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Rare and extensive work on Algeria View picture(s) 21 BERBRUGGER, [Louis Adrien]. Algérie historique, pittoresque et monumentale. Ou recueil de vues, costumes et portraits faits d'après nature dans les provinces d'Alger, Bone, Constantine et Oran. Par Bour, Ol. Bro, Al. Genet, E. Flandin, Philippoteaux, raffet &c. Paris, Chez Delahaye, 1843. 5 parts in 3 volumes. Large folio. Contemporary half dark green morocco, gold-tooled spines. With a beautifully coloured chromolithographed title-page, 2 lithographed maps, coloured by hand in outline, lithographed frontispiece, and 133 lithographed views of cities, landscapes, persons, costumes, scenes of daily life, botany etc. in black & white or tinted, all designed and executed by several contemporary artists including: Charles Bour, Eugène Flandin, Feìlix Emmanuel Henri Philippoteaux and Denis Auguste Marie Raffet. One of the portraits is coloured by hand as well as the illustrations on the last 10 lithographs which depict the flora. Each part with separate half-title and title page; 7, 40; 34, 10; 21, 11, 9, 8, [1] ll. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  Cartography  Lithographs  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The most picturesque sites in Sweden View picture(s) 22 BERG, Johan August. Sverige Framstäldt i Taflor. Nittiosex Litografier i Tontryck med beskrifvande Text. Göteborg, D.F. Bonniers Förlag, (1856). Large oblong folio. Contemporary half morocco. With 96 tinted lithographed plates. (3), 96 text lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Europe  Sweden  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First great scientific atlas: seminal work of thematic cartography View picture(s) 23 BERGHAUS, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm. Physikalischer Atlas oder Sammlung von Karten, ... Erster[-Zweiter] Band. Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1845-1848[-1849]. 2 vols. Folio. Original publisher's purple-gray cloth, gold- and blind-blocked, yellow endpapers with publisher's advertisement and quotes from reviews pasted down on them. With 90 numbered maps, graphs and tables, mostly double-page and nearly all hand-coloured (many in outline) as issued. (4), 8, 134, (2); (iv), (2), 58 [= 135-192], (1), 194-224, (1), 228-233, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Atlases  Cartography  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of a travel account to Syria View picture(s) 24 BESSON, Jean. La Syrie Sainte ou la mission de Jesus et des peres de la compagnie de Jesus en Syrie. Paris, Jean Henault, 1660. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ribbed and gilt, gilt fillet borders on sides. Woodcut vignette on title, folding engraved map of Syria. (24), 232, (24); 269, (35) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  Jesuits  Mission  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Egyptian cities and their surroundings View picture(s) 25 BIDA, Alex. and Prosper BARBOT. Souvenirs d'Egypte. Paris, Lemercier, (1850). Large folio. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with red title-label. Lithographed title and 24 tinted lithographs of which the first 12 depict costumes, designed and lithographed by Bida and the last 12 depict views, designed by Barbot and lithographed by Cicéri. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Cartography  Costumes  Middle East  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Paulus van Uchelen copy View picture(s) 26 BLAEU, Joan. Vyfde Stuck der Aerdrycksbeschryving, welck vervat Schotlandt en Yrlandt. Amsterdam, Joan Blaeu, 1654. Large folio. Strong ivory vellum, bound by Magnus for the Dutch collector Paulo van Uchelen, with gilt crowns in the four corners. With engraved architectural title, with large coat of arms on the upper half, 55 double-page engraved maps, including one full-page of the Irish County Caterlogh, all beautifully coloured by hand and heightened with gold, and often richly adorned with additional cartouches with regional scenes, but  most often with rows or bunches of richly coloured and gilt coats-of-arms, all maps of the first variant, without added ships and compass roses. (8), 189, (1 blank), 70, (1, 1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Atlases  Atlases [General]  Cartography  Engravings  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The very rare first French edition View picture(s) 27 BORRI, Christophe. Relation de la nouvelle mission des peres de la Compagnie de Jesus au Royaume de la Cochinchine. Rennes, Jean Hardy, 1631. Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum. Woodcut vignette on title. (8), 222 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cambodia  Cartography  Vietnam  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very important work on the trade-settlements on the Westcoast of Africa View picture(s) 28 BOSMAN, Willem. Voyage de Guinée, contenant une description nouvelle & très-exacte de cette côte où l'on trouve & où l'on trafique l'or, les dents d'elephant, & les esclaves. De ses pays, royaumes, & républiques, des moeurs des habitans, de leur religion, gouvernement, administration de la justice, de leurs guerres, mariages, sepultures, &c. Comme aussi de la nature & qualité du terroir, des arbres fruitiers & sauvages, de divers animaux, tant domestiques que sauvages, des bêtes à quatre pieds, des reptiles, des oiseaux, des poissons, & de plusieurs autres choses rares, inconnues jusques à présent aux Européens. Utrecht, Antoine Schouten, 1705. Large 12mo. Contemporary boards, uncut. Engraved portrait of the author, engraved frontispiece, 23 illustrations on 13 engraved plates depicting fortresses, and 26 illustrations on 4 plates depicting birds. (16), 520 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  Cartography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare first edition of the German translation View picture(s) 29 BOSWELL, James. Beschreibung von Corsica nebst vielen wichtigen Nachrichten und Anecdoten vom Pascal Paoli dem General der Corsen. Leipzig, Caspar Fritsch, 1768. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt-tooled, with red title label, red painted edges. With an engraved folding map of Corsica. (14), 346 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Italy  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Early 17th-century edition of famous work by Botero, with political and geographical descriptions of countries around the world View picture(s) 30 BOTERO, Giovanni. Le relationi universali, divise in quattro parti. Nella prima parte si contiene la descrittione dell' Europa, dell' Asia, e dell' Africa; et i costumi, richezze, negotij, & industria di ciascuna natione. Et si tratta  del continente del Mondo Nuovo. Nella seconda, si da contezza de' maggiori Prencipi del mondo. Nella terza, si tratta ancor de popoli d'ogni credenza. Nella quarta, si tratta delle superstitioni. Nuovamente ristampate, & corrette. Venice, Nicolo Polo, e Compagni, 1602. 4 parts in 1 volume. 4to. Contemporary vellum. With woodcut printer's device on all 4 title-pages and 4 folding engraved maps (ca. 25 x 18.5 cm), of Europe, Asia (including Japan), Africa and America, by Poro. [32], 240; [20], 152; 183, [9]; [16], 79 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  America, North  Cartography  Geography  Japan  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Original edition of Bougainville's voyage around the world View picture(s) 31 BOUGAINVILLE, Louis Antoine de. Voyage autour du Monde par la frégate du Roi "La Boudeuse" et la Flûte "L'Etoile"; en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Paris, Saillant et Nyon, 1771. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, gold-tooled spine. With 20 engraved maps (map 16 in 2 parts) and 3 engraved plates. [8], 417, [3] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Circumnavigation  French  Pacific  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The fine and interesting atlas only of the French circumnavigation by Baron De Bougainville View picture(s) 32 BOUGAINVILLE, [H.Y.P. Potentien] de. Atlas (to) Journal de la Navigation Autour du Globe  de la Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l'Espérance,  pendant les Années 1824, 1825 et 1826. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1837. Large folio. Contemporary half red morocco. With vignette on lithographed title, 34 full-page lithographed views, 12 full-page colour-printed engraved plates, and 10 double-page engraved maps and plates, one folding, one finely coloured by hand. One leaf with index. Full description >> Related Subjects: Atlases [General]  Australia & New Zealand  Brazil  Cartography  Chile  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With beautiful engraved illustrations and maps of Spanish cities and twelve figures illustrating the traditional bullfights View picture(s) 33 BOURGOING, Jean Francois. Atlas pour servir au tableau de l' Espagne moderne. Paris, Tourneisen fils, 1807. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments with ligt brown title label lettered in gold. With 15 full-page beautifully engraved illustrations of Spanish buildings, monuments and landscapes, one large folding map of the roads of Spain (395 x 490 mm), one of Madrid (225 x 345 mm) by P.F. Tardieu, 2 folding plates of bullfights (260 x 285 mm), full-page map of the bay of Cadiz, double-page view of Gibraltar by Tardieu 9200 x 310 mm), full-page map of the attack of the naval batteries before Gibraltar and one of the Alhambra, and 2 full-page plans of Spanish architecture. (2), (25) lvs. of which 6 folding. Full description >> Related Subjects: Architecture  Cartography  Engravings  Europe  Spain  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The conquest of Mexico and Latin America illustrated on 42 large plates and portraits View picture(s) 34 BOUTTATS, Gaspar & Pieter Baltasar. Collection of 42 engravings of portraits and historical  scenes (one repeated), relating to the Spanish and Portuguese conquest of Mexico and Latin America in the sixteenth century. (Brussels & Antwerp, ca. 1675-1700.). Folio. Contemporary vellum. 43 (one of which double) engravings of ca. 220 x 180 mm of portraits and historical scenes, partly signed by Gaspar (Caspar) and Pieter Baltasar Bouttats. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  America [South]  America, North  Cartography  Mexico  Portraits  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Chinese art and costume: work sought after on account of the quantity and quality of its beautiful illustrations. View picture(s) 35 BRETON de la Martinière, Jean-Baptiste Joseph. La Chine en miniature, ou choix de costumes, arts et métiers de cet empire, repréntés par 74 (sic) gravures, la plupart d'après les originaux inédits du cabinet de feu M. Bertin, ministre; accompagnés de notices explicatives, historiques et littéraires. Paris, Demonville for Nepveu, 1811. 6 parts in 2 vols. 18mo. Contemporary dark green grained morocco, spines richly gilt in compartments, elegant gilt borders on sides with fleurons, vases, and other ornaments, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (CHILLIAT). 100 full-page and 8 folding engraved plates in beautiful contemporary hand colouring. XXXVI, 144; (4), 172; 188; (4), 220; (4), XXIII, 236; (4), 234, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Book History  Cartography  China  Printing  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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France elaborately mapped: a famous and rare atlas including key maps for travellers View picture(s) 36 BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis & Louis Charles DESNOS. Coup d'oeil général sur la France, pour servir d'introduction au tableau analytique et géographique de ce Royaume. Dressé par différens géographes, dont les ouvrages sont aussi connus qu'estimés, faisant partie de l'Atlas historique de la France ancienne & moderne, mise au jour & dirigé par le sieur Desnos, ingénieur-géographe pour les Globes & Sphéres. Paris, Grangé, Guillyn, Desnos, a.o., 1765. Large 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt with red title label, with blind-stamped tripple fillets on sides, gilt binding edges, red painted edges, marbled endpapers. With a double-paged frontispiece by Le Charpentier after De Sève, with a view of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, a double-page engraved title: "Tableau Analytique de La France dans lequel on donne une connoissance générale et detaillédu Royaume, ... dirigé par le S. Desnos. Paris, Chez l'auteur, 1765", followed by a large folding engraved geo-spherical map of France by Rizzi Zannoni and 29 double-page engraved analytical maps of France, all set within ornamental borders and all nicely coloured by hand, 2 "Cartes odographiques" with the distances between French cities, both dated 1763, a double-page engraved title "Le Petit Neptune François ou carte des côtes maritimes du Royaume (1765)", followed by 3 double-page charts of the French coasts, all coloured by hand, a large folding engraved map of France by Croisey after Rizzi Zannoni (1765), also hand-coloured, a double-page engraved title "L'Indicateur Fidèle ou Guide des Voyageurs", followed by a double-page engraved general road-map of France with circles with Paris in the center, indicating the distances between the capital and other French cities, and 10 folding and 8 double-page engraved French road-maps, all coloured by hand. 15 (4), 8, 10 pp. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Atlases [Europe]  Atlases [Sea]  Cartography  France  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Charting the Northeast coasts of Asia View picture(s) 37 BROUGHTON, William Robert. Voyage de découvertes dans la partie Septentrionale de l'Océan Pacifique, fait par le capitaine W.R. Broughton, commandant la corvette de S.M.B. la Providence et sa conserve, pendant les années 1795, 1796, 1797 et 1798; dans lequel il a parcouru et visité la côte d'Asie, depuis le 35° degré nord, jusqu'au 52°; l'île d'Insu, ordinairement appelée Jesso; les côtes Nord, Est et Sud du Japon; les îles de Likeujo et autres îles voisines, ainsi que la côte de Corée. Traduit par ordre de S.E. le Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, par J.B.B. E(yriès). Paris, Dentu, 1807. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards, gilt spine gilt with red and green titel-labels, lettered in gold. With large folding engraved map of the North-East coast of Asia and Japan and the Japanese islands, folding engraved map of the islands Likeujo and Madjicosemah, plans of the harbours of Chosan in Corea, of Napachan on Likeujo and Endermo on Jesso on large folding engraved plate, views of coastlines and harbours of the same region on 3 folding plates, and full-page engraved plate showing the costumes of Volcan's Bay. XXII, 243,(2); 341, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Asia  Cartography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare dutch voyage accounts to Chile and Japan, fine copy with 2 engraved folding maps and 1 plate View picture(s) 38 BROUWER, Hendrik. Journael ende Historis verhael van de reyse gedaen by oosten de Straet Le Maire naer de custen van Chili in den jare 1643 voor gevallen. Including: [VRIES, Maerten Gerritsz.]. Als mede een beschryvinghe van het eylandt Eso, ghelegen ontrent dertigh mylen van het machtigh Rijcke van Japan ... soo als eerst in  't selvige jaer door het schip Castricum bezeylt is. Amsterdam, Broer Jansz., 1646. 4to. Modern wrappers, preserved in cloth box. With 2 folding engraved maps and a folding engraved plate. 104 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  Chile  Japan  VOC  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A French description of the world with 18 maps View picture(s) 39 BUFFIER, Claude. Géographie universelle, exposée dans les differentes métodes qui peuvent abréger l'étude & faciliter l'usage de cette sience. Avec le secours des vers artificiels. Sixième édition. Revue, corrigée & augmentée des changemens de domination arivés récemment dans les Etats de'l'Europe: 2. d'une préface sur la méthode d'aprendre la Géographie ... 3. d'une table des noms de pays en françois & en latin ... Paris, Pierre-François Giffart, 1739. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco title-label lettered in gold, gilt binding edges, red painted edges, marbled endpapers. 18 engraved folding maps, 12 of which are signed by 'Desbruslins' and three are dated 1744: World, Europe, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, German Empire, Rhine, Italy, Spain, England, Scandinavia, Poland, Turkish Empire, Greece, Asia, Middle East, Africa and the two America's. XXIV, 413 (3), (16) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  America, North  Antarctica  Asia  Atlases [General]  Atlases [Pocket]  Cartography  Engravings  Europe  France  Geography  Jesuits  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The history of Sicily View picture(s) 40 BURIGNY, [Jean Lévesque] de. Histoire generale de Sicile, dans laquelle on verra toutes les différentes revolutions de cette isle depuis le tems òu elle a commencé à être habitée, jusq'à la derniéree paix entre la Maison de France, & la Maison d'Autriche. The Hague, Isaac Beauregard & Pierre Gosse, 1745. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spines ribbed and gilt, with two red title labels lettered in gold to each volume, triple gilt fillet borders on covers, red painted eges, marbled endpapers. With a vignette on both titles, two large folding maps in vol. 1, and several fine woodcut initials, head- and endpieces by B. F. Immink (1743). Vol. 1 (16), 512 pp., vol. 2 (8), 454, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Cartography  Italy  Sicily  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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