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Lot 937 - India - LUILLIER-LAGAUDIERS. Nouveau voyage aux grandes Indes, avec une instruction pour le commerce des Indes orientales ; et la description de plusieurs isles, villes, & rivières, l'histoire des plantes & des animaux qu'on y trouve. Avec un Traité des maladies particulières aux pays orientaux & dans la route, & de leurs remèdes, par Mr. D.L.F.D.E.M. Rotterdam, Ian Hofhout, 1726. In-12, [3] ff, 236 pp, [10] ff, with engraved frontispiece by D. Coster. Marbled fawn basane, ornate ribbed spine, red title page, red pages (period binding). Fine restoration to binding. Second edition (the original was Paris, 1705). Despite its three editions, this little work is not very common: little is known about the author, originally from Tours, who undertook this trip to India to accompany his cousin, who was to be married there. His journey lasted eighteen months, from January 1702 to June 1704, and contains a fairly detailed description of the countries he visited. The second part on oriental diseases, which has a separate title page, was written by the famous physician Charles Dellon (c. 1650-1710), famous for his Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa (1687). (Chadenat 2686 (1705 edition).

Estim. 1 100 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 938 - India - MICHAUD (Joseph). Histoire des progrès et de la chûte de l'empire de Mysore, sous les règnes d'Hyder-Aly et Tippoo-Saïb. Paris, Giguet et Cie, 1801. 2 volumes in-8, fawn basane, decorated smooth spines (period binding). First edition illustrated with a portrait and 5 engraved folding plates, including 4 maps and plans. A good copy. Corners worn, small light marginal wetness to last leaves of volume 2.

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

Lot 939 - India - ROBERTSON (William). Recherches historiques sur l'Inde ancienne, sur la connaissance que les Anciens en avaient, et sur les progrès du commerce de cette contrée avant la découverte du passage par le Cap de Bonne Espérance. Paris, Janet et Cotelle, 1821. In-8 shagreened calf, smooth ornate spine, green marbled title page, marbled boards (period binding). Fal-title, title, x-457 pp. Illustrated with 2 folding maps (ancient India and part of south-west Asia). Armorial libris of Robert Bouhier de l'Ecluse (1799-1870), lawyer, politician and bibliophile from Vendée. A very fine copy.

Estim. 80 - 120 EUR

Lot 940 - India - SCRAFTON (Luke). Reflections on the government, &c. of Indostan; with a short sketch of the history of Bengal, from the year 1739 to 1756, and an account of the English affairs to 1758. London, Printed by W. Richardson and S. Clark, and sold by A. Millar, 1763. Small in-8, 127 pp; marbled basane, smooth spine decorated (period binding). [Bound with:] - The true alarm. London, J. Almon, 1770. 1 f., 208 pp. On the government and resources of Bengal. - DAVENANT (Charles)]. An essay on the East-India Trade. By the author of The essay upon Wayes and Means. London, unnamed, 1696. (1) f., pages 5 to 62. Short foxing at bottom of page with perfect loss of part of signatures and advertisements. - LARKINS (Captain Thomas). A statement of facts that transpired subsequent to the honorable East India Company's Ship, Warren Hastings, striking to the French Frigate, La Pièmontaise. London, J. and J. Richardsons, 1807. (1) f., 52 pp. Worn binding. Title pages of second and third books dusted.

Estim. 20 - 30 EUR

Lot 941 - India - THORN (William) & MACDONALD KINNEIR (John). Voyage dans l'Inde Britannique contenant l'état actuel de cette contrée, l'histoire de la guerre des anglais contre Holkar et Scindiah, l'histoire de Shah-Aulum, empereur du Mongol et la description des mœurs et usages de ce pays; avec des vues sur la possibilité d'une invasion dans l'Inde par une puissance européenne. Paris, Gide fils, 1818. In-8, green half-maroquin, ornate ribbed spine, marbled boards (period binding). Edition of Defauconnet's partial translation of Thorn's "Memoirs of the war in India". A very fine copy.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 942 - [Ireland]. [Album of views of Killarney and its environs]. London, T. Nelson et sons, [c. 1900]. Oblong in-12 format, black half-chagrin, smooth muted spine (period binding). Album with 23 chromolithographs mounted on leaves. A good copy. Corners and edges rubbed.

Estim. 20 - 30 EUR

Lot 943 - Ireland - BOATE (Gerard). Histoire naturelle d'Irlande, contenant une description tres exacte de sa situation, de sa grandeur, de sa figure, de la nature de ses Montagnes, de ses Forests, de ses Bruyeres, de ses Marais & de ses terres labourables [...] Paris, Robert de Ninville, 1666. In-12 brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt title (period binding). Very small loss at tail cap. First edition of the French translation by Pierre Briot. A fine copy. "This author's notions on the different branches of natural history are more sound than one should expect from the time he wrote: his descriptions, moreover, are clear and exact". (Boucher de La Richarderie III, 306-307). Bookplate Mme Guillebon de Neuilly. Bookplate JM.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 944 - Ireland - Manuscript map. A correct map of the town of Kilalton, belonging to George Nesbitt esq[uire], Woodhill ; held by Mr. Abraham Creighton survey'd in the year 1797 by James Carney land surveyor. Sl, sd [1797]). Folio map (36 x 46 cm), sheet in modern frame. Paper loss at bottom center of map, with repair. Very fine parcel survey map in ink and watercolor of the Kilalton estate, the exact location of which is unclear (perhaps in County Mayo in Ireland (province of Connacht), with the presence of the vilalge of Ballycroy).

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 945 - Ireland - HAMILTON (William). Voyage to the northern coast of the county of Antrim in Ireland, and to the island of Raghery, containing the natural history of its volcanic productions, & several observations on the antiquities & manners of this country (...). Translated from the English. To which has been added the Essai sur l'oryctographie du Derbyshire. By M. Ferber. Translated from the German. Paris, Cuchet, 1790. In-8, VIII-240 pp. with a fold-out plate, half blond basane, smooth spine gilt-stamped, yellow edges (contemporary binding). Corners dulled, but a good copy. The only French edition of this relation, which concentrates mainly on the geography and natural history of Ireland. Hardback: TWISS (Richard). Voyage en Irlande; contenant des observations sur la situation, l'étendue de ce pays; le climat, le sol, les productions des trois règnes de la nature; les rivières, les baies, les ports, les antiquités, le gouvernement, les troubles, les révolutions, le caractère, les moeurs, les coutumes, le commerce, les manufactures, les sciences, la distance des principales villes, etc., etc., etc. Translated from the English, by C. Millon. With engraving and general map of Ireland. Paris, Prudhomme, an VII [1799], [4]-180 pp. with a fold-out plate and a large map engraved by Edme Mentelle, with colored outlines, also folded. The only French translation of "A tour in Ireland in 1775", whose publication in 1776 caused an uproar on the island, so unflattering was writer Richard Twiss' (1747-1821) description of the country's inhabitants and their customs. A precious copy of the famous naturalist Bernard-Germain-Etienne de La Ville sur Illon de LACÉPÈDE (1756-1825), first Grand Chancelier of the Légion d'Honneur, with handwritten bookplates on the false titles of both works.

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 946 - Ireland - O'FLAHERTY (Roderic) & HELY (James). Ogygia, or, a chronological account of Irish events; collected from very ancient documents, faithfully compared with each other, and supported by the genealogical and chronological aid of the sacred and propane writings of the first nations of the globe. Dublin, W. M'Kenzie, 1793. 2 vol. in-8, blond half-chagrin with corners, spine ribbed, title page (modern binding but boards preserved). First edition of the English translation of this work by the Irish historian and bard Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh or Roderick O'Flaherty (1629-c. 1716-1718). Ogygie is the name of the mythical island where Calypso's cave was located in the Odyssey. According to ancient texts, it is located in Malta (Gozo) or off the coast of Morocco (Perejil), but O'Flaherty (after researching the writings of Plutarch) also likened it to Ireland, the only island west of Brittany. As it takes 5 days to reach the island, other authors have even likened it to Newfoundland, Greenland or Iceland. Rare. Some foxing. Ex-libris JM.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 947 - Italy. Les Merveilles de la ville de Rome où est traicté des églises, stations & reliques des Corps Saincts qui y sont. Avec le guide qui enseigne aux estrangers à aysemant trouver les choses les plus remarquables de Rome [...] Les Antiquités de la Ville de Rome brievement recueillies des Autheurs tant Antiques, que Modernes. By. M. André PALLADIO. Avec un Discours sur les deux des Anciens. Le tout traduict d'Italien en François par Pompée de LAUNAY. Rome, Francesco Alberto Tani, 1669. 2 parts in one vol. small in-8 of 192 pp. (continuous pagination, with intermediate title p. 131). Ivory vellum, handwritten title on spine, gilt initials "H.W.M.V.E.V.E." on front board (rel. post.). The illustration consists of a title vignette and 77 (58+19) large woodcuts in the text (some full-page or double-page) and a cul-de-lampe. Short margins. Ex-libris JM.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 948 - Italy. Journey to Italy. 1768. Second volume. [MANUSCRIT]. Sl, sd (1769). In-4 of 175 ff. in cursive handwriting, moderately legible (about 20 lines per page), erasures and strikethroughs, marbled paper boards, spine ribbed (contemporary binding). Headbands trimmed, upper spine completely split, corners and spine ends damaged. This manuscript documents the second part of a tour of Italy, which took place from October 19, 1768 to May 26, 1769 (details on request).

