Bubb Kuyper

FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

Auction 83, 24-28 November 2025

162 lots

Lot 2402

[Abyssinia]. Dillmann, A. Grammatik der äthiopischen sprache. Ed. C. Bezold.

Leipsic, H. Tauchnitz, 1899, 2nd improved ed., XIV,488p., 9 fold. tables, modern giltlettered cl. Pougeois, A. l'Abyssinie, son histoire naturelle politique et religieuse depuis les temps les plus anciens jusqu'à la chute des Théodoros. Paris, J. Pougeois, 1868, 1st ed., (2),500p., contemp. gilt hcalf. Zyhlarz, E. Grundzüge der Nubischen Grammatik im Christlichen Frühmittelalter (altnubisch). Leipsic, Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, 1928, XVI,192p., orig. (sl. dam.) wr. - AND 1 other: F. HEYER, Die Kirche Äthiopiens. Eine Bestandsaufnahme (Berlin/ New York, 1971, orig. cl.).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2406

Amicis, E. de. Constantinople.

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1883, (4),452p., frontisp. portrait of the author and num. plates and ills., contemp. hmor. w. giltlettered spine, t.e.g., 4to.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2408

[Archaeology]. Schippmann, K. Die iranischen Feuerheiligtümer.

Berlin/ New York, Walter de Gruyter, 1971, XII,555p., 1 fold. map and 3 loosely inserted fold. tables in rear pocket, orig. cl. Kammerer, A. Pétra et la Nabatène. L'Arabie Pétrée et les Arabes du nord. Dans leurs rapports avec la Syrie et la Palestine jusqu'a l'Islam. Paris, Paul Geuthner, 1929, 2 vols., text vol.: (2),XIII,(1),630,(1)p., 11 (fold.) (tinted) maps/ plate and table, num. ills.; plate vol.: 16 textp., 152 plates w. num. ills., orig. unif. wr. w. mounted plate on frontcover. Dumbarton Oaks Papers. Vol. 77. Ed. C.M. Whiting and N.D. Kontogiannis. Washington DC, Harvard Univ. Press, 2023, (4),369p., num. (col.) ills., orig. cl., 4to. Hammond, Ph.C. The Nabataeans, their history, culture and archaeology. Gothenburg, Paul Aström, 1973, 129,(6)p., 4 maps, orig. wr., folio. Ciggaar, K. and Aalst, V. van. East and West in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean. III. Antioch from the Byzantine reconquest until the end of the Crusader Principality. Louvain etc., Peeters, 2018, XVIII,225,(11)p., 35 (full-p.) col. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 8vo.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 2413

[Atlases]. Christiaanse, K., Gasco, A. and Hanataka, N.C. (ed.). The Grand Projet. Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaprojects.

Rott, 010 Publishers, 2019, 637,(2)p., richly illustrated, orig. boards, 4to. Simpson, D. a.o. (ed.). Atlas of the Copenhagens. Berlin, Ruby Press, 2018, 480p., richly illustrated, orig. limp boards, 4to. - AND 3 others published by 010 Publishers, i.a. M. SHOSHAN, Atlas of the Conflict Israel-Palestine (2010, richly illustrated, orig. boards, narrow 8vo) and A. VAN SUSTEREN, Metropolitan World Atlas (2005, richly illustrated, orig. limp boards, 4to).

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2417

[Atlases]. Le Sage, A. (= E. de Las Cases).

Atlas historique, généalogique, chronologique, et géographique. (Paris), De Sourdon, (1806), title, 30 (of 32) double-p. partially handcol. leaves w. letterpress text, 19 (of 21) (large) handcol. inset maps, contemp. hmor., large folio.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2425

[Australia]. Scott, E. Australian Discovery. I. By Sea. II. By Land.

