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76 1027 India Zarrilli P 76 1027 India Zarrilli P
76/1027 [India]. Zarrilli, P. The Kathakai Complex. Actor, performance & structure. New Delhi, Abhinav publications, 1984, XXIII,(1),406p., plates, orig. pict. cl. w. dustwr., 4to.

- Bookshop ticket on title-p.; sl. browned. Dustwr. sunned at backstrip and sl. dam.

Venkataraman, L. and Pasricha A. Indian Classical Dance. Tradition in Transition. Ibid., Roli Books/ Lustre Press, 2002, 144p., num. col. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., sq. folio.

- Dustwr. sl. rubbed, otherwise fine.

AND 5 others on Indian dance, all richly illustrated, i.a. S. KOTHARI (ed.), Bharata Natyam. Indian Classical Dance Art (Bombay, 1982, orig. cl. w. (dam.) dustwr., folio (1 leaf loose)) and M. KHOKAR, Dancing for Themselves. Folk, Tribal and Ritual Dance of India (New Delhi, 1987, orig. giltlettered cl. w. (sl. dam.) dustwr., folio).

€ (80-100)
76 1028 Ireland Grose F 76 1028 Ireland Grose F
76 1028 Ireland Grose F 76 1028 Ireland Grose F
76/1028 [Ireland]. Grose, F. The Antiquities of Ireland. London, S. Cooper, 1791, 2 vols., (4),XLVIII, (6),88,VIII; (4),XV,(1),98,VIp., 2 engr. titles, 2 frontisp., 24 plans and 236 (of 242) plates, contemp. unif. giltlettered hmor., a.e.g., folio.

- Lacks 6 plates; vol. 2 frontisp. and title sl. foxed; vol. 1 sm. stain in outer margin of first 20p. Bindings w. some worn spots.

€ (100-150) 150
76 1029 Italy Rome Carandini A and Carafa P 76 1029 Italy Rome Carandini A and Carafa P
76/1029 [Italy. Rome]. Carandini, A. and Carafa, P. The Atlas of Ancient Rome. Biography and Portraits of the City. Engl. transl. by A.C. Halavais. Princeton and Oxford, P.U.P., 2017, 2 vols., 640; 463,(1)p., richly illustrated, orig. unif. boards, orig. hcl. slipcase, sm. 4to. - AND 1 other on Rome's Renaissance architecture, a facsimile edition of P. Letarouilly's Edifices de Rome Moderne.
€ (60-80) 80
76 1030 Lacroix P 76 1030 Lacroix P
76/1030 Lacroix, P. XVIIIme Siècle. Institutions, usages et costumes./ Lettres, sciences et arts. France 1700-1789./ XVIIme Siècle. Institutions, usages et costumes. France 1590-1700. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1875-1880, 3 vols., VIII,(4),520; XIII,(6),560; VIII,581,(1)p., chromolithogr. plates, woodengr. ills., orig. (almost) unif. richly gilt dec. full red mor., a.e.g., 4to.

- Sl. foxed.

AND 3 others similar by the same, in similar bindings.

€ (100-150)
76/1031 Levant Algemeene histori van het begin der wereld af tot den tegenwoordigen tijd toe Beschreeven door een Gezelschap van geleerde mannen in Engeland VIII Deel behelzende de histori76/1031 Levant Algemeene histori van het begin der wereld af tot den tegenwoordigen tijd toe Beschreeven door een Gezelschap van geleerde mannen in Engeland VIII Deel behelzende de histori
76/1031 [Levant]. Algemeene histori van het begin der wereld af tot den tegenwoordigen tijd toe (...) Beschreeven door een Gezelschap van geleerde mannen in Engeland. VIII. Deel, behelzende de histori van Sirie onder de Seleuciden, van Egipten onder de Ptolemeussen, van Armenie, Pontus, Kappadocie, Pergamus, Thracie, Epirus, Bithinie, Kolchis, Iberie, Albanie, Bosporus, Medie, Baktrie, Edessa, Emesa, Adiabene, Characene, Elimais, Kommagene en Chalcidene. Utr., H. Besseling, 1743, 2 parts in 1 vol. w. continuous pagination, (6),937,(2)p., engr. title, 3 fold. maps, modern antique style hleather w. gilt letterpiece.

- Lower hinge sl. weak.

