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One of the best and most entertaining buccaneer travel accounts View picture(s) 181 RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN. Journal du Voyage fait a la Mer de Sud avec les flibustiers de l'Amerique. Paris, Jacques le Febure, 1705. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt with red title-label. (10), 443, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Piracy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On Vietnam and the Jesuit mission View picture(s) 182 RHODES, Alexandre de. Relazione de' felici successi della Sante Fede nel regno di Tunchino. Rome, Giuseppe Luna, 1650. 4to. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with gilt figure of an eagle in centre on front cover, red  mottled edges. With full-page map of Annam. (16), 326, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Cartography  Jesuits  Maps  Mission  Vietnam  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Jesuits in Florida View picture(s) 183 RIBADENEYRA, Pierre de. La vie du pere Francois de Borja, qui fut duc de Gandia, et depuis religieux, et troisiesme General de la Compagnie de Jesus. Douai, Baltazar Bellère, 1603. 8vo. Contemporary vellum, traces of ties. With woodcut vignette on title. (24), 480 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Biography  Cartography  Jesuits  Religion  West Indies  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interesting work on the history of the Ottoman Empire, translated into many languages View picture(s) 184 RICAUT, Paul (or RYCAUT). Histoire de l'etat present de l'empire Ottoman: contenant les maximes politiques des Turcs; les principaux points de la religion Mahometane, ses sectes, ses héresies & ses diverses sortes de religieux; leur discipline militaire, avec une supputation exacte de leurs forces par mer & par terre & du revenu de l'etat. Traduit de l'Anglois... par Monsieur Briot. Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgank, 1670. 12mo. Contemporary red morocco, spine richly and charmingly gilt in compartments with brown morocco title label lettered in gold, triple gilt filet on covers, gilt edges and inner dentelles. With beautiful engraved frontispiece of a historic scene of the Sultan receiving ambassadors with Constantinople in the background, 18 fine engraved folding illustrations of typical Ottoman characters and their costumes, one woodcut illustration of a turban in text. 498, (6) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Costumes  Militaria  Religion  Turkey  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Mysterious Arabs View picture(s) 185 RICHARD, Charles. Les mystères du peuple Arabe. Paris, Challamel Ainé, 1860. 12mo. Contemporary half citron morocco, spine ribbed in 6 compartments, one with blue morocco title-label and 5 with gilt emblems of the Ottoman Empire, the crescent moon with the star, gilt upper edges (R. PETIT). XXIV (last blank), 242 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Anthropology  Arabia  Cartography  Middle East  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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In search of Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition View picture(s) 186 RICHARDSON, John. Arctic searching expedition: a journal of a boat-voyage through Rupert's land and the Arctic Sea, in search of the discovery ships under command of Sir John Franklin. With an appendix on the physical geography of North America. London, Longman, Brown, Freen and Longmans, 1851. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt with two red morocco title labels lettered in gold, red sprinkled edges. Volume one: coloured lithographed frontispiece "Kutchin winter lodges" and 8 full-page coloured lithographed plates of fossil leaves (2), and of members of the Kutchin tribe (6), all designed by A.H. Murray and lithographed by M. & N. Hanhart, folding map (410 x 505 mm) of British North America coloured in blue and pink and engraved by S. Hall, 8 illustrations in text; vol. 2: coloured frontispiece of Cree wigwams in summer designed by Lieutenant E.N. Kendall and lithographed by M. & N. Hanhart and many tables in text. VIII, 413, (1); VII, 416 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Arctic  Cartography  Discovery & Exploration  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The language of Australian Aboriginals View picture(s) 187 RIDLEY, William. Kamilaroi, Dippil, and Turrubul: languages spoken by Australian Aborigines. Sydney, Thomas Richards, 1866. 