London etc., J.M. Dent and Sons, 1929, 1st ed., 2 vols., XXIX,(7),412; XXVII,(5),422p., plates, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. Fornasiero, J. a.o. The Australian Voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders. Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2004, XII,411,(1)p., col. plates, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 8vo. - AND 9 others, i.a. E. FAVENC, The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 (Amst., 1967, fold. maps/ plates, orig. cl. Facs. reprint of the ed. Sydney, 1888); G. WILLIAMS and A. FROST (ed.), Terra Australis to Australia (Melbourne, 1988, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to) and F. HORNER, The French Reconnaissance. Baudin in Australia 1801-1803 (ibid., 1987, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €60 – €80Result €60

Lot 2426

[Australia]. Spencer, B. and Gillen, F.J. The Northern Tribes of Central Australia.

Oosterhout, Anthropological Publications, 1969, XXXV,(1),784p., (fold.) plates, ills., orig. cl. Ashley-Montagu, M.F. Coming into being among the Australian Aborigines. Introd. B. Malinowski. London, G. Routledge & Sons, 1937, 1st ed., XXXV,(1),362p., plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 6 others, i.a. S.D. PORTEUS, The Psychology of a Primitive People. A Study of the Australian Aborigine (London, 1931, 1st ed., plates, orig. cl.); B. HILL, Broken Song. T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession (Milsons Point, 2002, plates, orig. boards w. dustwr.) and I. CLENDINNEN, Dancing with Strangers. The True History of the Meeting of the British First Fleet and the Aboriginal Australians, 1788 (Edinb. etc., 2005, col. plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2428

[Australia]. Tench, W. A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay.

Melbourne, Edition Renard, 2004, VIII,(4),163,(5)p., col. frontisp. portrait, 1 plate, maps on endpapers, printed in 212 numb. copies (120), orig. cl. w. plastic perspex dustwr. Bonyhady, T. (introd. and ed.). The Skottowe Manuscript. Thomas Skottowe's Select Specimens from Nature of the Birds Animals &c. &c. of New South Wales. Chippendale/ Potts Point, David El Press/ Hordnern House, 1988, 2 vols., text vol.: 78,(1)p., ills.; facs. vol.: num. col. facs. plates, printed in 550 numb. copies, orig. unif. cl. w. mounted title-piece, slipcase, 4to. - AND 5 other facs. editions, i.a. J. LE MAIRE, Mirror of the Australian Navigation (Sydney, 1999, (col.) plates/ ills., orig. boards, 4to) and J.F.G. DE LA PÉROUSE, Voyage round the World (...). Charts and Plates (Amst./ New York, 1968, (fold. maps and plates, orig. rexine, folio. Without the text vols. Bibliotheca Australiana 29).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2430

[Banks, J.]. Lysaght, A.M. Joseph Banks in Newfoundland & Labrador, 1766. His Diary, Manuscripts and Collections.

London, Faber & Faber, 1971, 1st ed., 512p., (fold.) (col.) plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Cameron, H.C. Sir Joseph Banks. Sydney etc., Angus & Robertson, 1966, 2nd ed., 341p., plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 6 others, i.a. H.B. CARTER, The Sheep and Wool Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks 1781-1820 (n.pl., 1979, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to); IDEM, Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). A guide to biographical and bibliographical sources (Winchester, 1987, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and C. LYTE, Sir Joseph Banks. 18th Century Explorer, Botanist and Entrepreneur (London etc., 1980, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 2432

[Belgium]. Belgium & Nassau; or, the continental tourist.

London, Black and Armstrong, n.d. (±1840), V,137,(1)p., steelengr. title, 2 fold. plans and 61 plates, blue gilt hmor., a.e.g. AND 1 other: KAMPEN, N.G. VAN, The history and topography of Holland and Belgium. Transl. W.G. Fearnside (Paris, ±1840, steelengr. title, fold. map and 61 plates, contemp. gilt blindst. cl.).

Estimate €60 – €80Result €70

Lot 2437

[Belgium]. Juste, T. Histoire de Belgique.

