Auction 84, 19-22 May 2026

5,326 lots

Lots

Lot 1622FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

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

Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe et Cie., n.d. (1888), XLp., fold. map and num. ills., orig. gilt pict. hcl. by L. TITZ, folio. WITH the original fold. silkscreen and offset poster issued with the publication.

Estimate €30 – €50

Lot 1625FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Belgium. Antwerp]. Thys, A. Historique des rues et places publiques de la Ville d'Anvers.

Antw., L. Gerrits, 1873, VII,(1),520p., contemp. gilt hmor. (fine). Le double guide commercial ou livre d'adresses de la ville d'Anvers. Ibid., Ratinckx Frères, 1877-1878, 13th ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),343; (4),345-523p., contemp. hmor. AND 3 others similar, i.a. G. BEETEMÉ, Anvers. Métropole du commerce et des arts (Louvain, 1887-1888, 2nd ed., 2 vols., (double-p./ full-p.) woodengr. ills., gilt unif. hmor. Both vols. leather dam.).

Estimate €60 – €80Result €60

Lot 1626FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Brazil]. Dutch Brazil.

Ed. C. Ferrão, J.P. Monteiro Soares a.o. Rio de Janeiro, Editora Index, 1997-2000, 3 parts in 9 vols., (col.) (facs.) ills., orig. unif. wr. in 3 slipcases.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €150

Lot 1627FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

Carruthers, M. and Ziolkowski, J.M. The Medieval Craft of Memory. An Anthology of Texts and Pictures.

Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004, 312p., ills., orig. wr. (very fine). Carruthers, M. The Craft of Thought: Meditation, Rhetoric, and the Making of Images, 400-1200. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006, 3rd ed., 399p., ills., orig. wr. (very fine). - AND 5 others, i.a. M. CARRUTHERS, The Book of Memory. A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture (ibid., 2006, 12th ed., ills. orig. wr.) and K. VARTY, Reynard, Renart, Reinaert, and other foxes in Medieval England: the iconographic evidence (Amst., 1999, 1st ed., ills. orig. boards).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 1629FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[China]. Montmollin, E. de. Image de la Chine.

N.pl., A la Baconnière, 1932, 130,(9)p., tipped-in plates, bound by J. BRANDT & ZOON in full gilt blue mor., t.e.g.

Estimate €30 – €50Result €30

Lot 1630FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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 €120 – €150Result €200

Lot 1631FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

Dubeux, L. Historia de la Persia.

Barcelona, Imprenta del Liberal Barcelonés, 1842, 366p., 2 fold. steelengr. maps and 86 (fold.) plates, views etc., contemp. calf. - Occas. the maps and a few plates sl. browned. Spine sl. rubbed. AND 3 others from the same series (bound in unif. gilt hcalf): Historia de la Polonia (1840); Historia de Inglaterra (1844) and Historia de Cartago (n.d.).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €110

Lot 1634FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Economics]. Schumpeter, J.A. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy.

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1944, 2nd impression, X,382p., orig. cl. Bücher, K. Die Entstehung der Volkswirtschaft. Vorträge und Versuche. Tübingen, Laupp, 1901, XI,(1),466,(1)p., orig. (sl. dam.) cl. Galbraith, J.K. The great crash 1929. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1955, 1st Engl. ed., 186,(2)p., orig. boards w. (sl. dam.) dustwr. - AND 2 others, i.a. J. STUART MILL. Principles of political economy with some of their applications to social philosophy (New York etc., 1909, orig. cl.).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €120

Lot 1645FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Germany. Rhine]. Delkeskamp, F.W. Panorama des Rheins. Mainz bis Cöln.

Frankf. a.M., F. Wilman, ±1840, later ed., steelengr. leporello of the course of the Rhine, folded in 14 sections (panorama size 22,5x±240 cm.), w. the additonal booklet Der Begleiter auf der Rheinreise (ibid., idem, ±1850, 36p., without wr. as published), orig. leatherbacked boards (backcover w. title in French), 4to. - Binding sl. worn. = Der Rhein im Panorama 2. ADDED: a series of 18 gelatin silver prints: Dresden um 1930 (Berlin, ±1970, w. loose colophon leaf (recto and verso), loosely inserted in hcl. binding, 4to).

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 1649FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

Gullan-Whur, M. Within Reason. A Life of Spinoza.

