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83 2422 Australia Flinders M
83/2422 [Australia]. Flinders, M. A Voyage to Terra Australis; undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803 (...). Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1966, 2 text vols.: (4),IX,(11),CCIV,269; (4),613p., plates, orig. unif. cl., folio; atlas vol.: 28 fold. maps/ plates, loose in orig. drop back box unif. w. the text vols.
€ (80-100) 110
83 2423 Australia Heaviside Clark J
83/2423 [Australia]. Heaviside Clark, J. Aboriginal Life in Old Australia. Being an Enhanced Facsimile of Field Sports, &c. &c. of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales. Melbourne, Edition Renard, 2003, no pagination, 10 col. plates, printed in 212 numb. copies (125), orig. emu hleather w. kangaroo leather fore-edge, folio.

= Enhanced facs. reprint of the ed. London, 1813 [= 1814].

€ (80-100)
83 2424 Australia Oxley J
83 2424 Australia Oxley J
83/2424 [Australia]. Oxley, J. Reizen in de binnenlanden van Australië, in de jaren 1817 en 1818. Dordr., Blussé en Van Braam, 1821, XVI,420p., 2 fold. engr. maps, 2 (1x fold.) engr. plates by J.C. BENSDORP, without binding.

- Loosening; needs rebinding; frayed and fingersoiled.

= Extremely rare first (and only?) Dutch translation of John Oxley's Journals of two expeditions into the interior of New South Wales ... 1817-1818 (first publ. London, 1820). Ferguson 835; cf. Wantrup, p.180-184: "(...) the foundation work in the field of Australian inland exploration and the first detailed description of the interior of New South Wales."

€ (250-350) 375
83 2425 Australia Scott E
83/2425 [Australia]. Scott, E. Australian Discovery. I. By Sea. II. By Land. London etc., J.M. Dent and Sons, 1929, 1st ed., 2 vols., XXIX,(7),412; XXVII,(5),422p., plates, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. Fornasiero, J. a.o. The Australian Voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders. Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2004, XII,411,(1)p., col. plates, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 8vo. - AND 9 others, i.a. E. FAVENC, The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 (Amst., 1967, fold. maps/ plates, orig. cl. Facs. reprint of the ed. Sydney, 1888); G. WILLIAMS and A. FROST (ed.), Terra Australis to Australia (Melbourne, 1988, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to) and F. HORNER, The French Reconnaissance. Baudin in Australia 1801-1803 (ibid., 1987, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).
€ (60-80) 60
83 2426 Australia Spencer B and Gillen F J
83/2426 [Australia]. Spencer, B. and Gillen, F.J. The Northern Tribes of Central Australia. Oosterhout, Anthropological Publications, 1969, XXXV,(1),784p., (fold.) plates, ills., orig. cl.

- Bookblock sl. warped. = Facs. reprint of the ed. London, 1904.

Ashley-Montagu, M.F. Coming into being among the Australian Aborigines. Introd. B. Malinowski. London, G. Routledge & Sons, 1937, 1st ed., XXXV,(1),362p., plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 6 others, i.a. S.D. PORTEUS, The Psychology of a Primitive People. A Study of the Australian Aborigine (London, 1931, 1st ed., plates, orig. cl.); B. HILL, Broken Song. T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession (Milsons Point, 2002, plates, orig. boards w. dustwr.) and I. CLENDINNEN, Dancing with Strangers. The True History of the Meeting of the British First Fleet and the Aboriginal Australians, 1788 (Edinb. etc., 2005, col. plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

€ (50-70)
83 2427 Australia Strehlow T G H
83/2427 [Australia]. Strehlow, T.G.H. Songs of Central Australia. Sydney etc., Angus and Robertson, 1971, 1st ed., LIV,775p., col. frontisp., fold. col. map loosely inserted in rear pocket, orig. giltlettered buckram, 4to.

- The map trifle creased. Without the dustwr.

= Rare unparalleled standard work on the poetic heritage of the aboriginal people of central Australia and one of the most significant books ever published on Australian anthropology.

€ (700-900) 700
83 2428 Australia Tench W
83/2428 [Australia]. Tench, W. A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay. Melbourne, Edition Renard, 2004, VIII,(4),163,(5)p., col. frontisp. portrait, 1 plate, maps on endpapers, printed in 212 numb. copies (120), orig. cl. w. plastic perspex dustwr.

= Facs. reprint of the ed. London, 1789.

