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Beautiful shell book View picture(s) 41 BURTIN, François Xavier. Oryctographie de Bruxelles, ou description des fossiles, tant naturels qu'accidentels découverts jusqu'à ce jour dans les environs de cette ville. (Brussels), L'imprimerie de Le Maire, Se vend Chez L'auteur, 1784. Folio. Half calf. With engraved illustrated title by Pris after M.J. Speeckaert, and illustrations of shell fossils on 32 colour-printed engraved plates, finished by hand. 152 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Colour Platebooks  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Collected works of a 16th century Austrian ambassador to the Ottoman Empire View picture(s) 42 BUSBECQIUS, Ogier Ghiselin de. Omnia quae extant. Leyden, Ex Off. Elzeviriana, 1633. 12mo. Contemp. red morocco, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with triple gilt filet borders on sides and gilt coat-of-arms with the order of the Golden Fleece in centre, g.e. With engraved allegorical title by C.C. Dusend. 575, (23) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Austria  Cartography  Elzevier  Hungary  Politics  Travel & Voyages  Turkey  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The memoires of an English missionary in the Pacific View picture(s) 43 BUZACOTT, Aaron & James Povey SUNDERLAND. Mission life in the islands of the Pacific. Being a narrative of the life and labours of the rev. A. Buzacott, missionary of Rarotonga, for some time co-worker with the rev. John Williams, martyr of Erromanga. London, Harrild for John Snow and Co., 1866. Small 8vo. Modern half red hard-grained morocco, spine ribbed with title lettered in gold, sprinkled edges. With an original pasted-in photographical portrait of Buzacott with his signature underneath as a frontispiece, 7 full-page woodcut plates and some woodcut illustrations in the text. (2), XXII, 288 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Mission  Pacific  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the foundation of churches and religious houses and the conversion of the local people in Peru View picture(s) 44 CALANCHA, [Antonio de]. Histoire du Peru, partie principale des Antipodes, ou Nouveau Monde. Et du grand progrez de la foy Chrestienne, en la conversion des peuples gentils: par la predication, bons exemples, souffrances, mesme du martyre, des PP. FF. de l'Ordre des Hermites du glorieux patriarche Sainct Augustin. Comme aussi de plusieurs exemples des choses prodigieuses arrivées en ce pays-là. Le tout recueilly par un P. de la Province de Tolose du mesme ordre: de la chronique moralisée du R.P. Anthoine de la Calancha, docteur Augustin en l'université de Lima & imprimée en Espagnol à Barcelone l'an 1639. Toulouse, F. Bonde, 1653. 4to. Contemporary vellum. Engraved title. (10), 26, (2), 482, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [South]  Cartography  Mission  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Fascinating description of the Hawaiian Islands View picture(s) 45 CAMPBELL, Archibald. A Voyage round the World from 1806 to 1812; in which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian Islands, and the Sandwich  Islands, were visited. Including a Narrative of the author's shipwreck on the Island of Sannack, and his  subsequent wreck in the ship's long boat. With an account of the present state of the Sandwich Islands and a vocabulary of their language. Edinburgh, for A. Constable, etc., 1816. 8vo. Original half calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with title-label. With folding engraved map. 288 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  China  Hawaii  Japan  Pacific  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Travelling through Holland and along the Rhine in the beginning of the 19th century View picture(s) 46 CARR, John. Voyage en Hollande, et dans le midi de l'Allemagne, sur les deux rives du Rhin, dans l'été de 1806. Traduit de l'Anglais par madame Keralio-Robert. Paris, Léopold Collin, 1809. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt with title and vol. nr. lettered in gold on red morocco labels, gilt triple filet borders on sides, blue marbled edges. With 12 folding stipple-engraved plates (ca. 13 x 20 cm) with a yellowish layer to make them like aquatints (as in the original English edition), showing views of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Scheveningen, Leyden, Utrecht, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Coblenz, Mainz, Frankfurt and Darmstadt. (12), LXVIII, 332; (4), 458 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Aquatints  Cartography  French  Netherlands  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Travelling through North America View picture(s) 47 CARVER, Jonathan. Reize door de binnenlanden van Noord-Amerika, door Jonathan Carver, schildkn. Kapitein van eene compagnie proventiaale troepen geduurende den oorlog mat Frankrijk. Naar den derden druk uit het Engelsch vertaald door J.D. Pasteur. Leyden, A. en J. Honkoop, 1796. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary half marbled calf with red morocco title label, green morocco vol. label and marbled paper sides. Folding map of the midlands of North-Amerika of Captain Carvers in the years 1766 en 1767, folding plate of the St. Anthony waterfall in the Mississippi River and four full page plate depicting various native American Indians. The four plates are in a contemporary handcolouring. (4), XXVI, (2), 248; (4), 280, (16) pp Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Cartography  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The battle of the Dutch ship the 'Medusa' against the Japanese fleet View picture(s) 48 CASEMBROOT, François de. De Medusa in de wateren van Japan, in 1863 en 1864. Tweede druk The Hague, Gebroeders Van Cleef, 1865. 