LES TROIS ISLETS

LES TROIS ISLETS
LIVRES RARES
HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR 2011
Hong Kong Exhibition Center
December 2011 2- 4
2. [ALBUM / CHINE. INK AND WATERCOLOUR SKETCHES]. -MIAO LI FENGSU TU. Ca 1810. 1 vol. 4to. 29 watercolours with
accompanying leaf of calligraphy
Jean-François Letenneur
Librairie Ancienne des Trois Islets
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List of 92 books to see on booth n°3
Travels: Asia, Japan, Europe; Explorations, Marine, Atlases, Sciences and Technology,
Literature and Varia.
Asia
1. [ALBUM CHINA / GOUACHES]. -[GALERIE DE PORTRAITS DE NOTABLES
DE LA DYNASTIE JIN /ALBUM OF PORTRAITS OF JIN DYNASTY OFFICIALS]. [ca.
1900]. 1 vol. 4to. 8 gouaches with gold. Ancient cardboards, boards covered
with silk. Exceptionnal set of 8 portraits depicting the Jin Dynasty officials. The
Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) governed the Northern China. It ended with Gengis
Khan's invasion. Among the portraits: some men of letters, the Emperor's
physician, the imperial chamberlain, some men of Justice, and the Emperor
himself. Fine condition, vivid colours.
$ 31 200
2. [ALBUM / CHINE. DESSINS À L'ENCRE DE CHINE ET À L'AQUARELLE /
INK AND WATERCOLOUR SKETCHES]. -MIAO LI FENGSU TU. Début 19ème
siècle. 1 vol. 4to. 29 watercolours with accompanying leaf of calligraphy
(except 2). Original cloth, ivory silk, lettered in ink. Beautiful example of an
"Miao" album. Those albums, originated in the 18th century depict minority
ethnic groups living in frontier regions of imperial China during the Qing
dynasty. Miao album's purpose was to provide new officials with information
about the populations to be governed. This genre combines hand-painted,
color illustrations of ethnic minority groups paired with hand-written
annotations in classical Chinese. The present album depicts the culture,
traditions and lifestyle of southwestern Chinese minorities. Fine copy with
very picturesque and colourful scenes in contemporary silk wrappers.
$ 57 200
3. [ASIE / PHOTOGRAPHS ALBUM - ASIA]. -[S.M.S.
VATERLAND]. Ca. 1904-1914.1 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.
$ 41 600
4. [ALBUM DE PHOTOGRAPHIES / CHINA,
QUANGXI. -"KWANGSI - DOWN THE FU RIVER - OVERLAND TO
HANKOW". 1936. 2 vols. oblong 4to. 139 pictures, mostly captionned
(from 75 x 65 mm. to 160 x 115 mm.). Original black cloth. Albums
by a British traveller in 1936. The journey is in three steps: the first
(first vol.), from January 19th to February 6th, is entitled "Kwangsi"
(67 pictures) and is accompanied with an manuscript itinerary. The
second and the third (2nd vol.) are « Down the Fu River from
Kweilin to Wuchow », (18 pictures), and « Overland to Hankow,
Easter 1936. 1 800 miles through Kwangtung, Hunan, Hupeh,
Kiangsi » (54 pictures). Fine iconographic set.
$ 18 720
5. [ALBUM DE PHOTOGRAPHIES / PHOTO
ALBUM]. FAGON (ALLAIN). -CAMPAGNE DE CHINE.
1927-1930. 1 vol. oblong 8vo. 289 silver pictures.
Original black cardboards. Beautiful photographic
album, with pictures taken between 1927 and 1930,
during travels in China, Vietnam, Japan and Corea and
gathered by Allain Fagon. The pictures depicting groups
and landscape views (Hong-Kong), as well as scenes.
Very fine set..
$ 26 000
6. ARRIVABENE (LODOVICO). -ISTORIA DELLA
CHINA DI LODOVICO ARRIVABENE GENTIL'HUOMO
MANTOVANO. NELLA QUALE SI TRATTA DI MOLTE COSE
MARAVIGLIOSE DI QUELL'AMPLISSIMO REGNO. In Verona,
Appresson Angelo Tamo, 1599.
1 vol. 4to.
(Numerous pagination errors not affecting the text).
Contemporary cardboard. First issued in 1597 under the
title: "Il magno vitei", "Istoria della China" is the last and
the best work by Ludovico Arrivabene (ca. 1530-1597), and one of the first European novels in China. An epic tale, set in
fictitious China used as the basis for an instructive and moralizing literary work. Fine copy.
$ 28 080
7. BARROW (JOHN). -VOYAGE À LA CONCHINCHINE, PAR LES ÎLES DE MADÈRE,
DE TENERIFFE, ET DU CAP VERD, LE BRÉSIL ET L'ÎLE DE JAVA, CONTENANT DES
RENSEIGNEMENTS NOUVEAUX ET AUTHENTIQUES SUR L'ÉTAT NATUREL ET CIVIL DE
CES DIVERS PAYS : ACCOMPAGNÉ DE LA RELATION OFFICIELLE D'UN VOYAGE AU
PAYS DES BOUSHOUANAS À L'INTÉRIEUR DE L'AFRIQUE AUSTRALE... Paris,
Buisson, 1807. 2 vols. 8vo. 1 atlas 4to. 18 maps and plates (2 in colours).
Contemporary boards. First scarce French edition. Sir John Barrow (17641849) is an English traveller, he was with lord Macartney in China. The present
book is an account of his travel: Madeire, Canaries Islands, Rio-de-Janeiro,
Batavia on Java.
$ 26 000
8. BRETON DE LA MARTINIÈRE (JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH) -CHINA: ITS
COSTUME, ARTS, MANUFACTURES, &C. EDITED PRINCIPALLY FROM THE ORIGINALS
IN THE CABINET OF THE LATE M. BERTIN; WITH OBSERVATIONS EXPLANATORY,
HISTORICAL, AND LITERARY, BY M. BRETON. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
London, J.J. Stockdale, 1813. 4 vols. 16mo, 80 hand-coloured copperengraved plates. Original publisher’s paper cover. First edition in English
translated from the French. The present volumes contain 80 total hand-colored
copper-engraved plates. The images cover the whole range of Chinese society,
especially tradesmen.
$ 16 640
9. BROUGHTON (THOMAS DUER). -LES MARATTES OU MOEURS, USAGES ET COSTUMES DE CE PEUPLE PAR THOMAS
DUER BROUGHTON, COMMANDANT DE L’ESCORTE DU RÉSIDENT
ANGLAIS À LA COUR DE SIND-RIYA. Paris, Nepveu, 1817. 2 vols.
16mo. 10 engraved plates, 6 folding. Original card-board bindings.
First French edition. Broughton first arrived in India in 1795 as a
cadet on the Bengal establishment. Following the siege of
Seringapatam in 1799, in which he was actively engaged, he was
appointed commandant of the cadet corps. At the time he wrote
the present work he was military resident with the Mahrattas. His
book is dedicated to the Marquis of Wellesley, "the acute detector
of Mahratta wiles, the firm repeller of their insolent pretensions,
and the formidable barrier to their ambitious projects; their
vigorous opponent in time of war, and their generous pacificator
in the hour of victory." Eight of the plates are after original
drawings by a native artist. Fine copy.