4to. Contemporary red morocco, spine gilt, covers richly gilt and blind tooled, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. With coloured armorial vignette on title, heightened with gold, red fillet borders on all pages, many very fine head- and tailpieces, 7 coloured and decorated initials, and 4 full-page engravings of Australian plants. VI, 88, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Linguistics  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An illustrated tour along the Rhine View picture(s) 188 ROBIDA, Albert. Les Veilles Villes du Rhin. A travers la Suisse, l'Alsace, l'Allemagne et la Hollande. Paris, Librairie Dorbon Ainé, (1911). Large 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco, spine ribbed and gilt, top gilt, orig. colour-printed lithographed wrappers preserved. With etched view printed in sepia for frontispiece, and  numerous plates with views and views in text, all after drawings by the author. (4), 309, (3 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Germany  Switzerland  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the best Dutch writing master's books View picture(s) 189 ROELANDS, David. T' Magazin oft' pac-huys der loffelycker penn-const; vol subtyle ende lustighe trecken percken beelden. ende figuren van menschen, van beesten, voghelen, ende visschen, ende noch meer van hondert onderscheyden gheschriften verciert met divaersche capitalen oraculen, ende gulden sententien: alles tot profyt, oeffeninghe ende spore der const-lievende gheesten. (Vlissingen), 1616 (i.e. 1617). Oblong folio. 19th-century three quarter vellum, spine with title calligraphed in ink, marbled boards. Engraved title and 44 engraved plates of ca. 230 x 330mm. with calligraphed texts and images, including a portrait of Roelands. (Engr. title), 5 lvs with printed text, (32 engr. lvs), 1 leaf with printed text, (12 engr. lvs). Full description >> Related Subjects: Art  Calligraphy  Cartography  Dutch  Low Countries  Portraits  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A late 17th-century view on the Middle East View picture(s) 190 ROQUE, Jean de la Voyage de Syrie et du Mont-Liban: contenant la description de tout le pays compris sous le nom de Liban & d'anti-Liban, Kesroan, &c. ce qui concerne l'origine, la créance, & les moeurs des peuples qui habitent ce pays: la description des ruines d'Heliopolis, awjourd'huy Balbek, & une dissertation historique sur cette ville; avec un abregé de la vie de monsieur de Chasteüil, gentilhomme de Provence, solitaire du Mont-Liban; & l'histoire du prince Junès, Maronite, mort pour la religion dans ces derniers temps. Paris, André Cailleau, 1722. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments with yellow & green morocco title labels lettered in gold, crest of H E B (tigerhead crossed with two swords) on a black label, gilt binding edges, red sprinkled edges. With 9 engraved plates (5 folding), depicting trees, a folding map of the course of the Orontes river, the temple at Baalbek, and medals and coins, and woodcut coat of arms above dedication to Monisieur De Fleury. (12), 347, (1 blank); (2), 321, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  French  Middle East  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Influential collection of Japanese books and manuscripts brought together by a well-known navigator View picture(s) 191 ROSNY, Léon de. Bibliothèque Royale de Stockholm. Catalogue de la bibliothèque Japonaise de Nordenskiöld. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1883. 8vo. Contemporary three-quarters black morocco, spine ribbed, with two green morocco title labels, original wrappers preserved. With printer's device on title. XXIV, 359, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Cartography  Japan  Libraries & Collections  Sweden  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beautiful maritime atlas View picture(s) 192 ROUX, Joseph. Carte de la mer Mediterranee en douze feuilles, dédiée à Mgr. le duc de Choiseul Colonel General des Suisses et Grisons. Ministre de la Guerre et de la Marine. Par son très humble Serviteur Joseph Roux Hydrographe du Roy. Marseille, 1764. Folio. Contemporary calf with blind tooled double fillet border, blind tooled inner border of flower motives, and flower ornaments in every corner and in centre on both sides, with ties. With 12 large folding engraved maps of the Mediterranean Sea (sizes vary from 55 x 79.6 cm to 56 x 83 cm). Full description >> Related Subjects: Atlases [Sea]  Cartography  Maritime History  Mediterranean  Navigation  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Forshadowing the Linnaean reform in plant systematics View picture(s) 193 RUDBECK, Olof, junior. Nora Samolad eller Uplysste Lapland / Nora samolad sive Laponia illustrata. Upsala, 1701. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, gold-tooled spine. With an engraved frontispiece, woodcut folding plate, engraved map of the Baltic Sea in the form of an old man upside-down, and a full-page woodcut of a bird. [32], 79 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Arctic  Botany  Cartography  Europe  Natural History  Russia  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to sail the waters of the East Indies View picture(s) 194 SALLOT DES NOYERS, Alexandre-Étienne-Denis. Instructions sur les iles et les passages du grand archipel d'Asie, rédigées d'après les documents les plus récents et comprenant la côte Ouest de Sumatra ainsi que les îles extérieures, le détroit de la sonde et la côte Sud de Java. Paris, Ad. Lainé & J. Havard, 1867-1868. 