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Exploration,
Travel and Voyages:
BOOKS
Spring 2013
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The Wayfarer’s Bookshop
Exploration, Travel and Voyages:
BOOKS
Spring 2013
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Cover illustration – frontispiece to the second volume of James Hooker’s
‘Himalayan Journals’ (item # 51)
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1. [AFRICA]
VANDERMAELEN, Philippe (1791-1869)
Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique, Politique, Statistique et Mineralogique, sur l'echelle de
1/1641836 ou d'une ligne par 1900 toises, dresse par Ph. Vandermaelen, Membre de la Societe de
Geographie de Paris, d'apres les meilleures cartes, observations astronomiques et voyages dans les
divers Pays de la Terre; Lithographie par H. Ode, Membre de la Societe de Geographie de Paris -
Troisieme Partie – Afrique. [Atlas of Universal Geography... Third Part - Africa].
Brussels: Lithographed by H. Ode, 1827. First Edition. Elephant Folio. With a printed title page and
sixty large outline hand coloured lithographed maps. The unfolded maps are loosely housed in a
handsome period brown gilt tooled diced half morocco portfolio with marbled boards. Portfolio incorrectly
labelled Europe, otherwise a near fine set of maps.
The "Atlas Universel" by Vandermaelen, the founder of the Etablissement Geographique de
Bruxellesis, is "thought to be the first world atlas on a uniform scale and the first to be produced by
lithography" (Tooley Q-Z, p.311). The index map of this third part, "Carte D'Assemblage de L'Afrique"
shows how the map of Africa is divided into 57 maps and two supplemental maps. The Azores, Canary
Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Madagascar and the coastal areas of Africa are covered as well as most of
North Africa. However, the interior of large parts of sub-Saharan Africa are not mapped and are labelled
"Pays inconnu aux Europeens [country unknown to Europeans]."
The maps in the ["Atlas Universel"] make up the first map of the world on a uniform scale,
constructed as a modified conical projection and, if assembled, forming a globe with a diameter of 7.75
metres, although only one such was known to have been made, by the author himself, and requiring a
specially designed room. It offered the largest picture of the earth's surface available in the nineteenth
century, thereby giving the lesser known areas such as Australia, South Africa and the West coast of
America, all developing countries, a much greater coverage than before" (Sotheby's); Koeman III, Vdm.I;
NMM 3:179; Phillips, Atlases 749; Sabin 43762.
$4750USD
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2. [BENOIT, Pierre Jacques] (1782-1854)
Surinam- Scenes de la Vie Americaine, Description de la Guyanne Hollandaise... Cent dessins pris
sur nature par l'auteur, lithographies par Madou et Lauters. [Surinam - Scenes of American life, a
Description of Dutch Guiana... A Hundred drawings Taken from Nature by the Author, and Lithographs
by Madou Lauters].
Bruxelles: Bruylant-Christophe et compagnie, [1858].
Second Edition. Small Folio. 96 pp. With a hundred views on the
lithographed title and forty nine other lithographed plates.
Original gray publishers' printed pictorial papered boards with a
cloth spine. Plates mildly foxed and extremities mildly rubbed,
otherwise a very good copy in very original condition.
This work is beautifully illustrated with panoramic views,
street scenes, festivals and dances, and native costume and
customs of Surinam. "An important early nineteenth-century
description of Dutch Guiana, illustrated with Benoit’s scenes of
native life lithographed by Jean-Baptiste Madou and Paul
Lauters. The majority of the views depict the rural habitat of
the Negroes and Indians of the interior, although there are
scenes of Paramaribo and its various public buildings, streets,
and business establishments" (Howell). Benoit, a painter and
illustrator, was born in Antwerp in 1782 and died in Brussels in
1854. He visited the Dutch possessions in India and Surinam
and brought back a rich and remarkable collection of drawings
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and views of these distant lands. Biographie nationale de Belgique; Sabin 4737.
$2750USD
3. [CAPTAIN COOK'S DEATH]
FORSTER, Johann Georg Adam (1754-1794) & SPARRMAN, Anders (1748-1820)
Professor Georg Forsters Strodde Underrattelser om
Capitaine Cooks Sista Resa och Olyckeliga dod i Soderhafwet.
Ofwersattning utur Gothingisches Magazin af Andreas Sparrman,
Hwilken bifogat en Kungorelse om dess egen nu for Trycket fardige
Rese-Beskrifning jamte et kort innehall deraf. [Professor Georg
Forster's Account of Captain Cook's Last Voyage…].
Stockholm: P.A. Brodin, 1781. First Edition. Small Octavo. 47 pp.
With a folding map of the Pacific Ocean. Period style (Swedish) light
brown gilt tooled half calf with a red gilt morocco label and speckled
papered boards. Map and a couple of page edges with very minor
expert repair, otherwise a very good copy.
This very rare important work, with only five copies found in
Worldcat, is one of the first descriptions of the Hawaiian Islands and
the Death of Captain Cook and includes Sparrman's important map of
the Pacific Ocean which was one of the very first to show the
Hawaiian Islands. "Forster’s account of Cook’s third voyage, including
his death at the hands of the Sandwich Islands natives, first appeared
in German in the Göttingisches Magazin der Wissenschaften und
Literatur in 1780, Volume II, pages 387--429. It was translated into
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Swedish by Andreas Sparrman, a former pupil of Linnaeus and scientist of note, and close friend of Forster
from their association as members of Cook’s second expedition. It is the only separate printing in any
language of the Forster article, which was derived from information obtained from Heinrich Zimmerman
and Barthold Lohmann, both of whom were members of the crew (Zimmerman published his own
account of the voyage also in 1781). The folding map, prepared by Sparrman, shows the coasts and
islands discovered and explored by Cook and his successors on the third voyage.
In addition to the Forster article, Sparrman included several pages of his own reflections on Cook’s
death, a brief account of the second voyage, and a resume of his own travels in South Africa, as well as
bibliographical information concerning the forthcoming publication of his own narrative of the second
voyage" (Howell). Copies of this work are "excessivement rare" (Kropelien 44). Sparrman "added (pp. 37-
47) a personal commentary on Cook's death and some other notes on his own travels.., the map at the
end depicting the North Pacific Ocean was drawn and engraved by Sparrman himself" (Hawaiian National
Bibliography 30); Beddie 1639; Du Rietz (Captain James Cook) 8.
$22,500USD
4. [COUNEAU, E.]
A Madame Ernest Callot. Biskra. Quatorze Eaux-Fortes Gravées sur des Dessins Originaux.
Souvenir d'une Excursion en Algérie. [Mrs. Ernest Callot. Biskra. Fourteen Etchings Drawings Originals
Engraved on a trip to Algeria].
1881. First Edition Author's Signed Presentation Copy. Folio. [iv] pp. With fourteen full page
engravings. Original publisher's light brown printed paper wrappers. Spine renewed in style, otherwise a
very good copy.
Very rare work as only
one copy found in Worldcat.
Inscribed by the author
"Souvenir Amical a L'Auteur a
M Teiloz, La Rochelle le 30
Mars 1911 E. Couneau." The
well executed engravings
illustrate scenes around
Biskra, "the capital city of
Biskra province, Algeria..,
During Roman times the town
was called Vescera, though
this may have been simply a
Latin transliteration of the
native name. Around 200 AD
under Septimius Severus'
reign, it was seized by the Romans
and became part of the province
of Numidia. As a major settlement in the border region, it was significant even then. Its name was
apparently bowdlerized by the Romans to Ad Piscīnam ("at the piscīna"), implying the presence of
important waterworks" (Wikipedia).
$1250USD
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5. [ESCOBEDO Y ALARCON, Jorge]
[Taxation of Indians in the Viceroyalty of Peru]. Instruccion, O Advertencias, que Consiguiente a
lo Prevenido en el Articulo 118 de la de Intendentes se dan a sus Subdelegados, y Demas Encargados de
la Cobranza de Tributos para Deslindar las Funciones de la Contaduria del ramo, y Conciliarlas con las
Facultades de los Intendentes.
[Lima], 1 July 1784. First Edition. Folio.
16 pp. Disbound Pamphlet, with a large
woodcut initial. Housed in a marbled papered
portfolio with a red gilt label on the front
cover. A very good copy.
Very rare work as only one copy found
in Worldcat. Several sections of this decree on
collection of taxes deal with taxes gathered
from the Indians. In one the collectors are
ordered to halt the criminal fraud of Indians
who escaped paying taxes merely because
they had avoided being registered. Another
notes that many Indians are now able to pay in
coin rather than in goods, and requires them
to do so. Not in Sabin.
$1250USD
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6. [NOBEL PETROLEUM COMPANY]
Prazdnovanie dvadstatipiatiletia Tovarishchestva neftianogo proizvodstva Bratiev Nobel, 1879-
1904. [Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Petroleum Production Company of the Nobel
Brothers].
Saint Petersburg: T-vo R. Golike and A. Wilborg, 1905.
First Edition. Small Folio (ca. 32x23 cm). [2], 142 pp. With a
chromolithographed title page and thirty other lithographed
and photogravure plates (including four
chromolithographs). The censorial permission on verso of
the title page is printed upside down. Original publisher’s
blue full cloth with gilt lettered title within a decorative
colour ornament on the front board, and decorative
endpapers. One plate is loosely inserted, otherwise a near
fine copy.
Attractive richly illustrated and decorated jubilee
edition of the Nobel Brothers Oil Company; very rare
Russian imprint with only three copies found in Worldcat.
Allthough there is another ‘Nobel’ edition, similarly
titled ‘Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Oil Industry of Nobel
Brothers’ (SPb., 1904), it should be pointed out that our
book is dedicated to the ceremony commemorating the
jubilee which took place in Saint Petersburg on the 18th of
May, 1904. This present work consists of four main parts: 1)
the description of the jubilee celebration;
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2) list of all participants of the
ceremony including Russian Prime-
Minister Sergey Vitte, several
ministers and directors of Imperial
state institutions, representatives of
banks, industrial and trade companies,
members of the Russian Academy of
Sciences et al.; 3) historic overview of
the Nobel Company for 25 years; 4)
text of congratulating telegrams and
letters received by the company from
the Russian and foreign state
institutions, stock exchange
committees, banks, railroad societies,
steamship companies, oil industries,
trade houses, charities, private people
and associates of the Nobel company.
The volume is illustrated with a beautiful
chromolithographed title page (after a watercolour by
A. Chikin) and two colourful views of the old Baku by
Andrey Schilder (1861-1919); photogravure portraits of
the Nobel family, members of the Company’s Board of
Directors and renowned guests at the celebration; and
several high quality facsimiles of the congratulating
letters and telegrams. The book is decorated with
numerous illustrations in text, head- and tail pieces, and
four pictorial half-titles by Alexander Leo (1868-1943)
and Andrey Schilder. Overall a beautiful book.
“The Petroleum Production Company Nobel
Brothers, Limited, or Branobel (short for cable
communications meaning Nobel Brothers in Russian),
was an oil company set up by Ludvig Nobel and Baron
Peter von Bilderling, in Baku, Azerbaijan. …during the
late 19th century it became one of the largest oil
companies in the world” (Wikipedia). Branobel is
famous for establishing first Russian oil pipe lines, oil
tankers and tank cars; and for construction of first in
the world industrial oil depots and electric power
stations intended for industrial use. A copy of this work
made GBP 5250.00 at Christies in 2011.
$7500USD
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6. View of the old Baku
6. Ludvig Nobel, the main founder
of the Nobel Oil Company

7. [PERON, Francois] (1775-1810)
& FREYCINET, Louis-Henri de Saulces, Baron de (1777-1840)
[ATLAS VOLUME] Voyage
de Decouvertes aux Terres
Australes, execute par ordre de
Sa Majeste l'Empereur et Roi,
sur les corvettes le Geographe,
le Naturaliste, et la goelette le
Casuarin, pendant les annees
1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804.
Atlas Historique only, [by Leseur
et Petit]. [Voyage of Discovery to
Terra Australis, executed by
order of His Majesty the
Emperor and King, on the
corvettes Geographe, the
Naturalist, and the schooner the
Casuarina during the years 1800,
1801, 1802, 1803 and 1804].
7. Schouten Island near Van Diemen's Land
(Tasmania)
7. Map of New Holland, by Captain Freycinet
Paris: Chez Arthus Bertrand, 1824. Second Edition. Folio. [x] pp. With an engraved title with
vignette, a double-page engraved map of Australia, eight other engraved maps and charts and fifty-nine
engraved plates, including two double-page, and twenty-seven hand-colored. Beautiful period style
crimson very elaborately gilt tooled full straight grained morocco with marbled end papers. A near fine
copy.
"In 1800 an expedition organized by the Institute of France and placed under the command of
Nicolas Baudin sailed for the South Seas. Their particular instructions were to make a full and minute
examination of the Australian coasts, and especially to explore the southern coast, "where there is
supposed to be a strait communicating with the Gulf of Carpentaria, and which consequently would
divide New Holland into two large and almost equal islands." The maps and charts [were] prepared by
Freycinet, who continued the publication after
the death of Peron.., Peron the naturalist on
this voyage, was able to prepare a huge
zoological collection that was known for years
for its excellence" (Hill 1329 (First Edition)).
This very scarce second edition was
prepared by Freycinet after he returned from
his own expedition to the Pacific between
1817 and 1820. It is not generally known that
the 1824 second edition of the 'Partie
Historique' contains some significant changes
and additions to the first edition. The maps
and charts of the first edition atlas, which bore
the nationalistic and ambitious name of Terre
Napoleon and included imperial French names
for many parts of the coast, were omitted or
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greatly altered for the second edition atlas.

This atlas also includes twenty-five new plates, many of which are coloured. Freycinet's alterations to the
second edition reflect the political reality of the times and finally recognize the just claims of the English
navigators, in particular Matthew Flinders, to the discovery of the Australian coast. Copies of the second
edition of the 'Partie Historique' appear to be rarer, copy for copy, than the first edition and are prized
accordingly" (Wantrup p. 157-9); Ferguson 979. "In 1800 [Peron] was engaged by Nicolas Thomas Baudin
as 'trainee zoologist charged with comparative anatomy' for Baudin's exploratory voyage to the southern
and western coasts of Australia" (Howgego 1800-1850, P21).
$16,500USD
8. [PORTUGUESE NAVIGATION AND COLONIES]
Annaes Maritimos e Coloniaes. Publicação Mensal Redigida sob a Direcção da Associação
Maritima e Colonial. [Maritime and Colonial Annals: Monthly Publication Issued under the Direction of
the Maritime and Colonial Association].
Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1840-1846. First Edition. Octavo, 6 vols. 533, [3], 12; 583, [5]; 346, [2],
641, [2]; [1 – t.p.], 409, [2], [1 – t.p.], 455, [2]; 235, [1], 512, [2]; 56, 135 pp. With a total of thirteen
lithograph maps, plans and charts (twelve folding, three in color), nine lithograph plates (seven folding;
one large), and one large folding table, plus many tables in the text. Handsome period maroon and brown
gilt tooled quarter sheep with marbled and papered boards. Bound in a similar but not quite uniform style.
Vol. 2 bound without a title page. A couple of plates with repairs and markings of removed old adhesive
tape, a couple of places of mild foxing, two volumes with slight cracking of hinges but holding. Overall a
clean very good set.
A complete set (103 issues) of
the first and only edition of this
important Portuguese periodical
dedicated to navigation, geographical
exploration and colonial issues, and
published by the Associação Maritima
e Colonial in Lisbon. The materials
include important original articles on
the Portuguese colonies in Africa
(Angola and Mozambique), India
(Goa), China (Macau), Indonesia
(Timor and other islands, e.g. Solor);
official documents by the Portuguese
government regarding maritime and
colonial issues, as well as current
statistical information from the
colonies; first publications of the accounts
of Portuguese voyages of exploration (e.g. in the Central Africa); interesting archival documents regarding
Portuguese voyages and discoveries from the XVth century onwards and many others.
The collection includes three lengthy articles serialized through many issues: one is on the
Portuguese colonies in Asia, including Macau and Timor, one on Portuguese explorations in the interior of
Africa (diary of Dr. Francisco Jose de Lacerda e Almeida), and one on Portuguese colonies on the west
coast of Africa (Angola). Other articles are dedicated to the Solor Island (Indonesia), Mozambique, the
trade with the Malay Archipelago, the priority of Portuguese explorations in the Northern and Central
Africa; problems of Christianisation and public education of the population of the Portuguese colonies et
al. There are also accounts of the most important international expeditions of the time, e.g. Dumont-
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Dourville’s travel to the Antarctic (1837-40), Dupetit-Thouars’ circumnavigation of the frigate Venus
(1836-39), Canadian Arctic exploration by the Hudson’s Bay Company vessels, the US Exploring Expedition
in the South Pacific in 1838-40 et al. The publications also include texts of international anti-slavery
treaties, documents on exports and imports, articles on the latest navigation techniques and machines,
e.g. steam ships, et al.
The charts are aimed at helping
sailors to navigate in difficult ports, and
show the harbors of Lisbon, Goa,
Quellimane (Mozambique, hand
coloured), Dilly (Timor), Mossamedes
(modern Namibia, Angola) and Lobito
(Benguela province of Angola); there
are also folding plans of the city of Goa,
a Portuguese fort in Pungo an Dongo
(Angola); a topographical chart of the
National Forest of Leiria (Portugal) and
others. Plates include two views of the
rapids de São Salvador da Pesqueira on
the river Douro (Portugal) – before and
after the works which removed the
rapids and made the river navigable at
this point; a nicely executed large
folding view of the façade of the famous
ruin of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Macau, a reprint of a document in Chinese, a draft of a vapour vessel, a
statistical table of the population of the Portuguese Goa and others.
Volume I contains 11 issues and a supplement (pp. 529-33), followed by an index (3 pp.), as
described in Fonseca, and "Estatutos da Associação Maritima" (12 pp., paginated separately), which is not
mentioned in Fonseca. In volume II, there are 12 issues. Volumes III, IV and V each contain 24 issues: 12 in
the "Parte Official," 12 more in the "Parte Não Official." In volume VI, only 4 issues each of the "Parte
Official" and "Parte Não Official" were published. Fonseca calls for only 1 folding plate and 3 maps in the
"Parte Não Official" of volume III, where this copy has 3 plates and 4 maps. Fonseca also fails to mention
the single leaf preceding the text in both "Partes" of volume IV.
Innocêncio I, 72; Sabin 1577a.
$5500USD
9. [RUSSIAN RELIGIOUS SECTS IN AMERICA]
Collection of Five Volumes from the Library of A.K. Dubovoy, a Member of the Religious Sect of
Shtundists who Immigrated to the United States, including:
Missionerskoe Obozrenie [Missionary Review]: By-weekly Polemical and Apologetico Magazine
(1903), Spiritual Polemical and Apologetico Magazine (1904).
1903-1904. 4 vols. Octavo. Period brown quarter calf with marbled and cloth boards; one original
publisher’s wrapper and two title pages bound in. Several ink stamps of a Russian Orthodox priest
Mitrofan Alexandrovich Schenonovich in text, bookplates of A.K. Dubovoy on front pastedowns. Overall a
very good set.
1903. # 7 (April) - 16 (October). 895-1528 (= 632), xv [contents], 158, [2]; 161-664 (= 504), iv, 665-
824 (= 160), xi-xiv pp. With three special supplements bound in the text: 8 (Common Missionary Library, #
5), 165-180 (= 16), viii pp.
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1904. # 7 (April) – 16 (October). 769-1342 (= 604), xv [contents]; 1199-1342 (2nd copy of issue # 10),
936 pp. With 5 special supplements ‘Missionary Sermons’ (to issues 7 and 10), total number of pages: 49-
144 (= 96), and four special supplements regarding Russian-Japanese War (to issues # 7, 8, 9 and 10), total
number of pages: 51-128 (=78).
With a custom made sammelband:
ROZHDESTVENSKIY, A. Yuzhnorusskiy Shtundizm [Southern Russian Shtundism]. Saint Petersburg:
Typ. Departmenta Udelov, 1889. [2], iv, [2], 295 pp.
MOLOSTVOVA, E.V. Iegovisty. Zhizn I sochineniya kap. N.S. Ilyina. Vozniknovenie sekty i ee
razvitie [Yehowists-Ilyinites. Life and works of Captain Nikolai Ilyin]. Saint Petersburg: Typ. M.M.
Stasiulevich, 1914. xii, 298, [1] p.
BUTKEVICH, T.I. Obzor Russkikh sekt i ikh tolkov [An Overview of Russian Religious Sects and
their Persuasions]. Saint Petersburg: Tuzov, 1915. 2nd ed. 566, x pp.
Three works bound together. Octavo. Original publisher’s wrappers of all three books bound in
(second book with only front wrapper). 20th century custom made cloth binding. Bookplate of A.K.
Dubovoy on front pastedown. Overall a very good copy.
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An important collection of works regarding Russian religious sects from the library of Andrey
Karpovich Dubovoy (1883-1968), a member of the Church of Evangelical Christians-Baptists, a Shtundist.
He immigrated to Minot, North Dakota at the end of the 19th century and in the 1950-es he wrote a
series of articles about the history of the settlement of Ukrainian Shtundists in the US. A bright
description of him can be found in Stephen Graham’s book “With poor immigrants to America” (New
York, 1914) where he is described as a ‘wonderfully keen and happy Russian, full of ideas about the future
and stories of the settlement where he lived’ (p. 396). All the volumes from the collection are with
Dubovoy’s bookplate mounted on the front pastedowns; his pencil notes and commentaries can be found
on the endpapers of most volumes. Another important documentary evidence regarding the history of
Shtundists is a small pen note inserted in Rozhdestvensky’s book between pages 106 and 107. Written in
Russian, with several mistakes, it says: “I am Eudokia Dubovoy. Here [in the marked text of the book] is
written about my father, Korniliy Kabanuk, Chaplinki village”.
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The books from Dubovoy’s collection include special research works of such major Russian religious
sects as Shtundists (by Rozhdestvensky) and Yehowists-Ilyinites (by Molostvova); and a fundamental
historical overview of all Russian sects (by T. Butkevich), including chapters about Khlysts, Skoptsy,
Doukhobors, Molokans, members of Tolstoyan movement etc.
The issues of the ‘Missionary Review’ – a special magazine of the Russian Orthodox Church (Kiev-
SPb., 1896-1916) – contain a wide range or polemical articles regarding Russian religious sects and
philosophical movements, with an interesting series of analytical materials about the Doukhobors (1904,
#12-14); comments of Saint John of Kronstadt on the ideas of Leo Tolstoy (1904, # 7,8, 10); articles about
Russian poets-Symbolists (1903, #7-8), reports on the missionary activity of the Russian Church amidst the
sectarians, bibliographical reviews of new books, latest news et al. Interesting are brief notes about the
life of Doukhobor immigrants in Canada (1903, # 7), North-American Mormons, religion of Tibet (with
pictures) or Japan (1903, # 7, 10) et al. The issues are bound together with ten supplements, including
four rare imprints about the Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905).
Overall an important collection of history of Russian Religious immigrants to America.
$1250USD
10. [UKRANIAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAYS]
Karta Jugo-Zapadnykh Zheleznykh Dorog 1909 goda. [A Map of the Southwestern Railways in the
Year 1909].
1909. Small Folio (30x18 cm). Hand coloured lithographed map. Scale 1:4 200 000. Mounted in the
original beige snake skin patterned cloth folder with gilt lettered title and Russian Imperial Eagle on the
front board. A fine copy.
Very rare special edition of the map celebrating the
200th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava. No copies are
found in Worldcat, nor in the largest Russian depositories –
Russian State and Russian National Libraries. The map shows
the complete network of the Southwestern Railways, covering
the territory of modern Western Ukraine and Moldova. The
map shows state borders, main cities and waterways and is
supplemented with a list of districts and governments which
are crossed by the railways. The opposite page is occupied
with a time table of the special Southwestern Railways express
which connected Sarny and Kiev. The time table is mounted
within a beautiful lithographed ornamented frame decorated
with a portrait and a monogram of Peter the Great, a
monogram of the last Russian Emperor Nicolas II, a view of the
Poltava Battle field, and suits of armour and weapons of the
early 18th century.
“Southwestern Railways, headquartered in Kiev, the
capital of Ukraine, includes all the railroads in the Kiev,
Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi and Sumy
oblasts (provinces of Ukraine). It’s history began in 1870 when
the railroads between Kiev, Balta and Kursk in Southern Russia
was launched By the beginning of World War I the total
length of the SWR system was 3,096 km (1,924 mi)” (Wikipedia).
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$875USD
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11. [URALS]
BERDMORE, Septimus, C.E. (1829-1906)
Report on the Inzer Estate, Situate in the Government of
Orenburg, in the Empire of Russia, the Property of His Excellency
General Ouchakoff, etc, etc. Accompanied by Plans.
London: Edward Stanford, 1865. Presentation First Edition. Folio.
iv, [2 – errata slip], 35 pp. With two folding lithographed plans, a large
folding lithographed map and a folding lithographed panorama. Period
style maroon straight grained half morocco with marbled boards; front
publisher’s wrapper bound in. With the author’s presentation inscription
on the upper margin of the wrapper “Dr Percy F.R.S. With the author’s
comps”. Occasional period pen corrections in the text. The wrapper and
several leaves with minor tears and chips on extremities, not affecting the
text and neatly restored. Overall a very good copy.
Very rare edition, apparently privately printed, with no copies
found in Worldcat.
Interesting early account of prospecting on the Inzer River in the Southern
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Urals (modern Bashkiria). The owner of the Inzer estate ‘His Excellency General Ouchakoff’ employed
Septimus Berdmore to ascertain "whether the iron ore, stated to exist on his property, was of such extent
and such quality as to offer an inducement to an English Company to invest capital in the erection of iron
works there" (p. 5). Berdmore travelled to the Inzer estate in August-October 1864 (from Saint Petersburg
via Nizhny Novgorod and Perm) and remained 16 days on the property. His conclusion was very positive,
with enthusiastic notes about ‘magnificent forests of finest timber’, ‘vast iron fields’, ‘abundance of lime,
brick earth, refractory stone and sand’, ‘magnificent quantities of marble of the finest quality’ etc.
Berdmore gave a comprehensive report of the estate (geographical position, geological formations,
forests, main rivers and streams available for floating timber), description of its deposits of gold, iron,
stone, coal and ‘other sources of revenue’. The report is concluded with a detailed account of a probable
cost of industrial operations of the estate. Nine appendices represent costs for the main expenses, like
construction of venues and bridges, smelting, rates for wages, horses etc. The report is illustrated with a
beautiful lithographed panorama of the Inzer estate taken on the spot by Berdmore, two plans showing
the location of the estate in Russia in general and Government of Orenburg in particular, and a large
detailed map of the estate which marks the main iron, gold and mineral deposits, as well as sites suitable
for iron works.
The book contains the author’s
presentation inscription to a celebrated
British metallurgist John Percy (1817-1889),
who compiled a report about the quality of
the Inzer’s iron ores (see Appendix A) based
on numerous samples given to him by
Berdmore.
Not much known about the fate of the
enterprise, but most likely it didn’t succeed;
the first iron smelting factory on the Inzer
River was founded only in 1890. Berdmore’s
report became a bibliographical rarity not
found in the collection of the British Library.
$2250USD
11. Lithographed panoramic view of the Inzer Estate
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12. [VICTORIAN VOLUNTEER FORCES]
Instructions for Wearing Uniform, ETC., and Dress Regulations for the Victorian Forces. Head
Quarters, Victoria Barracks, November 1875.
Melbourne: George Skinner, Acting Government Printer, 1876.
First Edition. Octavo. viii, [i], 125 pp. Original publisher's brown
patterned pictorial blind stamped cloth. With the library stamp of
the Commandant's Office of the Military Forces Victoria, spine mildly
faded, otherwise a very good copy.
Extremely rare second (first in 1863) Victorian Forces dress
regulations with only two copies found in Worldcat. This interesting
volume covers the regulations of both officers and enlisted men
including head-quarters staff, Victorian artillery, volunteer staff,
cavalry, artillery, engineers, torpedo corps, infantry, Ballarat
volunteer battalion, Mount Alexander volunteer battalion, etc.
"In 1842 a series of attacks by bushrangers on homesteads in
the Plenty River area led to the first calls for a volunteer force. It
was suggested that the force could be called the 'Port Phillip
Volunteers'. Twelve military districts were envisaged, each to be
commanded by a former army captain. The volunteers would
dressed in a green uniform and heavily armed with a rifle, two
pistols and a sword. However, it was illegal to raise an armed force
anywhere in the British Empire, except with the express approval of
the Crown, and a special parliamentary act was required. Twelve years
later, in 1854, Governor Sir Charles Hotham approved an Act to establish a Volunteer Corps not exceeding
2000 men, with officers appointed by the Governor. The force was independent from the regular British
units, which maintained a presence until 1870.
The first unit formed was the Melbourne Volunteer Rifle Regiment, following shortly afterwards by
the Richmond Rifles, the Emerald Hill Rifles, the East Collingwood Rifles and the Fitzroy Rifles. Cavalry,
Artillery, Engineer, Torpedo and Signal units quickly followed, named after the localities in which they
were raised. All units were voluntary, with service part-time and unpaid. By 1860, the Act had been
amended to allow a Volunteer force of 10,000.
The Victorian Volunteer Forces became the primary defence force of the Colony of Victoria after
the withdrawal of the Imperial troops in 1870. A Permanent Artillery Corps (or the Victorian Artillery) was
also formed in that year. The volunteer forces were disbanded in 1884, replaced by the Victorian Militia
Force. The Militia were paid, and enrolled for a fixed term".
See: http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/4677/victorian-volunteer-forces-1854-1884.
$975USD
13. ANDERSON, Alexander Caulfield (1814-1884)
A Brief Account Of The Province Of British Columbia, Its Climate And Resources. An Appendix To
The British Columbia Directory, 1882-83.
Victoria, B.C: R.T.Williams, 1883. First Edition. Octavo. 33 pp. Folding colour lithographed
frontispiece map. Period style black gilt tooled half morocco with pebbled black cloth boards. Original
printed front wrapper bound in, map reinforced at folds, wrapper slightly chipped at extremities,
otherwise a very good copy.
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Anderson was a Hudson's Bay Company fur-trader, explorer of British Columbia and civil servant.
