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LOTTER, Matthaus Albrecht General map of all Europ

937 - LOTTER, Matthaus Albrecht General map of all Europe, divided according to the extent of its principal states, subdivided into their principal provinces. Represented on nine leaves. Augsburg Lotter [late 18th c.] Engr. partly printed in red, on 9 sheets, together c. 122,5 x 133 cm, partly hand-colored (some folds, joints visible, very few spots). Framed. Very rare wall map of Europe on 9 sheets, much rarer and especially more decorative than the wall map on 6 sheets by the same cartographer. With

Estimación

1200 - 1.500 €

A new map of the Netherlands or Low Countries, sho

938 - A new map of the Netherlands or Low Countries, showing the southern part of the provinces of Holland, Utrecht, and Gelderland, and the entire province of Zeeland. London: Laurie & Whittle, 1794. Engraved on 4 sheets, assembled; approx. 94.5 x 117.5 cm; hand-colored (some very light creases). Framed. A brightly colored, impressive wall map of the Low Countries featuring a large inset view of a battle in the upper corner. Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle.

Estimación

300 - 400 €

GEMMA FRISIUS; APIAN, Petrus *Carta cosmographica*

939 - GEMMA FRISIUS; APIAN, Petrus Carta cosmographica, with the names, properties, and virtues of the winds. [c. 1575] Woodcut, 18.7 x 28 cm (some very light, small spots). Mounted on a passe-partout. Second woodcut of the well-known heart-shaped world map surrounded by wind heads and numerous other decorations by Gemma Frisius from a Spanish edition of Apian’s Cosmographia. Ref. Shirley 96.

Estimación

800 - 1.000 €

JAILLOT, Alexis-Hubert. SANSON, Nicolas (after) Ge

940 - JAILLOT, Alexis-Hubert. SANSON, Nicolas (after) Geo-Hydrographic World Map, or General Description of the Terrestrial and Aquatic Globe in Two Hemispheres, in which all parts of the land and water are generally and accurately depicted, based on the most recent reports. Paris: A.-H. Jaillot, 1674. Engr., approx. 53.5 x 87.5 cm (visible), borders hand-colored (some very small spots, some light soiling along the right side of the central fold). Framed. Decorative double-hemisphere wall map featurin

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300 - 400 €

MERCATOR, Rumold *Orbis terrae compendiosa descrip

941 - MERCATOR, Rumold Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio. [Amsterdam: H. Hondius, 1628] Engr., 29 x 52.5 cm, hand-colored (beginning to split along the lower edge of the central fold; the white edges are beginning to fray). Extremely rare double-hemisphere map by Rumold Mercator, based on Gerard Mercator’s celebrated 1569 world map and published during his lifetime (1512–1594). Although the map is a reduced version of the 1569 wall map, it does not feature the revolutionary Mercator projection

Estimación

800 - 1.000 €

[ORTELIUS, Abraham] Typus Orbis Terrarum. [1579] E

942 - [ORTELIUS, Abraham] Typus Orbis Terrarum. [1579] Engr., 34 x 49.7 cm, hand-colored (a few tiny holes, barely visible). Fourth state of the first version of one of the most famous world maps, based directly on the 1569 map by Mercator. Engr. by F. Hogenberg. From the 1579 Latin "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" (leaf 1). Ref. Van den Broecke (2011) Ort1. - Shirley (1993) 122.

Estimación

2500 - 3.000 €

C. 35 maps and plans. Various locations and editio

943 - C. 35 maps and plans. Various locations and editions, mostly from the 18th century. Various techniques and sizes (some water stains, occasionally quite extensive; some spotting; some maps with tears). Mostly maps of European countries, but also a map of Dominica and continental maps of Asia and the Americas. Among others: “Carte d’Europe” by G. Delisle, “Carte du détroit de Gibraltar” by J.-B. de Beaurain, etc.

Estimación

150 - 200 €

5 small maps: Java, India, Tartary & Russia, a

944 - 5 small maps: Java, India, Tartary & Russia, and the United States of America. Various techniques and sizes. 1 framed, 1 mounted on a mat. Fair to good condition.

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80 - 100 €

AFTER MANNEVILLETTE, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d

945 - AFTER MANNEVILLETTE, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d' Le Neptune oriental. [Paris, ca. 1775–1781] Folio: [4] pp.; 58 (of 69) plates, borders hand-colored (11 maps missing, marginal waterstains affecting the edges of a few maps, very few spots). Contemporary mottled sheepskin over wooden boards, flat spine (corners, head, and tail restored, joints rubbed). A later, meticulously corrected and updated edition of the magnum opus by the French hydrographer and nautical cartographer Après de Mannev

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2000 - 2.500 €

A composite atlas of the Southern Netherlands and

946 - A composite atlas of the Southern Netherlands and Northern France containing 45 maps, most of which are (partially) hand-colored. 17th–18th centuries. Large folio: 45 maps (a few spots, but overall in very good condition). Contemporary marbled sheepskin, gilt-ornamented spine with raised bands, red edges (light rubbing). 32 maps were published by Covens & Mortier (Amsterdam), the majority of which are based on E.-H. Fricx (“Carte particulière”), and some on Sanson and Allard. The othe

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1000 - 1.500 €

CHANLAIRE, Pierre-Gilles; CAPITAINE, Louis Chorogr

947 - CHANLAIRE, Pierre-Gilles; CAPITAINE, Louis Chorographic Map of Belgium in Sixty-Nine Sheets, Based on Ferraris’s Map [...]. Paris: J.B. Delaval (Year V = 1796). Folio: title page, 67 maps (slightly toned, some soiling along the edges, light water stains on the last 2 maps). Contemporary quarter calf, marbled paper boards, flat spine (spine rebacked with old leather). French edition of the Ferraris map by two collaborators at the "Carte de France" (1st French ed. 1792–1796). Includes a title

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500 - 600 €

RAES, Désiré Atlas of Belgium dedicated to Their R

948 - RAES, Désiré Atlas of Belgium dedicated to Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders. Brussels: D. Raes [19th c.]. Obl. folio: title, 10 maps (some marginal spotting, slight restoration on title). Contemporary half-green cloth, marbled paper boards, flat spine (slightly rubbed). Early atlas of Belgium consisting of a title page and 10 lithographed, colored maps. Formerly owned by M. Despret (label). Bound together with: Jusseret, J. - Historical Atlas of Ancient and

Estimación

150 - 200 €

FER, Nicolas de *Les forces de l'Europe, ou Descri

949 - FER, Nicolas de Les forces de l'Europe, ou Description des principales villes avec leurs fortifications [...]. [Introduction to Fortification]. Paris: N. de Fer, 1694. 4 (of 8) parts in 1 vol., folio, obl.: [8, incl. 2 engraved titles] ff.; 91 pl. (occasional spotting, marginal stains on the plan of Montmelian). Contemporary mottled sheepskin, spine with raised bands, red-stained edges (corners bumped, head and tail slightly damaged). The first 4 parts of Nicolas de Fer’s treatise on the for

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500 - 600 €

LEVASSEUR, Victor Illustrated National Atlas of th

950 - LEVASSEUR, Victor Illustrated National Atlas of the 86 Departments of France [...] with the routes of all roads, railroads, and canals. Paris: A. Combette, 1856. Folio: [2] ff.; 100 maps (occ. marginal soiling). Contemporary quarter red shagreen, marbled paper boards, gilt-ornamented spine with raised bands (spine slightly rubbed). Later ed. (1st 1838) incl. a large world map by A. Vuillemin, 86 departmental maps, 6 maps of the French colonial territories, 6 continental maps, and 1 large map of

