MONTIGNAC – 29e VENTE DE LIVRES - 2e jour sur 5 (n°538 à…

Lot 837 - North America - DE TOURS (Constant). Twenty days in the New World. Paris, May & Motteroz, [c. 1895]. In-8, oblong, red percaline, top cover illustrated and silvered (period binding). Part of the Guide-Album du touriste collection, illustrated with 175 engraved figures (views, maps, genre scenes). The text is by Octave Uzanne, who toured the world in 1893, including the United States. He describes the cities he visited, including New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, Niagara, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec and Boston. A very fine copy in an original binding depicting the American flag.

Estim. 180 - 200 EUR

Lot 838 - [North America - United States]. Bird's-eye view of the great suspension bridge, connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn, from New York looking south-east. New York, Franklin Square Lithographic Co, 1883. Chromolithograph mounted on card (50.5 x 86 cm). An attractive depiction of the Brooklyn Bridge. This plate is uncommon, but unfortunately the right, left and bottom parts have been cut, with loss of image and text. Marginal tear, not missing.

Estim. 120 - 150 EUR

Lot 839 - North America - GRAVIER (Gabriel). Discoveries and settlements of CAVELIER DE LA SALLE de Rouen in North America (Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ohio and Mississippi Valleys and Texas). Rouen, Léon Deshays, 1870. Fort in-8 paperback, printed cover. Brochure damaged, spine missing, first cover detached. Rare edition illustrated with a heliogravure plate with Cavelier de La Salle's coat of arms as frontispiece and a fold-out map in fine. Ex-libris JM.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 840 - North America - GUIZOT (François). Washington - Foundation of the Republic of the United States of America. Paris, Didier, 1851. 2 vol. in-8, havana half-maroquin, spine ribbed with gilt triple-filleted boxes, gilt title and tomaison, place and date on tail, combed edges (C. Hardy). 2 frontispiece portraits (George and Martha Washington), one hors texte plate and a large folding map in fine. Pronounced foxing in places, otherwise a very fine copy. Engraved bookplate (engraved name).

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

Lot 841 - North America - MACKENZIE (Alexander). Voyages d'Alex.dre Mackenzie, dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique septentrionale, faits en 1789, 1792 et 1793. Paris, Dentu, An X -1802. 3 vol. in-8 of I. Frontispiece, [2]-xx-409 pp. 1 folding map; II. [2]-420 pp. ; III. [2] ff. 388 pp. 1 folded map and 1 folded table. Dark blue bradel boards, threaded spines, gilt title and gilt chapter headings. Minor spotting to last volume. First French edition, by J. Castéra, illustrated with 2 (of 3) large folding maps at the end of each volume: "la route d'Alex.dre Mackenzie, du Fort Chipiouyan à la Mer Glaciale, en 1789" and "la route d'Alexandre Mackenzie, depuis Montréal au Fort Chipiouyan et à la Mer Glaciale en 1789, et du Fort Chipiouyan au Grand Océan Boréal en 1798". Without the map in Volume II: "la route d'Alex.dre Mackenzie du fort Chipiouyan jusqu'au bords de l'Océan Pacifique, en 1793". The first volume contains a vocabulary of the Algonquin language and that of the Knisteneaux, Indians of the same family, as well as a Chippeway vocabulary. "The translator has added many notes which greatly enhance the value of the work" (Sabin, XI, 62). (Chadenat, 1165. Sabin, 43416.)

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 842 - North America - PICHON (Thomas). Lettres et mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle, civile et politique du Cap Breton, depuis son établissement jusqu'à la reprise de cette isle par les Anglais en 1758. La Haye, Pierre Gosse, et se trouve à Londres, chez Jean Nourse, 1760. In-12, porphyry calf, ornate smooth spine, black title page, marbled edges (period binding). First edition. A work written in the form of letters, in which we find a description of Île Royale and Île Saint-Jean (or Prince Edward Island) in Acadia, details of the customs of the Micmac Indians, the rivalry between the French and the English, and the capture of Louisbourg by the latter. A fine copy. Ex-libris engraved with the arms of Louis-François de Monteynard (1713-1791), Secretary of State for War from 1771 to 1774, as well as the handwritten mark of his library at Château de Tencin. Head cover restored.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 843 - South America. El general San Martin. Buenos Aires, Imp. del Comercio del Plata, 1863. In-4, green half-maroquin, spine ribbed and decorated (late 19th century binding). First edition, illustrated with an original photograph of the statue of the general, and a color plate (royal standard held by Francisco Pizarro during the conquest of Peru), and enriched with a portrait engraved in the black manner by Edmond Castan, based on the only photograph of the general. Dedicated to General José de San Martin (1778-1850), hero of South American independence, published to mark the inauguration of his equestrian statue by sculptor Louis-Joseph Daumas. A fine copy with wide margins.

Estim. 250 - 300 EUR

Lot 844 - South America - [PIERRE (François)]. Voyage d'exploration d'un missionnaire dominicain chez les Tribus sauvages de l'Equateur. With a preface by T. R. P. Magalli [...] Paris, Bureaux de l'Année dominicaine, 1889. In-8 paperback, printed cover. Faded cover with paper losses on spine. Out-of-text illustrations and a folding map in fine. With a table comparing the Inca and Jivaro languages. Ex-libris Bibliothèque du couvent des Capucins de Saint-Étienne. Some foxing.

Estim. 50 - 60 EUR

Lot 845 - South America - HALL (Basil). Voyage au Chili, au Pérou et au Mexique, pendant les années 1820, 1821 et 1822. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1825. 2 vol. in-8, green half calf, decorated smooth spines, gilt title and tomaison (period binding by E. Gaudard). Some rubbing to spines. Fold-out frontispiece map. Minor scattered foxing.

Estim. 100 - 120 EUR

Lot 846 - South America - KELLER (Franz). The Amazon and Madeira Rivers. Sketches and descriptions from the note-book of an explorer. London, Chapman and Hall, 1874. In-folio, publisher's green cloth boards, gilt title on spine, cold-framed and large gilt decoration on front cover. Faded boards, spine worn and restored. 68 wood-engraved figures in and out of the text. One plate partly detached, two plates restored, otherwise good condition inside. (Chadenat 2658.)

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 847 - South America - LA CONDAMINE (Charles-Marie de). Voyage de la rivière des Amazones. Lû à l'assemblée publique de l'Académie des Sciences, le 28 avril 1745. [Followed by:] Nouveau projet d'une mesure invariable, propre à devenir universelle. Lû à l'assemblée publique de l'Académie des Sciences, le 24 avril 1748. [Paris], [Imprimerie Royale], 1749. In-4, marbled havana calf, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece, gilded fillets framing the covers, red edges (period binding). Rare offprint, illustrated with 2 folding engraved maps: Carte du cours du Maragnon ou la grande rivière des Amazones, and Carte du détroit appellé Pongo de Mansériché dans le Maragnon. Commissioned by the Académie des Sciences to lead an expedition to Peru to measure the length of a meridian arc near the equator, La Condamine stayed in America for 10 years. On his return trip, he travelled down the Amazon from Peru to Belèm in Brazil. A good copy. Fine restoration.

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 848 - South America - OBANDO (José Maria). El Jeneral Obando a la Historia critica del asesinato del Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho, publicada por el S. Antonio José Irisarri. Lima, J. M. Monterola, 1847. In-8, [4]-229 pp. and [2] ff. in purplish half-sheepskin, smooth spine decorated, red speckled edges (contemporary binding). A good copy. First edition of this very rare justification, which sheds a harsh light on the clashes between the military during the long process of South American independence. General José Maria Obando (1795-1861) had been a rebel against Bolivar's government since 1828, and from 1831 to 1832 was the first President of the Republic of New Granada, which emerged from the dismemberment of Gran Colombia (1830) and then extended over present-day Colombia, Panama and part of Nicaragua. He defends himself here from any involvement in the assassination of Antonio José de Sucre (1795-1830), a lieutenant of the libertador Bolivar and elected president for life of Bolivia, who had come to fight the anti-Bolivarian rebellion. (Palau 197 663.)

Estim. 350 - 400 EUR

Lot 849 - South America - PAZ SOLDAN (Mariano Felipe). Atlas geografico del Peru, publicado a expensas del gobierno peruano. Siendo Presidente el Libertador Gran Mariscal Ramon Castilla. Paris, Libreria de Augusto Durand, 1865. In-folio of (1) f., 81 pp. in contemporary half-binding, spine bare. First edition of the first atlas on Peru. The illustration consists of 73 lithographed and numbered plates (some with several subjects), representing geographical maps, some colored (general map of Peru, mineralogical map, maps of departments and provinces), city plans and port anchorages (Lima, Trujillo, Cuzco, Arequipa, Callao), views (Lima, large fold-out panorama of Arequipa), Peruvian costumes and geological plates. Several plates have been lithographed from photographs taken by Garreaud and Helsby. A good copy. Binding very worn, small wetness in margins of first few text leaves.

Estim. 1 800 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 850 - South America - PRESCOTT (William H.). History of the Conquest of Peru, preceded by a Table of the Civilization of the Incas. Translated from the English by H. Poret. Paris, Firmin Didot frères, Bruxelles, Lacroix, Van Meenen et Cie, 1861. 3 vol. in-8, blond half calf, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). Bindings very worn, rubbed, headpieces torn off with significant leather loss, spine split, one cover detached. One section detached. Ex-libris Pierre Berton.