This account of British Columbia gives a history, a description of climate and resources and includes an
official directory of the province.
"Anderson is now best
remembered as leader of
three exploring expeditions
carried out in 1846–47. It
had been apparent for some
time before the Oregon
boundary settlement of
1846 that the boundary was
likely to be the 49th parallel,
in which case the HBC line of
communication between the
interior posts and Fort
Vancouver by way of the
Columbia River would be
partly in the United States. A
route to the ocean that
would be entirely in British
territory was essential, and
Fort Langley on the Fraser River
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was the obvious alternative outlet. A year before the treaty was signed Anderson wrote to Sir George
Simpson, governor of the HBC, requesting permission to try to find a practicable travel route from the
post at Kamloops (on the west bank of the Thompson River) to Fort Langley. Simpson asked Ogden to
make the necessary arrangements. Ogden supported the proposal in a letter to Anderson’s local superiors
stating that because of Anderson’s ‘active habits and experience in Caledonia I consider him fully
competent to carry it into effect’" (Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online); Lowther 625; Wikipedia.
$875USD
14. ANDERSON, John (1795-1845)
Mission to the East Coast of Sumatra, in M.DCCC.XXIII, under
the direction of the Government of Prince of Wales Island. Including
historical and descriptive sketches of the country, an account of the
commerce, population and the manners and customs of the
inhabitants, and a visit to the Batta cannibal state in the interior.
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and T. Cadell, 1826.
First Edition. Octavo. xxiii, 424 pp. With four folding engraved maps,
eight engraved plates and a folding table. Handsome period style light
brown elaborately gilt tooled full calf with a maroon gilt label. A fine
copy.
"In February and March 1823 [Anderson] acted as agent for the
governor of Penang in 'procuring engagements' from the sultans of
Delly and Siack, and the rajah of Langkat, in Sumatra. He was also
despatched to Perak and Selangor, fixing the state's boundary with that
of Perak (Howgego 1800-1850, A10). "In 1819 Anderson was appointed
deputy warehouse-keeper and Malay translator to the government,
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which latter post he retained until his retirement. In January 1823 he was dispatched on a three-month
mission to the east coast of Sumatra with instructions to promise protection to the Sumatran chiefs and to
discourage them from entering trading agreements with the Dutch. Distributing gifts of European chintzes
and Indian muslins, Anderson was well received along the coast, and, ignoring his orders to abstain from
formal political negotiations, agreed new or reinvigorated treaties with the sultans of Deli and Siak and the
rajas of Serdang and Langkat, which the court of directors subsequently ruled invalid. In 1826 he published
an account of his journey, Mission to the East Coast of Sumatra, in 1823, designed to alert British
manufacturers to the potential market for their goods in Sumatra" (Oxford DNB).
$1500USD
15. ANDREWS, Lieutenant-Colonel Mottram
A Series of Views in Turkey and the Crimea, from the Embarcation at Gallipoli to the fall of
Sebastopol.
London: Thomas McLean, 1856. First Edition. Folio. With a
lithographed pictorial title page, dedication leaf, subscribers'
leaf, nine descriptive leaves and seventeen tinted views, two
folding. Handsome period style maroon elaborately gilt tooled
half straight grained morocco with cloth boards and original
cloth cover title mounted on front cover. Several plates with
repaired margins, not affecting printed surface, title and a few
plate margins with some mild finger soiling, otherwise a very
good copy.
Mottram Andrews served during the Crimean War (1853-
56) as a Captain of the 28th Foot (North Gloucester) Regiment
of the British Army; he retired and was promoted to an
honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel on September 9th, 1855
(Colburn’s United Service Magazine. 1855, Part 1, p. 315). The
28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot participated in
the Battles of Alma (20th September) and Inkerman (November
5, 1854) of the Crimean War, as well as in the Siege of
Sevastopol (October 1854 – September 1855).
The plates, executed, as noted on the title page, ‘with the
latest improvements in tinted lithography’ show the views of
war affected areas in Turkey – environments of Gallipoli and
Varna, with a nice folding panorama of the lake of Devna; and
the main battle grounds in Crimea – Balaklava, Inkerman and Sevastopol with the surroundings, including
a large folding panorama of Sevastopol with its harbour. The interesting views show British encampments
and weapon magazines, military barracks in the Korabelnaya harbour of Sevastopol. Abbey Travel 238.
$3750USD
16. ANSON, George (1697-1762)
A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq.; Commander
in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled
from Papers and Other Materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and Published Under his
Direction. By Richard Walter, M.A. Chaplain of His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition.
Illustrated with 42 Copper-Plates.
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London: John and Paul Knapton, 1748. First Edition With a Warrant (commission), Signed by 'Anson'.
Quarto. [xxxiii], 417 pp. With 42 engraved folding plates and maps. Period brown gilt tooled mottled full
calf. Some rubbing to extremities, hinges slightly cracked, otherwise a very good copy.
"This is the official account of Anson's Voyage. England, at war with Spain in 1739, equipped eight
ships under the command of George Anson to harass the Spaniards on the western coast of South
America, for the purpose of cutting off Spanish supplies of wealth from the Pacific area. The Spanish fleet
sent out to oppose the British ran into storms; provisions ran out and many ships were wrecked. Anson
continued taking prizes during 1741-42, off the Pacific coast, and in June, 1743, captured the Manila
galleon and its treasure of 400,000 sterling.., [this work] has long occupied a distinguished position as a
masterpiece of descriptive travel. Anson's voyage appears to been the most popular book of maritime
adventure of the eighteenth century" (Hill 1817). "Consisting at the start of eight ships.., Seven ships were
lost around Cape Horn and on the coast of Chile and out of 900 men who left England on board more than
600 Perished. As Usual Scurvy took an appalling toll.., As with many a ship before and after, the island of
Juan Fernandez proved a blessing in restoring scurvy-stricken men to health" (Cox I, p49). Anson "did
return [home] with a vast bounty" (Howgego A100).
With a Signed Warrant (commission), signed by 'Anson', 'Thos. Orby Hunter', 'J: Forbes' as Lords of
the Admiralty, 'H. Stanley', and 'J Cleveland' as Secretary, appointing Tonyn 'Commander of His Majesty's
Sloop the Savage'. 'Given under our hands and the Seal of the Office of Admiralty this Second day of
December 1757 [2 December 1757]'. On one side of a piece of vellum, dimensions 28 x 32.5 cm. Neatly
folded to make eight rectangles. Red wax seal beneath square of paper in top left-hand corner, embossed
with the Admiralty anchor. Two blue 2s 6d stamps in left-hand margin. Small paper stamp on the reverse,
which is docketed 'Savage'. Text entirely legible on lightly discolored and spotted vellum. The body of the
document is printed over fifteen lines, with the specific information added in manuscript. Headed 'By the
Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland &c. And of all His
Majesty's Plantations, &c. -' From the Paterson and Tonyn family papers.
$3750USD
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17. ARAGO, J[acques Etienne Victor] (1790-1855)
Promenade Autour du Monde, Pendant les Annees 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820, sur les Corvettes du
Roi l'Uranie et la Physicienne Commandees par M. Freycinet. [Narrative of a Voyage Round the World
in the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes Commanded By Captain Freycinet, During the Years 1817,
1818, 1819, 1nd 1820; on a Scientific Expedition Undertaken By Order of the French Government, in a
Series of Letters].
Paris: Leblanc, 1822. Author's
Presentation First Edition. Octavo 2
vols & Folio Atlas. xxx, 452; [iv], 506
pp. Atlas with a world map and 25
other lithograph plates. Handsome
period brown gilt tooled quarter sheep
with marbled boards. Atlas exactly
bound to match but marbled papers of
text and atlas similar but not exactly
the same, otherwise a near fine set.
Author's pencil presentation
reads: "'À M.' h' Requin[?] par
L'auteur tous deux ans fait partie de
cette compagne." The recipient could
be M. Requin from Toulon who was a
purser (commissaire aux revues)
during the expedition and
consequently one of Arago’s shipmates.
"The Uranie, with a crew of 125 men under the command of Captain Louis de Freycinet, entered
the Pacific from the West to make scientific observations on geography, magnetism, and meteorology.
Arago was the artist of the expedition, which visited Western Australia, Timor, Hawaii, and New South
Wales. The original ship was wrecked off the Falkland Islands. Two months later the expedition continued
aboard the Physicienne, which stopped for a time at Rio de Janeiro. Captain Freycinet's wife, Rose Pinon,
was smuggled on board at the advent of the voyage and made the complete journey, causing some
discord among the crew. Freycinet named an island he discovered after her - Rose Island among the
Samoa islands. These entertaining letters, written in a lively and witty literary style, provide vivid
descriptions of the topography and the
inhabitants of the Pacific Islands. The book
achieved great success" (Hill 28-9). "The
Hawaiian portion of the text, contained on
more than 150 pages, records impressions of
the artist's stops on Hawaii, Maui, and Oahu.
Extensive portions of the text also record the
Arago impressions of Australia, Guam, and
the Marianas Islands. The artist's main
interest (as reflected by the plate subjects)
are of peoples encountered. Several of the
plates record somewhat gruesome aspects of
Hawaiian culture" (Forbes 537); Ferguson
850; Sabin 1867.
$6950USD
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18. BARNIM, Adalbert von (1841-1860) & HARTMANN, Robert (1831-1893)
[Text Volume] Reise des Freiherrn Adalbert von Barnim durch Nord-Ost-Afrika in den Jahren 1859
und 1860. [Travels Through North-East Africa].
Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1863.
First Edition. Folio. xvi, 651, xi, 108,
[3] pp. Text volume with one
lithographed portrait frontispiece,
two other lithographed plates,
three (two folding) lithographed
maps, two wood engraved plates
and 26 wood engravings in text.
Original publisher's dark green gilt
blind stamped cloth. Some
scattered mild foxing, rear hinge
with small crack, otherwise a very
good copy.
"The Party ascended the
Nile into Sudan, explored from Old
Dongola to Khartoum, then
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proceeded up the Blue Nile as far
as Fazogli on the border of
Ethiopia. Von Barnim died during the expedition at Roseres but Hartmann returned to Germany and in
1863 published [this] account of the expedition. Hartmann was appointed professor of zoology at the
University of Berlin in 1867" (Howgego, Continental Exploration 1850-1940, B17). "In 1859-60 he
accompanied Adalbert von Barnim , the son of Adalbert of Prussia (1811-1873) on a mission to
northeastern Africa (Egypt, Sudan and Nubia). Here Hartmann performed ethnographical, zoological and
geographical studies in the region. On the journey, Adalbert von Barnim became ill and died on June 12,
1860 at Roseires in the Sudan. Hartmann wrote about the expedition in a 1863 treatise called Reisen des
Freihern von Barnim durch Nordostafrika" (Wikipedia).
$1750USD
19. BEKE, Charles T[ilstone] (1800-1874)
A Lecture on the Sources of the Nile and on the Means Requisite for their Final Determination.
Delivered in the Theatre of the London
Institution, on Wednesday, January 20th,
1864;
[With]: A Mounted Photograph (8.5 x
6 cm) of Mr. & Mrs. Beke ca. 1870 London:
Ernest Edwards. With Six Pages of Loose
Descriptive Text.
London: Board of Management of the
London Institution, 1864. First Edition.
Octavo. 35 pp. With three maps, one outline
hand colored. Recent gray wrappers. A fine
copy.
Very Rare publication as only three
copies found in Worldcat. Published after
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Speke's 'Discovery of the Sources of the Nile.' In this lecture to the London Institution, Beke took issue with
Speke's claim that he had discovered the source of the Nile. Beke's counter claims were based on Beke's
knowledge gained during his previous journeys to the region. "Beke spent the years 1840 to 1843 travelling
in Abyssinia, spending most of his time in the provinces of Shoa and Gojam. His governing concerns were to
advance commerce; aid the suppression of the slave trade; and make further geographical discovery, with
the elucidation of the sources of the Nile River as his goal.., In the 1860s Beke's lifelong passions again
brought him into the public eye. He continued, by lecture and articles, and his Sources of the Nile (1860), to
debate the geography of the Nile basin" (Oxford DNB).
$975USD
20. BESSE, Jean-Charles de
[FIRST ASCENT OF MOUNT ELBRUS] Voyage en Crimée, au
Caucase, en Géorgie, en Arménie, en Asie-Mineure et à
Contantinople, en 1829 et 1830; Pour servir à l’histoire de Hongrie.
[Travels to Crimea, the Caucasus, Georgia, Armenia, Asia Minor and
Constantinople in 1829 and 1830..,].
Paris: A , Delaunay, 1838. Signed First Edition by both the
Author and the Editor. Octavo. 464 pp. With five lithographed plates
including a map, three folding. Period style brown gilt tooled half
straight grained morocco with marbled boards. Uncut and with
original yellow printed papered wrappers bound in, A near fine copy.
Rare work as only six copies found in Worldcat. A narrative of
the first ascent of the lower of the two summits of Elbrus "ascended
on 10 July 1829 (Julian calendar) by Khillar Khachirov, a Karachay
guide for an Imperial Russian army scientific expedition [which
included the author] led by General Emmanuel"(Wikipedia); "First and
apparently only edition. The author travelled through the Caucasus in
1829-30 in an attempt to trace the origins of the Magyar people"
(Atabey I, 105); Miansarov3043; Salmaslian p.129.
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Besse gives an account of the first Russian scientific expedition to Elbrus, in which he also
participated in. Organised by the Russian Academy of Sciences, the expedition was led by General Grigory
Emmanuel (1775-1837) and included several notable Russian scientists: Adolph-Theodor Kupffer (1799-
1865) - geologist and founder of the General Geophysical Observatory in Saint Petersburg; famous
physicist Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz (1804-1865); first professional entomologist in Russia Édouard
Ménétries (1802-1861); and botanist Karl von Meier (1795-1855), later director of the Botanical Garden of
the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The summit team included Kupffer, Lenz, Meier, Ménétries, expedition artist Bernardazzi, together
with twenty Cossacks and guides, but a lack of experience forced most of the group to turn back. The final
ascent was undertaken by Heinrich Lenz, Cossack Lysenkov and two local guides. At the altitude of 5300
m. Lenz and his two companions had to descend due to a lack of strength, and it was Khillar Khachirov, a
Karachay guide who became the first man to summit the eastern peak of Elbrus at 11 am, 10th of July
1829. To celebrate this event, General Emmanuel ordered a commemorating inscription to be made on a
stone in the base camp, listing the names of the expedition members, the date of the ascent and finishing
with the words "Let this modest stone tell the progeny the names of those who led the way to conquer
Elbrus, hitherto considered impregnable!" The picture of the stone was reproduced in Besse’s book. It’s
interesting, that the inscription was soon concealed under a layer of lichen and was only re-discovered
103 years later by Soviet mountaineers.
$2500USD
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21. BESSELS, Dr. Emil (1846-1888)
Die amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition. Mit
zahlreichen Expeditionen in Holzschnitt, Diagrammen und
einer Karte in Farbendruck. [The American North Pole
Expedition..,].
Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1879. First Edition.
Small Quarto. xx, 647 pp. With seven wood engraved plates
(one folding) and one color lithographed map and many
wood engraved text illustrations. Original publisher's green
decorative pictorial silver gilt cloth. Map with some expert
repair, otherwise a very good copy.
In 1879 Bessels "produced one of the few personal
book length accounts of the Hall expedition and published
valuable ornithological records and the first scientific
account of Inuhuit ethnology. He disputed the existence of
an 'Open Polar Sea,' deciding that the interplay of currents,
tides and winds produced local polynyas - patches of open
water of no great extent or permanence" (Howgego, 1850-
1940, Polar Regions, H5). "Contains description of the
Polaris, the scientific equipment, the course of the expedition,
with notes on previous exploration in the Smith Sound region etc" (Arctic Bibliography 1503).
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"In 1871, Bessels joined the crew of American Arctic explorer C. F. Hall on the Polaris expedition as
ship's physician and head of the scientific team. He and
Hall soon came into conflict over control of the scientific
research on the expedition. When Hall became ill in
October 1871, Bessels remained by his bedside for several
days, ostensibly in order to administer medical treatment.
However, Hall suspected that Bessels was poisoning him,
and consequently refused any further contact.
After Hall's death several weeks later, Bessels was
among those who remained with the ship, the Polaris,
when most of the crew became separated while trying to
salvage supplies. Bessels and his party were eventually
forced to abandon the ship, but were rescued and arrived
back in the United States in 1873. Bessels and the other
surviving members of the expedition crew were
questioned by a naval board of inquiry about the events
leading to Hall's death. The official conclusion was that Hall
had died of natural causes and that Bessels had done his
best in treating him. Nevertheless, following a forensic
investigation in 1969 during which traces of arsenic were
discovered on Hall's recovered body, today many scholars
suspect that Bessels had in fact murdered Hall"
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(Wikipedia).
$1500USD
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22. BION, Nicolas (1652-1733)
L'Usage des Globes Celeste et Terrestre, et des Spheres Suivant les Differens Systemes du Monde.
Précédé d'un Traité de Cosmographie. [The use of Celestial and Terrestrial globes, Spheres and
Following the Different Systems of the World. Preceded by a Treatise on Cosmography].
Paris: Jean Boudot, 1717. Fourth
Edition. Octavo. [viii], 400, [8] pp. With a
woodcut device on title-page, engraved
headpiece for dedication, woodcut
initials and headpieces and 51 engraved
plates, many folding. Period dark brown
gilt tooled full calf. Extremities rubbed,
otherwise a very good copy.
The important and well illustrated
"L'usage des globes celestes et terrestres,
et des spheres..," was first published in
Paris in 1699 and was subsequently
translated into other European languages.
"Nicholas Bion was a French instrument
maker and author with workshops in
Paris. He was king’s engineer for mathematical
instruments" (Wikipedia). "Bion published three important treatises on globes and cosmography, on
astrolabes, and on precision instruments in general. These writings had great success and went into many
editions" (DSB).
$975USD
23. BOUGAINVILLE, Louis Antoine de (1729-1811)
Voyage autour du monde, par la frégate du Roi, La Boudeuse, et la flûte L'Etoile; en 1766, 1767,
1768 & 1769; [With: Magra, James, attributed author]. Supplément au voyage de M. De Bougainville;
ou journal d'un voyage autour du monde, fait par MM. Banks & Solander, Anglois, en 1768, 1769, 1770,
1771. Traduit de l'Anglois, par M. De Fréville. [A Voyage Round the World. Performed by Order of His
Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768 and 1769].
Paris: Chez Saillant & Nyon, 1772-1793. Second and
Best French Edition. Octavo, 3 vols. xliii, 336; [ii], 453+[3]; xvi,
360 pp. With three folding copper engraved plates and 21
folding copper engraved maps. Handsome period brown
elaborately gilt tooled mottled full calf. The separately
published third volume expertly rebound to match the first
two, otherwise a very good set.
"The voyage of the Badeuse and the Etoile under
Bougainville became the first official French
circumnavigation.., During this voyage, Bougainville visited
Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, and Patagonia in South America;
he was also in Buenos Aires when the order for the expulsion
of the Jesuits of Paraguay arrived, which he describes in
detail. He then proceeded through the Strait of Magellan and
across the Pacific, visiting the Tuamotu Archipelago, Tahiti,
the Samoan Islands, the New Hebrides, and the Solomon,
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Louisiade, and New Britain Archipelagoes. At the end of the volume, there is a long description of Tahiti,
containing observations concerning the natives as well as a vocabulary of 300 words used on the island.
Also included is an account of Aotourou (Mayoa), a Tahitian who returned to France with Bougainville.
Bougainville also touched at the Moluccas, Batavia, and Mauritius before he arrived once again in France
in 1769. Although Bougainville made only a few important discoveries, he created a great deal of interest
among the French in the Pacific" (Hill 163-4). The "supplement" here is a translation of a highly important
anonymous account of Cook's first voyage (by James Magra), published without authorization only two
months after the return of the Endeavour, and a full two years before the official account by
Hawkesworth; this is thus the first account of Captain Cook in French. Beddie 697; Cox I, p. 55; Howgego
B142; Sabin 6867.
$3500USD
24. BOWDICH, T[homas] Edward (1791?-1824)
Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee with
a Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geographical
Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa.
London: John Murray, 1819. First Edition. Quarto.
512 pp. With two engraved maps (including folding
frontispiece map), a folding engraved facsimile, seven
hand-coloured aquatint plates (including two folding)
containing ten views, and three leaves of music, two
double sided. Handsome period style brown elaborately
gilt tooled half calf with marbled boards and a red gilt
labels. A few leaves with mild browning and minor
marginal staining, otherwise a very good copy.
"In 1816 the African Company planned a mission
to the Asante, and initially contemplated appointing
Bowdich to lead it. On reaching Cape Coast Castle the
second time, he was judged too young and Frederick
James (governor of Fort Accra) was appointed to lead
the expedition. In the course of the journey, however,
Bowdich superseded his chief (a bold step afterwards
sanctioned by the authorities), and, through
negotiations which subsequently proved controversial,
formed a treaty with the king of the Asante, which
promised peace to the British settlements on the Gold
Coast in return for commercial and political cooperation.
In 1818 he returned to England in poor
24. An African in war dress
health, and in the following year published a detailed
account of his expedition, A Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee. This work, with its glowing
account of Asante society and culture, attracted considerable interest. Bowdich presented a small
collection of African objects and specimens to the British Museum" (Oxford DNB). "Bowdich was
appointed by the African Company to lead a mission to Ashanti in 1815. He subsequently spent much time
in Africa before his death at the mouth of the Gambia" (Howgego 1800-1850, C19); Abbey Travel 279;
Cardinall 492; Hess & Coger 6355; Tooley 95.
$4250USD
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25. CAILLIAUD, Frédéric (1787-1879)
Voyage a Méroé, au Fleuve blanc, au-delà de Fâzoql dans le midi du Royaume de Sennâr, a
Syouah et dans cinq Autres Oasis; fait dans les Années 1819, 1820, 1821 et 1822. [Travels to Meroe, the
White River, beyond Fâzoql in the South of the Kingdom of Sennar, Syouah and five Other Oasis; made
in the Years 1819, 1820, 1821 and 1822].
Paris: Debure, Tillard & Treuttel et Wurtz, 1823-7. First Edition. Octavo, 4 vols, & 2 in 1 Folio Atlas.
xv, 429; [iv], 442; [iv], 431; [iv], 416; [xxxii], [xx] pp. With fifteen engraved plates in text volumes and 150
lithographed plates in the two parts in one atlas volume. Period style brown gilt tooled half calf with
marbled boards and a maroon gilt morocco label. Some mild foxing of plates, otherwise a very good set.
On his last
expedition Cailliaud
examined the ruins of
Meroe, met Hanbury and
Waddington, reached
Halfaya at the junction of
the White and Blue Nile,
went to Sennar and
travelled down the Blue
Nile until he was within
sight of the mountains of
Ethiopia. "This work gives
an account of Cailliaud's
second Journey in Egypt
between 1819 and 1822
published in collaboration
with Jomard. He visited
the oasis of Siwah and
Jupiter Ammon and
accompanied the military
25. Pyramids near Mount Jebel Barkal, Nubia
expedition of Ismail Pasha (son of Mehmet Ali) to Nubia, where he explored the ruins of the ancient city
of Meroe, remarkable for its two hundred pyramids. The work is of particular importance for its
abundance of detail of contemporary Egypt, its people and antiquities" (Blackmer Sale Catalogue 449);
Gay 2572; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 113.
"Cailliaud joined "the expedition, offering to prospect for gold mines in the Sudan. With it he
advanced well to the South, and at Wadi Halfa encountered the English travellers George Waddington
and Barnard Hanbury. By March 1821 the expedition had reached Berber, where Cailliaud went ahead to
examine the ruins of Ancient Meroe. Using James Bruce's map he located on 25.4.21, at Assour to the
north of Shendi, the stepped pyramids of Bagrawia" (Howgego 1800-1850 C1).
$9750USD
26. CAILLIE, Rene (1799-1838)
Travels Through Central Africa to Timbuctoo; and Across the Great Desert, to Morocco,
Performed in the Years 1824-1828.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First English Edition. Octavo, 2 vols. viii, 475; xiv,
501 pp. With an aquatint portrait frontispiece, a double page view of Timbuctoo, 4 other plates, and 2
large folding maps. Period style brown gilt tooled polished full calf. Plates and maps with mild foxing,
otherwise a very good set.
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"Caillie began his quest for
Timbuctoo in March 1827 at the
mouth of the Rio Nunez, in what is
now Guinea, and reached the Niger
at Kouroussa in June. To disarm
suspicion along the way, he claimed
to be an Egyptian of Arab parentage
who had been taken to France as a
youngster and was now returning to
the land of his birth. From August 3,
1827, until January 9, 1828, he was
forced to remain at Tieme, being
felled first by foot trouble and then
by a bout with scurvy. He reached
Timbuctoo on April 20, 1828, and
stayed there until May 4, thereby
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becoming the second European to visit
the city of his own volition and the first to survive the journey" (Delpar p.95); Hess & Coger 5426.
"Caillie reached Kabara, the port of Timbuktu, on 19.4.28, and accompanied Sidi-Abdallahi, the
agent of the sheikh of Djenne, into Timbuktu later that day. Caillie was sorely disappointed with what he
saw: a dreary, sleepy little town on the edge of the desert, having none of the excitement or commerce
that its fame had suggested. The more important buildings had fallen into disrepair and the population
lived perpetually in fear of Tuareg attack. Caillie remained only two weeks in Timbuktu, and on 4.5.28,
anxious to depart, joined a caravan of 1400 camels heading for Morocco" (Howgego 1800-1850 C2).
$850USD
27. CASTRÉN, Matthias Alexander (1813-1853)
An Important Collection Containing Three Major Works: Nordiska Resor och Forskningar (6 vols.);
With: Dissertatio Academica de Affinitate Declinationum in Lingua Fennica, Esthonica et Lapponica;
With: Rese-Anteckningar i Sibirien [Nordic Travels and Researches; Academic Dissertation about
Affinities of Declination in Finnish,
Estonian and Lapland Languages;
Travel Notes in Siberia].
Helsingfors: Finska
Litteratursällskapets Tryckeri, 1852-
1870. First Edition. Large Octavo, 8
vols. With a lithographed portrait
frontispiece, two other lithographed
plates and two lithographed maps.
Period papered boards, publishers
printed papered boards, period
paper wrappers, all housed in a
custom made grey papered clamshell
box with a printed paper label.
A very good set.
Printed in Swedish and Latin
(the dissertation).
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First set includes: Reseminnen från åren 1838-1844; Reseberättelser och bref åren 1845-1849;
Föreläsningar i Finsk Mytologi; Ethnologiska Föreläsningar öfver Altaiska Folken: samt Samojediska och
Tatariska Sagor; Smärre Afhandlingar och Akademiska Dissertationer; Tillfålliga Uppsatser. [Travel
Memoirs from the Years 1838-1844; Travel Journals and Letters 1845-1849; Lectures in Finnish
Mythology; Ethnological Lectures About the Altaic Peoples: and Samoyedic and Tatar Fairy Tales; Small
Essays and Academic Dissertations; Miscellaneous Essays].
Helsingfors: Finska Litteratursällskapets Tryckeri (vols. Iv-vi – in Kejserliga Alexanders-Universitetet i
Finland), 1852-1870. First Edition. In Swedish. Large Octavo, 6 vols. [8], 320, [5]; xii, 463, [2 - errata]; [12],
332; xviii, [1 - half title], 284, [1 - errata]; viii, 293, [1 - errata]; lxxviii, [1 - blank], 160, [3] pp. Vols. 1-5 in
period blue papered boards with lithographed heraldic bookplates on first pastedown endpapers; also
owner’s ink inscriptions on first free endpapers (in Swedish). Vol. 6 in publishers' printed papered boards.
With: Dissertatio Academica de Affinitate Declinationum in Lingua Fennica, Esthonica et
Lapponica. Helsingforiaes: Typis Frenckellianis, 1839. In Latin. Duodecimo. [2], 67, [1 - errata] pp. Period
pink paper wrappers. Castrén’s first separately published work.
With: Rese-Anteckningar i Sibirien. Rare offprint of the article in: "Suomi" magazine. In Swedish.
1846. Octavo. 62 pp. Period brownish paper wrappers.
Our collection contains Castrén’s first separately published work - his dissertation on Finnish
linguistics which was prepared after his first travel to Lapland (in 1838) and defended in the Imperial
Alexander University of Finland in 1839. There is also a rare offprint about his travels across Siberia in
1845-1849 undertaken with the aim to research Siberian languages.
$1950USD
28. CHARDIN, John (1643-1713)
The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, Through the Black Sea and the
Country of Colchis.
London: Moses Pitt, 1689. First Edition, Second Impression. Folio. [xiii], 417; [8]; 154; [5] pp.
Frontispiece portrait, engraved title, printed title, plus a folding map of the Black Sea, and 16 engraved
plates (most of them folding views). Engraved title page vignette. Period style dark brown gilt tooled half
with marbled boards. A near fine copy.
28. A view of the Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia
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"Chardin was a Huguenot who was forced to emigrate to England. He was knighted by Charles II and
on his death was buried in Westminster Abbey. His first visit to the East was made in 1665, at the age of
twenty-two, when he both gratified a love of travelling and carried on his trade as a dealer in jewels. His
more important voyage was made in 1671. His route differed from that usually taken by travellers to the
East Indies in that he proceeded by way of the Black Sea and the countries bordering thereon. His account of
the Persian court and of his business transactions with the shah are of great interest. Sir William Jones
regarded his narrative as the best yet published on the Mohammedan nations" (Cox I p 249-250).
"Chardin set out for Persia for a second time in August 1671, but on this occasion diverted through
Smyrna and Constantinople, and took the Black Sea Route to Caucasia, Mingrelia and Georgia, finally
arriving at Esfahan in June 1673. In Georgia he heard of a race of warlike women, the Amazons, who had
at some time in the recent past invaded a kingdom to the northwest. He remained in Persia for four years,
as he says 'chiefly following the court in its removals, but also making some particular journeys.., as well
as studying the language.' He apparently knew Esfahan better than Paris, and visited nearly every part of
the country. His account of the Persian court and his business transactions with the shah are of
considerable interest. In 1677 he proceeded to India, afterwards returning to France by way of the Cape
of Good Hope" (Howgego C102); His second and more notable voyage to Persia, is important because it is
in the account of this voyage that he describes life in late Safavid Persia" (Ghani p. 71).