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150 - 200 €

A New and Carefully Compiled Travel Atlas of the S

951 - A New and Carefully Compiled Travel Atlas of the Seventeenth-Century Netherlands; consisting of a collection of twenty carefully selected maps of the Seven United and Ten Austrian Dutch Provinces. Amsterdam: J. de Groot & G. Walnars; Leiden: S. and J. Luchtmans; Dordrecht: A. Blussé; Harlingen: V. van der Plaats, 1793. Obl. folio: [2] ff.; 20 folding maps (a few marginal spots). Contemporary half mottled sheepskin, mottled paper boards, spine with raised bands (some rubbing). Very rare atla

Estimación

1000 - 1.200 €

ROBERT de VAUGONDY, Gilles [Atlas of the Catholic

952 - ROBERT de VAUGONDY, Gilles [Atlas of the Catholic Netherlands]. No place, no publisher, 1748. Obl. 4to: 40 maps, borders hand-colored (a few with marginal stains). Contemporary marbled sheepskin, gilt-embossed spine with raised bands, red edges (rubbed). Rare atlas of the Southern Low Countries by Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766). Composed of a general map of the Low Countries, a locator map of Flanders followed by 9 large-scale maps, a locator map of Brabant followed by 10 large-scale ma

Estimación

600 - 800 €

AFFERDEN, Francisco de *El atlas abreviado, o Comp

953 - AFFERDEN, Francisco de El atlas abreviado, o Compendiosa geografia del mundo antiguo, y nuevo [...]. Third edition. Antwerp: H. & C. Verdussen, 1709. 8vo: [10, incl. frontispiece]–230–[2] pp.; 43 plates (fold of celestial map underlaid on verso, with occasional light spotting). Contemporary sheepskin, gilt-embossed spine with raised bands, red edges (top and bottom slightly damaged, some rubbing). Third edition of this rare pocket atlas by the clergyman F. de Afferden, printed in Antwe

Estimación

600 - 800 €

A custom-bound atlas containing 167 seventeenth-ce

954 - A custom-bound atlas containing 167 seventeenth-century maps, all but one hand-colored, mostly by Blaeu, Janssonius, and Visscher. Folio: title page, 167 double-page maps (some maps slightly discolored, a few with tiny spots, red ink from a wind rose smudged on a map of Denmark, a tiny hole in the title cartouche of a map of North Africa). Contemporary sheepskin, gilt-embossed spine with raised bands (spine and joints slightly rubbed, some minor restorations to corners and edges, traces of old g

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50.000 - 60.000 €

CLÜVER, Philipp *Introductionis in universam geogr

955 - CLÜVER, Philipp Introductionis in universam geographiam tam veterem quam novam libri vi [...]. Includes P. Bertii’s Breviarium Orbis Terrarum. Amsterdam: Elzevier Press, 1661. Small 12mo: [12 pp., incl. engraved title page]–388–[75] pp.; 40 plates (3 plates bound upside down, a few spots). Contemporary sheepskin, spine with raised bands, red-stained edges (somewhat rubbed, head and tail partially missing, corners bumped). 2nd 12mo ed., expanded with 38 maps, of Clüver’s first compr

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200 - 300 €

DUFOUR, Auguste Henri Universal Physical, Historic

956 - DUFOUR, Auguste Henri Universal Physical, Historical, and Political Atlas of Ancient and Modern Geography [...] engraved on steel by Ch. Dyonnet [...]. Paris: A. Le Chevalier [c. 1860] Folio; 40 maps (a few spots). Contemporary half black shagreen, flat spine (rubbed). Complete with 40 highly detailed engraved color maps on double pages, 9 of which relate to the ancient world and historical geography, and the others to modern geography, including maps of the continents and a world map.

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250 - 300 €

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad *Atlas minor praecipua orbis

957 - LOTTER, Tobias Conrad Atlas minor praecipua orbis terrarum imperia, regna et provincias, Germaniae potissimum [...]. Augsburg: T.C. Lotter [18th c.] Obl. 4to: title page and 20 maps (minor spotting, mostly on the title page). Sewn in contemporary mottled paper. Decorative small-format atlas consisting of an engraved title page, a world map divided into two hemispheres, 5 continental maps, 13 detailed maps—mostly of European regions but also of the Holy Land, Russia, and Turkey—and an engra

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500 - 600 €

PEETERS, Jacobus *The Abridged Atlas, or A New Des

958 - PEETERS, Jacobus The Abridged Atlas, or A New Description of the World, Drawn from the Best Authors of This Century. Antwerp: by the author, 1692. 8vo: [6, including frontispiece]–80 (of 82) pp.; 36 (of 42) pl. (6 maps (celestial map, world map, Persia, Philippines, Russia, Turkey); the last 2 text folios are missing; some staining or spotting). Contemporary vellum, flat spine (slightly soiled). Rare pocket-sized geography book with original, nicely colored frontispiece and 36 maps depicting

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250 - 300 €

ROBERT de VAUGONDY, [Gilles & Didier] Universa

959 - ROBERT de VAUGONDY, [Gilles & Didier] Universal Atlas. Paris: published by the authors, Boudet, 1757. Folio: [4 incl. engraved title page]-33-[1] pp.; 108 maps, all with colored borders (margin of the “Old World” map slightly soiled and restored, some margins reinforced, some small stains in the lower blank of map 72 (Bohemia), some light stains in the central fold of the last map (Dominica), very few marginal spots). Contemporary mottled sheepskin, richly gilt spine with raised bands, r

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3000 - 4.000 €

TIRION, Isaak *New and Concise Pocket Atlas, consi

960 - TIRION, Isaak New and Concise Pocket Atlas, consisting of a collection of some of the most general and essential maps; all in the Dutch language and compiled according to the very latest discoveries by L'Isle and others [...]. Amsterdam: I. Tirion, 1744 [= c. 1769] Folio: [2] ff.; 111 hand-colored maps (light creases along the central fold of the world map, very few marginal spots, clear marginal waterstain on the register leaf). Contemporary half-sheep, modern cloth boards, spine with raised

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10.000 - 15.000 €

VANDERMAELEN, Philippe Universal Atlas of Physical

961 - VANDERMAELEN, Philippe Universal Atlas of Physical, Political, Statistical, and Mineralogical Geography [...]. Brussels [P. Vandermaelen] 1827, 6 vols., folio: [4]-43-[1], [4], [4], [4], [4], [4] pp.; 388 hand-colored maps (water stain on the margin in the upper corner of vol. 1; occasional light toning in vol. 2; very few spots, but overall in good condition). Contemporary half-calf, marbled paper boards, spines with raised bands (some minor restorations to the spines, some light rubbing). Thir

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7000 - 8.000 €

BLAEU, Joan *The Great Atlas, or Blavian Cosmograp

962 - BLAEU, Joan The Great Atlas, or Blavian Cosmography. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [1967–1968], 12 vols., folio. Bound in richly gilt-decorated vellum-like artificial leather (slightly soiled, title labels beginning to fray). Complete facsimile edition in 12 vols. of the 1663 Amsterdam edition dedicated to Louis XIV’s minister Colbert. A sumptuous reprint limited to 1,000 copies; our copy is number 553.

