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78 1052 Numismatics Grierson P 78 1052 Numismatics Grierson P
78/1052 [Numismatics]. Grierson, P. Münzen des Mittelalters. Munich/ Fribourg, E. Battenberg/ Office du Livre, 1976, 324p., num. (col.) photogr. plates w. 602 coins, orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 8vo. Clain-Stefanelli, E.E. and V. Münzen der Neuzeit. Ibid., idem, 1978, 326,(1)p., num. (col.) photogr. plates w. 926 coins, orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 8vo. Schulman, J. Handboek van de Nederlandse munten van 1795 tot 1969. Een tijdperk van 175 jaren uit de Nederlandse Numismatiek, met volledige opgave van de in die tijd geslagen munten, en afbeeldingen van ieder nieuw type (...). Amst., the author, 1969, 4th ed., 214,(1)p., num. photogr. ills. of coins, orig. cl. (owner's entry on first free endpaper). - AND 3 other numismatic works, incl. J. GHYSSENS, Les petits deniers de Flandre des XIIe et XIIIe siècles (Brussels, 1971, 16 photogr. plates w. num. coins, orig. wr.).

- All (near) fine.

€ (40-60)
78 1053 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L 78 1053 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L
78 1053 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L 78 1053 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L
78 1053 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L 78 1053 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L
78 1053 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L 78 1053 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L
78/1053 [Oceania]. Domény de Rienzi, G.L. Historia de la Oceania, ó quita parte del mundo. Barcelona, Imprenta del Fomento, 1845-1846, 4 vols., 5 fold. steelengr. maps, 304 plates, contemp. unif. marbled calf w. gilt spines.

- Plates generally yellowed; one plate censored w. pen and ink.

= Cf. O'Reilly/ Reitman 3773; Hill 485: "Domény de Rienzi gathered a particularly important collection of material on Malaysia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia. The work contains a thorough discussion of the area's peoples, natural history, geography, and commerce, as well as the history of its exploration. This edition also contains handsome illustrations and maps."

€ (150-250) 150
78 1054 Oceania Heeres J E ed 78 1054 Oceania Heeres J E ed
78 1054 Oceania Heeres J E ed 78 1054 Oceania Heeres J E ed
78/1054 [Oceania]. Heeres, J.E. (ed.). Abel Janszoon Tasman's Journal of His Discovery of Van Diemens Land and New Zealand in 1642, with Documents relating to his Exploration of Australia in 1644. Being Photo-Lithographic Facsimiles of the Original Manuscript in the Colonial Archives at the Hague With an English Translation and Facsimiles of Original Maps to Which Are Added Life and Labours of Abel Janszoon Tasman (...) and Observations made with the Compass on Tasman's Voyage (...). Amst., Frederik Muller & Co., 1898, (10 [prel.]),(195 [facs.]),1(blank)),(2),59 [transl.],(1 blank); (2),163 [biogr.],(1 blank),(2),21 [Observations]p., Errata slip and 5 large (partly col.) fold. maps in rear pocket, num. maps and illustrations in the text (incl. 41 full-page and 4 double-p. (some partly col.)), orig. gilt vellum w. ties, t.e.g., folio, in custom-made clamshell cl. box.

- Endpapers foxed. Binding trifle warped.

= First edition of the first complete English translation of Tasman's journal, produced in only 200 copies. Hocken 1; Ferguson 16722; Cox II, p.311f; Davidson p.30 ("Indispensable to the study of early Australian discovery"). A sumptuous publication. SEE ILLUSTATION PLATE XXI.

€ (1.500-2.500) 1700
78 1055 Palestine Gadsby J 78 1055 Palestine Gadsby J
78/1055 [Palestine]. Gadsby, J. My Wanderings. Being Travels in the East in 1846-47, 1850-51, 1852-53. London, Gadsby, 1872/ 1871, 2 vols., 594,(30); (8),546,(18)p., engr. fold. map w. handcol. borders,m num. woodengr. ills., contemp. unif. giltlettered hcalf.