$2250USD
29. CHARLEVOIX, Pierre Francois Xavier de (1682-1761)
Histoire et Description Générale du Japon; où l'on Trouvera tout ce qu'on a pu Apprendre de la
Nature & des Productions du Pays, du Caractere & des Coûtumes des Habitans, du Gouvernement & du
Commerce, des Révolutions arrivées dans l'Empire & dans la Religion; et l'examen de tous les auteurs,
qui ont écrit sur la même sujet. Avec les fastes chronologiques de la découverte du nouveau monde.
[History and General Description of Japan, Where you will find Everything you Could Learn from Nature
& Productions of the Country, the Character & Customs of the Inhabitants, Government & Trade..,].
Paris: Gandouin et al., 1736. First Edition. Quarto, 2 vols. lviii, 667, [1]; xii, 746, [2] pp. With twentyfive
copper engraved plates (thirteen folding) and eight folding, engraved maps and plans. Period dark
brown full sheep, re-backed in period style with elaborate gilt tooling. Some scattered small minor and
marginal water stains, otherwise a very good set.
"Charlevoix was a French Jesuit traveller and historian, often distinguished as the first historian of
New France, which then occupied much of
North America known to Europeans"
(Wikipedia). "His work is particularly useful
in shedding light on the state of the Jesuit
missions of the period. In addition to works
based directly on his travels, he also wrote
on Hispaniola, Japan and Paraguay"
(Howgego C104). Charlevoix, never
travelled to Japan and his work is largely
based on Engelbrecht Kaempfer's "The
History of Japan," nevertheless the present
set is an important work of the period on
Japan and is considered one of the best
sources of information on Japan in the 18th
century. Cordier Japonica 422.
$6500USD
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30. COOK, Captain James (1728-1779) & KING, Captain James (bap. 1750-1784)
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making
Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of
North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicality of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed
under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, In His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and
Discovery, In the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780.
London: H. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. Second Edition, Extra Illustrated. Quarto, 3 vols. &
Folio Atlas. [x], xcvi, 421; [xii], 549; [xi], 548, [1] pp. Atlas with 87 maps and plates, including two large and
folding maps. Plus two extra illustrations: portraits of Cook and King by Webber engraved by Bartolozzi.
Very handsome period brown elaborately gilt tooled treed full calf with red and green gilt labels. Spines
with some cracks, otherwise a very good set in very original condition.
"Cook's third voyage
was organized to seek the
Northwest Passage and to
return Omai to Tahiti.
Officers of the crew
included William Bligh,
James Burney, James
Colnett, and George
Vancouver. John Webber
was appointed artist to the
expedition. After calling at
Kerguelen Island, Tasmania,
New Zealand, and the
Cook, Tonga, and Society
Islands, the expedition
sailed north and discovered
Christmas Island and the
Hawaiian Islands, which
Cook named the Sandwich
Islands. Cook charted the
American west coast from
Northern California through the Bering Strait as far north as latitude 70'' 44' before he was stopped by
pack ice. He returned to Hawaii for the winter and was killed in an unhappy skirmish with the natives over
a boat. Charles Clerke took command, and after he died sic months later, the ships returned to England
under John Gore. Despite contemporary English hostilities with the United States and France, the
scientific nature of this expedition caused the various governments to exempt these vessels from capture.
The voyage resulted in what Cook judged his most valuable discover -the Hawaiian Islands" (Hill 361 (First
Edition)).
"The second quarto edition, printed by H. Hughs rather than by W. And A. Strahan, with the
wording of the title page altered and the three-column text completely reset. A distinguishing feature of
the second quarto edition is the addition of engraved vignettes of the Royal Society Medal to the title
pages.., The second edition of Cook's Third Voyage is considered typographically superior to the first
edition" (Forbes, Hawaiian National Bibliography 85). "This long-delayed official account of the third
voyage was so eagerly awaited by the public that it was sold out on the third day after publication"
(Holmes 47); Lada-Mocarski 37 (First Edition).
$18,500USD
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31. COOK, Captain James (1728-1779) & KING, Captain James (bap. 1750-1784)
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for Ma king Discoveries
in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed Under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore in the
Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780. Being a Copious, Comprehensive, and Satisfactory Abridgement of
the Voyage.
London: Stockdale, Scatcherd, Whitaker, Fielding and Hardy, 1784. First Octavo Edition. Octavo, 4
vols. xii, 370; xii, 359; xii400; xii, 310 +[35] index [24] subscribers pp. With a total of fifty-one copper
engraved maps and plates, some large and folding. Period brown gilt tooled half calf with marbled boards.
Bindings worn and volume one with cracked hinges, but overall still a very good set in very original
condition.
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"Cook's third voyage was organized to seek the Northwest Passage and to return Omai to Tahiti.
Officers of the crew included William Bligh, James Burney, James Colnett, and George Vancouver. John
Webber was appointed artist to the expedition. After calling at Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, New Zealand,
and the Cook, Tonga, and Society Islands, the expedition sailed north and discovered Christmas Island and
the Hawaiian Islands, which Cook named the Sandwich Islands. Cook charted the American west coast
from Northern California through the Bering Strait as far north as latitude 70'' 44' before he was stopped
by pack ice. He returned to Hawaii for the winter and was killed in an unhappy skirmish with the natives
over a boat. Charles Clerke took command, and after he died sic months later, the ships returned to
England under John Gore. Despite contemporary English hostilities with the United States and France, the
scientific nature of this expedition caused the various governments to exempt these vessels from capture.
The voyage resulted in what Cook judged his most valuable discover -the Hawaiian Islands"(Hill 361 (First
Edition)).
"This abridged account is preferred by some readers because, the nautical and technical parts
having been deleted, the work reads more like an adventure" (Hill 362). "This Edition had a very wide
circulation and is notable for its extensive index" Forbes, Hawaiian National Bibliography 69). "This longdelayed
official account of the third voyage was so eagerly awaited by the public that it was sold out on
the third day after publication" (Holmes 47); Lada-Mocarski 37 (First Edition).
$1950USD
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32. CORDEYRO, Antonio S.J. (1641-1722)
[History of Portugal's Atlantic Islands...] Historia Insulana das
Ilhas a Portugal Sugeytas no Oceano Occidental.., Para a confirmaçam
dos bons costumes, assim moraes, como sobrenaturaes, dos nobres
antepassados Insulanos, nos presentes, e futuros Descendentes seus,
& só para a salvação de suas almas, & mayor gloria de Deos.
Lisboa: Antonio Pedrozo Galram, 1717. First Edition. Folio. [xvi],
528 pp. With woodcut vignette on title-page, woodcut headpieces,
tailpieces and initials. Handsome period brown elaborately gilt tooled
full sheep. Title page with repaired upper right corner, not affecting
text, rear cover with some repaired cut marks, otherwise a very good
copy in very original condition.
Important history of Portugal's Atlantic islands, covering the
prehistory and ancient history (including rumors that they were
Atlantis) of the Canary Islands, Cabo Verde, Madeira (including Porto
Santo), the Azores (sections on Santa Maria, São Miguel, Ilha Terceira,
São Jorge, Graciosa, Fayal, Pico, Flores, and Corvo). The author, a
Jesuit, was a native of Angra on the island of Terceira in the Azores. He
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died at the Collegio de Sancto Antão in Lisbon."This work is an important
source for the history and description of the Azores, Terceira in particular. Much of the material is derived
from the Saudades da terra of Caspar Frutuoso. There are also chapters describing the Canaries, Cape
Verde islands and Madeira, as well as some references to Brazil and the Americas. The section on Madeira
includes an account of the introduction of sugarcane from Sicily, and the development of the industry.
This declined with the gradual depletion of wood-fuel stocks and then moved first to Sao Tom, and then
to Brazil (Sotheby's). "A history of Portuguese exploration, colonization, and colonial administration in the
islands of the Canary, Madeira, Azores, and Cape Verde groups" (Bell C619); Innocêncio I, 114; Sabin
16759.
$3250USD
33. COXE, William (1748-1828)
Account of the Russian Discoveries Between Asia and America, to Which Are Added The Conquest
of Siberia, and the History of the Transactions and Commerce Between Russia and China.
London: J. Nichols for T, Cadell, 1780. First Edition. Quarto. xxii, 344, [13], [2] pp. Folding map
frontispiece, with 3 other folding maps and charts, and one folding
wood engraved panorama. Handsome period brown elaborately gilt
tooled treed full calf, re-backed in style. A very good copy.
"During a stay in St. Petersburg, Coxe researched recent
Russian discoveries between Asia and America, which resulted in the
present work, he endeavored to collect the journals of the several
voyages subsequent Bering's expedition in 1741, with which Gerhard
Mueller concluded his account of the first Russian navigations. Coxe
recounts the principal Russian discoveries and explorations made in
Northwestern America in their attempts to open communications
with Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. The voyages and discoveries of
Nevodsikoff, Serebranikoff, Trapesnikoff, Pushkareff, Drusinin,
Kulkoff, Korovin, Glottoff, Solovioff, Otcheredin, Krenitzin, Levasheff,
Synd, Bering, Chirikov, and several others are included. Accounts of
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some of these journeys had already been published, mostly in German, but Coxe took the trouble to
verify the correctness with such eminent authorities as Gerhard Friedrich Mueller and Peter Simon Pallas.
Coxe made suggestions which led the Russians to promote expeditions of discovery to the northern parts
of Siberia. Notable in the present work are a useful bibliography and pertinent observations on the fur
trade between Russians and the Chinese" (Hill 391); Howes C834; Cordier Sinica 2447; Sabin 17309.
33. Map of Krenitsyn and Levashev's voyage to the Fox Islands (Aleutian chain)
"Coxe's important compilation of contemporary accounts which was supplemented by details of
Krenitzin and Levashev's "secret" expedition. Part I of the work is a translation of Johann Ludwig Schultz's
Neue Nachrichten (Hamburg and Leipzig: 1776) and the other parts are similarly based on previouslypublished
narratives and accounts, principally German. However, Coxe took advantage of a sojourn in
Russia to verify these accounts with Gerhard Friedrich Muller and Peter Simon Pallas and other eminent
Russian experts on the subject. [Coxe] also succeeded in securing additional material (for instance the
narrative and maps of Krenitzin and Levashev's 'secret' expedition, the first official Russian government
expedition since Bering's second expedition of 1741. He was able to secure this particular information,
not widely known at the time even in Russia, from Dr. William Robertson, who in turn obtained it through
his friend Dr. Rogerson, first physician to Empress Catherine II" (Lada-Mocarski 29)" (Christies).
$3250USD
34. D'ANVILLE, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon (1697-1782)
Eclaircissemens Geographiques sur la Carte de l'Inde.
[Geographical Elucidations on the Map of India].
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1753. First Edition. Quarto. vi, [i], 161,
[11] pp. Period style brown gilt tooled half calf with marbled boards and
a red gilt label. With a couple of unobtrusive library blind stamps,
otherwise a very good copy.
This is the description of the D'Anville map of India published in
1752. D'Anville "was both a geographer and cartographer who greatly
improved the standards of map-making. His maps of ancient geography,
characterized by careful, accurate work and based largely on original
research, are especially valuable. He left unknown areas of continents
blank and noted doubtful information as such; compared to the lavish
maps of his predecessors, his maps looked empty" (Wikipedia).
$1250USD
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35. DAPPER, Olfert (1636-89)
[AFRICA: MOST COMPLETE 17TH CENTURY DESCRIPTION] Umbständliche und eigentliche
Beschreibung von Africa und denen darzu gehörigen Königreichen und Landschaften als Egypten,
Barbarien, Libyen, Biledulgerid, dem Lande der Negros, Guinea, Ethiopien, Abyssina und den
Africanischen Insulen zusamt deren verscheidenen Nahmen, Grentzen, Städten, Flüssen...: aus
unterschiedlichen neuen Land- und Reise-Beschreibungen mit Fleiss zusammengebracht.
[Africa: Being an Accurate Description of the Regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid,
the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abyssines, with all the Adjacent islands, either in the
Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea, belonging thereunto ; with the several
Denominations of their Coasts, Harbors, Creeks, Rivers, Lakes, Cities, Towns, Castles, and Villages ; Their
Customs, Modes, and Manners, Languages, Religions, and Inexhaustible Treasure].
Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1670-1671. First German Edition. Folio, 2 parts in one. [viii], 695, [13]
[i], 101, [3] pp. Title to part one printed in red and black, engraved additional title, engraved portrait,
forty-three engraved folding maps and plates and fifty-six engraved illustrations in text. Beautiful period
style crimson very elaborately gilt tooled full morocco with a black gilt label. A near fine copy.
Beautifully and vividly illustrated,
this "work is one of the most authoritative
17th-century accounts on Africa published
in German. Dapper never travelled to
Africa but used reports by Jesuit
missionaries and other explorers. The fine
plates include views of Algiers, Benin,
Cairo, Cap Town, La Valetta, Marrakech, St.
Helena, Tangier, Tripoli, Tunis, as well as,
animals and plants" (Christies). Translated
into German by F. von Zesen. This copy has
the engraved title, dedication and portrait
leaves lacking in most copies. "An
important early work on Africa in general,
which was translated into several European
languages.., "it was carefully compiled from
the best sources of information""
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(Mendelssohn I, p. 414).
Dapper "wrote a book on the history of Amsterdam. Later he also wrote about Africa, China, India,
Persia, Georgia, and Arabia, although he had not visited these exotic destinations himself. In fact, he
never travelled outside Holland. His books became well-known in his own time.., To this day, Dapper's
book Description of Africa Naukeurige Beschrijvinge van Africa gewesten (1668) is a key text for
Africanists" (Wikipedia); Cox I, p. 361; Gay 219.
$8750USD
36. DE FILIPPI, Filippo [H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi]
(1873-1933)
Il Ruwenzori. Viaggio Di Esplorazione e Prime Ascensioni Delle Piu Alte Vette Nella Catena Nevosa
Situata Fra I Grandi Laghi Equatoriali Dell' Africa Central; [With]: Il Ruwenzori Parte Scientifica:
Geologia, Petrografia, E Mineralogia; [With]: Camerano, Lorenzo; Estratto Dal Volume 1 Dell'Opera Il
Ruwenzore Relazione Scientifische (five parts in one), Presentation Copy from the Author to the last
King of Italy, Victtorio Emanuele III, with the King's book plate.
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[Ruwenzori: An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the
Abruzzi].
Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1908-9. First Editions. Quarto, 3 vols. xii, 360; xix, [iv], 286; 66, 22, 10, 6, 35
pp. With a color frontispiece, 25 photogravures and five panoramas (four folding) by Vittorio Sella,
numerous black & white illustrations from photographs, two folding diagrams, six folding maps including
five in color, and 54 (plates 11 and 12 of the third part not bound in) illustrations on plates. Original blue
cloth. Third volume period light brown gilt tooled quarter calf with marbled boards. The first two volumes
housed in a matching slipcase. A very good set.
36. Panorama of the Ruwenzori Mountains
"An account of the expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi. Classic
reference work on this tropical range; the expedition succeeded in climbing all the principal peaks" (Neate
F27). The second of the Duke's major expeditions. The Ruwenzori, Ptolemy's 'Mountain of the Moon', had
never been seriously attempted before this remarkable expedition made the first ascents of this
mountain group in central Africa between Lake Albert and Lake Edward on the boundary between Uganda
and Zaire. With the rare second and third volumes of scientific data. Howgego, Continental Exploration
1850-1940, F11.
$1500USD
37. DILLON, Capt. P[eter] (1788-1847)
Voyage aux Iles de la Mer du Sud, en 1827 et 1828, et Relation de la Decouverte du Sort de la
Perouse Dedie au Roi. [Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas, performed by
Order of the Government of British India to
ascertain the actual fate of La Pérouse's
Expedition, interspersed with Accounts of the
Religion, Manners, Customs, and Cannibal
Practices of the South Sea Islanders].
Paris: Chez Pillet Aine, 1830. First French
Edition. Octavo, 2 vols. lx, [295]; [363] pp.
With two folding lithographed frontispieces,
one other plate and a folding lithographed
map. Handsome period green gilt tooled
quarter sheep with marbled boards housed in
a matching slip case. Rebacked in period style
using original boards, otherwise a near fine
set.
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"It was during this voyage that the mystery of the loss of Laperouse and his expedition was finally
solved. From many years Dillon had navigated the South Seas in connection with the sandalwood trade,
and he often visited Fiji and New Zealand. In 1813, when on shore in the Fiji Islands, his crew was attacked
and fourteen were massacred. A Prussian refugee, Martin Bushart, his Fijian wife, and a Lascar seaman
were rescued and were landed on the small island of Tikopia when Dillon returned to China and India. In
1826, Dillon visited this island again, where he found his friends still living and from which he obtained
some articles which he rightly recognized as having belonged to Laperouse. These had been recovered
from an island in the Mannicolo Group not far distant. This news he gave to the Bengal government and
was given the survey vessel Research to go and investigate. After various adventures in Australia, New
Zealand , and Tonga, Dillon found the wrecks of the lost ships on the reefs surrounding Vanikoro in the
Santa Cruz Islands. He brought the news back to Captain Dumont d'Urville, then at Hobart, who
proceeded back to the location and recovered further relics. Dillon took his finds to France and presented
them to King Charles X, who conferred on him the order of the Legion D'honneur, and an annuity of 4,000
Francs" (Hill 480-1); Howgego 1800-1850, D21; Sabin 20176.
$2250USD
38. DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sebastien Cesar (1790-1842)
Voyage de Decouvertes Autour du Monde et a la Recherche de La Perouse, par M. J. Dumont
d'Urville, Capitaine de Vaisseau, execute sous son commandement et par ordre du gouvernement, sur
la Corvette l'Astrolabe, pendant les annees 1826, 1827, 1828, et 1829. Histoire du Voyage. [A Voyage of
Discovery Around the World and the Search for La Perouse].
Paris: A la Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, 1832-1833. Rare General Reader's Edition. Octavo, 5
vols & Folio Atlas. cxii, 528; [iv],632; [iv], 796; [iv], 760; [iv], 678, [1] pp. Folio Atlas with lithographed
portrait frontispiece, lithographed title, eight charts (six double-page), and twelve plates (six hand
colored). Period brown gilt tooled quarter sheep with red gilt morocco labels and marbled boards.
Handsomely re-backed in style using original boards, otherwise a near fine copy.
"This was the first expedition
commanded by Dumont d'Urville. Its
purpose was to gain additional
information about the principal
groups of islands in the Pacific and to
augment the mass of scientific data
acquired by Louis Duperrey. The
Astrolabe sailed south, around the
Cape of Good Hope, and arrived at
Port Jackson. Proceeding to New
Zealand, a careful survey was done of
its coast, especially the southern part
of Cook Strait. Tonga and parts of the
Fiji Archipelago were explored, then
New Britain, New Guinea, Amboina,
Tasmania, Vanikoro, Guam, and Java.
The return home was by the way of
Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope.
Massive amounts of scientific materials were collected and published. Dumont d'Urville is also known for
an incident from an earlier voyage: in 1819, while on a surveying vessel near the island of Milos, locals
told him about an ancient statue they had recently unearthed. After viewing the statue, he promptly
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arranged for it to be bought by the French government and shipped to Paris, where it remains in the
collection of the Louvre. The statue is known as the Venus de Milo" (Hill 504); Howgego 1800-1850, D34.
The rare "household" or general reader's edition of Dumont-d'Urville's grand series of narrative and
scientific volumes describing the Astrolabe expedition. The very rare atlas volume was issued but is rarely
found as in this case with the text volumes. Australian Book Auctions.
$12,500USD
39. DURAND, Jean-Baptiste-Léonard (1742-1812)
[Voyage to Senegal]. Voyage au Sénégal, ou mémoires historiques, philosophiques et politiques
sur les découvertes, les établissemens et le commerce des Européens dans les mers de l'Océan
atlantique, depuis le Cap-Blanc jusqu'à la rivière de Serre-Lionne inclusivement ; suivis de la relation
d'un voyage par terre de l'île Saint-Louis à Galam, et du texte arabe de trois traités de commerce faits
par l'auteur avec les princes de pays.
Paris: Chez H. Agasse, An X, [1802]. Second Edition. Text Octavo, 2 vols & Quarto Atlas. lvi, 359, [1];
383, [1];67 pp. Atlas with a copper engraved portrait frontispiece, forty-three numbered engraved plates,
including sixteen folding maps. Handsome period brown gilt tooled mottled full (text) & half (atlas) calf.
Atlas with marbled boards. One text volume rebacked, otherwise a very good set.
In 1785 Durand was appointed head of the
Third Company of Senegal on the Isle of St. Louis
where he was a director between 1785-86. He
then made a trip to Galam and concluded several
treaties with the Moors, to promote the gum
trade. A Voyage to Senegal was inspired by the
works of Father Labat and other writers, and
includes a description of the journey of Mr.
Rubault, who went to Galam and much
information on the history, trade and commerce
of the western African coast from Cape Blanc to
the Sierra Leone River, which was the heart of the
African slave trade in the 18th century. The work
contains a very detailed map of the region and
also engravings of local life, fauna and flora.
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"During the eighteenth century the factories and settlements on the coast of Senegal had changed
hands several times between the British and the French. The island of Goree had been returned to the
French in 1763 at the conclusion of the Seven Years War, and 1779 Louis Philippe Rigaud, marquis de
Vaudreuil, had recovered Saint Louis" (Howgego 1800-1850, W23); Wikipedia.
$2500USD
40. EDEN, [Sir] Ashley (1831-1887)
Political Missions to Bootan, comprising the reports of the Hon’ble Ashley Eden, - 1864; Capt. R.B.
Pemberton, 1837, 1838, with Dr. W. Griffiths’s Journal; and the Account by Baboo Kishen Kant Rose.
Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Office, 1865. First Edition. Octavo. [ii], xi, 206 pp. With a large folding
outline hand colored engraved map and a folding topographical engraved profile of the route. Period style
light brown gilt tooled half sheep with light brown cloth boards and a light brown gilt morocco label. Map
backed on Japanese paper and browned and title page with remnants of old library stamp, otherwise a
very good copy.
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A collection of early interesting
accounts on relations between the British
India and the Kingdom of Bhutan in 1860's,
which was a time of growing tension
between the two countries which resulted
in the Duar War (1864-1865). The book
includes the account by Sir Ashley Eden,
later Governor General of British India. "In
1861 Eden was appointed special envoy to
Sikkim and, backed by an army, wrung from
the maharaja a treaty guaranteeing free
trade and the cessation of raids into British
territory. In 1863 he was sent on a similar
mission to Bhutan but without the same
40. Map of Bhutan, enlargement view
military support and he found himself taken
virtual prisoner by the Bhutanese and forced to sign a treaty humiliating to the British. The insult was amply
repaid when Britain went to war against Bhutan in November 1864" (Oxford DNB).
The second account is by Captain Robert Boileau Pemberton (1798-1840) who led a diplomatic
mission to Bhutan in 1837-8, together with the account by the member of the same embassy, Doctor
William Griffith (1810-1845). The last account is an English translation of the relation by Baboo Kishen
Kant Bose. The book is supplemented with a subject index.
The Duar War (1864-65) lasted only five months and, despite some battlefield victories by
Bhutanese forces, resulted in Bhutan's defeat, loss of part of its sovereign territory, and forced cession of
formerly occupied territories. Under the terms of the Treaty of Sinchula, signed on November 11, 1865,
Bhutan ceded territories in the Assam Duars and Bengal Duars, as well as the eighty-three-squarekilometer
territory of Dewangiri in southeastern Bhutan, in return for an annual subsidy of 50,000 rupees
(Wikipedia). In 1863 Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen joined the "Political mission to Bhutan under
Ashley Eden. In 1864 he carried out topographical surveys between Sikkim and Punakha, and produced a
detailed map of Bhutan that would remain in use for thirty years" (Howgego 1850-1940 Continental G27).
$2500USD
41. EGEDE, Hans Poulsen (1686-1758) & Poul Hanson (1708-1789)
Omstændelig og Udførlig Relation, Angaaende den
Grønlandske Missions Begyndelse of Forsættelse, samt hvad Ellers
mere der ved Landets Recognoscering, dets Beskaffenhed, og
Indbyggernes Væsen of Leve-Maade Vedkommende, er Befunden.
[A Comprehensive Relation About the Greenland Mission, its
Reconnaissance, its Character, and the Inhabitants];
[With]: Continuation af Relationerne Betreffende den
Grønlandske Missions Tilstand og Beskaffenhed, Forfattet i Form af
en Journal fra Anno 1734 till 1740. Af Colonien, Christians-haab udi
Discobugt. [Continuation the Relation of the Greenland Mission
Written in the form of a Journal from Anno 1734 till 1740..,].
Copenhagen: J.C. Groth, 1738-41. First Editions. Small Quarto,
2 vols in one. [20], 408; [8], 184 pp. With two folding wood cut maps.
Period dark brown elaborately gilt tooled full sheep with a light
brown gilt label. Label faded, text mildly browned and with some
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very mild staining of a few leaves, maps with minor repairs
and with a small library marking on the title page, otherwise
a very good copy.
After much hardship Hans Poulsen Egede landed on
the west coast of Greenland with three ships and 40 people
(including family) on 3 July 1721. Egede was the first
missionary to the Inuit of Greenland, where he served for
15 years and founded the colony of Godthaab. His work was
of fundamental importance for the colonization of
Greenland. As a missionary he was groundbreaking and was
nicknamed the Apostle of Greenland. He also gave an
important contribution to the understanding of Greenland's
geography and Inuit culture and language (Oslo University
Library). Hans Poulsen Egede "established a successful
mission among the Inuit and is credited with revitalizing
Dano-Norwegian interest in the island after contact had
been broken for hundreds of years. He founded Greenland's
capital Godthåb, now known as Nuuk" (Wikipedia).
"Egede first visited Nuk, the site of Godthab, the first
year of his Greenland colony, 1721, when seeking a better
41. Map of Disco Bay (Greenland)
site for permanent settlement than his temporary residence
at Haabets Oe at the mouth of Godthab's Fjord. He found Nuk a fine site with a good harbour. He saw the
site again several times in ensuing years, but it was not until 1727 that he again took up the plan to move
there" (Holland p95). "Egede converted many of the Inuit to Christianity and eventually established a
considerable commerce with Denmark" (Howgego E17).
First Part: "detailed and full relation regarding the beginning and continuation of the Greenland
mission: in addition to other things observations concerning the reconnaissance of the country, its nature
and the manners and way of life of its inhabitants" (Arctic Bibliography 4366); Sabin 22021; Second Part:
"The diaries of Poul Egede.., containing observations, mainly pertaining to the church and the mission,
together with incidents from the everyday life in West Greenland" (Arctic Bibliography 4370); Sabin 22035.
$3250USD
42. Map of Oregon with the 49th parallel
cutting off the southern part of Vancouver
Island for the United States
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42. FEDIX, P.A.
L'Oregon et les Cotes de l'Ocean Pacifique du
Nord. aperçu géographique, statistique et
politique, avec une carte du pays d'après les
documens les plus récens. [Oregon and the North
Pacific Coast, a geographical, statistical and
political overview, with a map of the country
according to the most recent documents].
Paris: Librairie de Amyot, 1846. First Edition.
Octavo. ix, 258 pp. With a large folding outline hand
coloured map. Period style brown gilt tooled quarter
calf with marbled boards, with original printed
paper wrappers bound in. A fine copy.
"Relates almost entirely to the political
aspects of Oregon at that time" (Cowan 1952, p.84).

"Copies in wrappers are rare. Overland expeditions; sea voyages; fur trade; English establishments;
American settlements; Oregon boundary dispute between Spain and Russia; Spain and England; England
and the United States; the rights of Great Britain; U. S. Rights, etc. Monsieur Fedix, after an exhaustive
and extensive research, concludes that the country belongs to neither the United States nor Great Britain,
but to Oregon and the Oregonians, and urges the settlers to kick out the whole caboodle and establish an
independent Republic of their own" (Eberstadt 134:563). "Proposes that world powers maintain Oregon
as an independency to serve as an international trade center for the Pacific" (Howes F70); Sabin 24000.
$5750USD
43. FERNANDEZ, Juan Patricio (1661-1733)
Historica Relatio, de Apostolicis Missionibus Patrum
Societatis Jesu apud Chiquitos, Paraquariae Populos, Primo
Hispano Idiomate Conscripta. [Historical Relation of the Jesuits
and the Chiquitos Missions, and about the Paraquayan People].
Augsburg: Mathias Wolff, 1733. First Edition. Small Quarto.
[xl], 276, [16], [2] pp. Title printed in red and black, and with
woodcut initials and vignettes. Handsome period brown full
sheep, spine with raised bands and blind-stamped floral
ornaments, edges tinted blue-green. Occasional light foxing, one
leaf with a repaired tear, otherwise a very good copy.
"First Latin edition of this Jesuit history of Paraguay, "of
great importance for the history of Sao Paulo, as it deals with the
incursion of the 'Bandeirantes' into the missions of Paraguay.
[Southey used it for his History of Brazil]" (Borba de Moraes 305-
6). The present work chronicles this history from the beginning
until within a few years of publication, with much on customs,
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language, and native religion. The work includes a number of pastoral texts in Chiquito and related
languages. The work was first published in Spanish in 1726, and proved popular, with additional
translations into German and Italian" (Sotheby's). "Between the years 1690 and 1720, the Jesuits from
Asuncion undertook numerous attempts to locate a direct and reliable route from Asuncion to the
missions of Chiquitos in eastern Bolivia.., In October 1704, Father Juan Patricio Fernandez left San Rafael
to follow the route cut by Hervas and Yegros" (Howgego A114); Bosch 174 (Spanish edition); Sabin 24137.
$1750USD
44. FORREST, Thomas (ca.1729-ca.1802)
A Voyage to New Guinea and the Moluccas,
From Balambangan: Including an Account of
Magindano, Sooloo, and other Islands; and
Illustrated with Thirty Copperplates. Performed in
the Tartar Galley, belonging to the Honourable East
India Company During the Years 1774, 1775, and
1776, to which is added, a Vocabulary of the
Magindano Tongue.
