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Extremely rare German children's book on the various peoples of the world View picture(s) 1 GALLERIE, Kleine Völker -, 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 >> Related Subjects: Africa  America, North  Asia  Australia & New Zealand  Caribbean  Cartography  Children's Books  China  Colour Plate Books  Costumes  Europe  Geography  Indonesia  Siberia  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Basic knowledge of the world and its inhabitants View picture(s) 2 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 >> Related Subjects: Africa  America, North  Asia  Australia & New Zealand  Caribbean  Cartography  Children's Books  China  Colour Plate Books  Costumes  Europe  Geography  Indonesia  Siberia  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important early 19th century account on the culture of the Aboriginals in Australia View picture(s) 3 NEUHOLLAND nach den besten Quellen geschildert. Krefeld, Abraham ter Meer, 1810. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards, yellow edges. With contemporarily handcoloured engraved frontispiece with an Aboriginal family by L. Portman after F. Kuyper. 158, 22, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Travel  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Giving a lively picture of why you should emigrate to Australia View picture(s) 4 NEW SOUTH WALES. The mother state of Australia. A guide for immigrants and settlers. (N. Pl.), The intelligence department by authority of the gouvernment of the state of New South Wales, (1906). 4to. Contemporary cloth with gilt title on spine and large decorated gilt title on front cover including a map of Australia flanked by banderoles with texts as: "Hints to immigrants and settlers" and "Industrial possibilities". With a full-colour frontispiece depicting a pool on the upper Orara river, 3 folding maps showing the principal minerals in New South Wales, its agriculture, and a "Mean annual rain and isohyets map" of the area, many advertisements printed in black and red and numerous black and white illustrations (photographs) throughout, comprising many views. XVI, (14), 418, XVII-XXXII pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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In praise of imaginary happy Australians View picture(s) 5 VOYAGE DE ROBERTSON, aux Terres Australes, traduit sur le manuscript Anglois. Amst. (=Paris), 1767. Sm. 8vo. Contemp. half calf, spine gilt with red title-label. 280 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Australia & New Zealand  Imaginary Voyages & Utopias  Philosophy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A curious imaginary voyage to Australia as the heaven on earth View picture(s) 6 (AGUIAR, Vasco José de). Viagem ao interior da Nova Hollanda, obra moral, critica e recreativa. Lisbon, Vicente Jorge de Castro & Irmão, 1841. 3 vols. in one. 12mo. Contemporary half black roan with gilt decorated and lettering on spine, marbled boards. (4), VI, (2) blank, 219; 247, (1); 201 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Imaginary Voyages & Utopias  Portugal  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Attractive collection of the most famous travel accounts in pocket-size View picture(s) 7 (COOK, BRUCE, NORDEN, MACARTNEY, BARROW & TAVERNIER). BIBLIOTHÈQUE PORTATIVE DES VOYAGES traduite de l'anglais par MM. Henry et Breton. Paris, Le Petit, An VII (1799)- 1810. 49 vols. (= 41 text vols. and 8 atlas vols.). 18mo. Nineteenth-century half green calf, spine gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold; blue marbled boards and edges. With in total 189 full-page engraved plates and folding engraved maps. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  Australia & New Zealand  Circumnavigation  Cook  Egypt  India  Persia  Travel  Turkey  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the earliest and best imaginary voyages to Australia in a mysterious, dated binding View picture(s) 8 (FOIGNY, Gabriel de). Nouveau voyage de la Terre Australe, contenant les coutûmes & les moeurs des Australiens, leur religion, leur exercices, leurs etudes, leurs guerres, les animaux particuliers à ce pays, & toutes les raretez curieuses qui s'y trouvent par Jaques Sadeur. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1693. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ribbed and gilt, front cover with a mysterious decoration, probably an anagram: three lines each with three gilt letters: first line: 'V.G.G.' second line 'L.D.S.', third line 'M.Z.B.', and below the date '1694' in gilt, red sprinkled edges. Title printed in red and black. (12), 177 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Bindings  Imaginary Voyages & Utopias  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Native Americans and Australians View picture(s) 9 (LONDON YEARLY MEETING (SOCIETY OF FRIENDS). MEETING FOR SUFFERINGS). Tracts relative to the Aborigines. Published by direction of the Meeting for Sufferings. From 1838 to 1842. London, Edward Marsh, printers Harvey & Darton, 1838-1843. 8 parts in one. 8vo. Original green blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering on spine. (3), (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Americana  Australia & New Zealand  Canada  Colonial History  Native Americans  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to survive in Australia View picture(s) 10 (PATTISON, John). Neu-Südwales. Seine Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft, oder Erfahrungen und Beobachtungen während eines zwölfjährigen Aufenthaltes in Australien. Leipzig, Christian Ernst Kollmann, 1850. 8vo. Contemp. half calf with marbled boards, gilt spine. (4), 190,( 1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Colonial History  Guide Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Broadside concerning the 'Trent Affair' between Australia and the USA View picture(s) 11 (PELHAM, Henry, Duke of Newcastle). 1861-2. Victoria. War with America. Copy of a circular despatch from the secretary of state, stating that the question which threatened a war with the United States has been amicably settled, but pointing out the necessity of prompt and effectual preparation against contingencies. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by his Excellency's command. Melbourne, John Ferres, government printer, 1862. 33,7 x 21 cm. Printed broadside on blue paper. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Americana  Australia & New Zealand  Politics  Prints - Broadsheets  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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War fever over the 'Trent Affair' View picture(s) 12 (PELHAM, Henry, Duke of Newcastle). 1861-2. Victoria. War with America. Copy of a despatch from the Secretary of State relative to the disposal of the naval forces of Great Britain in the event of war, and urging the completion of certain measures of defence required in this Colony; also intimating that the troops sent to New Zealand shall be forthwith returned.  Presented to both Houses of Parliament by his Excellency's command. Melbourne, John Ferres, government printer, (1862). 33,7 x 21 cm. Printed broadside on blue paper. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Americana  Australia & New Zealand  Pacific  Prints - Broadsheets  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A Dutch consul general in Australia travelling View picture(s) 13 (PLOOS VAN AMSTEL, J.W.). Verslag eener reis van den Nederlandschen consul-generaal te Melbourne, aan boord van Zr. Ms. Stoomschip Curaçao, langs de Oost- en Noordkust van Australie, in Julij - October 1871. Large 8vo. Original printed wrappers. 114 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Dutch  Trade  Travel  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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American re-edition of a rare series View picture(s) 14 (VENNING, Mary Anne?). A geographical present; being descriptions of the countries of Asia, &c. Compiled from the best authorities. With representations of the various inhabitants in their respective costumes. New York, R. & G. S. Wood for William Burgess, 1831. 12mo. Half red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, and lettered in gold. With 12 nicely hand-coloured engraved plates, all depicting the costumes of the inhabitants of several parts in Asia and Australasia. (4), 144 pp. with a List of other childern's books also published by Burgess: 7 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Australia & New Zealand  Children's Books  China  Costumes  Education  Ethnography  Geography  Korea  Turkey  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Prince of Wales, sailing the oceans View picture(s) 15 ALBERT VICTOR, Prince, PRINCE GEORGE OF WALES. The cruise of Her Majesty's ship Bacchante 1879-1882. Compiled from the private journals, letters, and note-books. With additions by John N. Dalton. London, Macmillian & Co., 1886. 2 vols. 8vo. Original gilt decorated cloth. With 62 maps and plans (including one folding colour lithographed plate and 18 full-page plates), 66 illustrations. XXVIII, 675; XII, 803 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Australia & New Zealand  England  Travel  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the famous voyage of Captain Louis Freycinet View picture(s) 16 ARAGO, Jacques Etienne Victor. Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde. Ouvrage enrichi de soixante dessins et de notes scientifiques. Paris, Hortet et Ozanne, 1839. 4 vols. Large 8vo. Contemp. half green morocco, spines gilt. With 2 engraved portraits, one of Jacques Arago and the other of François Arago, and 60 full-page lithographed plates with portraits, costumes and scenes of the life and customs of the peoples of New Zealand, Timor, New Guinea, Hawaii, the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, etc., all after drawings by the author. (4), 400; (4), 423 (1 blank); (4), 399, (1 blank); (4), 451, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Brazil  Cartography  Hawaii  Pacific  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The natural resources of New South Wales View picture(s) 17 AUSTRALIA - TAYLOR, J. Mineral map and general statistics of New South Wales, Australia. Sydney, Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1876. 8vo size. Orig. printed lavender wrappers, back wrapper with wood-engraved view of the Sydney University. Folding colour lithographed map by G.W. Sharp after J. Taylor, 37,5 x 44,4 cm. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Australia & New Zealand  Earth Sciences & Mining  Gold  Maps  Maps - 19th Century  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The story of an Irish convict in the penal colony of New South Wales View picture(s) 18 BARRINGTON, George. Voyage a Botany-Bay, avec une description du pays, des moeurs, des coutumes et de la religion des natifs. Paris, Desenne, 1798. 8vo. Modern grey boards, black title label on spine. XVI, 192 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Shipwrecked on the Tonga islands View picture(s) 19 BAYS, Peter. A narrative of the wreck of the Minerva, whaler of Port Jackson, New South Wales, on Nicholson's shoal, 24o S. 179o W.; to which is added, the substance of an address to the Right Honourable the Elder Brethren of the Trinity Board, respecting the examination of new-made masters in nautical calculations, &c., &c. Cambridge, W. Metcalf for B. Bridges, 1831. 12mo. Original half marbled boards, with paper title-label pasted on spine. With full-page lithographed frontispiece. VIII, 181, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Pacific  Ships & Shipbuilding  Shipwrecks  Whaling  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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32 photographs depicting Tasmania in full glory View picture(s) 20 BEATTIE, John Watt. Album with 32 magnificent photographs of Tasmania. Hobart, (ca. 1895). Oblong folio (30x41cm). Later red morocco, spine gilt tooled, with title lettered in gold on front cover: ''Voyage autour du monde, novembre 1894 - mai 1895. VII. Tasmania''; decorated endpapers, g.e. 32 original photographs (ca.  17 x 23 cm), pasted on cardboard. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  20th Century  Australia & New Zealand  Photography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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