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 949 - Italy - [BELIN (J.-L.)]. Le Simplon et l'Italie Septentrionale. Promenades et pèlerinages. Paris, Belin-Leprieur, 1843. Large in-8, blue chagrin cloth, spine decorated (period binding). Illustrated with engraved title and 14 out-of-text steel engravings with captioned serpente. A good copy. Some foxing.

Estim. 15 - 20 EUR

Lot 950 - Italy - BARTOLI (Pietro Santi). Columna cochlis M. Aurelio Antonino augusto dicata ejus rebus gestis in Germanica atque Sarmatica expeditione insignisex S.C. Romae ad viam Flaminiam erecta, Ac utriusque belli imaginibus anaglyphice insculpta, Brevibus notis io Petri Bellorii illustrata et a Petro sancte Bartolo. Rome, De Rossi, 1704-1708. Oblong folio, blond half calf, smooth spine decorated (19th c. binding). Engraved title, 1 dedication leaf and 77 plates numbered 1 to 77. Bound in suite: Stylobates columnae antoninae nuper ruderibus campi martii. 1708: 3 plates. Second edition of this beautiful fully engraved work. The beautiful plates illustrate each portion of the reliefs on Marcus Aurelius' column, while the last 3 show the lettering at the base of the Antonine column. Pietro Santi Bartoli was a painter and etcher. He engraved a considerable number of ancient monuments from his own drawings, which are generally very accurate. (Brunet I, 758.) A very fine, fresh copy of a good edition (slight wetness in the lower margin of the last 2 plates, without affecting the subject).

Estim. 1 100 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 951 - Italy - BROSSES (Charles de). Le Président de Brosses en Italie. Lettres familières written from Italy in 1739 and 1740. Second authentic edition revised from manuscripts, annotated and preceded by an Essay on the life and writings of the author, by M. R. Colomb. Paris, Didier et Cie, 1858. 2 vol. in-8, black half-chagrin, spine ribbed, gilt title and tomaison (period binding). Some light rubbing. Rousseurs. Ex-libris G. Moguet.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 952 - Italy - DELLA TORRE (Giovanni Maria). History and phenomena of Vesuvius. Naples, Donato Campo, 1771. In-8, stiff vellum, smooth spine, blue title page (contemporary binding). Illustrated with 10 folding engraved plates. Some foxing, worn edges and corners.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 953 - Italy - DUPATY (Charles-Marguerite-Jean-Baptiste Mercier). Letters on Italy. Paris, Masson, 1822. 3 volumes in a small in-12 half-blond calf, smooth spine finely decorated, lemon tr. Some foxing. 3 engraved frontispieces (portrait of the author, views of Tivoli and Vesuvius).

Estim. 30 - 40 EUR

Lot 954 - Italy - FORBIN (Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste). Souvenirs of Sicily. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1823. In-8, half tan basane, smooth threaded spine (period binding). Spine slightly oiled, spine restored. First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 2 sheets of music. Spotting.

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

Lot 955 - Italy - GOETHE (Johann Wolfgang von). Das Roemische Carneval 1788. Montagnola, Officina Bodoni, 1924. In-4 (30 x 20.8 cm), 74 pp. untrimmed, lemon morocco, double framed in gilt fillets on the boards, 6-rib spine decorated with gilt double fillets, gilt author, title and date, filleted spines and chasses, gilt head, edged slipcase (Officina Bodoni fec.). Edition of 230 copies, this is one of 224 on Fabriano vellum and, among these, one of 12 deluxe copies bound in morocco by the publisher's workshop. The German text is printed in Bodoni typeface, Cancelleresco 20 pt. This is one of the first publications from Officina Bodoni, founded in 1922 by Hans Mardersteig (1892-1977), on the model of private presses. Each book was hand-composed by the publisher and printed on an old-fashioned hand press. Rome's carnival was one of the most beautiful, spectacular and famous in the world. Although it disappeared at the end of the 19th century, we know about it from numerous paintings and descriptions, the most famous of which was by Goethe, who attended in 1787. His room, located in via del Corso, was at the heart of the carnival. In his description, Goethe provides interesting details, notably on the confetti-making process, which involved using a funnel to make small balls of colored plaster. Brown morocco bookplate on upper flyleaf, sales notes pasted on first white binder's leaf. Pale freckling on the white endpapers and very rare in the text, otherwise a very fine deluxe copy in the publisher's lemon morocco.

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 956 - Italy - GRASSI (Ranieri). Le Fabbriche principali di Pisa ed alcune vedute della stessa città. [continued]: Le tre porte della facciata dell'insigne primaziale Pisana. Pisa, Ranieri Prosperi, 1831. 2 works in 1 in-folio volume, blond Russian half-leather, smooth spine decorated. The illustration consists of a plan of Pisa and 24 plates of views, some with several subjects, engraved by Ranieri Grassi after his own drawings and those of Francesco Giuliani, E. Gresy and G. L. Taylor, as well as 3 plates drawn and line-engraved by G. Rossi reproducing the bronze doors of Pisa Cathedral. A fine copy, with some scattered foxing in the margins of a few plates.

Estim. 1 200 - 1 300 EUR

Lot 957 - Italy - HITTORF (J.J.) & ZANTH (L.). Architecture Moderne de la Sicile, ou Recueil des plus beaux monumens religieux, et des édifices publics et particuliers les plus remarquables de la Sicile. Paris, Renouard, 1835. Large folio, blond half calf, smooth spine decorated. First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 75 hors-texte plates. This work was produced by Hittorf and Zanth following their trips to Sicily in 1823 and 1824. The bulk of the work concerns palaces, civil buildings and churches. It includes drawings of Monreale Cathedral. The main interest of this study lies in the representation of the monuments of Messina, which did not survive the earthquake of 1900 and would remain unknown without this work. A very fine copy, with a few small brown spots.

Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

Lot 958 - Italy - LALANDE (Joseph-Jérome Le François de). Voyage en Italie, contenant l'histoire & les anecdotes les plus singulières de l'Italie, & sa description ; les usages, le gouvernement, le commerce, la littérature, les arts, l'histoire naturelle, & les antiquités ; avec des jugemens sur les ouvrages de peinture, sculpture & architecture, & les plans de toutes les grandes villes d'Italie. Paris, Veuve Desaint, 1786. 9 volumes in-12, blond calf, ornate smooth spine, gilt lace framing the covers (period binding). Text only of the best and most complete edition of this voyage to Italy. A good copy. Minor wear to bindings.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 959 - Italy - LALANDE (Joseph-Jérome Le François de). Voyage en Italie, contenant l'histoire & les anecdotes les plus singulières de l'Italie, & sa description ; les usages, le gouvernement, le commerce, la littérature, les arts, l'histoire naturelle, & les antiquités ; avec des jugemens sur les ouvrages de peinture, sculpture & architecture, & les plans de toutes les grandes villes d'Italie. Paris, Veuve Desaint, 1786. 9 volumes in-12, marbled basane, ribbed spine decorated with gilded fillets, p. de titre et de tomaison (contemporary binding) and an atlas in-4 in contemporary marbled boards. The best and most complete second edition of this voyage to Italy by the famous astronomer Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732-1807), complete with his rare atlas (which was sold separately) containing 36 plates, plans and maps (ch. 1-35, including 21 bis). Defects to the bindings of the text volumes (qqs torn off headpieces, qqs gnawing, spotting and rubbing). Worm gallery in the corner of the leaves of the last text volume. The atlas is sparsely browned (small russet spot on plate 14).

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 960 - Italy - LE RICHE (J.M.). Vues des monumens antiques de Naples, gravées à l'aqua-tinta, accompagnées de notices et de dissertations. Paris, T. Bruère, 1827. In-folio of (2) ff. 110 pp. in bradel marbled paper boards, with red morocco title page, untrimmed (period binding). Illustrated with 60 plates including 2 maps, 4 plans and 54 plates engraved in aquatint by Teodoro Witting, Ferdinando Mori, Friedrich Salathée, and J.M. Darmet after drawings by Le Riche. A good copy. Minor wear to binding, small angular wetness in margins of several leaves.

Estim. 180 - 200 EUR

Lot 961 - Italy - LILII (Camillo). Dell'Historia di Camerino, parte prima [- seconda]. Sl [Rome], sn [Antonucci], sd [1719]. 2 parts in one vol. in-4 of [254] pp. miscalculated 256 (jump in cipher from 175 to 178, without missing), the missing pp. 219-224 have been replaced by blank ff., ; 360 pp. Half blond calf, spine ribbed and decorated, cream title page, blue speckled edges (19th century binding). Freckling, scattered wetness. Extremely rare, this book seems to have had several editions, but they are all extremely uncommon, and all present gaps or mutilations which we do not know whether to attribute to the fundamental incompleteness of the manuscript or to the typographical conditions under which they were produced. Here, notebook Ee is missing. In any case, there is no title page, and page 256 of the first part ends abruptly without its natural continuation. It would seem that no complete copy can be found. Only two copies in the CCF (BnF and Strasbourg).

