LES TROIS ISLETS

LES TROIS ISLETS
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Pasadena Convention Center
February 10-12, 2012
72. [MANUSCRIPT LOGBOOK. WATERCOLOURS]. -RECUEIL DES BÂTIMENTS DANS LESQUELS A NAVIGUÉ JEAN JAUBERT DE
MARSEILLE. [1776-1817]. 1 vol. folio. Text, 46 watercolours.
Jean-François Letenneur
Librairie Ancienne des Trois Islets
7, rue du Vieux Clocher - BP 20 - 35800 Saint-Briac-sur-Mer (France)
Tel: 33 (0) 299 88 92 44
Direct: 33 (0) 681 35 73 35
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List of 120 books to see on booth n°418
Travels: Americana, Asia, Egypt / Middle-East; Africa, Maritime Explorations,
Marine, Atlases, Sciences and Technology, Sketch books, Literature and Varia.
Americana
1. ACOSTA (JOSE DE). -HISTORIA NATURALE, E MORALE DELLE INDIE. In Venetia
[Venise], Presso Bernardo Basa, All'Insegna del Sole. M D XCVI [1596]. 1 vol. 4to.
Antique full vellum, ink title. First Italian edition, translated by Giovanni Paolo Galucci
Salodiano. Acosta was one of the first Europeans to provide a detailed image of the physical
and human geography of Latin America; his studies of the Indian civilizations of the New
World were a major source of information for several centuries. He may, indeed, be called
the first of the true Americanists. Fine copy.
$ 3 280
2. [ALBUM / SOUTH AMERICA]. -COSTUMES. [Ca.
1850]. 1 vol. 4to. 24 compositions with feathers and plants (15
portraits on chromolithographies, 9 birds on watercolours).
Contemporary green shagreen. Curious and original album
realised in South America with feathers and plants. The 15 first
plates are chromolithographies depicting characters with that
special feature that their clothes are made with feathers, and the
scenes created with plants. The 9 last depict birds, with a
watercoloured setting. Fine iconographic set.
$ 4 190
3. BERGERON (PIERRE). [BETHENCOURT (JEAN
DE)]. [BONTHIER (PIERRE), LE VERRIER (J EAN)].
-UN TRAICTE DE LA NAVIGATION ET DES VOYAGES DE
DESCOUVERTE
&
CONQUESTE
MODERNES,
&
PRINCIPALEMENT DES FRANCOIS. A Paris, chez Jean de
Heuqueville et Michel Soly, 1629. (Traicte de la Navigation) - A Paris, chez
Michel Soly, 1630. (Decouverte des Canaries). 2 vols. 8vo. Jean de Bethencourt's
portrait by Balthasar Moncornet. Full calf with the arms of Louis Urbain Le Fèvre de
Caumartin (1653-1720). Fine copy of this scarce Americana, complete with the 2 parts
and portrait, only edition of the very first French publication dealing with the history of
maritime explorations. The texts of the first part were compiled by Pierre Bergeron: it's
a wonderful history of world exploration at the age of discovery, concentrated on
French' voyages. The second part, written by Pierre Bontier and Jean le Verrier, is an
account of the conquest of the Canary Islands by Jean de Bethencourt. Rare, with a
nice portrait.
$ 31 440
4. BIET (ANTOINE). -VOYAGE DE LA FRANCE
EQUINOXIALE EN L’ISLE DE CAYENNE Paris,
chez François Clouzier, dans la Cour du
Palais, proche l'Hostel du Premier
President, M. DC. LXIV [1664]. 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary full vellum. Scarce first
edition of this account: the first important work on Guyana. Antoine Biet boarded in
1652 for Cayenne, as the clergyman, on a ship commanded by Royville with 600
colonizers. The book is as much an adventure story, as a study on the Mïurs, the local
population, and a remarkable work on their language (Dictionary pp. 399-432). Fine
copy, uncut, as published.
$ 8 540
5. BOITE (GASTON). -[RÉCIT D’UN
IMIGRANT]. Ca. 1909. 1 vol. 8vo.
129
handwritten pp. [19] ll. 3
trolley's tickets, stamps, official
papers, etc. Contemporary cloth
binding. Spirited narrative by
Gaston Boite, French emigrant to
Chile in the beginning of 20th
century. The journey from France
to South America still was an
adventure, for the crossing and the installation and this log gives a vivid
picture of it.
$ 2 360
ÉMIGRANT AU
CHILI]. [ CHILI - FRENCH
6. [CASTELLANE-MAJASTRE (HENRI-CÉSAR, COMTE DE)].
AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: 1778-1783, MANUSCRIPTS].
1778-1784. 11 documents. 1. « Précis de la Navigation de la
Campagne de l’Armée Navales aux ordres du comte de Grasse. » : 1
vol. 4to. [68] ll. Contemporary full vellum. / 2. Two letters signed by
Sartine. (1778). / 3. Instructions for the Marquis de Castellane signed
by Comte d’Estaing. (1778). / 4. Two Ms. documents by Castellane
about his actions during the Battle of Saints. / 5. « Copie [by
Castellane] de la Lettre de M. le Comte de Grasse à bord du
Formidable le 14 Avril 1782 ». / 6. « Mémoire du Marquis de
Castellane, chef d’escadre à Monseigneur le maréchal de Castries ». /
7. Two letters to Marquis de Castellane from Capitaine de Fressinaux,
dealing with the Battle of Saints (1783). / 8. Two letters from Comte
de Grasse to Marquis de Castellane-Majastre (1784). / 9. « Copie de la
lettre écrite à M. le Maréchal de Castries par M. le Marquis de
Vaudreuil en luy envoyant son mémoire à Quimper le 29 mars 1784.
» / 10. Eleven letters from Marquis de Castries to Marquis de Castellane. (1781 to 1789). / 11. Two documents dealing with
Castellane’s service records. Naval papers of Henri-Cesar de Castellane-Majastre (1733-1789), dealing with the American
War of Independence, and mostly concerning the battle of Saints. The Marquis de Castellane-Majastre, ship's lieutenant in
1762, served on the “Chimère” in 1770, and on the “Mignonne” in 1771. Captain in 1777, he was appointed to command
the “Flore”, in a squadron under Admiral d’Estaing’s orders. He was appointed captain of the “Marseillois”, part of Admiral
de Grasse’s squadron in 1780. On this ship of 74 guns he took part in the American War of Independence, in the West
Indies campaign, the battles of Tobago, Yorktown,
Chesapeake and Saintes. This last battle (April
1782) was a defeat for Admiral de Grasse against
Rodney, counter-balancing the loss by Britain of her
American colonies by saving her West Indian
possessions. These papers of Castellane-Majastre,
who was both a witness of the action and the
Admiral de Grasse’s cousin, were gathered for use
at de Grasse’s court martial following this defeat.
Including in this papers, Castellane’s log, containing
reports of the Yorktown engagement, begins on 4
November 1781 and continues through to the
Battle of Saints.
$ 45 850
7. CHABERT (JEAN-BAPTISTE). VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI EN 1750 ET 1751,
DANS L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1753. 1 vol. 4to. 6
folding maps, 1 folding plate, 1 folding table, 1 engraved head-piece. Contemporary calf.
First edition of an important work on navigation by Joseph Bernard Chabert (1724-1805).
The work was highly praised by the examining commission of the French Academy of
Sciences, it was recommended as a navigational model for future navigators. The first part
of the work contains the author's voyage from Brest to Louisbourg, and 4 expeditions, the
second part describes his astronomical observations at large. It is especially Chabert's
astronomical research, which was very precise even by today's standards, that give his work
great scientific value. Chabert added 6 maps to the first part, all of them with astonishingly
exact data, also making the book interesting with respect to Canadian geography. Chabert
joined the navy on July 14, 1741, on the ship Léopard. He navigated the American coast,
where he still was in 1746 on another ship, the Émeraude. After a promotion in 1748, he
was ordered by the king to visit the region which now forms the south-east part of Quebec,
east Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, the voyage which he
describes in the present work. A few years after Chabert's visit in 1750-51, the French
Indian War broke out in 1754, and three-quarters of the remaining population of 10.000
French settlers, who were considered to be a threat to the British position, were forcibly
resettled in other parts of North America. He was received in 1753 as a member of the
navy academy in Brest, and later those of Bologne, Berlin and Nancy. Fine copy in
armorial binding.
$ 4 590
8. CHAMPIGNY (CHEVALIER JEAN
DE).
-ETAT-PRESENT
TOUTES LES PARTICULARITÉS DE CETTE PROVINCE D'AMERIQUE.
DE LA LOUISIANE, AVEC
A la Haye, chez Frederic
Staatman, 1776. 1 vol. 12mo. Original wrappers. “An absorbing account of the trial and punishment of leading French
citizens of Louisiana, inflicted on them by Alexander O’Reilly, the Spanish Governor of the province at its transfer from
France to Spain after the Seven Years’ War”. (Streeter). Fine copy.
$ 8 520
9. CHERVIN (ARTHUR). -ANTHROPOLOGIE BOLIVIENNE. Paris, Imprimerie
Nationale, Librairie H. le Soudier, 1907-08. 3 vols. 4to. I. 24 plates ; II. 1
photograph ; III. 1 photograph, 80 plates. Numerous illustrations. Numerous
addended documents, making of this copy Chervin's one: I. 12 black and white
photographs, 1 watercolour, 2 post cards to M. Chervin, 1 menu, 2 engravings, 1
manuscript document signed by Chervin ; III. 1 photograph, 1 manuscript
document by Chervin, 2 post cards, etc. Quarter black morocco. First edition of this
richly illustrated anthropology work. Chervin organised a great expedition in 1903,
for Bolivia, gathering some anthropology, natural sciences, geology and archeology
experts. Provenance: Chervin. Fine copy enhanced with original documents from
the author's collection.
$ 2 360
10. COLOMBIA-. MANUSCRITS,
PIÈCES, NOTES.
[29] 4to manuscript ll., 3 ink drawings (2 on tracing
paper), 1 pencil drawing. Blue case. Set of official
(between Adolphe Barrot, French Consul and the
local population) and non official documents related
to the “Affaire de Carthagène”, where an English
family was murdered by the domestics, in September
1833. The file gathers different manuscripts from
different writers, “Affaire de Carthagène” ,
“Colombie, Etat de la Nouvelle Grenade” (letters
from the governor to the Consul, A. Barrot),
“Albion”, “Au Public”, “Communication”. But also:
“Hydrographie, Cap Aguja, Montagne de StMarthe”. The drawings show coastal profiles (Saint
Marthe)? a “Plan de la Côte qui environne le fort
hollandais d’Axim », and a « Vue de la Baye de
l’entrée de la Rivière Saint-André ».
$ 2 200
11. [DURRET (SIEUR DE)]. -VOYAGE DE MARSEILLE À LIMA, ET DANS LES AUTRES LIEUX DES INDES OCCIDENTALES.
Paris, J-B. Coignard, 1720. 2 parts in 1 vol. 12, 5 folded plates. Contemporary sheep. First edition. A travel account to
South America, with descriptions of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Peru, Panama, Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique
and more. The author was a patriot seeking to advance the cause of French colonialism. Fine copy, complete with its 5
folding plates.
$ 2 360
12. [FRANKLIN BACHE (BENJAMIN)]. -DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES,
DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FOURTH CONGRESS, PART I. UPON THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS OF THE HOUSE, WITH
RESPECTS TO TREATIES. PART II. UPON THE SUBJECT OF THE BRITISH TREATY. Philadelphia, printed for Benj. Franklin
Bache, by Bioren & Madan, 1796. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary full sheep. Scarce first edition of this important
work for the United States' History, printed for Benjamin Franklin's grand son. Fine copy.
$ 1 770
13. FROGER (FRANÇOIS). -RELATION D'UN VOYAGE DE LA MER DU SUD. Amsterdam, L'Honoré et Chatelain, 1715.
1 vol. 12mo. 18th century paperboard. New edition of this travel account, which was frequently reissued. François Froger
(1676-1715) French engineer and cartographer, boarded in 1695 on a boat from a six ships squadron commanded by de
Gennes to established a colony in Strait of Magellan area. From this travel he brings back the first accurate map of Rio, and
a lot of informations on different topics, richly illustrated with his own drawings. Gripping book of the first official French
travel to Strait of Magellan.
$ 4 320
14. GRIMKE (JOHN FAUCHERAND). [PRINGLE (JOHN JULIUS)]. -THE PUBLIC
LAWS OF THE STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA. Philadelphia, printed by Aitkens &
son, 1790. 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary full sheep. First edition of this important
work dealing with the American laws and South Carolina. Provenance : John Julius
Pringle (manuscript ex-libris on title, last page and inferior board), lawyer, (17531843). His father came from Scotland to South Carolina about 1730, became a
merchant in Charleston, and in 1760-'9 was a justice of the court of common pleas.