Estim. 20 - 30 EUR

Lot 851 - ANSON (George). Voyage autour du monde, fait dans les années MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, dans la mer du sud. Tiré des journaux & autres papiers & publié par Richard Walter [...] Traduit de l'anglois [par Élie de Joncourt]. Amsterdam and Leipzig, Arkstée & Merkus, 1749. In-4, marbled basane, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece, red pages (period binding). Old epidermures, corners worn. First French edition, illustrated with 34 engraved plates of maps and views, including a map of South America, a plan of Manila Bay and a map of the Philippine Islands. This round-the-world voyage was highly acclaimed, and the account was published in 1748 by chaplain Richard Walter, based on the diaries of several of the Centurion's officers. Light spotting, paper slightly curled.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 852 - West Indies - GRANIER de CASSAGNAC (Adolphe). Voyage aux Antilles françaises, anglaises, danoises, espagnoles, à Saint-Domingue et aux Etats-Unis. Paris, au comptoir des imprimeurs-unis, 1843-1844. 2 vol. in-8, green chagrined paper boards, red titles, speckled edges (modern binding). Account of a nine-month voyage to the West Indies, between 1840 and 1841. A good copy. Some spotting.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 853 - ARAGO (François). Œuvres, published according to his order under the direction of M. J.-A. BARRAL. Instructions, rapports et notices sur les questions à résoudre pendant les voyages scientifiques. Paris, Gide, Leipzig, Weigel, 1857. In-8 brown half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt title, prize iron (Sainte Barbe) on front cover. Light spotting in the inner margin of the first few pages and in the lower corner of the last few leaves. A very good copy.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 854 - ARAGO (Jacques). Deux océans. Paris, Librairie théâtrale, 1854. 2 vol. in-12 half green basane, smooth spine gilt and cold-stamped, gilt title and tomaison (period binding). Rubbed, foxing.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 855 - ARAGO (Jacques). Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde. [followed by:] Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde. Chasses-Drames. Paris, Hortet et Ozanne, H.-L. Delloye, 1839-1840. 5 volumes in-8, half green basane, decorated smooth spines, speckled edges (period binding). Illustrated with 2 lithographed portraits of Jacques Arago and his brother Dominique François, and 60 lithographed plates based on the author's sketches; genre scenes, types, portraits, views. The supplement volume on hunting is illustrated with 15 lithographed plates by Victor Adam. Embarked as a draftsman, Arago was part of the 1817 expedition on the vessel Uranie, which was on a circumnavigation voyage under the command of Captain Freycinet. On his return to France, he published two books, "Promenade autour du monde" and "Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde", accompanied by drawings and lithographed plates. The latter is largely devoted to Oceania, and contains numerous observations on the customs of the South Sea islanders. The third volume is devoted to Hawaii, and the fourth contains details of Australia and its inhabitants, as well as several vocabularies of the peoples encountered. A fine copy in a romantic binding. Some spotting.

Estim. 900 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 856 - ARAGO (Jacques). Voyage autour du monde (Souvenirs d'un aveugle), with sixty drawings and scientific notes. Paris, Hortet et Ozanne, 1839. 4 vols. large in-8 with I. (2) ff. 400-[1] pp. portrait, 15 plates. - II. (2) ff, 423 pp, [2] ff, 15 plates. - III. (2) ff, 399 pp, portrait, 15 plates - IV. (2) ff, 451 pp, 15 plates. Aubergine half-maroquin, smooth spine finely decorated with gilt rocaille irons, gilt title and tomaison (period binding). One spine unstained, tear with paper loss on one board. Illustrated with 2 lithographed portraits of the author and his brother Dominique-François, and 60 lithographed plates based on the author's lively sketches. Frequent foxing and spotting. Jacques ARAGO (1790-1855) was the third brother of the famous astronomer François Arago (1786-1853). An inveterate traveler, in 1817 he obtained government permission to embark on the Uranie (Capitaine Freycinet) as a draftsman. He circumnavigated the globe on this famous frigate, which also included (exceptionally) Madame Rose de Freycinet. The frigate ran aground on the Falkland Islands, and Arago didn't return until 1821. He went blind in 1837.

Estim. 250 - 300 EUR

Lot 857 - ARAGO (Jacques). Voyage autour du monde (Souvenirs d'un aveugle), with sixty drawings and scientific notes. Paris, Hortet et Ozanne, 1839. 4 vols. large in-8 with I. (2) ff. 400-[1] pp. portrait, 15 plates. - II. (2) ff, 423 pp, [2] ff, 15 plates. - III. (2) ff, 399 pp, portrait, 15 plates - IV. (2) ff, 451 pp, 15 plates. Green half calf, smooth spine gilt and cold-stamped, gilt title and tomaison (period binding). Unstained spines faded to havana with rubbing, bumping and spotting. Illustrated with 2 lithographed portraits of the author and his brother Dominique-François, and 60 lithographed plates based on the author's lively sketches. Rousseurs. Jacques ARAGO (1790-1855) was the third brother of the famous astronomer François Arago (1786-1853). An inveterate traveler, in 1817 he obtained government permission to embark on the Uranie (Capitaine Freycinet) as a draftsman. He circumnavigated the globe on this famous frigate, which also included (exceptionally) Madame Rose de Freycinet. The frigate ran aground on the Falkland Islands, and Arago didn't return until 1821. He went blind in 1837.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 858 - Asia. Manuscript in the Lolo language from Sichuan province in China (near Mapien). [2] blank ff., [10] ff. handwritten in black ink, [14] blank ff. on fine paper, [1] f. black paper cover, all rolled up and placed in a tube case with a small crescent of brocaded silk with green and pink ribbons. Size of unrolled leaves: 50 x 22.5 cm. The Yi are an ethnic group from China. Their ancient name, Lolo or Luóluǒ (倮倮, luóluǒ, "stripped"), is now considered pejorative in China, but is still used officially in Vietnam (Lô Lô) and Thailand (Lolo, โล-โล), where it does not have this meaning in the local language. Numbering 7.8 million in 20002, they represent the sixth largest ethnic group of the 56 officially identified by the People's Republic of China. They live mainly in rural areas of Sichuan, Yunnan (notably Xian autonomous Yi d'Eshan), Guizhou and Guangxi, usually in mountainous regions. The Yi speak a Tibeto-Burman language, Yi, of which there are many varieties, and which they write using the Yi syllabary. The names Lolo, Lolopu, etc. are linked to the veneration of tigers among the Yi; in their dialects, the word "lo" means "tiger". "Lo" is also the basis of the Chinese name for the group, Luóluó (猓猓, 倮倮, or 罗罗). The Yi are descendants of the ancient Qiang people of western China, believed to be the ancestors of today's Tibetan, Naxi and Qiang peoples. They migrated from south-eastern Tibet to Sichuan and Yunnan province, where the majority of their population now resides. In the 15th century, a small part of the Lolo ethnic group settled in the Tonkin region (present-day Vietnam). Today, there are two sub-groups in Vietnam: the Flower Lolos living in the districts of Méo Vac and Dong Van (Ha Giang province) and the Black Lolos living in the district of Bao Lac (Cao Bang province). In 1726, under the Qing dynasty, the Manchu officer Ortai attempted to abolish the tusi system as part of his policy of governance reform. In 1730, in one of his reports to Emperor Yongzheng, he pointed out that the people were loyal to native officers, but not to Chinese authority. Over 30,000 Yi were slaughtered in the small town of Mitie. In Wumeng, Dongchuan and Zhenxiong, ethnic minorities and Chinese migrants were killed by 20,000 soldiers led by Ortai. A large number of Yi then escaped to the Liangshan mountains in Sichuan (source Wikipedia.)

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 859 - Asia. Fifteen years in JAVA and the main islands of the Sunda archipelago and the Dutch East India possessions. Souvenirs of a former officer of the Royal Guard. Collected and published by J.-J. E. ROY. Tours, Mame et Cie, 1861. In-8 dark blue half-chagrin, richly decorated smooth spine, gilt title, gilt tr. 4 engraved figures out of text. Minor scattered foxing, otherwise a fine copy.

Estim. 30 - 50 EUR

Lot 860 - Asia. Souvenir of my cruise in the Far East. Photo album. [Shanghai, Hong Kong, Haiphong, Bay of Along, Saigon, etc.], [1936-1939]. In-4 oblong (26.3 x 36 cm), black silk covered on the upper cover with a large embroidered motif depicting two dragons (period binding). Collection of 408 photographs taken during the Dumont d'Urville's campaign in the Far East between 1936 and 1939. The photographs, of varying dimensions, are mounted on the front and back of each sheet. They are unsigned; some have a caption in the lower part of the plate, or are accompanied by a handwritten caption on the album pages. They mainly depict Chinese and Indochinese cities, harbors, roadsteads, warships (including the Dumont d'Urville), bombing scenes in Shanghai, buildings, dwellings, streets, temples, monuments, costumed inhabitants, group scenes, small boats, picturesque sites, and more. Among the photographs depicting the bombings, some have been shot against a red background, to emphasize the dramatic nature of the events. Some photographs relate to Japan, India, the Philippines, Australia and the New Hebrides. China is represented by 196 photographs (including the Sino-Japanese conflict), Indochina by 114 photographs, and various other countries by 98 photographs (Japan, Singapore, India, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia and the New Hebrides). Photographs in very good condition. Corners worn, spine partly detached.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 861 - Asia. Trip: South India Ceylon. February 27 - March 22, 1980. Travel album of [232] pp. carefully handwritten and illustrated with numerous photos and illustrations. In-4 format. Black cloth boards.

Estim. 30 - 40 EUR

Lot 862 - Asie - [GERVAISE (Nicolas)]. Historical description of the kingdom of Macacar, divided into three books. Paris, Hilaire Foucault, 1688. In-12, speckled calf, ornate ribbed spine, lemon morocco title-piece, ornate edges, speckled edges (period binding). First edition of this voyage to the kingdom of Macassar, located on the island of Celebes (Sulawesi in Indonesian). A good copy bearing the later coat of arms of Jeanne-Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, comtesse de Verrue. Fine restoration to binding.

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 863 - [Asia - BOLTS (William). Etat civil, politique et commerçant du Bengale ou Histoire des Conquêtes & de l'Administration de la Compagnie Angloise dans ce Pays. Maestricht, Dufour, 1775. 2 volumes in one vol. in-8 of xxxii, 166 pp. ; (2) ff. 170 pp. Marbled calf, ornate ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, red tr. (period binding). Spine cracked, rubbed. Second printing of the first French translation (from English by Demeunier) of this work in which the author, a Dutch traveler and merchant, relates the history of the trading posts he established in Bengal on behalf of England. It serves as a sequel to Raynal's "Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et du commerce des européens dans les deux Indes". It is illustrated with 2 frontispieces by Eisen and a large folding map of Bengal. Numerous old dampstains.