Estim. 450 - 500 EUR

Lot 962 - Italy - MANGLARD (Adrien). Raccolta di vedute, e composizioni diverse inventate, ed incise all'acquaforte. Rome, Fabri, sd [1753]. Oblong folio, green half-chagrin, smooth spine decorated. Rare suite complete with title and 32 etching plates depicting Roman landscapes, the Colosseum in Rome, views of bridges in Rome or Tivoli, fireworks from the Castel Sant'Angelo, and 13 marine prints. Adrien Manglard, painter and etcher (1695 - 1760) was a pupil of Van der Kabelle. Admitted to the Académie Royale de Paris in 1736, he was also Joseph Vernet's master and lived for many years in Italy. A member of the Académie de Saint-Luc in Rome since 1735, he executed works for the Rospighosi and Colonna palaces in that city. He engraved seascapes, landscapes and historical subjects. (Benezit V, 749.) A very fine copy.

Estim. 3 800 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 963 - Italy - MOSCHETTI (A.) Raccolta delle principali vedute di Roma e suoi contorni. Roma, Antonelli, 1851. Small oblong in-4 with [1] f. engraved title and 49 plates, most engraved by A. Moschetti (2 engraved by A. Parboni). Havana morocco, ornate smooth spine, wide gilt fillet framing the boards, gilt title to the first board (period binding). Some rubbing. Some brown spots.

Estim. 120 - 150 EUR

Lot 964 - Italy - MUSSET (Paul de). A picturesque journey in Italy. Southern part. Et en Sicile. Paris, Morizot, 1856. Large in-8, red half-chagrin, decorated spine, gilt edges (period binding). Illustrated with 23 steel-engraved plates, 4 in color. A good copy. Corners worn, covers rubbed.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 965 - Italy - NARDINI (Famiano). Roma antica. Edizione quarta Romana riscontrata, ed accresciuta delle ultime scoperte, con note ed osservazioni critico-antiquarie di Antonio Nibby (...). E con disegni rappresentanti la faccia attuale dell' antica topografia di Antonio de Romanis. Rome, De Romanis, 1818-1820. 4 vol. in-8, XXXVI-331, 358, 416 and 59-52-140 pp. with a few illustrations in the text, and 45 engraved plates (including a portrait-frontispiece under serpente, 15 views or plates, 30 maps and plans), index. Half blond calf, ornate smooth spines, plum title-pages, blue speckled edges (slightly later binding). Bumps to several headpieces, brown spots. A good copy. Last edition of this work, considered for two centuries to be the best guide to the antiquities of Rome (Brunet, IV, 12).

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 966 - Italy - PALOMBA (Ignazio). Abrégé de la langue toscane, ou nouvelle méthode contenant les principes de l'italien [...] Paris, Briasson, Musier fils, Prault le jeune, Hérissant fils, Molini, Lyon, frères Périsse et Pierre Cellier, 1768. 2 volumes in-8, xxiv-484-[4] pp. ; [4]-585-[1] pp. in blond calf, ornate ribbed spine, burgundy maroon title and greef, triple gilt fillet framing the boards with gilt flowers in spandrels, gilt edges (period binding). Bindings damaged, covers and corners damaged and missing, numerous rubs. Rare first edition dedicated to the Comte de Provence. The author was a professor of Italian and Spanish languages in Paris; he also wrote "Le secrétaire de banque, espagnol et françois, contenant la manière d'écrire en ces deux langues des lettres de correspondance mercantille" published in the same year, 1768.

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

Lot 967 - Italy - PINELLI (Bartolomeo). Nuova raccolta di cinquanta Costumi pittoreschi incisi all'acqua forte. Roma, Nicola de Antoni e Ignazio Pavon, 1816. Oblong folio of [1] f. title and 50 plates of Italian scenes and costumes. Green half-maroquin with small corners, richly decorated smooth spine, mute (rel. c. 1840), in modern slipcase. Very slight rubbing to spines with two small holes. First edition of 50 etchings by Bartolommeo PINELLI, nicknamed "the painter of the Roman people" and much appreciated by Delacroix and others. A very fine copy. (Lipperheide 1263; Vinet 2296; Colas 2378.)

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 968 - Italy - PIROLI (Tommaso). Antiquités d'Herculanum engraved by Th. Piroli, and published by F. et P. PIRANESI, Frères. Paris, Piranesi, Leblanc, 1804-1806. 6 volumes in 3 volumes, large in-4, cherry half-calf with small corners, finely ornamented spine with gilt title and tomaison on embossed piece, gilt fillet on boards (period binding). Some minor rubbing. The first three volumes devoted to the paintings and frescoes of Herculaneum, the 4th to bronze busts and bas-reliefs, the 5th to bronze statues and the last to lamps and candelabras. Illustrated with 305 (of 308) beautiful engraved plates (48+45+60+48+54+50), including an engraved folding map. Without plates 13, 20, 21 in volume II. Slight scattered foxing. A very fine copy in a fine contemporary binding.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 969 - Italy - ROGISSART (Alexandre de). Les délices de l'Italie ou description exacte de ce pays, de ses principales villes, et de toutes les raretez qu'il contient. Paris, Cie des libraires, 1707. 4 vol. in-12, granite calf, ornate ribbed spines, gilt roulette on the edges (period binding). Second edition illustrated with a total of 153 plates, 90 of which are fold-outs showing views, city plans, monuments, etc. Les délices (Italy, Holland, England, France...) is the best collection of early tourist guides, and was an invaluable aid to all travelers. Those for Italy offer a precise description of each city, its history, monuments and everything of interest to see (paintings, sculptures, archaeology, etc.). A very fine copy.

Estim. 1 200 - 1 300 EUR

Lot 970 - Italy - SARNELLI (Pompeo). La guida de forestieri curiosi di vedere e di riconoscere le cose piu memorabili di Pozzuoli, Baia, Cuma, Miseno, Gaeta ed altri luoghi circonvicini. Napoli, Antonio Spano, 1784. Small in-12, stiff vellum, smooth spine, title page (contemporary binding). Illustrated with a folding plan and 22 engraved plates, 1 of which is folding. A good copy.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 971 - Italie pittoresque. Tableau historique et descriptif de l'Italie, du Piémont, de la Sardaigne, de Malte, de la Sicile et de la Corse, by MM. de Norvins, Ch. Nodier, Alex. Dumas, Ch. Didier, Walcknaer, Legouvé, H. Berlioz... Paris, Amable Costes, 1837. In-4, blue half calf, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). Illustrated with an engraved title, 2 folding maps and 126 engraved plates (views, costumes), most with two subjects. A good copy.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 972 - Japan. The names and shapes of utensils. Kyoto, Nagoya, Osaka Shorin, sd (first half 19th century). 2 vol. in-8 bound in Japanese style, title label printed on cover (partly missing from first volume). Some gnawing at the edge of the cover of the first volume, worm damage in the lower margin of the 2nd volume. 65 pp. and 63 pp. illustrated with 108 figures of various tea and soup vessels (teapots, bowls, cups, bowls, bottles, etc.) engraved in black and color, mostly full-page with captions. By Kanbei Masuya, Tasuke Kawachiya, Minoya Iroku, Minoya Higashihachi. Date on fine: "September of the 9th year of Tianbao".

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 973 - Japan. Illustrated manga. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Paperback, cover illustrated in color with a Japanese woman holding a fan. 22 pp. illustrated in black.

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

Lot 974 - [Japan - MORONOBU (Hishikawa)]. Manual of landscape gardens. [Creation of Tsukiyama gardens]. [late 17th c.]. 1 Japanese-style paperback volume, title label on front board (25.5 x 18 cm). [38] pp. including 36 pp. of black garden prints. Hishikawa Moronobu (菱川師宣) (1618-1694) is considered the first representative of the ukiyo-e school. By adapting traditional painting techniques to woodblock printing and publishing prints on loose paper rather than entire books, he helped bring Japanese prints to the lower classes. Handwritten record from the BARBOUTAU Collection.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 975 - Japan - RÉGAMEY (Félix). Japan in pictures. Life drawings and original documents. 245 illustrations. Paris, Paul Paclot, sd. Large oblong in-4, publisher's red cloth boards, first cover decorated with a large color illustration. Inside spine split. Paper slightly browned. Numerous black illustrations in the text.

Estim. 40 - 60 EUR

Lot 976 - LA HARPE (Jean-François de). Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages. Paris, Ledentu, 1822. 2 vols. in-12 calf roots, smooth spines decorated with gilt ship's irons and gilt decorations, title page in red marble (period binding). Illustrated with two frontispieces and 6 figures engraved out of text. Minor brown spots. Some spotting and gnawing, otherwise a fine copy.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 977 - LA MOTRAYE (Aubry de). Voyages en Europe, Asie & Afrique. Where one finds a great variety of geographical, historical and political researches, on Italy, Greece, Turkey, Tartarie crimée, & Nogaye, Circassie, Sweden, Lapland, &c. Avec des remarques instructives sur les mœurs, coutumes, opinions &c. des peuples & des païs où l'auteur a voyagé [...] La Haye, T. Johnson & J. Van Duren, 1727. 2 vol. in-folio of I. [7] ff, 472-23 pp, front, 29 plates including VII bis, 2 maps A and B. - II. (3) ff, 496-39 pp, frontispiece (identical to that in vol. I), 18 plates including IX bis and 2 maps C and D. Shagreened calf, ornate smooth spine, brown morocco title-pieces (modern binding). First French edition of this important voyage by Aubry de La Mottraye, illustrated with a vignette on the titles, a repeated frontispiece, 4 maps and 47 engraved plates hors texte: views, costumes, plans, medals. Bibliographers emphasize the beauty of the iconography by William Hogarth, one of the most famous English artists of the 18th century (Chadenat 105, Blackmer 946). Aubry de la Motraye (1674-1743). A well-born French Protestant, he moved to England as a young man and decided to travel at the age of 22. He embarked in 1696 for 26 years of adventure and discovery. His travels took him to Europe, Asia and Africa. From 1696 to 1729, Aubry de La Mottraye traveled through Tartary, Turkey, parts of Asia and Africa, and the northern countries, starting with Scandinavia, where he became the confidant of Charles XII. A very fine copy in a modern imitation binding.

