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Preisdatenbank abonnierenDavy (Sir Humphry) I. On the fire-damp of coal mines, and on methods of lighting the mines so as to prevent its explosion, November 9, 1815; II. An account of an invention for giving light in explosive mixtures of fire-damp in coal mines, consuming the fire-damp. January 11, 1816, extract from Philosophical Transactions, 24pp., folding engraved plate, foxing and offsetting, modern half calf over marbled boards, 4to, 1815-16.
Gardiner (John) A Discourse Concerning the Circulation of the Blood..., first edition, title soiled and with repaired tears, some upper margins trimmed, occasionally touching pagination, some light browning, modern half calf, [ESTC cites only 5 copies, 2 in UK 3 in USA], 4to, for Tho. Parkhurst, 1702.⁂ Very rare at auction - no copy traced for at least 35 years. Copies located by ESTC at BL and Bodleian, Folger, Library Co. of Philadelphia and University of Chicago.
Hales (Stephen) La statique des végétaux, et l'analyse de l'air, translated by G.L.L. de Buffon, first edition in French, presentation copy from the author, 20 engraved plates on 10 sheets, water-stained, some light browning (including title\), occasional spotting, contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine in compartments, corners little worn, rubbed, [Pritzel 3700], 4to, Paris, Chez Debure, 1735.⁂ The inscription reads 'Ex dono authoris, ?Cynot de Charancin'.
Medicine.- Codronchi (Baptista) De morbis veneficis, ac venefciis, libri quattuor, title with woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials, with the final blank, light staining to title and first few leaves, contemporary limp vellum with loops but lacking toggles, a little stained, 8vo, Milan, Jo. Bapt. Bidellius, 1618.⁂ Scarce.
Medicine.- Cordus (Valerius) Dispensatorium, hoc est pharmacorum conficiendorum ratio, collation: a-z, A-G8, woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials, with final blank, contemporary ink manuscript note in English at end of contents and another longer in Latin on front free endpaper, some underlinings in red, light water-staining, slight worming to lower margin, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, a little rubbed and soiled, [Not in Adams], 16mo, Lyons, Theobaldus Paganus [Thibaud Payen], 1556.⁂ Rare early edition of essentially the first pharmacopoeia, first published in 1535.
Medicine.- Phlebotomy.- Corti (Matteo) Questio de phlobotomia in pleuresi, collation: A-E8, first edition, title with ornamental woodcut border of putti and foliage, large woodcut printer's device on otherwise blank final leaf, a little browned, some light water-staining, later vellum, spine gilt with black roan label, a few spots, boards a little splayed, very slight worming to outer edge of upper board, [Not in Adams], 8vo, Venice, Giovanni Padovano & Venturino Ruffinelli, 1534.⁂ Scarce treatise on phlebotomy or blood-letting for the treatment of pleurisy, by the professor of medicine at Bologna university. He met Vesalius, who was studying medicine in Padua, in 1538 but they had different opinions regarding blood-letting. Vesalius advocated the ancient Greek method of drawing blood from a point near the ailment while Corti followed the Muslim and medieval practice of taking it from a distant part of the body.
Willis (Thomas) De Anima Brutorum quae hominis vitalis ac sensitiva est, exercitationes duae, 8 engraved folding plates, light damp-staining, title soiled at foot, contemporary vellum, slightly soiled, [cf. Norman 2244], 12mo, Amsterdam, J. a Someren, 1674.⁂ Early printing of the earliest English work on medical psychology.
Africa.- Beechey (Capt. F.W. and H.W.) Proceedings of the Expedition to explore the Northern Coast of Africa, from Tripoly Eastward; in MDCCCXXI. and MDCCCXXII..., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, engraved folding map and 8 plans, 13 engraved plates (mostly fine aquatints after H.W.Beechey, one folding, 2 hand-coloured), with errata slip bound in at begnning and advertisement slip for Beechey's African Views loosely inserted, wide margins, light water-staining to upper margin towards end and occasional light damp-staining, original boards, uncut, rubbed, joints split, spine detached, [Abbey, Travel 305], 4to, 1828.⁂ Beechey, famous for his explorations in the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic, undertook this expedition after having served with Franklin and Parry.
Africa.- Campbell (John) Travels in South Africa, undertaken at the request of the London Missionary Society, 2 vol., first edition, half-title in vol.1, hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces and 10 plates, tissue guards, folding hand-coloured engraved map, Directions to Binder and 3pp. advertisements at end of vol.1, some light spotting and offsetting, mostly to guards, water-staining to last few leaves in vol.2, modern morocco, gilt, g.e., spines slightly faded, [Abbey Travel 328], 8vo, 1822.
Africa.- Harris (William Cornwallis) The Wild Sports of Southern Africa, third edition, additional hand-coloured lithographed pictorial title and 25 hand-coloured lithographed plates, folding lithographed map with route supplied in red, light spotting or soiling to some plates, modern half morocco, t.e.g., spine slightly faded, 8vo, 1841.