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700 - 800 €

RAVOISIÉ, Amable. *Scientific Exploration of Alger

963 - RAVOISIÉ, Amable. Scientific Exploration of Algeria during the Years 1840, 1841, and 1842, published by order of the government and with the assistance of an academic commission. Fine Arts, Architecture, and Sculpture. Paris: F. Didot, 1846; 1 (of 2) vols., large folio; 66 plates (text not numbered, occasional spotting). Contemporary red shagreen quartering, marbled paper boards, gilt-ornamented spine with raised bands (joints slightly rubbed, corners bumped). First volume of this impressive

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300 - 400 €

DENON, Dominique-Vivant, *Plates from a Journey th

964 - DENON, Dominique-Vivant, Plates from a Journey through Lower and Upper Egypt. [London: S. Bagster, 1807] Large folio: 4 pp.; 107 (of 108) plates (some foxing, more concentrated on the front, title page, and in the final third of the volume; light water stains on a few plates; plate 77 has a short tear from handling). Contemporary three-quarter black straight-grained sheepskin, marbled-paper boards framed with gilt fillets, gilt- and blind-tooled spine with double raised bands, marbled edges (r

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750 - 900 €

SONNINI de MANONCOURT, Charles Nicolas Sigisbert,

965 - SONNINI de MANONCOURT, Charles Nicolas Sigisbert, Journey Through Upper and Lower Egypt, undertaken by order of the former government and containing observations of all kinds [...]. With a collection of 40 plates, engraved in intaglio by J.B.P. Tardieu [...]. Paris: F. Buisson, Year 7 of the Republic [1799] 3 vols. in-8°: [4]-vii-[1]-425-[3], [4]-417, [4]-424 pp. and 1 vol. in-4°: 40 plates protected by serpents (a few pinholes and slight foxing). Glazed veal leather with a root-pattern sign

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350 - 500 €

AMICIS, Edmondo de *Le Maroc* [...]. An illustrate

966 - AMICIS, Edmondo de Le Maroc [...]. An illustrated volume containing 174 woodcuts based on drawings by É. Bayard, C. Biseo, S. Ussi, etc. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1882; large quarto (some pinholes and foxing, especially in the margins; slight creasing on a few pages). Publisher’s cardboard binding, red cloth with black and gold decoration after Auguste Souze, gilt edges (covers slightly faded, spine slightly rubbed, minor scuffs on the cap and clamps, corners slightly rounded). Firs

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200 - 300 €

DAN, Pierre, *History of the Barbary States and Th

967 - DAN, Pierre, History of the Barbary States and Their Pirates. Containing a description of the kingdoms and cities of Algiers, Tunis, Salé, and Tripoli [...]. Written in French by [...] G. v. Broekhuizen. Followed by a second part, containing the events and histories between the States of the United Netherlands and those of the Barbary pirates [...] by S. de Vries. Amsterdam: J. ten Hoort, 1684. 3 parts in 1 vol., small 4to: [8 incl. engraved title page]-488-[20], [8]-178-[10], 36-[2] pp.; 20

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250 - 300 €

KOLB, Peter Description of the Cape of Good Hope,

968 - KOLB, Peter Description of the Cape of Good Hope, containing everything pertaining to the natural history of the country; the religion, customs, and traditions of the Hottentots; and the Dutch settlement [...]. Amsterdam: J. Catuffe, 1743. 3 vols., 12mo: [2]-xiii-[11]-428-[1], [16]-262, [20]-320 pp.; 28 (of 30) plates (frontispiece and 2 plates missing; pages partly slightly browned; some slight foxing). Contemporary mottled sheepskin, gilt-ornamented flat spines with red and black labels, marbl

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150 - 200 €

BERTRAND, Alfred. In the Land of the Ba-Rotsi. Upp

969 - BERTRAND, Alfred. In the Land of the Ba-Rotsi. Upper Zambezi. An Exploratory Journey Through Africa and Return via Victoria Falls, Matabeleland, the Transvaal, Natal, and Cape Town. Illustrated with 105 engravings and two maps. Paris: Hachette & Cie, 1898. Large 8vo (slight foxing throughout the frontispiece and on the two maps; very slight marginal tears at the map seams). Publisher’s cardboard binding with beveled edges, green cloth with decorative motifs and gold lettering, gilt title o

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120 - 150 €

LAING, Alexander Gordon. A Journey through the Tim

970 - LAING, Alexander Gordon. A Journey through the Timanni, the Kouranko, and the Soulimana, Regions of West Africa, Undertaken in 1822 [...]. Translated from the English by Messrs. Eyries and de Larenaudière, preceded by an Essay on the Progress of Geography in the Interior of Africa and on the Principal Exploratory Journeys Related to It by Mr. de Larenaudière [...]. Paris: Delaforest, A. Bertrand, 1826; 8vo: lxv–432 pp.; 1 map + 8 lith. pl. (some foxing and spotting affecting the plates as we

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200 - 300 €

OGILBY, John Africa: Being an Accurate Description

971 - OGILBY, John Africa: Being an Accurate Description of the Regions of Egypt, Barbary, Libya, and Billedulgerid [...]. London: Th. Johnson, 1670. Folio: [18, including frontispiece]–767–[1] pp.; 42 (of 46) plates (2 botanical plates and the views of Fort Witsen and Salvador are missing; a few spots). Modern sheepskin, gilt-embossed spine with raised bands. First edition of this extensive account of Africa, which is in fact largely a translation of Dapper’s “Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afr

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800 - 1.000 €

NIEUHOF, Johan, *A Memorable Sea and Land Journey

972 - NIEUHOF, Johan, A Memorable Sea and Land Journey to Brazil. Containing all that occurred during the same [...] [- A Sea and Land Journey through Various Regions of the East Indies, containing [...] in particular an extensive account of the city of Batavia [...]. Amsterdam: Wid. J. Van Meurs [= Anna Goelet] 1682, 2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [14 incl. frontispiece, coat of arms, and portrait]-240-[2], [4]-308-[4] pp.; 43 (of 49) plates (6 plates missing [coconut tree, Indian fig tree, date palm, c

Estimación

1500 - 2.000 €

BENOIT, Pierre-Jacques *Voyage à Surinam*. Descrip

973 - BENOIT, Pierre-Jacques Voyage à Surinam. Description of the Dutch Possessions in Guyana [...]. Brussels: Société des Beaux-Arts, Dewasme and Laurent, 1839. Folio; 47 (of 50) plates. (plates 34, 35, and 36 missing; lower part of plate 40 cut out; some marginal spotting). Contemporary half shagreen, percaline boards, gilt-ornamented flat spine (boards slightly faded, corners slightly bumped). First edition of the work by the Belgian P.-J. Benoit (1782–1854), who traveled to Suriname in 1830

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300 - 400 €

WIENER, Charles. Peru and Bolivia. A Travelogue Fo

974 - WIENER, Charles. Peru and Bolivia. A Travelogue Followed by Archaeological and Ethnographic Studies and Notes on the Writing Systems and Languages of the Indigenous Peoples [...]. Paris: Hachette, 1880. Large 8vo (a few faint foxing spots throughout). Illustrated cardboard binding with gilt edges (spines and caps rubbed, corners worn, inner spine split, but overall in fine condition). First edition illustrated with color fold-out maps and a multitude of drawings within the text or as full-page i

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150 - 200 €

PORTLOCK, Nathaniel: Voyages to the Northwest Coas

975 - PORTLOCK, Nathaniel: Voyages to the Northwest Coast of America. Undertaken in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. By Captains Nathaniel Portlock and George Dixon. Compiled and translated from their original travel accounts. Amsterdam: M. Schalekamp, 1795. 4to: [4]-265-[1] pp.; 8 (of 9) plates (missing plate of a young woman named Charlotta, with occasional spotting). Contemporary half mottled sheepskin, mottled paper boards, spine with raised bands (joints partly split, some rubbing, corners s