$ 12 480
10. [CHOISY, FRANCOIS TIMOLEON, ABBÉ DE]. -JOURNAL DU VOYAGE DE SIAM FAIT EN M.DC.LXXXV. ET
M.DC.LXXXVI. PAR MR. L. D. C. Paris, Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1687. 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary glazed calf.
First edition of this important and early work on Siam by the former-transvestite turned missionary. Detailed journal of
Choisy's (1644-1724) observations during his stay as a missionary in Siam in 1685 and 1686. Fine copy.
$ 26 000
11. 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, Dapper's description of
the Mogul Empire of India and Persia, is one of the most reliable of the 17th-century. Fine
copy in a contemporary binding.
$ 57 200
12. [DELLON (CHARLES)]. -HISTOIRE DE L'INQUISITION DE GOA. Amsterdam, Mortier,
1697. 1 vol. 12mo. 6 folding plates. Contemporary calf. Charles Dellon (1649-1709), a
French catholic doctor, travelled through the East Indies and was arrested in 1674 by the
portugese Inquisition and taken to Goa where he was imprisoned for four years. Despite the
impartiality of his account, it was put on the Index in 1690. Fine copy.
$ 11 440
13. DELLON (CHARLES). -VOYAGES DE M. DELLON, AVEC SA RELATION DE L'INQUISITION
DE GOA (I) ; RELATION DE L'INQUISITION, REVUE, CORRIGÉE ET AUGMENTÉE (II) ; HISTOIRE
DES DIEUX QU'ADORENT LES GENTILS DES INDES AVEC UNE ADDITION CONSIDÉRABLE À L'
"HISTOIRE DE L'INQUISITION DE GOA" (III). Cologne, Les héritiers de P. Marteau, 1711. 3
vols. 12mo. 6 engraved plates by Sevin. Contemporary calf. Ex-libris. First edition of the most
complete edition of Charles Dellon’s works. It includes
the relation of his travel in «La Réunion», in
Madagascar, Surate, Malabar and Daman where he was
arrested by the Inquisition. Fine copy.
$ 26 000
14. DU HALDE (JEAN-BAPTISTE). -DESCRIPTION GEOGRAPHIQUE, HISTORIQUE,
CHRONOLOGIQUE, POLITIQUE, ET PHYSIQUE DE L'EMPIRE DE LA CHINE ET DE LA
TARTARIE CHINOISE, ENRICHIE DES CARTES GENERALES ET PARTICULIERES DE CES PAYS,
DE LA CARTE GENERALE & DES CARTES PARTICULIERES DU THIBET, & DE LA COREE, &
ORNEE D'UN GRAND NOMBRE DE FIGURES & DE LA COREE; & ORNEE D'UN GRAND
NOMBRE DE FIGURES ET DE VIGNETTES GRAVEES EN TAILLE-DOUCE. PAR LE P. J. B. DU
HALDE, ... TOME PREMIER -[QUATRIEME]. 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 head- and tailpieces and woodcut initials throughout.
Fine copy.
$ 140 400
15. ELLIS (HENRY). -VOYAGE EN CHINE. Paris, Delaunay
et Monge, 1818. 2 vols. 8vo. 3 maps, 7 plates. Contemporary
sheep. First French edition of this account by Henry Ellis,
secretary of William Pitt, lord Amherst, ambassador in China.
Provenance: Bibliothèque du Chateau de Breau sans Nappe
(Armorial red stamp on title pages). Fine copy.
$ 14 560
16. 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.
$ 374 400
17. [GERVAISE (NICOLAS)]. -DESCRIPTION HISTORIQUE DU ROYAUME DE MACAÇAR DIVISÉE EN TROIS LIVRES. Paris,
Hilaire Foucault, 1688. 1 vol. 12mo. Manuscript ex-libris. Contemporary calf. Scarce original edition of this work, the
most complete on Makasar, now known as the island Sulawesi (Celebes) in the Indonesian archipelago, written by Nicolas
Gervaise (1662-1729) who was priest in Siam and then in America. Gervaise went as a missionary to the kingdom of Siam
and stayed there for four years, investigating the religion, customs, literature and history of its inhabitants. He published his
findings in his Histoire naturelle et politique du royaume de Siam, and in the present work, both appearing in 1688.
$ 12 480
18. GUIGNES (CHRÉTIEN-LOUIS). -DICTIONNAIRE CHINOIS, FRANÇAIS ET LATIN, PUBLIÉ D'APRÈS L'ORDRE DE SA MAJESTÉ
L'EMPEREUR ET ROI NAPOLÉON LE GRAND ; PAR M. DE GUIGNES, RÉSIDENT DE FRANCE À LA CHINE, ATTACHÉ AU
MINISTÈRE DES RELATIONS EXTÉRIEURES, CORRESPONDANT DE LA PREMIÈRE ET DE LA TROISIÈME CLASSE DE L'INSTITUT. 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 titlepage 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.
$ 93 600
19. GUIGNES (CHRÉTIEN-LOUIS-JOSEPH DE). -[ATLAS SEUL] VOYAGES À PEKING, MANILLE ET L'ÎLE DE FRANCE, FAITS
DANS L'INTERVALLE DES ANNÉES 1784 A 1801. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale,1808]. 1 vol. folio. 92 engravied plates, 6
maps (4 folding). Album seul, destiné à illustrer les 3 volumes de texte, soit 97 gravures numérotées dont 6 cartes : route de
Pékin à Canton (en 2 parties num. 93a et 93b), plan de Macao... Les gravures figurent des monuments et villes, des
divinités, costumes, transports, quelques rites... Chrètien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes, fils du célèbre orientaliste Joseph de
Guignes, fut nommé en 1784 consul de France Canton et résida dix-sept ans en Chine. En 1794 et 1795, il accompagna une
ambassade hollandaise envoyée à Pékin auprès de l’empereur de Chine, ou il eut l'occasion de rendre quelques services
importants.
$ 26 000
20. HUNTER (WILLIAM), WOLF (CHR.), ESCHELSKROON. -DESCRIPTION
DU PEGU ET DE L'ISLE DE CEYLAN. RENFERMANT DES DÉTAILS EXACTS ET NEUFS SUR LE
CLIMAT, LES PRODUCTIONS, LE COMMERCE, LE GOUVERNEMENT, LES MOEURS ET LES
USAGES DE CES CONTRÉES. TRADUIT DE L'ANGLOIS & DE L'ALLEMAND PAR L.L.***.
Paris, Maradan, 1793. 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. First edition translated by
Langlès into French ; Hunter (1752-1815), doctor and Scottish orientalist, who lived a
long time in India, describes the products and agriculture of Pegu, as well as the caves
at Elephanta, Ambola, and Canara.
