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84 1604 Africa  Betz R L
84/1604 [Africa]. Betz, R.L. The Mapping of Africa. A Cartobibliography of Printed Maps of the African Continent to 1700. 't Goy-Houten, HES & de Graaf, 2007, 540p., num. (col.) ills., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., folio. - AND 1 other: O.I. NORWICH, Norwich's Maps of Africa. An illustrated and annotated cart-bibliography (Norwich, 1997, 2nd ed., (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
€ (80-100) 120
84 1605 America  Campbell T J
84/1605 [America]. Campbell, T.J. Pioneer Priests of North America. 1672-1710. New York, Fordham Univ. Press (vol.1)/ The America Press (vol.2 and 3), 1908-1911, 3 vols., XVI,333; XVI,411; XXII,312p., plates, orig. unif. cl.

- All vols. w. library stamp on title-p. Bindings partly trifle duststained.

€ (50-70) 50
84 1606 America  Lyell C
84 1606 America  Lyell C
84/1606 [America]. Lyell, C. A Second Visit to the United States of North America. New York/ London, Harper & Brothers/ J. Murray, 1849, 1st ed., 2 vols., XII,273; 287,(1),12(publ. cat.)p., orig. unif. gilt and blindst. cl.

- Both vols. owner's entry on first free endpaper and title-p.; sl. foxed; first lvs. of vol. 1 waterst. in blank margin. Spine-ends sl. worn.

= Sabin 42763; Howes L574. Charles Lyell was a British geologist. He visited the United States on two occasions.

€ (70-90) 70
84 1607 America  Müller J W von
84 1607 America  Müller J W von
84 1607 America  Müller J W von
84/1607 [America]. Müller, J.W. von. Reisen in den Vereinigte Staaten, Canada und Mexico. Leipsic, F.A. Brockhaus, 1864-1865, 3 vols., (2),XIV,394; IX,(1),482; XII,643p., steelengr. title, 3 plates, 2 fold. (col.) lithogr. maps, 9 lithogr. plates (3x col.), textills., contemp. unif. giltlettered hmor.

- All vols. w. library (blind)stamps on title-p.; occas. (sl.) foxed (steelengr. title and plates worse). Vol.1 and 3 backstrip loose; vol.2 joints splitting; all vols. boardedges worn.

= Alston 9232; Hill 1477; Cox 1752.

€ (100-150) 120
84 1608 America  Pauw M de
84/1608 [America]. (Pauw, M. de). Recherches philosophiques sur les Américains, ou Mémoires intéressants pour servir à l'Histoire de l'Espèce Humaine. Avec une Dissertation sur l'Amérique & les Américains, par Dom Pernety. London (= Paris?), n.publ., 1771, 3 vols., (2),XX,(4),510; (4),464; X,479p., contemp. unif. marbled calf w. richly gilt spine.

- Partly sl. foxed, otherwise a fine and attractively bound copy.

= Chadenat I, 936: "Ouvrage curieux contenant des renseignements très intéressants sur les Aborigènes Américains."

€ (100-150)
84 1609 America  Robertson W
84 1609 America  Robertson W
84/1609 [America]. Robertson, W. The History of America. London/ Edinb., A. Strahan and T. Cadell/ J. Balfour, 1777, 2 vols., VII,(7),488; (4),535,(21)p., 4 fold. engr. maps, modern antique style unif. gilt hcalf, 4to.

- Lacks the Aztec plate; partly sl. foxed (incl. maps). Otherwise a good copy.

= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVII.

€ (200-300)
84 1610 America  Roux de Rochelle J B G
84 1610 America  Roux de Rochelle J B G
84/1610 [America]. Roux de Rochelle, J.B.G. États-unis d'Amérique. Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1837, (2),400,(1)p., steelengr. fold. map, 96 steelengr. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf. - Vague stamp on htitle. Binding partly rubbed.

= l'Univers IV, 2. Sabin 73516. Part of the series L'univers. Histoire et description de tout les peuples.

AND 2 others from the same series, both unif. bound w. the preceding: F. DENIS, Brésil/ M.C. FAMIN, Colombie et Guyanes (2 parts in 1 vol., 1837) and J.A.F. ARTAUD-DE MONTOR, Italie/ E.A. DE LA SALLE, Sicile (2 parts in 1 vol., 1837).

