Bubb Kuyper

FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026

Session of Wednesday 25 November 2026, 9.30 am

On view: Thursday 19 November 2026 – Sunday 22 November 2026, 10.00 am – 4.00 pm · Order of the sale

135 lots

Lot 2108

[Africa]. Becker, J. La vie en Afrique ou trois ans dans l'Afrique Centrale.

Paris/ Brussels, J. Lebègue & Cie, 1887, 2 vols., XXII,500; 528p., 1 photo-engr. frontisp. by G. VANAISE, fold. map, 54 (woodengr.) plates (1 fold.), num. ills., contemp. unif. gilt hmor. Galibert, L. L'Algérie ancienne et moderne. Depuis les premiers établissements des Carthaginois jusqu'a la prise de la smalah d'Abd-El-Kader. Paris, Furne et Cie, 1844, (4),IV,637,(2)p., handcol. steelengr. map, 12 handcol. woodengr. plates, 24 steelengr. views and plates, num. woodengr. ills. by E. ROUARGUE after A. RAFFET, contemp. gilt hmor., sm. 4to.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2110

[Africa]. Burton, R.F. Voyage aux Grands Lacs de l'Afrique Orientale. French transl. H. Loreau.

Paris, Hachette & Cie., 1862, 1st French ed., (4),719,(1)p., 2 (fold.) engr. maps, plates, ills., contemp. giltlettered hmor., marbled edges. Giraud, V. Les Lacs de l'Afrique Équatoriale. Voyage d'exploration exécuté de 1883 à 1885. Ibid., idem, 1890, (6),604p., woodengr. frontisp. portrait, 2 maps, 161 (full-p.) ills. after RIOU, contemp. gilt hmor., t.e.g., 4to. AND 1 other: CH. CASTELLANI, Vers le Nil français avec la mission Marchand (ibid., n.d., ills., contemp. hmor., t.e.g.).

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2113

[Africa]. Foureau, F. D'Alger au Congo par le Tchad.

Paris, Masson & Cie., 1902, 11,(1),829,(3),4p., fold. col. lithogr. map, 170 ills., orig. gilt pict. cl., t.e.g. Monteil, P.-L. De Saint-Louis à Tripoli par le Lac Tchad. Voyage au travers du Soudan et du Sahara accompli pendant les années 1890-91-92. Ibid., F. Alcan, n.d. (±1895), (4),X,462,(2)p., photo-engr. frontisp. portrait, fold. col. lithogr. map, 14 maps in text, plates/ ills., contemp. gilt hmor., 4to.

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 2115

[Africa]. Lenfant, E. La Découverte des Grandes Sources du Centre de l'Afrique. Rivières de Vie - Rivières de Mort - Nana - Ouam - Penndé.

Paris, Hachette & Cie., 1909, 1st ed., X,(2),286,(2)p., fold. col. lithogr. map, 115 ills., contemp. giltlettered hmor., t.e.g., sm. 4to. Idem. Le Niger. Voie ouverte à notre Empire Africain. Ibid., idem, 1905, 3rd ed., (6),VI,(2),255,(1)p., frontisp., fold. col. lithogr. map, 2 fold. tables, 113 ills., bound unif. w. the preceding.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2121

[Almanacs]. Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. Taschenbuch der Reisen, oder unterhaltende Darstellung der Entdeckungen des 18ten Jahrhunderts, in Rücksicht der Länder, Menschen und Productenkunde. Vierter Jahrgang für das Jahr 1805.

Leipsic, G. Fleischer d.Jüng., (1805), (4),283,(3)p., 2 fold. engr. frontisp., maps, 6 fold. engr. plates, 1 portrait, orig. dec. boards, 16mo. Hoffmann, G.F. Deutschlands Flora oder botanische Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1795. Erlangen, J.J. Palm, 1790, (38),200,(38)p., engr. frontisp. by D. CHODOWIECKI, 14 handcol. plates, contemp. wr., 12mo.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2122

[Alps]. Kampen, N.G. van. Zwitserland en de Alpen van Savoije.

Amst., G.J.A. Beijerinck, n.d. (±1840), 2 vols., (2),195,(3); (4),140,(4)p., 2 diff. steelengr. titles, 1 fold. map and 107 plates by W.H. BARTLETT, contemp./ sl. later unif. hcl., 4to. Idem and Sijbrandi, A. De valleijen der Waldenzen, geschied- en aardrijkskundig geschilderd. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1840), VI,(2),206,(2)p., steelengr. title, fold. map and 70 plates by W.H. BARTLETT and W. BROCKEDON, bound unif. w. the preceding.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2128

[(Ant)arctica]. Amadeo di Savoia, L. De reis van de Stella Polare. Noordpooltocht. Uit het Italiaansch vertaald onder toezicht van M. Snellen.

