FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

Auction 80, 13-17 May 2024

174 lots

Lots

Lot 1536

[America]. Willeumier, J.P. Reize naar Amerika.

Huizen, privately printed, 1971, 246,(3)p., plates, fold. genealogical table, orig. rexine w. dustwr. Keller, G. Amerika in beeld en schrift. Amst., Elsevier, n.d. (1898), 3 (of 4) vols., (8),192; (6),192; (8),192p., num. (full-p.) woodengr. ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl., folio. AND 1 other.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €60

Lot 1537

[(Ant)arctica]. Mawson, D. The Home of the Blizzard. Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914.

London, W. Heinemann, 1915, 1st ed., 2 vols., XXX,349; XIII,(1),338,(1)p., 2 diff. photo-engr. frontisp., 3 fold. col. lithogr. maps (loosely inserted in rear pocket), over 200 (fold.) (col.) photogr. plates, num. ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl. w. a silver gilt central vignette showing a man "Leaning on the wind" on both frontcovers.

Estimate €2,500 – €3,500Result €2,500

Lot 1538

[Arabia]. Blunt, A.

Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1879, 445,(2)p., 1st Am. ed., frontisp., 1 fold. col. lith. map, 11 woodengr. plates, 1 fold. genealogical table, orig. gilt cl.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €160

Lot 1539

[Asia]. Boscaro, A.

Sixteenth century European printed works on the first Japanese mission to Europe. A descriptive bibliography. Leyden, E.J. Brill, 1973, XX,196p., 84 facs. plates, orig. giltlettered cl. - ADDED: 3 others on India, i.a. J.P. SHARMA, Republics in Ancient India c.1500 B.C.-500 B.C. (ibid., idem, 1968, orig. giltlettered cl.) and S.D. SINGH, Ancient Indian Warfare with Special Reference to the Vedic Period (ibid., idem, 1965, orig. giltlettered cl.) (all fine).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 1545

[Australia]. McIntyre, K.G. The Secret Discovery of Australia. Portuguese Ventures 200 Years before Captain Cook.

Medindie/ London, Souvenir Press, 1977, XXI,(1),427p., 8 plates, maps/ ills., orig. cl. w. (sl. yellowed) dustwr. Robert, W.C.H. Willem de Vlamingh's Explorations of Australia, 1696-1697. Amst., Philo Press, 1972, VIII,(4),206,(4)p., 10 (fold.) plates/ maps, orig. gilt cl. w. (soiled/ dam.) dustwr. - AND 10 others similar, i.a. G.A. WOOD, The Discovery of Australia (London, 1922, fold. map, ills., orig. cl.) and F.C. WIEDER, Tasman's kaart van zijn Australische ontdekkingen 1644 (The Hague, 1924, (fold.) maps/ ills., orig. hcl., 4to).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €60

Lot 1556

[Economics]. Say, L. Les solutions démocratiques de la question des impots. Conférences faites à l'école des sciences politiques.

Paris, Guillaumin & Cie., 1886, 1st ed., 2 vols., (4),260; (4),299p.. orig. unif. wr. Proudhon, P.-J. Théorie de l'Impot. Ibid., E. Dentu, 1861, 1st ed., (4),400p., contemp. giltlettered hmor. AND 5 others, i.a. J.-B. SAY, Catéchisme d'Économie Politique (ibid., 1834, 4th ed., orig. wr.); H. WITHERS, The Business of Finance (London, 1918, 1st ed., orig. cl.) and A. LANDRY, l'Intérêt du Capital (ibid., 1904, 1st ed., orig. cl.).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 1560

[France]. Fouquier, M. Les grands châteaux de France. Pref. P. de Nolhac.

Paris, Lahure, 1907, 2 vols., (12),238,(2); (12),234,(6)p., photo-engr. plate, map of France and num. (full-p.) photogr. ills., printed in 600 numb. copies, contemp. unif. giltlettered hmor., folio. Gauthiez, P. Paris. Grenoble, J. Rey/ B. Arthaud, 1928, 3 parts in 1 vol., 84,(4); 84,(2); 87,(3)p., 3 div. titles and 6 col. plates by P.E. LECOMTE, num. (full-p.) photogr. ills., contemp. gilt hmor., t.e.g., 4to (some occas. foxing). - AND 1 other similar.