Estim. 1 200 - 1 400 EUR

Lot 978 - LAPLACE (Cyrille Pierre Théodore). Circumnavigation campaign of the frigate l'Artémise, during the years 1837, 1838, 1839 and 1840. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1841. 3 volumes (out of 6) in-8, havana half calf, smooth spine decorated, title and appendices (period binding). Joints rubbed, headbands restored. Only the first three volumes of the rare first edition illustrated with 2 engraved and colored folding maps (world map and map of British India) and 17 engraved plates out of text (7 in the first volume, 4 - out of 5 - in the second volume - the view of the oil mill at Agaléga is missing, 6 in the third volume). Azores, Canary Islands, Africa, Senegal, Goree, Sierra Leone, Cape of Good Hope, Bourbon Island, Ile de France, India (Trinquemalay, Karikal, Goudelour, Pondicherry, Madras, Calcutta), Sumatra, Ceylon, Malabar Coast, Goa, Central Asia, Diu, Red Sea and Persian Gulf (Muscat, Bender-Abbas, Ormus and Moka). Report on Laplace's second expedition, whose aim was commercial and diplomatic. Leaving Toulon on January 20, 1837, Laplace first went to New York on a successful mission of representation. He then headed south to the Indian Ocean. He sailed up the Red Sea (Moka), then visited Muscat, Pondicherry, Ceylon, Singapore, Batavia, Cochinchina, the Chinese coast, Australia, Tasmania, Tahiti, the Hawaiian Islands, California, Peru and Brazil. He returned to Lorient on April 15, 1840. On board L'Artémise was Lieutenant Pâris: during the voyage, he made numerous scientific observations and compiled sketches and watercolors for his Essai sur la construction navale des peuples extra-européens (1843).

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 979 - LESSON (René-Primevère). Voyage autour du Monde, undertaken by order of the government on the Corvette La Coquille. Paris, Pourrat frères, 1838-1839. 2 vol. in-8, black half calf, smooth spine decorated with romantic arabesques, gilt title and tomaison (period binding). Original edition with frontispiece portrait and 41 figures, 19 of which are natural science figures, colored and gummed, and 22 in black (views, types, instruments). Lesson sailed with Duperrey as naturalist on the ship "La Coquille" during the 1822-1825 round-the-world campaign. They anchored in Tahiti, Bora-Bora, the Falklands, New Zealand, New Guinea, Java, Mauritius, Bourbon... Lesson wrote a diary that was published separately from the Relation officielle, which at the time was exorbitantly expensive. La Coquille was later renamed l'Astrolabe and was used in Dumont d'Urville's campaigns (Sabin 40214). Some foxing, but a fine, complete copy.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 980 - Libya - [VATTIER DE BOURVILLE (Charles-Joseph-Auguste)]. Minutes of my correspondence, in lieu of copies of letters. Commenced in Tripoli de Barbarie this month of 7bre 1823. [MANUSCRIT]. Sl, [1823-1824]. In-4, [41] ff. in average, legible handwriting (approx. 25 lines per page), erasures and strikethroughs, in leaves, sewn, green silk laces. Very rare unpublished document on the French presence in Libya. This is the private correspondence register containing the draft letters of Charles-Joseph-Auguste-Désiré Vattier de Bourville, appointed on September 14, 1821 as Chancellor-Interpreter at the French Consulate General in Tripoli (now in Libya, not to be confused with Tripoli in Syria, in present-day Lebanon, which was one of Joseph's later posts). Among his correspondents were Count Alexis de Noailles (1783-1835), Madame Lhuillier (superior of the Ursulines of Versailles), Father Pierre Ronsin (1771-1846, one of the French Jesuits who had worked for the restoration of the Society), the physician Charles-Emmanuel Gaultier de Claubry (1785-1855), Jean-Honoré Fortoul, a Marseille solicitor and barrister who was also his brother-in-law and Bienaimé's tutor, and a cousin Latil de Thimécourt (from Trévoux). A number of other consular agents were also among the recipients of the letters.

Estim. 1 400 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 981 - LINSCHOTEN (Jan Huygen van). Navigatio ac itinerarium in Orientalem sive Lusitanorum Indiam. The Hague, Albert Henri, 1599. In-folio of (2) ff, 124-45-(3) pp; fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, fillet framing and fleiron in the center of the boards (period binding). First Latin edition, illustrated with 2 title vignettes, an engraved folio with the arms of the dedicatee, a portrait of the author, and 18 double-page engraved plates (out of 35). The 7 folding maps are also missing. Uncommon work in which the author reveals the maritime routes to India and the ports of Asia that only the Portuguese knew about, with precise data on currents and seabeds, islands and all useful instructions for ship captains. Worn binding.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 982 - LYAUTEY (Hubert). Letters from Tonkin and Madagascar (1894-1899). Paris, Armand Colin, 1920. 2 volumes in-8, green half-chagrin, spine ribbed, gilt title and tomaison, covers and spines preserved (pitted) (modern binding). Some rare foxing (more pronounced on the maps). 14 folding maps, most in color, and 28 plates out of text. A very good copy with an E.A.S. from the author to his "dear Bigot", with the latter's handwritten bookplate on the title (August 1920).

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 983 - Madagascar - CAZENEUVE (Marius). The Court of Madagascar. Magic and Diplomacy. Paris, Delagrave, 1896. In-12 half-brown basane, cold-stamped ribbed spine, gilt title (period binding). Minor wear. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Slight scattered brown spots. Toulouse-born Marius Cazenave (1839-1913) (who calls himself "physician and intimate adviser to the Queen of Madagascar Ranavalo Manjaka" in the title of this edition) was a world-famous magician, science enthusiast and adventurer. He arrived in Madagascar in 1886 with the unstated aim of promoting French interests against the British. He managed to become an intimate of Queen Ranavalona III and, using unusual methods that often involved prestidigitation, obtained the cancellation of an important treaty between Great Britain and Madagascar.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 984 - Manuscript - Photo album. Trip to Yugoslavia and Greece in 1953. Typescript and photo album. Sl, [1953]. One volume of text in-4, paperback, green cloth spine, and one album of photographs large in-4, dark green half-chagrin, spine ribbed. Account of a trip to Yugoslavia and Greece. The text is illustrated with 7 maps, including 5 fold-outs, in photographic reproductions printed on paper; the album contains 4 maps, including 1 in photographic reproduction, 4 loose photographs and 610 photographs laminated on the front and back of each sheet. Good condition.

Estim. 120 - 150 EUR

Lot 985 - MARECHAL (Sylvain). Moeurs et coutumes des peuples, ou collection de tableaux représentant les usages remarquables, les mariages, funérailles, supplices et fêtes des diverses nations du monde. Paris, Hocquart, 1811-1814. 2 volumes bound in 1 in-4, green half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine decorated (period binding). First edition illustrated with 144 copper-engraved plates enhanced in color. Beautifully colored plates depicting weddings, funerals, births, feasts and torture scenes from over 60 peoples (Colas 2109). Volume I is devoted to the peoples of Europe (such as Russia, Finland, Turkey, Greece) and Asia (Syria, India, Tibet, China, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, etc.). Volume II deals with the peoples of Africa (Egypt, Maghreb, Guinea, Congo, Tuaregs, Madagascar, etc.), America (Mexico, Canada, Louisiana, Greenland, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Chile, etc.) and Oceania (Indonesia, New Zealand, Marquesas or Sandwich Islands, etc.). Among the most astonishing plates are those of a Finnish sauna, whirling dervishes, Persian gymnasts, elephant hunters in India or ostriches in the desert, Chilean cowboys or Mexican porters. A superb copy.

Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

Lot 986 - Mediterranean - PELLE (Clément). The islands and shores of the Mediterranean containing Sicily and the Barbary coast, etc. London, Fisher & Cie, sd [1840]. 2 vols. large in-4, blue percaline, spines and boards richly decorated with gilded decorations, gilt tr. The illustrations include a title-frontispiece with a fine vignette, a large folded map and 63 hors-texte plates, all engraved on steel. A very fine copy, preserved here in its publisher's binding, in excellent condition and virtually free of foxing (only minor spotting in the margin of one plate).

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 987 - Mediterranean - PELLÉ (Clément). The islands and shores of the Mediterranean, including Sicily and the Barbary Coast, etc. London, Fisher, fils & Cie, [c. 1850]. In-4, blue half-chagrin with corners, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map and 63 steel-engraved plates after drawings by Leitch, Sir Grenville T. Temple, Bart, Lieut. Allen and Major Irton. Minor defects to binding, foxing.

Estim. 30 - 40 EUR

Lot 988 - Mexico. Calendario manual y guia de forasteros en México [...] [Mexico], Herederos de Don Felipe de Zuñiga y Ontiveros, 1794. In-12 red morocco, smooth spine decorated with mute, gilt frame on covers, gilt edges (period binding). Frontispiece. Red-ink engraved fold-out map of Mexico City and surrounding area. Pages 176-177 glued together. Rare.

Estim. 120 - 150 EUR

Lot 989 - Mexico - GUZMAN (Juan). Constitucion federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, sancionada por el Congreso General Constituyente, el 4. de Octubre de 1824. [Mexico], Imprenta del Supremo Gobierno de los Estados-unidos mexicanos, en Palacio, [1824]. In-12 of [3] ff. including a frontispiece engraved with the symbols of Mexico (by Terrablanca), XVIII-62-[3]-[1bl.]-III pp. Bound at the end: Acta constitutiva de la Federacion Mexicana. Slnd. [1] f.-12 pp. Black morocco, smooth spine and boards richly decorated with gilt and cold decoration (period Mexican binding). Ex-libris of D. José Maximiano Madariaga y Mela. Some foxing. (Palau 59642; Sabin 48379.)

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 990 - Monaco - LABANDE (Léon-Honoré). The Palace of Monaco. Paris, Honoré Champion, 1932. Large in-4 paperback, covers illustrated in color by E. Clérissy. 50 plates and 30 figures in the text. Edition of 270 copies; n°D of the top 10 on Japon impérial. A very good copy.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Lot 991 - MORAINVILLE (J.-B.-A.). Voyage autour du monde, ou description des cinq parties du globe terrestre. Douai, Deregnaucourt, 1829. In-12, paperback, untrimmed, pink cover printed with a large woodcut illustration of the Chinese on the spine. Rare popular printing illustrated with a vignette on the title and 4 woodcuts in the text: costumes of certain peoples (Samoyeds, Inhabitants of Senegal and the Sahara, America or Colombia), and the tomb of Mohammed. A good copy. Small stains on cover, leaf and cover margins creased.

Estim. 250 - 300 EUR

Lot 992 - Middle East. [Arabic Grammar] , [1869, hegira 1289]. In-8 midnight blue morocco with flaps, cold decoration. Printed in Arabic characters. Interesting provenance: Stamps of the library of the orientalist Charles Barbier de Meynard (1826-1908).

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 993 - Middle East - MAHDÎ (Muhammad al). Contes du Cheykh Êl-Mohdy, traduits de l'arabe d'après le manuscrit original par J.J. MARCEL... Paris, Imprimerie Henri Dupuy, 1835. 3 vol. in-8, anthracite half calf, finely decorated smooth spine, gilt title and tomaison (period binding). Spine slightly faded, a few very small rubs. 25 engraved plates out of text. Numerous brown spots.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 994 - Middle East - MARCEL (Jean-Joseph). Leçons de langue syriaque, données au Collège Royal de France. Paris, Eberhart, 1819. Thirteen issues in a small in-8 volume, purple half-sheepskin, smooth spine decorated throughout (Romantic binding). Very rare private printing of the contents of the short Syriac language lessons given at the Collège de France by the printer Jean-Joseph Marcel (1776-1854), who from 1817 to 1820 acted as substitute teacher for Prosper-Gabriel Audran (1744-1819). Each issue corresponds to a special course, which, as was still common practice in the early 19th century for oriental languages, consisted of an explanation of a text from the Bible or the liturgy. Bound with two Hebrew-language titles: I. MARCEL: Leçons de langue hébraïque, données au Collège Royal de France. Paris, Eberhart, 1819. II. A collection of prayers entirely in Hebrew ([100] ff.). Remarkable typographical composition, a specialty of Marcel publishers, particularly during the Egyptian expedition. Ex-libris of Abbé Schermesser and curious cut-outs pasted on the endpapers. A fine copy.

Estim. 2 200 - 2 500 EUR

Lot 995 - Middle East - NIEBUHR (Carsten). Description de l'Arabie, d'après les observations et recherches faites dans le pays même. Paris, Brunet, 1779. 2 volumes in-4, half calf with small corners, ornate smooth spine, title page in red and black calf (period binding). Beginning of split at head of volume 2. [2] 1 ff.n.ch., 56 pp., 252 pp., [1] 315 pp. 3 ff.n.ch. ; 2 vignettes by Marillier, large folding table and 25 plates (maps, costumes, coins, inscriptions, etc.), 9 of which folding. Second French edition of the first scientific expedition to Arabia, considered the best printing of Niebuhr's travel journals. This is the report of the Royal Danish Expedition (1761-1767) to the Arabian Peninsula: the first scientific expedition to this part of the world, financed by King Frederick V of Denmark. The maps are extremely valuable, depicting Oman, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and Suez. The map of Yemen, which Niebuhr drew mile after mile across the country, made him famous. His map of the Red Sea led the English to rethink the route to India, exploiting the passage through Suez to avoid bypassing Africa, and was used by European explorers in the following century. His map of the Persian Gulf was the first to mention Kuwait, and he was the only one to call the country Yemen rather than Arabia Felix.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 996 - Middle East - OPPERT (Jules). Scientific expedition to Mesopotamia carried out by order of the government from 1851 to 1854. [Paris], [Imprimerie Impériale], [1759]. In-folio, black half-chagrin, gold-stamped spine (period binding). Single atlas with 9 maps, plans and sections engraved by Delsol (5 of them double-page) and 12 fine views engraved by Thomas on Chine appliqué. A native of Hamburg, Julius Oppert made a name for himself thanks to his important discoveries in the deciphering of cuneiform writing, becoming one of the leading specialists in Assyriology. Between 1851 and 1854, he took part in the orientalist Fulgence Fresnel's expedition to Mesopotamia, alongside Félix Thomas. Many of the archaeological antiquities discovered during the excavation of the site of the ancient city of Babylon were unfortunately lost when the overloaded boat sank on the Tigris in 1855. A good copy. Minor wear to binding, some marginal foxing.

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 997 - Middle East - RENAN (Ernest). Phoenician mission led by Ernest Renan, member of the Institut, Professor at the Collège de France. Plates executed under the direction of M. Thobois architecte. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1864. In-folio, burgundy half-chagrin, ribbed spine, interior gilt lace, gilt head (later binding). Atlas only, complete with 70 lithographed plates, including 4 double-page maps and plans printed in color and 3 color plates. In 1860, Ernest Renan was commissioned by Napoleon III to present a report on the ancient sites of Phoenicia. The results of these excavations were published in 1864 in the book Mission de Phénicie. A good copy. Some foxing, binding a little rubbed.

Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 998 - Middle East - TAMISIER (Maurice). Trip to Arabia. Stay in the Hedjaz. - Campaign of Assir. Accompanied by a map. Paris, Louis Desessart, 1840. 2 volumes in one large vol. in-8, speckled fawn half-calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, green title page (modern binding). Original edition with fold-out map. Victor Tamisier (1810-1875) accompanied Edmond Combes on his great Saint-Simonian exploration of the Red Sea (Abyssinia, Yemen, Aden, February 11, 1835 - March 13, 1837). The Voyage en Abyssinie (Paris, 1838, 4 volumes) is the result of this journey. After this expedition, he lost interest in Africa; but, no doubt urged on by his publisher, he agreed to complete his first account with the story of a stay in Arabia, from December 9, 1833 to September 26, 1834, as secretary to the chief physician of the Egyptian troops, making him one of the very few Western observers of the second Saudi kingdom (1834-1891), founded by Turki ben Abdallah al-Saoud. The planned sequel (Retour de la Campagne d'Assir) never appeared (Gay, 3608.) A good copy.

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 999 - NISARD (D.). History and description of the principal cities of Europe. France. Nimes. [Bound with:] MERCEY (M.). History and description of the principal cities of Europe. Tyrol. Trento. Inspruck. - STAPFER (P.A.). History and description of the principal cities of Europe. Switzerland. Berne. Paris, Desenne, 1855. Large in-4, brown half-chagrin, gold-stamped spine, marbled edges (period binding). Illustrated with 27 hors texte engravings. A good copy. Slight brown spots.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 1000 - Oceania. Te Biblia Mo'a ra, oia te faufaa Tahito e te faufaa apî ra. Oxford, Clarendon Press for the Bible Society in Great Britain, 1884. In-16, brown calf, ribbed spine decorated with cold fillets, cold decoration framing the boards, speckled edges (period binding). First paperback edition of this Tahitian translation of the Bible. Printed on two columns. A fine copy.

Estim. 600 - 700 EUR

Lot 1001 - Oceania - DESCHANEL (Paul). La Politique française en Océanie à propos du Canal de Panama. With a letter from M. Ferdinand de Lesseps. 1st series - L'Archipel de la Société. Paris, Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1884. Small in-8 paperback, printed cover (worn). (O'Reilly 6453.)

