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77 961 Japan Montanus A 77 961 Japan Montanus A
77/ 961 [Japan]. Montanus, A. (Gedenkwaerdige gesantschappen der Oost-Indische Maetschappy in 't Vereenigde Nederland, aen de Kaisaren van Japan (...)). (Amst., J. van Meurs, 1669), 456,(15)p., 12 (of 25) fold./ double-p. engr. plates, 70 engr. ills., contemp. calf, folio.

- Incomplete copy: lacks title-p., htitle and 13 plates; some pages corners/ margins restored; a few tears closed; occas. waterstained in outer margins (partly affecting text/ plates); recased. New (matching) backcover; rebacked w. use of orig. backstrip. Sold w.a.f.

= Cordier p.385; Alt-Japan Kat. p.1049; Tiele 762; Lipperheide Lf1.

€ (200-300) 300
77/962 Journal des Voyages Découvertes et Navigations Modernes ou Archives Géographiques du XIXe Siècle Vol 1 3 6 8 13 15 18 21 22 24 25 27 28 and 31 44 77/962 Journal des Voyages Découvertes et Navigations Modernes ou Archives Géographiques du XIXe Siècle Vol 1 3 6 8 13 15 18 21 22 24 25 27 28 and 31 44
77/962 Journal des Voyages Découvertes et Navigations Modernes ou Archives Géographiques du XIXe Siècle Vol 1 3 6 8 13 15 18 21 22 24 25 27 28 and 31 44 77/962 Journal des Voyages Découvertes et Navigations Modernes ou Archives Géographiques du XIXe Siècle Vol 1 3 6 8 13 15 18 21 22 24 25 27 28 and 31 44
77/ 962 Journal des Voyages, Découvertes et Navigations Modernes; ou Archives Géographiques du XIXe Siècle. Vol. 1, 3-6, 8-13, 15-18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28 and 31-44. Paris, Colnet etc., (1819)-1829, 35 vols., 13 (fold.) engr./ lithogr. maps, 13 (fold.) plates (1x handcol. engr., 1x etched and aquatint), contemp. (almost) unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- All vols. w. scattered library stamp; some plates and maps lacking and surrounding leaves loose/ lacking; occas. sl. foxed. Two vols. backstrip dam.

= Attractive plates, incl. i.a. a view of Paramaribo and various ethnic types.

€ (300-500) 300
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77/ 963 CANCELLED
77 964 Madagascar Pollen F P L 77 964 Madagascar Pollen F P L
77 964 Madagascar Pollen F P L 77 964 Madagascar Pollen F P L
77/ 964 [Madagascar]. Pollen, F.P.L. Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses dépendances d'après les découvertes de F.P.L. Pollen et D.C. van Dam. 1re Partie. Relation de Voyage. Leyden, E.J. Brill, 1868-1877, 1 part (of 5) in 5 vols., 240 textp., 2 (fold.) col. lithogr. maps, 48 (double-p.) (mainly handcol./ tinted) lithogr. plates, 1 map in text, loose as issued in orig. unif. wr., folio.

- A few plates sl. waterst. in upper left corner; occas. trifle foxed. Final vol. wrappers frayed/ dam.

= Gay 3251; Tiele 870; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Coloured Plates 394; Nissen ZBI, 3215. Rare, even in this incomplete condition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIX.

€ (400-600) 400
77 965 Mallet A M 77 965 Mallet A M
77 965 Mallet A M 77 965 Mallet A M
77/ 965 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 plates; contemp. owner's entry on first free endpaper. Vellum sl. soiled.

€ (300-500) 375
77 966 Maritime history Brenton E P 77 966 Maritime history Brenton E P
77 966 Maritime history Brenton E P 77 966 Maritime history Brenton E P
77/ 966 [Maritime history]. Brenton, E.P. The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Year MDCCLXXXIII to MDCCCXXXVI. London, H. Colburn, 1837, new corr. ed., 2 vols., XXIV,(2),640; (4),728p., 24 (fold.) engr. maps/ plates and portraits (incl. an extra fold. plan of the harbour of Cadiz not called for), sl. later 19th cent. richly gilt blue calf w. red mor. letterpiece.