London: G. Scott, 1779. First Edition. Quarto.
xxiii, [i], 388, 13, [1] pp. With a portrait frontispiece
and thirty other copper engraved plates, maps and
plans, many folding. Handsome period style brown
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elaborately gilt tooled half calf with marbled boards and a brown gilt label. A few plates tightly cropped at
the plate mark, but overall a very nice copy.
"This work supplies what is wanting in Sonnerat, as it is full on the physical and moral character of
the inhabitants, and on their language, mode of life, and trade" (Cox II, p301). "Captain Forrest served for
some years in the navy and made several voyages to the East. In 1770, he was engaged in forming the
new settlement at Balambangan, which had been recommended by Alexander Dalrymple. In 1774, when
the council, in accordance with their instructions and with a view to developing new sources of trade,
desired to send an exploring party in the direction of New Guinea, Forrest offered his services. He sailed
in the "Tartar", a native boat of about ten tons burden, with two English officers and a crew of eighteen
Malays. He pushed the exploration as far as Geelvink Bay in New Guinea. The voyage was one of
examination and enquiry rather than of exploration, and the additions made to geographical knowledge
were corrections of detail rather than startling discoveries, but the tact with which he conducted his
intercourse with the natives, and the amount of work done in a small boat, deservedly won him credit as
a navigator" (Hill 623).
At Geelvinks Bay, Forrest "found one of the few nutmeg forests not under control of the Dutch.
After exploring the Gilol Passage, between New Guinea and the Moluccas, he sailed to Mindanao, where
the sultan gave him free choice of locations for future British bases. En route he also examined the Sulu
Archipelago, Mandiolo, Batchian and Waygiou.., In 1776, the 4000-mile odyssey of the Tartar ended"
(Howgego F60).
$3250USD
45. GRANDPRE, L[ouis Marie Joseph Ohier Comte de] (1761-1846)
Voyage dans l'Inde et au Bengale, fait dans les années 1789 et 1790: Contenant la description des
îles Séchelles et de Trinquemalay, des détails sur le caractère et les arts industrieux des peuples de
l'Inde, la description de quelques pratiques religieuses des habitans du Bengale: suivi d'un voyage fait
dans la mer rouge, contenant la description de Moka, et du commerce des Arabes de l'Yémen; des
détails sur leur caractère et leurs moeurs, etc. etc.
[A Voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, undertaken in the years 1789 and 1790: containing
An Account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale; The Character and Arts of the People of India;... To
which is added, A Voyage in the Red Sea; including A Description of Mocha, and of the Trade of the
Arabs of Yemen].
45. Volumes in original publisher’s wrappers
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45. A view of the Black Hole memorial
in Kolkata

Paris: Dentu, An IX - 1801. First Edition. Octavo, 2 vols. [iv], 288; [iv], 318, [1] pp. With seven copper
engraved folding plates. Original publisher's pink papered wrappers with printed paper labels. A near fine
uncut set in very original condition.
"Louis de Grandpré was a French army officer who made an extensive tour of the Indian Ocean
region in 1789-90, which was published in Paris in 1801 under the title Voyage dans l’Inde et au Bengale
fait dans les années 1789 et 1790, contenant la description des îles Séchelles et de Trinquemaly. Grandpré
began his voyage in the French-controlled Île de France (Isle of France), as Mauritius was called, passed by
the Maldives, and visited the Seychelles, India, Cochin China (Vietnam), Yemen, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka),
where he toured the fortress of Trincomale on the eastern coast of the island. Grandpré was very much
concerned with the relative influence of the different European powers in the places he visited, especially
India. His work includes a detailed analysis of the position of the French at Pondicherry, the main center
of French influence in India" (World Digital Library); Howgego P84.
$1250USD
46. HACKE, William, editor (fl. 1671-1702)
A Collection of Original Voyages: I. Capt. Cowley's Voyage
round the Globe. II. Captain Sharp's Journey over the Isthmus of
Darien, and expedition into the South Seas, written by himself.
III. Capt. Wood's Voyage thro' the Streights of Magellan. IV. Mr.
Roberts's Adventures among corsairs of the Levant; his account
of their way of living; description of the Archipelago Islands,
taking of Scio, &c... Published by Capt William Hacke.
London: James Knapton, 1699. First Edition. Octavo. [xvi],
100, 53, [3] pp. With six engraved plates and maps (five folding)
two small text woodcuts, 3-page publisher's advertisements at end.
Early 20th century brown gilt tooled three-quarter morocco with
marbled boards. World map bound in upside down, otherwise a
near fine copy.
"This work is original source material for the history of the
buccaneers. Hacke, who edited these voyages, had himself been a
buccaneer before settling down to the somewhat more
respectable work of publishing the journals of his former
comrades. Ambrose Cowley was well known for his harassing
ventures against the Spaniards in the West Indies. In his voyaging
into the Pacific, he sailed further south than any of his
predecessors, and he named some of the Galapagos Islands.
Bartholomew Sharp, the elected leader of the buccaneers, plundered
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and looted all along the west coast of South America and weakened Spanish domination in those seas by
capturing some important maps in 1680, from which Hacke later made several highly important
manuscript atlases. John Wood served on John Narbrough's expedition to the west coast of South
America and gave an account of the Patagonians. Roberts adventured with Greek pirates, escaped from
them, and was then involved with the Venetian fleet at the battle of Scio" (Hill 741); Cox I, p.9.
"In 1682, under conditions of the utmost secrecy, Hack was commissioned by government ministers
to copy the book of charts seized by Captain Bartholomew Sharpe off Cape Pasado (modern Ecuador) in
June 1681. Hack capitalized on this opportunity by producing an unnecessarily lavish presentation copy
for Charles II in what appears to have been a deft suit for royal patronage (BL, Maps K. Mar. VIII.15). Hack
also obtained the journals of Sharpe and Basil Ringrose, which were copied and edited under his direction
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over the course of the next twenty years (copies of these two works are at BL, Sloane MS 46B and 48
respectively). The finished products were among items he presented to his royal patrons, Charles II and
James II, and to a select coterie of other sponsors, notably Christopher Monk, second duke of Albemarle,
and John, Lord Somers, chancellor of England. Hack is not known to have kept an apprentice, but he was
assisted in producing copies of Sharpe's journal by the Jewish linguist Phillip Dassigny.
Hack's prolific output of manuscript charts outstripped
that of any other member of the Thames school. A conservative
estimate of the total number of charts he personally produced
between 1682 and 1702 exceeds 300, although this probably
represents a fraction of the true figure. Many of these were
multiple copies of the charts deriving from Sharpe's voyage, but
he also produced atlases of coastlines in Africa and the Orient.
His business premises were ‘At the Signe of Great Britain and
Ireland’ by Wapping New Stairs, London, although from the
evidence of several charts dated 1686 he seems to have had a
temporary address at Gun Wharf. Towards the end of his career
Hack prospered and his interests diversified. In December 1695
he was apparently resident in Mile End Green, having adopted
the rank of captain in correspondence with Sir William Trumbull
over a scheme to press foreigners into the naval service. In
1699, as ‘Capt. William Hacke’, he edited and published A
Collection of Original Voyages printed by James Knapton,
printer to the Royal Society. The collection contained an
abridged account of Sharpe's voyage and illustrations by
Herman Moll" (Oxford DNB); Sabin 29473.
$8750USD
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46. 'The Gallapagos Islands
discovered by Captain John Eaton'
47. HAMILTON, Charles, Esq (1752/3-1792)
An Historical Relation of the Origin, Progress, and Final
Dissolution of the Government of the Rohilla Afghans in the
Northern Provinces of Hindostan. Compiled from a Persian
Manuscript and other Original Papers.
London: Printed for G. Kearsley, 1787. First Edition. Octavo. xvii,
298 pp. Original grey papered boards rebacked in style with beige
paper and printed paper label. A very good copy.
Charles Hamilton, Esq. An Officer in the Service of the
Honourable East-India Company on the Bengal Establishment. The
Rohillas, described by Macaulay as ‘the finest population in India’
were military adventurers from Afghanistan who had entered India
some 35 years earlier and settled in Rohilkind, a stretch of country
between the Ganges and Himalayas on the north-western borders of
Oudh. In 1774 Shuja-ud-daula, with the assistance of a brigade of the
East India Company's troops provided by Warren Hastings, invaded
Rohilkind, killing their principal chief, Hafiz Rahmat, and annexing the
country. This action figured later in the charges against Hasting during
his impeachment.
Hamilton, a lieutenant in the Indian army, served in the
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campaign against the Rohillas where he collected materials for this, his first book. He was a noted
orientalist, and one of the first members of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta. In 1791, whilst in England, he
was appointed resident at the court if the grand vizier at Oudh, but died, aged 39, before he could take up
the appointment. A second edition was published in 1788. Cox I, p 256; Bibliography of Afghanistan 2480.
"A student of oriental languages, Hamilton was one of the first members of the Asiatic Society of
Bengal. During an expedition against the Rohillas of Afghanistan he obtained a collection of Persian
manuscripts from which he wrote his Historical relation of the origin, progress, and final dissolution of the
government of the Rohilla Afghans in the northern provinces of Hindostan (1787). In the year before its
publication Hamilton gained permission to return home for five years in order to translate from the
Persian the Hedaya (published in 1791 as Hedaya, or, Guide), a commentary on Muslim laws, for which
task he had been selected by the governor-general and council of Bengal" (Oxford DNB).
$975USD
48. HANWAY, Jonas (1712-1786)
An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea. With a Journal of Travels from
London through Russia into Persia; and back Through Russia, Germany and Holland. To which are
added, The revolutions of Persia during the present century, with the particular history of the great
usurper Nadir Kouli.
London: Dodsley et al, 1753. First Edition. Quarto, 4 vols. bound in 3. xx, 399; xv, [i], 374, [15]; xv,
255; xv, [i], 301, [20] pp. With four copper engraved frontispieces, fifteen other copper engraved plates
and nine folding engraved maps. Later period style brown gilt tooled quarter calf with grey papered
boards and red and green gilt morocco labels. A very good set.
The author "travelled to Russia in 1743 where he entered into a
partnership with a certain Mr. Dingley, a merchant at St. Petersburg. In
that year Hanway set out southward from Moscow with a caravan of
woollen goods, followed the Volga and the western shores of the Caspian
Sea, and arrived in Persia where he traded in the north of the country and
along the Caspian coast. While there, according to his narrative published
in 1753, he suffered many hardships and adventures. At Astrabad, his
furthest east, he was robbed by Qajar rebels but, after visiting the shah at
Hamadan, won compensation for his stolen goods. He returned in 1745 by
way of the Caspian and Volga, and in 1750 returned to London, where,
having amassed a considerable fortune, he retired from trade and 1753
published an account of his travels" (Howgego H21). "Hanway was a well
known traveller and philanthropist, popularly remembered as the pioneer
user of the umbrella" (Cox I, p. 255); "One of the earliest accounts of the
Caspian region by a European" (Ghani p. 167).
"On 18 February 1743 he joined the Russia Company as junior
partner with Charles Dingley and Henry Klencke, and took ship for Riga in
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April, and thence travelled overland to St Petersburg, where he was soon
engaged in fitting out an expedition to Persia by way of the Caspian Sea.
Hanway's mission was to sell English broadcloth for Persian silk and to evaluate the potential of trade with
Persia, then ruled by the last great steppe conqueror, Shah Nadir Kuli Khan (1688-1747). A trans-Caspian
trade had been pioneered by the Muscovy Company in 1566, but it was a tenuous link, dependent on
political stability in central Asia and the co-operation of rulers in both Persia and Russia both of which
were distant hopes in Hanway's time.
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With only an English clerk, a Russian
menial servant, a Tartar boy, and a Russian
soldier, Hanway travelled to Moscow and
thence to Astrakhan, where he boarded a
British ship, the Empress of Russia, which
conveyed him across the Caspian to Langarud.
His destination was Mashhad, but his caravan
was captured on the way by rebellious Khyars,
allied to Turkomans from the steppes to the
north. Robbed of his goods, and forced to flee
in disguise along the bleak southern shores of
the Caspian, he was rescued by merchant
colleagues. He was later partially compensated
by Nadir Shah, who desired cordial relations
with the British in order to enlist British
artisans to construct a Persian navy for the
Caspian. However, Hanway, and those who
sent him, had underestimated the insecurity of
48. Map of Persia with the Eastern Frontier
the route while exaggerating the potential of
the trade. In retrospect he concluded that the trade held no great promise, for Persia was too poor and
Russia was wholly disinclined to see the expansion of Persian power on its southern frontier. From these
adventures he derived his motto in later life, ‘Never Despair’. Hanway spent the next five years in St
Petersburg, trying to revive his trade and reputation, before he returned to Britain via Germany and the
Netherlands, in October 1750" (Oxford DNB).
$1500USD
49. HARTUNG, George (1822-1891)
Die Azoren in Ihrer Ausseren Erscheinung und nach Ihrer Geognostischen Natur Geschildert. [A
Description of the Azores, Especially Their Geological Features].
Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1860. First Edition. Large Octavo Text & Small Folio Atlas. viii, 350+[1]
pp. Atlas with one map and nineteen
other lithographed plates, many
colored and folding. Handsome period
style red gilt tooled half morocco with
marbled boards. A very good set.
Georg Hartung was a pioneer
German geologist. His work "on the
Azores contains illustrations of great
scientific interest. Georg Hartung also
met and corresponded with Charles
Darwin and with Sir Charles Lyell, the
pioneer of modern geology, from
whom he received scientific samples.
He visited the Canary Islands in the
winter of 1853 and the spring of 1854"
(Wikipedia).
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$2950USD
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50. HILL, S[amuel] S.
Travels in Siberia.
London: London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854.
First Edition. Octavo, 2 vols. xv, [1], 458; xvi, 432 pp. Period dark brown
gilt tooled half morocco with green pebbled cloth boards. A very good set.
The author travels from Moscow via towns and places including
Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk,
Kyakhta, Miatchin, Lena River, Yakutsk, Ochotsk, to Kamchatka. It seems
that after Kamchatka Hill travelled to Hawaii and these travels are
recorded in his "Travels in the Sandwich and Society Islands." "Samuel
Hill was a prolific writer of Travel books, the National Union Catalogue
records seven titles by him published between the years 1837 and 1866"
(Hawaiian National Bibliography III, 2175).
$975USD
51. HOOKER, Joseph Dalton (1817-1911)
Himalayan Journals. Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia
Mountains.
London: John Murray, 1854. First Edition. Octavo, 2 vols. [xxviii], 408, 32; xii, 487 pp. Two
frontispieces and ten other chromolithographic plates, 80 wood engravings on plates and in text, and two
folding maps. Original publisher's brown blind stamped pictorial gilt cloth. Re-cased with original spines
laid down, corners strengthened and with some minor foxing of plates, otherwise a very good set.
51. Original publisher’s cloth
51. 'Map of part of Bengal, the Himalaya and Tibet'
"Hooker had collected about 7000 species in India and Nepal.., Hooker's journey also produced his
Himalayan Journals (1854), which was dedicated to Darwin and was the first to open European eyes to
the delights of Sikkim" (Howgego 1800-1850, H33). "Hooker was the first to make an almost complete
circuit of Kanchenjunga in the years 1848-50: a classic of early Himalayan travel" (Neate H108).
"When Hooker first sought permission to enter Sikkim the Diwan made considerable efforts to
prevent him, and even after pressure from the British administration forced the Diwan to submit he
obstructed their progress in various ways. He particularly urged them not to cross the northern border
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with Tibet during their explorations, but Hooker and Campbell knowingly ignored his order and the border
violation was used by the Diwan as a pretext to arrest and imprison them in November 1849. The British
government secured their release within weeks by threatening to invade Sikkim" (Oxford DNB).
"The author, a botanist, explored the Sikkim and East Nepal Himalaya in the years of 1848-50. This
is an account of his journey and his botanical observations, and is classical Himalayan literature in early
Himalaya explorations" (Yakushi H236a).
$1250USD
52. HOSKINS, G[eorge] A[lexander], Esq. (1802-1863)
Travels in Ethiopia, Above the Second Cataract of the
Nile; Exhibiting the State of that Country, and its Various
Inhabitants, Under the Dominion of Mohamed Ali, and
Illustrating the Antiquities, Arts, and History of the Ancient
Kingdom of Meroe.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, &
Longman, 1835. First Edition. Quarto. xix, 367 pp. With 54 (six
colour) lithographed plates (on 53, as Nos.53 and 54 are
printed on one sheet, as issued), 35 woodcuts in text and one
folding map. Original publisher's blue-gray decorative
pictorial gilt cloth. Spine very light faded and map with very
mild foxing, otherwise a very good copy.
"Hoskins explored, in 1833, a relatively little-known
area: Ethiopia above the second cataract, especially Meroe.
He was the first European to describe the antiquities of
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Meroe and he spent a year in Upper Egypt studying the
monuments, sculpture and hieroglyphics" (Blackmer Sale
Catalogue 695). He "first visited Egypt and Nubia in 1832-33. He returned later in life for reasons of
health, but died in Rome in 1863. His two books, the first published after his first journey, and the second
in the year of his death, are important for comparing how many of the ancient monuments had been
carried off or destroyed during the intervening period" (Howgego 1800-1850 E4); Fumagalli 162; Gay
2574; Hess & Coger 1376; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 310.
$3650USD
53. KIRKPATRICK, William (1754-1812)
An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul,
Being the Substance of Observations Made
During a Mission to that Country, in the Year
1793.
London: William Miller, 1811. First
Edition. Quarto. xix, [ii], 386, [2], [4] pp. With a
copper engraved vignette, a large folding
copper engraved map, thirteen copper engraved
plates, and one hand colored aquatint. Period
brown gilt tooled diced full calf, re-backed in
style with a maroon gilt label. A very good copy.
"In 1792 [Kirkpatrick] headed a
diplomatic mission to Nepal, leading the first
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Britons into that kingdom. Kirkpatrick told Cornwallis's secretary, Colonel Ross, on 27 October 1792, that
the mission went to settle a dispute between Nepal and Tibet and ‘to advance useful knowledge’ (BL
OIOC, Kirkpatrick MSS, MS Eur. F/228/1, fol. 41). Arriving after the dispute ended, he spent three weeks in
Nepal, and though he returned to India without concrete benefit, the mission was regarded as a
successful foray into an unknown land" (Oxford DNB).
"Account of the first Englishman's visit to the Kathmandu Valley. The author was sent in with a
small party by Lord Cornwallis as "mediator" between China and Nepal in 1793. He also gives a historical
sketch of Nepal" (Yakushi 214). "Kirkpatrick arrived in Nawakot early in 1792, but was too late to influence
the peace terms already agreed, or to establish closer ties between the British and Nepalese. He returned
to India later that year.., His account of Nepal, which did not appear until 1811, was the first primary
account of Nepal to be written in English, and was the only reference work on the country for many
years" (Howgego K27).
$2500USD
54. KOTZEBUE, Otto von (1787-1846)
Entdeckungs-Reise in die Süd-See und nach der Berings-Strasse zur Erforschung einer
nordöstlichen Durchfahrt: unternommen in den Jahren 1815, 1816, 1817 und 1818 auf Kosten Sr.
Erlaucht des Herrn Reichs-Kanzlers Grafen Rumanzoff auf dem Schiffe Rurick unter dem Befehle des
Lieutenants der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Marine, Otto von Kotzebue.
[A Voyage of Discovery, into the South Sea, and Beerings Straits, for the Purpose of Exploring a
North-East Passage, undertaken in the Years 1815--1818, at the Expense of his Highness the Chancellor
of the Empire, Count Romanzoff, in the Ship Rurick, under the Command of the Lieutenant in the
Russian Imperial Navy, Otto Von Kotzebue].
Weimar: Gebruedern Hoffmann, 1821. First Edition. Quarto 3 vols. in one. xviii, [iii], 168; 176; [i],
240 pp. 6 engraved maps, 5 folding, 19 hand-coloured aquatint plates from drawings by Choris, 4 doublepage,
1 black and white plate, Handsome brown period style elaborately gilt tooled half sheep with
marbled boards. With an expertly removed library marking on title page, otherwise a near fine copy.
"First Edition on laid
paper with all the aquatint
plates finely coloured by
hand, of the second Russian
circumnavigation and the
first for scientific purposes,
sponsored by Count
Romanzoff, one of Russia's
greatest patrons of the
sciences. It proved to be one
of the most important and
fruitful of all Russian
circumnavigations,
contributing greatly to
knowledge of the South
Seas, Pacific Northwest and
Alaska, although without
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finding the North-West Passage (here termed the North-East by Kotzebue).
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[Kotzebue] commanded
the Rurick and knew the North
Pacific well from his earlier
voyage with Krusenstern. With
him were Louis Choris,
expedition artist, and Adelbert
von Chamisso, naturalist. Their
valuable study of Pacific islands
included Easter Island, the
Tuamotus, Marshalls and the
newly-discovered Romanzoff
Islands, and Kotzebue's reports
on coral atolls were later used by
Charles Darwin. Reaching
Kamchatka they passed through
Bering Strait, explored Kotzebue
54. Iceberg in Kotzebue Sound, Alaska
Sound, and investigated the Pribilof
Islands and Aleutians, recording excellent descriptions of the Chukchis, Aleuts and Eskimos. Before
crossing the Pacific they made stops on the California coast, at San Francisco, followed by a long stay in
Hawaii at the court of King Kamehameha I, handsomely portrayed by Choris. Choris' own illustrated
account of the voyage was published in 1822" (Christies).
"The second Russian expedition into the Pacific for scientific exploration, sponsored by Count
Romanzoff, was commanded by Lieutenant Kotzebue, and also included the famous artist Ludovik Choris.
Kotzebue had also sailed with Captain Kruzenshtern in 1803-06. Leaving Kronstadt in 1815, the Rurik
rounded Cape Horn and visited Chile, Easter Island, and the Marshall Islands. Kotzebue explored the
North American coast and Hawaii and searched unsuccessfully for a passage to the Arctic Ocean. The
description of the northwest coast of America is a most important contribution" (Hill 943); Arctic
Bibliography 9195; "A Celebrated narrative important for its descriptions of Alaska, California, Hawaii and
Micronesia" (Forbes 525); Howgego 1800-1850, K20. "The three volumes are rich in early original source
material on Alaska" (Lada-Mocarski 80); Sabin 38284.
$12,500USD
55. KRASHENINNIKOV, Stepan Petrovich
(1711-1755)
Histoire de Kamtschatka, Des Isles Kurilski,
et Des Contrées Voisines, Publiée à Petersbourg,
en Langue Russienne, par ordre de Sa Majesté
Impériale. On y a joint deux Cartes, l'une de
Kamtschatka, & l'autre des Isles Kurilski. Traduite
par M. E***. [The History of Kamtschatka, and
the Kurilski Islands, with the Countries Adjacent].
Lyon: Chez Benoit Duplain, 1767. First
French Edition. Small Octavo. [viii], xv, [i], 327;
[viii], 359 pp. With two large copper engraved
folding maps. Handsome period brown gilt tooled
mottled full calf with red and black gilt labels. A
near fine set.
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"The Russian Krasheninnikov started out
across Siberia with Gerhard Friedrich Mueller
and Johann Georg Gmelin, and then made his
own way to Kamchatka. When Georg Wilhelm
Steller arrived in Kamchatka to supervise his
work, Krasheninnikov left in order to avoid
becoming Steller's assistant, and returned to St.
Petersburg. Krasheninnikov nonetheless was
able to make use of Steller's notes in the
preparation of his own narrative, and the
inclusion of Steller's observations on America,
made during his travels with Bering's second
voyage, are an important part of this work, and
constitute one of the earliest accounts of
Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Steller's
account was not published until 1793. This
work details the customs, morals, and religion
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of the Kamchatka peninsula, and discusses the
power exercised by the magicians. Also described are the differences between the dialects of the
Kamchatkans and those of the Korsairs and of the Kurile islanders. This is the first scientific account of
those regions" (Hill 948-9).
"The first French edition, translated by Marc Antoine Eidous from the English of James Grieve, of
the Russian Krasheneninnikov's important account of Kamchatka, Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, which
was based upon his own travels and those of George Wilhelm Stellar" (Bonhams). "Krasheninnikov
journeyed through Siberia (1733-36) and the Kamchatka Peninsula (1737-41) before giving the first full
description of the latter. Krasheninnikov volcano (6089 feet) is named after him"(Sotheby's); Cox I, p.351;
Howgego K37; Lada-Mocarski 12; Sabin38303.
$1850USD
56. LABAT, Père Jean-Baptiste (1663-1738)
Voyage du Chevalier Des Marchais en Guinée, Isles Voisines, Et a Cayénne, Fait En 1725, 1726 &
1727. Contenant une description très exacte & très étendue de ces paîs, & du commerce qui s'y fait:
Enrichi d'un grand nombre de cartes & de
figures en tailles douces par Labat. [Chevalier
Des Marchais's Voyage to Guinea, the Adjacent
Islands, and Cayenne, Made In 1725, 1726 &
1727. Containing a very accurate & very
expansive description of these countries &
trade done there..,].
Amsterdam: Aux dépens de la
Compagnie., 1731. First Amsterdam Edition.
Small Octavo. [iv], xxii, 335; [viii], 292; [iv], 330,
[24; [iv], 392 pp. Engraved additional title, 31
maps and plates (many folding). Very handsome
period brown elaborately gilt tooled mottled full
calf. Extremities with mild wear, hinges with
crack but holding, otherwise a very good set.
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"The author made several voyages to Africa and America. He gave an exact account of everything
he saw, for which he was well qualified, "being a person of great understanding and curiosity, an able
draughtsman, a good geometer, and an excellent navigator" (Cox I, p.381). "Jean-Baptiste Labat, also
known as Pere Labat, was a French clergyman and explorer who was additionally an accomplished
engineer and mathematician. He modernized the sugar industry and developed new production
techniques while living in Martinique" (Heritage Auctions). "Labat had a wide reputation as a
mathematician and won recognition both as a naturalist and as a scientist" (Howgego L43). "Vols. III and
IV relate almost entirely to the French possessions in South America, and are illustrated with D'Anville's
maps" (Sabin 38414). "The genus of the tropical fruit tree family Sapotaceae Labatia, first described in
1788, was named after Labat" (Wikipedia); Gay 2819.
$2500USD
57. LABILLARDIERE, Jacques Julien Houten de (1755-1834)
Relation du Voyage a la Recherche de La Perouse, Fait par Ordre de l'Assemblee Constituante,
Pendant les annees 1791, 1792, et pendant le 1ere. et la 2de. annee de la Republique Francoise.
[Voyage in Search of La Pérouse, Performed by Order of the Constituent Assembly, During the Years
1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794, and Drawn by M. Labillardiere].
Paris: H.J. Jansen, An VIII [i.e. 1800]. First (Octavo Text) Edition. Octavo, 2 vols. & Folio Atlas. xvi,
440; 332, 109, [2] pp. Atlas with an engraved title page and 44 copper engraved plates, including a large
folding map. Period dark green gilt tooled quarter morocco with marbled boards. Text rebound in style,
otherwise a very good set.
"After three years had passed by without any news of the ill-fated expedition under La Pérouse, the
French Government sent out to the South Seas two vessels under the command of D'Entrecasteaux and
Kermadee to search for him. Among the scientists on board was the naturalist Labillardière. Although
entirely unsuccessful in its search, the voyage was of considerable importance. Labillardière gives the first
scientific description of the New Zealand flax, and brought back several New Zealand plants. He describes
the visits paid by the expedition to Tasmania, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, etc."
(Cox I, p. 67-68).
"Although unsuccessful in the
search for La Perouse, the voyage was
of considerable importance because
of the scientific observations that
were made and the surveys of the
coasts of Tasmania, New Caledonia,
the north coast of New Guinea, and
the southwest coast of Australia.
Labillardiere's account of the Tongans
is an excellent contribution to the
ethnology of that people. This is the
first octavo edition.., A quarto edition,
also published in Paris in 1799-1800 is
frequently referred to as the first
edition. However, it appears that this
octavo edition and the quarto edition
were published simultaneously" (Hill
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954); Howgego E26; Ferguson I, 307.
$6750USD
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58. LAING, Major Alexander Gordon (1794-1826)
Travels in the Timannee, Kooranko, and Soolina Countries, in Western Africa.
London: John Murray, 1825. First Edition. Octavo. x, [ii], 465 pp. With seven aquatint plates and one
folding engraved map. Period brown gilt tooled half calf with marbled boards. Re-cased using the original
spine, otherwise a very good copy.
In this book Laing describes his
expedition in 1822, during which he explored
regions which had only been known by name
up to then. He went to Falaba, the capital of
the Sulima, where he was prevented from
going on by the war of the Ashanti. During his
next expedition he was the first European to
reach Timbuktu but was killed on his further
journey. "In 1821 the government decided
that there were commercial and political
advantages to be gained by establishing
contact with some of the peoples of the
interior, and at the end of the year the
governor of Sierra Leone, Sir Charles
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McCarthy, proposed a mission to Kambia and
the Mandingo Country. Laing was chosen to
lead the expedition and set out in January 1822, proceeding first to Malacouri, a Mandingo town on the
river Malageea. There he learned that Sannassee, the chief of the district of Malageea and a friend of the
British government, had been captured by Amara, the king of the Soolimas, and was about to be put to
death. Laing therefore resolved to go to the Soolima camp and intercede for the life of Sannassee. He
crossed the Malageea near its source, reached the camp, negotiated the release of Sannassee, then
returned to the coast" (Howgego 1800-1850, L5).
"His Travels, published in 1825,
give a lively account of his
adventures, including not only
observations on the customs of the
peoples he encountered, illustrated
with his own rather amateurish
drawings and a good map, but also
an oral history of Solima Yalunka
back to the seventeenth century,
useful to later historians. Laing was
transferred to the Gold Coast in 1823
and edited the first newspaper to be
published there. Then, stationed on
the frontier, he participated in some
skirmishes with the Asante army
before the disastrous battle of
Nsamanko, in which MacCarthy and
almost all his men were killed" (Oxford DNB).
$1250USD
58. 'Soolima females dancing'

59. LESSON, [René] P[rimevere] (1794-1849)
Voyage Autour du Monde Entrepris par Ordre du Gouvernement sur la Corvette la Coquille.
[Voyage Around the World in the Corvette La Coquille Undertaken by Order of the Government].
Paris: P. Pourrat Frères, 1838-1839. First Edition.
