900 - 1104 FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS
- Bookblock split(ting); occas. foxed. Backstrip and wr. worn.
= Die Völker des Östlichen Asien. Zweiter Band.
Hedin, S. von. Im Herzen von Asien. Zehntausend Kilometer auf unbekannten Pfaden. Ibid., F.H. Brockhaus, 1903, 2 vols., XIV,560; X,570p., 4 fold. col. lithogr. maps, portrait, num. (col. lithogr.) plates, ills., orig. unif. gilt and dec. cl. - AND 4 others, i.a. H. HAAS, "Amida Buddha unsere Zuflucht". Urkunden zum Verständnis des japanischen Sukhāvatī-Buddhismus (Leipsic, 1910, plates, contemp. wr.) and R.O. FRANKE, Dīghanikāya. Das Buch der langen Texte des buddhistischen Kanons (ibid./ Göttingen, 1913, orig. wr.).
- The first vol. (of 2) only; title-p. fingersoiled.
= Cat. (...) des Russica B626; cf. Cox I, p.256 (not mentioning a Dutch translation); Howgego I, B62. John Bell was a Scottish physician at the court of Peter the Great. He was appointed as medical attendant to accompany the embassies of Artemy Valaisky to Isphahan (1715) and Count Ismailov to Beijing (1719).
- Covers sl. foxed and duststained; foot of spine and sm. spot of upper joint sl. worn. Otherwise fine.
= Henze I, p.297; Vicaire I, p.860; Broc (Asie), p.43ff: "Explorateur professionel, spécialiste de l'Asie centrale, G. Bonvalot [1853-1933] est un des rares Français à avoir traversé le Pamir et le Tibet au XIXe siècle. (...)." Within 18 months after embarking on his journey at Marseille, Bonvalot had returned to France, having travelled from Batoum across the Caucasus via Persia (Tehran) to the Pamir plateau, across the Karakoum to Lahore and Simla. His journey included a spell of 49 days of imprisonment in Afghanistan.
AND 5 others, i.a. V. MEIGNAN, De Paris à Pékin par terre Sibérie - Mongolie (Paris, 1885, fold. col. map, 15 plates, contemp. giltlettered (rubbed) hcalf) and E. GARNIER, Voyages dans l'Asie méridionale (...) (Lyon etc., 1842, 2nd ed., engr. title and 3 plates, contemp. giltlettered embossed and blindst. darkblue boards. Plates browned; binding sl. worn along extremities).
= Attractive edition of the travels of the Italian Franciscan missionary Odoric (±1315-1330). He was the first European to visit Borneo and Lhasa (Tibet). His route to the India went via Constantinople, Trebizond, Persepolis and Hormuz. After that he travelled to China and Vietnam. A rare work in an attractive binding.
- Backstrip sl. rubbed and a few chafed spots along spine. Otherwise fine.
- Lacks 4 plates (bound with in photocopy); mostly foxed/ fingersoiled/ mouldy (maps and plates partly sl. affected). Sold w.a.f.
= Tiele 299; cat. NHSM p.219. The first part containing descriptions of Northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan (known as the land of the Grand Mogol), the second and third part dealing with Persia and neighbouring countries.
AND 1 incomplete duplicate copy of the previous (lacks all maps, most of the views and quite a few textp.; contents loose in later dam. binding)
- Corners rubbed.
Kozlow, P.K. Mongolei, Amdo und die Tote Stadt Chara-Choto. Die Expedition der Russischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 1907 - 1909. Ed. W. Filchner. Berlin, Neufeld & Henius, 1925, XIII,(3),304,(4)p., (fold.) maps, ills., orig. pict. cl.
- Frontcover sl. stained.
AND 5 others, i.a. F. VON HELLWALD, Centralasien. Landschaften und Völker in Kaschgar, Turkestan, Kaschmir und Tibet (Leipsic, 1875, 1 fold. map and 70 ills., contemp. hcalf w. orig. frontwr. laid down. Occas. sl. foxed; worn along extremities).
- Owner's entry on title-p.; occas. trifle foxed. Otherwise fine.
= A classic of mountaineering literature, recording the attempt in 1902 by Jacot Guillarmod and his team to climb K2 in the Karakorum. Although they were not succesful in their attempt, they reached an unprecented altitude of 5700 meters and researched a large area that was uncharted by Europeans till then. Interestingly, one of the members of the climbing expedition was the English occultist, philosopher, ceremonial magician, poet etc. Aleister Crowley (1875-1947). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XX.