Brussels, A. Jamar, (1840), 1st ed., (4),IV,625p., engr. frontisp., 1 fold. engr. map w. handcol. borders, 22 woodengr. plates and num. ills., orig. richly gilt hcalf. ADDED: 4 others on The Netherlands (incl. 2 incompl./ waterst. vols.), i.a. F.M. MARCHANT-DE-BEAUMONT, Beauté de l'histoire de la Hollande et des Pays-Bas (Paris, 1823, 6 engr. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf w. orange mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo. Good copy).

Estimate €60 – €80Result €60

Lot 2439

Braun, R. and I. Opiumgewichte. Opium Weights. Poids d'Asie.

N.pl., n.publ., 1983, 239,(1)p., 120 photogr. plates, ills., German, English and French text, orig. wr. Japon, Saveurs et Sérénité. La Cérémonie du Thé dans les Collections du Musée des Arts Idemitsu. Paris, Editions des musées de la Ville de Paris, 1995, 295,(1)p., 101 (fold.) col. plates, orig. boards, obl. narrow 8vo. - AND 4 others, i.a. S. TANAKA, The Tea Ceremony (Tokyo, 1974, (col.) plates/ ills., orig. blindst. cl. w. dustwr.) and i.a. E.F. STRANGE, The Incense Ceremony and Its Utensils (reprint from The Transactions of the Japan Society of London, Vol.XXI, 1924).

Estimate €40 – €60Result €40

Lot 2440

Buijs, M. De Tijdstroom. Merkwaardige ontdekkingen en ontmoetingen ter land en ter zee, tafereelen uit het leven der natuur en der volken enz.

Amst., A. Akkeringa, 1875, 2 vols., VIII,493,(3); (4),594,(4)p., 9 (of 11) chromolithogr. plates, 2 monochr. plates, contemp. unif. gilt hmor. AND 2 others: M. COHEN STUART, Uit Scandinavië (Utr., 1877, lithogr. frontisp., contemp. hmor.) and E. NIJLAND, Japan en de Japanneezen (Nijkerk, 1902, plates, orig. cl.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €80

Lot 2443

[Ceylon]. Lewcock, R., Sansoni, B. and Senanayake, L. The Architecture of an Island. The Living Heritage of Sri Lanka.

Colombo, Barefoot, 2014, reprint, XXXV,(1),336p., num. (col.) ills., orig. rexine w. dustwr., 4to. AND 2 others: L. WAGENAAR, Galle. VOC-vestiging in Ceylon (Amst., 1994, (col.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to) and C.L. TEMMINCK GROLL, The Dutch overseas. Mutual heritage of four Centuries in three Continents (Zwolle, 2002, num. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 2446

Cook, J. The Journal of H.M.S. Resolution 1772-1775.

Guildford etc., Genesis Publications Ltd./ Hedley Fine Art Books, 1981, 806,(1)p., (tipped-in col.) plates, ills., printed in 500 numb. copies, orig. gilt hmor., a.e.g., slipcase, folio.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €200

Lot 2447

Cook, J. The Three Famous Voyages Round the World of the Celebrated Circumnavigator James Cook, narrating the Unparalleled Achievements of that Great Commander (...).

London, Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co., n.d. (±1890), XX,1176p., woodengr. frontisp. portrait, (fold.) maps, plates, ills., orig. gilt pict. hmor. (rebacked), a.e.g., large 8vo. Young, G. Het leven en de reizen van kapitein James Cook, beschreven naar naauwkeurige berigten, in zijne dagboeken en andere bescheiden voorhanden. Utr., C. van der Post Jr., 1854, 2 parts in 1 vol., X,VI,306; (2),246,(1)p., 2 ident. tinted lithogr. titles, lithogr. frontisp. portrait, 4 plates, orig. gilt cl. AND 11 others, i.a. KAPITEIN COOK. Bijzonderheden betreffende zijn dood en de vereering hem na zijn overlijden op de Sandwich-Eilanden toegebracht (Lier, 1873, orig. gilt boards, 12mo).

Estimate €60 – €80Result €140

Lot 2448

Cook, J. A Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775.

Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1970, 2 vols., (8),XL,378; (10),396p., frontisp. portrait, num. (fold.) maps/ plates, orig. unif. cl. w. mor. letterpiece, 4to. Forster, G. Cook, the Discoverer. Potts Point, Hordern House, 2007, 276p., printed in 1050 numb. copies (1000), orig. quarter tan kangaroo leather, sm. 4to.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 2450

[Cook, J.]. Banks, J. The Journal of Joseph Banks in the

Endeavour. Introd. A.M. Lysaght Guildford/ Adelaide etc., Genesis/ Rigby, 1980, 2 vols., 101; (10) textp., 2 diff. tipped-in frontisp. portraits, num. facs. plates, printed in 500 numb. copies, orig. unif. gilt and blindst. hleather, a.e.g., 2 board slipcases, large 8vo.

Estimate €200 – €300

Lot 2454

[Cook, J.]. Ellis, W. An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in His Majesty's Ships Resolution and Discovery, during the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 (...).

Amst./ New York, N. Israel/ Da Capo Press, 1969, 2 vols., (12),358; (8),347p., fold. map, orig. unif. boards. Rickman, J. Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery; performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779. Ibid., iidem, 1967, (6),XLVI,388p., fold. map, 2 fold. plates, orig. boards unif. w. the preceding. AND 3 others from the same series.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2455

[Cook, J.]. Joppien, R. and Smith, B. The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages.

New Haven/ London, Yale University, 1985-1988, 3 parts in 4 vols., (col.) ills., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., folio. AND 2 others, i.a. G. QUILLEY and J. BONEHILL (ed.), William Hodges 1744-1797. The Art of Exploration (New Haven/ London, 2005, (col.) ills., orig. wr., 4to).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €140

Lot 2456

[Cook, J.]. Kaeppler, A.L. (ed.). James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific.

London, Thames & Hudson, 2009, 276p., num. col. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to. Carr, D.J. (ed.). Sydney Parkinson. Artist of Cook's Endeavor Voyage. Canberra, British Mus./ Australian National Univ. Press, 1983, XV,(1),300,(1)p., (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., sq. 4to. Hauser-Schäublin, B. and Krüger, G. James Cook. Gifts and Treasures from the South Seas. Munich/ New York, Prestel, 1998, 350,(1)p., (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio. - AND 9 others in 12 vols., i.a. B. FINNIS, Captain James Cook. Seaman and Scientist (London, 2003, (col.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to); A.W. REED and A.H. REED (ed.), Captain Cook in Australia./ - in New Zealand (Wellington, 1969, 2 vols., fold. maps, plates, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase); G. CAMPBELL, Captain James Cook (London, 1936, fold. map, plates, orig. cl.) and A. MacLEAN, Captain Cook (ibid., 1972, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on first blank).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 2458

[Cook, J.]. Skelton, R.A. James Cook, Surveyor of Newfoundland. Being a Collection of Charts of the Coasts of Newfoundland and Labradore, &. Drawn from original Surveys taken by James Cook and Michael Lane (...).

San Francisco, D. Magee, 1965, 2 vols., text vol.: 31,(2)p., 6 plates, printed in black and red in 365 copies, orig. wr., folio; plate vol.: 10 (fold.) facs. maps and 1 facs. list of contents, loose as issued in orig wr., large folio, together in orig. cl. box, large folio.

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 2460

Dozy, R.

Het Islamisme. Haarlem, A.C. Kruseman, 1863, XI,(1),356p., 13 lithogr. plates/ views, contemp. gilt hcalf w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to (fine). Thenon, A. A travers l'Inde. Paris, Th. Lefèvre, n.d. (±1872), (4),II,391p., 21 woodengr. plates, ills., contemp. gilt and blindst. red mor., a.e.g. AND 1 other: H.M. STANLEY, Dans les ténèbres de l'Afrique. Recherche, délivrance et retraite d'Emin-Pacha (Paris, 1890, 3 (2x fold. and col.) maps, num. woodengr. plates/ ills., contemp. unif. gilt hmor., t.e.g. Foxed copy; sm. (closed) tear at inner margin of fold. maps).

Estimate €70 – €90