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76 921 Valentyn F 76 921 Valentyn F
76/ 921 Valentyn, F. Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën, Vervattende een Naaukeurige en Uitvoerige Verhandelinge van Nederlands Mogentheyd in die Gewesten (...). Franeker, Van Wijnen, 2002-2004, 5 parts in 8 vols., fold./ double-p. maps, (fold./ double-p.) plates, tables, printed in 750 numb. copies, orig. unif. artif. leather, folio.

= Facs. reprint of the ed. Amst./ Dordr., 1724-1726.

WITH: R.R.F. HABIBOE, Tot verheffing van mijne natie. Het leven en werk van François Valentijn (1666-1727) (Franeker, 2004, ills., orig. boards, large 4to).

€ (70-90) 70
76 922 Velde C W M van de 76 922 Velde C W M van de
76 922 Velde C W M van de 76 922 Velde C W M van de
76 922 Velde C W M van de 76 922 Velde C W M van de
76 922 Velde C W M van de 76 922 Velde C W M van de
76/ 922 Velde, C.W.M. van de. Gezigten uit Neêrlands Indië, naar de natuur geteekend en beschreven. Amst., F. Buffa en Zonen, (1843-)1846, (8),87,(1)p., 50 lithogr. plates by P. LAUTERS after C.W.M. VAN DE VELDE, contemp. giltlettered hcalf, folio.

- Textpages foxed; plates partly sl. foxed in blank margins. Binding rubbed along extremities; backcover sm. burnhole.

= Bastin/ Brommer p.22-24, 337-338 and passim, note 359 and 360; Tiele 1136; Loos-Haaxman p.33-34. One of the finest series of 19th century views of Indonesia. Rarely found complete. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLI.

€ (1.000-1.500) 1000
76 923 Veth P J 76 923 Veth P J
76/ 923 Veth, P.J. Insulinde. Twaalf tafereelen uit Nederlandsch Indië. N.pl., C.L. van Kesteren, n.d. (1879-1882), (46)textp., 12 etched plates on chine-collé by C.L. VAN KESTEREN after A. DE GRIJS, orig. gilt cl., modern cl. portfolio, folio.

- Occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed. Edges frontcover sl. soiled; backstrip sl. worn.

= Bastin/ Brommer 695; Rouffaer/ Muller p.6; Haks/ Maris p.146. Rare first ed.

€ (120-150) 160
76 924 Veth P J 76 924 Veth P J
76/ 924 Veth, P.J. Java, Geographisch, Ethnologisch, Historisch. Ed. F. Snelleman en J.F. Niermeyer. Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1875-1882, 1st ed., 4 vols., 4 fold. maps, plates/ ills., orig. unif. gilt hmor., giltlettered spine w. black mor. letter- and volume-piece, large 8vo.

- All vols. bookplate on upper pastedown; occas. sl. foxed. Spines faded.

= Cf. Rouffaer/ Muller p.14; Tiele 1157.

€ (60-80) 60
76 925 Weruméus Buning A 76 925 Weruméus Buning A
76/ 925 Weruméus Buning, A. Met de Rotterdamsche Lloyd naar Egypte, Ceylon, Sumatra en Java. Amst., J.H. de Bussy, 1910, 218p., 1 fold. map, num. maps and ills., orig. clothbacked stiff paper wr. (partly waterwrinkled). Groneman, J. Over zee van Amsterdam naar Nederlandsch-Indië. Gids voor reizigers met de Stoomvaart Maatschappij "Nederland". Ibid., idem, 1904, (4),165,(2)p., ills., orig. limp batik binding, obl. 8vo.

- Htitle cut out; owner's stamp on title and (sl. dam.) upper pastedown; sl. soiled/ dogeared.

AND 6 others similar, i.a. MET DE "NEDERLAND" NAAR INDIË EN TERUG. Officiëele gids van de Maatschappij "Nederland" (Amst., n.d. (±1920), maps, adverts., orig. (soiled) cl., sm. 8vo); DE REIS VAN HET S.S. KAWI. Beschreven door een passagier, met medewerking van gezagvoerder en officieren (Rott., n.d. (±1917), ills., orig. clothbacked dec. boards).

€ (50-70) 90
76 926 Wright A and Breakspear O T 76 926 Wright A and Breakspear O T
76/ 926 Wright, A. and Breakspear, O.T. Twentieth Century Impressions of Netherlands India. Its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. London etc., Lloyd's, 1909, 606,(2)p., richly illustrated, orig. gilt mor. w. gilt coat of arms of Batavia on frontcover, a.e.g., 4to.

- Spine discoloured; upper joint splitting at top of spine. = Rouffaer/ Muller Suppl. I, p.3.

€ (250-350)
76 927 Africa Robbins A 76 927 Africa Robbins A
76/ 927 [Africa]. Robbins, A. A Journal, comprising an account of the loss of the Brig Commerce, of Hartford (...) With accounts of the manners, costumes, and habits of the wandering Arabs (...). Hartford, S. Andrus, 1823, 16th ed., VII,(6),14-275,(1)p., fold. map, contemp. calf w. red mor. letterpiece.

- Owner's entries on first free endpaper and title-p.; bookplate on upper pastedown; sl. yellowed. Spine sl. rubbed and w. sm. hole.

= Sabin 71738. Very popular work in its time, considering the many editions appeared since the first edition of 1818.

€ (50-70) 50
76 928 Africa Stanley H M 76 928 Africa Stanley H M
76 928 Africa Stanley H M 76 928 Africa Stanley H M
76 928 Africa Stanley H M 76 928 Africa Stanley H M
76/ 928 [Africa]. Stanley, H.M. Stanley's reizen, ontdekkingen en lotgevallen in Midden-Afrika. Zes jaren aan den Congo en de stichting van een nieuwen vrijen staat./ Hoe ik Livingstone vond. Dutch transl. G. van Rijn and J. Scherpenseel. Amst./ Brussels, P. Maes, 1886, 3 vols., (8),559,(1); (4),519,(1); (4),517,(1)p., 6 fold. tinted lithogr. maps, 16 chromolithogr. plates, fold. facs. manuscript, num. woodengr. ills., orig. unif. gilt blindst. cl., 4to.

- One large map w. 2 tears; some foxing.

€ (60-80) 100
76 929 America Andrews W L 76 929 America Andrews W L
76/ 929 [America]. Andrews, W.L. The Continental Insurance Company of New York 1853-1905. A Historical Sketch. New York, The Continental Insurance Company, 1906, 54,(8)p., frontisp., 8 portraits/ plates, orig. gilt tooled full red mor., gilt inside dentelles, t.e.g.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Upper joint rubbed/ splitting.

€ (50-70)
76 930 America Emory W H 76 930 America Emory W H
76 930 America Emory W H 76 930 America Emory W H
76 930 America Emory W H 76 930 America Emory W H
76/ 930 [America]. Emory, W.H. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. Wash., Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848, 416p., large fold. lithogr. map in rear pocket (±80x180 cm.), 41 plates (incl. 3 maps/ plans), contemp. cl. w. ticket on spine.

- Text and some plates sl. foxed; most plates remarkably clean and the large map fine (only a few sm. creases and tiny tears on intersection of folds); owner's stamp on upper pastedown and fore-edge. Binding worn along extremities; spine-ends repaired.

= Edition Senate Executive, No. 7, w. the author's rank given as Brevet Major. Sabin 22536; Howes E145. Rare, especially with the folding map.

€ (250-350)
76 931 America Laet J de 76 931 America Laet J de
76/ 931 [America]. Laet, J. de. Beschryvinghe van West-Indien. Leyden, I. Elzevier, 1630, 2nd ed., engr. title, woodcut ills., contemp. vellum, folio.

- Stripped copy; lacks at least 52 pages; bookblock broken; libr. stamps on engr. title. Backcover loose; spine dam. Sold w.a.f.

= Cf. Tiele 626; Willems 230; Asher 2; Sabin 38554; Borba de Moraes I, p.450. De Laet (Antwerp, 1581-1649) had participated in the Synod of Dordrecht on the Contra-Remonstrant side and was director of the West India Company. To prepare for his work on the New World, he interviewed Dutch seamen and reviewed virtually all the existing books on the subject in all languages. The outcome was less alluring than Linschoten's Itinerario, but it was a more informative book with its clear sailing instructions and coastal cards."

€ (100-150)
76 932 America Marmontel J F 76 932 America Marmontel J F
76/ 932 [America]. Marmontel, (J.F.). Les Incas, ou la destruction de l'empire du Perou. Paris, Lacombe, 1777, 1st ed., 2 vols., (2),VIII,252; (4),280,(4)p., contemp. unif. calf w. gilt spine.

= Good/ fine copy of the first edition without the plates (published in the same year as the illustrated edition). Cioranescu 43018; cf. Cohen/ De Ricci p.690; Tchemerzine VII, 463; Sabin 44652; Sander 1303.

AND 2 others.

€ (70-90)
76 933 America Robertson W 76 933 America Robertson W
76 933 America Robertson W 76 933 America Robertson W
76/ 933 [America]. Robertson, W. Geschiedenis van America. Amst., Yntema and Tieboel, 1778, 4 vols., 4 fold. engr. maps, 1 fold. engr. plate, contemp. unif. mottled hcalf w. richly gilt spine in 6 compartments and black mor. letterpiece.

- One plate loose. Vol. I sm. dent in backcover. Fine copy.

= In 1801 a fifth vol. was published. Sabin 71999. Maps of Mexico (2x), Central America and the South American continent.

€ (150-250)
76 934 Asia Dapper O 76 934 Asia Dapper O
76/ 934 [Asia]. Dapper, O. Asia, of naukeurige beschryving van het Rijk des Grooten Mogols, en een groot gedeelte van Indiën (...). Beneffens een volkome beschryving van geheel Persie, Georgie, Mengrelie en andere gebuur-gewesten. Amst., J. van Meurs, 1672, 3 parts in 1 vol., 379,(3); (2),184; 43,(5)p., engr. frontisp., 1 double-p. map (of 4), 10 plates (of 28), 33 textills., modern antique style full leather binding w. red letterpiece, large 4to.

- Lacks 3 maps and 18 plates; frontisp. and first lvs. (incl. title-p.) remargined; occas. fingersoiled.

= Tiele 299; cat. NHSM p.219. The first part containing descriptions of Northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan (known as the land of the Grand Mogol), the second and third part dealing with Persia and neighbouring countries.

€ (300-500) 300
76/935 Asia Hedendaagsche Historie of Tegenwoordige Staat van alle Volkeren II Deel Behelzende Sundasche Eilanden en wel inzonderheid Borneo Java Sumatra en der Koninkryken Siam76/935 Asia Hedendaagsche Historie of Tegenwoordige Staat van alle Volkeren II Deel Behelzende Sundasche Eilanden en wel inzonderheid Borneo Java Sumatra en der Koninkryken Siam
76/ 935 [Asia]. Hedendaagsche Historie, of Tegenwoordige Staat van alle Volkeren (...). II. Deel. Behelzende (...) Sundasche Eilanden, en wel inzonderheid Borneo, Java, Sumatra en der Koninkryken Siam, Kochin-China en Tonkin. Dutch transl. and enl. ed. M. van Goch. Amst., I. Tirion, 1739, 2nd ed., (12),676,(14)p., engr. frontisp., 8 (of 9) fold. views/ plates, sl. later hcalf, gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece.

- Lacks the 2 maps and 1 plate/ view; occas. browned; some foxing; without p.579-580 as always (erratic pagination but text complete). Backstrip cracking; spine-ends chipped.

= Contains maps of Borneo, Sumatra and Java and of "Malakka, Siam (Thailand), Cambodia, Chiampa, Kochinchina, Laos, Pegu enz." and a nice fold. panoramic view of Batavia.

€ (70-90) 130
76 936 Asia Hedin S 76 936 Asia Hedin S
76/ 936 [Asia]. Hedin, S. Im Herzen von Asien. Zehntausend Kilometer auf unbekannten Pfaden. Leipsic, F.A. Brockhaus, 1929, 6th ed., 2 vols., XII,396; VIII,390p., 4 fold. (col.) lithogr. maps (3x in rear pocket), portrait, num. (col. lithogr.) plates, ills., orig. unif. gilt and pict. cl.

- Very fine copy.

AND 3 others, incl. a fine copy of IDEM, Rätsel der Gobi (...) (ibid., idem, 1931, 1st ed., 2 loose tinted maps in rear pocket, orig. cl.).

€ (40-60)
76 937 Asia Valentia G 76 937 Asia Valentia G
76 937 Asia Valentia G 76 937 Asia Valentia G
76/ 937 [Asia]. Valentia, G. Voyages dans l'Hindoustan, à Ceylan, sur les deux côtes de la Mer-Rouge, en Abyssinie et en Égypte, pendant les années 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805 et 1806. Atlas. English transl. by P.-F. Henry. Paris, Veuve Lepetit, 1813, (2) text lvs., 4 (fold.) engr. maps, 24 (fold.) views/ plates, modern boards w. orig. letterpiece on frontcover, obl. 4to.

- The atlas vol. only, without the 4 text vols.; title-p. foxed. Otherwise fine. = Gay 138.

€ (150-250) 150
76 938 Atlases Andree R 76 938 Atlases Andree R
76/ 938 [Atlases]. Andree, R. Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas in 126 Haupt- und 139 Nebenkarten. Ed. A. Scobel. Bielefeld/ Leipsic, Von Velhagen & Klasing, 1910, 5th rev. impression of the 4th ed., (4),188,(1) prelim./ indexp., num. (double-p.) col. lithogr. maps, orig. gilt hmor., folio.
€ (50-70)
76 939 Atlases Barthélemy J J 76 939 Atlases Barthélemy J J
76 939 Atlases Barthélemy J J 76 939 Atlases Barthélemy J J
76 939 Atlases Barthélemy J J 76 939 Atlases Barthélemy J J
76/ 939 [Atlases]. (Barthélemy, J.J.). Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, vers le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire. Atlas. Paris, É Ledoux, 1825, atlas vol. only, 7,(1) fold. textp., 43 (fold.) engr. maps/ plans/ plates/ views, sl. later hcalf w. tooled border.

- Some offsetting from turn-ins; occas. trifle/ sl. foxed. Lacks portion of ±3,5 cm. of backstrip; calf rubbed.

€ (70-90) 70
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76/ 940 [Atlases]. Blaeu, J. Le grand atlas ou cosmographie Blauiane. Amst., Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1967-1968, 12 vols., 609 double-p. maps (some col.), printed in 1000 numb. copies, orig. unif. gilt imitation vellum, large folio.

- Vol.3 bound upside down.

= Facs. reprint of the ed. Amst., 1663. Our copy unnumbered.

€ (700-900)
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