- Vol.1 lacks first free endpaper. Backstrips and corners trifle rubbed.

AND 1 other: LA PALESTINE, LA SYRIE, LA BASSE ÉGYPTE, NAPELS, ATHÈNES (...) (Paris, 1922, 3rd ed., num. (fold.) maps/ plans/ views/ ills., orig. gilt green calf. Binding sl. worn).

€ (50-70) 90
78 1056 Palestine Luthereau J A 78 1056 Palestine Luthereau J A
78/1056 [Palestine]. (Luthereau, J.A.). Le Livre d'Or des Familles ou la Terre-Sainte illustrée. Brussels, Société des Beaux-Arts, 1847, (4),232p., col. lithogr. frontisp., fold. map, 58 tinted lithogr. plates, contemp. gilt panelled full mor., richly gilt inside dentelles, purple leather doublures w. giltlettered "Souvenir à Mlle Adrienne Sotteau" on upper doublure, a.e.g., 4to.

- Sl. foxed. Binding trifle scratched.

€ (50-70)
78 1057 Palestine Luthereau J A 78 1057 Palestine Luthereau J A
78/1057 [Palestine]. (Luthereau, J.A.). Le Livre d'Or des Familles ou la Terre-Sainte illustrée. Brussels, Société des Beaux-Arts, 1847, (4),232p., col. lithogr. frontisp., fold. map, 58 tinted lithogr. plates, contemp. gilt hmor., 4to. Scholten, F. Palästina. Bibel, Talmud, Koran (...). Stuttg., J. Hoffmann, 1930, 2 vols., XLVI,203; XLII,(4),170p., 449/ 371 photogr. ills., orig. unif. w. (dam.) dustwr., 4to. - AND 1 other: P.W. VON KEPPLER, W#anderfahrten und Wallfahrten im Orient (...) (Freiburg i.B., 1922, 8th-10th ed., richly illustrated, orig. hcl.).
€ (80-100)
78 1058 Polynesia Erskine J E 78 1058 Polynesia Erskine J E
78 1058 Polynesia Erskine J E 78 1058 Polynesia Erskine J E
78/1058 [Polynesia]. Erskine, J.E. Journal of a cruise among the islands of the Western Pacific, including the Feejees and others inhabitated by the Polynesian races, in her majesty's ship Havannah. London, J. Murray, 1853, VI,(2),488,32(advert.)p., engr. fold. map, 4 col. lithogr. plates, 14 woodengr. plates/ ills., contemp. calf w. richly gilt spine and green mor. letterpiece.

- Owner's entry (of Herbert Bagge) on first free endpaper. Fine copy.

= Abbey, Travel 602; Hill 568: "Captain Erskine sailed from Russell, New Zealand, in 1849, and reached Niue or Savage Island. He visited Manua, Tutuila, and Upolu of the Samoan Islands. Next, Lifuka, and Tongatabu were visited, the Fiji, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, and Port Jackson." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXII.

€ (200-300) 200
78 1059 Russia Dijkema H 78 1059 Russia Dijkema H
78/1059 [Russia]. Dijkema, H. Winterreis door Rusland, gedaan in het jaar 1841. Gron., C.M. van Bolhuis Hoitsema, 1849, XVI,346p., fold. lithogr. map w. handcol. borders, contemp./ later plain black leather.

- Map w. brown stains and traces of sellotape; upper hinge strengthened w. scotch tape; lower hinge weak; sl. yellowed. Binding worn; top of spine dam.

= Cat. (...) des Russica 521.

€ (80-100) 80
78/1060 Russia Polnoe sobranie russkikh letopisej Complete collection of Russian chronicles Vol 9 and 10 78/1060 Russia Polnoe sobranie russkikh letopisej Complete collection of Russian chronicles Vol 9 and 10
78/1060 [Russia]. Polnoe sobranie russkikh letopisej (Complete collection of Russian chronicles). Vol. 9 and 10. St. Petersburg, E. Pratz, 1862/ 1885, 2 parts in 1 vol., XXIII,(1),256; (4),244p., 2 col./ tinted lithogr. plates, modern hleather w. paper letterpiece, orig. wr. pres., 4to.

