Cartography, Exploration & Voyages

THESIGER, W. Southern Arabia a journey through southern Rub el Khali October 1945 to February 1946.
London, 1946. Colour-printed map (66 x 46 cm). Full description

THÉVENOT, Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste. Alle de gedenkwaardige en zeer naauwkeurige reizen ...; mitsgaders de voornaamster byzonderheden van d'Archipel, Konstantinopolen, 't Heilige Land, Egypten, de woestynen van Arabie, Mekka ...
Amsterdam, Gerrit Bos, 1731. 4to. With engraved title-page, standing portrait of the author in Eastern garb, 19 engraved plates (including 2 folding) drawn, etched and engraved by Jan Luyken. 18th-century half calf, sprinkled-paper sides, refurbished in the 19th century and with a 20th-century spine label. [4], 484, [4] pp. Full description

THOMAS, Bertram. Anthropological observations in South Arabia.
[offprint from:] Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 42 (1932). Large 8vo. With 2 plates (XI-XII) from photographs: (1) two views on the landscapes of the Sands of Dakara and the Qara Mountains, Arabia; (2) 12 portraits of members of the various tribes of Southern Arabia/Jemen. Blue wrappers with printed title label on the front cover. 83-108 pp. Full description

THOMAS, Lowell. The boys' life of colonel Lawrence.
London, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., undated [c. 1930?]. 8vo. With 31 illustrations on 16 leaves; the first of the entrance to the lost city (Petra) through a narrow gorge functions as a frontispiece. Red cloth. 285, [1] pp. Full description

[THORNTON, John]. A large draught of the coast of Arabia from Maculla to Dofar. By Sam.l Thornton at the signe of England, Scotland, and Ireland, in the Minories London.
London, Samuel Thornton, [1711]. Engraved map (43 x 53 cm), hand-coloured in outline. Full description

THÜMMEL, Hans Wilhelm von. Historische, statistische, geographische und topographische Beiträge zur kenntniss des herzogthums Altenburg.
Altenburg, 1818. Folio. With 38 hand-coloured engraved portraits (a few with signatures of the subjects), 1 uncoloured engraved portrait, engraved map of the area by L. Michaelis after A. Krehan, small engraved map in text showing the districts Paditz and Kotteritz, and 1 engraved text. Contemporary boards. 3-112, 8, [4] pp. Full description

THUNBERG, Carl Peter. Resa uti Europa, Africa, Asia, förrättad åren 1770-1779.
Uppsala, tryckt hos directeur. Joh. Edman, 1788-1793. 4 volumes. 8vo. With 11 engraved plates (1 folding, 9 full page, and 1 in the text). Contemporary or slightly later gold-tooled quarter brown calf, with a beige morocco title label on the spine, lettered in gold, a volume number lettered in gold underneath, sprinkled paper sides, blue sprinkled edges. [26], 389, [1]; [32], 384; [14], "414" [= 402]; [36], "341" [= 339], [1 blank] pp. Full description

THUNBERG, Carl Peter. Travels in Europe, Africa and Asia, made between the years 1770 and 1779.
London, printer for F. and C. Rivington, and sold by W. Richardson, 1795. 4 volumes. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, and 10 engraved plates (1 folding, 9 full page). Contemporary gold-tooled tree-marbled brown calf, with a red morocco title label on the spine, lettered in gold, a volume number lettered in gold underneath, gold-tooled board edges, blue sprinkled edges. [2], xii, 317, [3 blank], [18]; xiv, [2], 316, [15], [1 blank]; xiii, [3], 285, [1 blank], xv, [1 blank], 31, [1 blank]; xix, [1 blank], [4], 293, [1], [17], [1 blank] pp. Full description

TIMKOWSKI, Egor Fedorovitch. Voyage à Peking, à travers la Mongolie en 1820 et 1821.
Paris, Dondey-Dupré père et Fils, 1827. 2 text volumes (8vo) and one atlas volume (folio). With lithographed title-page, 3 lithographed maps and plans, 8 lithographed plates with copies after Chinese and other drawings. Text volumes in contemporary half calf and atlas in original brown wrappers. [8], XII, 480; [4], 459; 32 pp. Full description

[TIRION - VIEWS]. Het verheerlykt Nederland of kabinet van hedendaagsche gezigten van steden, dorpen, sloten, adelyke huizen, kerken, torens, poorten; en andere voornaame stad- en land- gebouwen, in en omtrent alle de byzondere Vereenigde Nederlandsche provinciën.
Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion and widow of Isaak Tirion, 1745-1774. 10 parts in 2 volumes. 4to. With 843 engraved views, mostly 2 views per plate, some double page, the title-page of the first part is printed in red and black. With: (2) [IDEM]. Het verheerlykt Kleefschland of kabinet van Kleefsche oudheden en gezichten van steden, dorpen, sloten, adelyke huizen, kerken, torens, poorten; en andere stad- en land-gebouwen in Kleefschland (...) dienende tot een aanhangzel van het verheerlykt Nederland, by I. Tirion uitgegeeven.
Amsterdam/ Leiden/ Harlingen/ Dordrecht, P. Schouten, J. de Groot, G. Warnsars/ S. and J. Luchtmans/ A. and P. Blussé/ Volkert van der Plaats, [ca. 1775].

Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf, sewn on 5 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, a red morocco title label in the second compartment and a green morocco volume number label in the third, both lettered in gold, repeating fleurons in the remaining compartments, gold-tooled board edges, marbled end papers, red edges, green reading ribbon. [4]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2]; [2] ll. + 843 views Full description