LES TROIS ISLETS LIVRES RARES

LES TROIS ISLETS
LIVRES RARES
London International Antiquarian Book Fair
National Hall, Olympia – 26 to 28 May 2016
N° 8. [GODISSART DE CARI] -SOUVENIRS DE L'ANGLETERRE. Slnn, 1826. 1 vol in-8° oblong of 20 watercolors + [16] pp in folio
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List of 192 items to see at booth J07
Travels: Europe, Egypt-Middle East, Africa, Pacific, Asia, America ; Atlases, Explorations,
Maritime, Sciences, Technology, Miniatures books.
N°3 La Martiniére
N° 1 Bouillé
N°7 Bertall
N° 29 Sanquirino
N° 13 Alcock
N° 16 bis Daulier Deslandes
N0° 23 Nizami
N° 30 Smith
N° 119 Tripon
N° 34 bis Gonzales
N° 45 Kamasutra
N° 65 Frezier
N° 38 Laplace
N° 100 Iselin
N0 90 Parry
N° 103 Essai sur l'histoire de la Marine
N° 104 Catelin
N° 148 Michelot
N° 172 Leroy
N° 166 Foullon
N° 170 Ledermuler
N° 176 Rabiqueau
N° 185 Almanachs brodés
Europe
1. BOUILLE (ROGER, COMTE DE. DIT JAM). -CARNETS DE DESSINS : PROVENCE, SEINE ET OISE, LORRAINE ; 1890 ;
ALPES-MARTIMES ; 1895 ; ALBUM DE CARTES POSTALES ILLUSTREES. 1888-1902. 5 vols. oblong 4to or 8vo. 42 pencil
drawings, 95 watercolours, 14 original photographs, 46 post cards. Contemporary grey cloth (4), red buckram (1).
Exceptional set of five booklets illustrated with original watercolours, drawings, photographies and postcards by or gathered
with Amour Marie Roger, Comte de Bouillé (1819-1906), Jam. After solid studies in Venezia and Roma, he used this
pseudonym as his artist name and published wonderfull works dedicated to the Pyrenees and natural history. The present
booklets contain pictures from South East of France (Marseille and the Côte d'Azur), Britany, etc. Beautiful testimony of a
less known side of the work of Roger de Bouillé.
£ 11 165,00
2. [BOURGEVIN DE VIALART SAINT MORYS (CHARLES PAUL JEAN BAPTISTE DE)]. -VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE
SCANDINAVIE. CAHIER DE VINGT-QUATRE VUES, AVEC DESCRIPTIONS. De l'Imprimerie de Cox, Fils, & Baylis, Great
Queen Street. [1802]. 1 vol. 4to. 24 aquatint plates. Contemporary full calf, spine covered with red morocco. First and only
edition of this nice travel in Scandinavia. The author, seduced by the beauty of the wild landscapes of Lapland, Sweden,
Norway and Finland, choose to publish 24 drawings made by an artist on the spot, that belong to his private collection. Fine
copy.
£ 1 540,00
3. BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE (JEAN-BAPTISTE JOSEPH). -LA RUSSIE, OU MOEURS, USAGES ET COSTUMES DES
HABITANS DE TOUTES PROVINCES DE CET EMPIRE. OUVRAGE ORNE DE CENT-ONZE PLANCHES, REPRESENTANT PLUS DE
DEUX CENTS SUJETS, GRAVES SUR LES DESSINS ORIGINAUX ET D'APRES NATURE, DE M. DAMAME-DEMARTRAIT, PEINTRE
FRANÇAIS, AUTEUR ET EDITEUR DES MAISONS DE PLAISANCE IMPERIALES DE RUSSIE, ET ROBERT KER-PORTER, PEINTRE
ANGLAIS, INVENTEUR DES PANORAMAS. EXTRAIT DES OUVRAGES ANLAIS ET ALLEMANDS LES PLUS RECENTS, PAR M.
BRETON. A Paris, Nepveu, Passage des Panoramas, n°26, 1813. 6 vols. 16mo. 111 plates, all in contemporary colours but 5.
Contemporary pink boards. Untrimmed copy. First edition of one of the most remarkable works of the Nepveu collection,
dedicated to Russia and illustrated with 111 plates. This little book is a learned compilation by Breton of the better
contemporary sources on Russia. It is illustrated with plates from original and unpublished drawings. Given the few
informations on Russia available in Europe, this work was one of the best source of the period. It was published short after,
but prepared before the great fire of Moscow in 1812, and so it gives numerous details which disappeared during this event.