Bonyhady, T. (introd. and ed.). The Skottowe Manuscript. Thomas Skottowe's Select Specimens from Nature of the Birds Animals &c. &c. of New South Wales. Chippendale/ Potts Point, David El Press/ Hordnern House, 1988, 2 vols., text vol.: 78,(1)p., ills.; facs. vol.: num. col. facs. plates, printed in 550 numb. copies, orig. unif. cl. w. mounted title-piece, slipcase, 4to. - AND 5 other facs. editions, i.a. J. LE MAIRE, Mirror of the Australian Navigation (Sydney, 1999, (col.) plates/ ills., orig. boards, 4to) and J.F.G. DE LA PÉROUSE, Voyage round the World (...). Charts and Plates (Amst./ New York, 1968, (fold. maps and plates, orig. rexine, folio. Without the text vols. Bibliotheca Australiana 29).

€ (70-90)
83 2429 Australia White J
83 2429 Australia White J
83 2429 Australia White J
83/2429 [Australia]. White, J. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales. Melbourne, Edition Renard, 2002, 225,(1)p., 65 col. plates, printed in 212 numb. copies (150), orig. gilt green leather, a.e.g., folio.

= Facs. reprint of the ed. London, 1790.

€ (250-350)
83 2430 Banks J Lysaght A M
83/2430 [Banks, J.]. Lysaght, A.M. Joseph Banks in Newfoundland & Labrador, 1766. His Diary, Manuscripts and Collections. London, Faber & Faber, 1971, 1st ed., 512p., (fold.) (col.) plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Cameron, H.C. Sir Joseph Banks. Sydney etc., Angus & Robertson, 1966, 2nd ed., 341p., plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 6 others, i.a. H.B. CARTER, The Sheep and Wool Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks 1781-1820 (n.pl., 1979, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to); IDEM, Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). A guide to biographical and bibliographical sources (Winchester, 1987, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and C. LYTE, Sir Joseph Banks. 18th Century Explorer, Botanist and Entrepreneur (London etc., 1980, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).
€ (50-70) 50
83 2431 Belgium Baron A
83 2431 Belgium Baron A
83/2431 [Belgium]. Baron, A. La Belgique monumentale, historique et pittoresque. Brussels, A. Jamar and C. Hen, 1844, 2 vols., 336; (4),280,XXVIII,(4)p., 67 (handcol.) woodengr. plates, contemp. unif. gilt hmor., t.e.g., 4to.

- Vol. 1 lacks part of htitle. Bindings w. a few sm. chafed spots.

AND 1 other: M. VAN HASSELT, Belgique et Hollande (Paris, 1844, steelengr. title, fold. map and 58 plates, contemp. gilt hmor.).

€ (80-100) 80
83/2432 Belgium Belgium & Nassau or the continental tourist
83/2432 Belgium Belgium & Nassau or the continental tourist
83/2432 Belgium Belgium & Nassau or the continental tourist
83/2432 [Belgium]. Belgium & Nassau; or, the continental tourist. London, Black and Armstrong, n.d. (±1840), V,137,(1)p., steelengr. title, 2 fold. plans and 61 plates, blue gilt hmor., a.e.g.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; 1 plate loose. Upper joint splitting at both ends; boardedges sl. rubbed.

= Contains views of i.a. Aachen, Aix-la-Chapelle, Andernach, Antwerp (3x), Brussels (6x), Eppstein, Frankfurt, Huy (2x), Königstein, Liège (2x), Mechlin, Namur, Nassau (2x), Spa, Verviers, Wiesbaden.

AND 1 other: KAMPEN, N.G. VAN, The history and topography of Holland and Belgium. Transl. W.G. Fearnside (Paris, ±1840, steelengr. title, fold. map and 61 plates, contemp. gilt blindst. cl.).

€ (60-80) 70
83 2433 Belgium Capitaine L and Chanlaire P G
83 2433 Belgium Capitaine L and Chanlaire P G
83 2433 Belgium Capitaine L and Chanlaire P G
83/2433 [Belgium]. Capitaine, L. and Chanlaire, P.G. Carte chorographique de la Belgique en soixante neuf feuilles dressée d'après celle de Ferraris. Paris, P.G. Chanlaire, n.d. (±1795), engr. title, index map and 44 (of 66) maps, contemp. blindst. hmor., large folio.

- Lacks 22 maps; waterst. almost throughout; sl. foxed. Binding worn along extremities; joints split.

€ (80-100) 130
83 2434 Belgium Even E van
83 2434 Belgium Even E van
83/2434 [Belgium]. Even, E. van. Louvain monumental, ou description historique et artistique de tous les edifices civils et religieux de la dite ville. Louvain, C.-J. Fonteyn, 1860, (8),328p., 111 (of 112) (fold.) lithogr. plates (incl. frontisp.), contemp. gilt hmor., large 4to.

- Lacks plate 45; sl. foxed. Leather over joints chafed.

€ (150-250) 150
83 2435 Belgium F G V = Loon F G van
83/2435 [Belgium]. F.G.V. (= Loon, F.G. van). Antwerpsch chronykje, in het welk zeer veele en elders te vergeefsch gezogte geschiedenissen, sedert den jare 1500 tot het jaar 1574 (...) omstandig zyn beschreeven. Leyden, P. van der Eyck, 1743, (12),260p., woodcut title-vignette, contemp. blindst. vellum, sm. 4to.