Estim. 80 - 120 EUR

Lot 864 - Asia - CABEZA PEREIRO (Anacleto). La Isla de Ponape. Geografia, etnografia, historia. Manila, Chofré y comp. 1896. In-8, burgundy percaline, green calf title page (20th century binding). Second edition, illustrated with a portrait of the author, 13 plates (a large map of Spanish Micronesia, plans and maps), 2 folding tables and 19 illustrations in the text. The island of Ponape, now Pohnpei, in the Carolinas archipelago east of the Philippines, is currently part of the Federated States of Micronesia. From 1886, Spain, which owned the Philippines, began colonizing it. A good copy. Some leaves detached.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 865 - Asia - China. Naval Staff. Service Hydrographique. N°4. Nautical instructions. China. Upper Yang Tse Kiang and main tributaries. Tome premier. sl, sd [c. 1925]. In-folio of X-212-[5] ff. typescript. Dark brown basane, smooth spine gilt-stamped, gilt title (period binding). The work is as follows: Avis et avertissements (ff. I-IV), liste des ouvrages consultés (ff. V), Traduction de quelques termes chinois employés dans le corps de l'ouvrage et Abréviations (ff. VI), Table des matières (ff. VII), 1e partie Notions sur le Haut Yang Tse Kiang et sa navigation (ff. 1-42), 2e partie Haut Yang Tse Kiang d'Itchang à Tchungking (ff. 43-182), Characteristics of the vessels mentioned in this work (ff. 183-185), Alphabetical index of place names in French and Chinese (ff. 186-211), Sale and issue of nautical documents (ff. 212), Other anchorages and moorings on spars (between Itchang and Tchongking) (final 5 ff.). It is illustrated with 73 out-of-text figures (small plans) and a large diagram of the Upper Yangtze region (f. 24 bis). "The present work cancels work n°951. It was written by Lieutenant de Vaisseau ROBBE during a five-year stay in the Upper Yangtze region, in particular during a three-year assignment, as Navigation Inspector, with the Chinese Maritime Customs." "Nautical instructions are specifically intended to provide navigators with information that cannot be obtained from charts. [...]" (Warnings). Commander Robbe's personal copy. Ex-libris JM.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 866 - Asia - China. History of the end of the Tang dynasty and the five minor dynasties that succeeded it In-8, [45] ff. including 10 pp. illustrated with full-page engravings. Havana chagrin, smooth spine with mute ornamentation, handsome compartmentalized decoration of gilded fillets on the boards (Niédrée). By Siou Siang-Tsien, t'ang or t'ang L'sieouen lchouen according to a handwritten note. Ex-libris JM.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 867 - Asia-China. 三民主義 [The three principles of the people.] China, Minzhi, 1925. In-12 paperback, printed cover. Portrait of Sun-Ya-Tsen (November 12, 1866 - March 12, 1925, one of the founders of the Kuomintang, first president of the Republic of China in 1912) and 162-[3] pp. E.A.S. from the Kuomintang Committee in Europe, signed by Wong Tsanping, March 17, 1929 at Mordal Manor, addressed to Commandant Robbe with blue stamp in Chinese in Robbe's name (who carried out several missions in Asia). Preserved in a small wooden cigar box.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 868 - Asia - China. Lot of 87 antique postcards. Sl, [c. 1930]. 9 x 14 cm. Good condition. They depict inhabitants, scenes and views of Beijing, Shanghai and Tiensin (execution of a pirate, Chinese funeral, rickshaw, itinerant restaurateur, soldiers on drill, wedding procession, Chinese woman with small feet, Emperor's throne, general view of Longfa pagoda in Shanghai, porticoes of Beijing summer palace, Beijing as the crow flies, etc.).

Estim. 250 - 300 EUR

Lot 869 - Asia - DEULEFILS (P.). L'Indo-Chine pittoresque et monumentale. Ruins of Angkor Cambodia. Preface by M. Étienne AYMONIER. Text by Louis FINOT. Hanoi, Pierre Dieulefils, sd (c.1909). Album, large, oblong in-4, ivory half-calf with corners, smooth spine, snake-style paper on covers, gilt title on front cover (publisher's binding). Leather worn and missing. Texts in French, English and German. [1] f. dedication, [1] f. title, [6] pp. preface, [2] pp. table, 1 chromolithographed frontispiece with captioned serpents, 68 plates num. 1-67 (including title and plate 29 bis), mounted on tabs, with captioned serpents. Very fine account of Indochina and in particular Angkor in the early 20th century by one of Indochina's most famous photographers, Pierre Dieulefils (who opened a photographic studio in Hanoi as early as 1889). He also produced over 5,000 postcards, much sought-after by collectors. He continued to work as a photographer well into the 1920s.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 870 - Asia - FAMIN (Pierre). In Tonkin and on the Kwang-Si frontier. Illustrated with 17 maps and 42 hors texte engravings. Paris, Challamel, 1895. Large in-8 red half-chagrin, finely decorated smooth spine, gilt title (period binding). Covers and corners worn, some rubbing, small leather tears. Maps and illustrations outside text.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 871 - Asia - GARNIER (Francis) & DOUDART DE LAGRÉE. ATLAS du Voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine, effectué pendant les années 1866, 1867 et 1868 par une commission française présidée par M. le capitaine de frégate Doudart de Lagrée et publié par les ordres du ministre de la Marine sous la direction de M. le lieutenant de vaisseau Francis Garnier. Part One: MAPS and PLANS drawn up by Messrs Doudart de Lagrée, Francis Garnier and Lieutenant Delaporte. Part Two: PITTORAL ALBUM based on drawings by M. le lieutenant de vaisseau Delaporte. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1873. 2 parts in one in-folio volume (without the 2 volumes of text); brown half-chagrin with corners, spine with ornate nerves (period binding). Numerous scuff marks. First edition. First part (maps and plans): [3] ff. (faux-titre, title, table) and 22 plates, 4 of which on double page. Second part (album pittoresque): XII pp. (faux-titre, title, introduction and explanation of plates): 37 (of 48) lithographs after Janet-Lange, Clerget, Laurens, Gilbert, Ciceri... including 8 (of 14) in color, the others in black on tinted background, some on double page. Missing plates 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 32, 35, 38, 43. Plates 11-12, 13-14, 21, 24 and 25 are detached, lightly browned (some with thumbtack marks at corners). Old circular staining and very slight marginal soiling to the rest of the plates and maps. Apart from these defects, overall good condition. Marie Joseph François Garnier dit Francis Garnier (1839-1873) was a French naval officer and explorer. He became famous for spending most of his life exploring the Mekong. His career as an officer and his heroic end made him one of the leading figures in French naval history. This expedition, under the command of Doudart de Lagrée, set out from Saigon in June 1866, under the patronage of Vice-Admiral de La Grandière, to sail up the Mekong. As second-in-command, Garnier was in charge of hydrography, meteorology and charting the voyage. On Doudart de Lagrée's death in Yunnan, he took charge of the mission, heading for the Yangtze valley and down to Shanghai. He returned to Saigon two years after leaving, in June 1868. He immediately returned to France, where he was assigned to the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine, and completed his mission report. Very slight rubbing to edges of boards and cuts. A very fine copy, with an extremely well-preserved interior, free of foxing, and very fresh colors. Rare first edition at 800 copies. (Cordier Sinica, 329; Indonisica, 1012-13; Howgego II, 340-343; Numa Broc Asie, 206; Chadenat 54.)

Estim. 1 800 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 872 - Asia - HAARDT (Georges-Marie) & AUDOUIN-DUBREUIL (Louis). Expedition Citroën Centre-Asie. LA CROISIÈRE JAUNE. Third mission Georges-Marie Haardt Louis Audouin-Dubreuil, by Georges LE FÈVRE. Paris, Plon, 1933. In-4 paperback, filled print cover, in folder (without slipcase). [8]-XLI-335-[10] pp. Original edition illustrated with 6 maps, including 1 fold-out in fine, and 123 photographs including reproductions of works by IACOVLEFF. One of 2000 copies on alpha. A good copy.

Estim. 250 - 300 EUR

Lot 873 - Asia - HELMAN (Isidore Stanislas). Faits mémorables des empereurs de la Chine, tirés des annales chinoises. Paris, l'auteur, sd [1788]. In-4, dark brown half-chagrin, spine ribbed, gilt title (19th c. rel.) Rubbed. Ex-libris Ch. Schefer. Entirely engraved work: it consists of a title framed by quadruple fillet, and 24 intaglio AND AQUARELLATED off-text prints depicting various episodes in Chinese history, with explanatory folios opposite. These plates were taken by Helman from a rare suite of folio prints reserved for China by order of its Emperor, engraved under the direction of Cochin from drawings by the Jesuit Father Attiret. Without the dedication leaf adorned with a fine vignette by Monet engraved by Helman. The title of another edition of Les Faits mémorables des empereurs de la Chine gives interesting details of the different print runs of this same edition. Among other things, it indicates that deliveries for copies printed on "papier d'Hollande peint à l'aquarel" sold for 48 livres, far more expensive than those on ordinary paper (12 livres) or even those on large paper (18 livres). (Cohen 479; Brunet III, 90.) Brown stains on title. A very rare first-edition copy on Hollande (with the exception of plates 3 and 23 on vellum) with the engravings enhanced at the time.

Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

Lot 874 - Asia - HERZOG (Maurice). Annapurna premier 8.000. Paris, Grenoble, Arthaud, 1951. In-8 publisher's hardback, based on a model by Claude Arthaud. Color frontispiece. Preface by Lucien Devies. 32 black heliogravure photographs. Sketches and maps in and out of text. Folding sketch map by Marcel Ichac at the end of the book. Very slight wear to head cover. A very good copy of the rare genuine first edition in publisher's hardback, printed in November 1951, here enriched by the author's signature on the title page.

