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75 1035 Pyrenees  Petit V 75 1035 Pyrenees Petit V
75 1035 Pyrenees  Petit V 75 1035 Pyrenees Petit V
75 1035 Pyrenees  Petit V 75 1035 Pyrenees Petit V
75 1035 Pyrenees  Petit V 75 1035 Pyrenees Petit V
75/1035 [Pyrenees]. Petit, V. Souvenirs des Pyrénées. Vues prises aux environs des eaux thermales de Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Bagnères-de-Luchon, Cauteretz, Saint-Sauveur, Barèges, Les Eaux Bonnes, Les Eaux Chaudes & Pau. Pau, A. Bassy, n.d. (±1850), lithogr. title printed in blue and gold, 5 divisional titles (each w. sm. handcol. (circular) view), 1 fold. col. panorama ("Panorama des Pyrénées") and 33 (of 38?) handcol. views, loose as issued in orig. giltlettered mor. portfolio, folio.

- Lacks at least 5 plates; general title-p. foxed and w. sm. tear; panorama foxed. Portfolio lacks closing strip and 2 narrow sides.

= The number of plates varies in most copies, with a maximum of 52. Our copy contains, apart from the general fold. panorama: Souvenirs de Pau (title and 4 (of 6) numb. views), Souvenirs des Eaux-Bonnes (title and 9 (of 10) numb. views), Souvenirs des Eaux-Chaudes (title and 6 (of 8) numb. views), Souvenirs de Cauterets (title and 7 numb. views) and Souvenirs des Hautes-Pyrénées (title and 7 views). Copies with this many handcoloured plates are extremely rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVIII.

€ (700-900)
75 1036 Raynal G T F 75 1036 Raynal G T F
75 1036 Raynal G T F 75 1036 Raynal G T F
75/1036 Raynal, G.T.F. Histoire philosophique et politique des Établissements et du Commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Geneva, J.-L. Pellet, 1780, 7 (of 10) text vols.: 5 diff. engr. frontisp., contemp. unif. gilt calf w. 2 mor. letterpieces/ atlas vol.: 50 fold./ double-p. maps, 23 (fold.) tables, contemp. calf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, 4to.

- Lacks text vols. 8-10. Atlas: part of backstrip loose(ning); covers w. some acid bite.

= Cf. Einaudi 4648; Sabin 68081 (other eds.): "A large part of this work is said to have been written by Diderot, and others. The sentiments and criticisms contained in it prevented its publication in France (...). The book was condemned by the French parliament and church dignitaries, and Raynal was obliged to leave France."

€ (400-600) 475
75 1037 Rhine  Batty R 75 1037 Rhine Batty R
75 1037 Rhine  Batty R 75 1037 Rhine Batty R
75/1037 [Rhine]. Batty, R. Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland. London, R. Jennings, 1826, steelengr. title, vignette and 60 plates, each w. accomp. text leaf in English and French w. woodengr. coat of arms, contemp. gilt hmor., t.e.g., 4to.

- Some foxing; text lvs. occas. yellowed; endpapers and first/ final lvs. stained and sl. mouldy. Binding rubbed; corners bumped.

€ (200-300) 200
75 1038 Russia  Herzen A  under pseud Iskander 75 1038 Russia Herzen A under pseud Iskander
75/1038 [Russia]. Herzen, A. (under pseud. Iskander). Kontsy i nachala (Ends and beginnings). Norrköping, E. Biornström, 1863, 1st ed. thus, (2),IV,96p., modern black leather w. gilt red mor. letterpiece, orig. wr. pres., sm. 8vo.

= Zaleski 197. Letters by Alexander Herzen (the "father of Russian socialism") to Ivan Turgenev. The book was banned in Russia until the Revolution of 1917.