- Foxed copy; a few false folds in the large folding plate of the ships of the British and Combined Fleets present at conclusion of the Battle of Trafalgar. Paper over covers sl. rubbed.

= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVIII.

€ (150-250)
77 967 Maritime history Campbell J 77 967 Maritime history Campbell J
77/ 967 [Maritime history]. Campbell, J. Lives of the British Admirals: containing a new and accurate Naval History, from the Earliest Periods. Continued to the year 1779, by Dr. Berkenhout. Ed. H. Redhead Yorke. London, C.J. Barrington, 1812-1817, new and revised ed., 8 vols., 8 engr. frontisp., contemp. unif. gilt calf w. 2 red mor. letterpieces.

- All vols. w. offsetting of frontisp. on title-p.; first vol. w. prize (to Edward Victor Gatacre of Eton) mounted on upper pastedown. Bindings sl. rubbed.

€ (150-250)
77 968 Maritime history Eltis D and Richardson D 77 968 Maritime history Eltis D and Richardson D
77/ 968 [Maritime history]. Eltis, D. and Richardson, D. Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. New Haven/ London, Yale Univ. Press, 2010, XXVI,(2),307p., num. col. maps and ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Brug, P.H. van der. Malaria en malaise. De VOC in Batavia in de achttiende eeuw. Amst., De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1994, 256p., (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 15 others, i.a. G. SCHILDER (ed.), Voyage to the Great South Land. Willem de Vlamingh 1696-1697 (Sydney, 1985, (col.) plates, orig. rexine w. dustwr.); V. ROEPER and D. WILDEMAN (ed.), Het Journaal van Abel Tasman 1642-1643 (The Hague/ Zwolle, 2006, ills., orig. boards); J.R. BRUIJN, The Dutch Navy of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (Columbia, 1993, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and A. VAN DER MOER (ed.), Een zestiende-eeuwse Hollander in het verre Oosten en het hoge Noorden. Leven, werken, reizen en avonturen van Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563-1611) (The Hague, 1979, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.).
€ (100-150) 100
77 969 Maritime history Mahan A T 77 969 Maritime history Mahan A T
77 969 Maritime history Mahan A T 77 969 Maritime history Mahan A T
77/ 969 [Maritime history]. Mahan, A.T. The Influence of Sea Power upon History 1660-1783. London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., n.d. (1890), 1st ed., XXIV,557p., 4 (fold.) engr. maps, 21 plates, bound by RELFE BROTHERS in contemp. full blue gilt calf., gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt board edges, gilt spine w. 5 raised bands and red mor. letterpiece, marbled edges.

= Prize binding with the gilt coat of arms of WESTMINSTER CITY SCHOOL on frontcover. Fine copy.

Paasch, H. "From Keel to Truck". Marine Dictionary in English, French and German (...). Antwerp, the author, 1894, 2nd ed., (4),509,LXIIIp., helio-engr. portrait, 103 woodengr. plates w. opposite textp., contemp. gilt pict. cl., a.e.g., 4to.

- Upper hinge broken; 3 plates w. sm tear in upper blank margin; 1 plate and 14 textp. (sl.) browned. Binding waterstained.

€ (100-150)
77 970 Middle East Ferdinand K 77 970 Middle East Ferdinand K
77/ 970 [Middle-East]. Ferdinand, K. Bedouins of Qatar. Ed. I. Nicolaisen. London, Thames and Hudson, 1993, 399,(1)p., num. (col.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., large 4to.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper; owner's stamp on htitle. Otherwise fine.

= Beautiful monograph on the fast disappearing culture of the Bedouins of Qatar.

€ (100-150)
77/971 Militaria Album Militaire de l'Armée Française 77/971 Militaria Album Militaire de l'Armée Française
77/971 Militaria Album Militaire de l'Armée Française 77/971 Militaria Album Militaire de l'Armée Française
77/ 971 [Militaria]. (Album Militaire de l'Armée Française). N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (Paris, Boussod, Valadon & Cie, ±1895), issues 1-15, 255 col. typogravure plates, contemp. hmor., obl. 4to.