Estim. 40 - 60 EUR

Lot 875 - Asia - KRICK (abbé Nicolas). Relation d'un voyage au Thibet en 1852 et d'un voyage chez les Abors en 1853. Paris, Auguste Vaton, 1854. In-12, black percaline, smooth spine (period binding). First edition, illustrated with a fold-out lithographed frontispiece. Father Nicolas Krick, a priest with the Paris foreign missions, was appointed missionary to Tibet in 1849. After several months of unsuccessful attempts, he was the first European to reach Tibet from northern India, but was only able to stay for a short time. A good copy of this unusual work. Stamp of the library of the Château de Sancerre. Some brown spots.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 876 - Asia - LE COMTE (Louis). New memoirs on the present state of China. Fourth [- third] edition. Paris, Anisson, 1701. 2 vol. in-12 of [16] ff, 410 pp; [2] ff, 435 pp, [9] pp, with a portrait-frontispiece by F. Ertinger (the Emperor Kangxi), and 21 plates out of text, including a folding table. Mottled fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated, title and greevel pages, speckled boards (contemporary binding). Covers worn, beginning of a split at the upper jaws, tiny wormhole in the margin of half of volume 1. Otherwise a good copy. The first edition was published in 1696, also by Jean Anisson. The work is set against the backdrop of the interminable Querelle des rites, of which it is a masterpiece (and, as such, was condemned by the Sorbonne). The interesting plates depict the astronomical machines installed by Father Ferdinand Verbiest at the Peking observatory, as well as a number of types (schoolboy, soldier, colonel, mandarin, lady in negligee), and an interesting view of a craftsman operating a "magnet-cutting machine". Jesuit missionary Louis-Daniel Le Comte (1655-1728) was one of six mathematicians sent by Louis XIV on a religious and scientific mission to China in 1685. After two years in the kingdom of Siam, he arrived in Peking on February 8, 1687, where he was assigned the Chen-si mission, one of the most difficult in the empire due to its size, climate and the distance between the various churches. For five years, he criss-crossed a large part of China, gathering many valuable observations. (Backer & Sommervogel II, 1356. Cordier, Sinica, 39.) Handwritten bookplate De Moré Chappelain, dated 1706.

Estim. 550 - 600 EUR

Lot 877 - Asie - LE GOBIEN (Charles). Histoire des Isles Marianes, nouvellement converties à la Religion Chrestienne; & de la mort glorieuse des premiers missionnaires qui y ont prêché la Foy. Paris, Nicolas Pépie, 1700. In-12 of [12] ff, 433 pp, [13] pp, 2 folding maps (detached). Tan calf, spine ribbed and decorated, fleur-de-lys and dauphin irons on tail of spine, title page, red speckled edges (period binding). Spine rubbed, spotting. First edition. The Malouin Charles Le Gobien (1653-1708) was procurator for the missions in China; it should be emphasized that he never went there himself, and the various reports he wrote were based on the documents and testimonies of his colleagues. The Mariana Islands, known since the time of Magellan and originally called Islas de las Velas, entered the Spanish Crown as a dependency of the Philippines. Their evangelization, however, came very late: preachers were only sent to the islands on the initiative of Queen Maria Anna of Habsburg (1635-1696), second wife of Philip IV, which gave the archipelago its present name. (Backer & Sommervogel, III, 1513 (3). Chadenat, 5567.) Handwritten ex-libris Delercy and Naudet (curé d'Ossey).

Estim. 280 - 300 EUR

Lot 878 - Asia - MACARTNEY (Georges). Voyage dans l'intérieur de la Chine et Tartarie fait dans les années 1792, 1793 et 1794. Paris, F. Buisson, An XII (1804). In-4, paperback, marbled cover. Atlas with 41 engraved plates (portraits, maps, views, costumes, genre scenes). Worn binding.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 879 - Asia - PICARD (Victor-Léopold). Tonkin Expeditionary Corps. Notes and memories of the expedition, Marine infantry and Tonkinese riflemen. Summary of operations. [MANUSCRIT]. Sl, September-October 1886. In-8, 228-[4] pp. in fine, highly legible handwriting (approx. 20 lines per page), with abundant iconography included in pagination, modest half cloth with corners, smooth spine (period binding). Spine uniformly soiled, but a good copy. A very interesting amateur manuscript produced on the spot by sergeant-major (later second lieutenant) Victor-Léopold Picard (b. February 2, 1861), a member of the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps. This was obviously the second campaign, the one that earned Jules Ferry his ministry in March 1885, and led to the occupation of the entire province and the dismemberment of the Annam Empire. The text is essentially a reproduction of official documents (agendas, proclamations, articles, etc.) linked together by an account of the operations undertaken from the capture of the Hanoi citadel on April 2, 1882 to the end of March 1885. The manuscript is enhanced by an interesting amateur iconography, meticulously assembled either from previously printed material, or from sketches and drawings by members of the Expeditionary Corps. (Details on request.)

Estim. 1 400 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 880 - Asia - SAKURAI (Tadeyoshi). Niku-Dan human machine gun. Account of the siege of Port Arthur. Paris, Augustin Challamel, 1913. In-12 square, red half-basane, smooth spine gold-stamped (period binding). Illustrated with a portrait of Lieutenant Sakurai, 2 fold-out maps and a sketch of Port-Arthur's fortifications. A good copy. Some handwritten annotations in Japanese. Small paper loss on one cover.

Estim. 10 - 15 EUR

Lot 881 - Asia - SEGALEN (Victor). Stèles. Pei-King [s. l.], Presses du Pei-Tang [Éditions Chatelain-Julien], 1914 [1994]. Large, narrow in-8 (28 x 14 cm) accordion-fold (leaves folded Chinese-style), filled cover with printed spine (small tears), in wooden aisle with engraved title in green lettering and yellow silk ribbons, in blue cloth portfolio with flaps and clasps, title labels. Facsimile of the partly original second edition (including 16 new poems) from the Collection coréenne composed under the direction of Victor Segalen in Peking for Georges Crès & Cie in Paris. 7 full-page Chinese calligraphies reproduced, Chinese ideograms in the text, 3 Chinese seals in red ink.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 882 - Asia - SINIBALDO de MAS (D.). China and the Christian powers. Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1861. 2 volumes in-12, green half-basin with corners, ornate ribbed spines, title and appendices, speckled edges (period binding). Illustrated with a large folding plate depicting a wedding procession in China, a synoptic table, a map showing the ports open to foreign trade in China and Japan according to the treaties of 1858 and 1860, and a black and red facsimile of a dispatch envelope. A good copy.

Estim. 60 - 70 EUR

Lot 883 - Asia - TRUONG VINH KY (Jean-Baptiste Petrus). Abrégé de grammaire annamite. Saïgon, Imprimerie Impériale, 1867. In-8, 131 pp; red half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). First edition, printed in Saigon. A professor of oriental languages and editor of Giadinh, the first Vietnamese newspaper, Truong Vinh Ky is the author of numerous translations and several works: Petit dictionnaire français-annamite (1884), Cours d'histoire annamite (1875-1877), Histoire de la Chine (1875) and Grammaire de la langue annamite (1883). In addition to technical and synthetic grammar, these works provide information on the ancient history of the Annamite language, which was spoken throughout the Annam Empire, as well as in the Kingdom of Siam, Cambodia and Laos. A fine copy with a handwritten note (unidentified signature) "Ouvrage de mon ami Truon Vin-Ky un annamite des plus remarquables par sa connaissance en langues anciennes et modernes Saïgon 1870" and a short biographical note on the author photocopied from "En Indochine 1894-1895" by Count de Barthélémy. Ex-libris JM.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 884 - Asia - UJFALVY (Ch. E. de). L'Art des cuivres anciens au Cachemire et au Petit-Thibet. With 67 drawings by B. Schmidt and a map. Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1883. In-8 paperback, printed illustrated cover. First edition of the only monograph on this exceptional collection of engraved copper objects, assembled in 5 months of collecting, with the location of some of the finest pieces. Minor foxing. A very good uncut copy.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 885 - Australia. Notes on the colony of Victoria. Melbourne and Adelaide, 1865-1866. 5 pieces in one vol. in-8, blond half calf, smooth spine (pastiche binding). Stamp (cancelled). A good copy. Interesting collection of very uncommon pieces printed for the 1866 Intercolonial Exhibition, the first in the series, held precisely in the city of Melbourne, or for the 1867 International Exhibition (Paris). The colony of Victoria, in this form, dated only from 1851, when it was separated from New South Wales. I. Statistical summary of the progress of the colony of Victoria to the year 1865; compiled from official records in the registrar-general's office, Melbourne, for the Dublin international exhibition of 1865. Melbourne, John Ferres, 1865, 24 pp. Only one copy in the CCF (Strasbourg). - II. SELWYN (Alfred Richard Cecil); ULRICH (George): Notes of the physical geography, geology, and mineralogy of Victoria. Melbourne, Blundell & Ford, 1866, 92 pp. with 5 plates, including a large folding map. Only two copies in the CCF (Muséum and Quai Branly). - III. ARCHER (William Henry): Progress of Victoria, from 1835, to 1866. Translated from the English by E. Lissignol. Melbourne, Masterman, 1866, title, 149 pp. - IV. Catalog of contributions to the Paris universal exhibition held in Paris, 1867. Adelaide, W. C. Cox, 1866, 31 pp. - V. Exposition universelle de 1867, à Paris. Royal Commissioners of the Colony of Victoria (Australia). Melbourne-London, s.d. [1866], xvi pp. 26 pp. No copy in the CCF.

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 886 - Austria - EYRIÈS (Jean-Baptiste-Benoît). L'Autriche, ou costumes, mœurs et usages des Autrichiens. Paris, Gide fils, [c. 1821]. Large in-8, paperback. Comprising 4 introductory leaves and 24 aquatint-engraved and finely watercolored plates. Each is accompanied by an explanatory text sheet depicting Austrian men's and women's costumes, as well as those of countries then part of the Austrian Empire: Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary. A good copy. False title detached.