The son was graduated at the College of Philadelphia in 1771, and read law with
John Rutledge and in England, where his published articles in defence of colonial
rights attracted attention. At the beginning, of the American Revolution he went to
France, and in 1778 he became secretary to Ralph Izard, United States
commissioner in Tuscany. Returning home by way of Holland and the West
Indies, he was admitted to the bar in 1781, and attained high rank in his profession.
In 1787-'9 he was speaker of the state assembly, and in the latter year he served for
a short time as United States district attorney, by special request of Gem
Washington. In 1800, Thomas Jefferson, then secretary of state, appointed him to
report on any infractions of the treaty with Great Britain that might occur in his
state, and from 1792 till 1808 he served as attorney-general of South Carolina. In
1805 President Jefferson tendered him the attorney-generalship of the United
States, but family reasons induced him to decline. Mr. Pringle was for four years
president of the trustees of the College of Charleston. Fine copy.
$ 7 200
15. HUMBOLDT (FRÉDÉRIC-HENRI-ALEXANDRE, BARON DE). -VUES DES CORDILLÈRES, ET
DES MONUMENS DES PEUPLES INDIGÈNES DE L'AMÉRIQUE. Paris, librairie grecque - latine allemande, 1816. 2 vols. 8vo. 19 engraved plates (7 hand coloured). Contemporary half
sheep. Humboldt went to Madrid with botanist Aime Bonpland, and obtained special
permission and passports from King Charles II to explore South America. Once there, they
studied the flora, fauna, and topography of the continent. In addition, von Humboldt mapped
over 1700 miles of the Orinoco River, and discovered the first known example of an animal that
produces electricity--the electric eel. This he followed with a trip to the Andes and a partial
ascent climb of Mt. Chimborazo (in Ecuador), then believed to be the tallest mountain in the
world. They reached an elevation of 18,000 feet before a wall-like cliff prevented further
progress. Later, von Humboldt discovered and measured the Peruvian Current off the west
coast of South America. In 1803 they explored Mexico, where von Humboldt was offered a
position in the Mexican cabinet, which he graciously refused.
$ 2 100
16. [JUSTEL (HENRI)]. -RECUEIL DE DIVERS VOYAGES FAITS EN AFRIQUE ET EN L'AMERIQUE
QUI N’ONT POINT ESTE ENCORE PUBLIEZ. Paris, Louis Billaine, 1674. 1 vol. 4to. 12 engraved
plates and 7 maps. Ccontemporary calf. First edition of one of the most important French
travels' collection. Its compiler, Henri Justel, was a Protestant scholar and bibliophile who
served as Secretary to
Louis XIV before he fled
to England at the time of the Revocation of the Edit de
Nantes (1685), becoming Keeper of the King's Library
at St. James. The collection includes travel accounts
relating to Africa, the Caribbean, and the English
colonies in North America, some never before printed,
others translated into French from the English or the
Portuguese. In his preface Justel explains that he had
the accounts printed in the order in which copy arrived
from the translators - hence the peculiar order of the
book, often readjusted by later binders. This copy, still
in its first binding, retains the original order. The Ligon
is illustrated with plates of Caribbean plants and fruits,
scenes of native life, and pottery ; maps of Barbados,
Jamaica, Abyssinia and a map of Maryland, Virginia,
and the east coast of North America, engraved by R.
Michault after the map in the 1672 edition of Blome.
12 engraved plates including 3 folding plans of a sugar
mill, 7 engraved maps of which 6 folding; woodcut
head- and tailpieces and initials. An excellent copy of
one of the rarest 17th century travels collection.
$ 13 100
17. LA CONDAMINE (CHARLES-MARIE DE). - JOURNAL DU VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI, À L'EQUATEUR, SERVANT
D'INTRODUCTION HISTORIQUE À LA MESURE DES TROIS PREMIERS DEGRÉS DU MÉRIDIEN. MESURE DES TROIS PREMIERS DEGRÉS
DU MÉRIDIEN DANS L'HÉMISPHÈRE AUSTRAL. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1751. 1 vol. 4to. 5 + 10 folded plates and maps.
Contemporary full calf. Together first editions of those two principal works (official accounts) published by La Condamine,
the great French scientist, after his remarkable trip in South America, for measuring an arc of the meridian at the Equator
for more accurately determining the dimensions and figure of the earth. La Condamine acted as geographer to the great
French Scientific Expedition to South America, which set out to measure an arc of the meridian at the Equator. Having
completed their measurements each member of the expedition made their own way back from Peru, with the aim of
maximising the opportunities for making scientific observations. La Condamine chose to return by way of the Amazon,
thereby being able to conduct the first scientific exploration of this great river, and his narrative is full of interesting and
curious observations. Fine copy.
$ 7 200
18. LACROIX (F. J. PAMPHILE BARON DE). -MÉMOIRES POUR SERVIR À L'HISTOIRE DE LA RÉVOLUTION DE SAINTDOMINGUE. A Paris, Chez Pillet Ainé, 1819. 2 vols. 8vo. 1 folding coloured map, 1 folding plan. 19th half shagreen.
Scarce first edition of one of the best books on the "perte de cette colonie" (Chadenat). Fine copy of a rare work.
$ 2 100
19. LAVAL (PÈRE ANTOINE JEAN DE). -VOYAGE DE LA LOUISIANE, FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROY, EN L’ANNÉE MIL SEPT CENT
VINGT : DANS LEQUEL ONT ÉTÉ TRAITÉES DIVERSES MATIÈRES DE PHYSIQUE, ASTRONOMIE, GÉOGRAPHIE ET MARINE. A
Paris, Chez Jean Mariette, 1728 – 1727 (« Recueil de Divers Voyages »). 1 vol. 4to. 16 maps (4 foldings), 11 folding
tables, 4 astronomical folding plates. Contemporary full calf. First edition. « Principally occupied with mathematical and
astronomical details; A valuable and
scientific books of travels, which
enters very fully into the Physical
Geography, of the French Dominions
in Louisiana and the Valley of
Mississippi. There are copies on large
paper.” Sabin 39276. Ownership
inscription on the title-page indicating
that it was given to the "Séminaire
Royal de la Marine" by the author on
June 2, 1728. A quite rare work,
seldom met with, and one of the first
major publications relating to
Louisiana.
$ 11 140
20. [MANUSCRIPT. MARINE.] - TRAVEL LOG TO LIMA. Février-Décembre
1856. 1 vol. 8vo. [92] manuscript ll. Contemporary half shagreen. Travel log of a
round-trip from Le Havre to Lima, written in 1876 from February 26th to December
29th. The writer boarded on the "Batavia", commanded by Henri Deglaire. He makes
a daily report of his activities, the relationships with the other passengers and especially
with the captain and he frequently relates his dreams or nightmares reflecting his
anxiety about his wife loneliness. Before crossing the Cape Horn, the ship has already
gone through some squalls, and the captain decides to stop in Montevideo to repair it.
They reach Montevideo April 29th and leave the town a month later (May 29th). They
cross the Horn and the Strait of Magellan and eventually reach Callao July 8th. There,
the writer learned that the death of the friend he wanted to rejoin. He spends some
time in the country to settle business matters and recover from some injuries from the
shipping (some falls during the crossing of Strait of Magellan) and then boards to
France. The log ended when the ship enters the Channel after a four months
navigation.
$ 10 480
21. MICHAUX (FRANÇOIS-ANDRÉ). -VOYAGE À L'OUEST DES MONTS ALLÉGHANYS,
DANS LES ETATS DE L'OHIO, DU KENTUCKY ET DU TENNESSÉE, ET RETOUR À
CHARLESTON PAR LES HAUTES-CAROLINES. Paris, Dentu, 1808. 1 vol. 8vo.
Contemporary half sheep. 1 folding map. Rare travel account by the botanist FrançoisAndré Michaux (1770-1855) of a journey he maid in 1801. Fine copy.
$ 2 620
22. PONCEAU (PIERRE-ETIENNE DU). [MANUSCRIT]. -[RAPPORT CONCERNANT LE DÉCÈS
DU SIEUR ROBILLARD]. Philadelphie, 1786. 2 manuscript ll. 4to, signed “Peter E. Du
Ponceau” and sealed, 1 l. 4to, printed and sealed by the “Supreme Executive Council of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania”, completed and signed by John Armstrong. Death certificate
written by Pierre-Etienne Du Ponceau (1760-1844), French jurist who made his career in
United States, where he was one of the leading member of the Philadelphian bar. His work on
the international law, which was at its beginning in America, and his researches in linguistics,
especially on the tongues of the North America Tribes, were recognized all around the world.
He became president of the American Philosophicae Society in 1827. He came in America in
1777 with Baron von Steuben, took part of the American Revolutionary War and became a
American citizen in 1781. The present death certificate is from the beginning of his lawyer
career (1785), it reports the death in 1777 of a French soldier, Henry Robillard, according to
the depositions of the innkeeper and the doctor (George Glentworth, first physician and
surgeon of the General Hospital of Philadelphia). Very interesting document which enlightens
the relationships between the French soldiers and the American people during the
Revolutionary War, by an eminent lawyer.
$ 2 000
23. SCHOELCHER (VICTOR). -COLONIES ÉTRANGÈRES ET HAÏTI, RÉSULTATS DE
L'ÉMANCIPATION ANGLAISE. Paris, Pagnerre, 1843. 2 vols. 8vo. 1 folding map, tables in-text.
Half shagreen (19th century). Scarce first edition of one of the major work by the famous
abolitionist Victor Schoelcher (1804-1893), French humanitarian and statesman. Long involved
in the abolition movement, he presided over a commission that secured the
abolition of slavery in French territory (1848).The present work is interesting
for the history of islands as Haïti, Jamaïca, Cuba, etc. and an important step
to slavery abolition in France. Fine copy.
$ 3 930
24. SOLIS Y RIVADENEYRA (ANTOINE DE). -HISTOIRE DE LA
CONQUESTE DU MEXIQUE, OU DE LA NOUVELLE ESPAGNE. Paris,
Compagnie des Libraires, 1714. 2 vols. 12mo. 12 engraved plates (10
folding), 2 folding maps. Contemporary calf. Solis was invited to become
secretary to Philip IV, and in 1666 was charged with the important function
of 'cronista mayor', the historiographer for the Indies. His famous history of
Mexico is a great historical work with literary qualities that became
immediately very popular. The present edition contains nice maps and
illustrations. Fine copy.
$ 1 050
25. TEMPSKY (GUSTAVUS-FERDINAND VON). -MITLA : A
NARRATIVE OF INCIDENTS AND PERSONAL ADVENTURES ON A
JOURNEY IN MEXICO, GUATEMALA, AND SALVADOR IN THE
YEARS 1853 TO 1855. London, Longman, Brown,
Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1858. 1 vol. 8vo. 14
lithographed plates (5 hand-coloured, 1 double page), 1
lithograph in-text, 1
folding map handcoloured in outline.
Original publisher's
cloth. First edition.
Gustavus-Ferdinand
von Tempsky (1828 1868) left his country
at the age of 18 to come to the Mosquito Coast to lead a life of adventure. He
mined in the California gold-fields, unsuccessfully, and returned to Nicaragua to
resume his life there. It is his long trip back through Mexico and Guatemala that he
wrote about in his book: Mitla (Zapotec ruins outside Oaxaca, Mexico). The
beautiful illustrations are after the author's watercolours and drawings. Fine copy.
$ 1 570
26. VENEGAS (MIGUEL). -HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET CIVILE DE LA CALIFORNIE.
A Paris, Chez Durand, Libraire, rue Saint-Jacques; à la Sagesse, 1767. 3 vols.
12mo. 1 folding map. Contemporary half sheep. Second print of the first French
edition translated from the English edition of 1759 of Noticia de la California by
Venegas: the first attempt to writte a California history, and a reference. Fine copy
$ 1 970
27. VERGENNES (CHARLES GRAVIER, COMTE DE). -MÉMOIRE HISTORIQUE ET POLITIQUE SUR LA LOUISIANE. Paris, Le
Petit jeune, An X (1802). 1 vol. 8vo. 1 frontispiece portrait of Vergennes. Full sheep. First edition. The memoir on
Louisiana, which includes extensive discussion of Canada, occupies pp. 25-181. Vergennes, a French statesman and
diplomatist, was minister for foreign affairs under Louis XVI. During the American Revolutionary War he concluded a
treaty of alliance with the United States against England.
$ 1 570
Asia
28. AKISATO RITO. [SHUNCHÔSAI NOBUSHIGE (T AKHERA) DESSINATEUR]. -[MIYAKO MEISHO ZUE]. MIYAKO-MEI-SHO. DZU-YÉ. ECRIT PAR UN
NOBLE SUGAHARA TAME-TOSHI-KIYO. DESSINÉ PAR TAKIHARA SHUNCHOSAI.
Kyoto, 1780 (1786). 6 vols. 4to. Original wrappers with original title-slips present
(French titles added in manuscript on upper covers). First edition. Comprehensive
description of the famous sites of the Imperial capital two years before its
destruction by the great fire of 1788, profusely illustrated by Takehara Shunchôsai.
Fine copy.
$ 4 590
29. [PHOTOGRAPHS ALBUM - ASIA]. -[S.M.S. VATERLAND]. Ca. 19041914. 1 vol. oblong 4to.
289
photographs.
Lacquered
wood
binding.
Important
album with the pictures
taken during the travels
of the S.M.S. Vaterland (1904-1914) which sailed in Yangtze and
particularly in Wuhan (1911-1914). Some pictures are captioned
in German (black ink). Very fine set.
$ 5 240
30. DAPPER (OLFERT). -ASIA,
ODER GENAUE UND GRÜNDLICHE
BESCHREIBUNG DES GANTZEN
SYRIEN UND PALESTINS, (ODER)
GELOBTEN
LANDES.
(...)
Amsterdam, Meurs, 1681. 2 parts in 1 vol. in-folio. 11 maps and plans mostly on double
page, 28 engraved plates. Numerous in-text illustrations. Contemporary embossed pigskin.
Dapper (ca 1635 - 1690) was "a Dutch physician and scholar devoted to historical and
geographical studies. His works are of especial importance because of the fine plates, which
include maps, plans, beautiful views and costumes" (Blackmer). Richly illustrated with maps,
views, and scenes of the peoples and culture, Dapper's description of the Great Mogul
Empire of India and Persia, is one of the most reliable
of the 17th-century. Although he did not travel to Asia
himself, indeed is believed to have never left Holland,
Dapper gathered more than 200 contemporary
accounts. He also wrote extensively on Africa and
China, and his books were translated into German,
French and English. Fine copy in a contemporary
binding.
$ 7 200
31. DU HALDE (JEAN-BAPTISTE). -DESCRIPTION
GEOGRAPHIQUE,
HISTORIQUE,
CHRONOLOGIQUE,
POLITIQUE, ET PHYSIQUE DE L'EMPIRE DE LA CHINE ET
DE LA TARTARIE CHINOISE. La Haye, Henri
Schueurleer, 1736. 4 vols. 4to, 53 plates (I. 21 maps
and plans - 2 foldings ; II. 24 plates - 11 foldings - 1 folding plan ; III. 5 plates - 4
foldings - 2 folding plans). Contemporary half calf. Second edition of this work,
compiled by the Jesuit J.-B. Du Halde, from published and unpublished reports and
letters of Jesuit missionaries in the Orient, which influenced all of Europe. Some of
the engravings by J. C. Philips after A. Humblot, others by Humblot after J. van de
Spyk, one by Philippe van Gunst, most unsigned. Woodcut and type ornament headand tailpieces and woodcut initials throughout. Fine copy.
$ 17 680
32. GARNIER (FRANCIS). DOUDART DE
LAGREE (ERNEST). DELAPORTE (LOUIS). -VOYAGE
D'EXPLORATION EN L'INDO-CHINE EFFECTUÉ PENDANT LES
ANNÉES 1866, 1867, ET 1868 PAR UNE COMMISSION
FRANÇAISE PRÉSIDÉE PAR M. LE CAPTAINE DE FRÉGATE
DOUDART DE LAGRÉE. Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1873.
2 vols. 4to. (Text), 1 vol. in-folio. (Atlas). Text: 1
lithographed portrait, 1 medal plate. 12 maps and plans
(10 in aquatint), 39 engraved full-page in-text illustrations.
22 plates: 12 maps (2 on double-page), 2 views, 9 plans, 48
plates on 40 pp. (8 doubles). Contemporary red morocco.
Fine copy of the first edition of the official account of the
most important 19th century expedition into Indochina.
Beautifully illustrated, this volume is
from an edition limited to only 800
copies. The atlas includes views after
drawings by Louis Laporte, who
served as the expedition's artist: those of Angkor in Cambodia and Laos in Viet Chan are particularly
striking. The maps were from the notes and surveys of Garnier himself. Garnier was forced to take
over command of the expedition when its original leader, Captain Ernest Doudard de Lagrée, died.
The French expedition had set out from Saigon in 1866 with instructions to explore the valley of the
Mekong River with the hopes of finding a navigable route into south-western China. Garnier safely led
the expedition, via the Yangtze River, to the Chinese coast, travelling nearly 5,400 miles through
Phnom Penh, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The expedition mapped over 3,600 miles of previously
unknown terrain, and they became the first westerners to enter Yunnan by a southern route. Fine copy
of this finely illustrated account.
$ 47 160
33. GUIGNES (CHRÉTIEN-LOUIS). -DICTIONNAIRE CHINOIS, FRANÇAIS ET LATIN, PUBLIÉ D'APRÈS
L'ORDRE DE SA MAJESTÉ L'EMPEREUR ET ROI NAPOLÉON LE GRAND. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie
impériale, 1813. 1 vol. folio. Ancient half vellum. First edition of this important work, the first
dictionary of this kind published in France and an important work in the development of Western
scholarship on China. Although given no credit in the book, the dictionary is actually a re-edit of work
compiled by the Franciscan friar, Basilio de Glemona Brollo (1648-1704) during his thirty years of
missionary work in China in the seventeenth-century. His work was considered among the finest of the
Missionary lexicons. Chretien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes (1759-1845), listed on the title-page as the sole
author, was in fact only responsible for the editing and the French translations of the ideograms. The
dictionary is an impressive piece of typography containing over 13,000 woodcut Chinese characters.
Fine copy.
$ 11 790
34. KRASCHENINNIKOFF (STEPHAN PETROVITCH). -HISTOIRE ET DESCRIPTION DU
KAMTCHATKA. A Amsterdam, chez Marc Michel Rey, 1770. 2 vols. 12mo. 2 folding maps
and 7 plates. (Preface of the vol. I missing). Original calf. French edition translated by Eidous. P.
Krasheninnikoff (1713-1755) who took part in the second scientific expedition supervised by
Gmelin in Siberia and was the only member of the team to reach Kamtschatka. Fine copy.
$ 2 620
35. MAFFEI (GIOVANNI PIETRO). -RERUM
Cologne, G. Calenius, 1574. 1 vol.
8vo. Woodcut vignette on title, several
large historiated woodcut initials, 5-pages
of
woodcut
Japanese
characters.
Contemporary limp vellum. Fourth
expanded edition. One of the most
important compilations of letters relating
to the early Jesuit mission in the Far East
between 1548 and 1571, including 43
relating to Japan written by St. Francis
Xavier (two, one of which dated
November 1549 from Kagoshima on his
arrival in Japan), Frois, Almeida, Vilela and others which provide
invaluable details on Japanese culture and customs. The Specimen
quoddam litterarum vocumque Japonicarum is illustrated with
woodcut Japanese calligraphy.
$ 7 200
A
SOCIETATE JESU
IN
ORIENTE
GESTARUM.
36. [MANUSCRIT] KIAUTSCHOU CHINA. -[VOYAGE
MANUSCRIT EN CHINE]. HOCH LEBE UNSER BATAILLON. III
BAUMEISTER KIAUTSCHOU-CHINA. 1904. 1vol. 8vo. [18] manuscript ll.
1 illustrated title page, 3 drawings. Contemporary cloth. Unique
testimony of a German sailor master-builder at the beginning of the
20th century. Kiautschou were from 1898 to 1914 a German colony in
China, and a naval base for the imperial navy in East Asia. The
drawings depict the base : "Lager der I. Kompagnie, III S.B.
Kiautschou China", and the "Signastation in Tsigtau". Intersting
historical document.
$ 1 570
37. [OKASHIMA (RYUJI)]. [JAPON]. -[FEUILLETONS ILLUSTRÉS]. Japon,
Meiji, ca. 1886. 10 vols. 24mo. Coloured frontispiece for each volume. Editor
paper board, illustrated cover. Illustrated comics books, forerunner of mangas.
Fine copy.
$ 1 570
38. -VOYAGE AU THIBET, FAIT EN 1625 ET 1626, PAR LE PÈRE
D'ANDARA, ET EN 1774, 1784 ET 1785 PAR BOGLE, TURNER ET POURUNGUIR.
TRADUITS PAR J.P. PARRAUD ET J.B. BILLECOQ Paris, Hautbout l'aîné, an IV
(1796). 1 vol. 24mo. Marbled sheep. 1 folding plate. Scarce collection
containing four accounts of travels in Tibet between the 17th and 18th
Centuries.
$ 1 180
Egypt - Middle East
39. CASTELLAN (ANTOINE-LAURENT). -MŒURS,
USAGES, COSTUMES DES OTHOMANS ET ABRÉGÉ DE LEUR
HISTOIRE
AVEC
DES
ÉCLAIRCISSEMENTS
TIRÉS
D’OUVRAGES ORIENTAUX ET COMMUNIQUÉS PAR
M.
LANGLES. Paris, Nepveu, 1812. 6 vols. 16mo. 72
hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary full calf.
First edition of this beautiful work richly illustrated with
detailed hand-coloured full-page engravings depicting
scenes, Ottoman’s costumes, portraits, weapons, tools,
musical instruments etc. Castellan gives an elaborate
account of the history, emperors, people, religion, arts
and professions. The quality of the colouring is
variable, and for the present copy is remarkable. With
a richer and subtler pallet than most copies, the artist
achieved the finest result, enhancing every details and
emphasizing the beauty of the engravings. Beautiful set.
$ 6 290
40. CHARDIN (JEAN). -TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN CHARDIN INTO PERSIA AND THE EAST INDIES. THROUGH THE BLACK-SEA
AND THE COUNTRY OF COLCHIS. [SUIVI DE] THE CORONATION OF SOLYMAN III, THE PRESENT KING OF PERSIA London,
Moyse Pitt, 1686. 1 vol. folio. 1 frontisp. portrait, 1 map, 16 fold. plates, 7 full-page plates. Contemporary calf. Rare first
English edition of the first volume of Chardin's manuscript. Jean Chardin (1643-1713) set out in 1664, travelling through
Turkey, the Black Sea, Georgia and Armenia. This first edition deals with the period 1671-73, it was published in 1686 and
followed by several counterfeit editions. Chardin enjoys the reputation of being one of the best-informed European
observers of Safavid Persia. Fine copy of this valuable work, beautifully illustrated by Grelot.
$ 6 550
41. DOUBDAN (JEAN). -LE VOYAGE
TERRE-SAINTE, CONTENANT UNE
VÉRITABLE DESCRIPTION DES LIEUX PLUS CONSIDERABLES QUE N. S. A SANCTIFIÉ DE SA
PRESENCE, PREDICATIONS, MIRACLES & SOUFFRANCES. Paris, G. Clousier, 1661. 1 vol.
DE LA
4to. 10 plates (5 fold.). Original vellum titled with ink. The French ecclesiastic J.
Doubdan visited the Holy Land in 1652: Bethlehem, Jericho, Haifa, Cana, Nazareth,
Acre, &c. The first edition had only seven plates. This copy of the second edition has
ten plates. Although a number of chapters describe the author's impressions of Italy,
where he visited Livorno, Siennna, Rome, Bologna, Florence, and other cities on his
way home, the work is not listed in Coffin.
$ 3 280
42. DROUVILLE (GASPARD). -VOYAGE EN PERSE FAIT EN 1812 ET 1813 ; PAR
GASPARD DROUVILLE, COLONEL DE CAVALERIE AU SERVICE DE S. M. L'EMPEREUR DE
TOUTES LES RUSSIES, CHEVALIER DE PLUSIEURS ORDRES. Paris, Librairie Nationale et
Etrangere, 1825. 2 vols. 8vo. 60 lithograph. plates hand-colored (6 folded) and 1
folded map. Contemporary cardboard binding. Fine illustrated account of travels in
Persia, including many costume plates and interior scenes. According to Wilson, the
book was published in St. Petersburg twice in 1819, one with colored plates, the other
without. Due to popularity, in 1825 the version with the colored plates was expanded
and republished in Paris, with only 150 copies in the colored version. This is a copy of
that color edition, including 60 plates, in which 6 are folding. A later Paris edition was
published in 1828, also labelled second edition, but with only 8 plates. Fine copy.
$ 3 670
43. KHURASANI (MIRZA MUHAMMED). [MANUSCRIT].
SHAHZADIH
FIRUZ
BAOON AL-MULK KABARI. [THE PRINCE
FIRUZ HELPS THE GREAT KING / LE PRINCE
FIRUZ AIDE LE GRAND ROI]. ca. 1850. 1 vol.
4to. [194] manuscript ll., 64 miniatures
mostly set off with gold and silver. Giltdecorated and lacquered boards with floral
emblems, portraits on the inner panel of
chief characters of the story. Precious
manuscript, illustrated with 64 miniatures of
a Persian epic tale. The work tells the stories
of the Persian adventures of Prince Firuz. He
travels the regions protecting cities and
people from scourges such as demons,
witches and barbarians, using his skill and
intellect to defeat deceit, aggression and dark
magic. Each of the vivid and accomplished
illustrations depicts Firuz on his journeys,
from the encounters he has with supernatural creatures to marriage ceremonies, hunting expeditions, duels and battles. Each
painting is accompanied by a short caption in a legend in margins. Similar to great
works such as the Shahnameh, this book is prosaic with sections of poetry which
elegantly lifts the language. The theme of fantasy was well explored in Persian
literature and this particular work, while not widely known, is representative of the
genre. Fine copy of this rare epic tale, beautifully illustrated.
$ 18 340
44. LA ROQUE (JEAN DE). -VOYAGE DE SYRIE ET DU MONT-LIBAN. A
Amsterdam, chez Herman Uytwert, Libraire près de la Bourse, 1723. 2 parts in
1 vol. 12mo. 8 engraved plates (4 folding) and 1 engraved map. Contemporary vellum.
Amsterdam edition of a travel account to the Middle East by Jean de la Roque (16611745), son of a merchant from Marseille. He made his first voyage to the Levant in
1689 where he visited amongst others Syria and Lebanon. In the years that followed
he also travelled to Palestine, Jemen, and several other countries. He settled in Paris in
1715 where he would publish many books on his experiences. The present work deals
amongst others with the ruins at Heliopolis and Baalbek. On vol. II is a description of
the life of the Capuchin martyr Francis Chasteuil (d. 1644), whose tomb can still be
visited in a church in the Lebanon Mountains. It was, according to the preface, written
by Marchety and originally published in Paris in 1666. This is followed by a "Histoire
du prince Junés, Maronite". Fine copy.
$ 1 970
45. MARIN (FRANÇOIS LOUIS CLAUDE MARINI, DIT). -HISTOIRE DE
SALADIN, SULTHAN D'EGYPTE ET DE SYRIE: A La Haye, chez Nicolas van
Daalen, 1758. 2 vols. 8vo. 3 folding maps. Contemporary full calf. The
Hague's edition, the same year than the original (1758, Paris, Tilliard) of the
Marin's accomplished Middle Eastern history, a work which was widely-read
and influential in the emerging orientalism in French culture. This was Marin's
first truly succesful work and provided him with a literary reputation strong
enough for him to be appointed Royal censor. The maps depict Jerusalem,
the crusader city of Acre (taken by Saladin in 1187) and the region of Acre.
Fine copy.
$ 3 010
46.
METOSCITA
(PETRO).
-INSTITUTIONES LINGAE ARABICAE EX
DIVERSIS
ARABUM
MONUMENTIS
COLLECTAE, & AD QUAMMAXIMAM FIERI
POTUIT BREUITATEM, ATQUE ORDINEM REVOCATAE. Romae, Apud Stephanum
Paulinum, 1624. 1 vol. 8vo. The pagination runs in the reverse (Arabic) order.
Contemporary vellum. First edition. Petro Metoscita (al-Matushi), a Maronite from
Cyprus, was one of the first pupils of the Maronite College in Rome and joined the
Society of Jesus in 1597. He composed this elementary grammar in Latin to assist the
teaching of Arabic. On p. 227 "we find one of the first examples of a classical Arabic
poem quoted and translated" (Smitskamp).The book is dedicated by the publisher,
Stefano Paolini, to Cardinal Francesco Barberini, who had commissioned its
publication (Paolini had previously published two other Arabic grammars, Martelotti’s
in 1620 and Scialac’s in 1622). It is "excellently printed with the 16pt Arabic types of
Savary de Brèves. At the end a grammatical analysis of Psalm 34 is given following the
example of Bellarmino’s grammar" (Smitskamp). Fine copy.
$ 3 280
47. SESTINI (DOMENICO). -VOYAGE DE CONSTANTINOPLE À BASSORA, EN 1781,
PAR LE TIGRE ET L'EUPHRATE, ET RETROUR À CONSTANTINOPLE, EN 1782, PAR LE
DÉSERT ET ALEXANDRIE. Paris, chez Dupuis, l'an VI. (1798). 1 vol. 8vo. 1 folding
map. Contemporary half sheep. First French edition of this account by Domenico
Sestini (1750-1832), Italian numismatist and archaeologist who traveled in Middle
East. The present work tells his travels during the 1780’s. It is illustrated with a folding
map : « Itinéraire du voyage à Bassora par le Tigre et l'Euphrate et retour par Alep ».
Fine copy.
$ 2 880
Africa
48. [BOULET (ABBÉ)]. -HISTOIRE DE L'EMPIRE DES CHÉRIFS EN AFRIQUE.
Paris, Prault père, 1733. 1 vol. 12mo with 2 folding plates. Ex-libris.
Contemporary calf, red morocco label. First edition of this important work
about the history of Morocco. The book is composed of a historical and a
geographical study. Fine copy.
$ 4 190
49. CAILLIE (RENÉ). -JOURNAL D’UN VOYAGE À TEMBOUCTOU ET À JENNE,
DANS L’AFRIQUE CENTRALE. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1830. 3 vols. 8vo+
1 atlas 4to, 1 folded map, 5 plates, 1 portrait. Later half-sheep. Original
edition of this scarce account. Rene Caillie was presented with the Legion of
Honor as the first European to return alive from Timbuktu. "He set out from
Sierra Leone, reached the Niger, and followed it to Kabara, the port of
Timbuctoo. Thence he went to the mysterious city, saw something of its real
character, and crossed the Sahara to Morocco, reaching the west coast of Fez.
For this journey he was rewarded by the Geographical Society of Paris"
(Baker). From the Professor John Ralph Willis Collection of Rare Africana.
$ 5 900
50. CHENIER (LOUIS DE). -RECHERCHES HISTORIQUES SUR LES MAURES, ET HISTOIRE DE L’EMPIRE DE MAROC, PAR M.
DE CHÉNIER, CHARGÉ DES AFFAIRES DU ROI AUPRÈS DE L'EMPEREUR DU MAROC. Paris, chez l’Auteur, Bailly [et] Royer,
1787. 3 vols. 8vo. 3 folding hand-coloured maps. Contemporary full calf. (Restored tear on 1 map). First edition of this
treatise devoted to Morocco history. Louis de Chénier (1722-1796), famous poet André Chénier's father, is a diplomat, who
were appointed in 1767 by Louis XVI as General Adviser toward the Sultan. He stayed in Morocco until 1784, when he
came back in France, where he was committed to writing this work. He also wrote in 1789: Révolutions de l'Empire
Othoman et observations sur ses progrès et sur ses revers et, sur l'état présent de cet Empire. Richly documented, these
Recherches historiques, are told to be a reference among first studies on Morocco history. Fine copy.
$ 3 410
51. COCHELET (CHARLES). -NAUFRAGE DU
BRICK FRANÇAIS LA SOPHIE. Paris, Librairie
universelle de P. Mongié Ainé, boulevard
poissonnière n°18, 1821. 2 vols. 8vo. 10
engraved plates (4 foldings), 1 fac-simile letter,
1 large folding map. Contemporary green
wrappers. First edition of this relation of the
Sophie's shipwreck. The author relates their
captivity in the Sahara, and adds descriptions
and informations upon Timbuktu, Bedouin
tribes from Morroco and Tanger. Excellent
map of North Africa and French-Arabic
vocabulary at the end of the second volume.
Fine copy.
$ 1 440
52. HODGSON (WILLIAM BROWN). -NOTES ON NORTHERN AFRICA, THE SAHARA AND SOUDAN, IN RELATION TO THE
ETHNOGRAPHY, LANGUAGES, HISTORY, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION, OF THE NATIONS OF THOSE COUNTRIES. New Yok,
Wiley and Putnam, 1844. 1 vol. 8vo. Original half calf. First edition with a 3 pp. catalogue of books printed in the Berber
language, and 6 brief word lists of words in six African languages. Smith, American Travellers Abroad, H-111: "The author
was, for a time, U. S. Counsel near the regency of Tunis. He wrote as an orientalist interested in Africa."
$ 520
53. LEMPRIERE (W.) / SCHOENING (M R LE BARON DE).
-I. VOYAGE DANS L'EMPIRE DE MAROC ET LE ROYAUME DE FEZ.
TRADUIT DE L'ANGLAIS PAR M. DE SAINTE-SUZANNE. II.
CROISIÈRES ET NÉGOCIATIONS DE MR. DE KINSBERGEN, AVEC DES
DÉTAILS HISTORIQUES, MORAUX ET POLITIQUES SUR L'EMPEREUR ET
L'EMPIRE DU MAROC. Paris, Tavernier, chez Cordier et Legras,
an IX - 1801./ Amsterdam, aux dépens de l'auteur, 1779. 1
vol. 16mo. 2 plates (1 frontispiece), 1 folding map. Contemporary
half calf. Two important works for Morocco's history. I. First
French edition of Lemprière's work. II. First French edition of
Schoening's log telling Kingsberg's journey in Morocco in 1775, in
order to negociate peace with Morocco's emperor and Alger's dey.
Fine copy.
$ 2 360
54. LOBO (RÉVÉREND PÈRE JÉRÔME). LE GRAND
(PRIEUR). -VOYAGE HISTORIQUE D'ABISSINIE, DU R.P.
JEROME LOBO DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JESUS. A Paris & à
La Haye, chez P. Gosse & J. Neaulme,
MDCCXXVIII (1728). 1 vol. 4to. 1 engraved
frontispiece, title in red and black, 2 folding maps. Scarce
first French edition. The work was translated from a
manuscript Joachim Le Grand possessed. It's illustrated
with 1 frontispiece engraved by Cochin and with 2 maps of
the Oriental Ethiopia and of Abyssinia. Portuguese Jesuit
(1593-1678), Geronimo Lobo reached the Ethipia in 1625,
while the Emperor of this country just turned catholic. He
stayed there until 1634 when Jesuits were expelled. The
present book is the result of his experience in the country.
Fine copy.
$ 3 280
55. OTTH (ADOLPHE). -ESQUISSES AFRICAINES DESSINÉES PENDANT UN VOYAGE À ALGER ET LITHOGRAPHIÉES PAR
ADOLPHE OTTH DR. Berne, chez J. F. Wagner, lithographe, 1839. 1 vol. folio. 30 lithographed plates, 1 engraved title,
1 lithographed portrait. Contemporary half-sheep. First edition of this set of 30 plates, lithographed from the original
drawings by the artist himself. Adolph Otth (1803-1839), Swiss physician and naturalist, was one of the first to come back
from Algeria with pictures. Fine copy.
$ 4 980
Maritime Explorations - Pacific
56. ARAGO (JACQUES ETIENNE VICTOR). -PROMENADE AUTOUR DU MONDE,
PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1817, 1818, 1819 ET 1820, SUR LES CORVETTES DU ROI
L'URANIE ET LA PHYSICIENNE. Paris, Leblanc, 1822. 2 vols. 8vo. (Text). 1 vol. folio
(Atlas): 25 plates, 1 map. Contemporary half sheep. First Edition. "These
entertaining letters, written in a lively and witty literary style, provide vivid
descriptions of the topography and the inhabitants of the Pacific Islands. The book
achieved great success" (Hill 28-9). Fine copy with large margins.
$ 6 550
57. BECK (CHRISTIAN), STORCH (ROBERT). -DES SCHMIEDEGESELLEN
CHRISTIAN BECK FAHRTEN UND ABENTEUER ZU LAND UND ZUR SEE. Gotha,
Christian Beck's Selbstverlag., 1857. 1 vol. 12mo. 2 engraved plates, 1 folding
coloured map. Ancient
boards. Scarce first edition
of this account of the first
German circumnavigation.
It recounts the ship's
passage in Hawaï. The book
is important for the
informations it brings on
German people working
and living in U.S.A. Fine
illustration:
2
plates
depicting wale hunting and
a folding map in colours. Fine copy.
$ 790
58. [BONARD (AMIRAL LOUIS-ADOLPHE), BRUAT
(AMIRAL ARMAND-JOSEPH), HAMELIN (AMIRAL FERDINANDALPHONSE), POMARE IV]. -[LOG OF THE FRIGATE URANIE.
TAHITI CAMPAIGN.] 1843-1847. 1 vol. folio. [129] ll. - [7] bl. -
[4] ll. Contemporary half vellum. 15 appended items. 12
complementary documents from the contemporary press. An
original document of capital interest for the history of Tahiti and
the archipelago of the Society Islands: the precious log of the
frigate Uranie. It recounts all of her Polynesian campaign (184347) under the orders of Captain Louis-Adolphe Bonard (18051867). The log
is augmented
with important
handwritten
and
printed
appended
items. This log, very readable, is more than an account of daily navigation.
Each event is related in great details, most of the official acts from French
and local authorities are transcribed. The Uranie, her captain and her crew
were the main actors of the events leading to the restoration of the French
protectorate on the island. The wealth of the information in the log and the
annexed pieces make of this amazing document a great first hand historical
source, shining a new light on the history of Tahiti and the French
presence in the archipelago.
$ 62 880
59. [BOUGAINVILLE (LOUIS-ANTOINE DE)]. -VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, PAR LA FRÉGATE DU ROI LA BOUDEUSE,
ET LA FLÛTE L'ETOILE ; EN 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Paris, chez Saillant et Nyon, 1772. 3 vol. 8vo, 20 engraved maps
(15 folding) and 3 plates. Contemporary marbled calf. First edition of the narrative of the famous sailor Louis Antoine de
Bougainville (1729-1811), first French explorer to have made a circumnavigation. This set includes, vol. 3, the first French
translation of the first printed account of the first expedition of Captain James Cook, one of the most famous explorers of
the 18th century. Fine set, original bindings.
$ 4 980
60. DUMONT- D'URVILLE (JULES). -VOYAGE DE LA CORVETTE
L'ASTROLABE EXÉCUTÉ PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1826 – 1827 – 1828 – 1829 SOUS
LE COMMANDEMENT DE M. JULES DUMONT-D’URVILLE, CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU.
Paris, J. Tastu Editeur, MD CCC XXX III (1833...) 5 vols. in-fol° (545 x 390
mm.), 528 plates, 1 vol. in-plano (660 x 500 mm.), 42 maps, 3 plates et 5 vol in-8°
(212 x 133 mm.) ; 5 text vols. 8vo. (without science). Black half sheep, « Matterer »
initials in gold on back. Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (1790- 1842) was a
French explorer and naval officer, who explored the south and western Pacific,
Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. In 1822 he sailed on a voyage around the
world under Captain Duperrey, and brought home a very fine collection of
animals and plants. In 1826 he was sent to
the Pacific, surveyed the coasts of New
Guinea, New Zealand, and other islands,
and found out the probable place of the
death of La Perouse. In 1837, on an
expÉdition to the South Polar regions, he
sailed along a coastal area of Antarctica
that he named the Adélie Coast in honor
of his wife. This is a rare complit set of the
5 fol° atlas volumes of his second circum
navigation + elephant folio atlas of
Hydrographie + 5 vol of history of the
travel. It contains 528 beautifull engravings
of ethnology, botany, zoology, habitations,
ships, topography…and 45 sea charts. Some plates by Louis-Auguste de Sainson,
who was working as a special clerk for the admiralty when he offered his services as
artist for the expedition. Of his striking portrait of Nataï, one of the chiefs of the Bay
of Wangari, New Zealand, d’Urville wrote that Sainson’s "clever brush faithfully
reproduced the features, the mako (tatoo design) and the facial expression of this
New Zealand warrior". Fine copy.
P.O.R.
61. [FLEURIEU (CHARLES PIERRE CLARET)]. -DECOUVERTES
DES FRANÇOIS EN 1768 & 1769, DANS LE SUD-EST DE LA
NOUVELLE-GUINÉE. ET RECONNOISSANCES POSTÉRIEURES DES
MÊMES TERRES PAR DES NAVIGATEURS ANGLOIS QUI LEUR ONT
IMPOSÉ DE NOUVEAUX NOMS ; PRÉCÉDÉES DE L'ABRÉGÉ HISTORIQUE
DES NAVIGATIONS & DES DÉCOUVERTES DES ESPAGNOLS DANS LES
MÊMES PARAGES. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1790. 1 vol.
4to. 12 plates. Contemporary half calf. First edition of this account
by Fleurieu, French explorer and politician, one of the most
famous hydrographers of the 18th century. The purpose of the
present book, presented to the French Academy of Science in
1790, was to insure Bougainville’s and Surville’s rights against
some English sailors’ claims for the discovery of some islands. Fine
copy.
$ 7 200
62. LAPLACE (CAPITAINE CYRILLE PIERRE THÉODORE). LAUVERGNE (BARTHÉLÉMY), PÂRIS, SAINSON. [ATLAS HISTORIQUE] VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE PAR LES MERS DE L'INDE ET DE CHINE EXÉCUTÉ SUR LA CORVETTE DE
L'ETAT LA FAVORITE PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1830,
1831 ET 1832 SOUS LE COMMANDEMENT DE M.
LAPLACE, CAPITAINE DE FRÉGATE. [Paris, Arthus
Bertrand, Imp. de Casimir, 1833.] 1 vol. folio,
historical atlas only, 69 numbered plates on 72 (plates
54, 56 and 71 missing, 2 plates n°35). Contemporary
half sheep. Historical Atlas of the captain Laplace's
famous circumnavigation, with the illustrations by
Lauvergne, Pâris and Sainson. In May 1829, the
Lieutenant Commander Laplace (1793-1875) was
appointed to command two scientific expeditions in
austral seas, in order to protect French trade. La
Favorite left Toulon in 1829 and came back in 1832.
This expedition was successful and collect a lot of
major informations. In addition to the scientific
interst, this atlas presents an aesthetic dimension,
according to Sabin: "perhaps the finest series plates of
any picturesque voyage". Among them: Réunion,
Maurice, Singapore, Manille, Sydney or Rio. Fine
copy.
$ 16 380
63. MENDEZ PINTO (FERDINAND). -LES VOYAGES ADVENTUREUX DE FERNAND MENDEZ PINTO. Paris, Arnould
Cotinet et Jean Roger, 1645. 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf. Second French edition of this scarce narrative of
Mendez Pinto (1509-1583), veritable adventurer who took board to Indies in 1537 and travelled through Asia and the Far
East.
$ 3 670
64. PARRY (WILLIAM EDOUARD). –VOYAGE FAIT EN 1819 ET 1820, SUR LES VAISSEAUX DE S.M.B., L’HECLA ET LE
GRIPPER. Paris, Librairie des Gide Fils, 1822. 1 vol. 8vo. 2 folding handcoloured maps. 19th half red calf. First French
edition of this account of one of the most important travel in Arctic. It shows that the Strait of Lancaster opens a way to the
West, and reveals the complexity of this sea way through the islands maze. Fine copy.
$ 2 100
65. PARRY (WILLIAM EDWARD). -JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE FROM THE
ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC. London: John Murray, 1821. 1 vol. 4to. 20 plates: 6 engraved maps 4 folding, 1 with folding
tipped-on extension flap, 9 aquatint plates and 5 etched plates.
Contemporary quarter morocco. First edition of this reference
work, account of the first expedition of Parry. Sir William Edward
Parry (1790-1855), was an English rear-admiral and Arctic
explorer. In 1819, he obtained the chief command of an Arctic
expedition; consisting of the two ships "Griper" and "Hecla". This
expedition returned to England in November 1820 after a voyage
of almost unprecedented Arctic success, having accomplished
more than half the journey from Greenland to Bering Strait, the
completion of which solved the ancient problem of a North-west
Passage. The present work is the narrative of the expedition,
appeared in 1821. Fine copy.
$ 1 960
66. ROQUEFEUIL (CAMILLE DE). -JOURNAL D’UN VOYAGE AUTOUR DU
MONDE PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1816, 1817, 1818 ET 1819. Paris, Ponthieu,
Lesage, Gide, 1823. 2 vols. 8vo. 2 folding maps. Contemporary calf. First
edition of the only account of the first official French voyage after Baudin, the
third French circumnavigation. An important account concerning California,
Alaska, the Northwest coast of America and Hawaii. Camille de Roquefeuil
made a circumnavigation (1816-1819), in order to open new commercial
possibilities for France with California and others. "The ships Le Bordelais and
Junior departed Bordeaux, France, October 19, 1816, sailed around Cape Horn,
stopped at the Galapagos Islands, continued to the Northwest coast and Alaska,
visited the Marquesas and the Hawaiian Islands after a second trip to the
Northwest coast of America, then continued to Macao and around the world"
(Forbes). "Attempts at trading in California, Nootka and Sitka were financial
failures. Despite lack of profit however France now had an up-to-date report on
conditions on the west coast of America from California to the Aleutians, on
Hawaii, the Marquesas, and on the prospects for trade in each of these areas"
(Hill). Fine copy.
$ 23 580
67. SCHOUTEN (GAUTIER). -VOYAGE DE GAUTIER SCHOUTEN AUX INDES
ORIENTALES. Rouen, Pierre le Boucher, Jean-Baptiste Machuel et Pierre
Cailloix, 1725. 2 vols. 12mo. 2 frontispieces, 1 portrait, 8 plates (4 folding).
Contemporary calf. New expanded edition (OE: 1707, Amsterdam). Gautier
Schouten boarded in 1658 as a surgeon on the India Company. When he came back in Amsterdam in 1665, he published
this relation, dealing with customs of the people, botanical and zoological subjects. This edition presents nice plates: views of
the islands and botanical illustrations. Fine copy.
$ 2 230
Marine
68. ABRÉGÉ DE LA SPHÈRE. AVEC DES
TABLES DE DÉCLINAISON ET D'ASCENSION
EN USAGE JUSQU'EN 1720. Pour
l'école d'hydrographie de Honfleur, 1071 [1701]. 1 vol. 16mo. Contemporary
DROITE DU SOLEIL ET DES ÉTOILES LES PLUS NOTABLES.
marbled boards. Scarce edition printed in Honfleur, for the sailors. Fine copy.
$ 660
69. BLONDEL DE SAINT AUBIN (G UILLAUME). -LE TRÉSOR DE LA
NAVIGATION. Au Havre de Grace, chez Jacques Gruchet, 1673. 1 vol. 4to.
Numerous wood engravings. Contemporary full vellum. Fine copy of the extremely rare
first edition of this French school book on navigation, teaching on spherical geometry
details and its application to navigation and practice of seamanship. Only 1 copy
appeared at auction during the last 40 years.
$ 8 900
70. BOUGUER (PIERRE). -DE LA MANŒUVRE DES VAISSEAUX, OU TRAITÉ DE
MÉCHANIQUE ET DE DYNAMIQUE. A Paris, chez H.L. Guerin & D.F. Delatour,
1757. 1 vol. 4to. 15 folding
engraved
plates.
Contemporary
calf.
First
edition of this hydrographic
treatise, one of the scarcest
works due to the French mathematician and hydrographer Pierre
Bouguer (1698-1758). He is the author of numerous books on
sailing, astronomy and optics and is known to be have been part of
La Condamine’s mission in South America. Fine copy.
$ 4 190.
71. CORREARD (ALEXANDRE), SAVIGNY (J. B. HENRI).
-NAUFRAGE DE LA FRÉGATE LA MÉDUSE. Paris, Eymery,
Delaunay & Ladvocat, Treutell et Wutz, 1818. 1 vol. 8vo.
Contemporary half sheep. 1 hand-colored portrait in frontispiece 1
plan. Second edition of this account of the Meduse’s shipwreck.
Fine copy.