5 vols. 8vo. Original boards, paper title labels on spines, boards covered with yellow printed paper repeating the title. With 140 full-page, double-page or folding plates, of which 119 maps and 21 views of coast lines. VI, (2), [VII]-XXII, 240, (2); VI, (2), [VII]-XXIV, 4, 2, 192, (2); (4), XXIV, 24, 8, 22, 316, (2); (2), XXIV, 10, (2 blank), 14, (2 blank), 6, 10, 155; XXVII, 466 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  East Indies  Indonesia  Java  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beautiful aquatint picture book View picture(s) 195 SAMS, William. A Tour through Paris, illustrated with Twenty-one Coloured plates, accompanied with descriptive Letter-press. London, William Sams, (ca. 1825). Folio. Contemporary half morocco. With 21 beautifully coloured aquatint plates showing vivid scenes of life in Paris. (21) lvs. of explanatory text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Costumes  Europe  France  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Convolute of two very rare series of engraved views on Rome and other European cities View picture(s) 196 SCHENK, Pieter. Roma aeterna, sive ipsius aedificiorum Romanorum, integrorium  collapsorumque, conspectus duplex. (Amsterdam, Pieter Schenk, ca. 1705). Oblong 4to (bookblock measuring 194 x 255 mm.). Contemporary half calf, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments, with red morocco title label lettered in gold, sprinkled edges. With engraved title, and 100 full-page views of the city of Rome, with  2-line text in Latin and Dutch underneath, engraved on the plate, all plates signed Pet: Schenck. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Amsterdam  Cartography  House of Orange  Illustrated Books  Italy  Netherlands  Prints  Rome  The Hague  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the most esteemed early works on the history and geography of Switzerland View picture(s) 197 SIMMLER, Josias. Respublica Helvetiorum, Hoc est Exacta tum Communis totius  Helvetiae et Singulorum Pagorum, Politiae: tum rerum ab initio foedere gestarum, descriptio. Zürich, In off. Wolphiana, 1608. Contemporary vellum. With 13 fine folding woodcut views of Swiss towns. (8), 207, (4) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Europe  Switzerland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Six descriptions of the Arab world printed by Blaeu View picture(s) 198 SIONITA, Gabriele (a.o.). Arabia seu Arabum vicinarumque gentium Orientalium leges, ritus, sacri et profani mores, instituta et historia. Accedunt praeterea varia per Arabiam itinera, in quibus multa notatu digna enarrantur. Including: SIONITA, Gabriele & Johannes HESRONITA. De Nonnullis orientalium urbibus. And: RICHER, Christophe. De moribus atque institutis Turcarum Arabum, aliarumque, quae Mahumedem sequuntur gentium. And: COTWIJK, Johannes van. Itinerario Hierosolymitano et Syriaco, de sacris, ritibus, moribus & institutis Mahometaeorum, excerpta. And: GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig. Archontologia cosmica. And: ROMAIN, Adrien. Arabiae topographia & alia, ex Theatro Urbium excerpta. And: DRECHSLER, Wolfgang. Historia Arabum. Amsterdam, Willem Jansz & Joan (I) Blaeu, 1635. 16mo. Contemporary red morocco with triple gilt lines along the edges, spine richly gilt in compartments, g.e., marbled endpapers. With engraved title-page and woodcut initials and tailpiece. 247 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Amsterdam  Arabia  Asia  Cartography  Middle East  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A famous history of the conquest of Mexico View picture(s) 199 SOLIS, Antonio de. Histoire de la conqueste du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne par Fernand Cortez. Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1730. 2 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt. With 14 engraved maps, views and plates (of which 12 folding). [32], 606, [26]; [12], 560, [22] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [South]  America, North  Cartography  Mexico  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The first great ethnographic survey of life in Bengal - in beautiful lithographs View picture(s) 200 SOLVYNS, Baltazar. Les Hindous. Paris, chez l'auteur & H. Nicolle, 1808-1812. 4 vols. Large folio. Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt. With a coloured lithograph view on the title of each volume, and 288 beautifully colour-printed plates, all extra coloured by hand, divided into 12 series of 6 in each volume, depicting costumes, scenes from daily life, and views from the environment of the Bengal people. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  India  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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