Africa.- Latrobe (Rev. Christian Ignatius) Journal of a Visit to South Africa, in 1815, and 1816. With Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope, first edition, folding engraved map with routes supplied by hand in red and blue, 4 engraved outline panoramas and 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates, advertisement leaf at end, title with some offsetting and light spotting, occasional other foxing and offsetting, modern dark blue morocco, gilt, spine ruled in gilt, t.e.g., spine very slightly faded, [Abbey, Travel 325; Tooley 292], 4to, 1818.
Americas.- Berquin-Duvallon (Pierre-Louis) Vue de la Colonie Espagnole du Mississipi, ou les Provinces de Louisiane et Floride Occidentale..., first edition, half-title, 2 folding hand-coloured maps, 3pp. errrata at end (one leaf with hole to margin), a little spotting and soiling, light water-staining, mostly marginal, old ink library stamp to half-title, modern half blue morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, [Sabin 4962], 8vo, Paris, Imprimerie Expéditive, 1803.⁂ First-hand account of life in New Orleans and Louisiana at the time, with descriptions of the theatres, dances, Creoles, commerce etc.
Americas.- British American Land Company. Information respecting the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada...for the Sale and Settlement of Lands..., first edition, folding lithographed map with partial hand-colouring, folding table (bound in tightly so that unable to fold out), 1833 bound with Grainger (James) An Essay on the more common West-India Diseases; and...some hints on the Management, &c of Negroes, second edition, lacking half-title, 8pp. publishers' catalogue and additional advertisement leaf for the author's poetical works at end, some light foxing, Edinburgh, 1802, together 2 works in 1 vol., modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine slightly faded, 8vo ⁂ Both scarce. The second work, originally published in 1764, was by a physician and poet who also wrote The Sugar Cane, a long poem describing the cultivation of sugar. The present work was highly regarded for its humane proposals for slave-management and this edition includes at the end a list of West Indian plants Grainger recommended for medical purposes, with their Linnaean names.
Americas.- [Hollingsworth (Samuel)] An Account of the Present State of Nova Scotia, first edition, half-title, light foxing, short tear to H2 touching edge of text but no loss, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in calf, [Sabin 32543], 8vo, Edinburgh, for William Creech, and T.Longman, 1786.⁂ Concerning the commercial potential of the colony, also navigation, fisheries, settlement and native Americans.
Americas.- Laet (Johannes de) L'Histoire du Nouveau Monde ou Description des Indes Occidentales, first edition in French, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, without the 2pp. dedication to Richelieu (as often), with 14 fine double-page maps after Hessel Gerritsz mounted on stubs, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, mostly of fauna and flora, extra-illustrated with 6 engraved maps of America by N.Sanson (5 folding) and a folding engraved plate of the funeral of the King of Mechoacan by F.Doosburgh, all bound in, title soiled and laid down, some light browning and occasional marginal waters-staining, map of Straits of Magellan slightly defective at fore-edge just touching border, Caher bookplate, contemporary sprinkled calf, joints split, spine ends a little worn, [Sabin 38558], folio, Leiden, Bonaventure & Abraham Elzevier, 1640.⁂ The second printed atlas of the Americas with some of the most accurate maps of the continent of its time, including showing California as part of the mainland, not as an island.The additional maps by Sanson are: Amerique Septentrionale, Floride, Grenade, Perou & Amazone, Chili, and Destroit de Magellan.
Americas.- Middleton (Christopher) A Vindication of the Conduct of Captain Christopher Middleton, in a Late Voyage on Board His Majesty's Ship the Furnace, for Discovering a North-West Passage...in Answer to certain Objects and Aspersions of Arthur Dobbs, Esq., first edition, half-title, with 48pp. 'Logg Journal' at end, A3, M3 & 2C4 torn without loss, a little browned in parts, light worming to lower inner margin towards end, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, splits to joints, spine worn at head and lacking label, [Sabin 48858], 8vo, by the Author's Appointment, 1743.⁂ Rare; the first published work in the Middleton-Dobbs controversy, a series of attacks and rejoinders between the merchant Arthur Dobbs, who was an advocate of a North-West Passage, and Captain Middleton, who was sent by the Hudson's Bay Company to discover it. Middleton found only an inlet and endured great hardship, but on his return Dobbs accused him of concealing the discovery of the passage to ensure a trading monopoly for the Company, instigating a bitter exchange through books and pamphlets.
Food & Drink.- [Kettilby (Mary, compiler)] A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery, first edition, half-title, rather browned, light water-staining, contemporary calf, worn, joints split, spine slightly defective, [Maclean p.79; Oxford p.54; Simon BG 904 (note)], for Richard Wilkin, 1714 § Barra (Pierre) L'Usage de la Glace, de la Neige et du Froid, title with woodcut device, browned, contemporary limp vellum, spine titled in manuscript, Lyons, Antoine Cellier, 1675 [Wooley (Hannah)] The Accomplish'd Ladies Delight, in Preserving, Physick, Beautifying, and Cookery, seventh edition, engraved portrait and additional pictorial title, lacking D4, D6 & E1, browned and stained, cropped with occasional loss, modern half calf, [Wing W3273], by B.Harris, 1696; and 2 others, cookery, 8vo et infra (5)
Americas.- Ligon (Richard) A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes, second edition, folding engraved map, 6 plates of natural history and 3 folding plates concerning sugar processing with the accompanying letterpress explanatory leaf (sometimes bound at end but bound here as directed), Contents leaf (Ii2) bound after title as often, short tear to inner margin of title and to map and folding plates, light soiling, staining to a few leaves particularly signatures R-T, engraved bookplate of Hickman Barr, contemporary sprinkled sheep, gilt, rubbed, covers splayed, corners worn, rebacked preserving old black and green roan labels, [Goldsmiths' 2039; Sabin 41058; Wing L2076], folio, by Peter Parker...and Thomas Guy, 1673.⁂ Including an account of the sugar industry.
