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The lifes and adventures of the pirates of the Caribbean

The lifes and adventures of the pirates of the Caribbean The lifes and adventures of the pirates of the Caribbean The lifes and adventures of the pirates of the Caribbean The lifes and adventures of the pirates of the Caribbean View picture(s)

1 EXQUEMELIN, Alexandre Olivier (or: OEXMELIN).
Histoire des avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes, contenant ce qu'ils ont fait de plus remarquable depuis vingt années. Avec la vie, les moeurs, les coûtumes des habitans de Saint Domingue & de la Tortuë, & une description exacte de ces lieux. Où l'on voit l'établissement d'une chambre des comptes dans les Indes, & un etat, tiré de cette chambre, des offices tant ecclesiastiques que seculiers, où le roy d'Espagne pourvoit, les revenus qu'il tire de l'Amerique, & ce que les plus grands princes de l'Europe y possedent.
Paris, Jacques Le Febvre, 1688. 2 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines ribbed and richly gilt with red title-labels, red mottled edges. With richly designed and engraved allegorical frontispiece, 3 folding engraved maps, 1 engraving in the text, and 3 full-page engraved plates, 1 showing a buccaneer smoking a pipe and standing with a rifle under a large palm tree with some dogs at his feet, and with 3 small scenes of pirate life depicted underneath, is signed by Gaspard Bouttats. (24), 448 (=248), (16); (6), 285, (17) pp. Full description >>

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The book that shaped our archetype of buccaneers

The book that shaped our archetype of buccaneers The book that shaped our archetype of buccaneers The book that shaped our archetype of buccaneers The book that shaped our archetype of buccaneers The book that shaped our archetype of buccaneers View picture(s)

2 EXQUEMELIN, Alexandre Olivier [together with RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN (vol. 3) and Captain Charles JOHNSON (Ps. of Daniel DEFOE?; vol. 4].
Histoire des aventuriers flibustiers qui sont signalés dans les Indes, contenant ce qu'ils y ont fait de remarquable, avec la vie, les moeurs & les coutumes des boucaniers, & des habitants de St. Domingue & de la Tortue; une description exacte de ces lieux, & un état des offices, tant eccésiastiques que séculiers, & ce que les grands princes de l'Europe y possedent. Nouvelle édition, corrigée & augmentée de l'Histoire des pirates Anglois ...
Vol. 3: Sieur RAVENEAU de LUSSAN, Le journal du voyage fait à la Mer du Sud.
Vol. 4: Capitaine Charles JOHNSON, Histoire des pirates Anglois depuis leur etablissement dans l'Isle de la Providence jusqu'à present. Contenant toutes leurs aventures, pirateries, meurtres, cruautés, excès, &c. Avec la vie et les aventures de deux femmes pirates, Marie Read et Anne Bonny, et un extrait des loix & des ordonnances concernant la piraterie.
Trevoux (near Lyon), 'Par la Compagnie', 1775. 4 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and green title labels lettered in gold, marbled endpapers and edges. With 3 folding plates of buccaneers, a Spanish ship and the hunt on turtles; and 4 folding maps of the surroundings of Maracaibo and Lake Marecaye (1686), Vera Cruz with the island St Jean de Lutz, Panama (Listhme de Panama, 1686), and Gartagene in the Spanish West Indies (Colombia), all illustrating the first two vols. (12), 394, (2); (2), 428; 348; (2), 60, 356, (2) pp. Full description >>

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The customs and legends of Malta, Syria, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Egypt

The customs and legends of Malta, Syria, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Egypt The customs and legends of Malta, Syria, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Egypt The customs and legends of Malta, Syria, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Egypt The customs and legends of Malta, Syria, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Egypt The customs and legends of Malta, Syria, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Egypt View picture(s)

3 GENTIL, Emile.
Souvenirs d'Orient. Anecdotes de voyage. - Légendes. - Moeurs, coutumes, etc. Détails nouveaux sur Malte, le Liban, la Syrie & l'Egypte, avec un grand nombre de dessins inédits, et les plans des principaux sanctuaires de Terre-Sainte.
Paris, Lyon, Metz, Librairie Catholique de Pétisse frères, 1856. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. Original brown half morocco, gilt spine, title on spine lettered in gold. With 2 engravings and 4 engraved plans, one of which folding, and numerous illustrations in text by J. Verronnais after the original drawings by Emile Gentil. 580 pp. Full description >>

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Recollections of a former slave

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4 GEORGIEWITZ, Bartholomeus.
Voiage de la saincte cite de Hierusalem. Jointe la description des citez, villes, ports, lieux, & autres passages. Ensemble les ceremonies des Turcs, avec l'estat de leur empereur, ordre de sa gendarmerie, finances, & succes de ses conquestes, &c. Pieça descrits par Bartelemi Georgiuitz Hongrois, pelerin dudit voiage, par un long temps esclave en Turquie. Le tout remis en lumiere par M. Lambert Darmont Liegeois.
Liège, Leonard Streel for Lambert de la Coste, 1600. 2 books in 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt, red title label, gilt fillet borders on covers, gilt inner dentelles, red sprinkled edges. With several woodcut borders and initials. (32), (32) lvs. Full description >>

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Detailed and lavishly illustrated memoirs of travels in the Caribbean

Detailed and lavishly illustrated memoirs of travels in the Caribbean Detailed and lavishly illustrated memoirs of travels in the Caribbean Detailed and lavishly illustrated memoirs of travels in the Caribbean Detailed and lavishly illustrated memoirs of travels in the Caribbean Detailed and lavishly illustrated memoirs of travels in the Caribbean View picture(s)

5 LABAT, Jean-Baptiste.
Nieuwe reizen naar de Franse eilanden van America. Behelzende de natuurlyke historie van die landen, derzelver oorspronk, zeden, godsdienst, regering der oude en tegenwoordige inwoonders; als ook die der zwarte slaaven: beneffens de oorlogen en voornaamste gevallen, die in het lang verblyf van den auteur in dat land zyn voorgevallen. Als ook een naauwkeurige verhandeling van het maken der suiker, indigo, cochenille, cacao, en andere nuttigheden. tot den koophandel dienende.
Amsterdam, Balthasar Lakeman, 1725. 4 volumes bound as 2. 4to. Contemporary polished half calf. With 2 engraved frontispieces, title-pages printed in red and black, 11 folding engraved maps and plans, and 83 full-page plates. [2], 18, 350; [1 blank], [1], 404; [2], 235, 254; [1 blank], [4], 200, 167, [32] pp. Full description >>

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Interesting description of Curaçao with dedication by the author

Interesting description of Curaçao with dedication by the author Interesting description of Curaçao with dedication by the author Interesting description of Curaçao with dedication by the author Interesting description of Curaçao with dedication by the author View picture(s)

6 SIMONS, G.J.
Beschrijving van het eiland Curaçou, uit verschillende bronnen bijeenverzameld. Met kaarten en platen.
Oosterwolde, G.S. de Tempe, 1868. 8vo. Later half cloth with marbled boards, original orange wrappers preserved. With lithographed map of Curaçao by J.W. Heldwier Vignon, two chromo-lithographed views ('Grot van Hato', and a view on Willemstad). 156 pp. Full description >>

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Extremely rare German children's book on the various peoples of the world

Extremely rare German children's book on the various peoples of the world Extremely rare German children's book on the various peoples of the world Extremely rare German children's book on the various peoples of the world Extremely rare German children's book on the various peoples of the world Extremely rare German children's book on the various peoples of the world View picture(s)

7 [COSTUMES - WORLD].
Kleine Völker Gallerie für Kinder in unterhaltenden Erzählungen von den Sitten, Meinungen, Gebräuchen und Kleidungen fremder Nationen.
Cologne, Vom Verfasser der unterhaltenden Erzählungen für das erste Kindesalter, 1811. Small 12mo. Later half red morocco, gilt spine. With 24 engraved illustrations, all coloured in a contemporary hand. Each engraving (ca. 70 x 30 mm) is mounted on a leaf of laid paper. 170 (4) pp. Full description >>

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Basic knowledge of the world and its inhabitants

Basic knowledge of the world and its inhabitants Basic knowledge of the world and its inhabitants Basic knowledge of the world and its inhabitants Basic knowledge of the world and its inhabitants Basic knowledge of the world and its inhabitants View picture(s)

8 [GEOGRAPHY].
Geographie vivante, ou tableaux raisonnés et comparatifs des principaux habitans du globe, avec leur costume; des animaux divers qui s' y trouvent, et une exacte description de leurs moeurs, de leurs usages et habitudes.
Paris, Alexis Eymery, 1823. Oblong 8vo. Contemporary boards covered with green paper with printed title with imprint (Paris A. Eymery, 1821), decorative border and title printed on spine. With an engraved frontispiece, engraved illustration on half-title and printer's device on title,  30 engraved plates with 2 charming illustrations each. (2), II, 194, (2) pp. Full description >>

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