Octavo 2 vols. [iv], 510, [2]; [iv], 547, [2] pp. With two
engraved title vignettes, one engraved portrait frontispiece,
twenty-three other engraved plates (some folding) and
nineteen hand colored plates. Handsome period brown gilt
tooled full mottled sheep with red and olive gilt morocco
labels. Some mild foxing of some plates, otherwise a very
good set.
"Commanded by Louis Isidore Duperrey, This voyage
of 1822-25 was largely scientific in purpose, calling at Brazil
and the Falkland Islands, and then rounding Cape Horn and
sailing up the coast visiting Concepcion, Callao, and Payta.
Heading towards the Tuamotu Archipelago, Duperrey
discovered Clermont Tonnerre (Reao) and then proceeded
to Tahiti. In June 1823, the 'Coquille' sailed for Port Jackson
via Tonga, the Santa Cruz Island, New Britain, New Ireland,
and the Moluccas. 1824 Duperrey had arrived in the Bay of
Islands at New Zealand. He sailed to Rotuma, the Gilberts,
the Carolines, New Guinea and Java before making his way
home.The expedition achieved notable scientific results and
corrections in maps, accumulated much meteorological
data, and brought back many rock samples and botanical
specimens. Lesson was the naturalist of this expedition, and
his account of the voyage supplies details which Duperrey
failed to include in his own account" (Hill 1012); Howgego
1800-1850, D37; O'Reilly-Reitman 828; Sabin 40214.
$1950USD
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59. Common ringtal possum
(Phalangista Cookii)
60. LEVESQUE, Pierre-Charles (1736-1812)
Histoire de Russie [History of Russia]: Atlas Volume.
Paris, Hamburg & Brunswick: l’Imprimerie de
Guilleminet,Pierre-Francois Fauche, An VIII [1800]. Nouvelle Edition.
Quarto. 16 pp. With a folding engraved outline hand colored map and
sixteen engraved plates (many folding). Handsome period brown gilt
tooled quarter calf with red gilt lettered morocco labels and marbled
boards. Occasional very mild foxing, otherwise a very good copy.
Atlas to the third edition of Histoire de Russie (earlier editions
were published without separate atlas). The folding map drawn by A.
Brue shows European Russia and the Caucasus. The plates depict
views, temples and buildings mostly of the region of Volga, Ural
Mountains and Kirghiz steppes. Among them are the ruins of the
ancient city of Bolghar and of the mysterious Buddhist monastery
Ablaikit in vicinity of Ust-Kamenogorsk in modern Kazakhstan.
Ablaikit was built by a Kalmyk khan in 1654-1656 and was destroyed
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in 1670. At the beginning of the 18th century there were still sculptures and pictures in the monastery’s
temple. Manuscripts found there in 1720 were sent to Saint Petersburg. The plates include a general
view, topographical plan and interior view of the temple of Ablaikit. Costumes of Kasimov Tatars,
Samoyeds, Ostiaks, Mordvinians, Kalmyks, Tshouvach, Mongols and Kirghiz are also included.
Pierre Charles Levesque was a French historian, philosopher and moralist, initially engraver. He
lived in Russia for seven years working as a teacher in the Cadet Corps and the Imperial Academy of Arts
in Saint Petersburg. His "Histoire de Russie" was recognized as the most significant research on Russian
history written by a foreign scientist in the 18th century. It was widely popular in Russia before Nikolai
Karamzin published his famous work, and kept its scientific significance until the end of the 19th century.
Levesque was the first author who based his work mostly on Russian sources and historical works. For his
achievements Levesque was accepted as a member of Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-letters (1789)
and taught history in Collège de France (Nouvelle Biographie Générale, vol. 31, 38-39).
$975USD
61. LILLINGSTON, Luke (1653-1713)
Reflections on Mr. Burchet's Memoirs: Or Remarks on His Account of Captain Wilmot's
Expedition to the West-Indies.
London, 1704. First Edition. Octavo. [xviii], 171 pp. Period dark brown blind stamped panelled full
calf, rebacked in style with red gilt label. Cover corners worn, otherwise a very good copy.
"Lillingstone's battalion took part in Robert Wilmot's
expedition to Jamaica in 1695, sent in response to alarmist reports
that the island had fallen to France. In reality, French forces under Du
Casse, based in Hispaniola, had simply raided Jamaica, although much
property had been destroyed. Wilmot and Lillingstone attacked the
French-held section of Hispaniola in ill-conceived and poorly coordinated
operations, failing to dislodge Du Casse from the south of
the island. Wilmot died late in 1695 but, when Lillingstone returned
to England in 1696, he submitted to the council of trade and
plantations a scathing indictment of Wilmot's conduct. At the root of
the problem was a clash of personalities resulting in a failure of armynavy
co-operation. Lillingstone's weakened battalion was disbanded
in 1697 and he was reduced to half-pay until 1705, although he was
compensated by the retrospective grant of a pension of £200 by
Queen Anne on 9 March 1702. In 1702 Lillingstone published an
account of the Hispaniola operations and his reputation was further
damaged by the rejoinder of Josiah Burchett, secretary of the
Admiralty" (Oxford DNB).
"Burchett evidently made some unfavorable remarks
concerning Col. Lillingston's conduct in the West Indian Naval operations
during 1694-97, and in this work the Colonel gives further particulars concerning the expeditions against
Martinique and St. Domingo in which he was in command of the landing parties" (Cox II, p438).
"Colonel Lillingston was Lieutenant-Colonel of Colonel Ffoulkes’s regiment of foot in the Martinique
expedition in February to October, 1693. His brother, Jarvis Lillingston, an officer of Gustavus Hamilton’s
(20th) foot, was made Major in Ffoulkes’s, and died on the expedition. Colonel Ffoulkes also died on the
expedition, and Luke Lillington obtained the colonelcy. The expedition miscarried, and Lillingston’s
regiment was put on board the homeward-bound men-of-war at Newfoundland and Boston to supply the
place of seamen. The regiment, 670 strong, was broken at Plymouth by order of Lord Cutts, and reformed
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with six hundred men of the regiment and six hundred of Colt, Norcott, and Farrington (29th foot), in
December, 1694, and embarked as a reinforcement for Jamaica in January, 1695. That island, still
suffering from the effects of the Port Royal earthquake of 1602, had been harried by buccaneering attacks
from the French settlement in Hispaniola (St. Domingo). A naval squadron, under Captain Robert Wilmot,
with Lillingston’s troops on board, acting in concert with the Spaniards, took and destroyed the French
port of Porto Paix, Hispaniola. Thereupon the English troops withdrew to Jamaica, and Governor William
Beeston reported that Lillingston’s regiment was so weak and sickly that he had to send them into the
country for change of air. Lillingston went home to recruit, and made various claims on the Government.
His regiment disappeared from the rolls on the peace of Ryswick, and he published this reply to Burchett’s
account of the Porto Paix affair, to which Burchett issued a rejoinder" (Maggs Catalogue (1928); Sabin
41072.
$1500USD
62. LISIANSKY, Urey (1773-1837)
Voyage Round the World in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806 Performed by Order of His
Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, Emperor of Russia in the ship Neva.
London: John Booth &
Longman, Hurst, Rees,
Orme, & Brown, 1814. First
Edition. Quarto. [xxiv], 388
pp. With a copper engraved
portrait frontispiece, three
other engraved plates, eight
copper engraved hand
colored maps (some folding),
and two hand colored
aquatints. Original
publisher's brown papered
boards. Expertly re-backed in
style, several plates with
very mild offsetting, an
uncut near fine copy in very
original condition.
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"Originally published in Russian at St. Petersburg, 1812, this English translation of 1814 is by the
author. Lisianskii, deputy commander of Kruzenshtern's expedition around the world, received word of
the massacre at Sitka upon reaching Kodiak in 1804. The Kolosh Indians had attacked the settlement of
the Russian-American Company and slaughtered almost the entire garrison. Lisianskii laid siege to the
Kolosh stronghold and ultimately drove the Indians into the back country. Lisianskii, commanding the
Neva, followed a different route from Kruzenshtern, in the Nadezhda, the two ships separating at the
Hawaiian Islands. He called at Easter Island and the Marquesas, and discovered Lisianski Island in the
Hawaiian Chain. Appended are vocabularies of the language of Nuku Hiva, the Hawaiian Islands, the
Islands of Kodiak and Unalaska, the Bay of Kenai, and Sitka Sound" (Hill 1026). Forbes 443. Sabin 41416.
"Highly important work on Sitka, Kodiak and other parts of the northwest coast" (Howes L372).
"Ranks in value with Cook and Vancouver as a contribution to geographical knowledge on the N. W.
Coast, Sandwich Islands, etc. The colored plates are of unsurpassed beauty" (Wright Howes 56-259).
Smith 2255.
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"Most important work dealing
with discoveries on the N.W. coast of
America. The author was a captain in
the Russian navy and commander of
the “Neva.” He visited Kodiak and
Sitka, wintering at the former island,
and his long stay there gave him ample
time and scope for a study of the
native inhabitants and their habits and
customs. The long chart shows the
track of the voyage, and there are
charts of the Washington Islands,
Cadiack, and the Harbor of St. Paul,
the coast from Bering’s Bay to Sea
Otter Bay, Sitka or Norfolk Sound, etc.;
with colored views of the Harbor of St.
Paul in the Island of Cadiack. and New
Archangel in Norfolk Sound. There are
62. A view of the harbour of Sitka (New Archangel)
also plates of Indian implements, etc.
The work is important also as the principal source for the Sitka Massacre" (Soliday 873).
"The naturalist, Langsdorff’s account is of particular importance for its scientific observations, and,
like Krusenstern’s, for the history and geographical discoveries in the Aleutian Islands, the Northwest
Coast, and California. Further, it contains information respecting the Russian voyages and discoveries in
the Northern Ocean, the Russian fur trade and the Russian-American Company. According to Sabin, it
affords "a fuller account of Sitka and of the settlement of San Francisco than any other"" (Eberstadt 119-
025).
$24,500USD
63. LIVINGSTONE, David (1813-1873)
[PRESENTATION COPY] Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of
Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey From the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda
on the West Coast: Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean;
[With]: A Carte de Visite Portrait Photograph of David Livingstone with his Printed Signature from
the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company ca. 1860.
London: John Murray, 1857. First Edition
Presentation Copy to W .H. Wylde from the Author.
Octavo. ix, [i], 687, [8] pp. Folding frontispiece, and
23 other wood engravings on plates, a portrait steel
engraving, two folding maps (one large in rear
pocket) and many wood engravings in text. Original
brown blind stamped gilt cloth. Spine very mildly
faded, otherwise a very good copy.
"Presented to W. H. Wylde by the Author"
written in ink on the top of the dedication page.
"Livingstone was immediately hailed as the
greatest British explorer since the time of Elizabeth
I. He had achieved the first transcontinental African
63. Livingstone's presentation inscription
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journey by a pure-blood European and his observations and cartography were far superior to anything
achieved by the Portuguese, necessitating a complete redrawing of the map of Central Africa"(Howgego
1850-1940 Continental Exploration, L33); Hess & Coger 3068; Mendelssohn I, p. 908-910.
"Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, evokes earlier accounts of southern Africa,
notably by Philip and Moffat, but Livingstone's book stands out from these by reason of its intellectual
breadth. Throughout his sixteen years in Africa, Livingstone had kept himself supplied with reading matter
on religion, medicine, natural history, and physical anthropology. He had, moreover, maintained an
extensive correspondence with friends made in Glasgow, Ongar, and London. And from 1851, aware of his
growing reputation as an explorer, he kept a journal. Here he recorded a miscellany of ruminations and
minute observation which attest to a wide-ranging curiosity about the human race and the natural world,
and owe much to his medical training. When he came to write his book, he enriched a stirring narrative,
told in conversational style, with insights acquired by informed eyes and ears, as well as with shafts of
caustic humour" (Oxford DNB).
The W. H. Wylde this book is presented to is possibly the same that explored the Ruwenzori
Mountains and "with a companion named Ward climbed to the crest in the Mobuku valley" (Howgego
1850-1940, Continental Exploration, U1).
$2750USD
64. LOUBERE, Simon de la (1642-1729)
A New Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam by Monsieur De La Loubere, Envoy
Extraordinary from the French King, to the King of Siam, in the years 1687 and 1688. Wherein a Full and
Curious Account is Given of the Chinese Way of Arithmetick, and Mathematick Learning.
London: Thomas Horne, Francis Saunders & Thomas Bennet, 1693. First English Edition. Quarto. [iv],
260 pp. With two copper engraved maps and nine copper engraved plates. Handsome period brown
elaborately gilt tooled paneled full calf with brown gilt morocco label. Hinges with small cracks, title page
with mild browning, otherwise a very good copy.
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"In addition to the interesting account of Siam and the
Siamese, this work contains many curios matters of
information: The Life of Thevetat, Siamese Alphabet,
Smoking Instrument, Chess-Play of the Chinese, Relation of
the Cape of Good Hope, with four cuts, Siamese Astronomy,
Problem of Magical Squares, according to the Indians,
Manners of the Chinese. This embassy was one of the several
sent from Louis Xiv to Siam, all of which were accompanied
by priests of the Jesuit orders. Tachard made his second
voyage with La Loubere. French interest in Siam seems to
have declined after this embassy. La Loubere must have been
busy with his eyes to note so much in a three months' stay"
(Cox I p.329); Cordier Indosinica 723.
"La Loubere was French ambassador to Siam from
1687 to 1688" (Sothebys). "The embassy, composed of five
warships, arrived in Bangkok in October 1687 and was
received by Ok-khun Chamnan. De la Loubère returned to
France onboard the Gaillard on 3 January 1688, accompanied
by the Jesuit Guy Tachard, and a Siamese embassy led by Okkhun
Chamnan.., Simon de la Loubère is also famous for
making one of the earliest account of a parachute following
his embassy to Siam. He reported in his 1691 book that a
man would jump from a high place with two large umbrellas
to entertain the King of Siam, landing into trees, rooftops,
and sometimes rivers" (Wikipedia).
$5750USD
65. LYDEKKER, Richard
The Great and Small Game of India, Burma and Tibet.
London: Rowland Ward,
1900. Numbered Limited First
Edition #93 of 250 Signed by
the Publisher. Quarto. xviii, 416
pp. With nine hand-coloured
lithographed plates and sixtytwo
text illustrations. Recent
maroon patterned cloth bound
by Fancy Book Binder, Chotta
Babu Bazar, Rawalpindi. Three
plates without their descriptive
leaves and one plate with the
descriptive leaf text cut out and
mounted on the following text
page, plates quite browned,
one plate trimmed, otherwise a
good copy.
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"A sumptuous rendering of south
Asia's wild game species in art and text.
Lydekker describes more than seventy
varieties of game with attendant notes on
sport from experiences of Demidoff,
Darrah, Valentine and others. The
handcolored plates are espoecially striking.
Quite scarce as only 250 copies printed and
signed by Rowland Ward" (Czech Asian Big
Game p.129); Wood p.444; Yakushi L318.
$975USD
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65. Label of the 'Fancy Book Binder'
from Rawalpindi (Pakistan)
66. MACKENZIE, Alexander (1763/4-1820)
Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to
the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; In the Years 1789 and 1793; With a Preliminary Account of the Rise,
Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of that Country.
London: T. Cadell et al., 1801.
First Edition. Quarto. cxxxii, 413 pp.
With a copper engraved portrait
frontispiece with three large folding
maps. Handsome period style brown
elaborately gilt tooled speckled full
calf. Maps backed on Japanese paper
with old tears repaired, some mild
minor staining of text, three matching
leaves supplied from another copy,
otherwise a very good copy.
"First and finest edition of the
earliest expedition made by a white
man in this direction. His
investigations, although pursued at so
early a period of Arctic exploration,
were remarkable for their accuracy;
Sir John Franklin more than once expressed his surprise at being able to corroborate their correctness in
his own exploration. Some Indian vocabularies are included" (Sabin 43414).
"This is a fascinating account of the descent of the river named after this intrepid explorer, who was
the first white man to navigate its length from its source in the Great Slave Lake to its mouth... On the
way back he heard reports of the western sea and of another great river, likely the Yukon, and of white
traders, who may have been those exploring the coast. His trip from Fort Chipewyan to the Arctic and
return lasted about three months and a half. Having resolved to continue exploration to the west, he
returned to England to purchase instruments in preparation for the difficult task ahead of him. He left
Fort Chipewyan on October 12, 1792. Working his way up the Peace River he finally established winter
quarters. In the spring he continued up across the Rocky Mountain Divide, and after many hazardous
experiences reached the Pacific Ocean by way of the Bella Coola river. The vast region of the Rocky
Mountains and the coastal zone was thus opened up at last and Mackenzie won to the top rank of
explorers on the American continent" (Cox Travel II, p.178).

"Not long after his successful
expedition to the Pacific, Mackenzie
returned to eastern Canada... His
accomplishments won him a
knighthood... Sir Alexander
Mackenzie's 1789 expedition to the
Arctic coast of Canada showed that
the Rocky Mountains extended farther
north than was thought, and cast
severe doubts on the idea of a
Northwest Passage west of Hudson
Bay. Mackenzie also brought back the
first reports of the coal deposits north
of Great Slave Lake. Mackenzie's
expedition of 1792-3... constituted the
first overland journey across North
America north of the Rio Grande. His
accomplishment was the first recorded
66. A map of America... exhibiting Mackenzie's track
transcontinental journey since Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca in 1536. Mackenzie's writings on the voyages
came to the attention of Thomas Jefferson and gave impetus to the subsequent overland expedition of
Merriwether Lewis and William Clark" (Waldman, p.416); Hill 1063; Holland, p.157; TPL 658.
$5250USD
67. MANDELSLO, Jean-Albert de (1616-1644)
Voyages Celebres & Remarquables, Faits de Perse aux Indes Orientales, par le Sr. Jean-Albert de
Mandelslo, Gentilhomme des Ambassadeurs du Duc de Holstein en Moscovie & Perse. Contenant une
description nouvelle et très curieuse de l'Indostan, de l'Empire
Mogol, des îles et presqu'îles de l'Orient, des royaumes de Siam, du
Japon, de la Chine, du Congo, etc. Où on trouve la situation exacte
de tous ces pays et états; & ou l'on rapporte asses au long le
Naturel, les Moeurs, & les Coutumes de leurs Habitans; leur
Gouvernement Politique & Ecclesiastique; les Raretez qui se
rencontrent dans ces P...
[The Voyages and Travels of J. Albert Mandelslo into the
East-Indies.., Containing a Particular Description of The Great
Mogul's Empire, the Kingdoms of Decan, Calicuth, Cochim, Zeilon,
Coromandel, Pegu, Siam, Cambodia, Malacca, Sumatra, Java,
Amboina, Banda, the Moluccas, Philippine and Other Islands,
Japan, the Great Kingdom of China, the Cape of Good Hope,
Madagascar, &c.].
Amsterdam: Michel Charles Le Cene, 1727. Expanded and Best
Edition. Small Folio. [xxviii], (1-439, 440-808 columns), [72] pp. With
additional copper engraved title (dated 1719), title-page to part 2,
arms on dedication, portrait, and 44 engraved maps, plans and views
(of which 29 are double-page), including large folding view of Jedo
(Tokyo). Period style brown gilt tooled treed full sheep with a red gilt
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label. A very good copy.
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"Mandelslo was a friend of Olearius and a former page to the Duke of Holstein, who sent in 1633 an
Embassy to the Persians to negotiate trade. The ambassadors remained in Persia but Mandelslo having
obtained permission to proceed to India, sailed from Ormuz in 1638 and landed at Surat, whence he
journeyed on to Agra, Goa, and Ceylon, coming back home by way of the sea route. His letters were
edited by Olearius and published in 1647 as a supplement to the latter's own description of the East. His
account gives a vivid picture of the luxury, vice, cruelty, and utter disregard of life obtaining under the
despotic tyrannies of the Mogul empire" (Cox I p.271-2).
"In 1638 Mandelslo, feeling
the need for wider travel,
obtained permission to travel on
to India. Sailing from Hormuz, he
landed at Surat in April 1638 then
travelled through Gujarat to Agra,
Lahore, Goa, Bijapur and Malabar.
He sailed for England from Surat
in January 1639, calling at Ceylon
and Madagascar, but was to die
of smallpox five years later.
Before his death. Mandelslo had
entrusted his rough notes to
Olearius, who subsequently
published them bound with his
numerous official accounts of the
embassy" (Howgego M38). "The
author visited the Cape on his
return voyage in 1639. He gives
some information respecting the
Hottentots" (Mendelssohn I, p. 973).
67. Plan of Goa, 'Indiae Orientalis Metropolis'
"Johann Albrecht von Mandelslo was page to the Duke of Holstein-Gotthorp and travelled with
Adam Oelschlager, or Olearius, as part of the Duke's embassy to the Tsar of Russia and the Shah of Persia,
with the purpose of initiating trade relations with Russia, Tartary and Persia. Mandelslo left the embassy
in Persia and continued on to Surat, Goa, and Agra in India. He also visited Mauritius and Ceylon and, on
his way home in 1639, spent time at the Cape of Good Hope. His narrative contains substantial
information on the Far East which, in fact, he did not himself visit. His letters, which were published after
his death, were edited by Olearius and, especially in earlier editions, are often found bound with Olearius'
own Voyages and Travels. Following the first edition of 1647, Olearius added more information to
subsequent editions, and still more was added to Wiqueforts translations from the German, giving us
vivid descriptions of China, Formosa and Japan. The plates include views and plans of London,
Amsterdam, Brussels, Antwerp, Cape Town, Goa, Surat, Jedo (Tokyo), St. Helena, Mauritius, Madagascar,
the Canary Islands, Java, Congo and elsewhere" (Sotheby's).
$6750USD
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68. MANUZIO, Antonio, editor (1511-1559)
[BARBARO, Giosafat (1413-1494); CONTARINI, Ambrogio (? -
1499); RONCINOTTO, Luigi; RAMBERTI, Beneditto]
Viaggi Fatti Da Vinetia, Alla Tana, In Persia, In India, Et In
Constantinopoli: con la Descrittione Particolare di Citta, Luoghi, siti,
Costumi, & della PORTA del gran TURCO : & modo di gouerno suo, &
della ultima Impresa contra Porgoghesi. [Facts about Travels from
Venice to Tanais, Persia, India and Constantinople: with a Description of
Particular Cities, Places, Sites, Costumes and of Great Porta of Turks;
and of the Last Company against Portuguese].
Venice: Aldus, 1545. Second Edition. Small Octavo. 163 numbered
leaves. Engraved emblem of the Aldine’s press on title page. Text printed in
italic types; empty spaces with guide letters left for manuscript initials, as
usual for these small Aldines. Elaborate 16th century style brown full calf
with gilt decorated borders; gilt lettered and decorated spine with raised
bands. Bound without the last colophon leaf found in some copies,
otherwise a very good copy with interesting old brown ink marginalia in text.
Venetian Renaissance Travellers to Persia, Muscovy, Africa and India.
Important collection of seven travels, executed by Venetian emissaries and merchants to Persia,
Muscovy, Africa and India in 15th and 16th centuries. It is one of very few travel books to be published by
the Aldine Press. This second edition was published two years after the first, and is "hardly more common
than the previous, although a much better printed" (Renouard 134, 18).
The book contains highly significant first publications of accounts of Giosafat Barbaro’s two voyages
to Genoese colony Tana on the Sea of Azov in 1436 and to Persia in
1471. Barbaro was a Venetian diplomat, merchant, explorer and
travel writer. His accounts contain precious information about Persia,
Georgia, Crimea, Russia and Poland, much of which is not found in
any other sources.
Also important is the description of Ambrogio Contarini’s
voyage to Persia in 1473-77. He was a Venetian diplomat and traveler
who was sent to Uzun Hasan, the ruler of Western Iran (Persia), with
a proposal to start a war against Turkey in alliance with Venice.
Contarini visited Austria, Poland, Ukraine and the Crimea, and finally
came to Isfahan in 1475, where he met Giosafat Barbaro, who had
been sent there a year before. On his return trip Contarini visited
Moscow (September 1475 to January 1476), where he was received
by Tsar Ivan III Vasil’evich. Contarini’s account contains valuable
information on Persia, Russia, the Ukraine, Poland, Georgia,
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Azerbaijan, the Crimea, and the Astrakhan Khanate. Both Barbaro’s
and Contarini’s works were also included in Giovanne Baptista
Ramusio's "Navigationi e viaggi" (vol. 2, Venice, 1559).
There are also two accounts of Luigi Roncinotto’s (named Aloigi de Giovanni) travels to Calcutta
through Egypt, Ethiopia, Arabian Desert and Persia 1529-1532. Roncinotto went as far as Sumatra and
mentioned, that in 1532 he left Lisbon on carvel of messer Andrea Colombo, "a grandson of courageous
and honorable Captain Christopher Columbus, the first inventor of navigation to West Indies".
The book also includes the relation of Benedetto Ramberti’s travel to Constantinople in 1533-34 (it
already had been published by Aldine Press in 1539) which describes the Ottoman Empire under the rule
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of Suleyman the Magnificent (1520-1566),
Constantinople and its district Pera (modern
Galata) which was a colony of the Republic of
Genoa between 1273 and 1453.
There’s also an Anonymous account
describing the Siege of the Portuguese fort Diu (on
the north-western coast of India) held in 1538 by
the Ottoman governor of Egypt Suleyman Pasha.
Ottoman troops were joined by several Venetian
galleys under command of noble Antonio
Barbarigo. The Venetians were their unwillingly as
their galleys had been captured by the Turks in
Alexandria in 1537 after the war between Venice
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and the Porta had started the same year. Antonio
Barbarigo stayed in captivity until 1541, and maybe, his courage and the obstacles he had to overcome
were the reason why "Viaggi Fatti" was dedicated to him (see below). The anonymous Venetian author
who took part in the campaign (as some note, a boatswain), describes the events in a form of diary, day
by day, and adds interesting observations on Indian customs, manners and costumes (Filippo, P. Biografia
del viaggiatori Italiani, Roma, 1882; Kerr, R. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels in 18
vols. Vol. 4. 1824; ).
"Viaggi Fatti" was compiled by Antonio Manutius, a son of Aldus Manutius. The book is
supplemented with his Preface, dedicated to "magnifico messer Antonio Barbarigo". One of the purposes
of the collection was to glorify Venetian enterprise; another was "to give Venetians trustworthy (i.e.
Written by compatriots) news of Portuguese activities in the East" (Lach 1, pp. 180-181, quoted after
Sotheby’s).
Our copy contains interesting period marginalia generally concerning the Persian parts of the text.
It underlines the high interest of a reader in Persia, perhaps proving that "these early communications
between Venetians and Persia, although made for political purposes, is an event in travel history and that
of civilization" (Hoefer XI, 646); Atabey 761 (first edition); Blackmer Sale 209.
$2750USD
69. MARTYR, Peter (1457-1526)
[Account of the Discovery and Conquest of the New World]. De
Rebus Oceanicis et Novo Orbe: Decades tres, Petri Martyris ab Angleria
Mediolanensis. Item eiusdem, de Babylonica sua legatione, Libri III. Et
item de Rebus Aethiopicis, Indicis, Lusitanicis & Hispanicis, opuscula
queda Historica doctissima, quae hodie non facile alibi reperiuntur,
Damiani. A Goes Equitis Lusitani. Quae omnia sequens pagina latius
demonstrat. Cum duplici locupletissimo Indice.
Cologne: Gervinus Calenius & Heirs of Quentel, 1574. Early Edition.
Small Octavo. [xlviii], 655, [28] pp. 18th century brown gilt tooled marbled
papered boards. Covers with wear and text with some scattered mild water
staining of the bottom margin, otherwise a very good copy.
"An early edition of Peter Martyr's important account of the
discovery and conquest of the New World, assembled in part through
personal correspondence with Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, Magellan,
Vasco de Gama, and Cortes. He wrote eight "decades," of which the
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present work contains the first three, covering the years 1492 to 1516. It also contains the section De
insulis nuper inventis relating Cortes' expedition to Mexico, and De babylonica legatione covering the
author's own diplomatic mission to Egypt in 1501-2. In 1520 Martyr was given the new post of chronicler
to the Council of the Indies by Emperor Charles V, charged with describing the explorations to the New
World. By 1530 the first edition of the full eight decades was published in Alcala" (Bonhams); Borba de
Moraes II, 532; Howgego M65; Sabin 1558.
"An early authoritative history of the discovery and conquest of the New World, containing the first
account of Balboa's sighting of the Pacific Ocean, as well as the earliest account of Cabot's discoveries
along the northeast coast of America (Decade III, Book 6). Anghiera was the first writer to emphasize the
importance of his countryman Columbus and his discovery. As an Italian scholar, living in Spain from 1487,
he was a friend and contemporary of Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, Magellan, Vasco de Gama, and Cortes.
Through personal correspondence with the navigators, and from the examination of documents to which
he had access as an official of the Council for the Indies, he was able to record the events surrounding the
discovery of the New World. The first edition of the first "decade" was published in 1511. Two more
decades were added in 1516 and the first complete edition of eight decades appeared in 1530. The work
was translated into English in 1555, and used by Hakluyt, who himself produced in Paris (1587) an edition
of the complete work. The present edition contains the first three decades, covering the years 1492 to
1516, together with the De insulis nuper inventis relating Cortes' expedition to Mexico, and the three
books of the De Babylonica Legatione, describing Anghiera's diplomatic mission to Egypt in 1501-1502.
Also included are miscellaneous writings by Damiaeo de Goes, Portuguese historian and statesman,
among them a description of Lapland and an account of the religion and customs of the Ethiopians"
(Sotheby's).
$7500USD
70. MEROLLA DA SORRENTO, P. Girolamo
Breve Relazione del Viaggio nel Regno di Congo Nell' Africa Meridionale. [Brief Relation of Travels
in the Kingdom of Congo in Southern Africa].
Napoli: Per Francesco Mollo, 1692. First Edition. Small Octavo. [xxiv], 466, [39] pp. With an
engraved frontispiece and twenty other engraved plates. Beautiful period Italian style crimson very
elaborately gilt tooled full morocco with a black gilt label. Several expertly removed library stamps,
otherwise a very good copy.
Extremely Rare Work as no copies of this first edition
found in Worldcat. Girolamo Merolla was "a Capuchin from
Sorrento who went to Africa in 1682. Between 1684 and 1688
Merolla worked largely in the region of Songo, about 150 miles
northeast of Luanda. His Viaggio del Regno di Congo provides an
interesting picture of life in seventeenth-century Angola and is
often cited for its anecdotal observations. He was possibly to
note the use of drums for military signalling. During a
confrontation with an English slaver who was attempting to
trade under the pretext that the Duke of York, the president of
the Royal African Company, was a Catholic, Merolla infuriated
the captain by suggesting that he would send a complaint about
the behaviour of the English to his countrywoman Mary of
Modena, Duchess of York. Apparently the King of the Congo did
trade privately with the English, behind the back of the
Capuchins"(Howgego M151). The author, who "comments upon
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the influence of the Portuguese in the Congo, describes in detail
the life of the people and the natural resources of the region.., his
narrative contains some interesting pictures of the life there and
presents a good account of the superstitions of the natives" (Cox
I, p373).
"The Capuchins generally had three or four missionaries in
the whole of Kongo, occasionally they had as many as ten, never
enough to truly take over the instruction of the people or educate
more than an elite of political actors and their own staff. The
Capuchins generally constructed hospices near political centers,
such as São Salvador, Mbamba, and Soyo or in territory relatively
far from the political centers such as the hospice at Nsuku in the
north of the country. There they and their staff of freed slaves
(nleke) who carried them on their annual rounds of the
countryside. While travelling they stopped at centrally located
villages for a few days while people from neighboring settlements
came in, and then they performed the sacraments, especially
baptism, to thousands. It was not uncommon for a long serving
missionary to record tens of thousands of baptisms in their
reports, and many fewer marriages and communions" (Wikipedia).
$6750USD
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70. Mermaids,
'Pesce Donna di fiume'
71. MINAEV, Ivan Pavlovich (1840-1890)
Ocherki Tseilona i Indii: Iz Putevikh Zametok Russkogo. [Essays on Ceylon and India: From the
Travel Notes of a Russian].
Saint Petersburg: L.F. Panteleev, 1878. First and Only Edition. Small Octavo, 2vols. [4], v, 285; [4], ii,
239, [2 - catalogue] pp. Period style green quarter morocco with green cloth boards, with gilt lettered
spines, custom made green slip case. Later owner’s inscriptions on the title pages, half titles and in the end
of the text, otherwise a very good copy.
Very rare interesting account on Northern India, Nepal and Ceylon. A very rare work as no copy
found in Worldcat.
Ivan Pavlovich Minaev was a
prominent Russian specialist in Indian
culture and moreover the founder of
Russian scientific school of Indian studies.
He worked as a professor in the Sanskrit
department of the Eastern Faculty of Saint
Petersburg University (from 1873), and
was a member of Russian Geographical
Society (from 1871). Minaev went on
three travels to India, Ceylon, Burma and
Nepal: in 1874-75, 1880 and 1885-86,
during which he collected a great deal of
Sanskrit and Pali manuscripts. His main
interest was Buddhism, and its philosophy;
he translated and published several
important pieces of Buddhist literature. He
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also was highly interested in the current state of India at the time.
The present work is the first and only edition of his account of his first travel to India. Minaev spent
two years there(1874-75) and went to most parts of Ceylon, Nepal, and northern India from Calcutta to
Lahore, including the provinces of Bihar, Punjab and Rajputana (modern Rajastan). The trip was supported
by the Russian Geographical society which provided Minaev with the necessary letters of introduction to
the Indian officials and public figures. His main goal was to study Buddhism and Indo-Muslim relations
which determined the route of the trip and content of his notes. It is no coincidence that Minaev chose to
follow Carlyle’s words as an epigraph to his account: "It is well said, in every sense, that a man’s religion is
the chief fact with regard to him."
"Ocherki" contains an interesting description of Ceylon, as the author went to some of its
furthermost parts, and the current decline of the island is described, in comparison to the "glorious past
of Ceylon." He also describes Nepal, including Kathmandu, as well as India’s population, their occupation,
especially agriculture, forms of land possessions, manners and customs, entertainments, folklore.
Noteworthy are his remarks of the relations between the Indian colonial administration and the
locals: "The one who has seen the English rule in India itself and, not being carried away with wrongly
understood patriotism, didn’t close his eyes for all the good which Englishmen done there, that person will
of course be far away from the thought of a new foreign hegemony over Indians. It’s not the dreamlike
plans of grandiose conquest that should be the stimuli for studies of India in Russia. We need to know the
richest English possessions because England in Asia is our neighbour and our rival. The result of our rivalry
strongly depends on our knowledge of British rule at home and over its oversee colonies; the better, more
comprehensively and objectively we’ll estimate everything that has been done by England, the closer will
be our success" (p. iv). In the Preface Minaev underlined, that the "comprehensive studying of ancient and
modern India is one of the urgent necessities for Russia" (p. Ii).
Russian Historic Encyclopaedia, Russian Brokhaus dictionary on-line, Great Soviet Encyclopaedia.
$1500USD
72. MONTANUS, Arnoldus (1625-1683)
Ambassades Mémorables de la Compagnie des Indes
Orientales des Provinces Unies vers les Empereurs du Japon.
[Memorable Embassies of East India Company of the United
Provinces to the Emperor of Japan].
Amsterdam: Jacob de Meurs, 1680. First French Edition.
Folio. [vi], 227, [8], 146, [6] pp. Title in red and black with
integral engraved vignette. Engraved additional title, 26
engraved maps and plates (1 folding map, 4 folding plates, 21
double-page plates), 70 engraved illustrations, occasional
engraved initials and head-pieces. Period full vellum hand
written title on spine in ink. Plates with some minor repaired
tears, otherwise a very good copy.
This work "is a rich compilation of descriptions of
emissaries of the Dutch East India Company and their
encounters with natives and Portuguese, devoted strictly to
Japan, its land and its people" (Christies). "It remains one of the
most important works on Japan published in the seventeenth
century, and includes fine town views of Edo (Tokyo), Osaka and
the Dutch trading settlement Deshima" (Sothebys).
This detailed, highly illustrated monumental work on
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Japan was compiled by the Dutch minister Arnold Montanus. He based his work on journals from the
Dutch East India Company Embassy of 1649 which had pretended to be "an official embassy from the
Dutch government rather than from the VOC" (Lach: Asia in the Making of Europe p.1876) and "the
description of Henry Indyk's Embassy to Edo in
March 1661, [which] is unusually rich in details"
(Lach p.1881).
"During this period of isolation (Sakoku)
that began in 1635.., the shogunate placed
foreigners under progressively tighter
restrictions. It monopolized foreign policy and
expelled traders, missionaries, and foreigners
with the exception of the Dutch and Chinese
merchants who were restricted to the manmade
island of Dejima in Nagasaki Bay and
several small trading outposts outside the
country" (Wikipedia). "The plates to this work
represent a high-water mark in book illustrations
of the 17th century" (Cox I p.325); Cordier
Japonica 385; Howgego E4; Landwehr VOC 525.
$6750USD
72. View of the port of Sakai near Osaka
73. MONTULE, Edouard de (1792-?)
[Atlas Volume] Voyage en Angleterre et en Russie, pendant les annees 1821, 1822 et 1823.
[Voyage to England and Russia in the Years 1821, 1822 and 1823].
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1825. First Edition. Folio. [iv] pp. With a lithographed title page and twentyeight
other lithographed plates. Period red gilt tooled quarter sheep with patterned papered boards. Ink
inscription on the rear free fly leaf made by the owner ‘Marestan, lieutenant d’artillerie’. A very good copy.
Atlas only of the first edition of Montulé’s travels across Western and Central Europe (was issued
with two text volumes).
The plates include street views of London,
Westminster, Greenwich, Windsor, Edinburgh,
Amsterdam, Krakow and Vienna. Natural
wonders are represented with the impressive
scenery of the Hebrides Archipelago, Giants’
Causeway in Ireland, druid’s monuments in
England, and two plates of the interior of the
Wieliczka Salt Mine (southern Poland) including a
view of the chapel entirely curved out of the rock
salt. The ten plates dedicated to Russia show the
Red Square in Moscow with the St. Basil’s
Cathedral, several views of the Kremlin, Petrovsky
Palace in Moscow, a convent and a village; a nice
panorama of Moscow taken from the road to
Kaluga, a building of the Old Stock Exchange in Saint Petersburg, and a view of Smolensk.
Édouard de Montulé was a Knight of the Legion of Honour, also known for his
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earlier travel to America, Italy and Egypt in 1816-1819 which is resulted in his book "Voyage en Amérique,
en Italie, en Siciel et en Égypte, pendant les années 1816, 1817, 1818 et 1819" (Paris, 1821).
$1500USD
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74. MUELLER, G[erhard] P. [Friedrich] (1705-1783)
[Voyages and Discoveries made by the Russians] Voyages et Découvertes faites par les Russes le
long des côtes de la Mer Glaciale et sur l'Océan Oriental, tant vers le Japon que vers l'Amerique. On y a
joint L’Histoire du fleuve Amur et des pays adjacens, depuis la conquête des Russes. [Voyages and
Discoveries made by the Russians along the coast of the Arctic Ocean and the Eastern Ocean, both in
Japan and America. With the History of the River Amur and adjacent countries, since the conquest by
Russia] / Translated from the German into French by C.G.F. Dumas.
Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1766. First French edition. Small Octavo, 2 vols. in one. x, [2] 388; iv,
207 [25 Table des Matieres, Advertisements] pp. With a large folding engraved map. Handsome period full
polished mottled calf, spine gilt lettered with red morocco label, edges coloured. A near fine copy.
74. A New Map of the Discoveries by Russian ships on the Coast of North America
The first French translation of Müller’s very important description of the Great Northern Expedition
to Kamchatka and the Northwest coast of America (1733-43) under the command of Vitus Bering and with
a history of Russian discoveries in the Arctic and Pacific oceans made up to 1749. The book was published
for the first time in Saint Petersburg in 1758; both a Russian (in ‘Ezhemesiachnie Sochineniia’ magazine,
Jan-May, Jul-Nov 1758) and a German (Sammlung Russischer Geschichte, B. III) versions were issued the
same year.
The significance of Müller’s work is found in the many first hand reports and manuscript accounts
discovered by him in Yakutsk and Irkutsk archives while working there as a member of Bering’s
expedition. His publications were the main source of original material for both European and Russian
scientific communities. As Sabin notes, it is "indispensable for the history of discovery and exploration in
the Northern Pacific." Professor Golder considered Miller’s work "the most important book" about
Bering’s expedition and added that "although a lot of ink and paper has been spent to describe Bering’s
voyage since then [1758], little has been added to what had been already known to us from Müller’s
work" (Golder, Bering’s Voyages, vol. 1. New York, 1922, p. 352-353).
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Müller compiled his work as a refutation to a somewhat
controversial publication by Nicolas Delisle who had left Russian
Academy of Sciences with a scandal in 1747. Delisle account based on
intelligence gathered by his brother, Delisle de la Croyère, who was an
astronomer of Bering’s expedition 1733-43. Nicolas Delisle’s map "Carte
des nouvelles découvertes au nord de la mer du Sud, tant à l’est de la
Sibérie et du Kamtschatka," and the text explanation "Explication de la
carte des nouvelles découvertes" (both published in Paris, 1752)
contained several significant errors and inaccuracies. On special
assignment of the President of Russian Academy, Müller made a map
entitled "Nouvelle Carte decouvertes faites par des vaisseaux Russiens
aux cotes inconnues de l'Amerique Septentrionale avec les Pais
Adiacents" which was first published in 1754 (only a few copies printed,
Lada-Mocarski) and then in 1758, with significant additions and
improvements it was re-issued. The map showed the territory from the
Ob river to the Pacific, and "confirmed the existence of a body of water
between Asia and America, the subject of much dispute prior to that
time; it was the first to give an approximate picture of what is now the
Alaskan peninsula" (Lathrop Harper Auctions). This 1758 map was
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included in the first French edition.
One of the most notable paragraphs of Müller’s work contains the first description of Semen
Dezhnev’s expedition through the strait between Asia and America in 1648, which will be later called
Bering Strait, thus determining that Dezhnev was the discoverer of the strait. "This fact was forgotten in
the following 88 years and would be completely lost if it were not for Müller’s search in the archives of
Yakutsk" (Lada-Mocarski, p. 78).
Müller also tried to give a historical proof for Russia’s rights for Bering Strait and the adjacent
American territories. The same goal lies behind the second article, which describes the Amur River and all
its tributaries. It was compiled in 1740 on the urgent assignment from Russian Empress Anna Ioannovna,
who wanted to use it as a basis for establishing the new border with China. Müller notes about Amur’s
importance in possible future navigations to Japan, Kamchatka, trade with India and China and very
carefully hints at the possibilities of Russian colonial annexations in the Pacific: "our intentions about
Japan and the American discoveries will be easier to realise." The article was first published in Russian in
1757 (‘Ezhemesiachnie Sochineniia, Jul-Oct); and in German in Büsching’s Magazin (Bd II).
The book is supplemented with an index of subjects and personal and geographical names, and
Rey’s catalogue of books to sale. "This French translation by Charles Guillaume Frédéric Dumas (ca. 1725-
1780) is said to be fuller and far superior to the English translation published by Jefferys in 1761"(Hill
1201); Howes M-875; Sabin 51286; Wickersham 6333; Wagner, Cartography, 615; Lada-Mocarski (German
& English editions. Only) 15 & 17: Miller, History of Siberia (3 vols., Moscow, 2000-2005).
$4750USD
75. NOORT, Olivier van (1558/1559-1627)
[Description of the Arduous Voyage Around the Globe]. Description du Penible Voyage de fait
Entour de l'Univers ou Globe Terrestre par Sr Olivier du Nort d'Utrecht, généralde quatre navires :
assavoir de celle dite Mauritius, avec laquelle il est retourné comme Admiral, l'autre de Henry fils de
Frédéric Vice-Admiral, la troisiesme dite la Concorde, avec la quatriesme nommé l'Espérance, bien
montées d'équipage de guerre & vivres, ayant 248 hommes en icelles, pour traversant le destroict de
Magellanes, descouvrir les costes de Cica, Chili & Peru & y trafiquer & puis passant les Molucques &
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circomnavigant le globe du monde retourner à la patrie : elles
singlèrent de Rotterdam le 2 juillet 1598 et l'an 1601 d'aoust y
tourna tant seulement la susdite navire Mauritius : où sont
déduites ses estranges adventures & pourtrait au vif en diverses
figures, plusieurs cas estranges à luy advenuz qu'il y rencontrez &
veuz.
Amsterdam: Widow of Cornille Nicolas, 1610. Second French
Edition. Small Folio. [2],61,[1] pp. Engraved title page vignette.
Twenty-five in-text engravings (including three maps). Handsome
period style brown gilt tooled full calf with a red gilt morocco label.
Some leaves with very mild staining, otherwise a very good copy.
This second French edition (first French edition published in
1602) describes the fourth circumnavigation of the globe after
Magellan, Drake, and Cavendish.
"Van Noort was the first Dutch navigator to sail round the
world, and the fourth in all. He started from Goree (Rotterdam)
Sept. 13, 1598, and returned home Aug. 26, 1601. His voyage..,
opened up the way to the establishment of the Dutch in the East
Indies"(Cox I, p.53). "Originally a tavern-keeper of Rotterdam, Van Noort's voyage was fitted out by a
consortium of Dutch merchants with the tacit approval of the government. Leaving Goeree (Rotterdam)
on 13.8.98 with four ships, the Maurits, Concord, Hoop and Hendrick Fredericke.., The fleet followed the
African coast to Guinea before crossing the Atlantic to the coast of South America.., landfall was made on
the southern coast of Brazil.., Following the coast of South America, and after noting the presence of the
Patagonian 'giants' at Port Desire, Van Noort.., entered the Strait of Magellan.., [Van Noort then
proceeded up the western coast of South America as far as California and then crossed the Pacific via the
Marianas, Philippines and Borneo].., After trading at Brunei and Ternate, where he acquired a cargo of
Cloves, Van Noort continued through the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. Sailing directly across
the Indian Ocean and rounding the Cape of Good Hope, he returned to Holland on 26.08.01, penniless
and with only one battered ship and eight crew left (although some accounts suggest that forty-five crew
survived). His voyage.., had some
effect in opening the way to the
establishment of the Dutch in the
East Indies.., Van Noort's
achievement, however, captured the
imagination of his countrymen, and
the published accounts sold well, the
first appearing only eighteen days
after his return. A more complete
edition appeared later that year,
followed by two amended editions in
1602" (Howgego N37).
Noort "attempted to enter
Guanabara Bay in Rio but was
repulsed by the Portuguese. He
managed however, to obtain
provisions for his ship" (Borba de
Moraes II, p.617); European Americana 610/79; Sabin 55438.
$22,500USD
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76. OLEARIUS, Adam (1603-1671)
Voyages Très-Curieux & Très-Renommez Faits en Moscovie, Tartarie et Perse ... Dans lesquels ont
trouve une description durieuse & la situation exacte des pays & etats, par où il a passé, tels que sont la
Livonie, la Moscovie, la Tartarie, la Medie, & la Perse; et où il est parlé du naturel, des manieres de
vivre, des maeurs, & des coutumes de leurs habitans; du gouvernement politique & ecclesiastique, des
raretz qui se trouvent dans ce pays; & des ceremonies qui s'y observent.
[The Voyages & Travels of the Ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of
Muscovy, and the King of Persia... Containing a Compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and Other
Adjacent Countries...].
Amsterdam: Michel Charles Le Cene, 1727. Best Expanded French Edition. Small Folio. [xxxvi], (1-
560, 561-1108 columns), [20], [2], [1] pp. With 32 engraved plates and 10 maps, most double-page or
folding and 59 vignettes. Handsome period dark brown elaborately gilt tooled half sheep with speckled
paper boards. A very good copy.
Important account of the first
German trading mission to Persia - an
embassy to Moscow sent out by Duke
Frederick III of Schleswig-Holstein in
1633-39, and its consequent travel to
Persia in 1635-39. The aim of the
embassy was to find the northern silk
route via Moscow to Western Europe
and to set up trade with Persia.
The author, renowned German
mathematician and orientalist Adam
Olearius (Ölschläger), gives a
comprehensive account of Russia and
Persia. Being the secretary of the
embassy, he described the geography
and history of the countries, cities and
their inhabitants, manners and customs.
Olearius spoke Russian and Persian,
what helped him to accurately describe
XVIIth century Russian life.
He had an acute and observant
mind and described Russians objectively,
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of the Palm Sunday
not trying to blacken them as did previous European travellers. The account was richly illustrated with
engravings, made after Olearius original sketches. "Olearius reported on the myriad of flora, fauna, and
people groups and mapped the entire Volga River" (Carhart The Science of Culture in Enlightenment
Germany, p. 29). "The work is of importance cartographically (especially for its map of the river Volga),
and contains moreover many valuable magnetic and orographical observations" (Cox I, p. 248-9).
Impressed by Olearius’s scholarship, the Russian tsar several times offered him to serve at the
Russian court. But Olearius refused as he heard that it had been rumoured in Moscow markets that he
was a practitioner of black magic.
Russian Brokhaus Encyclopaedia; Russian Biographic Dictionary/ed. Polovtsov; Great Russian
Encyclopaedia; Catalogue of Russian National Library; Howgego M38.
$7500USD

77. OWEN, Captain W[illiam] F[itzwilliam] W[entworth] (1774-1857)
Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar; Performed in H. M.
Ships Leven and Barracouta, Under the Direction of Captain W. F. W. Owen, R.N. By Command of the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First Edition. Octavo, 2 vols. xxiii, 434; viii, 420 pp. With five
lithographed plates, four large folding engraved charts and five wood-engraved illustrations in text. Period
brown gilt tooled half calf with brown patterned cloth boards and brown gilt morocco labels. Plates mildly
foxed, otherwise a very good set.
"In 1822 [Owen] was appointed by the
Admiralty to command an expedition to survey the
coast of East Africa. Remarkably, because no particular
European nation had until that time felt a necessity for
accurate charts, none existed. The survey team, with
their flagship HMS Leven and support vessel
Barracouta, started out in January 1822 and worked
their way eastwards from Cape Town, then along the
coast of Mozambique and the western coast of
Madagascar.., Owen's charts remained in use for
nearly a century and his remarks were still being
reproduced in the Africa Pilot as late as 1893"
(Howgego 1800-1850, O11). This voyage "is chiefly
known for [its] highly accurate surveys, many of which
formed the basis of the charts that were used well into the twentieth century" (Christies).
"Owen was appointed in 1821 to the sloop Leven, in which, with the brig Barracouta also under his
command, he was instructed to survey the east coast of Africa from the boundary of Cape Colony to Cape
Gardafui. The squadron arrived at Simonstown in July 1822, and returned there from their last surveying
season in September 1825, having surveyed some 20,000 miles of coast, depicted in almost 300 charts"
(Oxford DNB). "The journals of Captain Owen and his officers.., contain a large amount of varied
information respecting many portions of Africa in the first quarter of the nineteenth century"
(Mendelssohn II, p. 133); NMMC 221.
$1375USD
78. PALLAS, Peter Simon (1741-1810)
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Voyages de M.P.S. Pallas en Differentes
Provinces de L'Empire de Russie, Et Dans L'Asie
Septentrionale; Traduits de L'Allemand, Par M.
Gauthier de la Peyronie, Commis des Affaires
Etrangeres. [Travels of P.S. Pallas in different
Provinces of the Russian Empire, and in Northern
Asia, Translated from the German, By Mr.
Gauthier de la Peyronie, Commisioner of Foreign
Affairs].
Paris: Maradan, 1789-93. First French
Edition. Quarto 5 vols. & Small Folio Atlas. xxxii,
773, [3]; [iv], 550, [1]; [iv], 491, [1]; [iv], 722, [2];
[iv], 559, [1]; [iv] pp. With a large folding handcolored
copper-engraved map on 2 sheets; 122
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copper engravings on 107 sheets, 29 of them
folding or double-page. Original pink papered
boards, re-backed in style with new printed
paper labels. A few leaves with very mild water
staining, otherwise a very handsome large
uncut set in very original condition.
"In 1767 Pallas received an invitation
from Catherine II of Russia to take a position at
the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg.
From that position he was authorized to lead
an expedition into Siberia to observe the
transit of Venus. He took seven astronomers
and five naturalists with him, and the
expedition became primarily oriented toward
natural history. The exploration continued
from 1768 to 1774, during which time some
of the information was prepared for publication.
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78. General map of the Russian Empire,
enlargement view
The first volume appeared in 1771, a German edition printed in St. Petersburg, with subsequent volumes
issued to 1776. The text is a broad survey of all aspects of natural history, as well as a study of the various
peoples of Siberia. The atlas includes a number of maps, plus natural history, costume, and scenery, etc"
(PBA Galleries).
"The expedition set out from Moscow on 30.4.68.., The first summer was spent traversing the plains
of European Russia, and the winter passed at Simbirsk on the Volga. The next year was spent on the borders
of Kalmuk Tartary, when Pallas carefully examined the shores of the Caspian Sea. The transit of Venus on
3.6.69 was observed at Tobolsk. The party then proceeded through Orenburg and passed the next winter
(1769-70) at Ufa. In 1770 Pallas crossed the Ural Mountains to Katarinenburg, examining the mines in the
neighbourhood. In 1771 the members of the expedition reached the Altai Mountains, from where they
travelled to winter at Krasnoyarsk, observing that the mercury froze in their thermometers. They also found
a wide distribution of mammoth and rhinoceros fossils in the Siberian Ice. In the following spring (1772)
Pallas penetrated as far as Lake Baikal, and followed the caravan route as far as Kiakhta on the Mongolian
border. For the next two years the members of the expedition slowly proceeded homewards, on the way
visiting Astrakhan and the Caucasus Mountains. Pallas arrived back in St. Petersburg in July 1774 with a vast
amount of data and many fossil specimens, but broken in health. His hair was apparently whitened with
fatigue, and nearly all of his companions had died" (Howgego P10); Atabey 918.
$4500USD
79. PATERSON, Lieutenant William (1755-1810)
A Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria, in the Years 1777,
1778, 1779.
London: J. Johnson, 1790. Second Corrected and Enlarged Edition. Quarto. xii, 175 pp. With a folding
map and nineteen copper engraved plates. Handsome period style brown gilt tooled speckled half calf
with marbled boards. Some plates very slightly foxed, otherwise a very good copy.
"Mr. Patterson accompanied Colonel Gordon (Commander of the Troops of the Dutch East India
Company in South Africa) and Jacob van Reenen in several trips to the interior. He remarked that he does
not give a description of the Cape as he would be only repeating what Sparrman and Mason (Masson) had
already communicated in their publications. In the course of his travels the author penetrated as far as
Namaqualand on the west, and the Great Fish River on the south-east. Although the principal feature of

the work is a description of the botanical
specimens collected and noted by Mr. Paterson,
there are many interesting notes respecting the
natives, with a few remarks on the Dutch
Colonists" (Mendelssohn II p.143).
"Paterson is credited with having brought to
England the first giraffe skin ever seen there. He
made four expeditions into the interior from the
Cape to the Orange River and Kaffir land, mainly in
the interest of natural history. He collected many
birds and numerous specimens of plants. In 1789
he was one of the lieutenants who were chosen to
recruit and command a corps for the purpose of
protecting the new convict colony at Botany Bay.
Later he was appointed Governor of New South
Wales" (Cox I p.390); "Paterson's journal, one of the
first in English to describe the interior of South Africa,
was published in 1789" (Howgego P28).
$2250USD
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80. PEREYRA, Antonio Pinto (d. 1587)
Historia da India no Tempo em que a Gouernovo Viso Rey
Dom Luis de Ataide. [History of India During the Government of
Viceroy Don Luis de Ataide].
Coimbra: Nicolau Carvalho, 1616. First Edition. Small Folio.
[24], 151, [8] pp.; [6], [2 - blank] pp., 162 leaves, [12] pp. Title
within ornamental border and with a large woodcut armorial
(printer's?) device; tail-pieces and decorative initials. Very
handsome period brown elaborately gilt tooled full sheep with
minor repairs on the spine. A very good copy.
Very Rare first edition of this early history of the Portuguese
in India, with only three copies found in Worldcat (Yale University,
the University of Leiden and the British Library). "Mui raro" (Salva
y Mallen, P. Catalogo de la Biblioteca de Salva. Valencia, 1872. Vol.
II, p. 621).
The book consists of two parts, each with an extensive index
of names. The work describes the history of the Portuguese
viceroyalty in India during the time of the rule of Don Luís de
Ataíde, Count of Atouguia (1517-1581), the 10th Vice-Roy of India
in 1568-1571, and 1578-1580. It was the time of the height of
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Portuguese naval power and of the prosperity of its East-Indian
Viceroyalty, especially of Goa which became the capital of the Viceroyalty in 1610. "In 1542, St. Francis
Xavier mentions the architectural splendour of the city; but it reached the climax of its prosperity
between 1575 and 1625. Travellers marvelled at Goa Dourada, or Golden Goa, and there was a
Portuguese proverb, "He who has seen Goa need not see Lisbon." Until the 18th Century, the
Portuguese governor in Goa had authority over all Portuguese possessions in the Indian Ocean, from
southern Africa to southeast Asia" (Wikipedia).

"Antonio Pinto Pereira, a native of the village of Mogadour, well-versed in the science of Political
History, left a work published some years after his death which occurred in 1587" (Pope, E. M. India in
Portuguese Literature. 1937. p. 147)
$11,000USD
81. PINTO, Fernão Mendes (ca.1509-1583)
Peregrinaçaõ de Fernaõ Mendes Pinto e por elle escritta que
consta de muytas, e muyto estranhas cousas, que vio, & ouvio no reyno
da China, no da Tartaria, no de Pegú, no de Martavaõ, & em outros
muytos reynos, & senhorios das partes orientaes ... E agora novamente
correcta, e acrecentada com o Itenerario de Antonio Tenreyro, que da
India veyo por terra a este reyno de Portugal, em que se contém a
viagem, & jornada que fez no dito caminho, & outras muytas terras, &
cidades, onde esteve antes de fazer esta jornada, & os trabalhos que em
esta peregrinaçaõ passou no anno de mil & quinhentos…
[The Voyages and Adventures, of Fernand Mendez Pinto, a
Portugal: During his Travels for the space of one and twenty years in the
Kingdoms of Ethiopia, China, Tartaria, Cauchin-china, Calaminham,
Siam, Pegu, Japan, and a great part of the East-Indiaes. With a Relation
and Description of most of the Places thereof].
Lisboa: na officina Ferreyrinana, 1725. Expanded & Corrected Portuguese Fourth Edition. Small
Folio. [iv], 468 pp. Very handsome period style brown elaborately gilt tooled full calf. A near fine copy.
Very Rare as only one copy found in Worldcat. This edition with "Breve discurso, em que se conta a
conquista do reino de Pegu..,": p. 435-458. This is a translation from the Spanish of Manuel d'Abreu
Mousinho on the conquest of Pegu (Burma) in 1600 which is not present in the first and second editions.
Pinto a Portuguese explorer whose "exploits are known through the posthumous publication of his
memoir Pilgrimage (Portuguese: Peregrinação) in 1614. In the course of his travels in the Middle and Far
East, Pinto visited Ethiopia, the Arabian Sea, China (where he claimed to have been a forced laborer on
the Great Wall), India and Japan. He claimed to have been among the first group of Europeans to visit
Japan and initiate the Nanban trade period. He also claimed to have introduced the gun there in 1543. It
is known that he funded the first Christian church in Japan, after befriending a Catholic missionary and
founding member of the Society of Jesus later known as St Francis Xavier" (Wikipedia). Upon returning to
Portugal, Pinto wrote "his famous Peregrinacao, now regarded as one of the finest travel books of all
time" (Howgego P99). "It is, moreover, a classic record of the experiences and observations of one of the
earliest Europeans to penetrate into the interior of oriental countries, which, in that era, were practically
unknown. He was the first European to enter Japan (in 1542), seven years before Saint Francis Xavier, the
Apostle of the Indies" (Cox I, p. 324).
$2250USD
82. RASSAM, Hormuzd (1826-1910)
Narrative of the British Mission to Theodore, King of Abyssinia, with Notices of the Countries
Traversed from Massowah, through the Soodan, the Amhara, and Back to Annesley Bay, from Magdala.
London: John Murray, 1869. Author's Presentation First Edition. Octavo, 2 vols. xvi, 320, 32; ix, [i],
360, 18 pp. With two wood engraved frontispieces, three other wood engraved plates, two folding, two
folding maps and four text wood engravings. Recent maroon gilt tooled half morocco with cloth boards
and blue gilt labels. New endpapers, overall a very good set.
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With the inscription on the volume II title page:"Presented to Chett: Coll: Library by the Author,
Sept. 1872, Rassam?." No library markings.
"Rassam's responsibilities in
both southern Arabia and the
African coast opposite led to his
selection in 1864 for the delicate
and dangerous mission, carried out
under the aegis of the Foreign
Office, of delivering a letter from
Queen Victoria to Emperor
Theodore of Ethiopia. This was an
attempt to secure the release of
the British consul, Charles Duncan
Cameron, and a number of
Europeans, among them Henry
Aaron Stern and other missionaries,
some with families, who had been
working for the London Mission to
the Jews. All were held prisoner in
the Ethiopian highlands.
Rassam landed at Massawa in the Sudan, which was then under Egyptian rule, on 23 July 1864 and,
apart from a short visit to Cairo, remained there for over a year before receiving Theodore's permission to
enter Ethiopia. Accompanied by Lieutenant W. F. Prideaux of the Bombay staff corps and Dr Henry Blanc
of the Indian Medical Service, Rassam eventually left Massawa in October 1865 on the long and difficult
trek to Theodore's camp at Damot, where on 28 January 1866 he delivered the queen's letter to the
emperor. At first all seemed to go well; the prisoners were released and allowed to join Rassam, and were
ready to leave for the coast with him in April when the unpredictable Theodore had the whole party,
including Rassam, arrested. They were taken to the mountain fortress of Magdala where they were put in
chains, and where they remained until April 1868 when they were saved by the arrival of Sir Robert
Napier and his troops from India. Remarkably, despite incarceration, Rassam remained on relatively good
terms with the emperor and was able to communicate via Massawa with Aden.
Rassam reached London on 22 June 1868. His detailed report on his mission to Ethiopia was
published in December as a parliamentary paper, together with a letter to him from the foreign secretary,
Lord Stanley, expressing the British government's:
high sense of your conduct … you appear throughout to have acted for the best, and your
prudence, discretion, and good management seem to have tended greatly to preserve the lives and thus
to secure the ultimate release of the captives. (‘Report’)
He was also awarded £5000 as compensation for his four-year ordeal.
Before retiring on an India Office pension at the end of 1869 Rassam took leave, and on 8 June
1869 married Anne Eliza, daughter of Captain S. C. Price, formerly of the 72nd highlanders. He also had his
two-volume Narrative of the British Mission to Theodore, King of Abyssinia published" (Oxford DNB); Hess
& Coger 853; Howgego, Continental Exploration 1850-1940, R5.
$975USD
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83. RENNELL, James (1742-1830)
Map of Bengal and Bahar in VIII Parts [A Bengal Atlas: containing maps of the theatre of war and
commerce on that side of Hindostan : compiled from the original surveys, and published by order of the
Honourable the Court of Directors for the affairs of the East India Company].
[London]: J. Rennell, [1781]. First
Edition. Folio. Copper engraved title
page (dated 1779), contents leaf and
twenty-one copper engraved folding
views and maps. Period style brown gilt
tooled half calf with marbled boards and
maroon gilt label. Contents leaf and
several maps mounted, some maps with
repaired chipped edges (some with
minor loss of printed surface, several
maps with repaired tears, overall a quite
heavily restored but good copy.
Rennell's "maps were of the
greatest importance.., He was a close
friend of Sir Joseph Banks, the eminent
naturalist. Admiral Markham remarks of
him that he was the greatest geographer
83. Views of Chunargur and Oudanulla forts (Northern Bengal)
75
83. Map of the Ganges delta
that Great Britain has yet produced" (Cox I, p302). "In 1764 Rennell was appointed Surveyor-general for
Bengal, and supervised much of the early mapping of eastern India, work which culminated in the
publication in 1780 of his famous Bengal Atlas. He left India in 1777 and after returning to London
devoted himself to the study of geography" (Howgego R29).
"In England in 1778
Rennell proposed a new set
of maps of Bengal to replace
the inadequate small-scale
maps published by the East
India Company from his
earlier surveys, and, with
the guarantee of a bulk
order from the company,
had plates engraved to
publish A Bengal Atlas first
in 1780. The bulk
consignment, en route for
India for the use of
company officials, was
captured at sea by French
and Spanish ships, and
Rennell produced a new
enlarged Atlas, with river maps and tables of distances, in 1781. A Bengal Atlas remained the standard
administrative map of Bengal for almost fifty years, the river maps being pirated in Calcutta in 1825, and
the last recorded London reprint appearing in 1829 or 1830" (Oxford DNB).
$1750USD

84. RENOUARD DE SAINTE-CROIX, Felix
Voyage commercial et politique aux
Indes Orientales, aux iles Philippines, a la
Chine, avec des notions sur la Cochinchine et
le Tonquin, pendant les années 1803, 1804,
1805, 1806 et 1807, contenant des
observations et des renseignements, tant sur
les productions territoriales et industrielles
que sur le commerce de ces pays; des
tableaux d'importations et d'exportations du
commerce d'Europe en Chine, depuis 1804
jusqu'en 1807; des remarques sur les
moeurs, les coutumes, le gouvernement, les
lois, les idiômes, les religions, etc.; un
apperçu des moyens à employer pour
affranchir ces contrée. [Commercial and
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Political Voyage to the East Indies, Philippine
Islands, China, and Cochin China and Tonquin, during the years 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806 and 1807..,].
Paris: Crapelet for Clament frères, 1810. First Edition. Octavo, 3 vols. x, 301; [iv], 390; [iv], 291, [1]
pp. With two engraved hand colored folding maps and four folding tables. Period brown gilt tooled
quarter sheep with orange gilt labels and marbled boards housed in a matching slip case. A very good set.
Sainte-Croix was a French officer, responsible for the defence of the Philippines. Renouard de
Sainte-Croix arrived in Pondicherry, India, in 1802 and was almost immediately imprisoned by the English.
After he was liberated, he stayed for two more years in India and went amongst others to the coasts of
Coromandel and Malabar. He then travelled to the Philippines where he visited Manila, and the gold
mines of Mabulao. Cordier Indosinica, 2425; Howgego 1800-1850, D12; Lust 384.
$3250USD
85. REUILLY, Jean, Baron de (1780-1810)
Voyage en Crimee et sur les Bords de la Mer Noire, Pendant
l'Annee 1803. [Travels in the Crimea, and Along the Shores of the Black
Sea, Performed During the Year 1803];
[With]: Idem. Description du Tibet, d’après la Relation des Lamas
Tangoutes, établis Parmi les Mongoles. Traduit de l’Allemand.
[Description of Tibet, According to the Accounts of the Tangut Lamas,
Established Among the Mongols. Translated from German].
Paris: Chez Bossange, Masson et Besson, 1806-1808. First Editions.
Octavo. [8], xix, 302, [1]; xii, 89 pp. First work with a large folding
engraved map of Crimea, folding plan of Sevastopol, 3 folding plates of
coins, 3 folding letterpress tables, 6 engraved vignettes in the text, and
errata leaf at end. Second work with an engraved vignette on the title
page. Handsome period brown mottled full calf with gilt tooled spine.
Presentation school prize label from a French school of 1830 on the front
pastedown. Binding slightly rubbed at extremities, otherwise a very good
copy.
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The second work is the only separate printing of Peter Simon Pallas’s description of Tibet. The
original work was first published in German as a part of Pallas’s Sammlungen historischer Nachrichten
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über die Mongolischen Völkerschaften (1776); and wasn’t included into later French editions. In this
description of Tibet by Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811), translated by Baron Jean de Reuilly (1780-1810),
Pp. 1-54 are devoted to the description of Tibet according to accounts of Tibetan Lamas established
among the Mongols; the second part of the work is dedicated to a report of the celebrations and
ceremonies during the period from 22 June until 12 July 1729, in the small village Ourga, to celebrate the
rebirth of Koutoukhta, one of the most distinguished priests of Mongolia.
The only separate printing of Pallas' journey to Tibet on his first voyage through the Russian Empire
and Northern Asia 1768-1769, translated from Vol. I and III of the first edition, in German, published in 3
vols. In St. Petersburg 1771-76 ["Reisen durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs"]. The text
was not included in the first or second French editions of that work. Reuilly's introduction notes Pallas
travelled "some years in Tibet and Kashmir, and English possessions in India" and confirms that this
portion of Pallas's travels through the Russian Empire was not included in the French edition of Pallas's
work. This separate printing is extensively annotated with Reuilly's comments on Tibet, including the
missions of Bogle and Stewart, Georgi, and Andrade's account of 1795 on Bogle, Turner and Pourunguir,
and on Tibet-Britain-China relations, and his own observations along with those of other writers on Tibet.
He further discusses the route of the Anadyr River and Mongolia-Tibet relations. Cordier, Sinica, 2879;
Lust 207; Yakushi R93.
The first work is Reuilly’s account on his travels in southern Russia and Crimea as an attaché to the
Duc de Richelieu, Governor of Odessa. He was assisted during his travels by the German traveller Pallas,
whose notes greatly enhance this book's worth and importance. "Dedicated to Napoleon.., In this
important work Reuilly describes the Crimea prior to the Russian conquest. Pallas, resident in the Crimea
until 1810, also contributed to the work" (Atabey 1034); Weber I, 10; "In 1774, the Crimean Khans fell
under Russian influence with the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca. In 1783, the entire Crimea was annexed by
the Russian Empire" (Wikipedia).
$2750USD
86. ROBOROVSKY, Vsevolod Ivanovich (1856-1910)
& KOZLOV, Petr Kuzmich (1863-1935)
[TIAN SHAN AND NAN-SHAN
MOUNTAINS] Trudy Ekspeditsii
Imperatorskogo Russkogo
georgaficheskogo obschestva po
Tsentralnoi Azii, sovershennoi v 1893-
1895 gg. Pod nachalstvom V.I.
Roborovskogo [Proceedings of the
Expedition of the Russian Geographical
Society to Central Asia, Executed in 1893-
95 under command of V. Roborovsky].
Part 1. Otchet nachalnika
Ekspeditsii V.I. Roborovskogo… [The
report of the expedition head V.I.
Roborovsky]. 1900-1901. In three parts.
[8], xvi, 220, [4], 221-388, [6], 389-610, [4]
pp.
Part 2. Otchet pomoschnika nachalnika
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ekspeditsii P.K. Kozlova… [The report of the assistant of the expedition head P.K. Kozlov]. 1899. [2], viii,
296 pp.
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Saint Petersburg: Imperial Russian Geographical Society, 1899-1900. First Edition. Folio, 2 vols. With
thirty-six photogravure plates, two folding maps in text and seven large folding maps in the pocket at end
of vol. 2. Period style brown quarter morocco with gilt lettered spines and a custom made cloth pocket for
the folding maps at end of the second volume. Original publisher’s wrapper for the set of maps mounted
on the cloth pocket. A very good set.
The first and only official account of the expedition to Central Asia by the eminent Russian explorer
and scientist Vsevolod Roborovsky. He accompanied the famous Russian explorer of Central Asia Nikolai
Przhevalsky (1839-1888) during two of his expeditions in 1879-81 and 1883-85 as a zoologist and botanist,
which resulted in the unique ‘Central Asian’ herbarium. In 1888 Roborovsky joined Przhevalsky in his last
expedition to Tibet; and after Przhevalsky's death, Roborovsky executed five independent treks across the
Tibetan plateau on assignment of the new head of the expedition Mikhail Pevtsov (1843-1902). For this
extensive topographical survey he was awarded with the large silver medal of the Russian Geographical
Society named after Nikolai Przhevalsky.
Roborovsky became the
leader of the new expedition to
Central Asia in 1893-95. It was
organized by the Russian
Geographical Society with the goal
of surveying the Eastern Tian Shan
and Nanshan (Quilian) Mountains,
Northern Tibet and the Desert of
Hami. The expedition established a
meteorological station in the
Lukchun hollow, made a laborious
journey to Nanshan through the
Hami desert, explored Northern
Tibet and the Amne Machin range
(Kunlun Mountains), and returned to
Russia through Turpan, Dzungaria
and Zaisan. The expedition had to be
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(Northwestern China)
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terminated prematurely as
Roborovsky became paralyzed, but
nevertheless it resulted in the
survey of over 16,000 verst of
territory, over 400 altitude measurements, meteorological and geological observations, and rich
collections of the local flora and fauna. For the achievements of the expedition Roborovsky received the
highest award of the Russian Geographical society - the large Constantine medal.
Our copy contains the complete narrative part of the travel account, the first volume being
Roborovsky’s report of the geographical exploration of the Tian Shan, Nanshan, Northern Tibet, Amne
Machin range and the travel back through Zaisan. The second volume contains the account of Petr
Kozlov’s side journeys and tracks during the expedition including Central Tian Shan, Lake Lop Nur (with
some interesting notes on Sven Hedin’s exploration there), Nanshan, eastern Tibetan plateau et al. The
text also describes the local flora and fauna in great depth and is supplemented with several plates and
two statistical tables showing the distribution of mammals and birds in the surveyed area. The third
volume which is not present here, has the results of the meteorological researches conducted by
Roborovsky. The edition is supplemented with two Indexes of geographical names and nine large well
executed maps of the surveyed areas.
$5950USD

87. ROSS, Sir James Clark (1800-1862)
A Voyage of Discovery and Research in The
Southern and Antarctic Regions, During the Years
1839-43.
London: John Murray, 1847. First Edition.
Octavo, 2 vols. [liii], 366; [xi], 447 pp. With eight
maps (three folding) and eight tinted lithographed
plates (including a folding panorama). Period style
blue gilt tooled half straight grained morocco with
marbled boards, housed in a matching cloth slip
case. Panorama and folding maps with repair, some
mild staining of plates, overall a good working copy.
"One of the most important works in the
history of Antarctic exploration.., Ross led this
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expedition for the purpose of Antarctic Discovery and
Magnetic surveys, during which he circumnavigated the Antarctic continent, discovered the Ross Sea,
Ross Island, the Ross Shelf Ice, Victoria Land, Erebus and Terror Gulf (named after the ships of the
expedition), Mount Erebus, and attempted to penetrate the Weddell Sea. The expedition also visited the
Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, Australia, New Zealand, Campbell Island, and the Falkland
Islands" (Hill 1487).
"From 1839 to 1843 Ross was in the Antarctic, making geographical and magnetic observations. He
discovered Victoria Land, McMurdo Sound, Mount Erebus, the Ross ice barrier, and numerous other
features. The Ross Sea was later named after him. Although he did not reach the south magnetic pole,
much important magnetic observation was carried out and gradually published by Sabine over the next
twenty-five years. However, inadequate instruments made his oceanographic findings misleading, and he
failed to publish the natural history findings of the voyage. On Ross's death, Joseph Hooker, who was
officially assistant surgeon but in practice naturalist to the voyage, found the ruined remains of his
(Hooker's) collection from the voyage in Ross's back garden. None the less, Ross was in 1842 awarded the
gold medal of the geographical societies of London and Paris, and in 1844 was knighted; and in 1845 he
was made an honorary DCL of the University of Oxford" (Oxford DNB); Conrad p.57-8; Headland 806;
Howgego 1800-1850, R27; Rosove 276; Spence 993.
$1650USD
88. RUSSEGGER, Joseph von (1802-1863)
[Atlas Volume] Reisen in Europa, Asien und Afrika,
mit besonderer Rucksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen
Verhaltnisse der betreffenden Lander, unternommen in
den Jahren 1835 bis 1841. [Travels in Europe, Asia and
Africa..,].
Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung,
1842-9. First Edition. Large Folio. Atlas with 56 plates and
maps including nineteen double- page maps and profiles
(thirteen hand-coloured), twenty-eight lithographed views
on fourteen sheets, forty-five plates of natural history
subjects on twenty-three sheets. Handsome period brown
gilt tooled half calf with marbled boards. Original front
publisher's parts wrappers bound in. Handsomely re-
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88. View of Elephantine Island on the Nile

acked in Period style and the first wrapper with some minor
expert repair, otherwise a near fine atlas.
In Egypt, Russegger "was appointed by the viceroy to
carry out a geological examination of the upper reaches of the
Nile; a journey which took him in 1837 to Khartoum and
Kordofan. In the following year he ascended the Blue Nile to
Fazogl (at the border with Ethiopia) then, returning north, he
visited Sinai, Palestine, the Aegean and Greece. His
Observations were published in several volumes between
1841 and 1848, and for many years Russegger was regarded
as the leading authority on the geography of the Nile"
(Howgego 1800-1850, K16).
"Russegger was an Austrian geologist and traveller who
became a director of coal mines in Hungary and a leading
authority on mining geology. In 1838 he was commissioned by
Muhammed Ali Pasha to explore the mineral resources of the
Sudan and visited the Jabal Taqali in the Nuba hills and the
mountains of Fazughlo in the Blue Nile valley in a prospection
for gold. This work is significant for Russegger's contributions
covering the Blue Nile valley, Eastern Sudan and Nubia" (Sothebys).
$8750USD
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88. Geognostic map of Nubia
89. RUSSELL, Alexander (1714-1768)
The Natural History of Aleppo, and Parts Adjacent. Containing a Description of the City, and the
principal natural productions in its neighbourhood; together with an account of the climate,
inhabitants, and diseases; particularly of the plague.
London: G.G. & J. Robinson, 1794. Second Expanded Edition. Quarto, 2 vols. xxiv, 446, xxiii, [i]; vii,
430xxxiv, [xxvi] pp. With twenty engraved plates (many folding), including eight of botanical subjects after
G. D. Ehret. Handsome period style brown elaborately gilt tooled half calf with marbled boards and red
and green gilt morocco labels. A very good set.
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"In 1734 Russell was one of the first members of the Medical Society of Edinburgh University. In
1740 he came to London, and in the same year went to Aleppo as physician to the English factory. He
learnt to speak Arabic fluently, and acquired great influence with the pasha and people of all creeds. In
1750 he was joined by his younger brother, Patrick, and in 1753 he resigned, returning to England by way
of Naples and Leghorn, in order to supplement his study of the plague at Aleppo by visiting the lazarettos
at those places. This work, which has been described as 'one of the most complete pictures of Eastern
manners extant" (Pinkerton), Blackmer Sale 969; Cox I, p.227.
In 1740 Russell "went to Aleppo in Syria as physician to the English factory. There, as he wrote in his
Natural History of Aleppo (1756), he established an ‘extensive practice among all ranks and degrees of
people’. He learned to speak Arabic fluently, and acquired great influence with the pasha. In 1750 he was
joined by his younger half-brother Patrick, and in 1753 he resigned, returning to England by way of Naples
and Leghorn, in order to supplement his study of the plague at Aleppo by visiting the lazarettos at those
places. Russell had sent home to his fellow student and correspondent John Fothergill seeds of the true
scammony, which were raised successfully by Peter Collinson and James Gordon of Mile End. Russell
published a description of the plant, and the native method of collecting it, in the first volume of Medical
Observations, issued in 1755 by the Medical Society of London, which he had helped to found in 1752. He
also introduced Arbutus Andrachne.
Russell reached London in February 1755; following encouragement from Fothergill, he published
his Natural History of Aleppo the next year. This work, which was described by John Pinkerton as ‘one of
the most complete pictures of Eastern manners extant’, was reviewed by Samuel Johnson in the Literary
Magazine, and was translated into German. A second edition was published by Patrick Russell in 1794"
(Oxford DNB).
$1750USD
90. SALT, Henry (1780-1827)
A Voyage to Abyssinia, and
Travels into the Interior of that Country,
Executed under the Order of the British
Government, in the Years 1809 and
1810; in Which are Included, an
Account of the Portuguese Settlements
on the East Coast of Africa, Visited in
the Course of the Voyage; a Concise
Narrative of Late Events in Arabia Felix;
and some Particulars Respecting the
Aboriginal African Tribes, Extending
from Mosambique to the Borders of
Egypt; Together with Vocabularies of
Their Respective Languages.
London: F.C. & J. Rivington, 1814.
First Edition, Large Paper Copy. Folio.
[xv], 506, lxxv pp. Twenty-eight engraved
plates on twenty-seven leaves, seven
engraved maps and charts on six sheets,
90. Map of Abyssinia
four folding, one hand-coloured, and two engraved vignettes. Handsome period style brown gilt tooled
half calf with a red gilt morocco labels and marbled boards. A couple of plates with very minor repair of
blank margins, otherwise a very good copy.
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Salt, a friend of Burckhardt, who had been trained as a
painter, first visited Egypt when he toured India and North Africa
with the Viscount Valentia, George Annesley. He returned to
Africa in 1809 on a government mission to establish contact with
the King of Abyssinia, which occupied him for 2 years. In 1815
Salt was appointed Consul-General in Egypt, and he reached
Alexandria in March 1816. He financed the excavations of
Belzoni, Caviglia and d’Athanasi. "In 1809-10 Salt returned to
Ethiopia as a quasi-official envoy under Canning's Sponsorship,
marching from the Red Sea coast with an escort of 160 bearers
to explore trade and diplomatic links with the Ethiopian emperor
Wolde Selassie. Britain, fearing a French alliance with Egypt,
wished to secure a port on the Red Sea. Salt carried out a little
archaeology, discovering at Aksum three large limestone tablets
engraved with ancient Ethiopian inscriptions. Little came of the
mission for the government but Salt earned over 1000 Pounds
for the first edition of this book" (Howgego 1800-1850 S6).
"On 2 March 1809 Salt sailed on a mission from the British
government to Abyssinia, to carry presents to the king and
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report on the state of the country. Owing to factious unrest, he
was prevented from going to the king at Gondar and was obliged to deliver the presents instead to the ras
of Tigré. While in Abyssinia he made many observations on the geography, the customs of the people,
and the flora and fauna. He brought back many specimens, including a previously unknown dik-dik.
Another member of Salt's party, William Coffin, chose to remain in Abyssinia when Salt returned to
England in 1811. In 1812 Salt became a fellow of the Royal Society and of the Linnean Society, and a
correspondent of the Institut de France. In 1812 he was elected one of the very few honorary members of
the African Association in acknowledgement of information he had procured in its interest. In 1814 he
published A Voyage to Abyssinia, which was received with some acclaim" (Oxford DNB); His account
includes a lengthy glossary of local languages. Blackmer 1479; Gay 2683; Hess & Coger 892.
$2450USD
91. Map of the mineral springs of Lake Baikal
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91. SCHERER, Alexander Nicolaus
(1772-1824)
Versuch Einer Systematischen
Uebersicht der Heilquellen des
Russischen Reichs. [Attempt of a
Systematic Review of the Mineral Springs
of the Russian Empire].
Saint Petersburg: Kayserlichen
Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1820. First
Edition. Octavo. xviii, 338, [2] pp. With
eleven folding hand colored maps
including one large map of the Russian
Empire. Period brown gilt tooled half calf
with marbled boards. Rebacked in period
style using original boards. A near fine
copy.

A rare work with only 15 copies found in Worldcat. First edition of this "for Russia meaningful work"
(ADB), of the first systematic survey of spas in tsarist Russia. The eleven maps, which were most probably
engraved after Julius Klaproth (1783-1835) by Carl Mar show all spas of the Russian Empire, with special
maps of lake Baikal, Caucasus, Urals, Siberia, Caspian region and others.
Alexander Nicolaus von Scherer was a Russian chemist of German origin, member of Russian
Science Academy since 1815. The author of the first original chemistry textbook, published in Russian
('Rukovodstvo k prepodavaniiu khimii', 1808). Founder and first director of Saint Petersburg
Pharmaceutical Society (1818). Actively promoted the progressive 'oxygen' theory of Antoine Lavoisier
and significantly contributed in the development of Russian chemistry nomenclature.
He graduated from Jena University in 1794 and worked in Germany for several years. In 1803
returned to Russia and worked as a professor in Dorpat University, later, as a professor of chemistry in
Medical Surgery Academy, Mining Cadet Corps and other educational institutions in Saint Petersburg. Also
he a member of Copenhagen and Erfurt Science Academies, scientific societies of Berlin, Gottingen,
Erfurt, Brussels, Paris, Leipzig and others. Created numerous scientific works regarding chemistry,
pharmacology and mineralogy. In 1819-22 published in Saint Petersburg chemist magazine "Allgemeine
nordische Annalen der Chemie." Russian Brokhaus Encyclopaedia; Russian Biographic Dictionary/ed.
Polovtsov; Catalogue of Russian National library.
$1250USD
92. SEMEDO, Alvaro (1586-1658)
Imperio de la China y cultura evangelica en él, por los
Religiosos de la Compañia de Jesus, sacado de las noticias del P.
Alvaro Semmedo… [Empire of China and the Christian culture of the
Society of Jesus, taken from the accounts of P. Alvaro Semmedo].
Lisbon: Officina Herreriana, 1731. Second Spanish Edition.
Small Folio. [xix], 252 pp. Period style dark brown gilt tooled full calf
with a red gilt morocco label. A few leaves with minor repair to blank
margins, otherwise a very good copy.
Rare work. Semedo was the Portuguese Procurado General for
China. This is a general description of Chinese society which
describes the foreign missions and the Manchu campaigns. The
manuscript was written by Semedo in Goa in 1638 and contains the
first description of tea in a European work on China. "Semedo first
arrived in China in 1613, and worked there for the next twenty-four
years. During this time he was associated with Johann Adam Schall
von Bell, whom he joined at Xian in 1628, and was responsible for
the first European translation of the engraved pillar commemorating
the arrival of the Nestorian Alopen. Sent back to Europe as
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procurator in Rome for the China mission, he called at Goa, where
in 1638 he completed his Relacao da propagacao de fe no regno da China e outras adjacentes, a valuable
account of the conditions in China at the end of the Ming dynasty. The Portuguese original of the work
eventually reached the hands of the Portuguese historian, Manuel Faria y Sousa, who edited it into an
historical form and had it translated into Spanish" (Howgego S81).
"This work gives a long account of China, its various provinces, inhabitants and their manners and
customs, Government and Military Art, propagation of the Gospel, and more particularly an account of
the labours of the Jesuits there" (Cox. I, p. 323); Cordier Sinica 23-24.
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"On 29 March 1608, [Semedo] left for Goa and the Far East aboard Na. Sra. Do Vencimento. He
arrived to Macau in 1610, and to Nanjing in 1613. Along with another Jesuit, Alfonso Vagnoni, he was
imprisoned during an anti-Christian campaign in Nanjing in 1616, and then sent back to Macau, where he
stayed till 1621. As the persecution campaign in the mainland China abated, Fr. Semedo changed his
Chinese name from Xie Wulu to Zeng Dezhao and re-entered China, now working in Jiangsu and Jiangnan
provinces. He spent most of his term in China in the central and southern provinces; perhaps his only trip
north was the one he made to Xi'an in 1625, during which he was the first European to see the recently
unearthed Nestorian Stele" (Wikipedia).
$1750USD
93. SEUTTER, [Georg] Matthaeus (1647-1756)
ATLAS MINOR Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna et Provincias, Germaniæ Potissimum..,
Augsburg, [ca. 1750]. Small Quarto. 68 pp. With a double page hand coloured copper engraved title
page and 64 double page hand coloured copper engraved maps. Original publishers' brown flexible full
sheep covers, title with decorative border blind stamped on front cover. Extremities with mild wear,
leather flap with some cracks, some scattered mild staining on a couple of leaves, otherwise a very good
copy in very original condition.
An attractive atlas with very
decorative maps. "Most of the maps are
reductions from Seutter's Atlas Novus and
retain his signature. Some have been
redrawn by Seutter's son Albrecht Carl
and, in many cases, they have been
engraved by his son-in-law Tobias Conrad
Lotter. Lotter bought part of Seutter's
publishing house in 1762 after the death
of Albrecht Carl and, like Probst,
continued to publish Seutter's maps"
(Christies). The maps include: A world
map, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America,
South America, and all European Country
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and many detailed maps of Germany.
"Georg Matthäus Seutter was one of the most important and prolific German map publishers of the
18th century. Seutter started his career as an apprentice brewer. Apparently uninspired by the beer
business, Seutter left his apprenticeship and moved to Nuremberg where he apprenticed as an engraver
under the tutelage of the prominent J. B. Homann. Sometime in the early 18th century Seutter left
Homann to establish his own independent cartographic publishing firm in Augsburg. Though he struggled
in the early years of his independence, Seutter’s engraving skill and commitment to diversified map
production eventually gained him a substantial following. Most of Seutter’s maps were heavily based
upon, if not copies of, earlier work done by the Homann and Delisle firms. By 1732 Seutter was one of the
most prolific publishers of his time and was honored by the German Emperor Charles VI with the title of
"Imperial Geographer." Seutter continued to publish until his death, at the height of his career, in 1757.
The Seutter firm continued under Seutter’s wastrel son Albrecht Carl until his death in 1762.
Following Albrecht’s death, the firm was divided between the established Probst firm and the emerging
firm of Tobias Conrad Lotter. Lotter, Matthäus Seutter’s son in law, was a master engraver and worked on
behalf of the Seutter firm. Lotter would eventually become one of the most prominent cartographers of
his day" (Wikipedia). Tooley Q-Z, p.150.
$8750USD
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94. SNELGRAVE, Captain William
A New Account of Some Parts of Guinea
and the Slave Trade, Containing: I. The history of
the late conquest of the kingdom of Whidaw by
the king of Dahome ... II. The manner how the
negroes become slaves ... III. A relation of the
author's being taken by pirates, and the many
dangers he underwent.
London: James, John, & Paul Knapton, 1734.
First Edition. Octavo. [xxiv], 288 pp. With a copper
engraved folding map of the west coast of Africa
(perhaps map variant?). Handsome period style
dark brown gilt tooled half morocco with marbled
boards and red gilt morocco label. Some pages
mildly browned and foxed, otherwise a very good
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copy.