Americas.- Wallace (Alfred Russel) A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, with an Account of the Native Tribes..., first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece, lithographed map and 8 plates, folding letterpress table of vocabularies, without advertisements at end, light foxing to frontispiece and title, a few pencil annotations to final leaf, bookplate of J.C.Hawkshaw, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., slightly rubbed, upper joint cracked, 8vo, 1853.⁂ The author's first work, which established his reputation.
Asia.- Hall (Capt. Basil) Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island...and a Vocabularly of the Loo-choo Language by H.J.Clifford, first edition, half-title, 12 engraved aquatint plates, 10 hand-coloured, 5 engraved maps, 2 folding, some light spotting and offsetting, original boards, paper label, uncut, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 558; Tooley 241], 4to, 1818.
Asia.- [Nicolas (Gervaise)] An Historical Description of the Kingdom of Macasar, first English edition, contemporary ink signature of James Hamilton on title, light browned, a little worming, mostly to upper inner margin but affecting some text, modern panelled calf, for Tho. Leigh, and D.Midwinter, 1701.⁂ Scarce description of Makassar by a missionary who spent four years in Siam.
Asia.- Raffles (Sir Thomas Stamford) The History of Java, 2 vol., first edition, 65 engraved plates, many aquatint, 10 hand-coloured after William Daniell, one plate folding, 2 folding letterpress tables, engraved vignettes, lacking half-titles and large folding engraved map, occasional spotting or light browning, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and scratched, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, new morocco labels, [Abbey, Travel 554; Tooley 391], 4to, 1817.
Asia.- Barrow (John) Travels in China, first edition, 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 3 engraved plates, 2 folding (foxed), some light offsetting from plates, occasional spotting, 2 leaves becoming loose, contemporary marbled calf, gilt, spine gilt with black roan label, rubbed, head of spine slightly worn, [Abbey, Travel 531; Tooley 84], 4to, 1804.
Asia.- Dass (Munshi Bulaqi) A History of the Emperors of Delhi in the Mughal Family, 56 mounted photographs of portraits of "Shahan and begmats", each within ornamental frame printed in red and with numbered caption mounted at foot, light spotting to text, contemporary cloth, gilt, 8vo, [?Delhi, Mayor Press], [c.1870].
Atlantic.- Beatson (Maj.-Gen. Alexander) Tracts relative to the Island of St.Helena; written during a Residence of Five Years, first edition, lacking half-title, with engraved plan and 6 aquatint views by William Daniell after Samuel Davis, occasional foxing, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, title defective at lower inner corner not affecting text (repaired), extra-illustrated with 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates (nos.2-5 of 5) from Pocock's 'Five Views of St.Helena' with accompanying 12pp. of text bound in (text oblong folio, folded), contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Abbey, Travel 312 & 310; Tooley 381, Pocock], 4to, 1816. ⁂ Beatson was governor of St.Helena from 1808 to 1813 and despite his strict measures, including suppressing a mutiny in 1811, he made many improvements to the island particularly regarding agriculture and self-sufficiency. Pocock was a naval lieutenant and the son of a marine artist. His work is very rare with a subscription of only 58 copies including 12 proof copies. It is without the title, list of subscribers and the double-page general view but all the text is present. Only one copy has been sold at auction since the 1930s, the Quentin Keynes copy in 2004.
Middle East.- Chardin (Sir John) The Travels...into Persia and the East-Indies..., first edition, engraved portrait by D.Loggan and additional pictorial title, engraved title-vignette, head- & tail-pieces and initials, folding engraved map and 16 plates, most double-page and/or folding, with Directions to Binder leaf at end of main text and half-title to Coronation of Solyman III, some light soiling or browning, folding map and plate of Kashan torn, marginal tear to plate of Teflis at fold, plate of Sultanie shaved at edges, engraved bookplate, contemporary mottled calf with central gilt arms, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [Wing C2043], folio, for Moses Pitt, 1686.⁂ Published concurrently with the French edition. Chardin was born in Paris but emigrated to England with the persecution of the Protestants, where he became court jeweller to Charles II.
