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Asia.- Gonzalez de Mendoza (Juan) Historia de las Cosas Mas Notables, Ritos y Costumbres, del gan Reyno dela China...con un Itinerario del nuevo Mundo, collation: (, ((, A-Z, Aa-Dd8, Ee4, with blank ((8, first edition, title with woodcut device and faint contemporary ink inscriptions, woodcut initials, ((1 slightly defective at lower outer corner (repaired), one or two other minor marginal defects, occasional spotting or browning but generally very clean, book-label of James Stevens Cox, modern black straight-grain morocco, double-fillet gilt border, spine gilt, [Adams G864; Cordier 8; Sabin 27775], 8vo, Rome, Vincentio Accolti, 1585.⁂ An excellent copy of one of the earliest works on China and the first European book to contain Chinese characters. It also contains an account of Mexico.

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.

Europe.- Taylor (Thomas, publisher) The Gentlemans Pocket Companion, for Travelling into Foreign parts, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved title and 19 tables of distances, 9 folding hand-coloured engraved maps, with 28pp. 'Three Dialogues in Six European Languages' dated 1723 at end, title lightly soiled, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, joints split, 8vo, Thomas Taylor, 1722-23.⁂ Scarce; ESTC lists only 5 copies in the UK (BL, Cambridge, 2 in Oxford, and Winchester) and 6 others, 5 in America.

Levant.- Willyams (Rev. Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean in his Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, first edition, engraved dedication with hand-coloured coat-of-arms, folding hand-coloured aquatint map with vignettes, hand-coloured plan and 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue guards, title foxed, some spotting, mostly to guards, modern half calf, spine gilt, [Abbey, Travel, 196], 4to, 1802.⁂ In 1798 Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure, a ship in the squadron under the command of Nelson. He was present at the Battle of the Nile and according to DNB his is "the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle". The work includes views of Sicily, Egypt and Gibraltar.

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.

Polar.- Kerguelen-Trémarec (Yves Joseph de) Relation d'un Voyage dans la Mer du Nord, first edition, title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved head-pieces, 18 engraved maps and plates, some folding, 3pp. approbation/privilege and directions to binder at end, occasional foxing or browning, one plate slightly defective at lower margin, engraved Sorberio bookplate, handsome contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, slightly rubbed, a good copy, [Sabin 37616], 4to, Paris, Prault, 1771. ⁂ Account of an expedition to the coasts of Iceland, Greenland and Norway.

Russia.- Coxe (William) Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America. To which are added, The Conquest of Siberia, and the History of the Transactions and Commerce between Russia and China, first edition, 4 engraved folding maps and folding plate, advertisement leaf at end, foxing, bookplate of Robert Henry Lee Warner, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco label, rubbed, joints cracked, spine ends repaired, [Sabin 17309], by J.Nichols, for T.Cadell, 1780.

Russia.- [Krasheninnikov (Stepan Petrovich)] The History of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands, translated by James Grieve, first edition in English, errata leaf, 2 folding engraved maps by Thomas Jefferys, 5 engraved plates, 2 folding, very occasional soiling to upper margin, contemporary ink signature of W.Hawker to front free endpaper, an excellent clean copy in contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, rubbed and scuffed, spines ends slightly worn, [Sabin 38301], 4to, Gloucester, R. Raikes for T.Jefferys, London, 1764.⁂ Krasheninnikov joined Bering's second expedition. Chapter IV, on America, is one of the earliest printed narratives in English relating to Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.

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).

Africa.- Big Game.- Powell-Cotton (Maj. P.H.G.) In Unknown Africa. A Narrative of Twenty Months Travel and Sport in Unknown Lands and Among New Tribes, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, 2 folding maps (1 linen-backed), 29 plates (2 colour), photographic illustrations, modern dark blue straight-grain morocco, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Czech p.134], a very good copy, 8vo, 1904.

Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) First Footsteps in East Africa; or, an Exploration of Habar, first edition, second issue (without Appendix IV, on female circumcision), chromolithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, 2 engraved maps, illustrations, ink inscription to title, [Penzer pp.60-63], 8vo, 1856.⁂ An account of Burton's first expedition to Somalia and his exploration of the forbidden city of Harar.

