900 - 1104 FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS
- First work, first vol. lacks 11 plates and maps foxed in upper blank right corner; second vol. hinges strengthened and occas. sl. dam. and/ or sl. fingersoiled in blank margins; second work (Geschichte von Parga) several closed tears in margin of the heraldic frontisp.
= Rare work on the colourful and checkered history of the Greek town of Parga which is situated to the south of Corfu. Holzmann-Bohatta VI, 8076. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXI.
- Without the 1913 supplement vol.
Sievers, W. Afrika./ Amerika. Leipsic and Vienna, Bibliographisches Institut, 1891/ 1894, 2 vols., VIII,468,(4 advert); XII,687,(1),(4 advert)p., col. maps, chromolithogr./ woodengr. plates, num. ills., orig. unif. gilt hmor., large 8vo.
- Binding sl. worn along extremities.
AND 3 others.
= Cat. NHSM p.296.
Silva, R.K. de and Beumer, W.G.M. Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602-1796. London/ Leyden, Serendib/ E.J. Brill, 1988, VIII,495p., (col.) (full-p.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to. 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.
- Vol.1 bookplate on upper pastedown. Otherwise fine.
- Without the text vols., the 2nd vol. of the Atlas historique and the Atlas zoologique; waterst. almost throughout; sl. foxed. Binding sl. chafed and worn; lower corner backcover knacked.
= Lauridsen I, 144; Sabin 26330; Howgego II, G1. One of three atlas vols. from the monumental account of Paul Gaimard's scientific expedition into the North Atlantic between 1836 and 1840, by order of King Louis-Philippe. This vol. contains spectacular views of Iceland, including natural wonders (i.a. erupting geisers), scenes with the local population, town views of Reykjavík and various objects of folk art and antiquities. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXII.
- Vol.1 lacks frontisp. Boards sl. soiled/ waterstained.
= Extensive monograph on the history and geology of Iceland and on a broad range of subjects, such as fishery, whaling, religion, housing and religion. Vols. II and III contain the accounts of two different journeys.
ADDED: Schley, W.S. Report of (...) Greely Relief Expedition of 1884. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1887, 75p., 33 lithogr. plates, 3 maps, orig. cl., 4to.
- Binding dam.
AND 4 others, i.a. G.H. LILJEQUIST, High Latitudes (Stockholm, 1993, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
- The plates w. some usual foxing. Backcover trifle rubbed.
= Houfe p.21 and 280. Attractive binding with on both sides a gilt elephant vignette and blindstamped snakes.
- Owner's entry on title-p. of vol.1; owner's entry and stamps on upper endpaper of vol.2. Otherwise a very fine.
- Lacks htitle and fold. map (photocopy of map present); a few leaves trifle foxed.
= Rare, even in this incomplete condition.
- Occas. waterst. (fold. plates and titles worse). Joints repaired w. cloth tape.
= The first edition was published in 1808. Tiele 434, note; cat. NHSM I, p.243.
Idem. Lotgevallen op eene reize van Madras over Tranquebaar, naar het eiland Ceilon. Ibid., idem, 1826, 2nd ed., VIII,263p., engr. title w. ill. by R. VINKELES, contemp. hcl.
- Lacks the fold. plate; htitle and 1 textleaf dam. in inner blank margin; hinges split/ broken. Spine worn/ sl. dam. and soiled.
= De Silva/ Beumer p.461-462; cf. Tiele 433 and Landwehr, VOC 347 (other editions). "Haafner [1755-1809] started his literary activities very late in life. His first travel-book was published in 1806 in Haarlem: Lotgevallen op eene reize van Madras over Tranquebaar naar het eiland Ceilon. (...). The importance of Haafner's eyewitness accounts is that they were done during the decay of the VOC. Terpstra, in his analysis of Haafner's views on colonialism as expressed in his works, comes to the conclusion that Haafner was an anti-colonialist, a man before his time, for his ideas were not to be topical until more than a century had elapsed." (De Silva/ Beumer).
- Occas. (sl.) foxed. Spine sl. sunned.
AND 5 others, i.a. A. MIGNON, De Paris à Bénarès et Kandy (Paris, 1913, 118 plates/ ills. by ALBERT BESSÉ, later hcl.) and I. SHEKHAR, Sanskrit drama: its origin and decline (Leyden, 1960, photogr. plates, orig. wr.). - ADDED: Younghusband, F.E. The Heart of a Continent: a Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Chitral, 1884-1894. London, J. Murray, 1896, 2nd ed., XVII,(3),409p., 4 fold. col. lithogr. maps, 18 plates, contemp. giltlettered cl.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; one map w. 2 sm. tears in blank inner margin.
- Binding of vol.1 a few sm. stains. Otherwise fine.
AND 2 others in 3 vols. (incl. 1 incompl. vol.), i.a. R.C. MAJUMDAR (ed.), British Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance (Bombay, 1963-1965, 1st ed., 2 vols., fold. (col.) maps, orig. unif. cl. w. (trifle chipped) dustwr. The History and Culture of the Indian People, vol. 9 and 10).
- Wrapper sunned and w. sm. dam. spot.
AND 7 others, all studies on Islam in English language, i.a. H.A.R. GIBBS, Studies on the Civilization of Islam (London, 1962, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).
- Vol. 1 a few leaves loose(ning) and portrait waterst. Vol. 2 occas. small wormholes, sl. affecting the text, portrait, map and spine.
AND 6 others, all Dutch studies on Islam.
- Sl. foxed.
Giovanni, V. di. Sopra tre porte di Palermo nominate in diplomi de' secoli XIII e XIV. Palermo, L. Pedone Lauriel, 1883, 77,(2)p., sl. later cl. - BOUND WITH: Idem. Sul porto antio e su le mura, le piazze e i bagni di Palermo dal secolo X al secolo XV. Ibid., Tipografia Virzì, 1883, 106,(2)p., large fold. handcol. lithogr. map of Palermo.
- Yellowed/ trifle foxed.
AND 1 other on Sicily.
- Some vague foxing. Binding sl. worn along extremities; upper joint starting.
- Both vols. w. library and cancellation stamps on title.
= With AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION on htitle vol. 1: "With the authors kind regards". Account of the author's adventures in Italy where he, along with a small party of other people, incl. his wife, was kidnapped by a gang of brigands.
- Sm. rubbed spot on backcover. Fine copy.
- Sl foxed/ yellowed; bookplate on upper pastedowns.
AND 1 other by the same author.