Estim. 10 - 15 EUR

Lot 1002 - Oceania - MOERENHOUT (Jacques-Antoine). Voyages aux îles du Grand Océan, containing new documents on the physical and political geography, language, literature, religion, manners, usages and customs of their inhabitants and general considerations on their trade, history and government, from the earliest times to the present day. With map and plates. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1837. 2 vol. in-8 of xv, 574 pp. ; vii, 520 pp. Bradel green percaline boards, rocaille irons, gilt title and tomaison on spine (period binding). Spines slightly faded. Covers and spines rubbed. First edition, illustrated with 4 out-of-text lithographs (O'tahitienne and Tati, principal chief at Papara, Otahiti - Baie de Maïrépéhé and Montagnes de Taïarabou - Pafaï, chief at Otaïti, and Adams, sole survivor of the rebels from the English warship Bounty found on Pitcairn Island - Papaïti Bay in Otaïti) and 1 fold-out map drawn by Ambroise Tardieu based on the map drawn in 1824 by Captain Duperrey and Moerenhout's observations. "One of the best works on ancient Tahiti. Moerenhout was in contact with many natives [...] he knew the survivors of the first generation of missionaries [...] he is therefore a first-rate witness to life on the island from 1828 to 1834 [...] Voyages aux Iles du Grand Océan provides first-hand documentation on French Polynesia and Tahiti [....] The history and ethnography of Tahiti in particular are abundantly dealt with [...] Les Voyages aux Iles du Grand Océan was for a long time an unobtainable book [before the Maisonneuve reissues of 1942 and 1959]" (O'Reilly, Bibliographie de Tahiti et de la Polynésie française, no. 876). "Excellent work, very important for history and ethnography" (Chadenat, n°135). A few scattered freckles, one browned section, a few cuts to the map and folds, otherwise a very good copy of this essential work on Tahiti and Polynesia, extremely rare in its original edition.

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 1003 - [Oceania - PATERSON (William). Voyages in the country of the Hottentots at Caffrerie, Baye Botanique, and New Holland. Translated from the English, accompanied by valuable details relating to M. de La Peyrouse. Paris, Letellier, 1790. In-8, [6]-213-[1 bl.] pp. French translation by Jean-Henri Castéra of the "Relation de quatre voyages dans le pays des Hottentots et dans la Caffrerie, pendant les années 1777, 1778 et 1779" by British botanist and colonel William Paterson (1755-1810), containing valuable descriptions of the flora and fauna, as well as the customs of the Boers, Hottentots and Bushmen who inhabit the coastal areas of South Africa. "These Voyages, written by true and courageous travelers, teach us unknown facts, and describe countries where no one had yet penetrated" (Preliminary notice). pp. 200-213 contain an interesting Appendix on animal and plant poisons in the regions of the Dark Continent (snakes, scorpions and plants). Bound at the end: [TENCH (Watkin)]. [Voyage à la Baie Botanique ; avec une description du nouveau Pays de Galles méridional, de ses habitants, de ses productions, etc. et quelques détails relatifs à M. de La Pérouse, pendant son séjour à la Baie Botanique. To which has been added the historical account of New Holland, and of the various voyages made there by Europeans]. [Paris, Letellier, 1789]. Without the false title page and the title page, the work begins at Introduction, p. V: pp. V-VIII, 266 p. The account of Watkin Tench's (1758-1833) voyage to Botany Bay is followed by a short history of the discovery of Australia, with an extract from La Pérouse's voyage there, constituting one of the first printed accounts of the colonization of Australia. Watkin Tench embarked in 1787 aboard the ship "Charlotte", which was transporting prisoners to Botany Bay. Arriving at his destination on January 20, 1788, he spent much of his spare time exploring the region. His account was first published in English in 1789. 2 vols. bound in one, spotted half-basin with slightly later corners, smooth spine, blue mar. title.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 1004 - Oceania - VINCENDON-DUMOULIN (Clément Adrien) & DESGRAZ (C.). Marquesas Islands or Nouka-Hiva. History, geography, customs and general considerations, according to navigators' reports and documents collected on the spot. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1843. In-8, viii(ill ch. vii), 362 pp. 4 maps, [1] f., 38-[2] pp. (bookseller's catalog including prospectus for Gaimard's Voyages). Brown cloth boards, title page on spine (early 20th c. English binding). Minor rubbing. A few freckles. Navy hydrographic engineer Clément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin (1811-1858) took part in the Dumont d'Urville expedition to Antarctica, during which he made the first calculation of the magnetic inclination, thus locating the then South Magnetic Pole (January 23, 1838), and drew the 1st map of Terre Adélie (1840). Ex-libris James Edge Partington.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 1005 - Oceania - WHITE (John). Voyage à la Nouvelle Galles du sud, à Botany-Bay, au Port Jackson, en 1787, 1788, 1789. Paris, Guillaume, An VI (1798). In-8, marbled havana basane, ornate smooth spine, red morocco title page (contemporary binding). Second French edition. Illustrated with 2 plates engraved hors texte by Clément after drawings by Monnet, which were not included in the original French edition. In-fine are 256 pages of notes written by translator Pougens on the natural history, botany, geography and agriculture of Australia. A good copy.

Estim. 250 - 300 EUR

Lot 1006 - Pacific. Shanghai Transit Service. Intelligence report n°29. Pacific Ocean. Captain ROBBE. December 8, 1938 In-4, [5]-96 pp. typescript on front, paperback, cover with typescript title label. Extensive survey of trade conditions in the Pacific zone, broken down by country according to their economic, geographic, political and geopolitical situation. Ex-libris JM.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 1007 - Poles - BELLOT (Joseph René). Journal d'un voyage aux mers polaires exécuté à la recherche de Sir John Franklin, en 1851 et 1852. Preceded by a note on the author's life and work by M. Julien Lemer. Paris, Perrotin, 1854. In-8 black half calf, smooth spine gilt-stamped, gilt title (period binding). Frontispiece portrait and folding plate in fine (facsimile and map). Some light foxing, margins of pages 264-266 slightly browned, tears not missing on pages 283-284. Ex-libris Château de la Fortelle.

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

Lot 1008 - Poles - CHARCOT (Jean-Baptiste). Second French Antarctic expedition (1908-1910). Physical sciences: scientific documents. CARTES. Paris, Masson et Cie, 1912. Small folio in publisher's printed portfolio with laces and flaps (one lace missing), complete with 11 fold-out maps.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Lot 1009 - Poles - CHARCOT (Jean-Baptiste). French Antarctic expedition commanded by Dr. J. Charcot. 1903-1905. sl, sn, sd. Small album in-4 oblong paperback, printed cover. Rare album of photographic reproductions of the expedition (mostly unpublished), with a map and summary, printed hors commerce. Small cut at front cover. A good copy signed by Charcot on the title.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Lot 1010 - Poles - SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest Henry). Mon expédition au sud polaire 1914-1917 - Translation by M. L. Landel. [Tours, Mame, [1930]. In-4 publisher's gray percaline boards with white, yellow and gold decoration on the front cover depicting a ship caught in the ice, gilt edges. Numerous black photographic illustrations in and outside the text. Spine faded, edges of boards very sunned.

Estim. 30 - 40 EUR

Lot 1011 - RAGUSE (Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, maréchal duc de). Voyage du Maréchal Duc de Raguse en Hongrie, en Transylvanie, dans la Russie méridionale, en Crimée, et sur les bords de la mer d'Azoff, à Constantinople, dans quelques parties de l'Asie-Mineure, en Syrie, en Palestine et en Égypte. Paris, Ladvocat, 1839. 5 vol. in-8, green half calf, finely decorated smooth spine, gilt title and tom. Second edition of this travel report (undertaken in 1834 and 1835), here supplemented by the fifth volume (following in identical binding) of the Duke of Ragusa's voyage to Sicily published in 1838 (original edition). Spines sunned, scattered foxing, without atlas, otherwise a fine set.

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

Lot 1012 - [RAYNAL (Guillaume-Thomas)]. Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Genève, chez les Libraires Associés, 1775. 3 volumes in-4 marbled fawn basane, ornate ribbed spines, tan and green morocco title pages and tom., red tr. (period binding). Some restorations to bindings. First quarto edition of this major Enlightenment work condemning slavery and colonization, written by Abbé Raynal with Diderot, Holbach and Naigeon. First published in 1770, Histoire des deux Indes was banned by the clergy in 1774, then by the Paris Parliament in 1781, ensuring the immense success of this 18th-century masterpiece. This edition, the most beautiful, is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Cochin, 3 header vignettes by Marillier, 7 hors-texte plates by Eisen and 4 fold-out maps (Indian Ocean and South Sea with the Philippines and New Holland, Gulf of Mexico, South America, North America). From the library of François-César Le Tellier, marquis de Courtanvaux (1718-1781), with his armorial bookplate. (Cohen 854.) A fine copy, with a few brown spots.

Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 1013 - RAYNAL (Guillaume-Thomas-François, abbé). Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Genève, Pellet, 1780. 4 volumes of large text in-4, ocellated calf, spine ribbed and decorated (uniform binding). Bindings damaged and gnawed, with missing leather. Illustrated with a portrait by Cochin and 4 engraved plates by Launay, Delignon, Duflos and Simonet, after Moreau. Without the atlas volume (maps and tables). Definitive edition reprinted in quarto format and partly original. The best, the most beautiful and the most sought-after. Very good condition inside. (Cohen, 854.)

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 1014 - RHÉAL (Sébastien). Les Divines Féeries de l'Orient et du Nord, Légendes, Ballades, Gazals, Romances, Myriologues, petits Poèmes indiens, arabes, persans, serviens, turcs, moresques, celtes, scandinaves, traditions pittoresques, mythologiques et populaires des deux mondes. Second edition. Paris, Fournier, 1843. Large in-8 havana half calf, smooth spine finely decorated with romantic gilt decoration, gilt title, gilt listel on covers (period binding). Complete with 32 lithographed plates hors texte by Mme Rhéal and A. Fragonard. Text in a frame illustrated by A. Fragonard. Minor scattered foxing. A fine, well-bound copy of this attractive work on divinities, legends and beliefs from around the world. (Caillet 9365.)