8vo. Original lithographed wrappers. Plate of the steamer 'Medusa'  in the Strait Simonoseki and 2 large folding maps depicting the battle situations near Japan, all 3 lithographed by S. Lankhout. VIII, 136 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  Colonial History  Japan  VOC  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Ottoman Empire from a beautiful French miniature perspective View picture(s) 49 CASTELLAN, Antoine Laurent. Moeurs, usages, costumes des Othomans, et abrégé de leur histoire. Avec des éclaircissemens tirés d'ouvrages orientaux, et communiqués par M. Langlès. Paris, Nepveu, 1812. 6 volumes. 18mo. Contemporary black morocco, spines gilt, sides with blind tooled floral border and gilt corner ornaments, gilt inner dentelles over marbled endpapers, g.e. 75 hand-coloured engraved plates: a frontispiece to each of the 6 volumes and 17, 17, 9 and 26 plates to resp. volume 3, 4, 5 and 6. Most plates depict costumes, but also tools and instruments are shown. All plates are very detailed and beautifully coloured by hand, in very fresh contemporary colouring, some even finished with gold. 20, XXXI, (1), 120; (4), 225, (3); (4), 251, (1); (4), 282, (2); (4), 231, (1); (4), 235, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Engravings  Turkey  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Navigation and astronomical research in present-day Canada View picture(s) 50 CHABERT, Joseph Bernard. Voyage fait par ordre du Roi en 1750 et 1751, dans l'Amérique septentrionale, pour rectifier les cartes des côtes de l'Acadie, de l'Isle Royale & de l'Isle de Terre-Neuve; et pour en fixer les principaux points par des observations astronomiques. Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1753. 4to. Contemporary red morocco, gilt title and date on richly gilt spine, triple gilt fillets on sides, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. Engraved printer's vignette on title, engraved headpiece at the beginning of the first chapter, 6 folding engraved maps, folding engraved plate depicting geometrical figures, and large folding table with calculations for the position of the sun and the moon. (2), VIII, 288, (10) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Astronomy & Cosmography  Bindings  Cartography  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Bostonian sermon View picture(s) 51 CHAUNCY, Charles. Prayer for help, a seasonable duty upon the ceasing of godly and faithful men. A sermon occasion'd by the death of several worthy members of the first church in Boston: preach'd the Lord's-day following the Anniversary fast, being the sabbath after the funeral of Mr. Jonathan Williams, one of the Deacons of said Church; who departed this life, March 27th. 1737. Boston, T. Fleet, 1737. 8vo. 19th-century marbled boards. (4), 25, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Cartography  Cultural History  Funerals  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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To convert the Siamese king View picture(s) 52 CHOISY, L'Abbe François-Timoléon de. Journal du Voyage de Siam fait en 1685 & 1686. Second edition. Paris, Sebastien Mabre-Cramoist, 1687. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt. (4), 651, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  China  Mission  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On Anglo-American commercial relations View picture(s) 53 CLUNY, Alexander & Joseph MANDRILLON. Le voyageur Américain, ou observations sur l'état actuel, la culture, le commerce des colonies Britanniques en Amérique; les exportations & importations respectives entre elles & la Grande-Bretagne, avec un etat des revenus que cette derniere en retire, etc. Adressées par un négociant expérimenté, en forme de lettres, au très-honorable comte de [Chatham]. Traduit de l'Anglois, augmenté d'un précis sur l'Amérique Septentrionale & la République des Treize-États-Unis. Amsterdam, J. Schuring, 1783. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red morocco title label, gilt binding edges, marbled endpapers, red painted edges. With a large folding map of the thirteen United States of America after Bonne, 3 tables, of which 2 folding, and several elegant head- and tailpieces. VIII, 264 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Cartography  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Exploring the Bay of California View picture(s) 54 COMBIER, C. Voyage au golfe de Californie. Grands courants de la mer.- Courants généraux atmosphériques.- Usages de la vie maritime.- Tempêtes vers le Pôle Austral.- Poissons et oiseaux de la mer.- Description de la Sonora et de ses richesses minérales.- De la basse Californie, ses volcans, ses produits.- Pêche des perles.- La chaîne des cordillères, ses forêts.- Nuits de la zone torride. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, (1864). Large 8vo. Modern half calf, spine gilt and blind-tooled with black morocco title-label, uncut. With folding map of Sonora by V.A. Malte-Brun after the map by A. Garcia y Cubas and American maps, engraved by Erhard and coloured by hand in green and red for borders and roads respectively. XVI, 544 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Americana  Cartography  Mexico  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of the scientific account of an expedition to the equator View picture(s) 55 CONDAMINE, Charles Marie de la. Journal du voyage fait par l'ordre du roi, a l'équateur, servant d'introduction historique a la mesure des trois premiers degre's du me'ridien.