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Very rare and most important account of a missionary voyage to Maranhao in Northern Brazil View picture(s) 1 ABBEVILLE, Claude d'. Histoire de la Mission des Peres Capucins en l'Isle de Maragnan et terres circonvoyines, ou est traicte des singularitez admirables & des Meurs merveilleuses des Indiens habitans de ce pais Avec les missives et advis qui ont este envoyez de nouveau. Paris , Francois Huby, 1614. Small 8vo. Modern brown morocco, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with gilt triple fillet borders on sides and inner panel with small arabesque ornaments at the four corners, richly gilt inner dentelles, g.e. With richly engraved allegorical title, full-page engraved plate of the erection of the cross at Maranhao by L. Gauthier, and 6 full-page portraits of the Indians brought to Paris, three clad in native and three in European dress. (8), 395, (17) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Brazil  Cartography  Mission  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Exploring the Amazon River from Quito to the east with the extremely rare map View picture(s) 2 ACUÑA, Cristóbal Diatristán de. Relation de la Riviere des Amazones traduite par feu Mr de Gomberville de l'Académie Françoise. Avec un  dissertation sur la riviere des Amazones pour servir de Preface. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1682. 4 parts in 2 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine with red morocco title-label, red edges. With a folding engraved map of the Amazon River. 199, [1; 4], 218; 238, [2 blank]; 206 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Brazil  Cartography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the most esteemed works in the history of conchology View picture(s) 3 ADANSON, Michel. Histoire Naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages. Avec la Relation abrégée d'un Voyage fait en ce pays, pendant les années 1749, 50, 51, 52 & 53. Paris, Claude J.B. Bauche, 1757. 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary calf. With general title and 2 half-titles, large folding engraved map of Senegal by Ph. Buache after the author, and numerous illustrations of shells on 19 folding engraved plates by Thérèse Reboul after sketches of the author. (8), 190; XCVI, 275, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  Cartography  Conchology  Natural History  Shells  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With attractive maps of the Holy Land View picture(s) 4 ADRICHEM, Christiaan van. Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et biblicarum historiarum cum tabulis geographicis aere expressis. [Cologne, Officina Birckmannica, for Hermann Mylius, 1628]. Folio. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine with red morocco title-label, blind-tooled sides, and gilt binding edges. With engraved allegorical title-page, numerous decorated woodcut initial letters and tailpieces, 11 maps of Israel and 1 map of Jerusalem (8 folding and 4 double-page). [12], 286, [30] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bibles  Cartography  Catholicism  Holy Land  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extensive description of present Namibia View picture(s) 5 ALEXANDER, James Edward. An expedition of discovery into the interior of Africa, through the hitherto undescribed countries of the great Namaquas, Boschmans and Hill Damaras. Performed under the auspices of her Majesty's government, and the Royal geographical society. London, Henry Colburn, 1838. 2 vols. 12mo. Later green morocco (ca. 1890), spines richly gilt in compartments with beautiful illustrations of the wild animals of Africa, sides with gilt fillet borders in a Empire design, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, g.e. Large folding map, 7 etched plates (3 in 1st and 4 in 2nd vol.) depicting scenes of African landscapes, villages, animals and people all by William Heath and 7 wood-engraved illustrations. XXIII, (1), 302; VIII, 306 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  Cartography  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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In Amsterdam prize-binding View picture(s) 6 ALTING, Menso. Descriptio, secundum Antiquos, Agri Batavi & Frisii; Una cum conterminis. Sive Notitiae Germaniae Inferioris, Cis & ultra Rhenum; Qua hodie est in Dicione VII Foederatorum. Repraesentata Tabulis Geographicis V. & Commentario in loca omnia, hoc tractu, Romanis Scriptoribus & Monumentis, qua Latinis, qua Graecis, memorata; A C. Julio Caesare, ad Justinianum Aug. Cuncta, ad litterarum ordinem, sic digesta, ut ipse Commentarius sis Tabularum quasi Index, ex quo depromtu facillimum, quae Lector desiderare poterit.- Descriptio Frisiae Inter Scaldis portum veterum & Amisiam, seu inter Sine & Emese: secundum Medii Aevii Scriptores. Amsterdam, H. Wetstein, 1697-1701. 2 parts in 1 vol. Folio. Contemporary vellum, spine ribbed with gilt lozenge-shaped  coat-of-arms of the city of Amsterdam in each of the eight  compartments, sides with gilt flowered borders alternated with  small coats-of-arms of Amsterdam, similar flowered borders on inner panel. With richly engraved title by J. Goerée, 6 double-page engraved maps, 5 by J. and C. Luyken, 1 by J. Goerée, 3 full-page engraved plates and table, and numerous engravings in text in the first part, and 9 double-page engraved maps by Gerard de Broen and double-page table in the second part. (24), 132, (20), 18, (2); (32), 216, (40) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Amsterdam  Bindings  Cartography  History  Netherlands  Prize Binding  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Natural history of Switzerland with ca. 90 extra illustrations and manuscript letter View picture(s) 7 ANDREAE, Johann Gerhard R. Briefe aus der Schweiz nach Hannover geschreiben, in dem Jare 1763. Zweiter Abdruk. Zurich & Winterthur, Johann Casper Fussli Sohn, 1776. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf with gold-tooled spine and red edges. With engraved map of Switzerland on the title-page, 10 engravings in the text, and 18 engraved plates (including 3 folding), partly signed by Joh. Rod. Schellenberg, the first being a large folding plate by J. R. Holzhalb after J. C. Vogler of the wooden roofed bridge of Schaffhausen. XXII, 245 [=345], [3] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Switzerland  Topography  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Account of a very important voyage of exploration, with beautiful lithographs View picture(s) 8 ARAGO, Jacques Etienne Victor. Promenade autour du monde (pendant les années de 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820, sur les corvettes du Roi l'Uranie et la Physicienne, commandées par M. Freycinet). Paris, Béthune & Plon for Leblanc, [1822]. 