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 1015 - RIGORDI (François). Peregrinationes. Paris, librairie Ch. Taranne, 1874. In-8, 70 pp. paperback, brown paper cover. Reprint of the very rare 1652 edition of Jesuit Father François Rigordi's voyages from November 1643 to March 1646 through the Mediterranean, Syria, Arabia, Persia and the Persian Gulf. Latin text preceded by a 4-page presentation on flyleaf by Father Auguste Carayon. Printed on laid paper. A good copy preserved in its original booklet.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 1016 - ROCHET d'HERICOURT (Charles-Xavier). Voyage sur la côte orientale de la mer Rouge, dans le pays d'Adel et le royaume de Choa. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1841. In-8, half-brown calf, ornate smooth spine, black calf title page, marbled edges (period binding). Uncommon first edition, illustrated with 12 lithographed plates (portrait, views, objects and tools), and a large fold-out map. A merchant and adventurer, Rochet d'Héricourt was the first to open the Choa route, the shortest route between the Gulf of Aden and central Ethiopia. Pages 371 to 432 contain a collection of Arabic words, amharas and gallas commonly used in conversation. A good copy with a signed autograph letter from the author to "Monsieur Eyries, membre de l'Institut". A writer, translator of travel accounts and geographer, Jean-Baptiste Eyriès founded the Annales des Voyages with Conrad Malte-Brun in 1807. Dry-stamped Journu family coat-of-arms on one flyleaf. The Journu family is a surviving member of the French nobility. Its members include many Bordeaux merchants and shipowners. Originally from Villefranche-sur-Saône, they moved to Lyon and then Bordeaux in the early 18th century. She began trading and outfitting ships for the Indies and West Indies, and quickly gained a distinguished place in the Bordeaux bourgeoisie. Some brown spots.

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 1017 - ROQUEFEUIL (Camille de). Voyage autour du monde... followed by a vocabulary of marine terms, illustrated with engravings and maps. Paris, imprimerie de Béthune et Plon, 1843. 2 volumes in-8, paperback, printed and illustrated covers. Uncommon second edition, not mentioned in the usual bibliographies, of this third French voyage around the world. It is illustrated with 2 fold-out engraved maps (world map, and map of the Pacific coast from Alaska to California) and enlarged with 4 engraved plates, two of which are fold-outs (portraits and views). Camille de Roquefeuil, a ship's lieutenant, proposed, and obtained government approval for, a commercially-financed round-the-world voyage. Leaving Bordeaux in October 1816, he passed through Tierra del Fuego, calling at Valparaiso, Lima and San Francisco, explored the Galapagos Islands, and sailed up the American coast to Alaska to buy furs. He spent the winter of 1817-1818 in Hawaii, sailed the Pacific and sold his furs in Macao, before returning to Bordeaux via the Cape of Good Hope. After the publication of his travel journal, he was appointed Governor of Reunion Island. His journal provides one of the most complete descriptions of life among the Indians of British Columbia in the early nineteenth century, as well as the living conditions of the inhabitants of Nootka Island. He was the first French navigator to enter San Francisco Bay. A good copy preserved in its original booklet. Some wear to covers. The preface of the first edition, corresponding to pages I to XII, has been removed in the second edition.

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 1018 - ROUGEMONT (Michel-Nicolas Balisson de). Le Bonhomme, ou nouvelles observations sur les mœurs parisiennes au commencement du dix-neuvième siècle. Paris, Pillet, 1818. In-12, fawn half-basin with small green vellum corners, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Illustrated with engraved vignettes in the text, and 2 engraved plates. [Bound with:] Le premier voyage d'un parisien, ou Promenades d'un écolier en vacances à Beauvais, Dieppe, Le Havre, Rouen... Paris, Nepveu, 1819. With a folding engraved plan of Rouen. A fine copy.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 1019 - United Kingdom - ARCHENHOLZ (Johann Wilhelm von). Tableau de l'Angleterre et de l'Italie. Paris, Volland, 1788. 2 vol. in-12, cherry half-calf with corners, finely ornamented smooth spines, green mar. title-pages, initials N.K. in tail (bds. c. 1800). First French edition of this work essentially devoted to Great Britain (without the third and last volume devoted to Italy, but complete in itself). A fine copy, nicely bound.

Estim. 20 - 30 EUR

Lot 1020 - United Kingdom - CRUTTWELL (Clement). Description géographique, topographique, pittoresque, industrielle et commerciale, de l'Angleterre, de l'Ecosse et de l'Irlande. Paris, Hyacinthe Langlois, 1804. 4 volumes in five, fawn half-basin with corners, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Illustrated with 6 maps (out of 7), including a fold-out map of London (30 x 60 cm). The map of England appears to be missing. A good copy.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 1021 - United Kingdom - LE CERF (Théodore). L'Archipel des Iles Normandes: Jersey, Guernsey, Auregny, Sark and dependencies. Communal, judicial and feudal institutions of these islands. Paris, Henri Plon, 1863. In-8, red half-percaline (period binding). Illustrated with a large folded geographical and hydrographic map. A good copy. [Joint:] - QUENEDEY (L.). A la vapeur autour du monde. Souvenirs de voyage. Paris, Albin Michel, [circa 1900]. In-12, contemporary half-chagrin. Illustrated throughout. A good copy. - LAGARDE (comte de). Brighton, scènes détachées d'un voyage en Angleterre. Paris, J.-P. Aillaud, 1834. In-8, blue half calf, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges (period binding). Illustrated with 3 engraved out-of-text views. Autograph letter from the author. Mottling and foxing.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 1022 - Russia - CUSTINE (Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, marquis de). Russia in 1839. Paris, Amyot, 1843. 4 vol. in-12 green half calf, finely decorated smooth spines, gilt title and tomaison(Sotheran, Sackwill St., London). Second edition, revised, corrected and enlarged, published in the year of the original, complete with fold-out table in volume 4. Custine's most famous work, and undoubtedly his masterpiece. Composed on his return from Russia, probably in 1840, this account, written in the form of letters, met with considerable success from the moment of its publication; it was published in Germany and England, but banned in Russia, whose government did not appreciate the author's uncompromising judgments, such as this one: "If the Tsar has no more pity in his heart than he expresses in his politics, I pity Russia. On the other hand, if his feelings are superior to his actions, I pity the Tsar." Unstained spine, rare foxing, otherwise a fine copy in an attractive later English binding signed (c. 1890) in imitation.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 1023 - Russia - CZYNSKI (Jean). Russie pittoresque - Histoire et tableau de la Russie. Paris, Pilout successeur de Postel, [c. 1835]. Two volumes in one large in-8, half red basane, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Illustrated with 48 out-of-text lithographed plates, depicting figures, scenes and city views. Binding rubbed, marginal light stain.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 1024 - Russia - DEMIDOFF (Anatole). Voyage dans la Russie meridionale et la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie éxécuté en 1837. Paris, Bourdin & Cie, 1840. In-4, blue glazed calf, richly decorated smooth spine, triple gilt fillet on covers framed by beautiful cold plates decorated with flowers, animals and birds, double gilt fillet on edges (period binding). First edition illustrated with a total of 64 drawings by Raffet, including 1 frontispiece portrait of Nicolas I, 23 plates hors-texte; all on chine appliqué, and bands, lettrines and culs-de-lampe. The n.ch. sheet of music (Marche Valaque), missing from most copies, is placed between pp. 142 and 143 (Vicaire III, 165-166). A very fine copy presented here in a superb contemporary rocaille plate binding. Minor scattered foxing.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 1025 - Russia - Eastern Europe. Work (probably liturgical) printed in Slavonic characters in red and black. sl, sd [1849]. In-8 (19.5 x 12.5 cm), brown calf, wooden boards, ribbed spine, cold title, cold decoration on boards, clasps (Slavonic binding of the period).

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 1026 - Russia - FORTIA DE PILES (comte de). Examen de trois ouvrages sur la Russie, Voyage de Chantreau, Révolutions de 1762 by Rulhière, Mémoires secrets by Masson. Paris, Porthmann, 1818. In-8, half-brown basane, smooth gold-stamped spine, orange title page, speckled edges (period binding). Partly first edition, including an overview of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great to the end of 1817. A fine copy. Bookplate with arms of the Marquis de Fortia d'Urban.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 1027 - Russia - OUVAROV (Alexei Serguievitch). [Research on the Antiquities of Southern Russia and the Black Sea Coast]. Izledovaniia o drevnostiach ioujenoï Rossii. St. Petersburg, State Papers Printing House, sd (1851-56). In broadside, chromolithographed title leaf (in Russian), and 40 lithographed or engraved plates, captioned in Russian and French (including 8 plans, and 14 color plates), in ff. green half cloth portfolio, smooth muted spine, title-piece to center upper board (modern binding). A good copy. This is the only atlas of Recherches sur les antiquités de la Russie méridionale et des côtes de la Mer Noire, published in Russian in 1855, of which there is a French translation by Didron (1855-1860, reprinted in 1865 and 1885). Alexei Serguievitch Ouvarov (1825-1884) developed a passion for archaeology, which eventually became his career. Founder of the Moscow Archaeological Society in 1864, he carried out numerous excavations in various regions of the Empire. Here, a campaign in the south of the country is documented: Olbia du Pont, an ancient Greek city and colony of Miletus; the Dnieper basin; Crimea. (Detailed list of plates on request.) (Brunet IV, 262-263.)