Estimate €60 – €80Result €60

Lot 1563

[France]. Nolhac, P. de. Le Trianon de Marie-Antoinette.

Paris, Goupiel et Cie, 1914, (6),182,(1)p., 45 plates (4x col.), 10 ills., printed in 500 numb. copies, contemp. gilt orange mor. w. contrasting blue inlaid calf vignettes on front and back covers, gilt inside dentelles, ivory moiré silk doublures, gilt board edges, t.e.g., folio.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €80

Lot 1564

[France]. Rodin, A. Les Cathédrales de France. Introd. C. Morice.

Paris, A. Colin, 1914, (8),CIX,(3),164p., 100 plates by A. RODIN, contemp. giltlettered hmor., t.e.g., 4to. Lavergne, A. de. Chateaux et ruines historiques de France. Paris, 1845, XVIII,(2),396,(3)p., 21 woodengr. plates, woodengr. divisional titles and num. ills., contemp. gilt mor., a.e.g., 4to. AND 4 others, incl. J.-J. BOURASSE, Les plus belles Cathédrales de France (Tours, 1865, ills., contemp. gilt cl., a.e.g., 4to).

Estimate €60 – €80Result €80

Lot 1565

[France]. Roy, J. Turenne. Sa Vie, les Institutions Militaires de son Temps.

Paris, Georges Hurtrel, 1884, (6),XXII,520p., 6 double-p. lithogr. maps/ plans (2x w. brown & blue details), 5 chromolith. plates (incl. frontisp., 1x double-p.), num. ills., contemp. red hmor. w. richly gilt spine, a.e.g., large 4to. AND 1 other: P. CHAMPION, Louis XI (Paris, 1927, 2 vols., phototype plates, modern unif. giltlettered blue rexine).

Estimate €60 – €80Result €70

Lot 1567

[France]. Ségur, L.P. Tableau historique et politique de l'Europe, depuis 1786 jusqu'en 1796, ou l'an 4; contenant l'histoire des principaux évenemens du règne de F. Guillaume II, roi de Prusse; Et un Précis des Révolutions de Brabant, de Holande, de Pologne et de France.

Paris, F. Buisson, 1801, 2nd revised ed., 3 vols., (4),398; (4),372; (4),402p., engr. frontisp. portrait of Friedrich-Wilhelm II, contemp. unif. marbled calf w. gilt spine and contrasting letterpieces. Le moniteur secret, ou Tableau de la Cour de Napoléon, de son caractère, et de celui de ses Agens. Paris/ London, Les marchands de nouveautés/ Schulze and Dean, 1814, 2 vols., (4),IV,263; (4),267p., contemp. unif. hcalf w. gilt spines.

Estimate €60 – €80Result €60

Lot 1568

[France]. Wallon, H.

Saint Louis. Tours, Alfred Mame et fils, 1878, 1st ed., 554p., 4 double-p. col. lithogr. maps, 31 woodengr./ col. lithogr. plates, 3 (2x double-p.) facs. plates, 225 woodengr. ills., bound by GRUEL in fine dark blue hmor., ribbed back w. 4 gilt fleur-de-lis, t.e.g., 4to. Dumas, A. Histoire de la Vie Politique et Privée de Louis-Philippe. Paris, Dufour et Mulat, 1852, 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),320; (4),311,(1), 20 steelengr. portraits and scenes (incl. frontisp.), contemp. hmor. w. giltlettered spine, 4to.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 1569

[France]. Lot

of 12 vols. on French history, all attractively bound in contemp./ later gilt red (9x) and black hleather, t.e.g. (9x).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 1573

[France. Paris]. Lenôtre, G. Le Vieux Paris. Souvenirs et Vieilles Demeures.

Paris, Ch. Eggimann, 1912-1913, 3 vols., (2),77,(3); (2),89,(1); (2),99,(1)p., num. photogr. ills., contemp. unif. blue hmor. w. giltlettered spine, t.e.g., folio. D'Andigné, F. Les Musées de Paris. Paris, Alpina, 1931, (2),155,(5)p., 6 col. plates, num. (photogr.) ills., printed in limited numb. ed., contemp. hmor. w. gilt spine, t.e.g., folio.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €70

Lot 1578

[Germany. Rhine]. Halenza's Neuestes Rhein-Panorama von Mainz bis Cöln.

Mainz, J. Halenza, n.d. (±1850), loosely inserted text booklet (23,(1)p., French text, without wr.), steelengr. leporello showing the course of the Rhine surrounded by num. views, orig. hcl., 4to. ADDED: a Baedeker guide for Sachsen (1920, Hinrichsen D234a).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 1581

[Great Britain]. Gurney, J.J. Notes on a visit made to some of the prisons in Scotland, and the North of England, in company with Elizabeth Fry; with some general observations on the subject of prison discipline.

Norwich, J. Fletcher, 1847, 2nd [= 3rd] enl. ed., IV,162p., contemp. cl. - BOUND WITH: Idem and Fry, E. Report addressed to the Marquess Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by -, respecting their late visit to that country. Ibid., idem, 1847, 3rd ed., 99,(1)p. The Black Book; or, Corruption Unmasked. Being an account of Places, Pensions, and Sinecures, the Revenues of the Clergy and Landed Aristocracy; the Salaries and Emoluments in Courts of Justice and the Police Department (...). London, J. Fairburn, 1820, (4),480p., later hcl. AND 1 other: THE MAXIMA CHARTA OF 1832, for England, Ireland, and Scotland (...) (London, 1832, engr. frontisp., contemp. hcl.).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 1583

[Great Britain]. Tuke, J. General View of the Agriculture of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement.

London, B. McMillan for G. Nicol etc., 1800, XV,(1),355,(1)p., fold. handcol. engr. map, 14 (fold.) plates, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece and giltlettered "Board of Agriculture 1818" on frontcover and "[idem] 1807" on backcover. Strickland, H.E. A General View of the Agriculture of the East-Riding of Yorkshire; published by order of the Board of Agriculture. York, T. Wilson and Son for the author, 1812, VIII,332,(1)p., fold. handcol. engr. map, 8 plates (2 fold. handcol.), fold. table, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece and giltlettered "Board of Agriculture 1818" on frontcover. AND 1 other similar on the West Riding of Yorkshire (1799).

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 1584

[Great Britain]. Watts, J. The Facts of the Cotton Famine.

London/ Manchester, Simpkin, Marshall & Co./ A. Ireland & Co., 1866, XII,472p., fold. col. lithogr. table, contemp. blindst. cl. Brown, R. General View of the Agriculture of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Edinb., J. Watson etc., 1799, (8),XIV,293,(3),123p., fold. engr. map, sl. later hvellum w. mor. letterpiece.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 1587

[Greece]. Busch, M. Bilder aus Griechenland.

Triest, Literarisch-artistische Anstalt (Julius Ohswalt), 1870, (4),123p., 18 steelengr. views after A. LÖFFLER, 7 woodengr. ills., orig. gilt and blindst. orange-brown cl., folio.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €210

Lot 1589

[Guinea]. (Fennekol, W.F.).

Proeve over de kust van Guinea, houdende eene poging tot onderzoek, hoe, en in hoeverre, dat land tot eene ware volksplanting zou kunnen gevormd worden. The Hague, J. Immerzeel Jr., 1831, 154,(1)p., modern cl.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 1590

[India]. Haafner, J. Reize in eenen palanquin; of lotgevallen en merkwaardige aanteekeningen op eene reize langs de kusten Orixa en Choromandel.

Amst., G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1827, 2nd ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., X,260; IV,289,(1)p., 2 ident. engr. titles, 4 handcol. costume plates, 3 fold. views, sl. later giltlettered hmor. Idem. Lotgevallen op eene reize van Madras over Tranquebaar, naar het eiland Ceilon. Ibid., idem, 1826, 2nd ed., VIII,263p., engr. title w. ill. by R. VINKELES, contemp. hcl.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 1593

[Italy. Rome]. Nuova collezione di vedute di Roma. Antiche, e moderne.

Rome, Piale, n.d. (±1816), engr. title and 32 engr. views and plates, contemp. simple cordbound wr., obl. 4to. AND 1 other: NUOVA RACCOLTA DELLE PRINCIPALI VEDUTE ANTICHE E MODERNE DELL' ALMA CITTÁ DI ROMA E SUA VICINANZE (Rome, n.d., num. woodengr. views, orig. engr. wr., obl. 8vo).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €500