Bubb Kuyper

FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

Auction 82, 19-23 May 2025

184 lots

Lot 2526

[Africa]. Michel, C. Vers Fachoda à la rencontre de la mission Marchand à travers l'Éthiopie.

Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, n.d. (1900), (6),560p., frontisp., 1 fold. lithogr. map, 4 steelengr. entomological plates, num. (full-p.) ills., modern cl. w. orig. frontwr. laid down. AND 3 others, i.a. A.F. ZU MECKLENBURG, Ins innerste Afrika. Bericht über den Verlauf der deutschen wissenschaftlichen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908 (Leipsic, 1909, 2 fold. maps in rear pocket, (col.) plates and ills., orig. pict. cl. Owner's stamp/ entry on title-p.; one map torn in two (repaired)) and H. PAASCHE, Im Morgenlicht. Kriegs-, Jagd-, und Reise-Erlebnisse in Ostafrika (Berlin, 1907, 2nd ed., num. ills., orig. giltlettered pict. cl. Binding sl. rubbed; w. autogr. signed dedication on first pref. page).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2528

[Africa]. Stanley, H.M.

How I found Livingstone. Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa; Including Four Months' Residence with Dr. Livingstone. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872, 1st ed., XXIII,(1),736,8 (advert.)p., mounted photogr. frontisp. portrait, 6 maps (4x fold. tinted), 28 woodengr. plates, num. ills., orig. gilt pict. cl.

Estimate €250 – €350Result €250

Lot 2535

[(Ant)arctica]. Nansen, F. "Farthest North", being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-1896 and of a fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram.

Westminster, A. Constable and Company, 1897, 1st Engl. ed., 2 vols., XIII,(3),510; XIII,(3),671,(1)p., 2 frontisp. plates (incl. 1 etched portrait), 4 fold. col. maps, 16 col. lithogr. plates, num. monochr. plates and ills., contemp. unif. hcl. w. mor. letterpiece. AND a copy of the same work (ed. London, 1898) in orig. unif. gilt pict. cl.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €110

Lot 2536

[(Ant)arctica]. Ponting, H.G.

Het eeuwige ijs. De zuidpool-expeditie van kapitein Scott Een verhaal van den laatsten tocht naar de zuidpool door kapitein Scott en diens tragisch einde, benevens een beschrijving van het natuurleven in het eeuwige ijs. Dutch transl. M.P.C. de Gruyter. Amst., J.M. Meulenhoff, n.d. (1924), 1st ed., 441p., over 150 photogr. ills. on plates, orig. dec. cl., 4to. Nansen, F. Onder de Eskimo's. Dutch transl. A. van den Heuvel. Ibid., Scheltens & Giltay, n.d. (±1920), (4),224p., plates, ills., orig. pict. cl. by A. VLAANDEREN. - AND 12 others, i.a. L. REY (ed.), Unveiling the Arctic (n.pl., 1984, maps, ills., orig. cl., 4to); R. CALDER, Men against the Frozen North (London, 1957, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); K. WESTCOTT JONES, To the Polar Sunrise (ibid., 1957, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); R. BULIARD, Inuk (The Hague, 1951, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and C. BERTRAM, Arctic and Antarctic. The Technique of Polar Travel (Cambr., 1939, plates, ills., orig. cl.).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €80

Lot 2539

[Archaeology]. Walters, C.C. Monastic Archaeology in Egypt.

Warminster, Aris & Phillips, 1974, VIII,354p., map, ills., orig. cl. AND 6 others, i.a. A.-J. FESTUGIÈRE, Historia Monachorum in Aegyptio (Brussels, 1961, orig. wr.); S.R.C. LILLA, Clement of Alexandria. A Study in Christian Platonism and Gnosticism (Oxf., 1971, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and U. FRÜCHTEL, Die kosmologischen Vorstellungen bei Philo von Alexandrien (Leyden, 1968, orig. gilt cl.).

Estimate €40 – €60

Lot 2545

[Atlases]. Butler, S. An Atlas of Modern Geography.

London, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1844, new corr. ed., (2),38p., steelengr. title, index and 22 (of 23) fold./ double-p. maps w. handcol. borders, contemp. hcalf. BOUND WITH: Idem. An Atlas of Ancient Geography. Ibid., idem, 1851, new corr. ed., (2),37,(1)p., 23 double-p. steelengr. maps (w. handcol. borders).