Estim. 1 800 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 1028 - [Russia - SCHLESSING (Goerg-Adam). The Ancient and Modern Religion of the Muscovites. Enrichie de Figures. Amsterdam, J. Louis de Lorme, 1698. In-12 of [1] f.-154 pp. Speckled brown basane, smooth ornate spine, red mar. title and date, triple fillet framing the boards (19th c. binding). Covers and spines slightly rubbed. Very rare edition, with the same date as the original by Pierre Marteau in Cologne. It is illustrated with a frontispiece and 6 plates, one of which is folding (cut and very slight red stains at the fold, but not missing) by Picart. Very rare work describing the Christianization of Kievan Russia, the dogmas of the Russian Orthodox Church and its religious customs and ceremonies, the veneration of saints by Western Russians, etc. The German historian Georg Adam Schleissing (or Schleusing), who visited Russia in 1684-1686, first published this text in German in 1694 ("Die auffgehende Sonne der christlichen Religion"), which met with immediate success and was followed by several translations. The first French translation saw the light of day shortly after Peter the Great's Great Embassy of 1697-1698, and the renewed interest aroused in Europe by a Russian Empire then in the throes of change. (Barbier IV, 239.)

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 1029 - SAHIB. The frigate l'Incomprise. Voyage autour du monde. Paris, Albert Messein, 1913. In-4, cloth with Japanese decoration, red title page (period binding). Numerous woodcuts in and out of the text. A good copy.

Estim. 30 - 40 EUR

Lot 1030 - Scandinavia - HAZELIUS (Arthur). Souvenirs du Musée du Nord: reproductions, with descriptive text, of objects kept at the museum, published with the collaboration of various artists and authors. Sl, [c. 1895]. In-4 oblong, green chagrin, title stamped in gold on first cover (period binding). Album alone, complete with 42 chromolithographed plates representing a collection of ethnographic and craft objects from the Nordic Museum in Stockholm. The plates are captioned and show costumes, sledges, jugs, sculptures, furniture, embroidery, a rural living room, etc. A good copy. Slight spotting, wear to binding.

Estim. 250 - 300 EUR

Lot 1031 - [SILHOUETTE (Étienne de)]. Voyage de France, d'Espagne, de Portugal et d'Italie par M. S*** du 22 avril 1729 au 6 février 1730. Paris, Merlin, 1770. 4 volumes in 2 vol. in-12, marbled calf, ornate smooth spine, title and greevel pages in red and dark brown marble, red tr. (period binding). Some worm damage to bindings, light paint stains on first cover of second volume. Ex-libris JM (Barbier IV, 1072.)

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Lot 1032 - [Switzerland]. Festschrift zur VII. Säkularfeier der Gründung Berns. 1191-1891. Bern, Komm. Schmid, Francke & Co, 1891. 97 pp. 10 color maps, 1 folding. Following: - RODT (Ed. von), Berns Burgerschaft und Gesellschaften. Bern, Schmid, Francke & Co, 1891. 114 pp. 4 plates out of text. - TOBLER (G.), Die Chronisten und Geschichtschreiber des alten Bern. Bern, Schmid, Francke & Co, 1891. 92 pp. - GEISER (Karl), Die Verfassung des alten Bern. Bern, Schmid, Francke & Co, 1891. 143 pp. 2 numismatic plates. - ZEERLEDER (Albert), Die Berner Handfeste. Bern, Schmid, Francke & Co, 1891. IV-100 pp. 1 fold-out facsimile. - HIDBER (B.), Diplomatisch-kritische Unterfuchung der Berner Handfeste. Berne, Schmid, Francke & Co, 1891. 7-2 pp. In-4 publisher's decorated ivory bradel boards, red tr.

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

Lot 1033 - Switzerland - COXE (William). Voyage en Suisse. Paris, Letellier, 1790. 3 vol. in-8 blond basane, smooth spine (period binding). Bindings heavily rubbed and worn. Rare first edition of the translation, published the same year as the English original, written in the form of 90 letters (6 of which are dedicated to Chamonix and its region). It is illustrated with 2 large folding maps (Brunet reports only one) and 5 folding engraved plates. With, at the end of the 3rd volume, a "Faunula Helvetica" or catalog raisonné of the quadrupeds, birds, amphibians, fish and testaceous animals of Switzerland, classified according to Linné's system (74 pp.) and, at the end of the 2nd volume, a Catalogue of the principal works consulted by the author before publishing this work (9 pp.). Good condition inside. (Brunet II, 399.)

Estim. 100 - 120 EUR

Lot 1034 - Switzerland - DEPPING (Georges-Bernard). La Suisse ou tableau historique pittoresque et moral des cantons helvétiques ; mœurs, usages, costumes, curiosités, etc. Paris, Al. Eymery, 1822. 4 volumes in 2 volumes in-18, fawn half-basane, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Illustrated with a map and 17 folding engraved plates (costumes and landscapes). A good copy. Small light wetness in the margin of the last leaves of the first volume.

Estim. 40 - 50 EUR

Lot 1035 - Switzerland - DIKENMANN (Rudolf). [Voyage en Suisse] Zurich, Dikenmann, [1847]. Small Italian-style in-8, red chagrin, spine with ornate faux nerfs, gilt title, framed with double gilt fillets and garland, gilt initials A.F. on front cover (period binding). Inner spine split, some dark marks on boards. Collection of 21 aquatint-engraved and very finely watercolored and gummed views by Swiss painter Rudolf Dikenmann. With an engraved view (in black) of the Villa Bartholony (near Geneva) lithographed by Ledoux in Geneva, added in fine. A fine copy.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 1036 - Switzerland - EBERSOLD (Frédéric). Through the Bernese Oberland. Zurich, Füssli, sd (c. 1890). Small 148 pp. in-8, illustrated with 76 xylogravures by J. Weber, one color map. Publisher's red boards with gilt decoration and title. Also included: Galerie des tableaux sur le Pont de la Chapelle à Lucerne. 1889. In-8 oblong Italian style (15.5 x 24.5 cm) with 6 ff. (title - index of reproduced paintings) and 76 hors-texte plates mounted on tabs, publisher's green percaline boards, spine and upper cover titled in gilt, red edges, original endpapers. Inside spine weakened.

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

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Lot 942 - [Ireland]. [Album of views of Killarney and its environs]. London, T. Nelson et sons, [c. 1900]. Oblong in-12 format, black half-chagrin, smooth muted spine (period binding). Album with 23 chromolithographs mounted on leaves. A good copy. Corners and edges rubbed.

Lot 952 - Italy - DELLA TORRE (Giovanni Maria). History and phenomena of Vesuvius. Naples, Donato Campo, 1771. In-8, stiff vellum, smooth spine, blue title page (contemporary binding). Illustrated with 10 folding engraved plates. Some foxing, worn edges and corners.

Lot 953 - Italy - DUPATY (Charles-Marguerite-Jean-Baptiste Mercier). Letters on Italy. Paris, Masson, 1822. 3 volumes in a small in-12 half-blond calf, smooth spine finely decorated, lemon tr. Some foxing. 3 engraved frontispieces (portrait of the author, views of Tivoli and Vesuvius).

Lot 954 - Italy - FORBIN (Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste). Souvenirs of Sicily. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1823. In-8, half tan basane, smooth threaded spine (period binding). Spine slightly oiled, spine restored. First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 2 sheets of music. Spotting.

Lot 964 - Italy - MUSSET (Paul de). A picturesque journey in Italy. Southern part. Et en Sicile. Paris, Morizot, 1856. Large in-8, red half-chagrin, decorated spine, gilt edges (period binding). Illustrated with 23 steel-engraved plates, 4 in color. A good copy. Corners worn, covers rubbed.

Lot 973 - Japan. Illustrated manga. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Paperback, cover illustrated in color with a Japanese woman holding a fan. 22 pp. illustrated in black.

Lot 990 - Monaco - LABANDE (Léon-Honoré). The Palace of Monaco. Paris, Honoré Champion, 1932. Large in-4 paperback, covers illustrated in color by E. Clérissy. 50 plates and 30 figures in the text. Edition of 270 copies; n°D of the top 10 on Japon impérial. A very good copy.

Lot 992 - Middle East. [Arabic Grammar] , [1869, hegira 1289]. In-8 midnight blue morocco with flaps, cold decoration. Printed in Arabic characters. Interesting provenance: Stamps of the library of the orientalist Charles Barbier de Meynard (1826-1908).

Lot 1001 - Oceania - DESCHANEL (Paul). La Politique française en Océanie à propos du Canal de Panama. With a letter from M. Ferdinand de Lesseps. 1st series - L'Archipel de la Société. Paris, Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1884. Small in-8 paperback, printed cover (worn). (O'Reilly 6453.)

Lot 1008 - Poles - CHARCOT (Jean-Baptiste). Second French Antarctic expedition (1908-1910). Physical sciences: scientific documents. CARTES. Paris, Masson et Cie, 1912. Small folio in publisher's printed portfolio with laces and flaps (one lace missing), complete with 11 fold-out maps.

Lot 1025 - Russia - Eastern Europe. Work (probably liturgical) printed in Slavonic characters in red and black. sl, sd [1849]. In-8 (19.5 x 12.5 cm), brown calf, wooden boards, ribbed spine, cold title, cold decoration on boards, clasps (Slavonic binding of the period).

Lot 1029 - SAHIB. The frigate l'Incomprise. Voyage autour du monde. Paris, Albert Messein, 1913. In-4, cloth with Japanese decoration, red title page (period binding). Numerous woodcuts in and out of the text. A good copy.