"A slave trader's general yet vivid account of his experiences as captain of a number of ships sailing
the England-Guinea-West Indies route" (Bell S359); "This is an interesting work by one of the old slave
trader. The author gives a vivid picture of the capture of his vessel" (Cox I p.375); "William Snelgrave,
Captain of the slaver Bird Gallery whose vessel was seized by the pirates, Captain Cocklyn and Captain
Davis, off Sierra Leone on 1.4. 1719" (Howgego F58); "Snelgrave was a slave-trader who in 1719
succeeded in transporting 600 slaves from the Gulf of Guinea to the West Indies" (Christies); Kress 4197;
Sabin 85380. This account largely based on voyages the author made in 1727 and 1730 to Whydah and
Jakin, offers an important account of the kingdom of Dahomey (now Benin).
$975USD
95. SNOW, William Parker (1817-1895)
Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Narrative of Every day life in the
Arctic Seas.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. First Edition. Octavo. xvi, 416 pp. With four
chromo-lithograph plates and a folding map.
Original publisher's navy pictorial gilt and blind
stamped cloth. Plates with some very minor
foxing, top of back hinge of spine with small
crack, otherwise a very good copy.
In 1850 Snow volunteered "for one of the
expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin,
prompted by a dream, which he believed had
shown him the true route. The idea came to
dominate his whole life. He served in 1850 as
purser, doctor, and chief officer of the Prince
Albert, a small vessel fitted out at the expense of
Lady Franklin, under Commander C. C. Forsyth
RN. On his return Snow published Voyage of the
Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin (1851)
and was awarded the polar medal. He was
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convinced that success had been hindered by Forsyth's
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efusal to go on, and during the following years he vainly importuned the Admiralty to send him out again
in command of any vessel, however small, and tried to organize unofficial searches" (Oxford DNB).
"William Parker Snow here describes an 1850 Franklin search expedition in the Prince Albert, a
small vessel fitted out at the expense of Lady Franklin and captained by Commander Forsyth of the British
Navy. Snow accompanied the voyage as purser, doctor, and chief officer.., the Prince Albert crew
discovered traces of the Franklin expedition's first winter. Encampment on Beechey Island, upon their
empty-handed return, Snow was convinced that Forsyth had sabotaged the success of the search by his
refusal to go on or to pursue Snow's foretold route" (Hill 1598); Arctic Bibliography 16362; Howgego
1850-1940 Polar Regions S38.
$1500USD
96. SONNINI, (de Manoncourt), C[harles] N[icolas] (1751-1812)
Voyage Dans la Haute et Basse Egypte. [Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt].
Paris: F. Buisson, An VII [1799].
First Edition. Text Octavo 3 vols. & Folio
Atlas. [iv], vii, [i], 425, [3]; [ii], 417; [ii],
424; [2] pp. Atlas with a copper
engraved portrait frontispiece, 38 other
copper engravings (two folding) and a
large folding engraved map by Tardieu
after D'Anville. Period brown gilt titled
papered boards. Extremities rubbed and
spines mildly sunned, remains of a small
private library label on volume one,
otherwise a very good set.
This expedition was made with
the intention of collecting rare Egyptian
birds, however Sonnini includes some
unusual and fascinating details of native
life and customs such as female and
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male circumcision and homosexuality,
leprosy and other diseases, serpent eating etc. "Sonnini set out with baron de Tott's expedition in 1777.
On arrival at Alexandria he found orders to explore Egypt from Louis XVI awaiting him" (Blackmer
Collection 1006); Atabey 1155.
This work relates to various subjects "with the utmost candor: such as Egyptian female
circumcision, serpent eating, Egyptian lesbianism, women's cosmetics…" (Cox I, p.395); Gay 2250;
Howgego S135; Ibrahim-Hilmy 245. "A naturalist, Sonnini de Manoncourt traveled extensively through
Egypt (from Alexandria to Aswan), making notes on the flora and fauna, the customs of the people, and
only incidentally, the antiquities.., Illustrated with excellent engravings, mostly of fish and birds"
(Kalfatovic 0158).
$1950USD
97. SPARRMAN, Anders (1748-1820)
Resa till Goda Hopps-Udden, Södra Pol-kretsen och Omkring Jordklotet, samt till Hottentott- och
Caffer-landen, åren 1772-76. [A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle
and Round the World: But Chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772,
to 1776].
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Stockholm: Anders J. Nordstrom, 1783. First Edition. Octavo. xv, 766 pp. With nine folding copper
engraved plates and one copper engraved folding map. Period brown gilt tooled half sheep with marbled
boards. Covers and spine mildly worn, otherwise a very good copy.
This is the first volume of Sparrman's account of his
travels in South Africa and of his voyage with Cook in the
Resolution 1772-5. "It is the most interesting and most
trustworthy account of the Cape Colony and the various
races then residing in it, that was published before the
beginning of the 19th century" (G. M. Theal). This volume
deals mainly with South Africa, but a resume of the voyage
with Cook is inserted on pp. 86-108.., The second volume
(in two parts) was not published until 1802 and 1818" (Du
Rietz Cook 10).
Sparrman "sailed for the Cape of Good Hope in
January 1772 to take up a post as a tutor. When James Cook
arrived there later in the year at the start of his second
voyage, Sparrman was taken on as assistant naturalist to
Johann and Georg Forster. After the voyage he returned to
Cape Town in July 1775 and practiced medicine, earning
enough to finance a journey into the interior" (Wikipedia).
Sparrman "frequently draws attention to the inaccuracies to
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be met with in Kolbe's account of the Cape, and throws considerable
doubt on the veracity of many of his statements" (Mendelssohn II, p.414-5); Hill 1615; Howgego S154.
$2250USD
98. SPINOLA, Antonio Ardizzone
Saudades da India: Manifesta das as Magestades de
Portvgal na Solemnidade do Glorioso Apostolo S. Thome,
aos 21, de Dezembro de 1648. [Longing for India,
Manifested in Portugal's Possessions there and the
Solemnity of the Glorious Apostle Sao Thome].
Lisboa: Na officina Crassbesekiana, 1652. First Edition.
Small Quarto. 40 pp. Period Portuguese style speckled dark
brown full gilt tooled full sheep. A very good copy.
Very Rare work as only six copies found in Worldcat.
This work gives valuable information on the Portuguese
possessions in India, especially the missions there.
"Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas or
Didymus (meaning "Twin"), was one of the Twelve Apostles
of Jesus. He is best known for disbelieving Jesus' resurrection
when first told of it, then proclaiming "My Lord and my God"
on seeing Jesus in John 20:28. He was perhaps the only
Apostle who went outside the Roman Empire to preach the
Gospel. He also believed to have crossed the largest area,
which includes the Persian Empire and India" (Wikipedia).
$975USD
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99. STANLEY, Henry Morton (1841-1904)
Press Reviews of "Through the Dark Continent", 1878;
[With]: Reviews of the 'Congo' and the Founding of its Free
State, Published May 1885.
London(?): Privately Printed(?), ca. 1885. First Edition. Quarto.
133; 117 pp. Period black half sheep with black cloth boards and a
manuscript paper label. A very good copy.
Very Rare works as no copies of each found in Worldcat. The
manuscript title of the paper spine label "My Printed Speeches &
Letters" alludes to the probability that this is from H.M. Stanley's own
personal library. These two works consist of an assortment of reviews
and press releases by The Standard, Daily Telegraph, Hampshire
Advertiser, Sheffield & Rotherham Independent, The Athenaeum, The
Graphic, The Scotsman, Liverpool Mercury and The Pall Mall Gazette
etc.
"The violence which accompanied Stanley's expedition gave rise
to controversy in the British press. His attempts at self-justification for
the punishment of the Bumbiri were challenged: ‘He has no concern
with justice, no right to administer it; he comes with no sanction, no
authority, no jurisdiction nothing but explosive bullets and a copy of
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the Daily Telegraph’ (Saturday Review, 16 Feb 1878). His expedition
was said by some to amount to exploration by warfare: ‘Exploration under these conditions is, in fact,
exploration plus buccaneering, and though the map may be improved and enlarged by the process, the
cause of civilisation is not a gainer thereby, but a loser’ (Pall Mall Gazette, 11 Feb 1878). John Kirk, the
Zanzibar consul, launched a discreet enquiry in 1878, and concluded in a confidential report that ‘if the
story of this expedition were known it would stand in the annals of African discovery unequalled for the
reckless use of power that modern weapons placed in his hands over natives who never before heard a
gun fired’ (1 May 1878, Foreign Office papers, TNA: PRO).
But these misgivings were to be swamped by numerous tributes to Stanley's success in solving the
remaining mysteries of African geography. On his return to Paris and London at the end of 1877, leading
figures in geographical societies across Europe were lavish in their praise. In February 1878 he addressed
the Royal Geographical Society twice, stubbornly defending his record against ‘soft, sentimental, sugarand-honey,
milk-and-water kind of talk’ (PRGS, 22, 1878, 145). His two-volume work Through the Dark
Continent, published in June 1878, became another best-seller. Nevertheless, the controversy added to
Stanley's disillusionment with the British government, which was lukewarm about his schemes to further
the commercial penetration of the Congo region.., Although it did not involve any significant geographical
discoveries, Stanley considered his work on the Congo to be among the most important of his life. His
book The Congo and the Founding of its Free State (2 vols., 1885) promoted what he called the ‘gospel of
enterprise’ (2.377), emphasizing both the commercial potential of the region and the hard labour
necessary to exploit it. He revelled in the name Bula Matari, portraying his aim in the Congo as nothing
less than the conquest of nature.
On his return, however, Stanley found himself a small player in a much larger game of international
diplomacy, culminating in the Berlin Congress of 1884-5, at which he acted as an adviser to the American
delegation. The establishment of the Congo Free State, a territory of nearly 1 million square miles which
Stanley had done much to secure, was one of the most significant events in the history of the so-called
‘scramble for Africa’. Subsequent events were to show that Leopold's ambitions were not quite so
philanthropic as Stanley represented them. But he denied to the last any responsibility for the atrocities
that were to follow" (Oxford DNB).
$1500USD
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100. SYMES, Michael (1761-1809)
An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava sent by the Governor-General of India, in the
year 1795.
London: W. Bulmer & Co., 1800. First Edition. Quarto. xxiii, [i], 503, [1] pp. With two large folding
copper engraved maps, twenty-six copper engraved plates (eight botanical plates), six folding. Original
publisher's beige and blue papered boards, with the original printed paper label. Paper spine with crack,
three plates with mild marginal water stain, otherwise a very good uncut completely original copy, very
rare in this condition.
"In 1795 Symes was sent by
the governor-general, John Shore,
to the court of King Bodawpaya of
Burma, to try to improve political
and commercial relations, and also
to confirm whether the French were
actively courting the Burmese as
they were rumoured to be doing
elsewhere in Asia. Border tensions
had recently escalated when
Burmese troops had pursued
Arakanese rebels into British
territories and then refused to leave
until the rebels were handed over.
The embassy was counted a
success, for Symes returned with
signed documents which the British
believed would open Burmese
markets to British and Indian
100. 'Method of Catching Wild Elephants in Ava'
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traders, and the French threat was
shown to be largely illusory. These
agreements, which fell short of
what might properly be called a treaty, allowed British traders to purchase Burmese wood, instituted a
procedure for addressing merchant grievances, and, provided import duties were paid, exempted British
goods from inland customs and duties.
Symes wrote of his seven months in Burma - which took him from Rangoon to the capital at
Amarapura - in An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava Sent by the Governor-General of India in
1795 (1800), one of the first detailed accounts of the country written in English. In just over 500 pages, it
addressed the history, geography, culture, and economics of Burma, and the text was accompanied by
illustrations and maps. It painted a generally favourable impression of Burma, emphasizing its civility,
culture, and stability, while also hinting at the Burmese court's suspicions of the British" (Oxford DNB).
"According to Pinkerton this is the only satisfactory account on Burma till then published. Symes's
embassy resulted in leave being given by the "Emperor of Ava" for a British Resident to reside at Rangoon
to protect British subjects" (Cox I p. 309). The "embassy to Ava [was] to attempt to induce the king to
close his borders to French shipping.., [the mission resulted in] the first reliable survey of the lower River
Irrawaddy. Permission having been granted for a British resident to be present at Rangoon" (Howgego
S200); Cordier Indosinica 445; Kaul Early Writings 2887.
$2950USD

101. TAVERNIER, John Baptista (1605-1689)
A Collection of Several Relations & Treatises Singular and Curious, of John Baptista Tevernier,
Baron of Aubonne: not printed among his first six voyages, divided into five parts. I. A new and singular
Relation of the Kingdom of Tunquin, with several Figures, and a Map of the Countrey. II. How
Hollanders manage their Affairs in Asia. III. A Relation of Japan, and the Cause of the Persecution of the
Christians in those Islands; with a Map of the Countrey. IV. A Relation of what passed in the Negotiation
of the Deputies which were at Persia and the Indies, as well on the French King's as the Company's
behalf, for the Establishment of Trade. V. Observations upon the East India Trade, and the Frauds there
subject to be committed.
London: A.Godbid and J.Playford, for Moses Pitt, 1680. First English Edition. Small Folio. [i], [xx], 87,
66, [2] pp. With a folding copper engraved map and eight folding copper engraved plates and extraillustrated
with a portrait, folding map and 5 folding plates from the French edition of 1679 (larger and
superior plates), and also with a double-page map of China and Japan by Moll. Period style black full calf
with gilt black labels. A very good copy.
"The interest in
Tavernier's travels lies in the
personal experiences and
adventures he relates. Though
he was unfairly treated by his
fellow travellers, such as Bernier
and Thevenot, both of whom he
met in India, he does not return
ill for ill. He successfully
combined his business as jeweler
with his travels. Towards the end
of 1663, on his sixth and last
voyage, he took with him
£30,000 worth of stuff, the most
of which he sold at Ispahan to
the Shah of Persia. He also
disposed of some of the Jewels
to the Great Mogul Aurangzib.
His financial transactions on the
whole must have been very
profitable, for when he returned to Paris in 1668 he was a man of wealth, and like a wise fellow
proceeded to stay home and enjoy it.., Modern Scholars agree that in the main he was accurate in his
statements of facts. His work is especially valuable at the time for its information on trade and trade
routes, diamonds and mines" (Cox I. P. 275).
"Tavernier spent 30 years traveling in the East as a merchant. Between 1638 and 1668 he made six
voyages from Turkey to Persia, India, the East Indies and Japan, and by indicating the safe routes he did
much to open up trade between East and West" (Bonhams). Tavernier was a "merchant-adventurer and
pioneer of trade, primarily with precious stones, with India.., In July 1687, at the age of eighty-two,
Tavernier left Paris for the last time [seeking] Protestant sponsors for a further mission to the East, he
reached Moscow, where he hoped to enlist the support of the tsar. There he died in February 1689 and
was buried in the Protestant cemetery. His latter journeys are poorly documented and his tomb in
Moscow was not discovered until 1855" (Howgego T14).
$5750USD
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102. TENISON, Lady Louisa Mary Anne (1819-1882)
Castile and Andalucia.
London: Richard Bentley, 1853. First Edition. Quarto. xi, 488 pp. With
23 tinted lithographed plates, a folding panoramic tinted lithographed
frontispiece and wood engravings in text Period style brown gilt tooled half
calf with marbled boards and brown gilt label. A very good copy.
"Well-illustrated description of Spain, with a folding frontispiece
showing the Alhambra. The plates are from drawings by the author and
Egron Lundgren" (PBA Galleries). The places visited include Gibraltar, Malaga,
Granada, Cádiz, Madrid, Valladolid, Toledo, Córdoba and Seville. Foulche-
Delbosc 456.
$1250USD
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103. TOURNEFORT, Joseph Pitton de (1656-1708)
Relation d’un voyage du Levant, fair par ordre du Roy. Contenant l’histoire ancienne et moderne
de plusieurs isles de l’archipel, de Constantinople, des côtes de la Mer Noire, de l’Armenie, de la
Georgie, des frontières de Perse, & de l’Asie Mineure. [A Voyage into the Levant: The State of the
Islands, Constantinople, Armenia, Georgia, the Frontiers of Persia..,].
Lyons: Anisson et Posuel, 1717. First Octavo Edition. Thick Octavo, 3 vols in one. (22), 379, 448, 404,
(60) pp. With 153 engraved plates, plans and maps (6 folding). Period full vellum. A very good copy.
"Volume I is devoted
mainly to the Greek
archipelago and the eastern
Mediterranean; Volume II to
Asia Minor, the Black Sea, the
Caucasus and Persia. Joseph
Pitton de Tournefort (1656-
1708) was one of the greatest
botanists of his time,
discovering many new plant
species during his travels in
the Levant"(Blackmer
Sotheby's Catalogue 329); Cox
I p.221.
103. A panorama of Sinop (Turkey)
"In 1700, under a commission from the Comte de Pontchartrain, Tournefort left Paris for the East to
collect plants and undertake other types of observations. He was accompanied by the German botanist
Gundelsheimer and the artist Aubrier. He spent two years travelling through the islands of Greece and
visited Constantinople, the borders of the Black Sea, Armenia and Georgia. He was preparing to go to
Egypt, but news of the plague that was ravaging the country forced his early return to Paris. On his travels
he is said to have collected 1356 specimens" (Howgego T58).
$3250USD
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104. TSYLOV, Nikolai Ivanovich (1799-1879)
[First Saint Petersburg Street Atlas] Atlas Trinadstati Chastei S. Peterburga s Podrobnim
Izobrazheniem Naberezhnikh, Ulits, Pereulkov, Kazennikh I Obivatelskikh Domov. [Atlas of the Thirteen
Districts of Saint Petersburg With Details of the Embankments, Streets, Side Streets, State and Private
Hoses] / Published by Permission of the Government.
Saint Petersburg, 1849. First
Edition. Quarto. [8] pp. Almost
completely lithographed edition,
except eight preliminary pages and
errata pages. Lithographed half
title and title page, General plan of
St. Petersburg, 392 numbered
plans, [27] unnumbered leaves
between the plans, [2 - errata]. All
plans and leaves are lithographed.
Very handsome Russian period
style red elaborately gilt tooled full
morocco. A near fine copy.
Very rare work as only 3
copies found in Worldcat.
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First detailed topographical atlas of Saint Petersburg with exhaustive information on the streets,
lanes, buildings, and significantly, the names of all private house owners. It was compiled by the noted
cartographer and statesman, Major-General Nikolai Ivanovich Tsylov who became famous for his address
books and the topographical atlases of Saint Petersburg and Tsarskoe Selo. Our "Atlas Trinadtsati Chastei"
was composed on a special assignment of the Head of Saint Petersburg Police Alexander Galakhov (Tsylov
dedicated the book to him, see dedication leaf). Not long after the atlas had been published, the Tsylov
became a member of the Russian Geographical Society.
The book contains a general plan of Saint Petersburg
showing all its 13 districts, as well as plans of each district of
the city delineating the quarters and is detailed to the
smallest side streets. The district plans are supplemented
with an alphabet Indexes of the streets which help in search
of a particular street. The most voluminous part of the book,
occupying 392 leaves, consists of detailed plans of all the
Saint Petersburg streets, squares, embankments and islands,
with all government buildings and private houses and dachas
shown. Owner’s names are specified everywhere.
The author’s aim was to create the easiest reference
for the townsmen in search of every street and lane, as well
as the name and rank of the particular building’s owner. He
also gave information about specific features of each
building (material: wood or stone, length and number of
floors). "It’s obvious, that no plan can substitute this atlas.
The plan detailed enough to compare with the atlas would
be too large. Every plan shows us the topography of a city,
but doesn’t help in a quick search of a street, not to speak
104. Plan of the center of Saint Petersburg
about a house" (p. [5]).
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The atlas is considered an important source of the historical topography of Saint Petersburg and is a
table book for all historians of the city. It was published in a small print run and like all other Russian
lithographed editions is very scarce.
A separately issued "Alphabet Index" containing names of streets and house owners (SPb., 1849),
was published but as almost always in not present with this copy.
$22,500USD
105. UBALDINI, Petruccio (ca.1524-ca.1600)
A Genuine and most Impartial Narration of the Glorious Victory obtained, by Her Majesty's navy :
Under the Conduct of Charles Lord Howard of Effingham, Lord High-Admiral of England, over the
falsely-stiled Invincible Armada of Spain, A.D. 1588. Translated from the Italian, written by Petruccio
Ubaldino, Citizen of Florence, and Inscribed to the High-Admiral, by A. Ryther. Illustrated with a useful
Postscript. To which are annexed, by Way of Appendix, I. Original Letters, with other Curious Papers,
relating to this ever-memorable Event. II. A choice Narrative of the notable Exploit of Part of the English
Fleet against a Squadron of Spanish Galeons, in 1656. III. Descriptions of Puerto Bello and the Island
Cuba. IV. Authentic Accounts of Puerto Bello's being taken by Capt. H. Morgan, in 1669; and by V.A.
Vernon, in 1739: With a Plan of that City, its Harbour, late Fortifications, &c. As also of Cartagena and
Havana.
London: Printed
for R. Montagu, 1740.
New Edition with
Additions. Octavo. [ii],
iv, 117 pp. With an
engraved folding plates
with three plans.
Handsome period style
brown panelled full calf
with a maroon gilt label.
Several leaves with some
edge wear, otherwise a
very good copy.
A rare work being
a new "edition, with the
addition of American
sections, of Ubaldini’s
Discourse concerning
the Spanishe fleete, 1590"
(Sabin 97661). This work also includes information on Cartegena, Cuba and Porto Bella not found in
Ubaldini's original work. Also included is an account of how the English fleet destroyed and captured a
Spanish treasure fleet off Cádiz in 1656. Additionally, an account of how Porto Bello in Panama was taken
by Captain H. Morgan in 1669 and by Vice Admiral Edward Vernon in 1739. "In the summer of 1668
Margan left Jamaica again, this time with 460 buccaneers and a squadron of nine ships, to attack the
settlements of Darien. Porto Bello was ransomed, and the fleet sailed on to the desolate south coast of
Cuba where the loot was divided- 400 pieces of eight for every man" (Howgego M170).
$975USD
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106. VANCOUVER, Captain George (1757-1798)
Voyage de découvertes a l'Ocean Pacifique du Nord,
et autour du monde : dans lequel la côte nord-ouest de
l'Amérique a été soigneusement reconnue et exactement
revelée: ordonné par le Roi d'Angleterre, principalement
dans la vue de constater s'il existe, à travers le continent
de l'Amérique, un passage pour les vaisseaux, de l'Océan
Pacifique du Nord à l'Océan Atlantique septentrional ; et
exécuté en 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 et 1795, par le
Capitaine George Vancouver.
[A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean,
and Round the World; in Which the Coast of North-West
America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately
Surveyed Undertaken by his Majesty's Command,
Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of any
Navigable Communication Between the North Pacific and
North Atlantic Oceans; and Performed in the Years 1790,
1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795 in the Discovery Sloop of
War, and Armed Tender Chatham.
Paris: De l'Imprimerie de la Republique, [1800]. First
French Edition. Quarto text, 3 vols. & Folio Atlas. xi,[i],491;
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[iv],516; [iv],562; 4 pp. Text with eighteen folding engraved plates and maps and folio atlas with sixteen
charts and coastal views, many double page. Period half vellum with marbled boards and red gilt tooled
labels. Atlas expertly rebound to match, otherwise a near fine set.
"George Vancouver, who had served on Captain Cook's second and third voyages, was made
commander of a grand-scale expedition to reclaim Britain's rights, resulting from the Nootka Convention,
at Nootka Sound, to examine thoroughly the coast south of 60' in order to find a possible passage to the
Atlantic, and to learn what establishments had been founded by other powers. This voyage became one
of the most important made in the interests of geographical knowledge. Vancouver sailed by way of the
Cape of Good Hope to Australia, where he discovered King George's Sound and Cape Hood, then to New
Zealand, Hawaii, and the northwest coast of America. In three season's work Vancouver surveyed the
coast of California, visited San Francisco, San Diego (one of the folded charts, dated 1798, depicts the port
of San Diego), and other Spanish settlements in Alta California; settled the necessary formalities with the
Spanish at Nootka; investigated the Strait of Juan de Fuca; discovered the Strait of Georgia;
Circumnavigated Vancouver Island; and disproved the existence of any passage between the Pacific and
Hudson's Bay. Vancouver died before the narrative was finished; his brother John, assisted by Captain
Peter Puget, edited and published the complete record" (Hill 1753), Cox II p.30-31.
"The first French Edition of the Vancouver voyage. In the first text volume, the "Notice des
planches"(repeated in folio atlas) describes the maps, charts, and land views to be found in the atlas. This
information does not appear in the first (London) edition.., Copies of the French edition are printed both
in a more attractive manner and on better paper than the English edition"(Hawaiian National Bibliography
324).
"The voyage was remarkable for the accuracy of its surveys, the charts of the coasts surveyed
needing little improvement to the present day. When Charles Wilkes resurveyed Puget Sound for the U.S.
Navy in 1841, he was amazed at the accuracy Vancouver had achieved under such adverse conditions and
despite his failing health. Well into the 1880's Vancouver's charts of the Alaskan coastline remained the
accepted standard" (Howgego V13); Lada-Mocarski 55; Sabin 98441.
$9750USD
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107. VANCOUVER, Captain George (1757-1798)
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; in Which the Coast of
North-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed Undertaken by his
Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of any Navigable
Communication Between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and Performed in the Years
1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795 in the Discovery Sloop of War, and Armed Tender Chatham.
London: John Stockdale, 1801. First Octavo Edition, a New Edition with Corrections. Octavo, 6vols
bound in 3. 410; 418; 435; 417; 454; 412, (2) pp. Seventeen folding copper engraved views and (one of
two) large folding maps. Missing map replaced with a facsimile on blue paper. Period brown gilt tooled
half calf with marbled boards. Volumes re-cased and extremities mildly worn, otherwise a very good set.
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"George Vancouver, who had served on Captain Cook's second and third voyages, was made
commander of a grand-scale expedition to reclaim Britain's rights, resulting from the Nootka Convention,
at Nootka Sound, to examine thoroughly the coast south of 60' in order to find a possible passage to the
Atlantic, and to learn what establishments had been founded by other powers. This voyage became one
of the most important made in the interests of geographical knowledge. Vancouver sailed by way of the
Cape of Good Hope to Australia, where he discovered King George's Sound and Cape Hood, then to New
Zealand, Hawaii, and the northwest coast of America. In three season's work Vancouver surveyed the
coast of California, visited San Francisco, San Diego (one of the folded charts, dated 1798, depicts the port
of San Diego), and other Spanish settlements in Alta California; settled the necessary formalities with the
Spanish at Nootka; investigated the Strait of Juan de Fuca; discovered the Strait of Georgia;
Circumnavigated Vancouver Island; and disproved the existence of any passage between the Pacific and
Hudson's Bay. Vancouver died before the narrative was finished; his brother John, assisted by Captain
Peter Puget, edited and published the complete record"(Hill 1753-4).
"The voyage was remarkable for the accuracy of its surveys, the charts of the coasts surveyed
needing little improvement to the present day. When Charles Wilkes resurveyed Puget Sound for the U.S.
Navy in 1841, he was amazed at the accuracy Vancouver had achieved under such adverse conditions and
despite his failing health. Well into the 1880's Vancouver's charts of the Alaskan coastline remained the
accepted standard" (Howgego V13); Cox II p.30-31; Lada-Mocarski 55; Sabin 98444; Strathern 582 (i).
$2750USD
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108. WINTERBOTHAM, W[illiam] (1763-1829)
An Historical, Geographical and
Philosophical View of the Chinese Empire;
Comprehending a Description of the
Fifteen Provinces of China, Chinese
Tartary, Tributary States; Natural History
of China; Government, Religion, Laws,
Manners and Customs, Literature, Arts,
Sciences, Manufactures, &c. To Which is
Added a Copious Account of Lord
Macartney's Embassy Compiled from
Original Communications.
London: J. Ridgway, 1795. First
Edition. Octavo. [x], 435; 114 pp. With a
copper engraved folding map and seven
other copper engravings on plates, one
folding. Period brown gilt tooled polished
full calf, re-backed in style with a black gilt
label. A near fine copy.
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108. The observatory in Peking
An important account of China in that it gives an account of the Macartney Embassy three years
before the official account by Staunton. "The account of the Macartney mission "Narrative of the Embassy
to China," found in the second section, pp. 1-114, is apparently based on information from Aeneas
Anderson" (China Illustrata II 688); Cordier Sinica 2392; Cox I p.344; Lust 79.
$1250USD
109. ZIMMERMANN, Henri[ch] (1741-1805)
Dernier Voyage du Capitaine Cook Autour du Monde, ou se
Trouvent les Circonstances de sa Mort. [Last Voyage of Captain Cook
Round the World, and the Circumstances of his Death].
Berne: Chez la Nouvelle Societe Typographique, 1783. Second
French Edition. Octavo. xvi, 200 pp. Very handsome period red gilt
tooled quarter straight-grained morocco with vellum tips and yellow
paste paper boards. Original boards, rebacked in style, otherwise a
fine uncut copy.
"With possible exception of John Rickman's Journal, earliest
account of Cook's last voyage" (Howes Z14). And thus one of the first
works to mention Hawaii. Also, one of the most interesting narratives
of this voyage.
"In 1776, after several unsuccessful attempts at various
professions, Zimmermann, a native of Speyer, signed on as a common
sailor on the Discovery. Sir Maurice Holmes, in his Cook Biography,
writes of Zimmermann, "from the start of the voyage he determined
to keep a shorthand journal and to retain it, despite the instructions ..
Demanding the surrender of all logs and journals.' the original
account, printed in 1781, was suppressed in Germany at the request
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of the British Admiralty in accordance with the instructions given to the personnel of the ship that all
journals were to be turned over to them for use in the official account of the expedition" (Hill p. 333).
"The second French-language edition, which closely follows that of the first edition (Berne, 1782)
with the title and text reset. Zimmermann's narrative ends on page 117, followed on page 118 by a life of
Cook, "Abregee de la vie du capitaine Cook," as in the first French (Berne ) edition, and an important
series of "Notes" (Forbes 59). Zimmermann's work is one of the rarest of all accounts of Cook's third
voyage and, with Rickman's narrative, the earliest published account of the third voyage, the death of
Cook, and the discovery of Hawaii. The first edition came out in German at Mannheim in 1781. Beddie
1630; Lada-Mocarski 33; Sabin 106436.
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