Estim. 40 - 60 EUR

Lot 887 - [BANCAREL (F.)]. Collection abrégée des voyages anciens et modernes autour du monde ; Avec des extraits des autres voyageurs les plus célèbres et les plus récents, contenant des détails exacts sur les mœurs, les usages et les productions les plus remarquables des différents peuples de la terre[...] Paris, Dufart père, 1808-1809. 12 volumes in-8 in shagreened calf, smooth ornate spine, brown mar. title and gilt garland framing the covers (period binding). First edition decorated with 8 portraits of navigators, 70 engraved plates & 6 large folding engraved maps. Contains numerous travel reports including: Christopher Columbus, Vasco de Gama, Magellan, Spilberg, Le Maire, l'Hermitte, Clipperton, Gemelli Carreri, Shelvock, Dampier, Cowley, Woode Rogers, Wallis, Le Gentil, Anson, Surville, Roggeween, Byron, Bougainville, Pagès, Cook, La Pérouse. Label of the bookseller Frère in Rouen. A very fine copy.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 888 - BARTHÉLEMY (Abbé Jean-Jacques). Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce [...] Paris, Ledoux, 1821. 7 vol. in-8, shagreened basane, richly ornamented smooth spine, red and green marble title-pages, lemon pages (period binding). Worm hole in one spine, gnawed at bottom of back cover. Several small brown spots. Beautifully bound. Text only, in the atlas.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 889 - Belgium - JUSTE (Théodore). Histoire de Belgique depuis les temps primitifs jusqu'à la fin du règne de Léopold Ier. Brussels, Bruyante-Christophe & Cie, 1868. 3 volumes in-4, richly decorated polychrome boards, gilt edges (period binding). Illustrated with numerous figures in the text, 6 black plates, 6 colored maps, and 37 colored plates (mostly portraits). A good copy. Some binding defects, light spotting.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 890 - Bohemia - LEGER (Louis). Chants héroïques et chansons populaires des Slaves de Bohême. Paris, Bruxelles, Librairie Internationale, A. Lacroix, Verboeckoven et Cie, 1866. In-16, half red morocco, covers preserved, untrimmed (slightly later binding). First edition, illustrated with an original photograph reproducing a painting. A good copy. Covers rubbed.

Estim. 10 - 15 EUR

Lot 891 - BOUGAINVILLE (Hyacinthe-Yves-Philippe-Potentien de). Journal de la navigation autour du globe de la frégate La Thétis de la corvette L'espérance pendant les années 1824, 1825 et 1826, publié par ordre du Roi sous les auspices du département de la marine. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1837. 2 vols. large in-4 of text and 1 volume large in-folio of atlas uniformly bound in green half-chagrin with corners, spines richly decorated, double gilt fillet framing the boards (period binding). First edition illustrated with 56 hors-texte plates, including 12 color natural history plates and 10 double or folding maps. (Sabin 6875.) Bougainville's round-the-world expedition from 1824 to 1826 had a primarily political and diplomatic aim, to show the King's flag in the seas and develop feelings of esteem and friendship for France. La Thétis rounded the Cape of Good Hope before arriving at Bourbon Island, where she met up with the corvette l'Espérance from Rio de Janeiro. Bougainville then headed for Singapore via Pondicherry, the Strait of Malacca, Manila and Macao. The expedition then reached the western coast of Australia, arriving in Sydney. The two ships then crossed the Pacific to Valparaiso. After rounding Cape Horn, it was on to Rio de Janeiro, before returning to France and arriving in Brest on June 23, 1826. The considerable collection of natural history and ornithological specimens brought back by the expedition will be recognized as one of the most important ever seen in France. A fine copy, whose atlas, although much larger in format, is uniformly bound with the text, which is unusual. Scattered freckling and light marginal spotting.

Estim. 10 000 - 12 000 EUR

Lot 892 - BOUGAINVILLE (Hyacinthe-Yves-Philippe-Potentien, baron de). Journal de la navigation autour du globe de la frégate La Thétis et de la corvette L'Espérance pendant les années 1824, 1825 et 1826. Published by order of the King under the auspices of the Department of the Navy. ATLAS. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1837. Large in-folio dark blue half calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons, gilt title (period binding). Headbands torn off, spine ends cracked, spotting. Complete with title page, table of plates and 56 double plates and maps, including 12 finely colored natural history plates and one double plate (boats) also colored. Some foxing. Hyacinthe de Bougainville (1781-1846), son of the first French circumnavigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), took part at the age of 18 in Nicolas Baudin's voyage of discovery to the southern lands in 1800. After a successful maritime career under the Empire and Restoration, he was given command of the frigate Thétis (built especially for a round-the-world voyage) and the corvette L'Espérance. Bougainville's round-the-world expedition between March 1824 and June 1826 had an essentially political and diplomatic aim: "to show the King's flag in the seas where our trade is seeking to open up outlets" and to develop in these regions "feelings of esteem and friendship for France" (according to the instructions of minister Clermont-Tonnerre). Leaving Brest on March 2, 1824, Thétis made a brief stopover in Tenerife, crossed the equator and rounded the Cape of Good Hope before arriving at Bourbon Island, where she met up with the corvette l'Espérance from Rio de Janeiroa. The two ships set course for Pondicherry before entering the Strait of Malacca. Bougainville then headed for Singapore, giving the first French description of the city. After a long stopover in Manila to repair the Esperance, the Thétis sailed alone for Macao before reaching Tourane, where Bougainville tried in vain to make contact with the Emperor of Annam. Joined by the repaired Esperance, Thétis headed south again, passing off Malaya on the north coast of Java before reaching the great Sunda Islands, where Bongainville was sumptuously received by the Sultan of Madura Island. The expedition then reached the western coast of Australia, well known to Bougainville, to round the continent to the west and south, passing off Tasmania, and finally arriving in Sydney for a 3-month stay. The two ships left Sydney on September 21, 1825, crossing the South Pacific in a single voyage, arriving in Valparaiso on November 23. After rounding Cape Horn on February 2, Bougainville reached the Falkland Islands, still uninhabited, where only a few ruins remain of the settlement created by his father in 1764. On March 21, he arrived in Rio de Janeiro for a three-week stay, before returning to France and arriving in Brest on June 23, 1826. On his return, Bougainville received no real reward for the work and discoveries he had made during his round-the-world voyage, particularly during his long stay in Australia, where his ornithological observations led, among other things, to splendid representations of callocephalus (parrots). The considerable collection of natural history and ornithological specimens brought back by the expedition will be recognized as one of the most important ever seen in France. The only atlas, without text, from the rare first edition of this extraordinary voyage. (Sabin, 6875).

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 893 - [BOUGAINVILLE (Louis-Antoine de)]. Voyage autour du monde, par la frégate du roi la Boudeuse et la flûte l'Étoile, en 1766, 1767, 1768 et 1769. Second enlarged edition. Paris, Saillant & Nyon, 1772. 2 vol. in-8, half-brown calf, ornate smooth spines, red title-pieces (rebacked in the first volume but with formerly detached title-piece preserved) (period binding). Some restorations. Second edition illustrated with 21 folding maps (Falkland Islands, Strait of Magellan) and 3 plates. Complete. A good copy.

Estim. 350 - 400 EUR

Lot 894 - [Brazil]. Photo album. Sl, [c. 1935]. In-4 oblong (23 x 32 cm), brown embossed paper-covered boards, muted spine, drawstring, first cover detached (period binding). Set of 182 photographs relating to Rio de Janeiro (141) and Petropolis and its environs (41). The photographs are unsigned, but almost all have handwritten captions written in white underneath. The captions are generally in French; a few are in Portuguese. For Rio de Janeiro, the photographs show coastal views, wooded landscapes and picturesque sites (Sugar Loaf, Christ the Redeemer statue, Tijuca forest, Botafogo bay, Copacabana beach, Botanical Gardens), port facilities, avenues (Rio Branco, Niemeyer), squares (Maréchal Floriano, Place de Paris), official buildings (Congress, Municipal Theatre), buildings (Gloria and Central hotels), lively stages (Carnival), etc. As for Petropolis, located 68 km north of Rio, they show a general view, the main squares and avenues, the train station and the surrounding area (road from Rio to Petropolis).

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 895 - BUXTORF (Johannes). Lexicon Hebraicum et Chaldaicum [...] Bâle, In Officina Episcopiana, 1735. Fort volume, small, in-8, marbled basane, ornate spine, red pages (contemporary binding). Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. Some light foxing. A fine copy. Handwritten bookplate Rostan d'Ancezune.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Lot 896 - Catalonia - CANCER (Jaime). Variarum resolutionum juris Cæsarei, pontificii, et municipalis principatus Cathaloniæ. Barcelona, Jaime Cendrat, 1601. Small folio of (2)-111-(12) ff; contemporary soft vellum. Printed on two columns. Some foxing, marginal wetness at end of volume. Minor wear to binding with ink stains.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 897 - CHAMPAGNAC & OLIVIER. Le Voyageur de la jeunesse dans les cinq parties du monde [...] Illustrated with 22 engravings by MM. ROUARGUE frères. Paris, Belin-Leprieur et Morizot, Rio de Janeiro, same firm, sd. Large in-8 black half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt title, cold framing on covers, gilt edges (period binding). Complete with 22 hors-texte plates, including 16 color costume plates. Scattered brown spots, but a very fine copy.

Estim. 50 - 60 EUR

Lot 898 - CHAPELLE (Claude Emmanuel Luillier dit) & BACHAUMONT (Louis Petit de). Voyage, suivi de quelques autres voyages dans le même genre. Genève, sn, 1777. In-18 tan calf, smooth ornate spine, title p. in red mar., triple gilt fillet framing the boards (period binding). Worm damage to tail of spine. Engraved frontispiece by Marillier.

Estim. 30 - 40 EUR

Lot 899 - CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René, vicomte de). Itinerary from Paris to Jerusalem and from Jerusalem to Paris. Paris, Lefèvre, Ladvocat, 1829. 2 volumes in-8, brick calf, smooth spine decorated throughout, cold plates on covers, gilt edges (period binding). A good copy. Worn corners.