€ (150-250)
75 1039 Russia  Voltaire F M A de 75 1039 Russia Voltaire F M A de
75 1039 Russia  Voltaire F M A de 75 1039 Russia Voltaire F M A de
75 1039 Russia  Voltaire F M A de 75 1039 Russia Voltaire F M A de
75/1039 [Russia]. (Voltaire, F.M.A. de). Histoire de l'empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand, par l'auteur de l'histoire de Charles XII. (Geneva, n.publ.), 1759-1763, 2 vols., XXXIX,(1),302,(1); (4),XVI,318p., engr. plate w. 2 medaillions, 2 fold. maps of Russia w. handcol. borders, title-vignettes, woodcut ill. w. plan, contemp. gilt unif. calf.

- One map w. tear along inner margin; vol. 2 bookplate of Gerrit Jan Honig on upper pastedown.

= Bengesco 1365; Cat. des Russica 472. After the publication of L'histoire le Charles XIII in 1731, Voltaire was designated by J. Schouvaloff to write about Peter the Great. Voltaire did not wait for instructions from J. Schouvaloff and the Russian Court, but immediately started to work on his book and had written 8 chapters before the instructions reached him. The first uncorrected version was published with an errata leaf just before the corrected edition was issued. This is the first edition with the errata leaf.

€ (100-150) 100
75 1040 Russia  Weber F C  75 1040 Russia Weber F C
75/1040 [Russia]. (Weber, F.C.). Das veränderte Rußland, in welchem die jetzige Verfassung des Geist- und Weltlichen Regiments, der Kriegs-Staat zu Lande und zu Wasser (...) Ingleichen die Begebenheiten des Czarewitzen (...) vorgestellet werden. Erster Theil. Frankfurt/ Leipsic, N. Försters, 1744, new rev. ed., (14),490,(6)p., engr. frontisp. portrait, fold. map, 5 (fold.) plates/ portraits, contemp. calf, gilt spine w. 2 mor. letterpieces, 4to.

- The 1st vol. (of 3) only; lacks the plan of St. Petersburg and 1 text leaf (p.65/66); upper corner of title-p. torn off (without loss of text); occas. sl. foxed. Rebacked; corners restored.

= Important account of Russia under Czar Peter. The author, a German diplomat, resided in St. Petersburg at the Imperial court between 1714-1719. Contains i.a. a large folding map of the Russian Empire by MOLL (after PERRY).

€ (100-150) 140
75 1041 Socialism and communism  Marx K 75 1041 Socialism and communism Marx K
75/1041 [Socialism and communism]. Marx, K. Die Klassenkämpfe in Frankreich 1848-1850. Introd. F. Engels. Berlin, Verlag der Expedition des "Vorwärts", Berliner Volksblatt, 1895, 112p., contemp. hcl. w. paper title-piece on spine, orig. frontwr. pres.

- Sl. yellowed; some scattered annots. in pen and ink; frontwr. and tite-p. (sl.) foxed.

= First separate edition.

Engels, F. (introd.). Die Bürgerkrieg in Frankreich. Adresse der Generalraths der Internationalen Arbeiter-Association. Ibid., idem, 1891, 3rd German ed., 71,(1)p., contemp. hcl.

-Title-p. reattached; sl. yellowed.

€ (70-90)
75 1042 Socialism and communism  Testut O 75 1042 Socialism and communism Testut O
75/1042 [Socialism and communism]. Testut, O. Le livre bleu de L'Internationale. Paris, E. Lachaud, 1871, (4),3,(1),324p., contemp. gilt hcalf w. raised bands.

- Occas. sl. foxed.

= Collection of reports and official documents read at the second to fourth congresses of the International Workers' Association (First International), held in Lausanne in 1867, in Brussels in 1868, and in Basel in 1869.

€ (100-150)
75 1043 South Africa  Leyds W J 75 1043 South Africa Leyds W J
75/1043 [South Africa]. Leyds, W.J. De eerste annexatie van de Transvaal. Amst., A. de Lange, 1906, XXI,(3),443,(1)p., fold. tinted lithogr. map, fold. facs. plate, orig. gilt cl.