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300 - 400 €

KIRCHER, Athanasius *A Panorama of China*, reveale

976 - KIRCHER, Athanasius A Panorama of China, revealed and glorified through numerous monuments—both spiritual and secular—various manifestations of nature and art, and evidence of many other memorable things. Amsterdam: J. Janssonius van Waesberge & the widow E. Weyerstraten [= Sara Janssonius], 1668. Folio: [12 incl. frontispiece]–286–[10] pp.; 25 pl. (quire O bound after P, occasional spotting and light toning, some marginal water stains). Contemporary sheepskin, gilt-ornamented spin

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1000 - 1.200 €

NIEUHOF, Johan. The Mission of the Dutch East Indi

977 - NIEUHOF, Johan. The Mission of the Dutch East India Company to the Great Tartar Khan, the Present Emperor of China [...]. Illustrated with over 150 engravings, drawn from life in China. Amsterdam: Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693. 2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [8, including frontispiece]-208, 258-[9] pp.; 35 (of 37) pl. (the plate “Paolinxi” is missing, as is often the case, as well as the plate depicting the military formation; part of the title is missing without los

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1000 - 1.200 €

ROUSSELET, Louis *India of the Rajahs*. A Journey

978 - ROUSSELET, Louis India of the Rajahs. A Journey Through Central India and the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal [...]. Illustrated with 317 woodcuts [...] and six maps. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1875; large quarto (slight water stain on the margin of one page; rare and very minor stains). Publisher’s hardcover binding, red cloth with black and gold decoration based on a design by A. Souze, gilt edges (slight rubbing on the covers, a few small scuffs on the spines, spine, and caps, ro

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200 - 300 €

KAEMPFER, Engelbert *Natural, Civil, and Ecclesias

979 - KAEMPFER, Engelbert Natural, Civil, and Ecclesiastical History of the Empire of Japan: written in German [...] and translated into French from the English version by Jean-Gaspar Scheuchzer [...]. A work enriched with numerous illustrations drawn from life by the author himself. Amsterdam: P. Gosse & J. Neaulme, 1729, 2 vols., folio: [10, incl. frontispiece]-lii-217, [4]-313-73-73/96 pp.; 43 (of 45) pl. (plates 24 and 42 missing, hole in the fold of the map). Contemporary marbled sheepskin,

Estimación

1500 - 2.000 €

BRUYN, Cornelis de Voyages au Levant, c'est-à-dire

980 - BRUYN, Cornelis de Voyages au Levant, c'est-à-dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie Mineure [...] [- par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes orientales. Enriched with a large number of figures [...]]. The Hague P. Gosse & J. Neaulme 1732 5 vols, 4to: [14 incl. front.-portrait]-648-[12], [2]-565-[12], [6]-520-[12], [2]-522-[10], [2]-498-[14] pp.; 5 maps, 85 pl. (occ. spotting and soiling throughout, mostly marg.; hole in title and first ff. restored in vol. 2, corner front flyleaf of v

Estimación

2500 - 3.000 €

LEGUAT, François. *Travels and Adventures of Franç

981 - LEGUAT, François. Travels and Adventures of François Leguat and His Companions on Two Deserted Islands in the East Indies [...]. The whole work is illustrated with maps and figures. London: D. Mortier, 1708. 2 vols., 12mo: [14, incl. frontispiece]–xxviii (of xxx)–164, [4, incl. frontispiece]–180–[34] pp.; 29 (of 32) pl. (3 pl. missing in vol. 1, missing pp. xxix–xxx from the introduction in vol. 1, some pl. split along folds or with tears in folds, marginal hole in pl. p. 36 in vol

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300 - 400 €

SOLTYKOV, Aleksey *Journey to Persia*. Third editi

982 - SOLTYKOV, Aleksey Journey to Persia. Third edition. Paris: V. Lecou, 1854. Large 8vo; frontispiece and 21 plates protected with tissue guards (some foxing). Contemporary half red shagreen, blind-ruled red buckram on covers, gilt ornamented spine with raised bands, as-is (slightly rubbed, minor stains). Third edition of the travel account of a journey undertaken by Prince Soltykov in Persia in 1838. Illustrated with 22 lithographs on tinted backgrounds, based on the author’s drawings, depicti

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100 - 120 €

BOGAERTS, Abraham Historical Journeys Through the

983 - BOGAERTS, Abraham Historical Journeys Through the Eastern Parts of Asia; Being a Historical Description of Those Kingdoms and Regions [...]. Amsterdam: N. ten Hoorn, 1711. 4to: [16, incl. frontispiece]–604–[8] pp.; 11 (of 16) plates (5 plates missing; occasional spotting; some light marginal water stains in the upper corner of the last part). Contemporary vellum, flat spine (soiled, back joint partially split and weakening, corners bumped). First edition of this travelogue by the pharmacist

Estimación

600 - 800 €

SONNERAT, Pierre, *Journey to the East Indies and

984 - SONNERAT, Pierre, Journey to the East Indies and China, Undertaken by Order of the King, from 1774 to 1781 [...]. Paris: the Author, Froulé, Nyon & Barrois, 1782, 2 vols., 4to: xv-[1]-317-[1], [i-iv]-[8]-v/viii-298 pp.; 140 plates (8 pp. of the subscribers’ list erroneously placed between the title page and the table of contents in vol. 2; pages partly browned, foxing, occasional spotting). Contemporary tortoiseshell calf, gilt-ruled boards, gilt-ornamented spines with raised bands and

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1000 - 1.500 €

LE ROY, Jacques *Notitia marchionatus Sacri Romani

985 - LE ROY, Jacques Notitia marchionatus Sacri Romani Imperii, hoc est urbis et agri Antverpiensis [...]. Amsterdam: F. Lamminga, 1678. Folio: engraved title page, 504, [4] pp. (missing typographical title, dedication to Charles II, map of the Diocese of Antwerp, and 3 plates (Schilde, Monikhoven, and Turnhout—the famous Taxandria), right edge of the view of Tongerloo missing, some small tears in the folds, occasional spotting, marginal ink stain on some leaves at the end). Contemporary sheepski

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800 - 1.000 €

[DAMSEAUX, Émile de] Album of the Province of Brab

986 - [DAMSEAUX, Émile de] Album of the Province of Brabant. The Castles. Mons: E. Dacquin [c. 1870] In-8°, bound; 24 plates (some with foxing). Brown percaline cloth, smooth spine (slightly rubbed, inner joints partially split). A collection of castle views finely lithographed by Vasseur based on photographs by Damseaux. Ref. Van der Marck 204–205.