- Sl. foxed; title-p. vol. 9 lacks upper corner w. loss of part of title (restored w. paper and lost text reproduced in pen and ink).

€ (80-100) 100
78 1061 Russia Scheltema J 78 1061 Russia Scheltema J
78/1061 [Russia]. Scheltema, J. Alexander, Keizer van Rusland, in Holland en te Zaandam, in 1814. Amst., H. Gartman, 1814, X,214p., engr. title w. portrait of Alexander and 1 plate by J.E. MARCUS, fold. genealogical table, contemp. boards.

- Lacks first free endpaper; sm. dampstain in outer blank margin of frontisp. Spine worn. Otherwise fine.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION to "Den Heere Verlooren [signed] 1 Maart 1824" on htitle. Cat. (...) des Russica 405.

€ (50-70) 50
78 1062 Slavery Buxton T F 78 1062 Slavery Buxton T F
78/1062 [Slavery]. Buxton, T.F. The African Slave Trade. London, John Murray, 1839, 2nd ed., XV,(1),241,(1)p., orig.(?) giltlettered blindst. cl.

- Libr. stamp on title-p.; modern ticket on first free endpaper; occas. trifle foxed. Otherwise fine.

= Rare and influential abolitionist work (published in the same year as the first edition).

€ (100-150) 100
78 1063 Snouck Hurgronje C 78 1063 Snouck Hurgronje C
78 1063 Snouck Hurgronje C 78 1063 Snouck Hurgronje C
78/1063 Snouck Hurgronje, C. Verspreide geschriften (Gesammelte Schriften). Bonn/ Leipsic, K. Schroeder (vol. 6: Leyden, E.J. Brill), 1923-1927, 6 parts in 7 vols., photogr. portrait, fold. genealogical table, 3 plates, orig. unif. hcl.

- All vols. w. owner's entry on first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed/ dogeared. Bindings w. minor imperfections; vol. 1 lower joint splitting. Otherwise a fine set.

= Collected works of Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936), Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages and advisor on indigenous and Islamic affairs to the colonial government of the Netherlands East Indies.

AND 4 others similar, incl. a duplicate of vol. 6 of the above and P.S. VAN KONINGSVELD, Snouck Hurgronje en de Islam. Acht artikelen over leven en werk van een oriëntalist uit het koloniale tijdperk (Leyden, (1987), 6 (photogr.) ills., orig. wr., sm. 4to).

€ (150-250)
78/1064 South Africa 1899 1902 Steph Joh Paulus Krüger Martinus Theunis Steijn 78/1064 South Africa 1899 1902 Steph Joh Paulus Krüger Martinus Theunis Steijn
78/1064 South Africa 1899 1902 Steph Joh Paulus Krüger Martinus Theunis Steijn 78/1064 South Africa 1899 1902 Steph Joh Paulus Krüger Martinus Theunis Steijn
78/1064 [South Africa]. "1899-1902. Steph. Joh. Paulus Krüger. Martinus Theunis Steijn." Chromolithogr. double portrait w. 2 flags and coats of arms, 28x38 cm., framed.

- (Vaguely) waterst.

AND 3 miniature booklets from the series "Im Lande der Buren" (n.pl., Aechter Franck-Caffee, ±1900, orig. col. lithogr. ills. and wr., 10x7 cm.).

€ (100-150)
78 1065 South Africa Baden Powell R S S 78 1065 South Africa Baden Powell R S S
78/1065 [South Africa]. Baden-Powell, R.S.S. Sketches in Mafeking & East Africa. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1907, XII,183,(1)p., col. plates, ills., orig. dec. cl., obl. sm. folio.

- Binding sl. soiled and worn; corners showing. = Mendelssohn I, p.65.

Hamilton, J.A. The Siege of Mafeking. Ibid., Methuen & Co., 1900, X,(2),332,45(publ. cat.)p., 2 plans (1x fold.), 15 plates, orig. giltlettered cl.

