Bubb Kuyper

Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026

Exposition: jeudi 19 novembre 2026 – dimanche 22 novembre 2026, 10 h 00 – 16 h 00 · Ordre de la vente

6 512 lots

Lot 2102INDONESIA. BOOKS, MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS, PHOTOGRAPHS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS and PAINTINGS

[Textiles and tapestries]. Veldhuisen, H.S. Batik Belanda 1840-1940, Dutch Influence in Batik from Java, History and Stories.

Jakarta, Gaya Favorit Press, 1993, 156p., num. col. (photogr.) ills., orig. wr., 4to. ADDED: Nasir, A.H. Traditional Malay Wood Carving. Kuala Lumpur, Ministry of Education of Malaysia, 1987, (6),145p., 1 map, num. (col.) (photogr.) ills., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., 4to. AND 4 others, i.a. D.J. HARPER a.o., Batik, From the Courts of Java and Sumatra (Singapore, 2004, num. col. photogr. ills, orig. boards w. dustwr., large 4to) and I. FLEISCHMANN-HECK a.o., Batik, 75 selected masterpieces (Singapore, 2006, num. col. photogr. ills, orig. boards w. dustwr., large 4to).

Estimation 60 € – 80 €

Lot 2103INDONESIA. BOOKS, MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS, PHOTOGRAPHS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS and PAINTINGS

[Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Weruméus Buning, A. Met de Rotterdamsche Lloyd naar Egypte, Ceylon, Sumatra en Java.

Amst., J.H. de Bussy, 1910, 218p., 1 fold. map, num. maps and ills., text printed in purple, orig. clothbacked stiff paper wr. Twin-Screw Turbine Mail- and Passengersteamer "Slamat". Rott., Lloyd, n.d. (±1925), 6p., num. helio-engr. ills., orig. cordbound wr., obl. 8vo. Thorbecke, E. Het geheimzinnige China. Mysterious China. The Hague, H.P. Leopold, 1937, (54)p., num. photogr. plates and ills. by E. THORBECKE, ills. and orig. wr. by SCHIFF. - AND 8 other brochures/ guides, i.a. "To Bali" (pamphlet designed by A. LAVIES).

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 2107INDONESIA. BOOKS, MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS, PHOTOGRAPHS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS and PAINTINGS

[World War II]. Davies, H.E.R. (Memoires).

Six albums w. manuscript text in pencil, containing a large number of mounted/ loosely inserted (newspaper) clippings, photographs, letters, documents, ephemera etc., numb. "I-ste boek" - "6de boek" on frontcover, contemp. unif. hcl., folio.

Estimation 200 € – 300 €

Lot 2108FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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.

Estimation 100 € – 150 €

Lot 2110FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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.).

Estimation 100 € – 150 €

Lot 2111FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Africa]. Caillié, R. Journal d'un voyage à Temboctou et à Jenné, dans l'Afrique Centrale, précédé d'observations faites chez les Maures Braknas, les Nalous et d'autres peuples; pendant les années 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828.

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1830, 3 vols., (4),XII,475; (4),426; (4),404p., engr. frontisp. portrait, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf. AND 1 other: F. DUBOIS, Tombouctou la Mystérieuse (Paris, 1897, ills., contemp. gilt hmor.).

Estimation 150 € – 250 €

Lot 2113FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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.

Estimation 60 € – 80 €

Lot 2114FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Africa]. Gobat, S. Journal d'un séjour en Abyssinie, pendant les années 1830, 1831 et 1832.

Paris/ Geneva, J.-J. Risler/ S. Guers, n.d. (1835), VIII,438p., engr. frontisp. portrait, fold. map, contemp. hvellum. Mollien, G. Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, aux sources du Sénégal et de la Gambie, fait en 1818, par ordre du Gouvernement Français. Vol. 2. Paris, A. Bertrand, 1822, 2nd ed., (4),355p., fold. engr. map, 2 plates, contemp. hcalf.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 2115FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 2117FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[Africa]. Louis-Amédée de Savoie and Filippi, F. Le Ruwenzori. Voyage d'exploration et première ascensions des plus hautes cimes de la chaine neigeuse située entre les grands lacs equatoriaux de l'Afrique Centrale. French transl. A. Poizat.

Paris, Plon-Nourrit, 1909, 1st French ed., (10),356p., 5 (tinted) (col.) maps and profiles, 5 fold. panoramas, 24 plates and 180 ills., contemp. giltlettered hcalf, orig. wr. pres.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 2121FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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.

Estimation 50 € – 70 €

Lot 2122FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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.

Estimation 100 € – 150 €

Lot 2125FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[America]. The Negro in American Life.

N.pl., United States Information Service, n.d. (1952), 32p., photogr. ills., orig. wr.

Estimation 40 € – 60 €

Lot 2127FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[America]. Robertson, W. The History of America.

London/ Edinb., A. Strahan and T. Cadell/ J. Balfour, 1777, 2 vols., VII,(7),488; (4),535,(21)p., 4 fold. engr. maps, modern antique style unif. gilt hcalf, 4to.

Estimation 100 € – 150 €

Lot 2128FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[(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).

Estimation 50 € – 70 €

Lot 2129FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[(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.).

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 2130FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[(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).

Estimation 50 € – 70 €

Lot 2132FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[(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).

Estimation 60 € – 80 €

Lot 2134FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[(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.

Estimation 100 € – 150 €

Lot 2136FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[(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).

Estimation 150 € – 250 €

Lot 2137FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[(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.

Estimation 70 € – 90 €

Lot 2139FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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).

Estimation 70 € – 90 €

Lot 2140FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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.).

Estimation 50 € – 70 €

Lot 2141FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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.).

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 2142FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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.).

Estimation 50 € – 70 €

Lot 2143FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 2149FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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).

Estimation 70 € – 90 €

Lot 2150FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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.

Estimation 100 € – 150 €

Lot 2151FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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).

Estimation 50 € – 70 €

Lot 2153FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 2155FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS

[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.

Estimation 200 € – 300 €