$ 10 400
21. 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. Gilt-decorated 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 using his skill and intellect to defeat deceit, aggression and
dark magic. 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. The theme of fantasy was well explored in Persian literature and this particular
work is representative of the genre. Fine copy of this rare epic tale, beautifully
illustrated.
$ 145 600
22. KRASCHENINNIKOFF (STEPHAN PETROVITCH). -HISTOIRE ET DESCRIPTION DU KAMTCHATKA. CONTENANT I.
LES MOEURS & LES COUTUMES DES HABITANTS DU KAMTCHATKA. II. LA GÉOGRAPHIE DU KAMTCHATKA, & DES PAYS
CIRCONVOISINS. AVEC UNE CARTE DÉTAILLÉE DE CETTE CONTRÉE, JUSQU'ICI PRESQU'INCONNUE, & DES FIGURES EN TAILLEDOUCE. TRADUIT DU RUSSE. 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.
$ 20 800
23. [LANGLES (LOUIS-MATHIEU) ; ABDOULKERYM ; FRANKLIN]. -VOYAGES DANS L'INDE, EN PERSE, ETC.
AVEC LA DESCRIPTION DE L'ÎLE POULO-PINANG, NOUVEL ÉTABLISSEMENT DES ANGLAIS PRÈS DE LA CÔTE DE COROMANDEL.
PAR DIFFÉRENS OFFICIERS AU SERVICE DE LA COMPAGNIE ANGLAISE DES INDES ORIENTALES. TRADUITS DE L'ANGLAIS PAR LES
C.***. Paris, Lavillette et Cie, 1801. 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary calf. First and only edition in French translation attributed
to Louis Matthieu Langlès, a renowned French orientalist and pupil of Silvestre de Sacy. Fine copy.
$ 8 320
24. 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. in-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.
$ 130 000
25. [MANUSCRIT] KIAUTSCHOU CHINA.
-[VOYAGE MANUSCRIT EN CHINE]. HOCH LEBE
UNSER BATAILLON. III BAUMEISTER KIAUTSCHOUCHINA. 1904. 1vol. 8vo. [18] manuscript ll. 1
illustrated title page, 3 drawings. Contemporary
cloth. Unique testimony of a German sailor masterbuilder 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.
$ 12 480
26. MARSDEN (WILLIAM). -VOYAGE À L’ISLE DE SUMATRA, OU L’ON DÉCRIT LE
GOUVERNEMENT, LE COMMERCE, LES ARTS, LES LOIX, LES COUTUMES ET MŒURS DES
HABITANS ; LES PRODUCTIONS NATURELLES, ET L’ÉTAT POLITIQUE DU PAYS. TRADUIT DE
L’ANGLOIS PAR J. PARRAUD, SUR LA DEUXIÈME EDITION, AVEC DES CARTES. Paris,
Buisson, An IIe de la République Françoise, (1794) 2 vols. in-8°, 1 folding map and
1 plate. Half calf. Ex-libris. Second increased edition of the translation into french by J.
Parraud. William Marsden, English orientalist was the first to offer an exact and detailed
description of the island Sumatra, where he lived from 1771 to 1779.
$ 7 280
27. MENDEZ PINTO (FERDINAND). -LES VOYAGES ADVENTUREUX DE FERNAND
MENDEZ PINTO, FIDÈLEMENT TRADUICTS DU PORTUGAIS EN FRANÇAIS PAR LE SIEUR
BERNARD FIGUIER GENTILHOMME PORTUGAIS ET DÉDIEZ À MONSEIGNEUR LE CARDINAL
DE RICHELIEU. Paris, Arnould Cotinet et Jean Roger, 1645. 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary
marbled calf. Second French edition of this scarce narrative of Mendez Pinto (15091583), veritable adventurer who took board to Indies in 1537 and travelled through Asia
and the Far East.
$ 29 120
28. PARLEY (PETER. SAMUEL GRISWOLD GOODRICH, DIT). -HISTOIRE DE LA
CHINE ET DES CHINOIS PAR PETER PARLEY. TRADUIT DE L'ANGLAIS PAR MME A. B...
AVEC GRAVURES. Paris, Librairie de l'Enfance et de la Jeunesse, P.-C. Lehubi, s.d.
[ca. 1850]. 1 vol. 12mo. 4 engraved plates. Contemporary green morocco, armorial binding. Scarce first French edition of
the translation of Peter Parley's tales about China and the Chinese (London, 1843). Fine copy nicely bound.
$ 1 560
29. [S. M.]. -LA CHINE - EXPANSION DES GRANDES PUISSANCES EN EXTRÊME-ORIENT (1895-1898). Librairie Militaire R.
Chapelot et Cie, Imprimeurs-Editeurs, Successeurs de L. Baudouin, 1899. 1 vol. 8vo. 1 coloured folding map.
Contemporary half-shagreen. First edition of this work upon China. The first chapter deals with its economical geography,
the second with its relationships with the others powerful countries from 1894 until 1898, the third with the Chinese market
exploitation.
$ 5 200
30. SPEED (JOHN). [CARTE]. -ASIA WITH THE ISLANDS ADIOYNING DESCRIBED, THE ATIRE OF THE PEOPLE & TOWNES
OF IMPORTANCE, ALL OF THEM NEWLY AUGMENTED BY I.S. ANO DOM. 1626. [A PROSPECT OF THE MOST FAMOUS PARTS OF
THE WORLD]. [London], Tho. Bassett and Richard Chiswell, 1626. Fine copy of the famous John Speed's map on
Asia: hand-coloured double-page map engraved by Goos, 10 inset scenes of figures in national dress in side borders, 8 City
views (Candy; Goa; Damascus; Jerusalem; Ormus; Bantam; Aden; Macao) in upper border, ships and sea monsters, English
text on verso. Very vivid colours.
$ 31 200
31. TACHARD (PÈRE GUY). -VOYAGE DE SIAM DES PÈRES JÉSUITES, ENVOYÉS PAR LE
ROY, AUX INDES & À LA CHINE. AVEC LEURS OBSERVATIONS ASTRONOMIQUES, & LEURS
REMARQUES DE PHYSIQUE, DE GÉOGRAPHIE, D'HYDROGRAPHIE, & D'HISTOIRE. ENRICHI DE
FIGURES. Suivant la copie de Paris imprimée, par ordre exprez de sa Majesté, à
Amsterdam, chez Pierre Mortier, 1687. 1 vol. 8vo. 30 engraved plates (frontispiece,
maps, views etc). Contemporary calf. Fine copy of this work by Tachard, an excellent
jesuit mathematician and also a great traveller.
$ 15 600
32. TOMBE (CHARLES-FRANÇOIS). -[ATLAS SEUL] : CARTES ET PLANCHES POUR LE
VOYAGE AUX INDES ORIENTALES, PAR M. TOMBE, FAIT EN 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805 ET
1806. A Paris, chez Arthus Bertrand, Libraire, 1810. 1 vol. 4to. 18 plates (11
folding). Contemporary blue cardboards. Atlas alone of this scarce relation of a travel to
India and Malaisia. The atlas contain 7 folding maps (Ile de france, Sumatra, Batavia,
Détroit de Madure, Java, Ile Bonaparte, Colombo) and 11 plates (4 folding) showing
people, objects and landscapes. Fine copy.
$ 15 600
33. VALENTIA (GEORGE ANNESLEY). -VOYAGE DANS L'HINDOUSTAN, À CEYLAN,
SUR LES DEUX CÔTES DE LA MER-ROUGE, EN ABYSSINIE, ET EN EGYPTE DURANT LES
ANNÉES 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805 ET 1806. Paris, chez Mme Veuve Lepetit, 1813.
4 vols. 8vo (Text - 1 plate). 1 vol. 4to oblong (Atlas - 26 plates - 5 folding, 2 maps).
Contemporary half-sheep. First French edition of the account of the trip when Henry
Salt distinguished himself as the first English orientalist artist. Fine copy.
$ 20 800
34. -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.
$ 9 360
35. WHITE (KENNETH). [WHITE (MARIE-CLAUDE) - TRADUCTRICE]. -HONG
KONG - SCÈNES D'UN MONDE FLOTTANT. BILINGUAL EDITION. Lausanne, Alfred
Eibel, éditeur,impr. Local Property & Printing Co, Hong Kong, 1976. 1 vol.
8vo. Japanese red wrappers. Number 125 of 1 000 copies of the first edition of this
work printed in Hong-Kong, hand-numbered and signed by the author. Kenneth
White is a contemporary poet and thinker, born in 1936. He writed philosophical
travel relations and uncluttered verse. In this work, which gathers 15 poems in
English and French, White evoks a day in Hong Kong. Fine copy.
$ 2 080
36. 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.
$ 34 320
Japan
37. 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.
$ 36 400
38. CRASSET (JEAN). -HISTOIRE DE L'EGLISE DU JAPON. Paris, François
Montalant, 1715. 2 vols. in-quarto, 8 engraved plates. Contemporary full
calf. Second edition (first published in 1689) of this important history of the
Jesuit mission in Japan from the arrival of St. Francis Xavier in 1549 to the
1650's. The author, the Jesuit Jean Crasset (1615-1692), also includes
information on Japanese politics and events of the Sengoku and early
Tokugawa eras. An important history of his work was used by father
Charlevoix to write his “Histoire et Description générale du Japon” (0E:
1736). Fine copy, very desirable.
$ 36 400
39. [JAPON]. -[FASCILCULES ILLUSTRÉS]. Japon, Meiji, ca.
1880. 2 vols. 12mo. [16] illustrated ll. Publisher wrappers.
Maybe a city's description with park views, and buildings, forest
and waterfalls. .
$ 6 240
40. [JAPON]. -[GRAPHISMES POUR DIFFÉRENTES PROFESSIONS].
Japon, Meiji, ca. 1880. 2 vols. 12mo. [26] and [28] with
coloured illustrations. Orange and blue publisher wrappers
(board of the blue vol. missing). Different subjets: art of
gardens, spectacles, families, etc.
$ 4 160
41. [JAPON]. -[MOTIFS
TEXTILES].
Japon, Meiji, ca. 1880.
2 vols. oblong 12mo. Orange publisher wrappers. Intersting
black and white wood engravings for textile decoration, with
more or less elaborate patterns, with variation on a theme, basic
schems, different steps to realise some ornementations. Mostly
flowers and plants but also geometrical pattern and
typographical characters.
$ 6 760
42. [KUNISHIGE]. [JAPON]. -[FEUILLETONS ILLUSTRÉS]. Japon, Meiji,
ca. 1890. 44 vols. 12mo. I. [10] ll. with black and white illustrations, and 1
coloured frontispiece ; II [10] ll. With black and white illustrations, 1 coloured
frontispiece ; III. [9] ll. With black and white illustrations ; IV. [17] ll. With
black and white illustrations, 1 black and white frontispiece. Publisher wrappers,
coloured illustrated covers. Booklets illustrated with adventures scenes : battle,
fantastic characters, ride, etc.
$ 7 800
43. MAFFEI (GIOVANNI PIETRO). -RERUM A SOCIETATE JESU IN
ORIENTE GESTARUM. Cologne, G. Calenius, 1574. 1 vol. 8vo.
Woodcut vignette on title, several large historiated woodcut initials, 5pages 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.
$ 57 200
44. [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.
$ 12 480
45. THUNBERG (CARL-PETER). [LANGUES (L.), LAMARCK (J.
B.)]. -VOYAGES DE C. P. THUNBERG, AU JAPON, PAR LE CAP DE BONNEESPÉRANCE, LES ÎLES DE LA SONDE, &C. A Paris, chez Benoît Dandré,
Garnery, Obré, An IV [1796]. 4 vols. 8vo. 28 engraved plates, 1 engraved
portrait. Contemporary half sheep. Exceptionnal work, one of the first source
on Japan. Carl-Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) is a naturalist, botanist, and
Swedish explorer, one of the famoust student of Linneaus. This book is the
result of the 15 months in spent in Japan. Fine copy.
$ 46 800
44.
East India Company
46. [GENNES (PIERRE DE)]. -MEMOIRE POUR LE SIEUR DE LA BOURDONNAIS, AVEC
PIECES JUSTIFICATIVES. Paris: de l'imprimerie Delaguette, 1750. 7 parts in 1 vol. 4vo.
[1] manuscript l. 1 folding map in colours, 4 tables, 1 plan. Contemporary calf. Scarce
copy of the first edition of the famous memoir written by La Bourdonnais during his
imprisonment in the Bastille. This adventurer from Saint-Malo was appointed as
governor of Mauritius and Reunion in 1735, and his administration was successful. The
present book deals with the conflict which opposed him to Dupleix over the storming of
Madras. Fine copy of this unusual collection.
$ 46 800
47. [HUET (PIERRE-DANIEL)]. -MÉMOIRES SUR LE COMMERCE DES HOLLANDAIS, DANS
TOUS LES ETATS DU MONDE. OÙ L'ON MONTRE QUELLE EST LEUR MANIÈRE DE FAIRE, SON
ORIGINE, LEURS GRANDS PROGRÈS, LEURS POSSESSIONS ET GOUVERNEMENT DANS LES
INDES. ... Amsterdam, Du Villard & Changuion, 1718. 1 vol. 8mo. Contemporary
full calf. First edition of this uncommun book assigned to Pierre-Daniel Huet (16301721).
$ 11 440
48. [QUERLON (GABRIEL MEUSNIER DE)]. ROSTAING (PHILIPPE-JOSEPH DE).
-HISTOIRE DU SIÈGE DE PONDICHÉRY, SOUS LE GOUVERNEMENT DE M. DUPLEIX ;
PRÉCÉDÉ D'UN JOURNAL DU VOYAGE FAIT AUX INDES EN 1747 ; ET D'AUTRES MORCEAUX
AUSSI CURIEUX QU'INTÉRESSANTS. NOUVELLE EDITION. A Bruxelles, 1766. 1 vol. 12mo.
