the contemporary Mehmet IV.

€ (150-250) 150
83 2556 VOC and WIC Brommer B and Heijer H den ed
83/2556 [VOC and WIC]. 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.
€ (200-300) 210
83 2557 VOC and WIC Diessen J R ed
83/2557 [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.

€ (600-800) 650
83 2558 VOC and WIC Diessen J R ed
83/2558 [VOC and WIC]. Diessen, J.R. (ed.). Grote Atlas van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. Vols. I-IV. Voorburg etc., Asia Maior/ Atlas Maior etc., 2006-2010, 4 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.

- Dustwrs. backstrip sunned; otherwise fine.

= Comprises: I. Atlas Isaak de Graaf; II. Java en Madoera; III. Indische Archipel en Oceanië; IV. Ceylon.

€ (300-500)
83 2559 VOC and WIC Diessen J R ed
83/2559 [VOC and WIC]. Diessen, J.R. (ed.). Grote Atlas van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. Vols. I-IV. Voorburg etc., Asia Maior/ Atlas Maior etc., 2006-2010, 4 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.

€ (300-500)
83/2560 World War I Album de la Guerre Histoire photographique et Documentaire Reconstruée Chronologiquement à l'Aide de Clichés et de Dessins Publiés par l'Illustration de 1914 à 1921
83/2560 [World War I]. Album de la Guerre. Histoire photographique et Documentaire Reconstruée Chronologiquement à l'Aide de Clichés et de Dessins Publiés par "l'Illustration" de 1914 à 1921. Paris, l'Illustration, 1926, 2 vols., (20),660,(4); (4),662-1311,(5)p., fold. col. map, num. (col./ tipped-in/ photogr./ full-p.) plates/ ills., orig. unif. gilt calf, folio.

- Bindings sl. scratched and rubbed along extremities.

€ (40-60)
83/2561 World War I Monsieur le Chevalier bandit Cartouche ont le regret de faire part au monde civilisé de la perte douloureuse et irréparable qu'ils viennent de faire en les personnes de l
83/2561 [World War I]. "Monsieur le Chevalier-bandit Cartouche; (...) ont le regret de faire part au monde civilisé de la perte douloureuse et irréparable qu'ils viennent de faire en les personnes de leurs vénérés dieu, maître et idôle Guillaume II (...) et de son fils, le très illustre Kronprinz (...)". Letterpress mock obituary, recto only, 22x16,5 cm., 1918.

- Formerly folded; sl. yellowed and creased.

= Satirical pamphlet alluding to the abdication of Wilhelm II. "Les bolcheviks sont priés d'assister nombreux à la cérémonie". Very rare, no copy traced.

€ (80-100)
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