€ (50-70) 110
76 1032 Levant Méry F J P 76 1032 Levant Méry F J P
76 1032 Levant Méry F J P 76 1032 Levant Méry F J P
76/1032 [Levant]. Méry, F.J.P. Constantinople et la Mer Noire. Paris, Belin-Leprieur et Morizot, 1855, XI,(1),495,(1)p., woodengr. title-vignette, 21 steelengr. plates (6x handcol.) by ROUARGUE frères, contemp. gilt darkblue hmor. w. gilt monogram "P.C." on frontcover, a.e.g.

- Pastedowns foxed; two bookplates and sm. number in pen on upper pastedown. Very fine copy.

= Blackmer 1116; Atabey 805; Lipperheide Lb 61.

€ (200-300)
76/1033 Magazin für die neueste Geschichte der evangelischen Missions und Bibelgesellschaft Year 1830 1841 1843 1844 1846 and 1851 76/1033 Magazin für die neueste Geschichte der evangelischen Missions und Bibelgesellschaft Year 1830 1841 1843 1844 1846 and 1851
76/1033 Magazin für die neueste Geschichte der evangelischen Missions und Bibelgesellschaft Year 1830 1841 1843 1844 1846 and 1851 76/1033 Magazin für die neueste Geschichte der evangelischen Missions und Bibelgesellschaft Year 1830 1841 1843 1844 1846 and 1851
76/1033 Magazin für die neueste Geschichte der evangelischen Missions- und Bibelgesellschaft. Year 1830-1841, 1843, 1844, 1846 and 1851. Basel, Verlag des Missions-Institutes, 1830-1851, 12/ 16 vols., (fold.) steelengr./ lithogr./ woodengr. maps/ plates/ tables, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. mor. titlepiece and vol. number/ orig. unif. wr. (years 1835, 1837, 1846 and 1851; each in 4 parts).

- Year 1834 partly stained and mouldy; binding worn. Otherwise bindings w. minor imperfections. Years 1835 and 1837 wrappers sl. darkened; backstrips sl. worn and w. paper shelf tickets.

= Interesting periodical, containing extensive articles on various regions (i.a. Siam, China, Polynesia, Southern Africa, Madagascar, India) and articles on/ by various travellers.

€ (200-300)
76 1034 Mallet A M 76 1034 Mallet A M
76 1034 Mallet A M 76 1034 Mallet A M
76/1034 Mallet, A.M. Beschreibung des gantzen Welt-Kreijses/ Erster Theil (...). Anderer Theil: Worinne das alte und neue Asia (...). Frankf.a.M., J.A. Jung, 1719, 2nd ed., 2 (of 5) parts in 1 vol., (20),263,(1); 276,(24)p., 2 engr. frontisp., 2 portraits, 168 (of 244?) plates/ maps/ views, contemp. vellum.

- Lacks at least 76 plates; upper hinge weak; bookblock shaken; yellowed; occas. straight cuts in inner margin from removal of former plates; contemp. owner's entry on first free endpaper. Vellum sl. soiled.

€ (500-700)
76 1035 Maritime history Christian P 76 1035 Maritime history Christian P
76 1035 Maritime history Christian P 76 1035 Maritime history Christian P
76/1035 [Maritime history]. Christian, P. Histoire des pirates et corsaires de l'océan et la méditerranée depuis leur origine jusqu'a nos jours. Paris, D. Cavaillés (vol.1-3)/ Publications illustrées (vol.4), 1846-1847/ 1857, 26 steelengr. plates (5 handcol.), contemp. unif. giltlettered hmor. (vol. 4 sl. different). large 8vo.

- Some foxing (a few lvs. browned). Bindings trifle rubbed at extremities.

= Vol. 4 with subtitle "comprenant la conquête de l'Afrique".

€ (100-150) 100
76 1036 Maritime history Cookman G G 76 1036 Maritime history Cookman G G
76 1036 Maritime history Cookman G G 76 1036 Maritime history Cookman G G
76/1036 [Maritime history]. Cookman, G.G. Het vergaan der stoomboot de President. Naar het dagboek van eenen, met dit stoomschip verongelukten, geestelijke. Gevonden in eene flesch, aan de kust van Kaap Breton, omstreeks New-Foundland. Uit het Hoogduitsch vertaald. Amst., H.M. de Charro, n.d. (±1842), 32p., fold. lithogr. frontisp., orig. wr.