- Tear of 4 cm. in lower margin of first blank, repaired w. paper tape. Contents fine.

Idem. Het insluiten van de Boeren-Republieken. Een vervolg op De eerste annexatie van de Transvaal. Ibid., idem, 1914, 2 vols., XXVI,386,(2); XI,(1),434p., 2 fold. maps, fold. table, orig. unif. gilt cl.

- Endpapers trifle foxed. Otherwise fine.

AND 6 others, i.a. H. VER LOREN VAN THEMAAT, Twee jaren in den Boerenoorlog (Haarlem, 1903, portrait, (creased/ frayed) maps, orig. gilt cl. Owner's entries on first endpapers) and A.W. DRAYSON, Early days among the Boers (London, (1900), plates, ills., orig. gilt pict. cl., a.e.g. Hinges broken).

€ (80-100)
75 1044 South America  Monnier M 75 1044 South America Monnier M
75/1044 [South America]. Monnier, M. Des Andes au Para. Équateur, Pérou, Amazone. Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit & Cie., 1890, (4),IV,443p., 4 (fold.) tinted lithogr. maps, plates, ills. by G. PROFIT, orig. gilt cl.

- Sl. foxed. Binding w. some rubbed spots.

€ (50-70) 60
75 1045 Spain  Storm de Grave A J P 75 1045 Spain Storm de Grave A J P
75 1045 Spain  Storm de Grave A J P 75 1045 Spain Storm de Grave A J P
75/1045 [Spain]. Storm de Grave, A.J.P. Mijne herinneringen uit den Spaanschen veldtogt, gedurende de jaren 1808 en 1809. Amst., J. van der Hey, 1820, XXIII,(1),360p., engr. title, 2 handcol. (1x in outlines) fold. maps, 2 engr. plates and 2 contemp. handcol. aquatint plates, fold. leaf w. engr. music, contemp. marbled boards w. gilt mor. letterpiece.

- Binding sl. rubbed and worn.

= Rare. Not in Tiele, Landwehr, Foulché-Delbosc and Pohler. S.A. Vosters, Spanje in de Ned. litt. p.50: "in zekere zin de eerste (...) oorspronkelijk in het Nederlands gestelde reisbeschrijving [over Spanje]". Entertaining memoirs of a Dutch officer serving with the French general Leval during the 1808-1809 suppression of the Spanish revolt against the rule of Bonaparte's brother Joseph. Storm de Grave describes in considerable detail Spanish everyday life: the shops, the food, the wine, the women, Spanish music, horses, dogs, tobacco etc. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXX.

€ (250-350) 375
75 1046 Surinam  Benoit P J 75 1046 Surinam Benoit P J
75 1046 Surinam  Benoit P J 75 1046 Surinam Benoit P J
75 1046 Surinam  Benoit P J 75 1046 Surinam Benoit P J
75/1046 [Surinam]. Benoit, P.J. Voyage à Surinam. Description des possessions Néerlandaises dans la Guyane. Brussels, Société des Beaux-Arts, 1839, 1st ed., (4),76p., tinted lithogr. frontisp. and 99 ills. on 49 plates, lithographed by MADOU and LAUTERS after the author's drawings, contemp. red hmor. w. richly gilt spine, a.e.g., folio.

- The plates (sl.) foxed. Joints and spine-ends sl. rubbed and chafed.