Estimación

100 - 150 €

The Great Sacred Theater of the Duchy of Brabant [

987 - The Great Sacred Theater of the Duchy of Brabant [...]. The Hague: G. Block, 1734; 4 parts in 3 vols., in-f°: [6]–176, [2]–177/394–40, [2]–212–[2]–134–14 pp.; 278 ill. (some foxing or spots, some leaves and plates slightly browned, a small hole and marginal worm damage on the first leaves of the 2nd vol.). Speckled calfskin, spine with gilt floral raised bands featuring title and volume number labels, edges marbled red (rubbed, covers slightly flaked, one cap missing and another w

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600 - 800 €

[LE ROY, Jacques] Delights of the Nobility, contai

988 - [LE ROY, Jacques] Delights of the Nobility, containing more than two hundred views and perspectives of the principal country estates and other beautiful buildings of the illustrious families of the Netherlands [...]. Amsterdam: A. Braakman, 1706. Oblong 4to: [6]–23 pp.; 195 (of 202) plates (plates 115, 154, 161, 166, 167, 180, and 181 missing; some marginal water stains affecting only plates 18–19). Contemporary sheepskin, spine with raised bands (spine rebacked, corners restored). Rare edit

Estimación

800 - 1.200 €

LE ROY, Jacques *The Great Secular Theater of the

989 - LE ROY, Jacques The Great Secular Theater of the Duchy of Brabant. [...]. To which has been added the Topographical and Historical Description of Walloon Brabant [...]. The Hague, Chr. Van Lom 1730 In-f°: [4]-64-[4]-151-[13] pp.; 73 ill. (slightly browned, sporadic foxing, last plate of Book III trimmed flush with the top margin). Marbled calfskin of the period, spine with raised bands and gilt fleurons with a red title label, edges mottled with red (rubbed, covers heavily flaked, head cap

Estimación

600 - 800 €

[FRICX, Georges] Description of the City of Brusse

990 - [FRICX, Georges] Description of the City of Brussels, with a Map of the City and Views. Brussels: J.L. de Boubers, 1782. 12mo; 5 plates (text unmarked, some outer edges lightly soiled). Contemporary quarter-sheep binding, marbled paper boards, flat spine (some light rubbing). Illustrated with a large fold-out map of Brussels in 1782 by J.-F. La Rue and 4 fold-out views (the Place Royale with the statue of Charles of Lorraine, the Minerva Fountain in the Sablon, a view of the canal and the Place

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120 - 150 €

MADOU, Jean-Baptiste *Souvenirs de Bruxelles*. [Br

991 - MADOU, Jean-Baptiste Souvenirs de Bruxelles. [Brussels] Dero-Becker, Lith. by Burggraaff [1827] Obl. 4to: title and 12 plates (some spotting, marginal stain on the plate “Bal masqué”). Later half-brown shagreen, marbled paper boards, flat spine (spine slightly faded, some very light rubbing). Series of 12 lithographs, including, among others, “Promenade aux Etangs en Janvier,” Manneken-Pis, “Horse Race on the Mon-Plaisir Plain,” etc. Enriched with a map of Brussels by J.B. Valluet

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100 - 150 €

SANDERUS, Antonius *Verheerlykt Vlaandre*, contain

992 - SANDERUS, Antonius Verheerlykt Vlaandre, containing a general and accurate description of that county and of its general and specific laws [...]. Leiden: J. Vander Deyster; Rotterdam, J.-D. Beman; The Hague, C. & F. Boucquet 1735, 3 parts in 2 vols., folio: [6]-267, [4]-180-[4]-113-[52] pp.; 184 (of 186) plates (plate of Oudenaarde town hall and 1 view missing; map of “Burgi Gandensis” slightly toned; plan of Nieuwpoort loose; occasional spotting). Contemporary sheepskin, triple gilt f

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800 - 1.000 €

VASSE, Jacques-Abraham-Antoine *The Picturesque Pr

993 - VASSE, Jacques-Abraham-Antoine The Picturesque Province of Namur [...]. Namur: F.J. Douxfils; Wasse, n.d. Obl. 4to: 70 plates (some spotting or toning, some leaves loose or coming loose). Contemporary blue percaline with original wrapper pasted on the front board (bookblock loosening, slightly soiled). Album containing 70 lithographs of castles, ruins, and abbeys in the province of Namur, based on drawings by Antoine-Abraham Vasse (1800–1859), and lithographed by, among others, Fourmois, Kin

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150 - 200 €

PÖLLNITZ, Karl Ludwig von, *Amusements of the Wate

994 - PÖLLNITZ, Karl Ludwig von, Amusements of the Waters of Spa [...]. Second edition. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, 1735. 2 vols., small 8vo (a few slight pinholes and minor foxing; page 10 is detached but complete; loose plates except for one in Vol. II). 19th-century grained half-calf, covers of laid paper, spine with gilt floral raised bands and red title and volume number labels (repair with adhesive tape at the bottom of the quire in vol. II, pp. 160–161). Second edition (orig.: 1734) of this fam

Estimación

150 - 200 €

WAUTERS, Alphonse *The Delights of Belgium* [or *A

995 - WAUTERS, Alphonse The Delights of Belgium [or A Historical, Picturesque, and Monumental Description of This Kingdom [...]. Illustrated with a map and one hundred plates [...]]. Brussels: Printed by the Society of Fine Arts, 1844. In-8° (some foxing). Red half-shagreen from the period, percaline covers, smooth spine (spine rubbed, corners worn). First edition. Despite the title’s statement, the number of plates varies between 102 and approximately 120 plates by Lauters, Stroobant, Bielski,

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250 - 300 €

PIGANIOL de LA FORCE, Jean-Aymar *Description of P

996 - PIGANIOL de LA FORCE, Jean-Aymar Description of Paris, Versailles, Marly, Saint-Cloud, Fontainebleau, and All the Other Beautiful Houses and Castles in the Vicinity of Paris [...]. Paris: Th. Legras, 1742; 8 vols., in-12; 84 leaves (slightly browned, with pinholes and minor foxing throughout; a few small tears without loss; one repair to a map in vol. IV). Polished calfskin from the province, spine with gilt floral raised bands featuring green title and volume number labels, polychrome marbled

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400 - 600 €

THIÉRY, Luc-Vincent *Paris as It Was Before the Re

997 - THIÉRY, Luc-Vincent Paris as It Was Before the Revolution, or A Reasoned Description of This City and Its Suburbs […], to Serve as a Guide for French and Foreign Enthusiasts and Travelers […]. Paris: Delaplace, Year IV [1795–1796], 2 vols., in-12: 784, 739 pp. (titles slightly soiled, paper somewhat browned, foxing and pinholes, a few plates partially , a few margin tears without loss). Modern navy blue half-chagrin, marbled paper covers, ribbed spine. Untrimmed copy. Revolutionary edit

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150 - 180 €

PETIT, Victor. Bagnères-de-Luchon and Its Surround

998 - PETIT, Victor. Bagnères-de-Luchon and Its Surroundings. [Memories of the Pyrenees]. Bagnères-de-Luchon: Dulon [19th c.], 4to, obl.; 58 plates (plate 13 [part of a panoramic view] loose, some spotting or light staining). Published in a quarter shagreen binding with ornate percaline boards and a flat spine (worn, lower board loose). Album containing various series with 58 views of the Pyrenees, drawn and lithographed by the French artist Petit (1781–1871).