New York, St Martin's Press, 1998, 1st Am. ed., XVIII,398p., plates, orig. boards w. dustwr. Braudel, F. The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Phillip II. London, Collins, 1972-1973, 2 vols. w. continuous pagination, 1375p., plates, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. Hale, J. The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance. Ibid., HarperCollins, 1993, XX,(2),648,(1)p., num. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Pückler-Muskau. Puckler's Progress. The Adventures of Prince Pückler-Muskau in England, Wales and Ireland as told in letters to his former wife, 1826-9 (Ibid., 1987, plates, orig. boards w. (yellowed) dustwr.). - AND 17 others, i.a. W.S. MALTBY, Alba. A Biography of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Third Duke of Alba 1507-1582 (Berkeley etc., 1983, plates, orig. boards w. dustwr.); M. BENCE-JONES, The Catholic Families (London, 1992, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.); J. LEES-MILNE, The Last Stuarts (ibid., 1983, plates, orig. boards w. dustwr.); D. JUDD, Lord Reading. Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess of Reading, Lord Chief Justice and Viceroy of India, 1860-1935 (ibid., 1982, plates, orig. boards w. dustwr.) and J.E. WILLS, 1688, A Global History (London, 2001, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.).

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 1653FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Italy]. Orville, J.P.d'.

Sicula, quibus Siciliae veteris rudera, additis antiquitatum tabulis, illustrantur. Edidit, et commentarium ad numismata sicula, (...) Petrus Burmannus Secundus. Amst., G. Tielenburg, 1764, 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),IV,XL,XI,(3),276,(20); (2),VIII,277-675,(1)p., engr. portr., 2 ident. title-vignettes, 1 dedic. vign., 53 (of 54) plates (17 fold.), bound in a schoolprize binding of HAARLEM in contemp. gilt panelled marbled calf w. central gilt coat of arms of Haarlem on both covers and w. red mor. letterpiece, folio.

Estimate €400 – €600Result €550

Lot 1657FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Middle East]. Snouck Hurgronje, C. Mekka.

The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1888-1889, 2 text vols., XXIII,228,(1); XVIII,397p., 2 fold. lithogr. plans, modern unif. cl., 4to.

Estimate €700 – €900Result €1,200

Lot 1661FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Papua New Guinea]. Het aandeel van de Koninlijke Luchtmacht in de gebeurtenissen rondom Nederlandsch Nieuw Guinea gedurende de periode november 1958 t/m november 1962.

N.pl. (The Hague), Bureau Maritieme Historie, n.d. (1962?), 450p., plates, orig. wr., 4to. AND 2 others: LEVEN VAN HET LAND EN DE ZEE. Eenvoudige handleiding inzake eetbare planten voorkom. in trop. bossen en langs de stranden van N.N.G. (Hollandia/ Jayapura, 1961, ills., orig. wr., 4to. Military instructions for soldiers) and UITTREKSEL UIT HET VERSLAG DER COMMISSIE ter voorbreiding van de aanwijzing eener natuurlijker grens tusschen het Nederlandsche en het Duitsche gebied op Nieuw-Guinea (The Hague, 1910, fols. maps, plates, orig. wr.).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 1662FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Paraguay]. Samaniego, C.C. Caña de azúgar. Tacua rhê-hê y caña Paraguay.

Ascunción, the author, 1936, 120,(1)p., ills., orig. wr. Idem. Ilex Paraguayensis yerba-mate "Caá". N.pl., the author (?), 1927, (10),124,(2)p., ills., orig. lithogr. wr. Idem. Samuhú. Asunción, Imprenta Nacional, 1937, 23p., 3 plates, orig. (sl. defective) wr.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 1663FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

Pernau, M. Bürger mit Turban. Muslime in Delhi im 19. Jahrhundert.

Göttingen, V&R, 2008, XI,404p., orig. boards. Bruyne, J.L. De. Rudrakavi' s Great Poem of the Dynasty of Râsṭraudha Cantos 1-13 and 18-20. Leiden, Brill, 1968, XII,161p., 1 fold. map, orig. giltlettered cl. AND 9 others, incl. vol. 16 and 18 of the same series: G. G. LEONARDI, Bhaṭṭikâvyam/ E.P. MATEN, Budhasvâmin's Bṛhatkathâúloka saṃgraha (ibid., 1972/1973, orig. unif. giltlettered cl.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 1664FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Pitcairn]. Murray, Th.B.

Pitcairn: the Island, the People, and the Pastor; with a short account of The Mutiny of the Bounty. London, SPCK, 1853, 2nd ed., 315p., 1 woodengr. map, 8 plates, 2 lithogr. portraits, orig. gilt and blindst. cl., sm. 8vo.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 1666FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

Raynal, G.T.

Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissements et du Commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Geneva, J.-L. Pellet, 1780, 4 text vols. and atlas vol., text vols.: XVI,741,(1); (4),VIII,485,(1); XV,(1),629,(1); (4),VIII,770,(1)p., engr. portr. and 4 plates by N. DE LAUNAY after C.N. COCHIN (portr.) and after J.M. MOREAU LE JEUNE (plates), 23 (fold.) tables; atlas vol.: (4),28p., 51 double-p. engr. maps by R. BONNE, contemp. unif. hcalf, 4to.

Estimate €700 – €900

Lot 1667FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Russia]. Kozlyaninov, V.F. a.o. (ed.). Istoria Leib Gvardii Konnago Polka (History of the Horse Guards Regiment).