= Reprint of the ed. Helsinki, 1940. Société Finno-Ougrienne, Traveaux Éthnographiques VIII.
Jenkins, M. Sport & Travel in Both Tibets. London, Blades, (1909), 1st ed., (6),87,(1)p.,double-p. tinted map, 25 col. plates, orig. giltlettered cl. w. mounted col. plate on frontcover, large 8vo.
- Frontisp. sl. frayed in blank margins and reattached (provisionally repaired). Corners and spine-ends sl. rubbed.
Vambery, A. His Life and Adventures, written by Himself. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1884, 2nd ed., XII,(2),370,56 (advert.)p., mounted albumen portrait frontisp. of the author, 14 woodengr. plates, orig. gilt and blindst. cl.
- Owner's entry on htitle.
AND 5 others, i.a. W.J. MORDEN, Across Asia's Snows and Deserts. Introd. R.C. Andrews (New York/ London, 1927, 1st ed., plates, orig. giltlettered cl.) and S. ALI KHAN, Brief Thanksgiving (Bombay etc., 1959, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. (sl. chipped) dustwr. SIGNED on first free endpaper).
- Dustwr. sl. chipped/ frayed and sl. browned.
= A classic work on the effects that the discovery of Asia has had on European history between 1500-1800.
- First few preliminary leaves w. receding brown stain. Good/ fine copy.
AND 2 others, i.a. a fine copy of L.W. SHAKESPEAR, History of Upper Assam, Upper Burmah and North-Eastern Frontier (London, 1914, num. (fold.) (col.) maps, plates and ills., orig. gilt cl.).
- Part of one quire loose; a few maps trifle yellowed. Otherwise fine.
= Deals with the "Voyages dans la Presqu'isle en deça du Gange."
Idem. Suite de l'Histoire générale des voyages, ou de la nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, Qui ont été publiées jusqu'à présent dans les différentes Langues de toutes les Nations connues (...). Vol.17. Amst., Arksteé et Merkus, 1761, LII,542,(2)p., 18 (of 31) (fold.) engr. maps/ plans/ views, contemp. gilt marbled calf w. red mor. letterpiece on spine.
- Lacks 13 plates; occas. sl. yellowed; owner's stamp on verso title-p. and on verso final text leaf. A few rubbed/ sl. worn spots along extremities of the binding.
- Bookseller's[?] stamps on first free endpaper, general title and verso of maps.
= The first edition, published in: Mittheilungen aus Justus Perthes geographischer Anstalt über wichtige neue Erforschungen auf dem Gesammtgebiete der Geographie von Dr. A. Petermann.
BOUND WITH (in the same periodical) 3 others, i.a. A.F. RITTICH, Die Ethnographie Russland's (2 fold. col. maps). - AND 7 others in 9 vols., German, Dutch and French language, i.a. MITTHEILUNGEN AUS JUSTUS PERTHES GEOGRAPHISCHER ANGSTALT über wichtige neue Erforschungen auf dem Gesammtgebiete der Geographie von Dr. A. Petermann. Year 1868 (Gotha, 1868, 21 fold. maps w. col. borders, contemp. giltlettered hmor., 4to. Occas. foxed; corners dam.); E. RECLUS, Nouvelle géographie universelle (...). Vol. VII/ VIII. l'Asie Orientale/ l'Inde et l'Indo-Chine (Paris, 1882/ 1883, 2 vols., num. fold. (col.) maps and plates, contemp. not unif. gilt hmor., t.e.g. (1x), large 4to. First vol. backstrip rubbed).
- Occas. (sl.) foxed; map w. sm. tear in upper blank margin. Dustwr. sl. stained/ dam.
- Vol.2: two small dam. spots (prob. caused by tying rope of parcel too strongly).
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIX.
- Two leaves (p.137-(140)) in vol.1 misbound; both vols. bookplate on upper pastedown; hinges weakening. Nevertheless a good copy.
- Hinges of vol. 2 (sl.) weak. Letterpieces rubbed.
AND 1 other: G. PAUTHIER, Le Livre de Marco Polo, Citoyen de Venise, Conseiller Privé et Commissaire Impérial de Khoubilaï-Khan (Paris, 1865, 2 vols., engr. frontisp., orig. unif. wr. Lacks the map; spine-ends sl. rubbed).
- A few leaves w. closed tear. Otherwise contents fine. Binding worn along extremities; top of spine sl. dam.
= I. Antiquité; II. Moyen-Âge; III. Temps Modernes. Cf. Phillips 99f (earlier editions).