- Some foxing; stamp on hitle and frontwr. Spine and wrappers along margins strengthened w. cl. tape.

= Rare. Cat. NHSM p.168 (orig. German ed., 1842).

Schipbreuk van den Gouverneur F. Ridder De Stuers op de Lucipara's den 5 van Bloeimaan 1837. Ten voordeele van de gewonde en zieke militairen. Arnhem, T.E. Slot & Zoon, n.d. (±1837), 24,(3)p., orig. wr.

- Wrappers soiled. = Rare. Cat. NHSM p.191.

€ (70-90) 200
76 1037 Maritime history Hotz A ed 76 1037 Maritime history Hotz A ed
76/1037 [Maritime history]. Hotz, A. (ed.). Cornelis Cornelisz Roobacker's Scheepsjournaal Gamron-Basra (1645); De eerste reis der Nederlanders door de Perzische Golf. Leyden, E.J. Brill, 1907, (2),117p., 2 fold. col. lithogr. charts (1 facs. after the 17th cent. ms. chart loosely inserted in rear pocket), fold. letterpress table, contemp. hvellum, large 8vo. l'Honoré Naber, S.P. (ed.). Het journaal van den luitenant-admiraal Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, gehouden aan boord van 's lands schip Amelia in den jare 1639. N.pl., n.publ., n.d., p.173-320, contemp. wr.

= Offprint from the Werken uitgegeven door het Historisch Genootschap, Utr.

€ (50-70)
76 1038 Maritime history Konijnenburg E van 76 1038 Maritime history Konijnenburg E van
76 1038 Maritime history Konijnenburg E van 76 1038 Maritime history Konijnenburg E van
76/1038 [Maritime history]. Konijnenburg, E. van. Der Schiffbau seit seiner Entstehung. Brussels, Internationalen Ständigen Verband der Schiffahrtskongress, n.d. (±1910), 3 vols., 112[=110]; 6; 6p., 7 col. lithogr. maps, 74 monochr. plates w. 277 ills., 100 col. lithogr. plates w. 150 ills., later plain unif. hcl., obl. folio.
€ (50-70) 70
76 1039 Maritime history March E J 76 1039 Maritime history March E J
76/1039 [Maritime history]. March, E.J. British Destroyers. A History of Development 1892-1953. London, Seeley Service & Co., 1966, XXXII,539,(4 advert.)p., num. (fold.) plates, plans and (photogr.) ills., orig. cl. w. (sl. soiled/ worn) dustwr., 4to. Parkes, O. British Battleships. "Warrior" 1860 to "Vanguard" 1950 - A History of Design, Construction and Armament. Ibid., idem, (1956), XV,(1),701,(5 advert.)p., num. plans and (photogr.) ills., orig. cl. w. (dam.) dustwr., 4to. - AND 2 others similar in 3 vols.: C.F. MORRIS, Origins, Orient and Oriana (Sussex, 1980, num. illls., orig. cl. w. dustwr., sm. 4to) and F.G.G. CARR (introd.), The Medley of Mast and Sail, A Camera Record (ibid., 1976/ 1981, 2 vols., num. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., unif. w. the preceding, sm. 4to).
€ (70-90) 70
76 1040 Maritime history Milner J and Brierly O W 76 1040 Maritime history Milner J and Brierly O W
76/1040 [Maritime history]. Milner, J. and Brierly, O.W. The Cruise of H.M.S. Galatea, Captain H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., in 1867-1868. London, W.H. Allen & Co., 1869, 1st ed., XII,487,(1),24(publ. cat.)p., mounted oval photogr. portrait frontisp., large fold. engr. map, 12 col. lithogr. plates, (full-p.) ills., orig. blindst. gilt cl.

- Hinges weak. Spine-ends and joints sl. worn.

= Copy of the de luxe edition with the col. plates. Cat. Nat. Maritime Mus. 690; Ferguson 12627; Mendelssohn II, p.20.

€ (70-90) 100
76 1041 Maritime history Robison S S and M L 76 1041 Maritime history Robison S S and M L
76/1041 [Maritime history]. Robison, S.S. and M.L. A History of Naval Tactics from 1530 to 1930. The Evolution of Tactical Maxims. Annapolis, United States Naval Institute, (1942), XXIII,(1),956p., 8 fold. charts, over 140 ills., orig. dec. cl., large 8vo. Waters, D.W. The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times. London, Hollis and Carter, (1958), 696p., 87 plates, 43 ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 8vo.