Africa.- Caillié (René) Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo; and Across the Great Desert to Morocco, 2 vol., first edition in English, mounted lithographed portrait frontispiece on india paper, folding aquatint view, 2 folding lithographed maps and 4 wood-engraved plates, half-title in vol. I only, slightly foxed and browned, plates slightly stained, occasional spotting, vol. I some text a little creased, both vol. head of front free endpapers torn or cut at head, vol. I ink inscription at head of title, original boards, corners worn, joints splitting, printed paper labels on spines, spines splitting and rubbed, 8vo, 1830.

Africa.- Drummond (William Henry) The Large Game and Natural History of South and South-East Africa, first edition, plates, map and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, neatly recased with repairs and restorations to joints, corners and spine ends Edinburgh, 1875 § Hindlip (Lord) Sport and Travel: Abyssinia and British East Africa, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps, contemporary half calf, spine faded, rubbed, [Czech p.76], 1906 § Davey Cooper (Reginald) Hunting and Hunted in the Belgian Congo, first edition, folding map, plates, half-title browned, modern half morocco, [Czech p.40], 1914; and another, East Africa, 8vo (4)

Africa.- Egyptology.- Pettigrew (Thomas Joseph ) History of Egyptian Mummies, and account of the worship and Embalming of the sacred Animals of the Egyptians, first edition, 13 engraved or lithographed plates, 4 hand-coloured, 2 heightened with gold, errata leaf, frontispiece offset on to title, contemporary dark green morocco, gilt, rubbed at extremities, a good copy, 4to, 1834.⁂ Ten of the thirteen plates are by George Cruikshank and that of beetles by J.O.Westwood.

Africa.- Junker (Dr. Wilhelm) Travels in Africa during the years 1875-1878 [1879-1883; 1882-1886], 3 vol., first edition in English, half-titles to vol. 2 & 3, 3 portrait frontispieces, 4 folding maps, plates, illustrations, a few splits to folds of maps, modern red crushed morocco, gilt spines in compartments, 8vo, [1890-1892].

Birds.- Gould (John) Monograph of the Pittidae, part 1 only (of 2), first edition, 10 hand-coloured lithograph plates, a few minor spots, original cloth-backed boards, slightly foxed and soiled, modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [Nissen IVB 377; Fine Bird Books, p.78], folio, published by the author, 1880.⁂ A very good copy of this monograph, only part 1 of which was complete at the time of Gould's death. Part two appeared in 1881 but contains no plates. The Pittidae, or Pittas, are a colourful family of about 32 species of forest-dwelling birds from tropical India, Asia and Australasia (a couple of species live in Africa) and the plates are taken from Gould's larger works on the birds of these areas.

Africa.- Simpson (William) A Private Journal kept during the Niger Expedition, first edition, very lightly browned, marginal tear to dedication (no loss), original brown cloth, spotted, 1843 § Burton (Capt. Richard Francis, translator & editor) The Lands of Cazembe. Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798, folding map with routes supplied in colours (torn and repaired), original blue cloth, small stains to upper cover but a good copy, 1873 § Gregory (J.W.) The Great Rift Valley..., chromolithographed frontispiece, 2 folding colour maps, plates and illustrations, contemporary tree calf prize binding, gilt, spine gilt, joints rubbed, 1896 § Baker (Sir Samuel W.) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 colour maps, one folding, plates, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, rubbed and stained, rebacked in morocco, corners repaired, 1868, all but the last first editions; and a Stanford's map of West Africa, 8vo (5)

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.- Beattie (William) Switzerland, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, 2 additional engraved vignette titles and 106 engraved plates after W.H.Bartlett, all hand-coloured, folding engraved map at end, washed but colours still bright, contemporary burgundy morocco elablorately stamped in gilt with central figure of a knight supporting an eagle on his arm, g.e., rebacked with gilt morocco spine, 4to, 1836.

Alps.- Brockedon (William) Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps..., 2 vol., first edition, large paper copy with proof plates on india paper, 96 engraved plates by E. Finden & others after Brockedon and 12 maps with route supplied by hand in yellow, all on india paper and mounted, each with small unobtrusive blind-stamp of artist's initials at edge, engraved general map (foxed), wide margins, some foxing (occasionally heavy) but mostly to text, plates generally clean but for marginal spotting, some staining to text from pressed leaves, bookplate of Oscar V.Viney, contemporary blue cloth, morocco spine labels, uncut, rubbed and slightly stained, spines faded and worn at ends, [Neate B170; Perret 0723], folio, 1828-29.⁂ Brockedon (1787-1854) was a painter who travelled through the Alps by numerous different passes nearly sixty times during his research, originally with the idea of tracing Hannibal's route. The work was issued in several different formats; this appears to be Neate's issue of "Royal 4to proofs on India paper" but it has very wide margins and is larger than usual (c.440 x 295mm.).

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.

Birds.- Meyer (Henry Leonard) Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs , 7 vol. in 2, wood-engraved title-vignettes, 1842-50; Illustrations of British Birds, 4 vol., first edition, lithographed throughout, titles, list of contents and 316 hand-coloured plates (313 of birds, 3 of eggs), occasional foxing or spotting, corner of one plate creased, generally clean and bright, [1835-51], green half morocco, gilt, spines gilt, g.e., the sets not uniform but going well together, second set with slight fading to spines and some cracking and repairs to joints, [Nissen IVB 627; Fine Bird Books, p.123], 8vo and 4to (6)⁂ A most handsome pair of sets of Meyer's important ornithological works. The number of plates varies in most copies, reflecting the haphazard nature of publication. In his work The Meyers' Illustrations of Birds, W.G. Hale locates 44 copies; this set has the first issue title-pages (all undated and without the full-stop after "Longman & Co"). "With the possible exception of Lord Lilford's Birds, this is the finest and most complete atlas of portraits of British avifauna (with their eggs) ever published." (Wood, p.462).

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.- Hügi (Franz Josef) Naturhistorische Alpenreise, first edition, engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title, 9 folding tables, 16 lithographed plates (5 folding) and 2 folding hand-coloured maps, lightly browned, a few small stains, p.347-8 torn at lower outer corner, modern half morocco, [Perret 2293], 8vo, Solothurn & Leipzig, 1830.⁂ Hügi (1791-1855) was a geologist and professor of natural sciences in Solothurn and spent much time from 1827-30 studying geology from a cabin in the lower Aar glacier. In 1829 he attempted to climb the Finsteraarhorn but stopped short of the summit although it was reached by his guides.

Alps.- Leschevin (Philippe-Xavier) Voyage a Genève et dans la Vallée de Chamouni, en Savoie, first edition, half-title, engraved portrait of de Saussure after St.Ours, pp.21-22 slightly defective at outer margin where carelessly opened with loss of a couple of letters (neatly repaired), modern morocco-backed boards, uncut, [Meckly 111; Perret 2646], 8vo, Paris, A.A.Renouard, & Geneva, Guers, 1812.⁂ Travels of a mineralogist, describing early attempts on Mont Blanc and with a bibliography of works relating to the Savoie, including item XXVIII (p.17): an account by Dr. Paccard of 1786 (probably never published) of the first ascent of Mont Blanc.

Alps.- Reinhardt (Johann Christian) A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, titles and text in English and French, 30 finely hand-coloured aquatint plates, occasional spotting but generally clean, later half crushed red morocco, by Bayntun Rivière, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly faded, [Colas 2531; Not in Abbey], 4to, James Goodwin, [1828, some plates water-marked 1822].⁂ Colas regards this edition as superior to the first of 1822, the paper is heavier and the colouring "plus beau".

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.- Saussure (Horace-Bénédict de) Voyages dans les Alpes, précédés d'un Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Environs de Geneve, 4 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 & 2 later editions, vol.3 & 4 first editions, half-titles, engraved title vignettes and head-pieces, 2 folding engraved maps and 22 plates on 21 sheets, all but one folding, some browning, stab-hole/tear to lower margin towards end of vol.1, attractive contemporary half mottled calf, spines ruled in gilt with red & blue roan labels, a little rubbed, small wormed patch to upper joint of vol.1, slight damage to one label of vol.4, [Mckley 169; Perret 3911], 4to, Neuchatel, Louis Fauche-Borel, 1803-04-1796-96.⁂ Saussure was almost single-handedly responsible for drawing attention to the Alps and particularly Mont Blanc. He first visited Chamonix in 1760 and established a prize for the first ascent of Mont Blanc, which was achieved in 1786. Saussure reached the summit himself the following year and published Relation abregée d'un Voyage a la Cime du Mont-Blanc, the first published account of the ascent of the mountain. The present work was his magnum opus, the first volume of which first appeared in 1779.

Alps.- Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob) Natur-Geschichte des Schweitzerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge, edited by Johann George Sulzer, 4 parts in 1, second edition, first title in red and black, titles to parts 1, 2 & 4 with engraved vignette, large folding engraved map and 32 plates, 12 folding, lower margin of Hh1 in part 1 torn and repaired, modern half pigskin preserving old roan label on spine, [Perret 3945], small 4to, Zurich, David Gessner, 1746.⁂ Important work on the mountains of Switzerland, first published in 1706-08 and revised and extended for this edition by J.G.Sulzer in four parts. The first part describes the natural history and topography of Switzerland and the second contains details of Scheuchzer's Swiss travels including his nine mountain ascents. The final and shorter two parts comprise Sulzer's researches on the origins of mountains and his own travels in Switzerland in 1742.

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.

Americas.- California.- Shelvocke (Captain George) A Voyage round the World by the Way of the Great South Sea, first edition, engraved title-vignette, engraved folding twin-hemisphere map (with short repair), 4 engraved plates, 2 folding, and a duplicate of the final plate, H2 with repair, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, [Cowan pp.581-2; Hill pp.272-3; Howes S383], 8vo, for J. Senex, 1726.⁂ Scarce account of Shevlocke's privateering adventures through the Pacific and with what Cowan calls "the fullest account of California, the natives and their features, of any of the old voyagers." The map depicts California as an island and two of the plates show natives of California. It has also been suggested that Shevlocke's account of the passage around Cape Horn inspired Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

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.

Americas.- North America.- Shaw (Pringle) Ramblings in California...being the Five Years' Experience of a Gold Digger, first edition, half-title, paper flaw tear to L1 & 4 with slight loss, original blind-stamped green cloth, a little rubbed, small ink spot to upper cover, spine slightly browned and worn at ends, Toronto, James Bain, [c.1856] § [Blane (William Newnham)] An Excursion through the United States and Canada during the years 1822-23, first edition, 2 folding engraved maps, one of east coast hand-coloured in outline, folding letterpress table of commerce, lacking errata slip, some annotations (cropped), foxing and offsetting, bookplate of Sir Hugh Seymour Blane Bt., modern morocco-backed cloth, 1822 § Sansom (Joseph) Travels in Lower Canada, first English edition, engraved plate of Quebec, foxed, modern morocco-backed cloth, 1820, [Sabin 79954, 5872 & 76707], 8vo (3)⁂ The first is a scarce account of prospecting for gold in the Yuba district of California.

Americas.- West Indies.- Edwards (Bryan) The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, 2 vol., first edition but with an additional 24pp. and the plates from the second edition bound in, lacking half-titles, with 2 engraved frontispieces, large folding general map in 2 sections, 8 engraved maps (one folding of Jamaica), 5 engraved plates, 6 folding letterpress tables, some foxing and offsetting, particularly to folding maps, one folding map torn, title to vol.2 slightly defective at corners, a few plates with imprint shaved, engraved bookplate, contemporary blue roan, gilt, spines gilt with red roan labels, g.e., rather scuffed and faded, [Sabin 21901], 4to, for John Stockdale, 1793.⁂ The second edition of 1794 is generally regarded as the best edition as it includes plates, the first edition normally being issued with only the large map and the tables (although Sabin does call for 16 plates). The present work includes all the maps and plates from the second edition and an additional 24pp. comprising list of plates, preface to second edition and catalogue of plants (A-C4).

Australia.- Stoney (Capt. Henry Butler) Residence in Tasmania: with a descriptive tour through the island, from Macquarie Harbour to Circular Head, first English and first illustrated edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece and 7 plates, engraved title vignette, double-page lithographed map, engraved vignettes, contemporary polished calf, gilt, richly gilt spine in compartments and with burgundy morocco label, [Ferguson 16295], 8vo, 1856.⁂ An excellent copy of this important account of the island, including early settlement, penal stations, and a list of Tasmanian birds. Stoney served with the 99th Regiment and arrived in Tasmania in 1853. The work was first published without illustrations in 1854 in Hobart Town. Provenance: Earl of Eldon (ink inscription on his leaving Eton).

Lovell (Robert) Panzooryktologia [graece]. Sive Panzoologicomineralogia. Or a Compleat History of Animals and Minerals, 2 parts in 1, first edition, with blank Kk4 at end of first part and additional leaf in Index (following 3A4) as usual, titles with ornamental typographic borders, woodcut initials, first title with old ink inscription at head and hole causing loss to one letter, a little soiled, a few rust-spots (one to Ee2 causing smll hole affecting a couple of letters), tear to lower mragin of N3, modern half morocco, g.e., rubbed at edges and corners, [Wing L3245 & 3246], 8vo, Oxford, Hen. Hall for Jos. Godwin, 1661.

Austria.- Moleville (Antoine François Bertrand de) The Costume of the Hereditary States of The House of Austria, first edition, title and descriptive text in English and French, 50 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, some slight offsetting, a little browned, foxing and marking to endpapers, contemporary straight-grained morocco, gilt,corners bumped, gilt spine rubbed at spine and joints, an attractive copy, [Abbey Travel 71; Colas 2112], folio, William Miller, 1804.

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.

Hungary.- Tänzel (Johann Wilhelm Friedrich) Hungaria seu Disputationes Miscellaneæ De Natura Hungariæ, first edition, fine engraved frontispiece of the Emperor being shown a map of Hungary by the goddess of Nature and 3 fine engraved plates by Leonhard Heckenauer after Johann Degeller, later boards, spine browned, some staining, rubbed, folio, Dillingen, Joannes Caspar Bencard, 1700.⁂ On the geology, hydrology and climatology of Hungary, each section with a fine allegorical plate, the first depicting mining, smelting and minting.

Levant.- Hayes (James) Travels in Several Parts of Turkey, Egypt, and the Holy Land, engraved frontispiece and plate, very light offsetting, contemporary sheep, rather worn, [Koç 142; not in Atabey ], 8vo, for the Author, 1774.⁂ First and only edition of this scarce travel account.

Levant.- Thévenot (Jean de) The Travels of Monsiuer de Thevenot into the Levant. In Three Parts. viz. Into I. Turkey II. Persia. III. The East-Indies, 3 parts in 1, first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 plates, 1 sheet of 'Malabar Alphabet' and 1 sheet of 'Malabar Cyphers', some water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, spine repaired, [Atabey 1217; Blackmer 1650 (first edition); Wing T887], folio, Printed by H. Clark, for H. Faithorne, J. Adamson, C. Skegnes, and T. Newborough, 1687. ⁂ 'Thevenot's travels mark the beginning of the grand epoch of travel and exploration in the Levant' (Blackmer).

Middle East.- Niebuhr (Carsten) Travels through Arabia, and other Countries in the East, 2 vol., first edition in English, 3 folding engraved maps and 10 plates, half-titles and errata leaf at end of vol.1, slightly browned, ink stencil ownership marks of C. Randolph, contemporary calf, corners bumped, spines slightly rubbed, 2 modern red morocco labels, gilt, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1792.

Polar.- Parry (William Edward) Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, second edition, 20 engraved maps and plates, some folding, some aquatint, 1821; Journal of a Second Voyage, first edition, 39 engraved maps and plates, some folding, some aquatint, 1824, together 2 vol., some offsetting and foxing, uniformly bound in gorgeous aubergine straight-grain morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, g.e., 4to⁂ A stunning set of Parry's voyages in Hecla and Griper, then Fury and Hecla.

Polar.- Ross (Capt. Sir James Clark) A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839-43, 2 vol., first edition, 8 lithographed plates (1 folding), 8 engraved maps (3 folding), unpaginated contents ff. to each chapter, most with wood-engraved vignette, wood-engraved illustrations, some spotting or foxing, school prize inscription to front free endpaper of vol.1, contemporary polished calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original gilt spines in compartments and with red and green leather labels, spotted, rubbed, 8vo, [Ferguson 4636; Sabin 73367; Spence 993; Taurus Coll. 9], 8vo, 1847.⁂ Ross was the nephew of Sir John Ross and accompanied him on his first Arctic voyage in search of a Northwest Passage in 1818. He also took part in four Arctic expeditions under Sir William Parry between 1819 and 1827, and again served under his uncle on his second Arctic voyage from 1829 to 1833. Between 1839 and 1843, Ross commanded an Antarctic expedition comprising the vessels HMS Erebus and HMS Terror and charted much of the coastline of the continent. Joseph Dalton Hooker was the assistant surgeon on the expedition. In 1841, James Ross discovered the Ross Sea, Victoria Land, and the volcanoes Mount Erebus and Mount Terror, as well as the low, flat-topped ice shelf they called the Victoria Barrier, later named 'Ross Ice Shelf' in his honour.

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.

Russia.- Guthrie (Mrs. Maria) A Tour Performed in the Years 1795-6, through The Taurida, or Crimea, the Antient Kingdom of Bosphorus, the Once-Powerful Republic of Tauric Cherson..., first edition, 2 folding engraved maps (1 a frontispiece and hand-coloured in outline), 3 engraved plates, 8 wood-engraved plates of coins, wood-engraved illustrations of coins within text, first plate water-stained, some marginal water-staining, some spotting, later calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with new red morocco label, corners restored, 4to, 1802.

South Africa.- [Lumley (Lt. Graham) and Lt. Hugh Robinson.] Scenes in Kafirland, and Incidents in the Kafir War of 1851-2-3, from Sketches by Two Officers of the 43rd Lt.-Infantry, first edition, 21 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates on 18 sheets, title a little spotted and creased, plates with very occasional marginal soiling, offset onto paper guards, bookplate of Edward Knox, contemporary cloth with gilt-stamped roan label to upper cover, rubbed and faded, rebacked and recornered in morocco, spine ruled and titled in gilt, [Abbey, Travel 344], folio, 1854.⁂ "...The following Sketches give some idea of the appearance and duties of the British soldier in Kafirland, as well as of the enemy he has to contend with...". Preface

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)

Turkey.- Baudier (Michel) Histoire Generale du Serrail, et de la Cour du Grand Seigneur, Empereur des Turcs, 2 parts in 1, fourth edition, woodcut device on titles to each part, woodcut initials and head-pieces, full-page engraved illustration of a giraffe, second part with marginal staining to upper outer corner, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, a little rubbed and marked, slight wear to lower edges, [cf. Atabey 70-72, various editions; Blackmer 94], small 8vo, Rouen, Jean Osmont le Jeune, 1638.⁂ Popular account of Turkish customs, first published in 1624; it is one of two Rouen issues in the same year, the other bearing the imprint of Jean Berthelin. The second, shorter, part concerns the Imperial court of China.

Voyages.- Anson.- Pascoe (Thomas) A True and Impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas, and round the Globe, first edition, list of subscribers, bookplate of Geffrie O'Hara, contemporary calf, gilt, spine ends neatly repaired, [Sabin 95437; Hill 1693; Palau 331781], 8vo, S. Birt, 1745.⁂ Very good copy of the first edition of this scarce account which precedes the official account by 3 years.

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.

West Indies & South America.- Las Cassas (Bartolome de) Relation des Voyages et des De'Couvertes Que les Espagnols ont fait dans les Indes Occidentales, 3 parts in 1, engraved frontispiece by B. Picart, first title in red and black, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, richly gilt spines in comaprtments, corners worn, a good copy, 8vo, Amsterdam, J. Louis de Lorme, 1698.⁂ Second edition of the abbreviated French translation by J.B. Morvan de Bellegarde of parts of Las Casas' famous Nine Tracts, which relate to Indian rights and Spanish cruelties in the West Indies and South America, along with the pirate Montauban's Relation, describing a voyage along the African coast.

World.- Clarke (Edward Daniel) Travels in Various Countries of Europe Asia and Africa, 6 vol., first edition, 185 engraved maps and plates, some folding, offsetting and occasional foxing and marginal damp-staining, bookplate of William à Court-Holmes, 2nd Baron Heytesbury to pastedowns, modern half calf over contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, [Atabey 253], 4to, 1810-23.⁂ First edition of this monumental work, the six volumes are divided into three parts: vol.1 Russia, Tartary and Turkey; vol.2-4 Greece, Egypt and the Holy Land; vol.5-6 Scandinavia.

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