2 text volumes in 8vo and 1 folio atlas. Text volumes in contemporary half calf, spine ribbed and tooled in gold and black, atlas in contemporary grey boards, with printed title pasted on front cover, uncut. With a lithographed map of the world and 25 lithographed plates in the atlas, 2 concerning Rio de Janeiro, 5 the Sandwich Islands and 3 Australia. [4], XXX, 452; [4], 506 pp.; [28] ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Circumnavigation  Hawaii  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the famous voyage of Captain Louis Freycinet View picture(s) 9 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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First edition, interesting for the history of Peru View picture(s) 10 ASCENCIO, Juan. Acusacion pronunciada ante el Tribunal de Jurados de Lima contra el "Alcance al Mercurio Peruano" publicado por Carlos Rodriguez, y denunciado por el Gran Mariscal del Peru Bernardo O'Higgins. Lima, imprenta de Masias, 1833. 4to. 20th-century marbled boards. [2], VIII, 133, [1 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [South]  Cartography  Chile  Peru  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important treatise on South American zoology View picture(s) 11 AZARA, Don Félix de. Essais sur l'histoire naturelle des Quadrupedes de la province du Paraguay. Paris, Charles Pougens, 1801. 2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco. LXXX, 364, [2]; 499 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [South]  Cartography  Natural History  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The middle of South America at the end of the 18th century View picture(s) 12 AZARA, Don Félix de. Voyages dans l'Amérique Méridionale, depuis 1781 jusqu'en 1801; contenant la description géographique, politique et civile du Paraguay et de la rivière de La Plata;... Paris, Dentu, 1809. 4 text volumes: 8vo and one atlas: folio. Modern half black calf, gilt spine. With 3 folding tables and 25 engraved maps, plans, views and plates of animals and birds. LX, 389; [4], 388-562; [4], II, 479; [4], 380 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [South]  America, North  Americana  Cartography  Natural History  Ornithology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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By the first priest ordained in the United States View picture(s) 13 BADIN, Stephen Theodore. Origine et progrès de la mission du Kentucky. Paris, Adrien le Clere, 1821. 8vo. Modern marbled boards, with red moroco title label on spine, lettered in gold. With woodcut title vignette. (4), 32 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Cartography  Jesuits  Mission  Voyages  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) 14 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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A romantic view on Scotland View picture(s) 15 BEATTIE, William. L'Ecosse pittoresque, ou suite de vues prises expressement pour cet ouvrage par T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, et H. M'Culloch. Traduit de l'Anglais par L. de Bauclas. London, Paris, Georges Virtue Ferrier, 1838. 2 volumes. 4to. Contemporary gilt and blind-stamped morocco. With view on 2 steel-engraved titles, folding engraved map, and 117 full-page steel-engraved views. VIII, [2], 200; [2], 164 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Europe  Scotland  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Description of Atjeh on Sumatra View picture(s) 16 BEAULIEU, August. De rampspoedige scheepvaart der Franschen naar Oostindien, met drie schepen, uit Normandyen. Daar in  hy vertoont, niet alleenlijk de rampen en tegenspoeden, die hem in deze reis overgekomen zijn, en 't verlies van twee zijner schepen, in deze tocht verloren: maar ook veel aanmerkelijke beschrijvingen der plaatsen, daar hy geweest heeft, zijn handelingen met d'inwoonders, hun wetten, zeden en gewoonten. Beneffens verscheide  naaukeurige historien van die gewesten; daar in de geveinstheit, list, bedroch, wreetheit, en in 't kort de gruwelen der groten van die landen, en inzonderheid der Vorsten van Achem, vertoont worden. Door J.H. Glazemaker uit de Fransche taal getrokken en vertaalt. Amsterdam, Jan Tieuwertsz, Pieter Arentsz, 1669. 4to. Modern half vellum. With 7 (of 8) full-page engraved plates by Savery. (4), 170, (2 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  East Indies  Indonesia  Popular Books  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With two original photographs of Aboriginal Australians View picture(s) 17 BEAUVOIR, Ludovic. Australie, voyage autour du monde. Second edition. Paris, Henri Plon, 1869. 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco with gilt spine. With 2 photographs of Aboriginals, and 2 folding coloured maps. [2], X, 363 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Marquis de Beauvoir in East Asia View picture(s) 18 BEAUVOIR, Ludovic. Java, Siam, Canton. Voyage autour du monde. Quatrième édition. Paris, Henri Plon, 1870. 8vo. Contemporary half light brown pigskin, spine gilt. With a large folding coloured map, 13 full page plates, of which 3 folding. [4], 452 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  China  Circumnavigation  East Indies  Indonesia  Java  Thailand  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On cholera; dedication copy by the author View picture(s) 19 BENOIT, Carlos Luis. Observaciones sobre el cólera-morbo espasmódico, ó Mordechi de las Indias Orientales, recogidas en las Islas Filipinas y publicadas con su método curativo. Madrid, Imprenta de D.L. Amarita, 1832. 16mo. Contemporary half green morocco, spine gilt. 109, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Medicine  Philippines  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Attractive lithographs of Surinam on China paper View picture(s) 20 BENOIT, Pierre Jacques. Voyage a Surinam. Description des possessions néerlandaises dans la Guyane. Bruxelles, Société des Beaux-Arts, De Wasme et Laurent, 1839. Large folio. Original black half morocco, spine gilt. With wood-engraved vignette on title. Lithographed additional title and 99 lithographed illustrations on 49 plates, all mounted on China paper. [4], 1-69, [3], 75-76, [2] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Cartography  Lithographs  Surinam  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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