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120 - 150 €

[ZEILLER, Martin]; MERIAN, Caspar *Topographia Gal

999 - [ZEILLER, Martin]; MERIAN, Caspar Topographia Galliae, that is, a General and Detailed Description of the Land and Places of the Mighty Kingdom of France [...]. Amsterdam: Wid. J. Broersz. [= Willemijntje Broersz.] & C. Merian [- C. Merian, B. & J.J. Appelaer] 1660 [-1663] 4 vols., folio: [8 incl. engraved title page]-374-[6], [4 incl. engraved title page]-184-[4], [4 incl. engraved title page]-420-[4], [4 incl. engraved title page]-743-[5] pp.; 324 plates (1 map in vol. 4 loose; some

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4000 - 5.000 €

SALMON, Thomas, *Contemporary History, or the Pres

1000 - SALMON, Thomas, Contemporary History, or the Present State of All Nations; Vol. VIII [- IX], containing the continuation [...] of the German Empire [...]. Amsterdam: I. Tirion, 1736–1737, 2 vols., 8vo: [8, incl. frontispiece]–10–670–[10], [6, incl. frontispiece]–673–[15] pp.; 17 pl. (marg. clear dampstaining in the middle of vol. 1, occasional spotting). Contemporary vellum, ink-titled flat spines (slightly soiled). Stand-alone parts of the Dutch translation of “Modern History”

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150 - 180 €

DAPPER, Olfert: A Detailed Description of Morea, f

1001 - DAPPER, Olfert: A Detailed Description of Morea, formerly the Peloponnese; and the Islands Located off the Coasts of Morea, and Within and Outside the Gulf of Venice [...]. Amsterdam: Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1688. Folio: [8, including engraved title page]–40–56–25/168-[12]-120-105/116-121/164-[6] pp.; 17 pl. (occasional spotting, slight wormtrack on the first few folios, slight tear without loss in the map of the Peloponnese, tear in the fold of the plan of C

Estimación

800 - 1.000 €

CAPMARTIN de CHAUPY, Bertrand, *Discovery of Horac

1002 - CAPMARTIN de CHAUPY, Bertrand, Discovery of Horace’s Country House. A useful work for understanding this author, and one that provides an opportunity to discuss a considerable number of ancient sites [...]. Rome, “printed by Zempel (Vol. II: Komareck), published by Jean Ughetti” 1767–1769, 3 vols., in-8°: lxxx–[4]–366, xvi–477 (i.e., 479), xvi-574 (i.e., 534)-[1] pp.; 2 half-titles (page numbering errors: Vol. II, pp. 31 and 32 repeated; Vol. III, pp. 401–440 omitted; slight f

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120 - 150 €

MERIGOT, James. *A Select Collection of Views and

1003 - MERIGOT, James. A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and Its Vicinity. Recently executed from drawings made on the spot. London: Robinsons, White, Faulder, Evans [c. 1814]. Folio: [36] ff.; 62 pl. (very few spots). Half red shagreen, signed “George Harding, bookbinder, Chester,” gilt-decorated red title label on the upper board, marbled paper boards, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands (rather heavily rubbed). Later edition of this marvelous selection of views of Rome and its

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2000 - 3.000 €

PETIT-RADEL, Philippe Historical, Chorographic, an

1004 - PETIT-RADEL, Philippe Historical, Chorographic, and Philosophical Journey Through the Principal Cities of Italy, in 1811 and 1812. Paris: Chanson, F. Didot, 1815. 3 vols., 8vo (n.c., a few spots or stains). Contemporary half-sheep, marbled paper boards, flat spines, blue-stained edges (corners slightly bumped). Travel account of Italy by the French physician, surgeon, and writer Petit-Radel (1749–1815), best known as the editor of the two-volume section of the Encyclopédie méthodique devot

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100 - 150 €

GUALDO PRIORATO, Galeazzo, *Teatro del Belgio*, or

1005 - GUALDO PRIORATO, Galeazzo, Teatro del Belgio, or a Description of the Seventeen Provinces of Belgium; with maps of the cities and principal fortresses [...]. Frankfurt, n.p., 1673. Folio: [12 (incl. frontispiece)]–148–[6] pp. (small tear and marginal loss restored, slightly trimming the image on the frontispiece; title page slightly soiled with a small marginal hole; minor restoration in the tail margin, and slight ink bleed-through from the signature on the verso, occasional foxing or spo

Estimación

1000 - 1.500 €

2 travel accounts and 1 work on the Low Countries.

1006 - 2 travel accounts and 1 work on the Low Countries. 8vo or 12mo (occasional spotting). Bound; one signed Michel Pirnay. 1. Camus, A.G. - A Journey Through the Newly Annexed Departments, and Through the Departments of the Bas-Rhin, the Nord, the Pas-de-Calais, and the Somme [...]. Paris, Baudouin, 1803. - 2. Kickx, J.; Quetelet, A. - Account of a Journey to the Han Cave in August 1822 [...]. Brussels, De Mat, 1823. - 3. Pimpurniaux, J. - Legends of Namur [...]. Namur, Leroux, 1837. (Some light wat

Estimación

200 - 250 €

[CHRISTYN, Jean-Baptiste] The Delights of the Neth

1007 - [CHRISTYN, Jean-Baptiste] The Delights of the Netherlands, or a Geographical and Historical Description of the Seventeen Belgian Provinces. Paris, Antwerp: C.M. Spanoghe, 1786. 7 vols., 8vo (no date, occasional spotting, some pages cut rather short). 20th-century half-sheep binding, gilt-ornamented flat spines, marbled paper boards, blue edges (some light rubbing). This 8th ed. (the title incorrectly states “septième”) of the popular topographical work on the Low Countries was printed in An

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100 - 120 €

GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico, *Description of All the Ne

1008 - GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico, Description of All the Netherlands; Otherwise Known as Lower Germany [...]: With all the maps of the aforementioned lands, and many naturalistic engravings of the cities [...]. Amsterdam: W.J. Blaeu, 1612. Folio: [12]-396-[28] pp.; 94 plates (plate of the New Church in Amsterdam and Middelburg City Hall missing; general map of the Low Countries; plate of Amsterdam City Hall and Beurs loose; a few spots). Contemporary vellum, blind-stamped boards, spine with raised bands

Estimación

1500 - 2.000 €

MERIAN, Caspar; ZEILLER, Martin *Topographia Germa

1009 - MERIAN, Caspar; ZEILLER, Martin Topographia Germaniae-Inferioris vel Circuli-Burgundici, that is, a description and illustration of the most notable places in the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands or the Burgundian Crown. Frankfurt am Main: C. Merian, n.d. Folio: [4 incl. engraved title page]–283–[20] pp.; 120 plates (a few spots; some folds, slightly soiled). Contemporary vellum, flat spine, blue edges (some light soiling). A splendid description of the Low Countries, with a wealth o

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1800 - 2.000 €

BERTHOLET, Jean. Ecclesiastical and Civil History

1010 - BERTHOLET, Jean. Ecclesiastical and Civil History of the Duchy of Luxembourg and the County of Chiny. Luxembourg: A. Chevalier, 1741–1743, 8 vols., in-4° (text intact, waterstains and small margin cut at the bottom of the title page with paper reinforcement, slight tear without loss to the loose-leaf plate, water stains on the portrait and in places in a few vols., more concentrated in vols. IV, V, and VIII, the latter with a few dark spots at the top and 2 ff. heavily stained with tears repa

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400 - 600 €

[LADOUCETTE, Jean-Charles-François] A Journey Made

1011 - [LADOUCETTE, Jean-Charles-François] A Journey Made in 1813 and 1814 Through the Region Between the Meuse and the Rhine, Followed by Notes, with a Map. Paris: A. Eymery; Aachen, Laruelle 1818, 8vo (unmarked, a few spots). Contemporary quarter-sheep binding, marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands (corners slightly bumped, joints slightly rubbed). Illustrated with a large folding map. Ref. Barbier IV:1089d. Joined: Oudiette, Ch. - Dictionnaire géographique et topographique des treize dépa

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120 - 150 €

TIRION, Isaak Atlas of Zeeland; containing accurat

1012 - TIRION, Isaak Atlas of Zeeland; containing accurate maps of all the islands [...]. Along with city plans and views, illustrations of the most important public buildings [...]. As well as portraits of some of the most renowned statesmen and naval heroes. Amsterdam: I. Tirion, 1760. Folio: [4] ff.; 100 pl. (some maps slightly age-toned, very few spots). Contemporary calf, gilt-ornamented spine with raised bands, speckled edges (covers and flyleaves renewed, corners untidily restored). Large-paper

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1500 - 2.000 €

[Het verheerlykt Nederland of Kabinet van hedendaa

1013 - [Het verheerlykt Nederland of Kabinet van hedendaagsche gezigten [...]]. 18th-century 8vo: 47 ff. (light soiling on plates 16 and 18, some toning). Contemporary marbled paper, flat spine, red edges (slightly rubbed). Plates comprising only the first part of this topographical work on the Netherlands, originally published by I. Tirion. Illustrated with 100 engraved views on 47 ff. (6 of which are double-page spreads).