$ 660
72. [MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK. WATERCOLORS] . -RECUEIL DES BÂTIMENTS DANS LESQUELS A NAVIGUÉ JEAN
JAUBERT DE MARSEILLE DE 1776 JUSQU’À [1815]. [1776-817]. 1 vol. folio. Text + 46 watercolours. Original parchment
binding. Exceptional personal "logbook" of a sailor from Marseille covering a period of 40 years, describing his successive
shipments inboard merchant ships and French Navy from 1776 until his capture November 3 rd, 1805, its detention on the
pontoons and the Dartmoor prison until May 27 th, 1814, and its latest shipments of June 1814 to November 5 th, 1817:
document of considerable value for understanding the marine environment of the late 18 th century, the important traffic in
the Mediterranean and beyond, with the addition of first-hand accounts of the battles of Abukir and Trafalgar and the life of
the French sailors on the pontoons
British prisoners. Reading this
picturesque and exciting document
gives the impression of a whole life
devoted to action. The adventures
of Jaubert are endless and his
firsthand account of Trafalgar battle
and his life as a prisoner on the
English pontoons makes one of the
only original work of a French
sailor on the subject. The
document is beautifully illustrated
with 46 watercolors, depicting with
remarkable precision:
tartans,
barks, brigs, corvettes, bombards,
chebecks,
seneaux,
ships,
brigantines, polaccas, boulichous,
frigates, schooners, etc. on which he
embarked. The quality of these
watercolors is close to the works of
the “Roux”, famous ship portrait
makers of Marseille. The variety of ships on which stays Jaubert is a remarkable source of information on maritime traffic in
the Mediterranean at the time, and actors: French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Arabic ... and even American. As well the nature
of the cargo and the ports listed are precious details (Marseille, Toulon, Barcelona, Livorno Mahon, Algiers,
Constantinople, Salonica, Corfu, Malta, Messina, Genoa, Wax, Cadiz, Malaga, Trieste,
Minna ... Illustrations also includes an impressive ink wash entitled "Formidable taken
by the ship the Namur November 4, 1805", 2 watercolors of the pontoons he was
inboard and one of the terrible Dartmoor prison. The journal finished with Jaubert’s
last shipments after his recover freedom in May 1814, to November 1817. It ends with
an account of quarantine on a ship due to the plague. Then it is probable that Jaubert
succumbed to this epidemic.
$ 90 000
73. MEDINA (PIERRE DE). -L'ART DE NAVIGUER CONTENANT TOUTES LES REIGLES,
SECRETS, & ENSEIGNEMENS NECESSAIRES À LA BONNE NAVIGATION. Rouen, 1607. 1 vol.
4to. 93 wood cuts. Ancient vellum. Scarce edition from Rouen of this famous navigation
treatise: the first scientific work on this subject. The Art of use must be read first, as the
model of contemporary knowledge, such as translation, in maritime language, a sort of
Instauratio magna, in the style of Francis Bacon, whose frontispiece still remembered in
1628, the caravel sailing towards the New World. Fine copy.
$ 9 830
Atlas
74. APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE (JEAN-BAPTISTE D'). -INSTRUCTIONS DE DAPRÈS
SUR LA NAVIGATION DES INDES ORIENTALES. Paris, de l'Imprimerie royale, 1819. 1 vol.
8vo. Contemporary red cuir de Russie, with the royal arms (Louis-Philippe), with green silk
endpapers. Last reissue of these “Instructions” by the famous geographer of the King, Après
de Mannevillette (1707-1780), ordered by Louis XVIII. It’s very scarce on the market (no
sale listed on auction, American Exchange) and World Catalogue indicates only five copies in
libraries around the world. Capital work for its time, these “Instructions” completes the
“Neptune Oriental”, a coastal pilot, by the same author, first published in 1745. Après de
Mannevillette never stopped enhancing these two
works, transferring the corrections first due to his
own observations, then to the one reported by
other sailors (being from 1762 in charge of the
Dépôt des Cartes et Plans of the East India
Company). This edition, richly bound for the
Duke of Orleans, the future King LouisPhilippe, was ordered by Louis XVIII and
testifies of the importance of this work for the
authorities. Scarce and beautiful copy from a
prestigious provenance.
$ 15 070
75. APRÈS DE MANNEVILLETTE (J EANBAPTISTE D'). -NEPTUNE ORIENTAL, OU
ROUTIER GÉNÉRAL DES INDES ORIENTALES ET DE LA CHINE. Paris, Dépôt
général de la Marine, ca. 1810. 1 vol. folio. 69 engraved maps (charts and
profiles). Famous French work on coastal pilot. Throughout his voyage to
China, D'Apres de Mannevillette used advanced instrumentation to correct the
latitudes of numerous locations along his route. So, he was able to publish
correct charts of the route to China, the Red Sea, the Indian Coast, Malaysia,
northern Indonesia, and Indochina. The atlas includes parts of coastal Europe,
Africa (particularly Madagascar), the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, India and
Ceylon, the Malaya Peninsula, Indonesia, Thailand, the China Sea, Borneo and
the Philippines. Of particular interest are two very detailed plans of Rio de
Janeiro and Manila. Fine copy.
$ 28 820
76. [ATLAS]. -ETRENNES UTILES ET NÉCESSAIRES AUX COMMERÇANTS ET
VOYAGEURS OU INDICATEUR FIDÈLE. Paris, Desnos, 1772. 1 vol. 24mo. 2 double maps and 156 engraved maps. Beautiful
copy in original red morocco binding of this small atlas that shows the roads and routes of France and neighbouring
countries.
$ 1 900
77. BONNE (RIGOBERT). -PETIT TABLEAU DE LA FRANCE OU CARTES GEOGRAPHIQUES SUR TOUTES LES PARTIES DE CE
ROYAUME. AVEC "DESCRIPTION ABREGÉE DE FRANCE". Paris, chez Lattre, 1764 / Paris, de l'imprimerie de Butard,
1764. 2 parts in 1 vol. 12mo. 1 engraved coloured title, 28 hand-coloured maps on double-page (I.). Contemporary full red
morocco. Only edition of this charming pocket atlas, with title + 28 maps nicely contemporary coloured and original
morocco binding. Bound with Description Geographique Abregee de la
France. Fine copy.
$ 2 360
78. BORDONE (BENEDETTO). -LIBRO DI BENEDETTO BORDONE NEL QUA
SI RAGIONA DE TUTTE L'IISOLE DEL MONDO. [Venice, Nicolo Zoppino,
1528]. (Colophon : Impresse in Vinegia per Nicolo d’Aristotile, detto
Zoppino, nel mese di Guigno, del M.D.CCVIII.) 1 vol. folio. [10] ll.
(Title in red and black, in wood-cut border, 1 full-page diagram, 3 double-page
maps), 73 ll. 109 maps in-text (5 double, 1 full-page). Antique vellum. First
edition of this scarce Isolario, one of the first important island books. The
work is in the tradition of the Mediterranean island books, with coverage
expanded to include the whole world as a series of islands. The Adriatic and
Greek archipelagoes are covered in sixty-four maps. The most significant map,
cartographically speaking, is the double-page world map, held for many years
to be the first such use of an oval projection. Besides the oval world map,
eleven of the maps relate to the Americas. Bordone's work was practical and
popular and saw several editions. Fine copy.
$ 39 300
79. CLÜVER (PHILIPPI). -INTRODUCTIONIS IN UNIVERSAM GEOGRAPHIAM TAM VETEREM QUAM NOVAM LIBRI VI. [...]
ACCESSIT P. BERTII BREVIARUM ORBIS TERRARUM. Amstelodomani [Amsterdam], Elzeviriana, 1661. 1 vol. 12mo. 38
maps on double pages, 4 plates. Contemporary full vellum. Born in Danzig, the celebrated geographer Philip Clüver (15801623) began to study law at Leiden, but soon turned his attention to history and geography under the tutelage of Joseph
Scaliger. Settling in Holland, Clüver received after 1616 a regular pension from the Academy at Leiden. A specialist in Near
Eastern and Ancient geography, Clüver authored numerous works, the Introductionis proving to be his most popular. Fine
copy.
$ 2 360
80. DU CAILLE (LOUIS-ALEXANDRE), LATTRE (JEAN).
-ETRENNES GEOGRAPHIQUES ANNÉE 1761. ROYAUME DE FRANCE
DIVISÉ PAR GENERALITÉS SUBDIVISE PAR ELECTIONS DIOCÈSES
BAILLAGES &C. PAR L. A. DU CAILLE. GRAVÉ PAR LATTRÉ. A
Paris, chez Ballard Imprimeur du Roy, Rue S. Jean de
Beauvais a S. Cecile, [1761]. 1 vol. 16mo. [34] ll. (Engraved
frontispiece and title. 30 hand-coloured maps, Privilège).
Contemporary full brown morocco. Very nice copy of this little
atlas with 30 maps finely engraved and hand-coloured depicting
the Kingdom of France. The frontispiece is engraved by Tardieu
from Poussin, and the title is engraved by Choffard. Attractive
copy in a contemporary morocco binding, fresh colouring.
$ 1 440
81.
GARCIA
CUBAS
(ANTONIO). ATLAS
ESTADOS UNIDOS
MEXICANOS. Mexico, Debray Succ., 1885.1 vol. large
PINTORESCO E HISTÓRICO DE LOS
folio, 13 chromolithographies on double page.
Publisher half green shagreen. (Text vol. not present).
First edition. This atlas is regarded as one of the most
beautiful colour-plate books on Mexico. The work
contains 13 chromolithographed plates, each with a
specialized map of Mexico surrounded by vignettes
corresponding to the map, such as archaeology, botany,
rivers, mining, volcanoes and mountains, railroads,
costumed ethnographic types, etc. Antonio García y
Cubas devoted himself to the study of Mexican
geography, history and archaeology, publishing a
succession of atlases beginning in 1858. The Atlas
pintoresco e histórico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos
can be said to be a culmination of his work in its beauty
and comprehensiveness. With title-page in tinted
lithography.
$ 11 130
82. JOURDAIN (P.). -COSMOGRAPHIE ET PELERINAGE DU MONDE UNIVERSEL. Paris, sans nom, 1680. [Paris, de
l’Imprimerie Estienne, 1669] (Colophon). 1 vol. 8vo. 22 double maps, 4 engraved plates (3 doubles). Contemporary full
calf. Rare first edition of this Cosmographie Universelle, contemporaneous with Sanson d'Abeville's atlases. Fine copy.
$ 4 590
83. LE ROUGE (GEORGE-LOUIS). -ATLAS NOUVEAU
PORTATIF À L'USAGE DES MILITAIRES ET DU VOYAGEURS...
Paris, Le Rouge, 1748. 1 vol. 4to. 4 engraved plates and
87 maps on double-page spread. Contemporary calf. First
edition of this uncommon world atlas, including many
maps in colours of the time. Fine copy.
$ 13 100
84. ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM). -L'EPITOME DU THÉÂTRE
DE L'UNIVERS." Anvers, Joanris Keerberoii, 1602. 1 vol.
8vo. 123 maps. Contemporary vellum. Fine copy of this
rare French pocket atlas: reprint by the mathematician
Michel Coignet, of A. Ortélius’ famous work, offering a
priceless vision of the world at the end of the 16th Century.
$ 15 720
85. SANSON D’ABBEVILLE (NICOLAS, GÉOGRAPHE DU
ROY) -L'EUROPE, -L'ASIE, - L'AFRIQUE, - L'AMÉRIQUE EN
PLUSIEURS CARTES ET EN DIVERS TRAITÉS DE GÉOGRAPHIE ET
D'HISTOIR. Paris, chez l'autheur, 1683. 4 parts in 1 vol.
4to, engraved frontispiece and 62 coloured maps. Ancient
vellum. Rare copy containing the four parts (one for each
continent) by the famous French cartographer Nicolas
Sanson d'Abbeville (1600-1667).
$ 19 650
(NICOLAS). -L'ASIE EN
A Paris, Chez
l'Autheur, rüe S. lacques, à l'Esperance. Avec privilege
du roy pour vingt ans, [1652]. 1 vol. 4to. 17 folded, hand86. SANSON
D'ABEVILLE
PLUSIEURS CARTES NOUVELLES, ET EXACTES.
colored maps. Contemporary brown calf binding, tooled gilt
on spine, all edges sprinkled red. [3rd ed.] Editions of the
Asia atlas were printed in 1652, 1653, 1658 and 1662
(Tooley). Harvard copy is of 1662 edition. Chadenat
attributes his copy to 1652 although that edition had the date printed on the title page, and his title page is apparently
undated.
$ 3 930
Sciences and Technology
87. BERTHOUD (FERDINAND).
-ESSAI SUR L'HOROLOGERIE ; DANS
LEQUEL ON TRAITE DE CET ART,
RELATIVEMENT À L'USAGE CIVIL, À
L'ASTRONOMIE & À LA NAVIGATION, EN
ÉTABLISSANT DES PRINCIPES CONFIRMÉS
PAR L'EXPÉRIENCE. A Paris, chez
Merigot le jeune, Didot fils, Jombert
jeune. M DCC LXXXVI (1786). 2
vols. 4to. 38 engraved folding plates. (I.
Misbound, gathering Nnn: pp. 465-72,
bound after gathering Ooo and Ppp). 7
manuscript documents (some illustrated) bound in-fine 2nd vol., 6 addended manuscript documents. Full vellum. Second
edition of the most famous work by the well know King Watchmaker,
Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), inventor of a marine chronometer
which gives the longitude at sea. The plates engraved by Choffard
from Goussier’s drawings, depict different kinds of watches, clocks,
mechanisms, etc. The present copy belonged to Louis Guillermet
(Signatures at the beginning of 2nd vol. and on the 6th bounded
manuscript document), a Swiss Watchmaker (1766-1827), who
enhanced his book with manuscript
notes, sometimes illustrated with
schemes. Fine and scarce copy, of
interesting provenance.