- Occas. sl. foxed; two lvs. w. (sm.) tear in blank margin; issues 11/ 15 misbound.

€ (100-150)
77 972 Militaria Bellangé H 77 972 Militaria Bellangé H
77/ 972 [Militaria]. Bellangé, H. Collection des types de tous les corps et les uniformes militaires de la République et de l'Empire. Brussels, F. Michel, 1843, (4),72p., 50 handcol. engr. plates, later giltlettered hcl.

- Sl. yellowed and foxed.

= Colas 287; Hiler p.78; cf. Lipperheide Qk 43 (German translation); cf. Pohler III, p.538.

ADDED: Guérin, L. Les marins illustres de la France. Paris, Belin-Leprieur, 1846, VIII,632p., lithogr. title, 18 tinted lithogr. plates w. handcol. coat of arms, contemp. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Occas. sl. foxed and waterst.; hinges sl. weak. Binding rubbed.

€ (150-250) 250
77/973 Militaria Boevaya Mashina 9P122 Tekhnicheskoe opisanie i instrukcia po eksplyuatacii The military vehicle 9P122 Technical description and instruction for use 77/973 Militaria Boevaya Mashina 9P122 Tekhnicheskoe opisanie i instrukcia po eksplyuatacii The military vehicle 9P122 Technical description and instruction for use
77/ 973 [Militaria]. Boevaya Mashina 9P122. Tekhnicheskoe opisanie i instrukcia po eksplyuatacii (The military vehicle 9P122. Technical description and instruction for use). (Moscow), Ministry of Defence of the USSR, 1970, 128 (fold.) lvs., mounted photographs, tables, diagrams etc., orig. limp. cl. w. mounted title-piece, obl. folio.

- A few library stamps and annots. on title-p. Binding sl. dustsoiled.

= Instruction book on the Soviet military vehicle 9P122, part of the 9K14M Malyutka-M anti-tank complex.

€ (100-150)
77 974 Militaria Hildred A a m o 77 974 Militaria Hildred A a m o
77/ 974 [Militaria]. Hildred, A. a.m.o. Weapons of Warre. The Armaments of the Mary Rose. Portsmouth, The Mary Rose Trust, 2011, 4 parts in 2 vols., XXXVI,516; XIV,517-1006p., num. monochr. ills., orig. unif. boards in slipcase, large 4to.

= Archaeology of the Mary Rose, vol. 3.

Das Büchsenmeister- und Kriegsbuch des Johannes Bengedans Kriegskunst und Kanonen. Ed. H. Blosen, R.A. Olsen a.o. Aarhus, Universitetsforlag, 2006, 2 vols.., 287,(1); 149,(1)p., richly illustrated, orig. unif. boards, slipcase, folio.

= First vol. contains the fascsimile of the manuscript and the German translation; the second vol. contains the transcription as well as the commentary.

Trim, D.J.B. and Fissel, M.C. Amphibious Warfare 1000-1700. Commerce, State Formation and European Expansion. Leyden/ Boston, Brill, 2006, 498,(2)p., col. frontisp., 30 monochr. plates, orig. boards.

= History of Warfare vol. 34.

AND 10 others, various languages, i.a. E. WALBERG, Vapenlexikon Artilleri 1350-1880 (Stockholm, 2017, num. mainly col. ills., orig. giltlettered cl.); B. LAVERY, The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War 1600-1815 (London, 1987, num. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to); F.G. DE WILDE, De uniformen van het Nederlandse leger ten tijde van de Bataafse Republiek en het Koninkrijk Holland 1795-1810 (Amst., 1999, col. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to) and A FAREWELL TO ARMS, Studies on the history of arms and armour. Liber Armoricum in honour of Jan Piet Puype (...) (Delft, 2004, num. ills., orig. boards, 4to).

- Most vols. owner's stamp on (h)title-p. Otherwise fine.