4 folding plates. Contemporary full calf. First edition of this book, gathering three works.
Some letters by French officers dealing with the Scottish expedition of 1745, followed by
the "Journal de voyage fait aux Indes" by Philippe-Joseph Rosting, and by the "Relation
du siège de Pondichéry". Fine copy.
$ 14 560
Europe
49. [ALBUM / AQUARELLES ORIGINALES / ORIGINAL
WATERCOLOURS ALBUM]. -[CARNET D'UN VOYAGEUR EN EUROPE /
TRAVEL LOG IN EUROPE]. Sans lieu ni nom. [Ca. 1880]. 1 vol. folio. 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. Exceptionnal
album.
$ 249 600
50. 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.
$ 15 600
Explorations
51. 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, COMMANDÉES PAR M. FREYCINET, PAR
JS. ARAGO, DESSINATEUR DE L'EXPÉDITION. 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.
$ 52 000
52. BILLINGS (JOSEPH), SAUER (MARTIN).
-VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DE L'IMPÉRATRICE DE RUSSIE
CATHERINE II, DANS LE NORD DE LA RUSSIE ASIATIQUE,
DANS LA MER GLACIALE, DANS LA MER D'ANADYR, ET SUR
LES CÔTES DE L'AMÉRIQUE, DEPUIS 1785 JUSQU'EN 1794,
PAR LE COMMODORE BILLINGS, RÉDIGÉ PAR M. SAUER,
SECRÉTAIRE-INTERPRÈTE DE L’EXPÉDITION, ET TRADUIT
DE L'ANGLAIS AVEC DES NOTES PAR J. CASTÉRA. A Paris,
chez F. Buisson, an X, 1802. 2 text vol. 8vo. 1 atlas vol.
4to. 14 engraved plates, 1 folding map. Contemporary
sheep. First French edition of this Account of the nine
years expedition ordered by the Great Catherine, after
Coxe’s discoveries, illustrated by Adams. Fine copy.
$ 31 200
53. [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. SECONDE ÉDITION AUGMENTÉE. [SUIVI
DE]. SUPPLEMENT AU VOYAGE DE M. DE BOUGAINVILLE ; OU JOURNAL
D'UN VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, FAIT PAR MM. BANKS & SOLANDER,
ANGLOIS, EN 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771. TRADUIT DE L'ANGLOIS, PAR M.
DE FRÉVILLE. 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.
$ 39 520
54. CHANTREAU (PIERRE NICHOLAS). -VOYAGE PHILOSOPHIQUE,
POLITIQUE ET LITTÉRAIRE, FAIT EN RUSSIE PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1788 ET
1789. A Paris, chez Briand, libraire, Quai des Augustins, n°50,
1794. 2 vols. 8vo. 3 engraved plates, 1 folding map. Contemporary full
calf. First and only edition of this work by a French historian and grammarian. Fine copy.
$ 7 800
55. COXE (WILLIAM). -NOUVELLES DÉCOUVERTES DES RUSSES ENTRE L'ASIE ET L'AMÉRIQUE AVEC L'HISTOIRE DE LA
CONQUÊTE DE LA SIBÉRIE & DU COMMERCE DES RUSSES & DES CHINOIS. A Neuchâtel, De l'Imprimerie de la Société
Typographique, 1781. 1 vol. 8vo. French translation, preceded by the first and second editions of London, 1780. Howes
calls for four maps and a plate, but Sabin makes no mention of maps or plates and none are found in this copy. This is one
of the keystone works on the history of Russian America, including a number of narratives of exploration. Coxe spent some
time in Russia, working to establish the authenticity of the narratives he had collected. This proved to be an immensely
popular book.
$ 9 360
56. [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. PAR M.***, ANCIEN CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU.
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.
$ 57 200
57. FREZIER (AMÉDÉE FRANÇOIS). -RELATION DU VOYAGE DE LA
MER DU SUD AUX CÔTES DU CHILY ET DU PÉROU, FAIT PENDANT LES
ANNÉES 1712, 1713 & 1714, DÉDIÉE À S.A.R. MONSEIGNEUR LE
DUC D'ORLÉANS, RÉGENT DU ROYAUME. Paris, Nyon - Ganeau Quillau, 1716. 1 vol. 4to. 37 plates (18 doubles). Contemporary calf.
First edition of a classic in the literature of South American Voyages of
exploration. The book was first valued for its cartographic content
(navigators such as Bougainville and La Pérouse quote him) he
depicted a dangerous area not very well known but very important in
communications and trade at this time (Magellan, Horn, etc.) but it's
still appreciated today for the historical, ethnological and scientific
observations, illustrated by several plates. Fine copy.
$ 39 520
58. HAWKESWORTH (JOHN). [COOK (JAMES), BANKS (SIR
JOSEPH)]. -RELATION DES VOYAGES ENTREPRIS PAR ORDRE DE SA
MAJESTÉ BRITANNIQUE, ACTUELLEMENT RÉGNANTE ; POUR FAIRE DES
DÉCOUVERTES DANS L’HÉMISPHÈRE MÉRIDIONAL, ET SUCCESSIVEMENT
EXÉCUTÉS PAR LE COMMODORE BYRON, LE CAPITAINE CARTERET, LE
CAPITAINE WALLIS & LE CAPITAINE COOK. A Paris, Chez Saillant et
Nyon et Chez Panckoucke, 1774. 4 vols. 4to. 52 maps and plates
(40 foldings). Contemporary full calf. First French official edition of
Cook's first voyage. The work was written by John Hawkesworth who
used logs of Cook, Banks and Solander (the doctor who accompanied
Banks). The account edited with the travel relations of Byron, Carteret
and Wallis makes a very intersting work. Fine copy.
$ 62 400
59. KEATE (GEORGE). -RELATION DES ÎLES PELEW, SITUÉES DANS LA PARTIE
OCCIDENTALE DE L'OCÉAN PACIFIQUE ; COMPOSÉE SUR LES JOURNAUX ET LES
COMMUNICATIONS DU CAPITAINE HENRI WILSON ET DE QUELQUES-UNS DE SES OFFICIERS,
QUI, EN AOÛT MIL SEPT CENT QUATRE-VINGT-TROIS, Y ONT FAIT NAUFRAGE SUR L'ANTELOPE,
PAQUEBOT DE LA COMPAGNIE DES INDES ORIENTALES. TRADUIT DE L'ANGLOIS DE GEORGE
KEATE, ÉCUYER, MEMBRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE, ET DE CELLE DES ANTIQUAIRES. A Paris,
chez le Jay fils, et Maradan, 1788. 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary calf. First French edition of
this account, the first description of this part of the world, which describes among others,
the political system of Pelew (Palau) islands. Fine copy.
$ 36 400
60. ROQUEFEUIL (CAMILLE DE). -JOURNAL D’UN
VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE PENDANT LES ANNÉES
1816, 1817, 1818 ET 1819, PAR M. CAMILLE DE
ROQUEFEUIL, LIEUTENANT DE VAISSEAU, CHEVALIER
DE SAINT-LOUIS ET DE LA LÉGION D’HONNEUR,
COMMANDANT LE NAVIRE LE BORDELAIS, ARMÉ PAR M.