$ 4 980
88. BERTHOUD (FERDINAND).
-L'ART DE CONDUIRE ET DE RÉGLER
LES
PENDULES
ET
LES
MONTRES
À
L'USAGE DE CEUX QUI N'ONT AUCUNE
Michel
Lambert, Paris, 1759. 1 vol. 16mo.
CONNAISSANCE D'HORLOGERIE.
4 engraved folding plates. Contemporary full red morocco. First edition. French Navy,
Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807) became a member of the Academy of Sciences in 1795.
His treatise was so successful that it was translated into four languages and it was
republished until 1841. Exceptional copy with a red morocco binding with the arms of
Empress Maria-Theresa of Austria (1717-1780), Marie Antoinette's mother.
$ 3 670
89. BESSON (JACQUES). -IL THEATRO DE GL'INSTRUMENTI & MACHINE DI M.
IACOPO BESSONI, MATHEMATICO DE' NOSTRI TEMPI ECCELLENTISSIMO, CON UNA
BREIVE NECESSARIA DICHIARATION DIMOSTRATIVA, DI M. FRANCESCO BEROALDO SÙ
TUTTE LE FIGURE, CHE VI SON COMPRESE, NUOUMENTE DI LATINO IN VOLGATE
ITALIANO TRADOTTO & DI MOLTISSIME ADDITIONI PER TUTTO AUMMENTATO &
ILLUSTRATO PEL SIGNOR GIULIO PASCHALI MESSINESE. In Lione, Per Barth.
Vicenti. Con Privilegio del Rè. M D LXXXII. [Lyon, Barthélémy Vincent,
1582]. 1 vol. 4to. 1 engr. frontispiece, 1 + 60 copper engravings. Contemporary
vellum. First Italian edition of this work (OE: 1571, Latin). The fine illustrations are
by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau and René Boyvin, and depicts many very different
inventions. Fine copy of this scarce Italian edition.
$ 8 910
90.
BOSSE
PRACTIQUES
(ABRAHAM).
GEOMETRALES
ET
-TRAITÉ
DES
PERSPECTIVES
DANS L'ACADÉMIE ROYALE DE LA
PEINTURE ET SCULPTURE. A Paris, chez
l'Auteur, en l'Isle du Palais, sur le Quay vis-àvis celuy de la Megisserie, 1665. 1 vol. 8vo. 2
ENSEIGNÉES
engraved titles (l. 1, p. 47), 1 engraved dedicationleaf, 67 engraved plates (1 double). Contemporary
calf. First edition of this work by the famous
engraver Abraham Bosse (1604-1676), one of the main artists of the 17th century, and the
first to teach perspective at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture according to
Desargues’ principles. The present treatise is a defense of those ideas, and is illustrated
with engraved plates (including frontispiece and dedication-leaf) the whole entirely drawn
and engraved by Abraham Bosse. Fine copy.
$ 7 860
91. [WATERCOLOUR CATALOG]. -CAROLA FAYENCEN. [Allemagne, ca.
1880]. 1 vol. 8vo oblong. 63 watercolours and 18 typescripts. Brown paper cardboard.
Fine set of watercolours depicting pieces of earthenware, with typescript captions. These
captions often are handwritten corrected. Charming book.
$ 980
92. COSTA (EMANUEL MENDES DA). -HISTORIA
BRITANNIAE, OR THE BRITISH CONCHOLOGY; CONTAINING
THE DESCRIPTION AND OTHER PARTICULARS OF NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SHELLS
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. London, printed for the Author, Millan, B.
White, Elmsley and Robson, 1778. 1 vol. 4to. 17 hand-colored engraved plates.
NATURALIS TESTACEORUM
Parallel text in English and French. Contemporary calf, vellum corners. First edition,
of this treatise by Emanuel Mendes da Costa, member of the Imperial Caesarian
Academy Naturae Curiosorum and of the botanic Society of Florence. Scarce book,
fresh copy.
$ 3 800
93. COURTANVAUX (CHARLES F.
CÉSAR LE TELLIER, MARQUIS DE). -JOURNAL
DU VOYAGE DE M. LE MARQUIS DE
COURTANVAUX, SUR LA FRÉGATE L'AURORE,
POUR ESSAYER PAR ORDRE DE L'ACADÉMIE,
PLUSIEURS
INTRUMENS RELATIFS À LA
LONGITUDE. Paris, Imprimerie Royale,
1768. 1 vol. 4to. 1 frontispiece depicting the
Aurore, 5 folding plates (1 map).
Contemporary calf. Fine copy of this account
of an important practical trial to perfect a method of measuring longitude. The
present work is his report of a voyage in the frigate L’Aurore to allow an accurate
daily assessment for the prize offered by the Academie for the first successful
method of measuring longitude. The main contender assessed was the “Horloger du
Roi”, Pierre Le Roy, who invented a completely original marine chronometer in the
1750's, which he perfected over the next decade and presented to Louis XV in
1766. The present voyage between Le Havre and Amsterdam was the first practical
trial to which it was subjected. Le Roy was awarded a double prize in 1768, for his
chronometer and for his memoir describing it. Fine copy.
$ 6 550
94. DORTOUS DE MAIRAN (JEAN-JACQUES). -DISSERTATION SUR LA GLACE, OU EXPLICATION PHYSIQUE DE LA
FORMATION DE LA GLACE, & DE SES DIVERS PHÉNOMÈNES. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1749. 1 vol. 8vo. Frontispiece,
5 folding plates. Contemporary marbled calf. Rare early treatise on Ice. Hoover coll. 554; the first edition of this book on
the formation of ice appeared at Bordeaux in 1716. The frontisp. depicts a glacier in the mountains, the other snow cristals.
His other book published in 1731 was: “Traité physique et historique de l'Aurore” and was also an early book on this
subject.
$ 850
95. HARRISON (JOHN). -PRINCIPES DE LA MONTRE DE MR HARRISON, AVEC LES PLANCHES RELATIVES À LA MÊME
MONTRE, IMPRIMÉS À LONDRES EN 1767 PAR ORDRE DE MRS. LES COMMISSAIRES DES LONGITUDES. [SUIVI DE] EXTRAIT DE
LA RÉPONSE DE MR JEAN HARRISON AUX REMARQUES ET OBJECTIONS DE MONSIEUR MASKELYNE, SERVANT DE SUITE AUX
PRINCIPES DE LA MONTRE DE M. HARRISON. A Avignon, chez la Veuve Girard & François Seguin, se vend à Paris,
chez Jombert, Desaint, Saillant, 1767 (Principes de la Montre) ; 1768 (Extrait de la Réponse). 1 vol. 4to. 7 folding
plates with 15 figures. (The Streeter copy doesn't have the second part Réponse de Harrison aux objections de Maskelyne,
but presents a title page in english which
isn't in our copy). Antique half calf. First
French edition of the "description of the
famous solution to the centuries-old
world-wide problem of finding the
longitude" (Grolier, Horblit). “There
was no comparable advance in
navigational aids until the development
of radar in the twentieth century"
(Norman). The present edition is
anonymously translated by Pezenas,
with the English text in front and
followed by the critic by Pezenas of the
Board and of his translation of
Harrison’s Remarks on a pamphlet
lately published by Maskelync. Fine
copy of two extremly rare texts,
complete with the seven plates.
$ 28 820
96. JACQUINOT (DOMINIQUE). -L'USAGE DE L'ASTROLABE AVEC UN PETIT TRAICTÉ DE LA SPHÈRE. Paris, 1697. 1 vol.
12mo. many woodcuts in-text and 1 full-page. Ex-libris. Contemporary vellum. Later edition, expended and actualised, of
the first French work on the astrolabe. Jacquinot's publication, a clear and comprehenisve introduction in the use of the
astrolabe, was based on Stoeffler's Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii. (Oppenheim, 1513). The author dedicated it to
Catherine de Medici, then Dauphine, "who in her scientific knowledge not only surpassed her contemporaries of her own
sex, but also most men. In its preparation he had the advantage of the advice of M. Paschal du Hamel, the Regius Professor"
(Gunther). Two surviving examples of Moreau's re-issue of Danfrie's astrolabe are to be found : in the Adler Planetarium in
Chicago and in the Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. Fine copy.
$ 4 590
97. [MANUSCRIPT]. BRUYAS & FILS. [MANUSCRIPT AND WATERCOLOUR FRENCH TRADE CATALOGUE]. Lyon, circa
1850. 1 vol. in-folio. 159 watercolours. Original full sheep. Exceptional French hardware trade catalogue containing 159
fine and detailed watercolour plates, 6 plates with imprints and one sample sheet on together 91 leaves. The depicted wares
are keys and locks, screws, bells, many kitchen accessoires, knives, scissors, revolvers, bells, etc. Very attractive set.
$ 33 400
98. [WATERCOLOURS / MANUSCRIPT] -[HERBIER DE VÉNÉTIE].
Italie (Venise), ca. 1500-1520. 1 vol. 4to. [92] ll. [90] watercolour plates
of plants, [49] ink drawings (19th century), [61] manuscript pp. (19th
century). Full vellum (19th century). Remarkable illustrated manuscript
herbal from the beginning of 16th century, testifying of the transition from
medieval tradition to modern botanical illustration based on observation of
reality and naturalism. The work, with 90 plates of plants, certainly was
compiled by one or several herbalist or student of medicine, in Veneto
where there was an important tradition of illustrated manuscript herbals in
15th century. Some of these herbals show a transition from the stylized and
symmetrical drawings typical of the medieval tradition which consisted in
copying existing images, to a more realistic style which announces the Otto
Brunfel’s (1530-1536) and Leonhart Fuch’s (1542) revolutionary printed
herbals. The present work includes both symmetrical representations and
more naturalistic ones, where the reader immediately figures out the
depicted plant. On numerous drawings, the artist sets animals: frog, birds,
even dragons. Provenance: the owner of the book in the 19th, explains in a
manuscript note at the beginning of the work, the book’s history, he had it
bound, and added a lot of notes (including for most of the plates the name
according to Linnaean system) and ink drawings. A scarce and exceptional
work.
P.O.R..
99. MARSIGLI (LUIGI FERDINANDO, COMTE DE). -HISTOIRE PHYSIQUE DE LA
MER. OUVRAGE ENRICHI DE FIGURES DESSINÉES D'APRÈS LE NATUREL.
Amsterdam, Aux Dépens de la Compagnie, 1725. 1 vol. in-folio. Engraved
frontispiece. 12 folding maps and plans, 40 plates by Pool. Contemporary calf.
The Italian geographer and naturalist Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1658-1730)
devoted himself to mathematics, astronomy and the natural history subjects for
which he received the teaching of the greatest minds in Italy at the time.
Founder of the prestigious Accademia delle Scienze dell 'Instituto di Bologna,
the present book assured his fame as the father of modern oceanography. It
deals with the morphology of the ocean and the interaction between land and
sea, properties of the water surface and depth (color, temperature, salinity) and
its movement (waves, currents, tides). He also studied the biology of sea animals,
shellfish and corals (considered by him as non-organic). Thus, Marsigli remain
as the forerunner of the systematic exploration of Oceanography, which will be
implemented 50 years later with the famous campaigns of exploration of Captain
Cook's Endeavor. Maps, tables and many engravings from nature illustrate the
remarkable scientific demonstrations. Fine copy, preserved in all margins.
$ 6 160
ABBÉ). -LEÇONS DE PHYSIQUE EXPÉRIMENTALE. Paris, Durand, 1775. 6 vols. 8vo. 1
frontispiece portrait, 116 engraved folding plates depicting Nollet's instruments. Contemporary full calf. The most famous
scientific work for the general public of 18th century. Nollet (1700-1770) was a popularizer who brightly illustrated a new
approach of scientific comunication based on experiment and demonstration. In the present work, the illustration shows his
style as an scientific instrument maker. Fine copy.
$ 2 360
100. NOLLET (JEAN-ANTOINE,
101. PARISOT (SEBASTIEN-ANTOINE). -TRAITÉ DU CALCUL
CONJECTURAL OU DE L'ART DE RAISONNER SUR LES CHOSES
FUTURES ET INCONNUES ; PAR SÉB.-ANT. PARISOT. Paris, chez
Madd. Ve Bernard, Firmin Didot, Courcier, Béchet, M
DCCC X. [1810]. 1 vol. 4to. 2 folding plates. Contemporary
blue wrappers. Scarce first edition of this important treatise on
the probabilities in mathematics. It appears on the
"Bibliographie sur l'histoire du calcul des probabilités jusqu'à
Arago" by Pierre Crépel from the Friends Society of
Polytechnique School. Sébastien-Antoine Parisot also authored
« Art de conjecturer à la loterie », Paris, 1801. The present
works based on different authorities, deals mostly with
applications of Mathematics in gambling, economy and
metaphysics. Fine copy, untrimmed.