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 2552

[Atlases]. Nouvel atlas des enfans, ou principes clairs pour aprendre facilement en peu de tems la géographie, suivi d'un traité méthodique de la sphere, qui explique le mouvement des astres, les sistêmes du monde & l'usage du globe

. Amst./ Leyden, J. van Gulik/ A. and J. Honkoop, 1799, 8th corrected ed., X,253p., engr. frontisp., 21 (of 22) fold. contemp. handcol. engr. maps (incl. a worldmap) and 2 fold. plates by C. VAN BAARSEL, contemp. boards, sm. 8vo. AND an incomplete copy of C.V. MONIN and A.R. FRÉMIN, Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienne et Moderne (Paris, ±1840).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 2554

[Atlases]. Reichard, C.T.

Orbis Terrarum veteribus cognitus. In usum juventus. Gron., W. van Boekeren, 1833, fold. title and fold. text leaf, 21 double-p. steelengr. maps (1x w. handcol. borders), contemp. hcl., folio.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 2556

[Belgium]. Aerts, E. a.o. (ed.). De centrale overheidsinstellingen van de Habsburgse Nederlanden.

Brussels, Algemeen Rijksarchief, 1994, 2 vols., 494; 495-981,(6)p., orig. unif. wr. Chestret de Haneffe, J. de. Histoire de la maison de le Marck y compris les Cleves de la seconde race. Ibid., Culture et Civilisation, 1982, XXIV,374p., 2 plates, orig. wr. (facs. reprint of the ed. Liège, 1898). Straeten, J. van der. Het charter en de raad van Kortenberg. Leuven, Universitaire Uitgaven, 1952, 2 parts in 1 vol., L,300; 266p., contemp. cl. - AND 17 others, i.a. S. BALAU, Les sources de l'histoire de Liège au Moyen Age (Brussels, 1982, orig. wr. Facs. reprint of the ed. 1903) and A. DE VOS, De geschiedenis van Ertvelde (Ertvelde, 1971, ills., orig. wr.).

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2557

[Belgium]. Génard, P. Anvers à travers les ages.

Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe et Cie., n.d. (1888), 2 vols., XL,564; 615,(1)p., num. (fold./ double-p.) woodengr. plans/ plates (2x col. lithogr.) and num. ills., orig. unif. gilt and dec. hmor., a.e.g., folio.

Estimate €30 – €50Result €30

Lot 2559

[Belgium]. Matricule de l'Université de Louvain.

Vol. I-IV. Ed. E. Reusens/ J. Wils/ A. Schillings. Brussels, Kiessling et Cie, P. Imbreghts/ Palais des Académies, 1903-1961, 4 parts in 6 vols., orig. boards (vol. I and II)/ orig. unif. gilt cl., large 4to.

Estimate €200 – €300

Lot 2561

[Belgium]. Ridder, P. de Inventaris van het oud archief van de kapittelkerk van Sint-Michiel en Sint-Goedele te Brussel.

Brussels, Algemeen Rijksarchief, 1987-1988, 3 vols., 525; 400; 280p., orig. (unif.) wr. Rombauts, W. Het oud archief van de kerkfabriek van Sint-Jacob te Brugge. Ibid., idem, 1986, 2 vols., 169; 389,(1)p., orig. unif. wr. Verhulst, A.E. De Sint-Baafsabdij te Gent en haar grondbezit (VIIe-XIVe eeuw). Bijdrage tot de kennis van de structuur en de uitbating van het grootgrondbezit in Vlaanderen tijden de middeleeuwen. Ibid., Kon. Vlaamse Academie, 1958, XXXIII,(1),665p., 13 loosely inserted (fold.) maps, orig. wr. (backcover detached). - AND 16 others, all on the archives and histories of Belgian abbeys and chapters, i.a. G. ASAERT and C. VLEESCHOUWERS, Het archief van de Abdij van Boudelo te Sinaai-Waas en te Gent (Brussels, 1976-1983, 3 vols., orig. unif. wr.) and J.-J. DE SMET, Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Cambron (ibid., 1869, 2 vols., modern unif. rexine, 4to).

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2562

[Belgium]. Strieder, J. Aus Antwerpener Notariatsarchiven. Quellen zur Deutschen Wirtschaftsgeschichte des 16. Jahrhunderts.

Wiesbaden, F. Steiner, 1962, XXXIX,(1),480p., various languages, orig. wr. Prims, F. Geschiedenis van Antwerpen. Vol. I-IV, V/2 and VI/3. Brussels, Standaard Boekhandel, 1929-1937, 11 (of 29) vols., num. (fold.) maps/ plans and plates, orig. unif. wr. AND 1 other: G. BETERAMS, Antwerpse schepenbrieven bewaard op het Rijksarchief te Antwerpen, 1300-1794 (Brussels, 1959, orig. clothbacked wr., large 4to. Wrappers sl. dogeared and sl. yellowed).

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 2564

[Belgium]. Vercauteren, F., Hemptinne, Th. de and Verhulst, A. (ed.). Actes des Comtes de Flandre (1071-1128)./ De Oorkonden der Graven van Vlaanderen (Juli 1128-September 1191). Vol.1. Regering van Diederik van de Elzas (Juli 1128 - 17 januari 1168).

Brussels, Palais des Académies, 1938-1988, 2 vols., CXV,(1),399; XCVII,(1),522,Vp., 1 fold. tinted map, 13/ 14 plates, orig. boards/ orig. gilt cl., large 4to. AND 2 others in 3 vols., i.a. G. ESPINAS, Privileges et chartes de franchises de la Flandre (Brussels, 1959-1961, 2 vols., orig. unif. wr., large 4to. Frontwr. of vol.1 some inkstains in upper margin).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2566

[Belgium. Splendid ceremonies]. Vervloet, V. Album van den jubilé van 875 jaren, ter eere van O.-L.-Vrouw van Hanswyk, of geschiedkundige beschryving van den Grooten Praeltrein en der openbare feesten die plegtiglyk zullen gevierd worden te Mechelen, gedurende de vyftien laetste dagen der maend augusty 1863.

Mechelen, Dierickx-Beke Zonen, n.d. (±1863), 40p., lithogr. frontisp. and 19 fold. plates by V. VERVLOET, orig. wr. in later cardboard portfolio, 4to.

Estimate €60 – €80Result €60

Lot 2572

[China]. Mennie, D.

The grandeur of the Gorges. Fifty photographic studies, with descriptive notes, of China's great waterway, the Yangtze Kiang, including twelve hand-coloured prints. Shanghai, A.S. Watson & Company and Kelly & Walsh, 1926, 1st ed., (14)textp., 50 tipped-in photogr. plates (12 handcol.) w. descriptive text, printed in 1000 numb. copies, orig. dec. silk binding, 4to.

Estimate €400 – €600Result €700

Lot 2576

[Denmark]. Vore gamle tropekolonier.

Vol.I. Dansk Ostindien. Vol.II. Dansk Vestindien. Ed. J. Brøndsted. Copenhagen, Westermann, 1952/ 1953, 2 vols., (8),665,(2); (6),577,(2)p., num. (col.) (fold.) maps/ plates and ills., orig. unif. giltlettered dec. hcalf , folio.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 2579

[Economics]. Leroy-Beaulieu, P. Traité de la science des finances.

Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, 1877, 2 vols., (4),746; (4),607p., contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces. AND 2 others: IDEM, Essai sur la répartition des richesses et sur la tendance à une moindre inégalité des conditions (Paris, 1881, 1st ed., contemp. hcl. Libr. stamp on title-p.) and L. SAY, Les finances de la France. Une année de discussion Du 15 Décembre au 20 Décembre 1882 (Paris, (1882), 1st ed., contemp. giltlettered hmor. First 2 leaves sl. foxed).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 2580

[Economics]. Malthus, T.R. Principles of Political Economy. Variorum ed. by J. Pullen.

London, Cambr. Univ. Press for the Royal Economic Society, 1989, 2 vols., LXIX,(1),VI,601; (6),507p., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. Idem. An Essay on the Principle of Population; or A View of its past and present Effects on Human Happiness; With an Inquiry into our Prospects respecting the future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils which it occasions. Ed. P. James. Ibid., idem, 1989, 2 vols., XVI,446; VI,307p., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. bound uniformly with the preceding.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2582

[Economics]. Palgrave, R.H.I. Dictionary of Political Economy.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1917-1919, 3 vols., XV,(1),801,(3 advert.); (2),XVI,(2),848; XXII,881,(3 advert.)p., orig. unif. giltlettered cl. Mill, J.S. A System of Logic, ratiocinative and inductive, being a connected view of the principles of evidence, and the methods of scientific investigation. Ibid., Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1862, 5th ed., 2 vols., XVI,539; XII,550,(2),4 (advert.)p., contemp. unif. cl.

Estimate €40 – €60

Lot 2584

[Economics]. (Raynal, G.T.F.).

Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissements et du Commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Amst., n.publ., 1770, 7 vols., 7 engr. frontisp., 7 fold. maps, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf, spines richly gilt w. 2 red mor. letterpieces.

Estimate €300 – €500