- Mesure des trois premier degre's du me'ridien dans l'hemisphere Austral, tirée des observations de Mrs. de l'académie royale des sciences, envoyés par le roi pour l'équateur. Paris, de l'imprimerie royale, 1751. 4 parts in 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, with red and green title labels, small central inlaid morocco ornament on front covers, decorated with a gilt border of small flowers and a sailing ship in centre, sprinkled edges. With 5 foldings plans, views and maps, including one large map of the Quito province, folding woodcut table, full-page engraving, engraving in text; engraved vignette of a globe on title, 2 engravings in text, several woodcut tables, and 3 engraved plates depicting several measurement results and a measuring instrument. (12), 266, X; XXXVI, 280, XV, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [South]  Cartography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Printed in Goa View picture(s) 56 COTTINEAU DE KLOGUEN, Denis Louis. Bosquejo historico de Goa escripto em inglez vertibo em Portuguez, e accrescentabo com algumas notas, e rectificações por Miguel Vicente d'Abreu. Nova-Goa, Impresa Nacional, 1858. 8vo. Half red morocco, spine with raised bands, title and imprint lettered in gold. With some tailpieces and a small illustration of one of the gates of Goa. VII, 5- 202, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Catholicism  History  India  Portugal  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare description of the Southern Netherlands including the interesting folding map View picture(s) 57 CROME, August Friedrich Wilhelm. Statistisch-geographische Beschreibung der sämtlichen Oestreichischen Niederlande, oder des Burgundischen Kreises; welche diese Staaten, sowohl in Ansehung ihrer Lage und natürlichen Beschaffenheit, als in Betref ihres Fabrik- und Handlungswesens, auch ihrer Religions- und Staatsverfassung, vor Augen legt: mit einer neuen Karte von dem ganzen Burgundischen Kreise überhaupt, auf welcher der Lauf der Schelde, mit allen ihren Verbindungen und Ausflüssen, wie auch die angrenzenden holländischen Priovinzen, vollständig erscheinen. Dessau & Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1785. Sm.8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine richly gilt, with orange title label, red sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers. With one large folding map (440 x 615 mm) engraved by Frentzel and coloured in outlines, loosely inserted in a pocket pasted to the back cover, and one folding table. (2), XII, 276 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Antwerp  Austria  Belgicana  Cartography  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Treatise on a map of Syria, posthumous published to complete a preceding map on Palestina View picture(s) 58 DE L' ISLE, Joseph-Nicolas (or DELISLE). Mémoire sur trois cartes nouvellement publiées en Juillet 1764, destinées a servir de suite a la carte de l' ancienne Palestine ou Terre-Sainte, publie l' année derniere; Sçavoir: 1. Une carte particuliere de la Syrie, ou seulement de la partie septentrionale à la Palestine. 2. Une carte plus générale de la Syrie, qui comprend en même tems la Palestine avec les pays voisins, pour servir à l' histoire des croisades, etc. 3. Une carte encore plus générale & plus étendüe pour la recherche de la situation du paradis terrestre. Paris, Imprimerie Veuve Delatour, 1764. 4to. Contemporary half brown calf, spine gilt with ornamental flowers, red morocco title label lettered in gold. With woodcut vignette on title and a large woodcut head-piece. 15, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Holy Land  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the first European plans of Peking View picture(s) 59 DE L'ISLE (or DELISLE), Joseph-Nicolas & PINGRÉ. Description de la ville Peking, pour servir à l'intelligence du Plan de cette Ville, gravé par les soins de M. de l'Isle. Paris, 1765. 4to. Half brown morocco, spine gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold. With woodcut vignette on title, a large woodcut headpiece on first page, 6 folding plates of which the largest (485 x 250 mm) is a "plan de la ville tartare de Peking" and is signed Dheulland graveur du Roi, the first (235 x 195 mm) is a "plan general des deux villes qui composent Peking", the third (185 x 100 mm) a "plan du Ti-ouang-miao, the fourth (185 x 105 mm) a "plan du koue-tse-kien-ouen-miao", the fifth (185 x 150 mm) a "plan du Tien-Kan, ou temple dédié au souverain Seigneur du Ciel", and the sixth (160 x 120), "plan du Ti-Tan ou du Temple dédié au souverain Seigneur de la Terre", all five signed Lattré. (2), 44, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Astronomy & Cosmography  Cartography  China  Geography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of one of the earliest works on the Eastern churches View picture(s) 60 DE MONI, SIMON, Richard. Histoire critique de la creance & des coûtumes des nations du Levant. Frankfurt, Frederic Arnaud, 1684. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ribbed and gilt, red sprinkled edges. (8), 229, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  Armenia  Cartography  Greece  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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