Estim. 30 - 40 EUR

Lot 900 - China. Headquarters of the French Legation in Peking (M. Pichon being Minsiter). (Copy of Lieutenant Darcy's report made during my Marseille-Tonkin 1900 voyage). 1900. Paperback in-4, marbled blue cover with handwritten title label. Personal unsigned manuscript copy of an important report by Lieutenant Darcy to Rear Admiral Courrejolles, Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Naval Division. The manuscript begins with a list (2 ff.) of Legation and Petang personnel, specifying for each "wounded" or "killed", before the actual report, consisting of [70] pp., recounting day by day the events that took place in the Peking Legation district between May 30 and August 31, 1900, at the height of the Boxer revolt. It ends with 2 handwritten fold-out plans of the district. The legation district east of Tian'anmen Square (and the Pe-Tang three kilometers away) was besieged by insurgents for 55 days, resulting in numerous deaths and an international diplomatic crisis. The movement, organized by the "Fists of Justice and Concord" (a secret society with the symbol of a closed fist) and initially opposed to reform, Western foreigners and the feudal power of the Manchu Qing dynasty, was used by Empress Dowager Cixi against colonists alone, leading to the siege of foreign legations in Beijing on June 20, 1900. The victorious military intervention of the eight Allied nations against China (Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) led to the signing of a peace protocol giving foreign powers the right to station troops to protect their legations. A wall was built around the neighborhood, and all Chinese residents were expelled. The district became a city within the city, reserved exclusively for foreigners, and was for a long time a symbol of foreign oppression, particularly among Chinese nationalists. With undated auction bill from Maison Osenat to the former owner (lot no. 229?).

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 901 - Collectif. Recueil amusant des voyages, en vers et en prose [...] Second edition. Paris, Nyon l'ainé, 1787. 7 volumes (including 2 last volumes of supplement) small in-12 marbled basane, smooth spine decorated, title and tomaison pages, red tr. (period binding). Some minor rubbing. Good condition.

Estim. 50 - 60 EUR

Lot 902 - Compagnie des Indes - CASTONNET DES FOSSES (Henri). An unpublished letter from La Boullaye Le Gouz. Angers, imprimerie Lachèse et Dolbeau, 1886. In-8, paperback, pink printed cover. Reprint of an article published in 1882 in the Mémoires de la Société Nationale d'Agriculture, Sciences et Arts d'Angers. This is the transcription of a letter, dated 1666, sent to Colbert by François de La Boullaye-Le Gouz, member of an embassy sent to Ispahan to negotiate a trade treaty for the establishment of the Compagnie des Indes in Persia. A good copy preserved in its original booklet. Autograph signed letter from the author on the cover, from which the dedicatee's name has been removed. Small loss to cover. Cover edges faded.

Estim. 60 - 70 EUR

Lot 903 - COOK (Captain James). Voyages du capitaine Cook dans la mer du sud, aux deux pôles, et autour du monde, premier, second et troisième, accompagnés des relations de Byron, Carteret et Wallis, et d'une notice, ou nouveaux détails extraits de différens voyages plus récens, sur la Nouvelle-Hollande, la Nouvelle-Zélande, les Îles de la Société, les Îles des Amis, les Îles Sandwich, l'Indien Omaï et la révolte de l'équipage d'un vaisseau pour se fixer de 1764 à 1804. New translation [...] Paris, Lerouge, 1811. 6 vol. in-12 speckled calf, smooth spine in blond calf decorated, title and tom. pages in red and green marble (period binding). New edition by French literary scholar and journalist Jean-Baptiste Gouriet (1774-1855), illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook, a large fold-out map (t. I) and 26 unsigned plates containing a total of 29 subjects: types and costumes, episodes from voyages, etc. (t. II). T. I contains a "petit dictionnaire des termes de géographie et de marine", t. IV a vocabulary of the language of Tahiti and the Society Islands. Light foxing. A good copy. (Barbier IV, 1101.)

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 904 - COOK (James). * Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique, actuellement regnante; pour faire des découvertes dans l'Hémisphère Méridional, et successivement exécutés par le Commodore Byron, le Capitaine Carteret, le Capitaine Wallis & le Capitaine Cook, dans les vaisseaux le Dauphin, le Swallow, & l'Endeavour: rédigée d'après les journaux tenus par les différens commandants & les papiers de M. Banks, by J. Hawkesworth [...] Voyage dans l'hémisphère austral, et autour du monde, fait sur les vaisseaux de Roi, l'Aventure & la Résolution, en 1772, 1773, 1774 & 1775. In which we have inserted the relation of Captain Furneaux, & that of Messrs. Forster. * Cook's third voyage, or voyage to the Pacific Ocean, ordered by the King of England, to make discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, to determine the position & extent of the West Coast of North America, its distance from Asia, & resolve the question of the passage to the North. Executed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke & Gore, on the Vessels the Resolution & the Discovery in 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 & 1780. **** Life of Captain Cook. Paris, Saillant, Nyon, Panckouke & De Thou, 1774-1789. 14 volumes in-4 uniformly bound in red morocco, ornate ribbed spines, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, double gilt fillet on the edges, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges (period binding). * First edition of the French translation of Cook's first voyage. The narrative was written by John Hawkesworth, based on notes by Byron, Carteret, Wallis and Captain Cook's journal. The illustration includes 52 hors-texte plates, some folded (maps, views etc.) [more details in the catalog]. First edition of the French translation illustrated with 67 hors-texte plates, some folding, including 1 portrait of Cook and 15 maps, as well as 2 folding tables. [more details in catalog] * First edition of the French translation illustrated with 88 copper-engraved plates under Bénard's direction (maps, natural history views) including the famous fold-out frontispiece depicting James Cook's assassination in Kealakekua Bay, a copper-engraved vignette to the title of Volume I, and a fold-out table paginated 520 bis in Volume IV. [more details in the catalog] **** First edition of the French translation by Jean-Henri Castéra. A VERY GOOD AND RARE EXEMPLAIR OF THE ENSEMBLE OF COOK'S THREE JOURNEYS, UNIFORMLY BINDED IN EPOCOQUE LEATHER, of which no other copy has been offered for public sale for nearly half a century. The first volume of the first voyage, probably previously mislaid, has been rebound in pastiche morocco in exact imitation, apart from the special small iron in the center of each of the spine boxes, which is probably impossible to reproduce. Added to the set, in the same binding, is the Life of Captain Cook by Kippis, which is sometimes included with the collection. Some light scattered foxing.

Estim. 40 000 - 45 000 EUR

Lot 905 - Crimea - CASTRES. Relation d'un voyage sur le bord septentrional de la mer d'Azof et en Crimée, dans la vue d'y établir une colonie d'émigrés. Paris, A. J. Kilian, Paris, Ch. Picquet, 1826. In-8, 10-XX-381 pp, full facsimile, brown pebbled basane, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges (period binding). First and only edition of this rare book. The Comte de Castres was marshal de camp on the staff of the Prince de Condé's regiment at the time of the Revolution, and then in the various campaigns of the emigrant armies. In 1826, having returned to France after the amnesty of 1802, he published the report of his mission of exploration and information in the Crimea, commissioned in 1792 by the Prince. Anxious to find a suitable asylum for French émigrés in the event of permanent exile, Condé sought the help of Empress Catherine of Russia, who proposed the idea of a French military colony in Tauride (southern Russia). The project was subject to the vagaries of the Prince's choice of Austria, regime changes in France and the views of Emperor Paul of Russia, and never came to fruition. (Quérard, II, 80.)

Estim. 550 - 600 EUR

Lot 906 - Crimea - HOMMAIRE DE HELL (Ignace-Xavier). The Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus, Crimea and Southern Russia. Voyage pittoresque, historique et scientifique. Paris, P. Bertrand, Strasbourg, Veuve Levrault, 1843-1845. 3 vol. in-8, viii-514 pp, [1] f. errata; [2] ff, 598 pp; x-508 pp, gray bradel percaline, ornate spines, havana headpieces (late 19th century binding). First edition of this remarkable monograph, which has the particularity of having served in the Armée d'Orient during the Crimean War. In 1838, the Alsatian engineer Xavier Hommaire (1812-1848) traveled to "New Russia" where, at the request of the region's governor general, Count Vorontsov, he set out on a voyage of exploration of the Crimea and Caucasus, from Odessa to Astrakhan via Taganrog. After investigating the geological configuration of the Crimea for Vorontsov, he also turned his attention to the question of the rupture of the ancient Bosphorus isthmus and the Caspian depression, to which he returned in 1840. Having discovered an iron mine on the banks of the Dnieper in 1839, he was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir and ennobled by Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. Xavier Hommaire then added a particle to his name, followed by his mother's maiden name. In 1841, he entered the service of the reigning prince of Moldavia, Mihail Sturdza, who put him in charge of mining and communications. Illness forced him to return to France. The Atlas is missing.

Estim. 450 - 500 EUR

Lot 907 - DELESSERT (Eugène). Voyages in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 1844 à 1847. Brazil, United States, Cape of Good Hope, New Holland, New Zealand, Taiti, Philippines, China, Java, East Indies, Egypt. Paris, A. Franck, 1848. In-4, green half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt title, gilt edges (period binding). Some minor rubbing. Illustrated with 2 folding maps, 16 plates and numerous engraved figures in the text and on full pages. A fine copy, virtually free of foxing.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 908 - DEPPING (G. B.). Les Jeunes Voyageurs en France, ou Lettres sur les départemens [...] Paris, Ledoux, 1830. 6 volumes in-12 shagreened basane, richly ornamented smooth spines, red and havana margins, lemon tr. speckled with red (period binding). Illustrated with 106 engraved maps and views (18+16+17+18+21+16) including a folding map of France + a folding table. Some spotting, but otherwise a fine set.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Lot 909 - DISLÈRE (Paul). Notes on the organization of the colonies. Paris, Paul Dupont, 1888. Large in-8, green half-basane, ribbed spine decorated with fillets, speckled edges (period binding). First edition. A good copy. With an autograph letter from the author to General Joseph Brugère (1841-1918).