Leyden, A.W. Sijthoff, n.d. (1903), (8),558,(2)p., frontisp. portrait, 2 (fold.) maps, 2 large fold. panoramas, num. plates/ ills., orig. pict. cl., large 8vo. Peary, R.E. De Noordpool Ontdekt. Reisverhaal van den ontdekkingsreiziger. Introd. T. Roosevelt and G.H. Grosvenor. Haarlem, H.D. Tjeenk Willink, 1910, 1st Dutch ed., VIII,278p., frontisp., fold. col. map, (tinted) plates, orig. giltlettered cl., 4to. AND 1 other: R. AMUNDSEN and L. ELLSWORTH, De eerste vlucht over de Noordpool. Dutch transl. L. Blok (Amst., n.d. (±1930), plates, orig. gilt cl., 4to).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2129

[(Ant)arctica]. Borchgrevink, C.E. Das Festland am Südpol. Die Expedition zum Südpolarland in den Jahren 1898-1900.

Breslau, Schlesische Verlags-Anstalt, 1905, 1st ed., (6),609p., 6 (incl. 2 col.) maps, 5 col. plates, 321 (full-p.) ills., orig. pict. cl., 4to. Amundsen, R. Die Eroberung des Südpols. Die norwegische Südpolfahrt mit dem Fram 1910-1912. Munich, J.F. Lehmann, 1912, 2 vols., XVI,499,(1); (4),501-980,(8 advert)p., 15 (fold.) (col.) maps/ plans, 8 col. plates, 300 ills., contemp. unif. pict. cl. AND 1 other: E.H. SHACKLETON, 21 Meilen vom Südpol. Die Geschichte der britischen Südpol-Expedition 1907/09 (Berlin, n.d. (±1910), plates, orig. pict. cl.).

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2130

[(Ant)arctica]. Kane, E.K.

Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson, 1857-1858, 2nd ed., 2 vols., 464; 467p., 2 steelengr. frontisp. portraits, 2 engr. title-p. w. vignettes, 3 maps (2 fold.), 18 steelengr. plates, num. woodengr. ills., 20th cent. unif. buckram w. use of orig. gilt backstrip. AND a mediocre copy of R. HUISH, The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross (...) to the Arctic regions (...) (London, 1835, engr. frontisp., title-p., 7 plates, contemp. gilt hcalf. Lacks the map; hinges broken; spine-ends and covers worn).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2132

[(Ant)arctica]. Nordenskiöld, N.A.E.

Die Umsegelung Asiens und Europas auf der Vega. Mit einem historischen Rückblick auf frühere Reisen längs der Nordküste der Alten Welt. Leipsic, Brockhaus, 1882, 2 vols., XIV,477,(3); XII,451,(1)p., 2 steelengr. portraits, 11 fold. (col.) lithogr. maps, 8 text-maps, 206/ 294 woodengr. ills., orig. unif. gilt and pict. cl. AND 3 others, i.a. A. DE GERLACHE, Voyage de la Belgica. Quinze mois dans l'Antarctique (Brussels, 1902, col. lithogr. map, frontisp. portrait, num. plates and ills., contemp. giltlettered cl. Frontcover sl. stained in upper corner).

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 2134

[(Ant)arctica]. Parry, W.E. Reis ter ontdekking van eene noordwestelijke doorvaart uit de Atlantische in de Stille Zee, gedaan in de jaren 1819 en 1820 door de schepen The Hecla en The Griper, onder het bevel van W.E. Parry. Uit het Engelsch.

Amst., J. van der Hey, 1822, XII,333,(1)p., engr. title w. vignette by P. VELYN, 1 large fold. map w. handcol. routes, 1 fold. plan, 1 plate and 1 fold. aquatint plate, contemp. marbled boards w. giltlettered title-piece on spine.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2136

[(Ant)arctica]. Scott, R.F. Scott's last Expedition. Ed. L. Huxley. Pref. C.R. Markham.

London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1913, 2nd ed., 2 vols., XXVI,633,(3); XIV,(2),534p., 2 diff. photo-engr. frontisp. portraits and 6 plates, 8 fold. maps, 18 col. plates (16 after E.A. WILSON), 4 photogr. panoramas on 2 fold. plates and 260 (full-p.) photogr. ills. on plates by H.G. PONTING, orig. unif. giltlettered cl., t.e.g., 4to. AND vol. 1 (of 2) only of E.H. SHACKLETON, The Heart of the Antarctic (London, 1909, plates, orig. dec. cl. Lower joint split; backstrip loosening).