€ (60-80) 60
84 1611 America  Sheffield J
84 1611 America  Sheffield J
84/1611 [America]. Sheffield, J. Observations sur le commerce des États d'Amérique, Pour servir de suite aux Révolutions des États-Unis d'Amérique. French transl. by H.G. Riquetti de Mirabeau. Paris, Moutardier, 1784, new enl. ed., XVI,335p., contemp. marbled calf w. red mor. letterpiece.

- Foot of spine trifle rubbed. A fine copy.

= First publ. London, 1783. Sheffield's response to Pitt's proposal to relax the navigation laws against the new United States of America. "Pointed out superciliously the helpless position of American commerce, and thus influenced the shaping of England's trade policy from 1783 to 1789, so detrimental to American commerce and shipping interests as to contribute greatly to the formation of a Federal union, better able, than were the separate federated states, to retaliate against British maritime might." (Howes, Usiana). Sabin 32638; Kress B.1719; cf. Howes H616 and Goldsmiths' 12622.

€ (100-150)
84 1612 America  Weuves le jeune Négociant
84 1612 America  Weuves le jeune Négociant
84/1612 [America]. Weuves le jeune, Négociant. Réflexions historiques et politiques sur le commerce de France avec ses colonies de l'Amérique. Geneva/ Paris, L. Cellot, 1780, 392p., contemp. marbled calf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece.

- Fine copy.

= Very rare work, written by a "négociant" on the basis of his experiences in trading with the Antilles and suggesting improvements to trading practices in i.a. St. Domingo and Guyana (i.a. improving condition of the local roads and waterways). Weuves also discusses various issues concerning slavery and slaves from a racist point of view (i.a. on the in his opinion mistaken decision to allow slaves to be transferred to France, thus causing unwanted "mixing of French blood").

€ (200-300) 450
84 1613 Archaeology  Fellmann R
84/1613 [Archaeology]. Fellmann, R. Le Sanctuaire de Baalshamin à Palmyre. Vol. 1-3 and 5. Rome, Institut Suisse, 1969-1970, 4 (of 6) vols., ills., orig. unif. cl. w. (sl. worn) dustwr., 4to.

- Without vols. 4 and 6.

AND 2 others, i.a. A. CHAMPDOR, Les Ruines de Palmyre (Paris, 1953, num. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).

€ (70-90)
84 1614 Asia  Chandra L
84/1614 [Asia]. Chandra, L. Society and Culture of Southeast Asia. Continuities and Changes. New Delhi, Aditya Prakashan, 2000, XI,394p., maps (1x fold.), plates, ills., giltlettered rexine w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 5 others, i.a. W. OTTERSPEER, Leiden Oriental Connections 1850-1940 (Leyden, 1989, photogr. plates, orig. wr.) and K. KUIPER, Catalogue of Chinese and Sino-Western Manuscripts in the Central Library of Leiden University (Leyden, 2005, num. ills., orig. wr.).
€ (40-60)
84 1615 Asia  Glantzby
84 1615 Asia  Glantzby
84/1615 [Asia]. Glantzby. Les voyages de Glantzby dans les mers orientales de la Tartarie: avec les aventures surprenantes des Rois Loriman & Osmundar, Princes Orientaux, traduits de l'Original Danois. Amst., Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1730, (4),326p., fold. engr. map of the northern part of Japan and the coast of Tartary, contemp. calf w. gilt spine, sm. 8vo.

- First free endpaper loose. Upper joint splitting. Contents fine.

= Fictional travel account (no Danish original exists). Cat. NHSM I, 233; Howgego, F36, p.380. An imitation of Swifts Gullivers Travels, first printed in Paris, 1729. Gove, p.276 (quoting Goulding, Swift en France (...): "Les Voyages de Glantzby sont vite condamnés, en partie parce qu'elles suivent de près la publication de Gulliver comme la faible copie d'un grand original, copie cependant loin d'âtre indigne de toute attention. puisqu'elle renferme des maximes solides et louables."

€ (150-250) 160
84 1616 Asia  Methold W
84/1616 [Asia]. Methold, W. Naauw-keurige Aanteekeningen Van William Methold (...), Gehouden op sijn Voyagie, In het Jaar 1619. Aangaande de Koningrijken van Golconda, Tanassary, Pegu, Arecan en meer andere Landen, geleegen langs de Kust van den Zee-boesem van Bengale (...). Leyden, P. vander Aa, n.d. (±1707), (2),22[numb. in columns],(1)p., large engr. title-vignette, 2 maps on 1 fold. leaf, 2 ½-p. ills., stapled in modern plain wr., large 4to.

- Sl. foxed. = Tiele 8.