= Sabin 4737; Van Doorne/ Van Kempen 0580a; Kolfin p.61-69 and passim. "Benoit bezocht Suriname waarschijnlijk in 1830-1831, uit louter reislust en nieuwsgierigheid. Hij was een buitenstaander op doorreis, zonder financiële belangen in Suriname. In die hoedanigheid kon hij, mede onder invloed van de biedermeier-mode, met een licht ironische blik kijken naar de Surinaamse samenleving van toen. (...) Het boek dankt zijn befaamdheid aan die steendrukken. Voyage à Surinam is dan ook bedoeld als plaatwerk, de tekst is ondergeschikt aan de afbeeldingen. (...) Desalniettemin is de tekst zeer interessant omdat daaruit blijkt dat Benoit het beeld van Stedman wilde corrigeren. Benoit verklaarde zich een tegenstander van de slavenhandel, die hij "de stuitende handel in mensenvlees" noemde. Abolitionist was hij echter niet, in tegendeel. Hij pleitte echter wel voor een humane behandeling van de slaven, meer in het belang van de planters zelf dan omwille van de menselijkheid. (...) Hij legde een uitgesproken etnografische interesse aan de dag. Benoit was niet geïnteresseerd in het straffen van slaven of in typische slavenarbeid als veld- of molenwerk, maar in een aantal aspecten van het dagelijks leven van de bevolking in Suriname." (Kolfin). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIX.

€ (700-900) 850
75 1047 Surinam  Fermin P 75 1047 Surinam Fermin P
75 1047 Surinam  Fermin P 75 1047 Surinam Fermin P
75/1047 [Surinam]. Fermin, P. Description générale, historique, géographique et physique de la colonie de Surinam, Contenant Ce qu'il y a de plus Curieux & de plus Remarquable, touchant sa Situation, ses Rivières, ses Forteresses; son Gouvernement & sa Police; avec les moeurs & les usages des Hàbitants Naturels du Païs, & des Européens qui y son établis; ainsi que des Eclaircissements sur l'oeconomie générale des Esclaves Negres, sur les Plantations & leurs Produits, les Arbres Fruitiers, les Plantes Médécinales, & toutes les diverses Especes d'animaux qu'on y trouve, &c. Amst., E. van Harrevelt, 1769, 2 parts in 1 vol., XXIV,252; (4),352p., large engr. fold. map and 3 fold. plates, contemp. calf w. gilt spine w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- Owner's entry on htitle and title-p.; fold. map w. sm. tear, sl. affecting the image; one plate loosening; most lvs. waterstained in upper blank margin, sl. affecting text; occas. sl. foxed. Covers sl. rubbed on edges and joints; some sm. scratches on frontcover.

= The first edition. A Dutch edition was published one year later. Sabin 24112; Van Doorne/ Van Kempen 1943; Tiele 356; Kolfin p.37-38 and passim. Fine detailed map and interesting plates of i.a. the "beestenmolen" and the "tentboot". "One of the best books, at the time it was written, in regard to the colonies." (Sabin).

€ (300-500) 300
75 1048 Surinam  Sack A von 75 1048 Surinam Sack A von
75/1048 [Surinam]. Sack, A. von. Reize naar Surinamen, verblijf aldaar, en terugtogt over Noord-Amerika naar Europa. Haarlem, heirs F. Bohn, 1821, 3 vols., XII,250; II,263,(1); II,164p., 3 ident. engr. titles by D. VEELWAARD after W.M. CRAIG, contemp. unif. limp boards.

- Vol. II and III partly waterst.; first free endpapers (partly) cut off. Covers sl. rubbed/ soiled; vol. II lacks backstrip.

= Van Doorne/ Van Kempen 5835; Bibl. van Suriname p.156 and 180; Rouffaer/ Muller p.625; Sabin 74751; Tiele 953. Rare.

€ (100-150) 130
75/1049 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc  Berlin und Potsdam 75/1049 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Berlin und Potsdam
75/1049 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Berlin und Potsdam. Berlin, E. Oertel, 1888, leporello w. 25 mounted photogr. plates, orig. dec. gilt cl., sm. 8vo.

- One part of leporello detached; covers sl. soiled/ sunned; spine-ends sl. dam.

€ (30-50) 40
75/1050 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc  Party to U S S R  Russia 75/1050 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Party to U S S R Russia
75/1050 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Party to U.S.S.R. (Russia). Moscow, State Travel Bureau of Intourist, (1929), 34,(2)p., ills., orig. wr. printed in black, red and gold.