Polar.- Franklin (Sir John) Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22, first edition, first issue with text ending on p.768, lacking half-title and 8pp. advertisements at end but with errata slip, with 4 folding engraved maps and 30 engraved plates by Edward Finden and J.Curtis after Curtis, George Back & Robert Hood, 11 hand-coloured (mostly aquatints), contemporary ink signature at head of title, some foxing and soiling, mostly marginal, occasional offsetting, light water-staining to upper margin of a few leaves and a couple of plates, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, 1823; Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1825, 1826, and 1827, first edition, 31 engraved plates by Edward Finden after George Back & E.N.Kendall, 6 folding engraved maps, errata leaf at end, some spotting, with Prospectus for 'North American Views' bound in at beginning, original cloth, uncut, rubbed and faded, rebacked preserving original backstrip with paper label, corners repaired, new endpapers, 1828, [Abbey, Travel 635; Sabin 25624 & 25628], 4to (2)⁂ Accounts of Franklin's first and second expeditions. The first included a 5500 mile overland journey exploring the Arctic coast and back across the Barren Lands in appalling conditions of cold and hunger. Many of the expedition died as a result and one was murdered by a previously-friendly Iroquois voyageur. The second expedition was undertaken in conjunction with Beechey's voyage to the Bering Strait.
Spain.- Honan (Michael Burke) The Andalusian Sketch-book, second edition, 12 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by M.Gauci after Becquier, printed by Hullmandel, musical notation, some very light browning or offsetting, final leaf lightly soiled and creased (laid down), contemporary green morocco, gilt, g.e., rubbed, [Tooley 269; Not in Abbey], 4to, John Macrone, 1837.
Voyages.- Barrow (John) A Voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793, first edition, preface misbound after other preliminaries, 19 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates after Alexander and Daniell (1 double-page, 2 of fruit printed in colours and finished by hand), 2 double-page engraved charts with partial hand-colouring, both with offseting, light offsetting from plates, bookplate of Serjeantson of Hanlith, contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine gilt with black roan label, slightly rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 514; Tooley 86], 4to, 1806.⁂ The first illustrated English work on what was then Cochin China, now known as Vietnam. The voyage visited Madeira, the Canary Islands, Rio de Janeiro and Tristan da Cunha, reaching Cochin China via Batavia on Java. The volume is also of Cook interest as it describes finding Captain Cook's Resolution transformed into a smuggling whaler under the French flag. The supplementary article covers an overland expedition from Cape Town to the interior of South Africa and the "Booshuana Nation".
Voyages.- Bougainville (Louis-Antoine, Comte de) Voyage Autour du Monde, par la Frégate du Roi La Boudeuse et la Flûte L'Étoile, first edition, half-title, woodcut device on title, initials, head- & tail-pieces, 20 engraved maps (18 folding) and 3 plates, 3pp. errata/directions to binder/privilege at end, contemporary ink signature of H.Sloane to title, light staining to Oo1 and one plate, otherwise a very good clean copy, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, joints split and spine worn at head, [Sabin 6864], 4to, Paris, chez Saillant & Nyon, 1771. ⁂ Account of the first French circumnavigation of the globe, which began as an expedition by Bougainville to secure the Falkland Islands (Îles Malouines) and Patagonia for the French. The expedition was also notable for losing only seven out of the two hundred men who began the expedition and for carrying the first woman on a circumnavigation (the mistress of the ship's botanist, disguised as his valet).
Botany.- Ornamental prints.- [Passe the Elder (Crispin van de, 1564-1637) and Crispin van de Passe the Younger (1593-1670)]. An album with sixty-one plates from "Hortus Floridus", early proof states before numbering and before text on verso, with landscapes, several variant impressions in reverse [?contemporary unrecorded copies], engravings, some excellent impressions with delicate plate tone, others weakly inked, on various laid papers with several watermarks [cf. Briquet 1364; 10556 and 10555, all datable to ca. 1580-1590], each sheet approx. 190 x 255 mm. (7 1/2 x 10 in), some printed unevenly and partially off the sheets, several with insects cut out, some minor later hand-colouring, three bear publisher imprint of Jan Sadeler I, [circa 1590-1614] bound with nine plates (of 24) by Adriaen Collaert (1560-1618) from 'Landscapes with Old and New Testament scenes, after Hans Bol (1534-1593); bound with 11 Dutch landscape engravings, one after Jacob Grimmer (1526-1590), and 5 further plates by Abraham de Bruyn (1540-1587) of wild animals, including lions and elephants, engravings, all on sheets approx. 190 x 255 mm. (7 1/2 x 10 in), occasional loss to plates, nicks and tears, some handling creases, surface dirt and light browning, limp vellum, very worn, bears collector's ink inscription 'William Lowe/ His Book/ 1784', oblong 4to, [circa 1590-1620]. Literature:(Hortus Floridus) Nissen 1494 ii/vi; Hunt 199;
Africa.- Arrowsmith (Aaron) Africa, large folding map of the continent, with decorative allegorical title cartouche lower left with lions, elephants and Egyptian artefacts, and dedication upper right, engraved map with outline hand-colouring, 1270 x 1470 mm. (50 x 57 7/8 in), dissected into 24 sections and laid on linen, with turquoise silk border, folding with blue endpapers with Wyld's printed label, worn, some loss to endpapers, map with some light offsetting and browning, spotting and surface dirt, some corners slightly peeling off linen, James Wyld, 1 November 1802 § Juta & Co. (J.C.) Juta's Map of South Africa, from the Cape to the Zambesi, lithographed map printed in colour, 955 x 1240 mm. (37 1/2 x 48 3/4 in), dissected and mounted in linen, folding with yellow endpapers, in contemporary cloth-covered slipcase with printed label, rubbed, Edward Stanford, 8vo, 1899; and with A Map of Nyassaland, compiled for George Cawston, Esq., lithographed map printed in colour, 1330 x 520 mm. (52 1/2 x 20 1/2 in), dissected and mounted on linen, folding into cloth covered boards with printed label, some loss, rubbed, Edward Stanford, 8vo, 1891; and with G.W. Bacon's New Map of The Balkan Peninsula, lithographed map folding into boards, small 8vo, [?early 20th century], (4).
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, 2 vol., first edition, edition de luxe, number 74 of 250 copies signed by the author , 3 folding coloured maps, 2 linen-backed, 6 signed etched plates by Montbard, 40 further plates, one leaf of facsimile, illustrations, light browning to plates, occasional spotting, but generally crisp and clean, original half morocco over pictorial vellum, gilt, vellum marked and rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, 1890.
Alps.- Altmann (Johann Georg, editor) L'Etat et les Delices de la Suisse, 4 vol., folding engraved frontispiece, titles in red and black, the first with engraved vignette, 9 folding engraved maps and 70 plates, 53 folding, Robert Southey's copy with his neat ink inscription "Robert Southey Paris 20 May 1817" in ink at foot of title to vol.1, several plates from vol.3 bound in vol.2, first map in vol.1 torn & repaired and frayed at fore-edge, first few leaves of vol.2 with light water-staining to lower margin slightly affecting first two maps, one or two tears repaired, one plate reinforced at inner margin, modern panelled calf, morocco labels, [Perret 3814], 12mo, Amsterdam, Wetsteins & Smith, 1730.⁂ Compiled by Altmann from two books published in 1714: Abraham Ruchat's Delices de la Suisse and Abraham Stanyan's An Account of Switzerland. Robert Southey (1774-1843), Romantic poet, who was travelling on the Continent in 1817 and in Paris met Annette Vallon and her daughter (the child of William Wordsworth). Southey left Paris on 21st May, the day after he bought this book. Following his death it was part of lot 812 in the sale of Southey's books in May 1844.
Alps.- Charpentier (Jean de) Essai sur les Glaciers et sur le Terrain Erratique du Bassin du Rhone, first edition, errata leaf, folding hand-coloured engraved map, 8 lithographed plates, 3 folding, light foxing, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and a little faded, [Perret 0955], Lausanne, 1841 § Murith (L.-J.) Le Guide du Botaniste qui Voyage dans le Valais, avec un Catalogue des Plantes..., first edition, errata leaf at end, contemporary boards, spotted, Lausanne, Henri Vincent, 1810 § Raoul-Rochette (D.) Lettres sur la Suisse, 3 vol., second edition of vol.1-2, vol.3 first edition, half-titles, engraved title-vignettes, folding aquatint frontispiece and 25 plates after König, Lory and others, occasional spotting or soiling, modern half calf, [Meckly 152; Perret 3585], Paris, 1823-26, the first two rubbed, 8vo & 4to (5)⁂ Charpentier's pioneering work on glaciology was published a year after Louis Agassiz's Études sur les Glaciers of 1840 despite the latter being influenced by Charpentier and his theory of large rocks being moved by ice.
Alps.- Collection des Costumes de la Suisse, engraved title with hand-coloured floral border, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue guards, contemporary morocco-backed glazed orange boards, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., very slightly rubbed, spine neatly repaired at head, Zurich, Keller et Fussli, [c.1820] § Eyriès (J.B.B.) La Suisse, ou Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Cantons Suisses, 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue guards, light spotting and soiling, contemporary roan-backed glazed red boards, rubbed, Paris, Gide Fils, [c.1825], [Colas 660 & 1017], 12mo & large 8vo (2)
Alps.- Grüner (Gottlieb Sigmund) Histoire Naturelle des Glacieres de Suisse, translated by M.Kéralio, first French edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps and 18 plates, 4 folding, and folding table, with final blank leaf, occasional foxing, light water-staining to inner margin at beginning and end, bookplate of Oscar V.Viney, modern roan, spine gilt, slightly rubbed at edges, [Perret 2072], 4to, Paris, Pancoucke, 1770. ⁂ Originally published in 1760 as Die Eisgebirge des Schwezerlandes this was the first attempt to describe the Swiss Alps in detail and includes a section on glaciers and geology. According to Perret plate XIII features the earliest known panoramic view of Mont Blanc.
Alps.- Roth (Abraham) The Doldenhorn and Weisse Frau, ascended for the first time by Abraham Roth and Edmund von Fellenberg, first English edition, half-title, 11 chromolithographed plates (1 double-page), 2 tinted wood-engraved plates and folding chromolithographed map, wood-engraved illustrations, some light foxing, mostly to text, without the additional wood-engraved title found in some copies but a good copy in the original printed wrappers, uncut, rubbed and soiled, spine ends a little worn and chipped, [Neate R77; Perret 1602], 8vo, Coblenz, Karl Baedeker, London & Edinburgh, 1863.⁂ Including accounts of earlier attempts, particularly by von Fellenberg and Philip Gosset who both provided the sketches for the plates.
Alps.- Studer (Gottlieb) Topographische Mittheilungen aus dem Alpengebirge, I. Die Eiswüsten und selten betretenen Hochalpen und Bergspitzen des Kantons Bern..., [all published], 2 vol. including Atlas, second edition, text with additional lithographed title with vignette, light foxing, Atlas with 8 folding lithographed panoramas, 4 tinted or colour, some browning, original pictorial blue boards, a little rubbed and marked, text with spine ends neatly repaired, Atlas lacking ties, [Perret 4157], 8vo, Bern & St. Gallen, Huber und Comp., 1844.⁂ Studer (1804-1890) was a pioneer of climbing and exploration in Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Alpine Club. This work was first published the previous year in 1843. It contains details of Studer's travels and ascents in the Bernese Alps with panoramas of the Jungfrau, the Aegischhorn and other peaks.
Alps.- Stumpf (Johann Rudolph) Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnoschafft Stetten, Landen und Völckern Chronicwirdiger thaaten beschreibung, 13 parts in 1, collation: **8, †-††6, †††4, ††††6, a-z, A-Z, Aa-Zz, AA-ZZ, AAa-ZZz, AAA-GGG6, third edition (second folio edition), title in red and black with woodcut printer's device, with blank **8, 5 double-page woodcut maps of Europe, Germany, France, Switzerland and the Eydgnoschafft mounted on stubs, 13 part-titles with woodcut armorial borders, numerous woodcut illustrations in text (maps, town views, military scenes, portrait medallions, animals & birds, coats-of-arms etc.), some light soiling and browning but generally clean, title a little soiled and with small holes not affecting text, ink stain to g2, contemporary ink inscriptions to front pastedown, some crossed out or erased, contemporary alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards, elaborately stamped in blind with central panels surrounded by borders of the Christian virtues, with brass clasps, paper label on spine in ink manuscript, a little rubbed and soiled, [Perret 4160; Not in Adams], folio, Zurich, Froschauer, 1586.⁂ An excellent copy of the important Swiss chronicle, first published in 1548, also by Froschauer (plus an abridged 8vo edition titled Schwytzer Chronika in 1554). A large part of the work is devoted to the Valais, with some descriptions of valleys and mountains.
Alps.- Yosy (Ann) Switzerland, as now divided into Nineteen Cantons...with Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Swiss, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates of costumes, 2pp. engraved musical notation, occasional very light offsetting, Brent Gration-Maxfield's copy with his neat ink inscription and pencil notes, near contemporary half red morocco, spines gilt, g.e., slightly rubbed, an excellent copy, [Colas 3102], 8vo, 1815.⁂ Including a 6pp. 'Short Guide to Travellers' at end of vol.2.
Americas.- Canada.- Hind (Henry Youle) Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula the country of the Montagnais and Nasquapee Indians, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-titles, 2 folding engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, 12 chomolithographed plates, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, light foxing to plates, mostly marginal, some leaves becoming loose, upper hinge weak and lacking front free endpaper, original blue cloth, gilt, spine gilt, a little rubbed and marked, [Sabin 31933], 8vo, 1863.⁂ Interesting work with much information on the Native Americans illustrated with superb chromolithographs.
δ Canada.- John (Augustus Edwin, 1878-1961) Study of a Canadian Soldier, black chalk on cream wove paper with watermark date of '1916', sheet 455 x 298 mm. (17 7/8 x 11 3/4 in), inscribed on reverse in pen and ink: 'I certify that this drawing is/ by Augustus John and from his studio./ Caspar John.', minor surface dirt and light browning, unframed, circa 1917.⁂ After being deemed physically unfit by the British Army to become an Official War Artist, Augustus John volunteered with the Canadian War Memorials Fund. By 1917 John was in France behind the lines held by the Canadian forces. The present drawing would have been an original study for John's unfinished large-scale work 'The Canadians Opposite Lens', the cartoon of which is now in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Americas.- Mexico.- Beaufoy (Mark) Mexican Illustrations..., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed to Burr Jackson Esq. on front free endpaper, double-page engraved map, 6 plates, most engraved, wood-engraved illustrations, browned, some spotting, lacking rear free endpaper, original boards, uncut, rebacked in calf, 1828 § Lyon (Capt. G.F.) Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico..., 2 vol. in 1, a few illustrations, some spotting, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, paper label on spine (faded), 1828 § Ruxton (George F.) Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, first American edition, light foxing, contemporary half roan, New York, 1848, first editions, [Sabin 4169; 42852 & 74501], 8vo (3)⁂ The first includes observations on slavery and the West Indies, visited on the author's outward voyage.
Central America.- Gage (Thomas) Nouvelle relation, contenant les voyages de Thomas Gage dans la Nouvelle Espagne, ses diverses avantures; & son retour par la Province de Nicaragua, jusques a la Havane, 2 vol., 2 engraved frontispieces and 16 plates and maps (folding or double-page), a few plates / maps with short splits to folds and a little creasing, some spotting and light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt spines in compartmentsand with red and black morocco labels, 1 label worn, vol.2 upper joint splitting, but holding firm, [Alden & Landis, 695 : 80; Chadenat, 74; Hill 665], 12mo, Amsterdam, Paulk Marret, 1695-1694.⁂ 'Gage spent twelve years in Central America : Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. The work was translated in French, Dutch, and German, but its purpose was to urge the English to seize the Spanish territories in the New World. During Cromwell's tenure, he was appointed Chaplain to the armed forces which captured Jamaica, where he died in 1656' (Hill).
Europe.- Moryson (Fynes) An Itinerary...containing his Ten Yeeres Travell through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Italy, Turky, France, England, Scotland, and Ireland, 3 parts in 1, first edition, double-page title, first word of title within woodcut entablature, second leaf of title in first state with contents of parts in roman and with imprimatur surmounted by royal arms on verso, 8 woodcut maps and plans within text, woodcut historiated initials and head- & tail-pieces, lacking initial and final blanks, contemporary ink signature of "Ric.Blount" on title, a few leaves slightly short and probably supplied from another copy (O3 & 4, S6, T2 & 5, X1, 2F2, 2Q1, 2R5, 2T5, 3A5, 3H6, 3K1, 3T2, 3Y6 & 3Z2), some light soiling or browning, first leaf of title torn and laid down, two small holes to K6 with loss to a couple of letters, 2Z6 defective at lower outer corner not affecting text (repaired), a few other marginal tears repaired, early nineteenth century diced russia, gilt, g.e., rubbed, joints worn and split, [Atabey 841; Blackmer 1159; STC 18205], folio, by John Beale, 1617.⁂ "Moryson was one of the most important of the Elizabethan travellers; he made two long journeys to various countries of Europe between 1591 and 1595, and to the Levant from November 1595 to July 1597."(Atabey). The woodcut maps depict Venice, Naples, Rome, Genoa, Paris, Jerusalem and Constantinople.
Germany.- Gerning (Johann Isaak von) A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne, first English edition, list of subscribers, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates after C.G.Schutz, tissue guards, folding engraved map with routes hand-coloured at end, some spotting or light offsetting, mostly to text or guards, frontispiece and title a little marked, contemporary half diced russia, rebacked, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel, 217; Tooley 234], 4to, 1820.
Polar.- Scott (Capt. Robert) The Voyage of the Discovery, 2 vol., first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Dr. H. R. Mill to vol.1 half-title, half-titles, titles printed in red and black, frontispieces, plates, some double-page or colour, 2 folding maps in pockets at rear, publisher's printed slip tipped onto front free endpaper, scattered light foxing, ink stamps and deaccession stamps of the Scott Polar Instituted to titles and endpapers, original blue cloth with gilt stamped medallions to upper covers, recased, spine ends and joints repaired and restored, a little rubbed, 8vo, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1905.⁂ A lovely association copy of Scott's account of his famous voyage.Hugh Robert Mill (1861-1950), Scottish geographer and meteorologist. Mill was secretary to the Royal Geographical Society during its involvement with British Antarctic expeditions, and a friend to Scott, Shackleton and Spiers Bruce. He also wrote the introduction to Shackleton's 1909 The Heart of the Antarctic , as a well as a biography of Shackleton in 1923.
Pyrenees.- Arrowsmith (Aaron) A Map of the Pyrenees and the Adjacent Provinces by Roussel, and Blottiere with additions from Torfiño, and Lopez, map of the Pyrenees and envrions, orientated with north to the bottom right, published when the French army had been driven back through Spain to the borders of France during the Peninsular War, engraving, on two sheets, each approx. 1010 x 1090 mm. (39 3/4 x 42 7/8 in), both dissected and mounted on linen, minor offsetting and light surface dirt, folding into tree calf-backed book-style slipcase, with roan gilt title label to spine, rubbed 4to, January 1809.
Tibet.- Bruce (C.G.) Twenty Years in the Himalaya, first edition, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, folding panorama and map, 20 pp. advertisements at end, occasional light foxing, presentation bookplate from the Ladies Apline Club to Miss Dalling in 1956 to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very slightly rubbed, [Yakushi B591; Neate B199], 1910 § Wellby (Capt. M.S.) Through Unknown Tibet, half-title, frontispiece portrait, plates and illustrations, 4 folding maps in pocket at rear, original pictorial cloth, rebacked preserving most of original backstrip, corners bumped, rubbed, 1898 § [Mazuchelli, Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah] The Indian Alps and How we Crossed them. Being a Narrative of Two Years' Residence in the Eastern Himalaya and Two Months' Tour into the Interior, folding map, 10 chromolithographed plates, spotting and offsetting, prize bookplate, contemporary red calf prize binding, gilt, rubbed and darkened, corners bumped, 1876, 8vo & 4to (3)
Tibet.- Sherring (Charles A.) Western Tibet and the British Borderland, photogravure frontispiece of Mount Kailas, 2 folding colour maps, illustrations, many full-page, light marginal spotting, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, very slightly rubbed at edges, an excellent copy, 1906 § Holdich (Sir Thomas) Tibet, the Mysterious, presentation copy from the author to William Hope Hall with the latter's bookplate, folding colour map, plates, spotting, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, uncut, [1904] § Kingdon-Ward (Capt. Frank) Plant Hunting in the Wilds, plates, ink inscription on front pastedown, bookplate of H.S.Dewar, original cloth, faded, [1931], first editions, 8vo (3)
Voyages.- Cook (James) [Third Voyage] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 4 vol. (including separate Atlas), first Dublin edition, folding table in vol.3, Atlas vol. with portrait of Cook by Halpin after Dana (not called for in list of plates in vol.1), large folding engraved map on 2 sheets, and 25 other folding or double-page engraved maps, charts and views, bound tightly and a few with tears and/or soiling at folds, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rebacked with gilt spines, 8vo, Dublin, 1784.⁂ Unusual to find the maps bound separately.
World.- Apianus (Petrus) La Cosmographia, corregida y añadida por Gemma Frisio, collation: A-Y4, title with large woodcut of globe, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials including 4 volvelles (C2v, D1v, I1v & P3r), woodcut on C3v lacking thread pointer, folding woodcut map of world, contemporary ink manuscript notes on verso of title, foot of first leaf, verso of final leaf and one or two margins, dedication (A2) misbound between A3 & A4, title with large holes either side of woodcut causing loss to notes on verso (repaired), title and dedication lacking small strip at head of each leaf not affecting text (repaired), a little soiled and browned, light water-staining towards end, later tree sheep, rubbed, slight worming to lower joint, [Not in Adams], 4to, Antwerp, Jan Verwithagen, 1575.⁂ Including material by Dr. Francisque Lopez de Gomara concerning America at end, and with folding woodcut map featuring North America as a strip, the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola very large and showing the mountains of the Moon as the source of the River Nile.
World.- [Mair (John)] A Compendious Geographical and Historical Grammar, 13 folding engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, 1795; A Compendious Geographical Dictionary, second edition, 6 folding engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, folding engraved plate of solar system, 1795, together 2 vol., light offsetting, attractive uniform red straight-grain morocco, spines gilt, g.e., spines slightly browned, W.Peacock § Tavernier (J.B.) Les Six Voyages...en Turquie, en Perse. et aux Indes, 2 vol., engraved additional pictorial title, 33 engraved plates only (of 36), many folding, errata leaf at end of vol.2, one or two small stains or minor marginal defects, a few head-lines shaved in vol.2, handsome contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, red marbled edges, rubbed, joints cracked, Amsterdam, Johannes van Someren, 1678, 12mo (4)
World.- Tavernier (Jean Baptiste) Collections of Travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies...a Relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin...[and] Description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, 2 vol. in 1, 6 parts, first collected edition, 2 folding engraved maps, 28 engraved plates (some printed on both sides), 15 folding, some engraved or woodcut illustrations, title to vol.2 only (bound as main title with "second volume" crossed out in contemporary hand), appears to have all text but lacking some preliminaries (only 12pp. at beginning rather than 18pp.) and the 4pp. inserted between pp.46 & 47 in part 5 (Tunkin), part 2 with title and first leaf of Index loose, some plates loose, also map of Japan (torn and frayed), some light browning and staining, old book-label of Thomas Jones of Enfield, contemporary calf, worn, [Blackmer 1632; Wing T251-2], folio, for Moses Pitt, 1684; sold not subject to return
Ireland.- Archdall (Mervyn) Monasticon Hibernicum: or A History of the Abbeys, Priories and other Religious Houses in Ireland, first edition, folding engraved map and 18 plates, Earl Macartney's copy with his engraved bookplate on front pastedown, some slight browning, later bookplate on fly-leaf, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary tree calf, corners bumped, rebacked with the original spine laid down, red morocco label on spine, Dublin, for Luke White, 1786 § Musgrave (Sir Richard) Memoirs of the different Rebellions in Ireland..., second edition, half-title, 10 folding engraved maps and plans, (all but 1 plate folding), light spotting and offsetting, bookplate on front pastedown, 19th century green morocco, gilt, spine browned, t.e.g., others uncut, Dublin, 1801, 4to (2).⁂ First mentioned: George Macartney, first Earl Macartney, KB (1737-1806), statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat. Led the British Embassy to China in 1792.
Ireland.- Bartlett (William Henry) The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vol. in 1, engraved additional titles, folding map and 118 plates, tissue-guards, occasional light foxing but a generally bright, clean copy overall, attractive contemporary green morocco, gilt, with Irish harp and shamrocks in gilt to covers and spine, g.e., [c.1842] § Newenham (Robert O'Callaghan) Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vol., 113 lithographed views, occasional foxing, ?lacking engraved title, vol.1 title repaired at margins, contemporary half morocco, spine ends and corners repaired, rubbed, new endpapers, 1830; and 4 others, Irish views, 4to (7)
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