= Mendelssohn I, p.679.

AND 4 others, i.a. P. ALLEN, Mafeking Day. A snap-shot from real life (ibid., n.d., orig. pict. cl.) and F.D. BAILLIE, Mafeking. A Diary of the Siege (Westminster, 1900, ills., orig. (heavily stained) cl.).

€ (80-100) 80
78 1066 South Africa Kolbe P 78 1066 South Africa Kolbe P
78/1066 [South Africa]. Kolbe, P. Naaukeurige en uitvoerige beschryving van de Kaap de Goede Hoop (...). Waar by nog komt, een zeer nette en uit eige ondervinding opgemaakte Beschryving van den oorsprong der Hottentotten (...). Amst., B. Lakeman, 1727, 2 parts in 1 vol., (14),529; (4),449,(85)p., 5 (of 6) fold./ double-p. maps, double-p. view and 43 (of 45) plates (incl. a plan), modern leather w. 2 giltlettered letterpieces, folio.

- Lacks frontisp., 1 map, 2 plates, the portrait and 1 text leaf (photocopy of frontisp., portrait and 1 plate bound in); title-p. remargined; maps occas. w. restorations and sl. yellowed/ soiled.

= Landwehr, VOC 583; Tiele 606; Mendelssohn I, p.843-844. Dealing with all aspects of life at the Cape, incl. flora and fauna, geography etc. Also contains an accurate description of the life and culture of the indigenous Hottentots. The first edition was published in Nuremberg, 1719.

€ (300-500) 300
78/1067 South Africa Photografiën van Zuid Afrika bevattende nauwkeurige voorstellingen van de zich daarin bevindende steden straten kerken parlementshuizen voorstellingen op het veld in78/1067 South Africa Photografiën van Zuid Afrika bevattende nauwkeurige voorstellingen van de zich daarin bevindende steden straten kerken parlementshuizen voorstellingen op het veld in
78/1067 South Africa Photografiën van Zuid Afrika bevattende nauwkeurige voorstellingen van de zich daarin bevindende steden straten kerken parlementshuizen voorstellingen op het veld in78/1067 South Africa Photografiën van Zuid Afrika bevattende nauwkeurige voorstellingen van de zich daarin bevindende steden straten kerken parlementshuizen voorstellingen op het veld in
78/1067 South Africa Photografiën van Zuid Afrika bevattende nauwkeurige voorstellingen van de zich daarin bevindende steden straten kerken parlementshuizen voorstellingen op het veld in78/1067 South Africa Photografiën van Zuid Afrika bevattende nauwkeurige voorstellingen van de zich daarin bevindende steden straten kerken parlementshuizen voorstellingen op het veld in
78/1067 [South Africa]. Photografiën van Zuid-Afrika, bevattende nauwkeurige voorstellingen van de zich daarin bevindende steden, straten, kerken, parlementshuizen (...) voorstellingen op het veld, inboorlingen. (...) Bijeengebracht van De Kaapkolonie, Natal, den Orange-Vrijstaat, Transvaal, Basoetoland, Zoeloeland, Swazieland, de Delagoabaai, enz. Cape Town/ Johannesburg, Zuidafrikaansche Photografïenuitgevers-Maatschappij, n.d. (±1895), (10)textp., 100 photogr. plates w. opposite text (printed on 1 side only), orig. gilt leather, a.e.g., obl. 4to.

- Sl. foxed. Covers sl. rubbed along extremities; frontcover partly discoloured. Otherwise fine.

= A translation of Photographs of South Africa (...), publ. London, 1894. Cf. Mendelssohn II, p.345f (erroneously listing 199 plates). Fine photographs, "Zijnde de grootste en Volmaakste Verzameling Photografiën van Zuid-Afrika, welke ooit Gepubliceerd is. (...) Wordt verkocht bij inteekening" (title-p.).