BALGUERIE JUNIOR, DE BORDEAUX. 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.
$ 187 200
61. SCHOUTEN (GAUTIER). -VOYAGE DE GAUTIER SCHOUTEN AUX INDES ORIENTALES, COMMENCÉ L'AN 1658 & FINI
L'AN 1665, OÙ L'ON VOID PLUSIEURS DESCRIPTIONS DE PAÏS, ROÏAUMES, ILES & VILLES, SIÈGES, COMBATS SUR TERRE & SUR
MER, COUTUMES, MANIÈRES, RELIGIONS DE DIVERS PEUPLES, ANIMAUX, PLANTES, FRUITS & AUTRES CURIOSITÉS
NATURELLES. TRADUIT DU HOLLANDOIS. 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.
$ 17 680
Marine
62. AUBIN
-DICTIONNAIRE
(NICOLAS)
-
MICHELOT
(H.).
DE MARINE CONTENANT LES TERMES DE LA
NAVIGATION ET DE L’ARCHITECTURE NAVALE AVEC LES RÈGLES
ET PROPORTIONS QUI DOIVENT Y ÊTRE OBSERVÉES.
LE PORTULAN
[SUIVI DE]
DE LA MER MEDITERRANÉE, OU LE VRAY GUIDE
I. Amsterdam, Pierre Brunel. 1702
- II. Amsterdam, Mortier, 1709. 2 books bound in 1 vol.
DES PILOTES CÔTIERS.
4to. 1 engraved frontispiece, 1 arms plate, 18 plates (some
folding) (I.) - 1 folding plate (II.). Contemporary half pink
sheep, uncut copy. Original edition of this important and
beautifully illustrated maritime dictionary with nautical terms
in French and Dutch and explanations given in French, first
published in 1702. The dictionary is comprehensive,
covering naval architecture and ship construction, types of
ship, instruments, flags, tools and the duties of naval officers.
The author Aubin had
fled to the Netherlands
following the revocation
of the Edict of Nantes - The plates show different types of ships, navigation instruments
and flags. II. Second edition, first published at Marseilles in 1703. - Famous and later on
frequently reissued pilot book for the Mediterranean.
$ 55 120
63. BLONDEL DE SAINT AUBIN (GUILLAUME). -LE TRÉSOR DE LA NAVIGATION
DIVISÉ EN DEUX PARTIES, LA PREMIERE CONTIENT LA THEORIE & PRATIQUE DES
TRIANGLES SPHERIQUES, ENRICHIE DE PLUSIEURS PROBLEMES ASTRONOMIQUES &
GEOGRAPHIQUES, TRES-UTILES AUX NAVIGATEURS. LA SECONDE ENSEIGNE L'ART DE
NAVIGER PAR LA SUPUTATION & DÉMONSTRATION DES TRIANGLES RECTELIGNES &
SPHERIQUES; TANT PAR LES SINUS QUE PAR LES LOGARITHMES. NOUVELLEMENT MIS EN
LUMIERE PAR LE SIEUR BLONDEL S. AUBIN. Au Havre de Grace, chez Jacques
Gruchet, Imprimeur & Libraire de Monseigneur le Duc de S. Aignan, & de la
Ville, 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.
$ 70 720
64. BOUGUER (PIERRE). -DE LA MANŒUVRE DES VAISSEAUX,
OU TRAITÉ DE MÉCHANIQUE ET DE DYNAMIQUE ; DANS LEQUEL
ON RÉDUIT À DES SOLUTIONS TRÈS-SIMPLES LES PROBLÊMES DE
MARINE LES PLUS DIFFICILES, QUI ONT POUR OBJET LE MOUVEMENT
DU NAVIRE. 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.
$ 33 280
65. COLSON (NATHANIEL). -THE MARINER’S NEW KALENDAR.
London, Printed for William Mount and Thomas Page, on
Tower-Hill, 1745. 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary sheep. 5 wood
engravings, 15 figures. Scarce copy of this fascinating summary of the
mathematical basics of navigation. Fine copy.
$ 7 800
66. ETAT DE LA MARINE. -ANNÉE 1783 - SUIVI DE :
ALMANACH DES COLONIES ANNÉE 1783. Paris, Imprimerie
d'Houry, 1783. 1 vol. 16mo (84 pp. on 88: 2 ll. of table missing).
Contemporary full red morocco. Rare and precious set of 2 little 2
almanacs containing information on the Navy, the colonies and the
young American independent. The book contains a calendar for the
year 1783, the general list of officers of the Navy (Guard admirals),
officers of the port, stewards, engineers, manufacturers of France and
colonies, and members of Academy Royal Navy. Fine copy in red
morocco.
$ 9 880
67. LESCALLIER (DANIEL). -VOCABULAIRE
ANGLOIS ET FRANÇOIS, EN DEUX PARTIES ; ORNÉ
DES TERMES DE MARINE
DE PLANCHES, AVEC UNE
EXPLICATION DES FIGURES QUI Y SONT CONTENUES,
&
DES DÉFINITIONS DE
Paris,
Imprimerie Royale, 1777. 1 vol. 4to. 31 engraved plates from Lescallier's
QUELQUES TERMES DE MARINE, PRINCIPALEMENT CEUX DE GRÉEMENT.
drawings. Contemporary full sheep with royal arms. First edition of this
French-English dictionary in two columns with illustrations at the end. This
work is one of the sources of the great Encyclopédie Méthodique de la
Marine by Panckoucke. Important French-English dictionary of naval terms.
$ 29 120
68. MOORE (SIR JOHN HAMILTON). -THE PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR AND
SEAMAN'S NEW DAILY ASSISTANT. London, by B. Law and Son, 1791. 1
vol. 8vo. 1 portrait in frontispiece, 4 full-page plates. Full sheep. Ninth
edition with many Additions of this book dealing with British Navy. Fine
copy.
$ 9 360
69. OZANNE (NICOLAS-PIERRE). -MARINE
MILITAIRE OU RECUEIL DES DIFFERENS VAISSEAUX
QUI
SERVENT
À
LA
GUERRE,
SUIVIS
DES
MANŒUVRES QUI ONT LE PLUS DE RAPPORT AU
COMBAT AINSI QU’À L’ATTAQUE ET LA DÉFENSE
Paris, Chéreau, s.d. [vers 1780]. 1
vol. 8vo. 50 engraved plates. Full morocco.
Second print of this work entirely designed and
engraved by the famous navy painter: Nicolas
Ozanne (1728-1811). It is made up of two parts:
the first dealing with ships and the second with
naval tactics' manoeuvres. Fine copy. $ 18 720
DES PORTS.