Estimate €150 – €250

Lot 2137

[(Ant)arctica]. Sverdrup, O. Neues Land. Vier Jahre in arktischen Gebieten.

Leipsic, F.A. Brockhaus, 1903, 1st German ed., 2 vols., XI,(1),576; X,542p., 9 col. lithogr. maps on 7 fold. sheets, 225 plates/ ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl. w. mounted col. plate on frontcovers. Nansen, F. In Nacht und Eis. Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893-1896. Mit einem Beitrag von Kapitän Sverdrup./ Supplement. Ibid., idem, 1920/ 1898, 4th (vol. 1 and 2)/ 1st (vol. 3) ed., 3 vols., X,527,(1); VIII,539,(1); VIII,519,(1)p., 2 frontisp. portraits, 4 fold. col. maps, 12 col. plates, 293 ills., orig. unif. cl. w. mounted plate.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2139

[Asia]. Karashima, S. and Wille, K. Buddhist Manuscripts from Central Asia, The British Library Sanskrit Fragments. Vol. II.1 & II.2.

Tokyo, IRIAB, 2009, 2 vols., textvol.: (2),668p.; plate vol.: (6),382 (col. photogr.) plates, orig. unif. wr., 4to. Nattier, J. A Guide to the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Translations, Texts from the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms periods. Ibid., idem, 2008, (4),VI,194p., orig. wr., unif. w. preceding, 4to. - AND: Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University. No. 11 and 12 (Tokyo, 2008/ 2009, 2 vols., photogr. plates, orig. unif. wr., unif. w. preceding, 4to).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2140

[Asia]. Kaschewsky, R. Das Leben des Lamaistischen Heiligen Tsongkhapa Blo-Bzan-Grags-Pa (1357-1419), Dargestellt und Erläutert anhand seiner Biographie, Quellort allen Glückes. Inaugural-Dissertation (...).

Bonn, Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 1967, 463,(3)p., orig. wr. Poppe, N. Asiatische Forschungen, band 23: The Twelve Deeds of Buddha, A Mongolian Version of the Lalitavistara. Wiesbaden, O. Harrassowitz, 1967, 171,(2)p., num. plates, orig. wr., 4to. - AND 2 others: D. BEROUNSKÝ, The Tibetan Version of the Scripture on the Ten Kings, and the Quest for Chinese Influence on the Tibetan Perception of the Afterlife (Prague, 2012, num (col.) ills., orig. wr.) and H.P. ALPER (ed.), Understanding Mantras (Delhi, 1991, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2141

[Asia]. Low, E. The George Hicks Collection at the National Library, Singapore.

Singapore, National Library Board, 2016, 208p., num. col. ills., orig. wr., 4to. Rahmat, H. In Search of Modernity, A Study of the Concepts of Literature, Authorship and Notions of Self in "Traditional" Malay Literature. Kuala Lumpur, Academy of Malay Studies, 2001, XII,399p., orig. wr. AND 5 others, i.a. M.MOHAMAD and S.M.K. ALJUNIED, Melayu, The Politics, Poetics and Paradoxes of Malayness (Singapore, 2011, ills., orig. wr.) and V.M. HOOKER, Writing a New Society, Social Change through the Novel in Malay (Leyden, 2000, orig. wr.).

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2142

[Asia]. Millie, J. (ed.). Hasan Mustapa, Ethnicity and Islam in Indonesia.

Clayton, Monash Univ. Press, 2017, XXII,273p., orig. wr. Al-Attas, S.M.N. Historical Fact and Fiction. Kuala Lumpur, UTM, 2011, XVIII,170p., ills., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr. - AND 7 others, i.a. F.B. FLOOD, Objects of Translation, Material Culture and Medieval "Hindu-Muslim" Encounter (Princeton/ Woodstock, 2009, num. photogr. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to) and T. SEVEA, Miracles and Material Life, Rice, Ore, Traps and Guns in Islamic Malaya (Cambridge etc., 2022, orig. wr.).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2143

[Asia]. Moser, H. À travers l'Asie centrale. La steppe Kirghize, le Turkestan Russe, Boukhara, Khiva, le pays des Turcomans et la Perse. Impressions de voyage.

Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie., n.d. (1885), 1st ed., XI,(1),463,(1)p., woodengr. frontisp. portrait, fold. tinted lithogr. map, 16 heliotype plates, woodengr. plates and ills., contemp. gilt hmor., 4to. Ollone, H.J. Les Derniers Barbares. Chine, Tibet, Mongolie. Ibid., P. Lafitte & Cie, 1911, (4),VI,372,(1)p., photogr. frontisp. portrait, 4 fold. woodengr. maps, num. (photogr.) plates and ills., contemp. giltlettered hmor., 4to.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2149

[Atlases]. Grosselin-Delamarche. Atlas de Géographie physique, politique et historique. Adopté par l'Université à l'usage des lycées et des maisons d'éducation (...)

Paris, E. Berteux, 1872, new ed., (10)textp., 100 stencil-col. lithogr. maps (1x fold.) on 41 double-p. plates, orig. giltlettered hcalf, folio. AND 1 other: W. and A.K. JOHNSTON, The Unrivalled Atlas of Modern Geography for Schools and Families (Edinb./ London, n.d. (±1900), 22nd ed, 38 col. maps, orig. cl., folio. Corners and spine-ends worn/ rubbed).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2150

[Atlases]. Henry, J.

Nouvelle géographie et statistique de la France, Alger et la Belgique, Suivie d'un Traité sur le Monde entier. N.pl., n.publ. (Tours, A. Corbin), 1842, 5th rev. and enl. ed., no pagination, 3 engr. titles, 3 double-p. maps, 3 (full-p.) maps, 38 plates, 86 full-p. ills., contemp. gilt hcalf, folio.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2151

[Atlases]. Hérisson, E. Petit atlas de toutes les parties du monde, A l'usage de la Jeunesse.

Paris, Tardieu-Denesle, 1823, 82,(2)p., 21 engr. maps (2 fold.) by J.-H. TARDIEU after E. HÉRISSON, text by H. Tardieu-Denesle, contemp. clothbacked boards, obl. sm. 4to. AND 36 (of 77) steelengr. plates from T. BLANCHARD, Atlas géographique et iconographique du cours complet d'Écriture Sainte, ±1860, bound in contemp. hvellum, obl. sm. folio (foxed/ stained).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2153

[Atlases]. Ortelius, A. Theatrum orbis terrarum.

Lausanne, Sequoia, 1964, (35) textlvs., col. title, 53 double-p. col. maps, orig. gilt buckram, folio. Waghenaer, L.J. Spieghel der Zeevaert. Ibid., idem, 1964, 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),36,(8)p., 2 col. titles, 44 double-p. col. maps, ills. (1 movable), orig. gilt cl., folio.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2155

[Australia]. Garran, A.

Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. With over eight hundred engravings on wood. Sydney, Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company, 1886-1888, 3 vols., X,(4),254,(4 index); VIII,255-530,(5); VIII,531-800,(1)p., 3 woodengr. frontisp., 1 steelengr. portrait, 19 (double-p.) (col.) maps, over 800 (full-p.) woodengr. ills., contemp. unif. gilt and blindst. mor., gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g., folio.

Estimate €200 – €300

Lot 2163

Cumming, G. Illustrated Library of Travel Exploration and Adventure. Wild Men and Wild Beasts or Scenes in Camp and Jungle.

New York, Charles Scribner & Co., 1872, XIV,(1),372,(6)p., num. woodengr. plates, orig. gilt dec. cl. by S. DAVIS. Brassey, S. In the Trades, the Tropics & the Roaring Forties. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886, XIV,452p., 1 col. foldout map, num. woodengr. ills. and orig. gilt dec. cl. by R.T. PRITCHETT. Darley, F.O.C. Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil. New York, Hurd and Houghton, 1869, VIII,192p., num. woodengr. plates, ills. and orig. gilt dec. cl. by F.O.C. DARLEY, a.e.g. Drake, S.A. The Making of Virginia and the Middle Colonies 1578-1701. London, Gibbings and Company, 1894, X,228,16p., num. woodengr. ills., orig. gilt dec. cl. Cable, G.W. Old Creole Days. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906, VIII,234p., num. plates, ills. and orig. gilt dec. cl. by A. HERTER, t.e.g.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2166

[Economics]. Ricard, S. Traité general du commerce, plus ample et plus exact (...) contenant les Reductions des Mesures, Poids, & Monnoies de la Hollande ou d'Amsterdam, Reduites aux Mesures, Poids, & Monnoies des principales Places de l'Europe; comme aussi pour les Excomptes ou Rabais, avec diverses Tables à ce sujet: pour la Banque, le Change, Rechange, les Formes, Termes & diligences des Lettres & Billets de Change, & des Lettres de Credit (...).

Amst., P. Marret, 1705, 2nd ed., (10),584,(46)p., engr. title, fold. tables, contemp. vellum, sm. 4to.

Estimate €150 – €250