Estim. 180 - 200 EUR

Lot 910 - DUMONT-DURVILLE (Jules Sébastien César). Voyage pittoresque autour du monde. General summary of the voyages of discovery of Magellan, Tasman, Dampier, Anson, Byron, Wallis, Bougainville, Cook, Lapérouse, Bligh, Vancouver, D'Entrecasteaux, Wilson, Baudin, Krusenstern, Forter, Kotzbuk, Freycinet, Bellinghausen, Basil Hall, Duperrey, Paulding, Beechey, Dumont d'Urville, Lutke, Dillon, Laplace, Morrell, etc. Paris, Tenré, 1834-1835. 2 vol. in-4, midnight blue chagrin, richly decorated smooth spines, boards decorated with a triple interlaced cold fillet and large gilded compositions in the center, with Ch. Chalamet's supralibris on the upper board of vol. 1, gilt (Boutigny). First edition illustrated with 2 title vignettes, 2 frontispieces, 6 folding maps, 276 hors-texte plates and 8 in-text figures. A very fine copy presented here in a sumptuous contemporary rocaille binding signed by Boutigny with its label. Some light foxing.

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 911 - Egypt. L'Égypte de Murtadi fils du Gaphiphe, où il est traité des pyramides, du débordement du Nil, & des autres merveilles de cette province, selon les opinions & traditions des Arabes. Paris, Thomas Jolly, 1666. Small in-12, speckled calf, ornate spine (period binding). First French edition, and only early edition, translated from Arabic by Pierre Vattier. A fine copy.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 912 - Egypt - CAILLIAUD (Frédéric). Geographical maps of the voyage to Meroe and the White River made in the years 1819 to 1822. Paris, Picquet, Debure, Tilliard, Treuttel et Wurtz, 1827. Large folio, publisher's printed beige boards. Explanation of the detailed map of the course of the Nile in Upper and Lower Nubia, with 10 full-page maps and a double map entitled Carte générale de l'Egypte et la Nubie. Separate edition from the maps previously published in the atlas of Cailliaud's account of his voyage to Meroe. A good copy. Spine damaged.

Estim. 180 - 200 EUR

Lot 913 - Egypt - HOREAU (Hector). Panorama d'Egypte et de Nubie par l'architecte Hector Horeau: Réduction du grand ouvrage in-folio par Arosa & Cie. Voyage fait en 1838. Paris, Lefebvre, [c. 1860]. In-4 oblong, half cloth, printed label on front cover (period binding). This unusual album is a reduction of the in-folio work. It consists of a title leaf, a table leaf, and 28 plates with 48 photographic reproductions of the original engravings, including one that did not appear in the original edition (Vue des Colosses d'Aménophis III). Good condition inside. Worn boards, title and table leaves detached.

Estim. 200 - 250 EUR

Lot 914 - Egypt - HOREAU (Hector). Panorama of Egypt and Nubia, with a portrait of Méhemet-Ali and a text decorated with vignettes. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1841. In-folio of (40) ff. including list of subscribers, green half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated, speckled edges (period binding). First edition of this unusual work. Illustrated with numerous vignettes engraved in the text and 37 plates designed by the author and engraved in bistre and sepia by Himely from daguerreotypes by Pierre Gustave de Lotbinière; panorama of Cairo in three leaves, portrait of Méhemet Ali, views of Alexandria, Thebes, Luxor, the island of Philæ or the Temple of Ibsamboul. A good copy. Some foxing, worn covers and corners.

Estim. 1 800 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 915 - Egypt - MERRUAU (Paul). Contemporary Egypt. 1840-1857. From Méhémet-Ali to Said Pacha. Paris, Didier et Cie, 1858. In-8, green half-maroquin, spine ribbed, speckled edges (period binding). First edition, with a preface by Ferdinand de Lesseps. After an introduction briefly recounting the history of Egypt, the work is devoted to the administration and reforms of Mohamed Saïd Pacha (1822-1863), fourth son of Mehemet Ali and his third successor. He was governor of Egypt and Sudan from 1854 to 1863. [Bound with:] LESSEPS (Ferdinand de). Egypt and Turkey. Paris, Plon, 1869. In-8, 51-(1) pp. Separate edition of two chapters published in 1860 in Question du canal de Suez; one on the physical and political condition of Egypt, the other on Turkey's interest in piercing the isthmus of Suez. A fine copy. M numeral surmounted by a count's crown at the foot of the spine.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 916 - Egypt - PLANAT (Jules). History of the regeneration of Egypt. Genève et Paris, J. Barbezat, 1830. In-8, havana half-maroquin, spine ribbed with cold decoration, speckled edges (slightly later binding). First edition, published posthumously. It is illustrated with 4 lithographed folding plates (frontispiece showing the new uniform of Egyptian troops, 2 plans including that of Mecca and a map of Arabia drawn by the author). A fine copy. Slight foxing.

Estim. 250 - 300 EUR

Lot 917 - Egypt - SCHOELCHER (Victor). Egypt in 1845. Paris, Pagnerre, 1846. In-8, [4]-366 pp, garnet-red percaline (contemporary binding). Spine partly faded. Some foxing. Underlined in colored pencil. First edition of this account of Schoelcher's trip to Egypt in 1844-1845, always in keeping with the abolitionist spirit that pursued him throughout his life: staying in Cairo from November 1844 to January 1845, he observed the condition of both fellahs and slaves, still numerous in the country, and the formation of caravans from sub-Saharan Africa.

Estim. 450 - 500 EUR

Lot 918 - Spain - AARSENS DE SOMMERDYCK (François d'). Voyage d'Espagne, contenant entre plusieurs particularitez de ce royaume, trois Discours politiques sur les affaires du protecteur d'Angleterre, la Reine de Suède, & du Duc de Lorraine. Reveu corrigé & augmenté sur le M.S. avec une Relation de l'estat & Gouvernement de cette Monarchie ; & une relation particulière de Madrid. Cologne [Amsterdam], Pierre Marteau [Abraham Wolfgang], 1666. In-16 red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt title, gilt numeral on tail, bookplate on tail (R. P. Delagoutte), gilt edges (early 19th c. binding). Rare Elzévirienne edition, published in the same year as the original in-4, of this interesting travel account of Spain in the Golden Age, dedicated to the Grande Mademoiselle. Published without an author's name, the work has also been attributed to Antoine Brunel (1622-1696), tutor to François Van Aerssen Van Sommelsdyk (Barbier IV, 1064; Willems 1761; Brunet V, 1375-1376).

Estim. 100 - 120 EUR

Lot 919 - Central Europe - Carlsbad. Liste der angekomenen Kur- und Badegäste in der königl. Stadt Kaiser-Karlsbad im Jahre 1821 [& 1822]. Karlsbad, Franiek, [1821-1822]. 2 volumes small in-4 square in ff. in red or green long-grain morocco folders, gilt roulettes framing the boards with gilt title on upper board, gilt edges (period binding). Labels (in Russian) from the library of Duke Georges of Mecklenburg. Rare and curious documents listing the curists and bathers who arrived in the spa town of Carlsbad (now Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic). 1821 : [2] ff. including title with engraved view of the spa and 49 ff. listing 1,347 names. 1822: [2] ff. including title with engraved view of the townand 47 ff. with 1,285 names. The town owes its name to Emperor Charles IV, who granted it the privilege of a royal town in 1370. It is famous for its hot springs (12 main and around 300 secondary), the largest and hottest (73°C) being Vřídlo (German: der Sprudel) and for its hot-water river, the Teplá, which flows into the Ohře at this point. After the gloomy period of the 1819 Carlsbad Conference between Austrian Chancellor Metternich and the states of the German Confederation (on press censorship and the repression of liberal demonstrations after the war of liberation against France), thermalism gave the town a new lease of life: visitor numbers rose from 134 families in 1756 to 26,000 curists by the end of the 19th century, when the resort became an international social gathering place. (source Wikipedia). Ex-libris JM.

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 920 - EYRIÈS (Jean-Baptiste-Benoît) & JACOBS (Alfred). Voyage en Asie et en Afrique d'après les récits des derniers voyageurs. Paris, Furne, Jouvet et Cie, 1866. In-4, brown half-chagrin, decorated spine, gilt edges (period binding). Illustrated with 24 engraved plates hors texte. and two engraved folding maps with colored outlines by Dufour. A good copy.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 921 - FAUCHER de SAINT-MAURICE (Narcisse). Far from home. Souvenirs from Europe, Africa and America. Quebec City: Imprimerie générale de A. Coté et Cie, 1889. In-8, green half-calf with corners, ribbed spine, red and brown morocco titles and goblets, speckled edges (period binding). First edition. A French-language journalist and writer from Quebec, the author recounts his 1888 trip from Quebec City to Le Havre, Rouen, Paris, Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, Nîmes, Arles and Marseille. This trip was an opportunity for the author to meet Québequois living in France. Later, he continued his journey to the French colonies of Tunis and Algeria. A fine copy, bearing on the title page a small N stamp with an imperial crown in an oval, most probably from a member of the imperial family.

Estim. 250 - 300 EUR

Lot 922 - GAYA (Louis de). Wedding ceremonies of all nations. Reprinted from the original edition published in 1680. Lille, Typ. de Blocquel-Castiaux, [c. 1850]. In-12, paperback, printed and illustrated cover, uncut. One of the first books to cover wedding ceremonies around the world in the 17th century: Floridians, Javanese, Copts, Mexicans, Muscovites, Arabs, Chinese, Syrian Druses, Persians and Turks. A fine copy preserved in its original booklet.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 923 - GEMELLI CARERI (Giovanni Francesco). Voyage du tour du monde. Paris, Ganeau, 1727. 6 vol. in-12, marbled calf, ornate ribbed spines, gilt fillet on the edges. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a portrait and 62 hors-texte plates, including 10 fold-outs. New, enlarged edition of this voyage to Turkey, Persia, Indostan, China, the Philippines and New Spain, containing precise, precious details. Light spotting on a few pages of one volume, otherwise a very fine copy.