Paris, various publ., 1938-1966, 3 text vols.: XVII,(1),250,(1); 216,(2); 337,(1)p., (tipped-in) (chromolithogr.) plates/ portraits, ills., printed in 165/ 125/ 200 numb. copies (vol. 1 unnumb.), contemp. unif. giltlettered hleather, folio; plate vol.: text booklet (39,(1)p., orig. wr., folio) and num. (tipped-on) (col.) plates/ portraits, loose as issued in 12 paper portfolios, together in orig. drop back box w. mounted pochoir col. plate on upper lid.

Estimate €1,000 – €1,500Result €2,750

Lot 1671FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[South Africa]. Notulen der Verrichtingen van de Conferentie op 31 Mei 1899 en volgende dagen te Bloemfontein in den Oranje-Vrijstaat (...).

Pretoria, Staatsdrukkerij van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, 1899, 54p., orig. wr., folio. AND 1 other: J.D. KESTELL and D.E. VAN VELDEN, De Vredesonderhandelingen tusschen de Regeeringen der twee Zuid-Afrikaansche Republieken en de Vertegenwoordigers der Britsche Regeering (...) (ibid./ Amst., 1909, plates, orig. cl.).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 1672FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[South Africa]. Raper, P.E. and Boucher, M. Robert Jacob Gordon. Cape Travels, 1777 to 1786.

Johannesburg, The Brenthurst Press, 1998, 2 vols., 225,(1); (6),233-465,(1)p., (col.) ills., printed in 1000 copies (850), orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Raven-Hart, R. (ed.). Cape Good Hope 1652-1702. The first fifty years of Dutch colonisation as seen by callers. Cape Town, A.A. Balkema, 1971, 2 vols., XV,(1),222; XI,(3),223-527p., 2 tipped-in col. frontisp., ills., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. AND 4 others, i.a. V.S. FORBES and J. ROURKE, Paterson's Cape Travels 1777 to 1779 (Johannesburg, 1980, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and V.S. FORBES, Pioneer Travellers of South Africa (Cape Town/ Amst., 1965, (fold.) maps/ plates/ tables, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 1673FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[South America]. Bates, H.W. Central America, the West Indies and South America. With Ethnological Appendix by A.H. Keane.

London, E. Stanford, 1878, 1st ed., XVIII,(2),571,(1),15,(1)p., woodengr. frontisp. and 19 plates, 13 (fold.) col./ tinted lithogr. maps, orig. gilt dec. cl. Idem. The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, during eleven Years of Travel. Ibid., J. Murray, 1892, "reprint of the unabridged edition", LXXXIX,(3),395p., photo-engr. frontisp. portrait, fold. engr. map, 2 col. plates, num. (full-p.) ills., orig. gilt cl.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €110

Lot 1674FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Surinam]. Pfeiffer, J.Ph. De houtsoorten van Suriname.

Amst., De Bussy, 1926-1927, 2 vols., (4),505; (4),244,(25)p., 21 plates, ills., orig. unif. wr. Steinberg, H.G. and Staal, G.J. Ons Suriname. De zending der Evangelische Broedergemeente in Nederlandsch Guyana. The Hague, Alg. Boekhandel voor Inwendige en Uitwendige Zending, 1933, VIII,352p., plates, 2 loosely inserted booklets ("Handleiding behoorende bij "Ons Suriname"" and "De Suriname-zending der evangelische broedergemeente in kaart"), orig. gilt dec. cl.

Estimate €60 – €80Result €90

Lot 1675FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Thailand]. Picturesque Bangkok & Siam.

Bangkok, Prom Photo Studio, n.d. (1932), title-p. and 38 mounted photogr. plates, orig. cordbound wr., obl. 4to.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €170

Lot 1677FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Saïgon (Cochinchine).

Saigon, Edition Photo Nadal, n.d. (±1930), (4)p., 24 (tinted) photogr. plates, orig. wr., obl. 4to. In the Land of the Pharaohs. Cairo - Pyramids - Sakkara. Cairo, Lehnert & Landrock, n.d. (±1920), 36 photogr. ills., orig. wr., obl. 8vo. - AND 1 other similar album containing views of Colombo and surroundings.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 1679FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[VOC and WIC]. Brommer, B. and Heijer, H. den (ed.). Grote Atlas van de West-Indische Compagnie. I. De Oude WIC 1621-1674; II. De Nieuwe WIC 1674-1791.

Voorburg etc., Asia Maior/ Atlas Maior etc., 2011-2012, 2 vols., 416; 472p., num. (full-p.) col. maps and ills., printed in 1200 numb. copies, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., in orig. slipcases, large folio. Diessen, J.R. van (ed.). Grote Atlas van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. I. Atlas Isaak de Graaf/ Atlas Amsterdam. Ibid., iidem, 2006, 420p., num. (full-p.) col. maps and ills., printed in 1000 numb. copies, orig. cl. w. dustwr., in orig. (dam.) slipcase, large folio.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €200