- Several maps margins strengthened on verso; partly vaguely waterst. in upper corner; 2 maps bound in incorrect order; title sl. yellowed/ soiled. Lacks backstrip.
= Cf. Phillips 3554 (ed. 1850). Including a "Tableau des différens systèmes" and a "Mappemonde".
- Occas. trifle foxed. Binding worn; lacks portion of paper over frontcover; backstrip loosening.
= Cf. Phillips 3300 (1st ed. 1861).
Delamarche, F. Atlas de la géographie ancienne, du moyen-age, et moderne. Paris, Delamarche, 1836, title and index leaf, 35 (of 37) double-p. engr. maps w. handcol. borders, contemp. hcalf, folio.
- Lacks final 2 maps; a few maps at the end badly (water)stained. Binding worn/ dam.; backcover loose.
= Cf. Phillips 3554 (ed. 1850). Including a "Tableau des différens systèmes" and a "Mappemonde".
- Occas. trifle foxed; hinges strengthened. Binding w. a few rubbed spots. = Phillips 835.
- Lacks 1 map; owner's entry on title-p.; a few vague stains/ contemp. annots. Spine dam.
= Rare edition. Cf. Petermann I, p.336 (not listing this edition).
= Cat. NHSM p.296.
Wieder, F.C. Tasman's kaart van zijn Australische ontdekkingen 1644. "De Bonaparte-kaart". The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1942, XI,(1),140p., ills., orig. hcl., folio.
- As usual without the actual size reproduction of the map. Fine copy.
= Tiele 657; Ferguson 11600; not in Cat. NHSM; Muller, America 2009: "A very interesting work, printed in a small number of copies".
Tasman, A.J. Journaal van de reis naar het onbekende Zuidland, in den jare 1642, door Abel Jansz. Tasman; medegedeeld en met eenige aanteekeningen voorzien door Jacob Swart. Amst., n.publ., n.d. (1854-1859), 3 parts in 1 vol., (2),75-162; 75-166; 77-95p., fold. lithogr. map, contemp./ sl. later boards w. mounted title-piece.
= From: Verhandelingen en berigten betrekk. het zeewezen en de zeevaartkunde (Tiele 1143), also publ. separately in 1860 by Wed. G. Hulst van Keulen (cf. Tiele 1079; Muller, America 2013; cat. NHSM p.125).
- Occas. waterst.; lower corner sl. mouldy at the end. Rebacked; frontcover loosening; top of spine dam.; covers chafed.
= Contains nice vignette views of i.a. Louvain, Brussels, Antwerp and Den Bosch.
- Without the frontisp. portrait of king Albert; title sl. fingersoiled.
= Originally published in loose quires with portfolio.
- Frontcover and frontisp. loose; lacks backstrip.
= Plates of i.a. the castle and church of Breda and the townhall and church of Antwerp.
- Owner's entry on frontwr.; wrappers partly discol. and duststained. Backstrip dam. = Rare. Cat. NHSM p.182.
ADDED: (Wagenaar, J.). Abregé de l'histoire de la patrie par demandes et par reponses. Traduit du hollandois. Amst., I. Tirion, 1759, (8),206,(2)p., 3 engr. ills., contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- Lacks first free endpaper; upper hinge broken; partly loose. Binding soiled.
= French translation of Vaderlandsche historie verkort: en by vraagen en antwoorden voorgesteld. The last 2 pages w. an advertisement (in French) for Wagenaar's Vaderlandsche historie, with vol. 20 being "sous presse & sera publié bientôt".
- Owner's entry on htitle; bookblock trimmed.
= Second enlarged Dutch edition of Voyage autour du monde (...), first published in Paris in 1771. Tiele 177 (1st ed.); Sabin 6872; Henze I, p.320; Cat. NHSM p.137 (ed. Paris, 1772); Rouffaer/ Muller p.601 (ed. Paris, 1771); Oeilly/ Reitman 289; Howgego B142; Cox I, p.55 (other eds.): "The expedition here described had to do with the delivery of the Falkland Islands to Spain (...). After having performed this duty he was ordered to proceed across the Pacific Ocean to the East Indies and thence back home. This was the first French expedition to sail around the world... The expedition visited the Island of Tahiti, which was annexed for France and called La Nouvelle Cythere... Several other South Sea islands were also visited (...)". Hill 163: "Bougainville's accounts of Pacific Islanders in this work echoed Jean Jacques Rousseau's concepts of the "noble savage", and inspired Denis Diderot to write his denunciation of European contact with indigenous peoples."
- Endpapers soiled; (sl.) foxed throughout. Spine worn/ rubbed along extremities.
Driesen, L. Leben des Fürsten Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen (...) mit einem Fac-simile. Berlin, Deckersche Geheime Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, 1849, XVII,(1),375,(1)p., fold. facs. letter, contemp. cl. w. gilt spine.
- Sl. foxed throughout.
AND 5 others, i.a. F. DE AZEVEDO, A cultura Brasileira (São Paulo, 1944, num. (photogr.) ills., gilt hcalf, 4to).
- Free endpapers browned; occas. (sl.); one plate w. false fold.
= Facs. reprint of the ed. Amsterdam, 1647 published by Blaeu. Cf. Sabin 3408; Bosch 127 and Borba de Moraes p.78-79.
- Some occas. foxing. Binding foxed and duststained; frontcover trifle warped.
= Facs. reprint of the edition Amsterdam, 1647 published by Blaeu. Cf. Sabin 3408; Bosch 127 and Borba de Moraes p.78-79.
= Reprint of the original edition (Paris, F. Didot Frères, 1834-1839). Fine set.
- Upper endpapers sl. waterdam.; dedication on htitle. Frontcover sl. chafed.
AND 1 other.
- Contents occas. sl. foxed. Spine-ends dried and sl. worn.
= Impressive work on the native population of Brazil, incl. a glossary of their languages. Sabin 44984.