$ 5 900
102. PERRAULT (CLAUDE), VARIGNON (PIERRE). [PUJOL (ABBÉ)].
-TRAITÉ DU MOUVEMENT ET DE LA MESURE DES EAUX COULANTES ET JAILLISSANTES
[SUIVI DE] RECUEIL DE PLUSIEURS MACHINES DE NOUVELLE INVENTION. [SUIVI DE]
ELEMENS DE MATHEMATIQUE DE MONSIEUR VARIGNON. A Paris, chez Pissot,
1725. A Leide, Pierre Vander Aa, 1720. A Amsterdam, François Changuion,
1734. 3 texts in 1 vol. 4to. 5 – 11 – 22 plates. Contemporary half calf. Scarce
collection of three works of mechanics and mathematics, due to two famous French
scientists in 17th century. First edition of the Traite du mouvement et de la mesure
des eaux coulantes et jaillissantes edited according to Varignon’s (1654 - 1722, one of
the most famous French geometrician of his time) manuscripts by Pujol. New
editions of Perrault’s (1613-1688, French Architect and physician) posthumous
treatise. Fine copy.
$ 4 190
103.
PICCOLOMINI
(ALESSANDRO). -I. LA SFERA DEL
MONDO ETC.I. In Vinegia,
Apresso Giovanni Varisco, &
Paganino Paganini, s.d. (vers
1595), II. In Venetia, Per Gio.
Varisco, & Compagni. 2 parts in 1
vol. 4to. Numerous in-text drawings, 47 plates printed on both recto and
verso. Contemporary full vellum. Together 2 important texts of Alessandro
Piccolomini, Italian philosopher and astronomer (1508-1578). Author in his
youth in several comedies and translator of the Metamorphoses of Ovid, he
was professor of philosophy at Padua. In astronomy, he was a supporter of
the Ptolemaic system. Thosepresent 2 major work are the majors. His
"Delle stelle fisse" was the first printed star atlas, it is an important testimony
of the astronomical knowledge of the time. Very popular, he will at least
make 12 editions in XVIth century. Our copy has a peculiarity: one of his
owner has crossed diagonally with a pen just inked some pages and
scratched the margins of large cross marks, how to identify the pages or
passages that he had read (?) owner who, at the bottom of the sending head,
dated 1564, noted that this year was the birth of Galileo. 2 parts in 1 vol. inquarto richly illustrated by many geometric and astronomic drawings, 47
plates.
$ 6 550,00
104. RONDELET (GUILLAUME). -LIBRI DE PISCIBUS MARINIS, IN
QUIBUS VERAE PISCIUM EFFIGIES EXPRESSAE SUNT. - UNIVERAE
AQUATILIUM HISTORIAE PARS ALTERA, CUM VERIS IPSORUM IMAGINIBUS.
Lyon, Bonhomme, 1554-55. 2 parts in 1 vol. in-folio with woodcut
portrait of Rondelet in both volumes, woodcut illustration to second t-p, in
all about 430 woodcut illustrations of all aquatic animals, i.e. fish, marine
mammals, arthropods, mollusks, riverine amphibians, beavers etc.
Contemporary sow leather. Scarce first edition of this work of seminal
character, likewise the first French work ever published on fish. Fine copy.
$ 15 720
Costumes
105. [BUSUTTIL (SALVATORE)]. -COSTUMI DELLA CORTE CORTEPONTIFICIA. Rome, G. Antonelli, s.d. (circa 1850) 1
vol. 16mo of 30 engraved handcoloured plates. Editor red paperboard. Charming set of handcoloured engravings given the
main papal dignitaries. Fine copy.
$ 1 830
106. [MANUSCRIPT] MODE. -MODÈLES LANVIN, CHANEL, LELONG, ETC. ANNÉES
1920. [Paris, ca. 1920]. 1 blue portfolio 4to. 99 original drawings on tracing paper:
watercolour and Indian ink, 1 watercolour, 1 wash drawing. Very pleasant series of
original works, depicting models from "Haute
couture" firms like Lanvin, Chanel, or Lelong
in the 1920's, of evening, wedding dress, or
more casual clothes, but always very elegant.
Fine set.
$ 3 280
107. YU ZAN MORI (DESIGNER). -SHIKI
NO YOSOII. Kyoto (Japan), Unsodo, 1903.
2 vols. 4to. 102 coloured woodcuts. Japanese
fan-glued bindind. Rare Kimono Pattern
Books containing woodblock prints of kimono
textile designs. Called “Zu-An-Cho” in
Japanese, these books were used to
communicate ideas between kimono dealers,
their clients, and the various craftsmen
collaborating on kimono. The first book
contains 50 full-page and polychrome patterns
which are richly decorated; the second book
presents 30 patterns following by a variety of
many floral generally circular-shaped motives.
Attractive book.
$ 4 320
Sketch books
108. [ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS ALBUM]. -[TRAVEL LOG
IN EUROPE]. Sans lieu ni nom. [Ca. 1880]. 1 vol. 4to. 112
watercolours. Contemporary romantic buckram. Beautiful set of
watercolours fly-on-the-wall from journeys in differents European
countries by an anonymous traveler in the 19th century. Views depict
great Italian cities (Venice, Padoua, Trieste, etc.), northern Italy (Riva)
and south Switzerland and Austria, Paris, Germany and Prussia
(Munchen, Berlin, Hamburg), and Turkey. Exceptional album. $ 31 440
109. [HOUGHTON (CHARLOTTE), BURGER (MARIA)]. -[ALBUM À
LA LYRE]. Londres,
1825-1835. 1 vol.
4to. [43] ll. 17
manuscript pp. 16
engravings (13 hand
coloured),
28
original illustrations (13 watercolours, 3 of them on silk, 13 pencil
drawings, 1 pastel, 1 gouache). Contemporary embossed morocco.
Charming scrap book, noteworthy for the quality of the original
drawings from different people from England but also from France.
The very fine graphite drawings depict mostly landscapes but also
portraits or scenes. The most intersting paintings are the ones on silk
related to Napoleon in St Helena : "Longwood at St Helena",
"Bonaparte's grave", and a third untitled landscape. Handsome set
nicely bound.
$ 1 970
110. [MANUSCRIPT]. MOTTEUX (G.). -DESSIN. GÉOMÉTRIE DROLATIQUE. [Ca. 1884]. 1 vol. 4to. [1] l. (Title),
[10] ll. (Indian ink drawings with manuscript captions, some with red ink). (14 scenes, 17 portraits). In leaves, contemporary
black boards. Caricature booklet with little scenes or portraits with humorous captions. The author realised a series of
portraits with a geometric figure for the face of the character, explaining the title : "Géométrie drolatique" (Humorous
geometry). Fine set.
$ 1 050
111. [SCRAP BOOK]. -ALBUM DE LA PÉRIODE VICTORIENNE. Londres, [ca. 1830].
1 vol. 4to. [2] manuscript pp. 11 engravings (8 hand-coloured), 19 original works (7
pencil drawings, 12 watercolours and gouaches), 4 silhouettes. Contemporary full green
embossed morocco (London, Delarue). Scrap book with mostly original works, very
nice pencil drawings depicting landscape, fine portraits of women, some in oriental
dress, and scenes (inside an old shop, a diner). Most of the watercolours depict
landscape or flowers and birds, but one shows a night scene lighted by fires and moon
light, where some sailors, probably pirates, unloaded some barrel from a ship in a cave.
Very nice set, finely bound.
$ 1 310
112. [SCRAP BOOK]. -THE CHARMS OF MEMORY. Ca. 1830. [1830-1851]. 1 vol.
4to. [60] manuscript pp., 5
engravings
(3
hand
coloured), 8 original works
(3 watercolours, 5 pencil
drawings), 1 embroidery
pattern.
[60]
bl.
Contemporary
red
embossed morocco. Nice scap book. The texts: poems, enigma,
memories- are written by different people, in English, French
and even Arabic. The engravings nicely handcoloured depict
portraits of oriental women, testifying of the taste for orientalism.
The pencil drawings are noteworthy, especially two: one
depicting a stricking shipwreck on Mediterranean coasts, and the
other a curious scene: on middle distance a ship is leaving, and
on the foreground there is a grave, and near that grave a white
sihouette stands out against the shade of a tree. Fine set.
$ 790
Literature and Varia
ILLUSTRÉ. Sans lieu, ca. 1860. 1 vol.
(2,12 x 1,49 in.). Contemporary red morocco. 20 engravings and drawings. At the beginning, some
friends' adresses can be read. Charming set.
$ 630
113. ASVARY (EMILY). [MINUSCULE]. -RÉPERTOIRE
114. [BOOTH (PITHIE)]. [CARNET DE DESSINS HUMORISTIQUES - COMICS BOOKLET]. -SALEM ET
EUPHEMIA. 1890. 1 vol. 12mo. 21 Indian ink drawings on 19 ll. + 2 crossed out sketches.
Contemporary half vellum, boards covered with white silk. Fine set of cartoons inspired from a rare
novel by Pithie W. Booth, ‘Euphemia and
Salem: A tale.’ (Aberdeen, Brown for the
Author, 1863). Very fine drawings in a nice
binding.
$ 1 250
115.
GUARINI
(BATTISTA).
[MINIATURE]. -IL PASTOR FIDO. Venise,
Appresso Nicolo Misserini, 1627. 1 vol.
24mo (97 x 51 mm.). 5 wood-engraved scenes.
Numerous head-pieces and ornamental initials. Contemporary full red
morocco. Charming and scarce miniature edition of Il Pastor Fido, (OE:
1589, Mettayer), Giovanni Battista Guarini's (1538-1612, poet and
diplomat) main work. This text is a very successful tragic-comic pastoral,
and was translated and edited in all Europe. Haendel wrote an opera
from the play in 1712. Beautiful copy of this finely illustrated edition, in
morocco binding.
$ 1 570
116. [MANUSCRIPT]. CHAPLIN (A.). -OLYMPE ILLUSTRÉ PAR A.
CHAPLIN, PEINTRE DE S.A.R. JUNON, REINE DE L’OLYMPE. [Paris],
1888. 1 vol. 8vo. [117] manuscript ll. 111 Indian ink and watercolour
drawings (3 folding). Contemporary blue buckram. Illustrated booklet
with original watercolours inspired by the Antiquity. But mythology is a
pretext for a funny satire of the good society of the end of the 19th
century. Fine set.
$ 4 590
117. [PORTEFEUILLE – XVIIITH CENTURY]. - 1 vol. 12mo.
[4] bl. Red morocco case. Charming booklet covered with blue silk.
The first board is decorted with an original painting depicting some
ancient ruins in a green landscape, the second board is decorated
with a mirror. Lovely item.
$ 850
118. [POUJADE (ELISABETH)].
[BINDING]. -FORMULAIRE DE
PRIÈRES À L'USAGE DES RELIGIEUSES
URSULINES. Limoges, Chez Martial
Ardant, 1834. New edition, conform
with the Caen's one. Prayer book
illustrated with nice plates : 2 in colors,
showing St John and Elizabeth of
Hungary. Nice binding.
$ 790
119. THE TUNNEL. -PONT SOUS LA TAMISE,
OPTIQUE N° 6. [Londres, ca. 1840]. 1 folding
panorama of 7 engraved and coloured pictures.
Contemporary case. Scarce panorama of seven
pictures, creating a perspective view from the
window of the first picture. Fine item.
$ 1 970
Recent Acquisition
120. LABAT (R. PÈRE JEAN-BAPTISTE). VOYAGE DU CHEVALIER DES MARCHAIS EN GUINÉE, ISLES VOISINES, ET A
CAYÉNNE, FAIT EN 1725, 1726 & 1727. Paris, Pierre Prault, 1730. 4 vols. 12mo. (36) & 31 plates and maps.
Contemporary full calf, gilt titles, decorated spine. First edition of this book by Father Jean-Baptiste Labat, French
missionary and explorer. Also engineer and physician, he modernized sugar industry and developped production
techniques while living in Martinique. He wrote many travel books, in America, Africa and Europe, always illustrated and
very successful. This one, devoted to Guinea and Cayenne is noteworthy historically and ethnographically and presents fine
maps and plates. One of the scarcer books by Labat.
$ 4 590