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First edition, interesting for the history of Peru View picture(s) 61 ASCENCIO, J. 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. Small 4to. Contemporary century marbled boards. (2), VIII, 133, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, South  Cartography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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By the first priest ordained in the United States View picture(s) 62 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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A snuffing scholar in praise of his habit View picture(s) 63 BAILLARD, Edme (Jean Royer de Prade). Discours du tabac. Ou il est traité particulierement du tabac en poudre. Paris, Martin le Prest, for the author, 1668. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt, red sprinkled edges. 3 woodcut illustrations of tabacco plants in text and several woodcut borders, initials and headpieces. (30), 125, (15) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Brazil  Cartography  Tobacco  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) 64 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) 65 BEATTIE, W. 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. Londres, Paris, Georges Virtue Ferrier, 1838. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary gilt and blind-stamped morocco. With view on 2 steel-engraved titles, folding engraved map of Scotland, and 117 full-page steel-engraved views of Scottish castles, churches, abbeys, landscapes, manors, etc. VIII, (2), 200; (2), 164 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Europe  Scotland  Travel  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Description of Atjeh on Sumatra View picture(s) 66 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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The Marquess de Beauvoir in East Asia View picture(s) 67 BEAUVOIR, Ludovic. Java, Siam, Canton. Voyage autour du monde. Quatrième édition. Paris, Henri Plon, 1870. 8vo. Contemporary half light brown pigskin, spine gilt. Large folding coloured map (250 x 370 mm) designed by A. Vuillemin and 13 full page plates, of which 3 folding, all engraved after photographs by E. Deschamps and depicting costumes, portraits, temples and scenes out of daily life. (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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With two original photographs of Aborigines View picture(s) 68 BEAUVOIR. Australie, voyage autour du monde. Second edition. Paris, Henri Plon, 1869. 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco with gilt ornaments and title on spine. 2 photographs of Aboriginals, of which 1 of the Tatambo King which is used as a frontispiece, and 2 folding coloured maps, 1 of the world and 1 of Australia. (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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Dutch translation of "the best model for travel writing in the English language" View picture(s) 69 BELL, John. Reizen van Petersburg, door verscheidene en wel de voornaamster gewesten van Asia. Met kunstprinten versierd. II. druk. The Hague, H.H. van Drecht, 1786. 2 vols. Contemporary half calf, spine in six compartments, with red and green title-labels. Engraved view on two titles, 12 engraved plates. (8), 356; 357-744 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  China  Russia  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On cholera; dedication copy by the author View picture(s) 70 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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100 views of Surinam View picture(s) 71 BENOIT, P.J. Voyage a Surinam. Description des possessions néerlandaises dans la Guyane. Bruxelles, Société des Beaux-Arts, De Wasme et Laurent, 1839. Large folio. Contemporary half black morocco, spine richly gilt. With illustration on lithographed title, and 100 views and illustrations on 50 full-page tinted lithographed plates, including the fine frontispiece, by Madou and Lauters after designs of the author. 76 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Cartography  Lithographs  Surinam  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The most picturesque sites in Sweden View picture(s) 72 BERG, J.A. 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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Spain in contemporary colour View picture(s) 73 BERGE, Pieter vanden. Theatrum Hispaniae, exhibens regni urbes, villas ac viridaria magis illustria. Het aanmerkelykste en voortreffelykste in Spanjen, vertoond in haar voornaamste steden en koninglyke paleizen, als Madrid en haare uytmuntende gebouwen en gezichten, benevens Granada, Toledo, Sivilien, Cadix, Lissebon, Burgos, Segovia, Barcelone, enz: wyders een curieuse afbeelding van het Escurial, Aranjues, Prado, Buen Retiro, Casa del Campo, enz.- El mas nombrado de todos en Espagna, mostrado en el principal vistas de las cidades, palacios, castillos, jardines, casas de plazer y fuentes.- Theatre de l'Espagne ou la représentation exacte des principales villes d'Espagne, avec leurs embellissements anciens & modernes; comme aussi des agreables vuës, de l'Escurial, Aranjuez, el Prado, Buen Retiro, Casa del Campo, & autres superbes chateaux, maisons royales &c. Amsterdam, Pieter vanden Berge, (ca. 1700). Oblong folio. Red morocco, gilt spine, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. Engraved vignette on title, and another vignette on verso title-page, 60 beautiful full-page engraved plates, depicting several views of Spanish cities like Madrid, Granada, Sevilla, Toledo and Barcelona, including a large folding plan of Madrid. All vignettes and plates beautifully contemporary coloured by hand and heightened with gold. (61) leaves. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Cartography  Colour Plate Books  Portugal  Print Series  Spain  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First great scientific atlas: seminal work of thematic cartography 74 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) 75 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) 76 BIDA, Alex. and E. 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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Presentation copy by the author of the law of Biot-Savant View picture(s) 77 BIOT, Jean-Baptiste Relation du voyage de découvertes, exécuté par ordre des États-Unis d'Amérique, pendant les années 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, rédigée par le lieutenant Charles Wilkes, commandant de l'expédition. Articles de M. J.-B. Biot. Extraits du Journal des Savants (Cahiers de novembre et décembre 1848, février 1849). Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1848, 1849. Orig. blue wrappers. With one folding map of the Antartic, including parts of South America, Australia and New-Zeeland, on which new discoveries have been indicated, including this voyage by Wilkes. 57, (3)pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  America, North  Cartography  Commerce  Discovery & Exploration  Navigation  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Paulus van Uchelen copy View picture(s) 78 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) 79 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) 80 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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