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100 - 150 €

BERGIER, Nicolas *History of the Major Roads of th

1014 - BERGIER, Nicolas History of the Major Roads of the Roman Empire, detailing the origin, development, and almost unbelievable extent of the military roads, paved from the city of Rome to the farthest reaches of its Empire [...]. New edition [...] enriched with maps and illustrations. Brussels: J. Léonard, 1728. 2 vols., 4to: [46]-602, [2]-[603]/909-[29] pp.; 7 (of 8) plates (browning, some spotting and/or foxing throughout). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt-decorated spines with raised bands and

Estimación

250 - 350 €

SHACKLETON, Ernest (Sir), *My Expedition to the So

1015 - SHACKLETON, Ernest (Sir), My Expedition to the South Pole, 1914–1917. Translated by M.-L. Landel. Tours: A. Mame & Fils, n.d. In-4°. Publisher’s cloth binding, green cloth with polychrome decoration, gilt edges (spine and top cover worn and scuffed, cap ends worn). Numerous photographic reproductions and maps, including 1 fold-out.

Estimación

50 - 100 €

BOURGOING, Jean-François de. *A Picture of Modern

1016 - BOURGOING, Jean-François de. A Picture of Modern Spain. Third edition, corrected and substantially expanded. Paris; Strasbourg: Levrault Brothers, 1803. 3 vols., 8vo; 14 plates (text undated, occasional spotting). Contemporary half red shagreen, marbled paper boards, flat spines, yellow edges (corners slightly bumped). 3rd ed. of these political, economic, military, and social observations by de Bourgoing (1745–1811), a French diplomat, writer, and cartographer who lived in Spain for 10 yea

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150 - 200 €

Illustrated Switzerland. A Historical Description

1017 - Illustrated Switzerland. A Historical Description of Its Twenty-Two Cantons [...]. Illustrated with beautiful steel engravings [...]. Paris: Didier, 1851, 2 vols., in-8°; 92 plates (text unmarked, some foxing). Blue half-basane from the publisher, marbled paper covers, smooth spines (slightly rubbed). Illustrated with 92 plates taken from Alpes pittoresques: 2 colored fold-out maps (a general map and one of Lake Geneva), 70 steel engravings, mostly after Girard, and 20 woodcuts or lithographs

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120 - 150 €

[BRIDEL, Philippe Sirice] A Picturesque Journey fr

1018 - [BRIDEL, Philippe Sirice] A Picturesque Journey from Basel to Biel Through the Mottiers-Grandval Valleys. Plates drawn by Pierre Birmann, accompanied by a text by the author of The Race from Basel to Biel. Basel: P. Birmann (printed by J. Decker), 1802. Obl. folio: [76] pp.; 37 pl. (foxing and spotting throughout; some tissue guards torn; 2 missing). Contemporary three-quarter green long-grained sheepskin, marbled paper on boards, gilt-ornamented flat spine (rubbed, scratches on caps and joint

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750 - 900 €

DAMPIER, William A New Voyage Round the World [...

1019 - DAMPIER, William A New Voyage Round the World [...]. [- Supplement to A Voyage Round the World. Containing a description of Achin, a city in Sumatra, the kingdom of Tonkin, and other places in the Indies, and the Bay of Campeche [...]. With a treatise on the winds prevailing throughout the torrid zone. Enriched with engravings and figures [...]. Amsterdam: P. Marret, 1701. 2 (of 3) vols., 12mo: [16 (incl. frontispiece)]-340-[3], [54 (incl. frontispiece)]-351-[1 blank page]-104 pp.; 15 plates (oc

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120 - 150 €

Meyer's Universum, or Illustrations and Descriptio

1020 - Meyer's Universum, or Illustrations and Descriptions of the Most Noteworthy and Remarkable Aspects of Nature and Art Throughout the World. Hildburghausen & New York: Bibliographisches Institut [19th c.] 15 vols., obl. 8vo (n.c., occasional spotting and staining). Contemporary quarter-sheep binding, marbled paper boards, flat spines (light rubbing). Richly illustrated series containing numerous steel engravings. Our set contains 2 vols. of "Payne's Universum" (parts 5 & 6, Leipzig, 1846��

Estimación

300 - 400 €

NICANDER, Karl August *Pittoreskt universum, or Sc

1021 - NICANDER, Karl August Pittoreskt universum, or Scenes from the Entire Known World. Stockholm: A. Bonnier, 1838. Obl. 8vo; 48 plates (text n.c., text somewhat discolored, some spotting or staining, tear in the plate of Bornhofen Monastery [restored on the reverse] and Rouen). First volume only. Illustrated with 48 steel engravings of cities in Europe (Venice, Munich, Seville) as well as Africa (Cape Town, Giza) and Asia (Haridwar, Nanjing). Bound with: Prime du journal les modes parisiennes.

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100 - 150 €

PRÉVOST, Antoine François; [et al.] General Histor

1022 - PRÉVOST, Antoine François; [et al.] General History of Travel, or A New Collection of All Accounts of Voyages by Sea and Land That Have Been Published to Date in the Various Languages of All Known Nations [...]. Paris: Didot, 1746–1761, 16 (of 20) vols., in-4° (no date, some light foxing). Contemporary marbled calf, gilt-decorated spines with raised bands, red title labels and green volume number labels, red edges (light signs of wear). A fine set in good condition. First edition of the fir

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1200 - 1.500 €

PRÉVOST, Antoine François *General History of Trav

1023 - PRÉVOST, Antoine François General History of Travel, or New Collection of All Accounts of Voyages by Sea and Land That Have Been Published to Date in the Various Languages of All Known Nations [...]. Enriched with geographical maps [...], plans, and perspectives; illustrations of animals, plants, clothing, antiquities, etc. New edition [...]. The Hague: P. De Hondt, 1747–1749, 9 (of 25) vols., 4to (no date, occasional spotting, some wormholes in the first part of vol. 3). Contemporary marb

Estimación

300 - 400 €

The French Traveler, or An Account of the Old and

1024 - The French Traveler, or An Account of the Old and New Worlds, compiled by Abbé Delaporte. Third edition. Paris: L. Cellot, 1769–1791, 33 vols., in-12 (no title page; a few pinholes, foxing and browning; slight water stains, especially on the margins of a few folios; rare scorch marks and minor marginal tears; handwritten annotations in pencil on 1 endpaper of vol. I, 2 leaves pasted into vol. XIV). Marbled calf from the period, spine with gilded floral raised bands featuring title labels and