= With loosely inserted list of itineraries for 1930.

€ (40-60) 50
75 1051 Turkey  Laugier M A 75 1051 Turkey Laugier M A
75/1051 [Turkey]. Laugier, M.A. Histoire des Négociations pour la paix conclue à Belgrade, Le 18 septembre 1739. Entre l'Empereur, la Russie & la Porte Ottomane, par la médiation & sous la garantie de la France. Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1768, 2 vols., XVI,352; VIII,392p., 1 fold. engr. map of the Ottoman Empire by LAURENT, contemp. unif. blue boards w. richly gilt spines.

- Occas. sl. browned. Bindings sl. rubbed along extremities; foot of spine of vol.1 sl. wormholed. Otherwise fine.

= In the fourth Russo-Turkish War of 1735-1739 the Habsburg Monarchy entered the war in 1737 on the Russian side. After several defeats, the Austrians were forced to make peace with the Ottomans in The Treaty of Belgrade. They had to surrender Northern Serbia, Northern Bosnia and Oltenia, and allow the Ottomans to resist the Russian push toward Constantinople. In return, the Sultan acknowledged the Habsburg Emperor as the official protector of all Ottoman Christian subjects. The Austrian peace treaty compelled Russia to accept peace at Niš. Pohler I, p.619; Cat. (...) des Russica 325; Atabey 677; not in Blackmer. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIX.

€ (250-350)
75 1052 Umlauft F and Haardt V von 75 1052 Umlauft F and Haardt V von
75/1052 Umlauft, F. and Haardt, V. von. Hölzel's geographische Charakterbilder. Vienna, E. Hölzel, (1887), "kleine Handausgabe", (6),70p., 28 chromolithogr. plates (incl. 2 fold. panoramas counted as 2 plates each), orig. pict. cl., obl. 4to.

- Occas. superficial traces on plates/ textlvs. from sticking together; occas. trifle foxed; old owner's entry on title-p. Very good copy.

= Rare. I.a. views of North America (Shoshone Waterfall, the Sierra Nevada in California and the Grand Canyon in Colorado), Japan (harbour of Nagasaki), South Africa (Capetown) etc.

€ (100-150) 100
75 1053 VOC and WIC  Diessen J R  ed  75 1053 VOC and WIC Diessen J R ed
75/1053 [VOC and WIC]. Diessen, J.R. (ed.). Grote Atlas van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. Voorburg etc., Asia Maior/ Atlas Maior etc., 2006-2010, 7 vols., num. (full-p.) col. maps and ills., printed in 1000 (vol.1)/ 1600 numb. copies, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., in orig. slipcases, large folio.

= Comprises: I. Atlas Isaak de Graaf; II. Java en Madoera; III. Indische Archipel en Oceanië; IV. Ceylon; V. Afrika; VI. Voor-Indië, Perzië, Arabisch Schiereiland; VII. Oost-Azië, Birma tot Japan. Text in Dutch and English.

€ (800-1.000)
75/1054 World War I  Album de la Guerre Histoire photographique et Documentaire Reconstruée Chronologiquement à l'Aide de Clichés et de Dessins Publiés par l'Illustration de 1914 à 1921 75/1054 World War I Album de la Guerre Histoire photographique et Documentaire Reconstruée Chronologiquement à l'Aide de Clichés et de Dessins Publiés par l'Illustration de 1914 à 1921
75/1054 [World War I]. Album de la Guerre. Histoire photographique et Documentaire Reconstruée Chronologiquement à l'Aide de Clichés et de Dessins Publiés par "l'Illustration" de 1914 à 1921. Paris, l'Illustration, 1926, 2 vols., (20),660,(4); (4),662-1311,(5)p., fold. col. map, num. (col./ tipped-in/ photogr./ full-p.) plates/ ills., orig. unif. gilt calf, folio.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Spines sunned; covers sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities.

€ (40-60) 40