- A few lvs. sl. foxed/ browned. Backstrip soiled. = Van Doorninck I, 179.

€ (50-70) 100
83 2436 Belgium Henne A and Wauters A
83 2436 Belgium Henne A and Wauters A
83/2436 [Belgium]. Henne, A. and Wauters, A. Histoire de la ville de Bruxelles. Brussels, Libraire Encyclopédique de Perichon, 1845, 3 vols., XII,578,(2); 651,(1); 694,(2)p., 1 lithogr. map, 2 (of 3) plans, 72 plates, contemp. gilt hcl., 4to.

- Lacks 1 plan; occas. foxed/ sl. browned/ some marginal waterdam. Boardedges and spine-ends trifle rubbed.

€ (60-80) 60
83 2437 Belgium Juste T
83/2437 [Belgium]. Juste, T. Histoire de Belgique. Brussels, A. Jamar, (1840), 1st ed., (4),IV,625p., engr. frontisp., 1 fold. engr. map w. handcol. borders, 22 woodengr. plates and num. ills., orig. richly gilt hcalf.

- Plates occas. sl. foxed; sm. closed tear in inner margin of fold. map. Otherwise fine and attractively bound.

ADDED: 4 others on The Netherlands (incl. 2 incompl./ waterst. vols.), i.a. F.M. MARCHANT-DE-BEAUMONT, Beauté de l'histoire de la Hollande et des Pays-Bas (Paris, 1823, 6 engr. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf w. orange mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo. Good copy).

€ (60-80) 60
83 2438 Belgium Paquet Syphorien
83 2438 Belgium Paquet Syphorien
83/2438 [Belgium]. Paquet-Syphorien. Voyage historique et pittoresque fait dans les Pays-Bas, et dans quelques départmens voisins, pendant les années 1811, 1812 et 1813. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1816, 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),169,(3); (4),172,(2)p., fold. engr. map of Belgium and 23 (fold.) plans, views and plates, fold. table, contemp. blindst. giltlettered hcl.

- Trifle yellowed; a few scattered foxed spots. Boardedges and spine rubbed; cl. over spine partly dam.

= Rare. This work describes a journey in northern France (Dunkerque and Lille), Belgium and the Dutch province of Limburg (Maastricht). With plates showing the façades of the city halls in i.a. Lille, Maastricht, Antwerp, Brussels and Ypres, as well as a panoramic view of the 'Paleis der natie' in Brussels and Manneken Pis. Also contains a plan of the canal of St. Quentin with a view of the ship tunnel of Riqueval (which had just been built, by order of Napoleon) and the source of the Scheldt.

€ (150-250)
83 2439 Braun R and I
83/2439 Braun, R. and I. Opiumgewichte. Opium Weights. Poids d'Asie. N.pl., n.publ., 1983, 239,(1)p., 120 photogr. plates, ills., German, English and French text, orig. wr. Japon, Saveurs et Sérénité. La Cérémonie du Thé dans les Collections du Musée des Arts Idemitsu. Paris, Editions des musées de la Ville de Paris, 1995, 295,(1)p., 101 (fold.) col. plates, orig. boards, obl. narrow 8vo. - AND 4 others, i.a. S. TANAKA, The Tea Ceremony (Tokyo, 1974, (col.) plates/ ills., orig. blindst. cl. w. dustwr.) and i.a. E.F. STRANGE, The Incense Ceremony and Its Utensils (reprint from The Transactions of the Japan Society of London, Vol.XXI, 1924).
€ (40-60) 40
83 2440 Buijs M
83 2440 Buijs M
83/2440 Buijs, M. De Tijdstroom. Merkwaardige ontdekkingen en ontmoetingen ter land en ter zee, tafereelen uit het leven der natuur en der volken enz. Amst., A. Akkeringa, 1875, 2 vols., VIII,493,(3); (4),594,(4)p., 9 (of 11) chromolithogr. plates, 2 monochr. plates, contemp. unif. gilt hmor.

- Lacks 2 plates. Joints and spine-ends rubbed.

AND 2 others: M. COHEN STUART, Uit Scandinavië (Utr., 1877, lithogr. frontisp., contemp. hmor.) and E. NIJLAND, Japan en de Japanneezen (Nijkerk, 1902, plates, orig. cl.).

€ (50-70) 80
83 2441 Carrierès A C de la
83/2441 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., 12 lithogr. plates, woodengr. ills., modern hcl., a.e.g., large 8vo.

- Sl. foxed and yellowed; htitle and final lvs. browned and sl. brittle.

= Howes L5; Palau 129302; Sabin 38450.

€ (70-90)
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