Estim. 1 700 - 1 800 EUR

Lot 924 - GÉRARD (Augustin). [Asia - America - Oceania. Sl, [mid-19th century]. Sheets, 44 x 55 cm. Set of 3 handwritten maps, in black ink and wash, of the continents of Asia, America and Oceania. Political boundaries, rivers, mountain ranges and major cities are shown. Good condition.

Estim. 120 - 150 EUR

Lot 925 - GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR (Jacques). Voyages pittoresques dans les quatre parties du monde, contenant les costumes des principaux peuples de l'Europe, de l'Asie, de l'Afrique, et des sauvages de la mer du sud. Suivis d'un précis historique sur les moeurs de chaque peuple. Paris, Hocquart, 1806. 2 vol. in-4, red half-maroquin, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Third edition of this famous work by diplomat, traveler and artist Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757-1810), describing the various peoples known at the time (Colas I, 1302.). It is illustrated with 4 frontispieces, 6 large folding maps and 156 hors-texte plates, all finely colored at the time. Most of the engravings depict men and women from the various peoples described. A superb copy, one of the rarest complete with all 4 parts.

Estim. 3 500 - 3 800 EUR

Lot 926 - Greece - [WILKINS (William)] & HITTORFF (Jacques-Ignace). Les Antiquités inédites de l'Attique, contenant les restes d'architecture d'Eleusis, de Rhamnus, de Sunium et de Thoricus, par la Société des Dilettanti; ouvrage traduit de l'anglais, augmenté de notes et de plusieurs dessins (...) Paris, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot frères, 1832. In-folio, xi-[3]-63 pp. of text, [1] f. table, a few figures in the text and 60 line-engraved plates. Red half-sheepskin with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets (period binding). Covers dull, a few brown spots. This is the only French translation of The Unedited antiquities of Attica, published in 1817 by archaeologist and architect William Wilkins at a London address. This original included no fewer than 84 plates. In the French edition, the plates were created by Hittorff (1792-1867), then a young architect in favor with the government of Louis-Philippe and the city of Paris, where his achievements would leave their mark on the face of the capital (Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church, town halls in the present-day 5th and 1st arrondissements, Cirque d'hiver, Gare du Nord, etc.). It goes without saying that the two men behind this album had both completed, albeit at very different times, their "tours" of Greece or Magna Graecia, considered a must for future architects. (Brunet V, 570-571.)

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 927 - Greece - BARTHOLDY (Jakob Ludwig Salomon). Voyage en Grèce, fait dans les années 1803 et 1804; contenant des détails sur la manière de voyager dans la Grèce et l'Archipel; la description de la vallée de Tempé; un tableau pittoresque des sites les plus remarquables de la Grèce et du Levant ; a glance at the present state of Turkey and of all branches of civilization among the modern Greeks; a voyage by Negrepont, to some parts of Thessaly, in 1803, and the story of the war of the Souliotes against Ali-Visir, with the fall of Souly in 1804. Translated from the German by A. du C**** [Auguste Du Coudray]. Paris, Dentu, 1807. 2 vol. in-8, [4]-XII-272 and [4]-296 pp, half-fauwn shagreened basane, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, cross-hatching, geometric semis and fleurons, brick title-pieces, vellum corners, blue-speckled edges (period binding). Rousseurs. First French translation of "Bruchstücke zur nähern Kenntnis des heutigen Griechenlands" (Berlin, 1805). 14 plates (10 in color, 4 in black) after Georg Christian Gropius, two folding sheets of notated music, and a large folding map in fine. Jakob Ludwig Salomon Bartholdy (1779-1825), a Prussian diplomat and a Jewish convert to Protestantism, was the first German traveler after Johann Hermann von Riedesel (1771) to write a full account of his stay in Greece. He traveled there in the company of Georg Christian Gropius (1776-1850), a copper engraver and future Austrian consul in Athens (Blackmer 87).

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 928 - Greece - BUCHON (Jean-Alexandre). Continental Greece and the Morea. Voyage, stay and historical studies in 1840 and 1841. Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1843. In-18, half-brown calf, smooth spine decorated, speckled edges (period binding). First edition. A good copy. Some foxing. [Joint from the same source:] Voyage dans l'Eubée, les îles Ioniennes et les Cyclades, en 1841. Paris, Émile-Paul, 1911. In-8, red half-maroquin, spine ribbed, covers and spine preserved, untrimmed and partly uncut (period binding). Posthumous first edition. A good copy.

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

Lot 929 - Greece - COUSIN-DESPREAUX (Louis). Histoire générale et particulière de la Grèce [...] Rouen, Leboucher le jeune, Paris, Durand neveu, 1780-1787. 15 volumes in-12 shagreened calf, ornate smooth spine, red and brown marbled title-pages, gilded fillet and garland framing the covers (c. 1800). Significant spotting in places, but otherwise a handsome and nicely bound set. Beautiful edition printed by Jean-Baptiste Dubuc in Dieppe. Ex-libris Lefrançois, doctor in Dieppe. Ex-libris JM.

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

Lot 930 - HALL (Basil). Memoirs and Voyages of Captain Basil Hall. Paris, Dumont, Charles Gosselin, 1834. 4 volumes in-8, green half calf, smooth spines gilt and cold-stamped, gilt title and tomaison (period binding). Spines sunned and rubbed. Freckles, more or less pronounced. Handwritten bookplate C. Giraudeau, La Rochelle.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 931 - HALL (Basil). Scenes from Maritime Life. Translated from English by Amédée Pichot. Paris, Hachette, 1858. In-12 paperback, printed cover. Trade stamp. From the Bibliothèque des Chemins de fer.

Estim. 20 - 30 EUR

Lot 932 - [HOKUSAÏ (Katsushika)]. Recueil d'estampes [Compilation of manga from the Northern Qi Dynasty?] Nagoya, Toshiro, sd. In-8 Japanese-style paperback, title label printed in red. 36 two-tone prints, 20 on double page (views, animals, etc.)

Estim. 50 - 80 EUR

Lot 933 - Holland & Belgium - BARTLETT (W. H.) & VAN KAMPEN (N. G.). Views of Holland and Belgium accompanied by historical and topographical observations. London, Virtue, sd [1840]. Large in-8, red chagrin, richly decorated smooth spine, large gilt plates decorating the boards with framing double cold fillet, gilt roulette on the edges, cold-stamped inner border, gilt edges (period binding). First edition illustrated with a folding map of Holland and Belgium and 62 steel-engraved plates after drawings by William Henry Bartlett, including an engraved title with vignette, 22 views of Holland and 39 of Belgium. A superb copy in full contemporary rocaille binding, in very rare condition. Some very slight foxing.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 934 - Hungary - BOLDENYI (Jânos). Ancient and modern Hungary, history, arts, literature, monuments. Paris, H. Lebrun, 1851. In-8, blue percaline, smooth decorated spine, gold and cold decoration on spine and boards, gilt edges (publisher's binding). First edition, illustrated with numerous black figures in the text, 30 engraved plates, 10 of which are colored and gummed, and a map. A fine copy. Minor spotting, corners rubbed.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 935 - India - BERTRAND (Father J.). Lettres édifiantes et curieuses de la nouvelle mission du Maduré. Paris, Lyon et Toulouse, Pélagaud, 1865. 2 vol. in-8 brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt title and tomaison, Jesuit college irons on front cover. Worn bindings, spines sunned, jaws cracked, headbands glued back together. Library stamp of M. de Ignacio on title. Father Bertrand, author of this collection of mission letters, was superior of the Jesuit missions in India from 1837 to 1845.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 936 - India - HEBER (Reginald). Narrative of a journey through the upper provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825. (with notes upon Ceylon,) an account of a journey to Madras and the southern provinces, 1826, and letters written in India. London, John Murray, 1828. 3 volumes in-8, green chagrin, ribbed spines decorated with fillets, gold and cold fillets framing the boards and cold fleurons at the corners, gilt edges (period binding). First edition, illustrated with 27 plates. A fine copy.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

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Lot 854 - ARAGO (Jacques). Deux océans. Paris, Librairie théâtrale, 1854. 2 vol. in-12 half green basane, smooth spine gilt and cold-stamped, gilt title and tomaison (period binding). Rubbed, foxing.

Lot 861 - Asia. Trip: South India Ceylon. February 27 - March 22, 1980. Travel album of [232] pp. carefully handwritten and illustrated with numerous photos and illustrations. In-4 format. Black cloth boards.

Lot 878 - Asia - MACARTNEY (Georges). Voyage dans l'intérieur de la Chine et Tartarie fait dans les années 1792, 1793 et 1794. Paris, F. Buisson, An XII (1804). In-4, paperback, marbled cover. Atlas with 41 engraved plates (portraits, maps, views, costumes, genre scenes). Worn binding.

Lot 899 - CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René, vicomte de). Itinerary from Paris to Jerusalem and from Jerusalem to Paris. Paris, Lefèvre, Ladvocat, 1829. 2 volumes in-8, brick calf, smooth spine decorated throughout, cold plates on covers, gilt edges (period binding). A good copy. Worn corners.

Lot 924 - GÉRARD (Augustin). [Asia - America - Oceania. Sl, [mid-19th century]. Sheets, 44 x 55 cm. Set of 3 handwritten maps, in black ink and wash, of the continents of Asia, America and Oceania. Political boundaries, rivers, mountain ranges and major cities are shown. Good condition.

Lot 931 - HALL (Basil). Scenes from Maritime Life. Translated from English by Amédée Pichot. Paris, Hachette, 1858. In-12 paperback, printed cover. Trade stamp. From the Bibliothèque des Chemins de fer.

Lot 932 - [HOKUSAÏ (Katsushika)]. Recueil d'estampes [Compilation of manga from the Northern Qi Dynasty?] Nagoya, Toshiro, sd. In-8 Japanese-style paperback, title label printed in red. 36 two-tone prints, 20 on double page (views, animals, etc.)