- Dustwr. sl. yellowed and frayed at spine-ends.

AND 2 others in 3 vols.: C. HOCKING, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam, Including Sailing Ships and Ships of War lost in Action. 1824-1962 (London , 1969, 2 vols., orig. unif. rexine, 4to) and P.S. DULL, A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945) (Cambridge, 1978, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 8vo).

€ (70-90)
76 1042 Maritime history Treffend verhaal van de ijsselijke ramp der schipbreuk van het fregat De Medusa 76 1042 Maritime history Treffend verhaal van de ijsselijke ramp der schipbreuk van het fregat De Medusa
76/1042 [Maritime history]. "Treffend verhaal van de ijsselijke ramp der schipbreuk van het fregat De Medusa". Letterpress broadside, w. woodcut ill., 51x40 cm., n.pl., n.publ., ±1820.

- Unevenly browned; closed tears on folds.

= The text tells the story of the wreckage and disaster of the French frigate Medusa, in the words of one of the survivors. The woodcut illustration shows the survivors of the disaster of the vessel Medusa on their makeshift raft, after the composition by Theodore Gericault.

€ (100-150) 100
76/1043 Mauritius Revue historique & littéraire de l'Ile Maurice Year II VI and VII 76/1043 Mauritius Revue historique & littéraire de l'Ile Maurice Year II VI and VII
76/1043 [Mauritius]. Revue historique & littéraire de l'Ile Maurice. Year II, VI and VII. Port Louis, Engelbrecht & Cie., 1888-1894, 6 parts in 3 vols., fold. lithogr. facs. map, contemp. unif. giltlettered red hmor. w. gilt coat of arms of the Mauritian MAINGARD family on both covers, marbled edges.

- Paper occas. sl. brittle; partly sl. yellowed. = Very rare.

€ (400-600) 400
76 1044 Militaria Beaurain J de 76 1044 Militaria Beaurain J de
76 1044 Militaria Beaurain J de 76 1044 Militaria Beaurain J de
76/1044 [Militaria]. Beaurain, J. de. Histoire de la campagne de M. le Prince de Condé, en Flandre en 1764. Paris, the author, C.A. Jombert etc., 1774, 2 parts in1 vol., (4),XIV,63,(1); 216,(8)p., engr. title-p., 41 partly handcol. fold. (battle-)plans/ maps (incl. 1 view), 1 plate by PATAS after DE FAVAVE after CARLEVANLO, 1 plate by MOETTE after GODEFROY, 4 ills. by MOETTE after NORBELIN, 20th cent. hcalf w. gilt spine and 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, folio.

- Partly waterstained in lower margin, also affecting some of the maps/ plans; occas. trifle waterstained in upper blank margin; a few maps/ plans sl. browned on fold(s) (1x w. some fraying); libr. stamp on title-p.

= Cohen/ De Ricci 128.

€ (400-600)
76 1045 Militaria Brouwer E H Dutch transl 76 1045 Militaria Brouwer E H Dutch transl
76/1045 [Militaria]. Brouwer, E.H. (Dutch transl.). Geschiedenis der oorlogen in Europa sedert het jaar 1792, als gevolgen der staatsverandering in Frankrijk, onder koning Lodewijk XVI. Breda, Broese & Comp. for the KMA, 1842-1854, 7 vols., 21 fold. lithogr. maps, 20th cent. unif. hleather.

- All vols. owner's entry on title-p./ htitle; some foxing.

= Probably a translation of F.W.Schütz (a.o.), Geschichte der Kriege in Europa seit (...) 1792.

€ (70-90) 70
76/1046 Militaria Carnet de la Fourragère Série 1 10 12 and 13 76/1046 Militaria Carnet de la Fourragère Série 1 10 12 and 13
76/1046 [Militaria]. Carnet de la Fourragère. Série 1-10, 12 and 13. Brussels, L'Avenir, 1924-1961, 13 vols. (incl. index), plates, ills., contemp. unif. hcl.

= Dealing with various aspects of Belgian military history.

AND 11 loose issues: série 11, no.1 and 3-8; série 14, no.1-3; série 15, no.2.

€ (100-150) 100
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