€ (100-150) 100
78 1068 South America Dettmann E 78 1068 South America Dettmann E
78 1068 South America Dettmann E 78 1068 South America Dettmann E
78/1068 [South America]. Dettmann, E. Das moderne Brasilien in seinen neuesten wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung. Berlin, H. Paetel, 1912, (2),XII,487,(1)p., fold. col. lithogr. map, photogr. plates, orig. giltlettered cl.

- Owner's stamps/ annot. on upper pastedown. Ticket on foot of spine.

Koch-Grünberg, T. Zwei Jahre bei den Indianern Nordwest-Brasiliens. Stuttg., Strecker and Schröder, 1923, XII,416p., woodengr. fold. map, 12 photogr. plates, ills., orig. pict. hcl.

- Bookplate/ ticket on upper pastedown; inner hinge broken. Boardedges sl. worn; backstrip w. sm. tears.

AND 7 others similar, i.a. D. PIERSON, Negroes in Brazil (Chicago, 1944, plates, orig. cl.); E. NORDENSKIÖLD, Indianer und Weisse in Nordostbolivien (ibid., 1922, photogr. plates, ills., orig. pict. cl. Bookplate on first free endpaper; owner's annots. throughout) and H.A. FRANCK, Working North from Patagonia (London, 1921, col. lithogr. map., photogr. plates, modern cl.).

€ (50-70)
78 1069 Strass F 78 1069 Strass F
78/1069 Strass, F. Le Cours des Tems ou Tableau de l'Histoire Universelle depuis l'Antiquité la plus reculée jusqu'à nos jours. Handcol. engraving by C. VAN BAARSSEL & FILS, on 4 fold. sheets, each laid down on cloth, total size 135x68 cm., The Hague, F.J. Weygand, 1819.

= Curious print depicting world history as a group of streams, probably used in the classroom for history lessons. Brink, Nederlandse geschiedkundige schoolwandkaarten p.13: "Het idee lijkt afkomstig van de Duitse hoogleraar in de geschiedenis F. Strass, die in 1803 'Der Strom der Zeiten oder Bildliche Darstellung der Weltgeschichte' publiceerde. Hij had daarmee veel succes en bracht een reeks van vertalingen en navolgingen op gang."

With the accompanying vol.: F. STRASS, Explication du Tableau de l'histoire Universelle (The Hague, F.J. Weygand, 1819, without binding).

€ (100-150) 100
78 1070 Surinam Bubberman F C Loor A H a o 78 1070 Surinam Bubberman F C Loor A H a o
78/1070 [Surinam]. Bubberman, F.C., Loor, A.H. a.o. Links with the past. The history of the cartography of Suriname 1500-1971. Ed. C. Koeman. Amst., Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1973, 2 vols., text vol.: XII,179p., num. ills., orig. gilt cl.; plate vol.: 39 (col.) facs. maps in 47 (fold.) sheets, loose as issued, and (3) index pages, together in orig.(?) box, large folio.

= Text in Dutch, English and Spanish.

€ (150-250)
78 1071 Surinam Halberstadt A 78 1071 Surinam Halberstadt A
78 1071 Surinam Halberstadt A 78 1071 Surinam Halberstadt A
78/1071 [Surinam]. Halberstadt, A. Kolonisatie van Europeanen te Suriname. Opheffing van het pauperisme, ontwikkeling van handel en industrie. N.pl. (Leyden), the author, n.d. (1871), (2),XI,(1),130,(2)p., 49 lithogr. plates by J.-B. MADOU and P. LAUTERS after P.J. BENOIT, without binding, folio.

- One plate w. 2 closed tears in image; a few plates trifle frayed. Otherwise contents fine.

= Van Doorne/ Van Kempen 2487; Rouffaer/ Muller I, p.632; not in Sabin. Rare account by an ex-civil servant who did not agree with the Dutch policy concerning Surinam, which got him into trouble with the authorities. The plates were used earlier for P.J. Benoit, Voyage à Surinam (1839)/ Scènes de la vie Américaine, description de la Guyane Hollandaise (1858). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIII.

€ (200-300) 200
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