70. ROUPPE (LUDOVICI). -LUDOVICI ROUPPE MEDICINAE DOCTORIS, DE MORBIS NAVIGANTIUM LIBER UNUS. ACCEDIT
OBSERVATIO DE EFFECTU EXTRACTI CICUTAE STOKIANO IN CANCRO. Lugduni Batavorumn, Apud Theodorum Haak,
1764. 1 vol. 8vo. Woodcut decorations throughout. Contemporary mottled calf. First edition of this outstanding treatise
devoted to diseases affecting sailors. Rouppe (1729-80), naval physician and surgeon, describes the conditions,
environmental and otherwise, to which sailors are particularly susceptible (both on board ship and in port). In addition to a
section on sanitation and sanitary measures, he covers scurvy and venereal diseases, and the treatments to a variety of fevers,
epilepsy, rheumatism, diarrhea and cancers. Fine copy.
$ 11 440
Atlas
71. APRÈS DE MANNEVILLETTE (JEAN-BAPTISTE D').
-NEPTUNE ORIENTAL, OU ROUTIER GÉNÉRAL DES INDES ORIENTALES
ET DE LA CHINE. Paris, Dépôt général de la Marine, ca. 1810. 1
vol. folio. Frontispiece, 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. Another very dramatic feature is a splendid engraved
frontispiece by Tilliard after Boucher. Fine copy.
$ 228 800
72.
[ATLAS].
-ETRENNES
UTILES
ET
NÉCESSAIRES
AUX
COMMERÇANTS ET VOYAGEURS OU
INDICATEUR FIDÈLE ENSEIGNANT TOUTES
LES ROUTES ROYALES ET PARTICULIÈRES
DE LA FRANCE,.. 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.
$ 15 080
73. 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.
$ 18 720
74. BORDONE (BENEDETTO). -LIBRO DI BENEDETTO BORDONE NEL QUA SI RAGIONA DE TUTTE L'IISOLE DEL MONDO
CON LI LOR NOMI ANTICHI & MODERNI, HISTORIE, FAVOLE, & MODI DEL LORO VIVERE, & IN QUAL PARTE DEL MARE STANNO, &
IN QUEL PARALLELO & CLIMA GIACCIONO. CON IL BREVE DI PAPA LEONE. ET GRATIA & PRIVILEGIO DELLA ILLUSTRISSIMA
SIGNORIA COM’IN QUELLI APPARE. [Venice, Nicolo Zoppino, 1528]. (Colophon : Impresse in Vinegia per Nicolo
d’Aristotile, detto Zoppino, nel mese di
Guigno, del M.D.CCVIII.) 1 vol. in-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.
$ 312 000
75. CLÜVER (PHILIPPI). -INTRODUCTIONIS
IN
UNIVERSAM
VETEREM QUAM NOVAM LIBRI VI. [...]
ACCESSIT P. BERTII BREVIARUM ORBIS TERRARUM.
Amstelodomani [Amsterdam], Elzeviriana, 1661. 1
GEOGRAPHIAM TAM
vol. 12mo. 38 maps on double pages, 4 plates.
Contemporary full vellum. Born in Danzig, the
celebrated geographer Philip Clüver (1580-1623) 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.
$ 18 720
76. 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.
$ 36 400
77. MANESSON MALLET (ALAIN). -DESCRIPTION DE L'UNIVERS CONTENANT LES DIFFÉRENTS SYSTÈMES DU MONDE,
LES CARTES GÉNÉRALES & PARTICULIÈRES DE LA GÉOGRAPHIE ANCIENNE ET MODERNE : LES PLANS & LES PROFILS DES
PRINCIPALES VILLES & DES AUTRES LIEUX LES PLUS CONSIDÉRABLES DE LA TERRE ; AVEC LES PORTRAITS DES SOUVERAINS QUI
Y COMMANDENT, LEURS BLASONS, TITRES & LIVRÉES ; ET LES MOEURS, RELIGIONS, GOUVERNEMENTS & DIVERS
HABILLEMENS DE CHAQUE NATION. A Paris, Chez Denys Thierry, 1683. 5 vols. 8vo. Plates and maps. Contemporary
calf. Original edition of this monumental work of geography realized by the French cartographer and engineer, Alain
Manesson Mallet (1630-1706) whose encyclopaedic work collects useful informations on history, geography and ethnology.
Alain Manesson Mallet started his career as a soldier in the army of Louis XIV, became a Sergeant-Major and an Inspector
of Fortifications. This is his his major publication. He also published : « Les Travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre” (1684).
Fine copy.
$ 208 000
78. 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'HISTOIRE LÀ OÙ SONT DÉCRIT SUCCINTEMENT
ET AVEC UNE BELLE MÉTHODE ET FACILE, SES
EMPIRES, SES PEUPLES, SES COLONIES, LEURS
MOEURS, LANGUES, RELIGIONS, RICHESSE, (...)
ET CE QU'IL Y A DE PLUS BEAU ET DE PLUS RARE
DANS TOUTES SES PARTIES ET DANS SES ÎLES.
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).
$ 156 000
79. SANSON D'ABEVILLE (NICOLAS).
-L'ASIE EN PLUSIEURS CARTES NOUVELLES, ET
EXACTES,
&C. EN DIVERS TRAITTÉS DE
GEOGRAPHIE, ET D'HISTOIRE. LÀ OÙ SONT DESCRIPTS SUCCINCTEMENT, & AVEC UNE BELLE METHODE, & FACILE. SES EMPIRES,
SES MONARCHIES, SES ESTATS, &C. LES MOEURS, LES LANGUES, LES RELIGIONS, LE NEGOCE ET LA RICHESSE DE SES PEUPLES, &C.
ET CE QU'IL Y A DE PLUS BEAU, & DE PLUS RARE DANS TOUTES SES PARTIES, & DANS SES ISLES. PAR N. SANSON D'ABBEVILLE,
GEOGRAPHE ORDINAIRE DU ROY. A Paris, Chez l'autheur, rue S. lacques, a l'Esperance. Avec privilege du roy pour
vignt ans. 1 vol. 4to. 17 folded, hand-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.
$ 31 200
Sciences and technology
80. APIAN (PETER). -COSMOGRAPHIA, SIVE DESCRIPTION
UNIVERSI ORBIS, PETRI APIANI & GEMMAE FRISII,
MATHEMATICORUM INSIGNIUM, IAM DEMUMINTEGRITATI SUAE
RESTITUTA. Antiverpiae, apud Joan. Bellerum (Typis Joan.
Withagii), 1584. 1 vol 4to. Around 110 wood-cuts (5 with
moveable parts), 1 folded map, tables. Contemporary full vellum.
Beautiful edition of this famous work of Peter Apianus, German
astronomer and mathematician (1495-1551) who taught
mathematics at Ingolstadt from 1520, a position he refused to
leave despite Charles V's offers, who named him Chevalier of the
Empire. He is the author of curious observations on comets. He
wrote ephemerides from 1534 to 1570, treaties of arithmetic,
algebra, almanacs, but few of these books were printed. His
present Cosmographia was published for the first time in 1524.