Estimación

100 - 150 €

Album amicorum of Cornelis Booth. 1627–1628. Oblon

1025 - Album amicorum of Cornelis Booth. 1627–1628. Oblong, ca. 10 x 14 cm: [170] ff. (including many blank pages), paper, with inscriptions in Latin, French, and Greek. Contemporary blind-decorated vellum, blue edges, green cloth ties. Very good condition. Cornelis Booth (1605–1678), son of the Utrecht preacher Everard Booth (1577–1610; whose album is Utrecht Ms. 1686) studied medicine in Leiden and Caen (graduated October 1628). In Utrecht, he served as a physician, librarian for the city and t

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1200 - 1.500 €

Gospel According to Matthew in Middle Dutch. [Neth

1026 - Gospel According to Matthew in Middle Dutch. [Netherlands, c. 1400] 16mo, 15.5 x 11 cm: vellum, Middle Dutch, written in a skilled Gothic script, traces of ruling (first leaf missing, margins of f. [1] cut away, portions cut from 2 ff. at the end of chapter 19, with loss of the initial opening chapter 20 and of several letters or words on 4 lines, very occasional foxing and light soiling, some waterstains along the outer margins). 18th-century calf, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands and a r

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1200 - 1.500 €

"Quaestiones scripturisticae ex veteri testamento"

1027 - "Quaestiones scripturisticae ex veteri testamento". S.l. [c. 1794] 12mo: [53] ff. + a few blanks, laid paper, brown ink, Latin, 2nd leaf in another hand (a few leaves cut off, occasional spotting, later blue-ink title on upper flyleaf). Rebound in an old blind-embossed vellum binding, with contemporary ink ornamentation and title on the spine (spotting and stains on the flyleaves). The collection is organized according to the scholastic method in the form of questions and answers. Probably a stu

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150 - 200 €

MASTER OF THE GENEVA LATINI (or his workshop) Book

1028 - MASTER OF THE GENEVA LATINI (or his workshop) Book of Hours, Parisian Rite, in Latin with prayers in French. Rouen, c. 1495, 8vo, 21.8 x 14.5 cm: 136 leaves, vellum, Gothic script, brown ink on 21 lines (writing area 13.0 x 7.5 cm), rubricated, initials, 56 miniatures, every page with a three-quarter floral border (18.5 x 10.5/11.0 cm) (some images slightly chipped in places). In very fine condition. 17th-century binding: gray-pink velvet over parchment over wooden boards, gilt edges, 1 blank fl

Estimación

80.000 - 100.000 €

MASTER OF THE GENEVA LATINI (follower of) Book of

1029 - MASTER OF THE GENEVA LATINI (follower of) Book of Hours, in Latin, purpose unknown. Northern France (probably Rouen), c. 1475–1480. Small 4to, 19.5 x 14.0 cm: [120] ff., vellum, Latin text in a brown Gothic script on 15 lines (writing area 10.0 x 7.6 cm), 3 paper endleaves on each side (traces of cuts along the inner margin in several places; probably missing 3 or 4 leaves; some small clear stains or light smudges in the text and on 2 miniatures; later marginal annotation on 85v°). 16th-centu

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12.000 - 15.000 €

"The Devotion of the People of Esluz, Ever Ancient

1030 - "The Devotion of the People of Esluz, Ever Ancient and Ever New: Jesus Christ, Captive of Love in the Sacrament of the Altar, in the State of Victim and Sacrifice, Until the End of the World." [Luxembourg] 1673 C. 13.5 x 8.5 cm: [2 bl., 9, 1 bl., 4]-348-[4, 8 bl.] pp., paper, French, fine handwriting with a few corrections. Antique dark morocco leather, cold-stamped, with chiseled gilt edges (some scuffing). Good condition. A devotional manuscript intended for the use of the “benefactors of th

Estimación

2500 - 3.000 €

A Clear Mirror of the True Maids of Christ. In whi

1031 - A Clear Mirror of the True Maids of Christ. In which they may fully discern how they must adorn the inner beauty or appearance of their souls [...]. [Sint-Truiden?] 1535–1546 8vo, 17.1 x 11.9 cm: 273 paper leaves (13.5 x 7.0 cm), cursive script, 17 vellum leaves with mounted hand-colored engravings (a few wormholes in the lower margin of the first 30 leaves, slight chipping of paint on some illustrations, staining on some leaves). Overall in very good condition. Binding dated 1601: brown calf

Estimación

30.000 - 40.000 €

RACLOT, J. "The Christian Devotion, or Morning and

1032 - RACLOT, J. "The Christian Devotion, or Morning and Evening Prayers with a Short Exercise for Every Day of the Week. Brussels, 1710.” Small 4to: [2]-320 pp. (2 folios missing; lower margin of title page trimmed; curious smudge—not obscuring the text—on the illustration of the burning heart; heavy foxing on the frame of the Tuesday prayers). Red morocco leather of the era, covers edged with a gilt fillet featuring angular fleurons, spine with gilt fleurons and raised bands, gilt roll on the

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150 - 200 €

DELIERS, J.A. Two volumes written by the student “

1033 - DELIERS, J.A. Two volumes written by the student “In Collegio publico Sti Vedasti Duacensi,” Antonius Josephus Deliers (“ex quarbecque”), containing philosophy courses (logic and metaphysics) taught by Professors Le Beau and (Nicolaus) Decocq. Douai, October 1777–June 1778; approx. 18 x 12.5 cm, paper, Latin, in a single hand. Vol. I: 2 parts: [1, 1 blank page]–229 (= 228)–[1, 1 blank page], [1, 1 blank page]–333–[4, 5 blank pages] pp.; II: [1, 1 blank leaf, 1]–339 pp. Contem

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100 - 150 €

[ANCHEMANT, Ferdinand] "Genealogy of the House of

1034 - [ANCHEMANT, Ferdinand] "Genealogy of the House of Anchemant." [Bruges? c. 1660] In-f°: [7]–134 ff., some of which are blank, brown ink on laid paper with a watermark depicting a fleur-de-lis in a crowned cartouche bearing the monogram “WR,” in French (waterstained). Epistolary parchment, four leather cords, handwritten title on the spine (slightly soiled, traces of cords). Well preserved, untrimmed. An important unpublished, unsigned manuscript, but in the same hand as that identified in

Estimación

400 - 600 €

GOBELINUS, Jean-Henry, “Genealogy of the House of

1035 - GOBELINUS, Jean-Henry, “Genealogy of the House of Bette, Together with the Evidence Presented to the Most Noble and Most Illustrious Chapter of St. Waudru in Mons. On behalf of Mademoiselle de Lede, daughter of Sir Guilliame Bette, Marquis of Lede." Brussels 1646, In-f°: [2]-126 ff., some of which are blank, brown ink on laid paper with a watermark depicting a lamb in a crowned cartouche, in French (first and last ff. stained and somewhat frayed, water stain on f. 3, small spots and small hol

Estimación

300 - 500 €

[ANCHEMANT, Ferdinand] "Notae historicae, or Histo

1036 - [ANCHEMANT, Ferdinand] "Notae historicae, or Historical Notes for a Better Understanding of the History of Our Time and of the Wars Between the Houses of Austria and France." [Ghent? c. 1620–1630] Folio: 209 ff., a few blank pages, brown ink, laid paper with foolscap watermark. Brown marbled sheepskin bound, signed L. Pernot-Verstraeten and dated July 4, 1860, with blind-ruled boards, a gilt-ornamented spine featuring raised bands, and a red title label (minor scratches on the squares and corn

Estimación

500 - 700 €

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