€ (50-70) 70
84 1617 Asia  Tavernier J B
84/1617 [Asia]. Tavernier, J.B. Les Six Voyages (...) Qu'il a fait en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes (...). Seconde partie. N.pl., n.publ. ("Suivant la Copie, Imprimée à Paris"), n.d. (mounted sm. ticket: 1712), 1 vol. (of 2), (8),616p., 25 (fold.) engr. plates, contemp. calf.

- Without the 1st vol.; 2 plates doubled; 1 plate loose. Binding worn and dam.

= Cf. Cordier, Indosinica IV, p.2419; cf. Atabey 1200; Cox I, p.275 (other eds.): "(...) we discover in his writings a greater compass of thought and a more masterly turn in his observations, than in almost any other book of the kind (...)". Rare.

€ (80-100) 100
84 1618 Asia  Watson C W and Ellen R
84/1618 [Asia]. Watson, C.W. and Ellen, R. Understanding Witchcraft and Sorcery in Southeast Asia. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1993, VIII,222,(2)p., orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr. Allsen, T.T. The Royal Hunt in Eurasian History. Singapore, ISEAS, 2013, X,406p, ills., orig. wr. - AND 10 others, i.a. W. HOENERBACH, Der Orient in der Forschung. Festschrift für Otto Spies (Wiesbaden, 1967, ills. and plates, orig. cl.).
€ (50-70)
84 1619 Atlases  Delamarche F
84/1619 [Atlases]. Delamarche, F. Atlas de la géographie ancienne, du moyen âge, et moderne. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1839, title and list of contents, double-p. steelengr. plate, 36 double-p. maps w. handcol. borders, modern hcl., folio. - Library stamp on title; several maps margins strengthened on verso; partly vaguely waterstained in outer margins.

= Cf. Phillips 3554 (ed. 1850).

AND 2 others, i.a. C.V. MONIN and A. VUILLEMIN, Atlas de Géographie Ancienne et Moderne à l'usage des Collèges et Maison d'Education (Paris, n.d., 42 steelengr. maps w. handcol. borders, modern boards, folio).

€ (80-100) 90
84 1620 Atlases  Guthrie W
84 1620 Atlases  Guthrie W
84 1620 Atlases  Guthrie W
84/1620 [Atlases]. Guthrie, W. Nouvel atlas universel de géographie ancienne et moderne. Paris, H. Langlois, 1807, 4th French ed., (4) textp., 60 double-p./ fold. engr. maps w. handcol. borders, contemp. hcalf, folio.

- One map cut nearly entirely along horizontal fold; 2 maps dam. in intersection of folds (1x w. closed tear in lower margin); 3 maps sl. (water)stained in lower (mostly blank) margin; a few maps sl. (glue)stained along middle fold; hinges weak. Binding worn/ dam.

= Phillips 698.

€ (300-500) 300
84 1621 Australia  White J
84 1621 Australia  White J
84 1621 Australia  White J
84 1621 Australia  White J
84/1621 [Australia]. White, J. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales. Melbourne, Edition Renard, 2002, 225,(1)p., 65 col. plates, printed in 212 numb. copies (150), orig. gilt green leather, a.e.g., folio.

= Facs. reprint of the ed. London, 1790.

€ (150-250) 150
84 1622 Belgium  Génard P
84 1622 Belgium  Génard P
84/1622 [Belgium]. Génard, P. Anvers à travers les ages. Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe et Cie., n.d. (1888), XLp., fold. map and num. ills., orig. gilt pict. hcl. by L. TITZ, folio.

- Some foxed spots. Covers trifle soiled.

= This is not the 2 volume set with the same title, publisher and year of publication.

WITH the original fold. silkscreen and offset poster issued with the publication.

€ (30-50)
84 1623 Belgium  Hemricourt J de
84 1623 Belgium  Hemricourt J de
84 1623 Belgium  Hemricourt J de
84/1623 [Belgium]. Hemricourt, J. de. Miroir des nobles de Hesbaye. Ed. C.-F. Jalheau. Liège, J.F. Bassompierre, 1791, IV,344p., engr. heraldic plate by J.J. SNIJERS, 8 fold. plates w. 644 coats of arms, contemp. hcalf, folio.

- Contents fine. Poor binding w. dam. spine.

= Major work on the nobility of Liège, composed by Jacques de Hemricourt (1333-1403) in the 14th century, and covering the years 1102-1398. Brunet III, 94: "edition (...) dont il n'a été mis qu'un très-petit nombre d'exemplaires dans le commerce". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVII.

€ (300-500)
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