Petrus Apianus developed his method to find longitude by
observing movements of the moon - a method that was one of the
first to propose. The layout of the solar system he exposes here is
the Ptoleme’s system. The book is illustated with many wood-cuts
and tables, and is famous for 5 illustrations with moveable parts
and the folding plate "Charta Cosmographica" (p.72), one of the
earliest maps to show the full sweep of the east coast of North
America, it is also the first map to show the Yucatan as a
peninsula. Complete and rare. Edition with the name of Bellerum
on the title, but shared with J. Verwithagen.
$ 124 800
81. BERTHOUD (FERDINAND). -L'ART DE CONDUIRE ET DE RÉGLER LES PENDULES ET LES MONTRES À L'USAGE DE CEUX
QUI N'ONT AUCUNE CONNAISSANCE D'HORLOGERIE. Michel Lambert, Paris, 1759. 1 vol. 16mo. 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.
$ 29 120
82. 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, first French
edition published with the English
text 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.
$ 228 800
83. JACQUINOT (DOMINIQUE). -L'USAGE DE L'ASTROLABE AVEC UN PETIT
TRAICTÉ DE LA SPHÈRE, PAR DOMINIQUE JACQUINOT CHAMPENOIS. CORRIGÉ,
ESCLAIRCY & AUGMENTÉ EN CETTE DERNIÈRE IMPRESSION SUIVANT LA REFORMATION
DU CALENDRIER PAR DAVID ROBERT DE S. LO EN BASSE NORMANDIE, FAISANT
PROFESSION DES MATHEMATIQUES À PARIS, PLUS EST ADJOUSTÉ À LA FIN UNE
AMPLIFICATION DE L'USAGE DE L'ASTROLABE PAR IACQUES BASSENTIN ESCOSSOIS.
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.
$ 36 400
-TRAITÉ DE LA CONSTRUCTION
SCAPHANDRE OU DU BATEAU DE
L'HOMME. Paris, Debure pere et chez l'auteur, 1775. 1 vol.
84. LA CHAPELLE (M.
DE).
THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE DU
12mo. 2 folding plates. Original marbled paperboard binding.
Original edition of this particularly interesting treatise. Because the
author considered these swimming devices also of importance for
use of people not able to swim and for preventing people from
drowning. The floating suit was originally designed for military
purposes, and the suit was accompanied by a special hat in the
shape of a swan. This hat served both to disguise the person in the
water in order to enable him to approach the enemy unawares, and
to carry munition over the water without wetting it. The author is
also considered as the inventor of the word “scaphandre”, later used
for a diving suits. The plates depict the floating suits, both in detail
and in full use. Fine copy in it's original cardboard.
$ 15 600
85. PEZENAS (R. PÈRE ESPRIT), DEZ (M.), GAUSSEN (ISAAC). -LA THÉORIE ET LA PRATIQUE DU JAUGEAGE DES
TONNEAUX, DES NAIVRES ET DE LEURS SEGMENTS. PAR FEU M. PEZENAS (...). SECONDE ÉDITION AUGMENTÉE DE DEUX
MÉMOIRES SUR LA NOUVELLE JAUGE, PAR M. DEZ, PROFESSEUR ROYAL DE MATHÉMATIQUES, DE L'ECOLE ROYALE
MILITAIRE. [SUIVI DE]. DISSERTATION SUR LE THERMOMÈTRE DE RÉAUMUR, PAR M. GAUSSEN. Avignon, Chez Jean
Aubert, 1778 (Théorie et Pratique); A Beziers, de L'Imprimerie de Jean-Joseph Fuzier, Imprimeur du Roi, 1789
(Dissertation). 1 vol. 8vo. 3 folding plates. Half sheep. Two rare works gathered in one volume: La Théorie et la Pratique
du jaugeage des Tonneaux (OE: 1749), and the first edition of Dissertation sur le Thermomètre de Réaumur par Isaac
Gaussen de Montpellier. The father Esprit Pezenas (1692-1776), was at the head of the Marseille observatory and made it
one of the modernest in Europe. Fine copy.
$ 14 040
Literature and Varia
86. ASVARY (EMILY). [MINUSCULE]. -RÉPERTOIRE
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.
$ 4 990
87. [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.
$ 14 560
88. GUARINI (BATTISTA). [MINUSCULE]. -IL PASTOR FIDO, & LE RIME DEL M. ILLUSTRE SIGNOR
CAVALIER BATTISTA GUARINI : ET IN QUESTA NUOVA IMPRESSIONE AGGIUNTOUI VARIE POESIE IN MORTE
DELL'AUTORE. Venise, Appresso Nicolo Misserini, 1627. 1 vol. 24mo (97 x 51 mm.). 5 woodengraved 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.
$ 12 480
89. [MANUSCRIT]. 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.
$ 36 400
90. [MANUSCRIT]. STOLL (J.- L.). -COSTUMES DE L'ARMÉE FRANÇAISE DEPUIS LA FORMATION DES RÉGIMENTS JUSQU'À
CE JOUR. PAR J. L. STOLL 1793-1855. Sans lieu, ca. 1855. 1 vol. oblong 8vo. [1] l. (manuscript illustrated title), 69 ll. with
342 military costumes: gouache heightened with varnish and watercolour. Contemporary half sheep. The plates are titled in
brown ink, with date indications. They depict costumes gathered according to the different corps. Exceptional set, vivid
colours.
$ 78 000
91. [MINIATURE]. [ADOMEIT (RUTH E.)]. -LA PETITE VOLIÈRE. Paris, Chez Marcilly,
Libraire, rue Saint-Jacques, Typographie
de Pinsard, [ca. 1830]. 1 miniature vol. (61
x 42 mm.). 6 engraved, hand-coloured plates,
hand-coloured title. Original green boards in
slipcase, aeg. Nice copy of this scarce book,
(5 copies in libraries around the world
according to WorldCat). Each plate depicts
two birds. Lovely miniature book in very fine
condition.
$ 7 280
[VLACQ (MICHIEL)]. -I. EN
NIEVWEN
LUSTHOF.
(...)./
II.
BRUYLOFTS
BANCKET.
V
(...)
t'Amsterdam, by de Weduwe van Hans
Matthysz, Wonende inde Pas-Caert / t'Amterdam, by Hans
Matthhysz, Boeck verkooper opt Water, in de Pas-caert. [S.D., circa
1604]. 1 vol. 8vo. oblong. 2 engravings by D. B. (David Vinckboons)
on title pages, and 9 half-page engravings. Second edition of an early
and rare Dutch songbook, published for the “jeunesse dorée”. Very
popular in the Netherlands at the end of the 16th and beginning of
17th centuries, these songbooks were mostly printed in oblong
format, and they were connected with the new genre of the loveemblem book, so characteristic for the new Dutch Republic. First
published in 1602 by the same publisher and same place, The
Nieuwen Lusthof was the first songbook in such a format, easy to
carry and to use and nicely illustrated with plates illustrating the
courtly songs in an appropriate way. The book became very popular
and other editions appear in 1607 and in 1609 by an other publisher.
A fine copy, in its original binding, of this charming songbook.
92.
$ 88 400