€ (100-150)
77 975 Militaria Visser G L and Bailey D W ed 77 975 Militaria Visser G L and Bailey D W ed
77/ 975 [Militaria]. Visser, G.L. and Bailey, D.W. (ed.). Aspects of Dutch Gunmaking. Zwolle, Waanders, 1997, 472p., 24 col. plates, 392 ills., orig. giltlettered cl., large 4to. Stone, G.C. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in all Times. New York, Jack Brussel, 1961, (1),694p., 875 ills., orig. hcl. w. dustwr., 4to. Artillería y fortificaciones en la Corona de Castilla durante el reinado de Isabel la Católica 1474-1504. N.pl., Ministerio de Defensa, 2004, 526,(2)p., num. col. ills., orig. wr., large 4to (fine). - AND 3 others.
€ (50-70)
77 976 Nelson H Clarke J S and McArthur J 77 976 Nelson H Clarke J S and McArthur J
77/ 976 [Nelson, H.]. Clarke, J.S. and McArthur, J. The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. From His Lordship's Manuscripts. (Abridged from the quarto edition). London, T. Bensley for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810, XI,(1),702,(2)p., stipple-engr. frontisp. portr., contemp. gilt hcalf.

- Frontisp. trifle dampstained in outer margins. Backstrip has traces of silverfish nibbling at foot of spine and at lower end of joint. Otherwise a fine copy.

€ (80-100)
77 977 New Zealand Maning F E under pseud A Pakeha Maori 77 977 New Zealand Maning F E under pseud A Pakeha Maori
77/ 977 [New Zealand]. (Maning, F.E.) (under pseud. A Pakeha Maori). Old New Zealand, a Tale of the Good Old Times; and a History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the 1845. Told by an old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe. By a Pakeha Maori. London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1884, XXIV,(2),278p., orig. gilt dec. and blindst. cl.

- Sl. foxed at the beginning and end; bookplate on verso htitle. Backstrip sl. foxed.

= "A Pakeha Maori" means "A European turned native". Maning moved to New Zealand in 1833, where he worked as a trader in timber and flax. Through his work and his marriage with the sister of a Maori chief, he became very well acqainted with Maori culture, customs and language. Old New Zealand was first published in 1863 and has since become a classic of New Zealand literature.

AND 2 others, both on Captain Cook, i.a. J.C. BEAGLEHOLE, The Life of Captain James Cook (London, The Hakluyt Society, 1974, col. frontisp., plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Hakluyt Society, extra series XXXVII).

€ (50-70) 100
77 978 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L 77 978 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L
77 978 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L 77 978 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L
77 978 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L 77 978 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L
77 978 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L 77 978 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L
77/ 978 [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." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIX.

€ (250-350)
77 979 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L 77 979 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L
77 979 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L 77 979 Oceania Domény de Rienzi G L
77/ 979 [Oceania]. Domény de Rienzi, G.L. Océanie ou cinquième partie du monde. Revue géographique et ethnographique de la Malaisie, de la Micronésie, de la Polynésie et de la Mélanésie; offrant les résultats des voyages et des découvertes de l'auteur et des ses devanciers, ainsi que ses nouvelles classifications et divisions de ces contrées. Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1836-1837, 3 text vols., (4),399,(1); (4),397,(3); (4),635p., 5 double-p. steelengr. maps, 304 plates, contemp. unif. gilt hmor. w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- Foxed almost throughout. Joints of all vols. split(ting); paper over covers partly nibbled by silver fish.

= 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."

€ (100-150) 100
77 980 d'Orleans P J 77 980 d'Orleans P J
77 980 d'Orleans P J 77 980 d'Orleans P J
77/ 980 d'Orleans, P.J. Histoire des revolutions d'Espagne. The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1734, 4 vols., 4 ident. engr. title-vignettes, 1 fold. map, 1 fold. genealogical table, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Map w. sm. tear in inner margin, just touching image. All vols. spines dam.; joints (starting to) split; covers rubbed.

Idem. Histoire des révolutions d'Angleterre. Paris, Belin, 1794, new. enl. ed., 4 vols., contemp. unif. marbled calf w. gilt spine and 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- All vols. some offsetting from turn-ins; occas. trifle foxed; vol. 3 three lvs. waterst. in outer margin. All vols. backstrips discol. and lacking volumepiece; vols. 2 and 4 frontcover w. chafed spot; vols. 1 and 4 top of spine dam.

€ (100-150)
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