Very pleasant untrimmed copy.
£ 5 005,00
4. BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE (JEAN-BAPTISTE JOSEPH). -L'ESPAGNE ET LE PORTUGAL, OU MOEURS, USAGES ET
COSTUMES DES HABITANS DE CES ROYAUMES. Paris, A. Nepveu, 1815. 6 vols. 16mo. 55 engraved and watercolored plates
(including 1 frontispiece and 1 folding). Contemporary full calf. First edition of this beautiful book from the Nepveu
collection of travels, dedicated to Spain and Portugal, illustrated with 55 colored plates. The plates feature views, costumes
and various scenes, including corrida. Fine copy in comtemporary binding.
£ 1 925,00
5. BROWN (E.) -RELATION DE PLUSIEURS VOYAGES FAITS EN HONGRIE. SERVIE. BULGARIE. MACEDOINE. THESALIE.
AUSTRICHE. STYRIE. CARINTHIE. CARNIOLE. & FRIULI. ENRICHIE DE PLUSIEURS OBSERVATIONS TANT SUR LES MINES
D'OR, D'ARGENT, DE CUIVRE, & DE VIF ARGENT, QUE DES BAINS. Paris, G. Clouzier, 1674. 1 vol in-4°. 1 engr. title, 8 plates.
Contemp calf. Rare first French edition (English EO: 1673). Edward Brown was one of the earliest English traveler to visit
Greece. He was fascinated by Antiquity and mythology. He spends time in Larissa, the capital of Thessaly (engraved view).
He was also interested in geology and mines of gold, silver and copper, located in Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia. Beautiful
copy preserved in its original binding.
£ 2 464,00
6. DURAND (ANDRE). -RECUEIL DE DESSINS. France, Suisse et Italie, 1837-1841. 1 vol in-folio. 140 drawings. Luxuous
chagrin binding. Rare set of drawings by the Norman painter and lithographer André Durand (1807 - 1867) made during
several trips to France, Switzerland and Italy. The work of this artist known to the public for his illustrations of many books
including « La Toscane, album monumental et pittoresque » , et surtout du célèbre « Excursion pittoresque et archéologique
en Russie » par Demidov (Paris, 1840). This collection, sumptuously bound, is probably the most important set of his work
kept in private hands. These drawings, made on the spot, are represented monuments and landscapes, characters and some
animated scenes. The artist painted them between 1837 and 1841 while traveling in Italy (the Simplon, Parma, Lucca,
Modena, Genoa, Sarzana, Milan, Florence, Pisa), in the Swiss Valais (Martigny, Brig, Sion), and France (Menton, SaintEtienne, Le Creusot, Lyon, several landscapes up the river, Autun, Mount Pharoh, Toulon, Six-Fours, Avignon, Arles). 4
are in color. Legends are in pencil, often rewritten and completed in purple ink.
£ 9 240,00
7. EXEMPLAIRE ENRICHI DE 171 DESSINS ET AQUARELLES. BERTALL (CHARLES ALBERT D'ARNOUX, DIT). -LES PLAGES
DE FRANCE, MANCHE – OCEAN – MEDITERRANEE. DESSINS PAR BERTALL ET SCOTT. Paris, C. Marpon et E. Flammarion,
sans date (ca. 1886). 1 vol. 4to. Numerous in-text drawings. Copy enhanced with 171 original pencil drawings by Bertall, 17
handcoloured. Contemporary full red morocco by Kieffer. Exceptional copy of this nice work by Bertall on the French
beaches, enhanced by 171 drawings by the artist. The binding by Kieffer was especially made for this copy, on the spine, one
can read: "Dessins originaux de Bertall". The original drawings, rough copies of the engraved versions that illustrate the
book, depict mainly the Contentin peninsula, and Britany: Saint-Malo, Dinan, Dinard, Roscoff, Chausey, Granville,
Guérande, Concarneau, Mont Saint-Michel, etc. and St Briac sur Mer! Beautiful set, composed with the completed work
and original compositions, nicely bound.
£ 8 470,00
8. [GODISSART DE CARI] -SOUVENIRS DE L'ANGLETERRE. Slnn, 1826. 1 vol in-8° oblong of 20 watercolors + [16] pp in
folio manuscript unbound. Scarce set, including a manuscript account of the journey of a French family in England in 1826,
together with an album of twenty lovely original watercolors illustrating the journey. These drawings are by the hand of the
artist Gaudissart, known by the pseudonym Godissart de Cari. This talent cartoonist and writer, who called himself "ex military, amateur" is the author of the drawings of the famous "Musée Grotesque". In this charming album of unpublished
drawings, he expresses his art as designer and watercolorist and also his humor. The album includes views of the city of
Brighton, London and its environs (Chiswick, Greenwich, Richmond, Windsor) and a steamer to Dover, particularly
interesting because it depicts one of the first tourist crossings with a steamboat, prior to the introduction of the first regular
line between France and England. The 16-page letter gives a detailed account of the trip. It is written by a friend of
Gaudissart, Ms. L. Delahaye, who was accompanied by her father, her husband and her brother.
£ 4 774,00
9. -LES SPECTACLES DE PARIS. Paris, Duchesne, 1771. 1 vol in-18°. Contemp. red morocco. Rare small almanac
dedicated to Parisian shows for the year 1771. For calendar, some signs of the zodiac are different: eg; the month of June
corresponds to the sign of the crayfish. We also note that the period of Septuagesima is written therein; in Christian liturgy it
matched the third Sunday before the first Sunday of Lent, which is the 70th day before Easter is January 31. The liturgical
reform of Vatican II suppressed this time of Septuagesima and integrated in Ordinary Time after Epiphany. There are also
stories about the singers and actors of the Opera and several catalogs: all the opera houses of Paris, tragedies and comedies
or a list of the living Authors and of course the year's program for shows which will be presented in Paris, the French
Comedy, the Opera or the Comedie Italienne. Enjoyable and interesting almanac inside fresh.
£ 346,50
10. [MANUSCRIT]. -COSTUMES ITALIENS. Italie, 1820-1825. 1 vol. small folio. 45 watercolours (2 wash tints), 43 drawings
(30 pencils, 13 ink) mounted on contemporary brown ll. 1 manuscript letter. Quarter vellum (ca. 1820). Remarkable set
gathering 88 original works by the same artist. According to the numerous captions, the author is an English traveler who
was in Italy from 1820 to 1825, and made this album with drawn from life depictions of characters, from various social
classes. He was in Tivoli, Roma, Napoli, Torino, Capua. The quality of the drawings is nearly professional and the drawings
could be sketches for paintings (numerous notes with colours indications). Provenance: Richard Westmacott R.A.
(Manuscript label on the cover), the famous English sculptor. Exceptional album of great ethnographical interest.
£ 7 315,00
11.
[MANUSCRIT]. -MEMOIRE POUR LE VOYAGE D’ANGLETERRE. Sans lieu, 1668. 7 manuscript pages, brown ink,
folio, not bound. Scarce manuscript “memoire for a travel in England” in the middle of 17th century , by a traveler who
gives various and curious details on the country: geography, people, government, food, trade … “ le pays n’y est pas singulier
ni différent des autres pays comme la hollande, car à la réserve que c’est une ile, tout y est au dedans a peu prés comme en
France, mais moins peuple et moins cultivé ; Il y a de hauts et bas ruisseaux, rivières, champs, prés, bois, pâturages,
hameaux, toute sorte d’animaux hormis des loups, plus de daims que nous en avons en France, toutes sorte de plantes et de
fruits, hormis du vin, de l’huile et des oranges, tout y est plus gras, les chevaux et les chiens de toute sorte beaucoup plus
beaux qu’en France ; les cerises, les abricots, les pommes de rénette y ont aussi bon gout et meilleur qu’à Paris… et au lieu
du vin du cru du pays, ils ont la bière qu’ils font meilleure en Angleterre qu’en aucune autre nation et avec cela de toute
sorte de vins de France, d’Allemagne et d’Espagne, beaucoup meilleurs que nous les avons en France… ». An early pleasant
and lively description of England with practical information and personal observations.
£ 616,00
Egypt - Middle East
12. AHMAD IBN MOSTAFA [SCRIPT] -[MANUSCRIT /TRAITE DE DROIT MUSULMAN], FARAIZ, EMPIRE OTTOMAN. Daté
1092 H./1681 JC 1 vol in 8°. Contemp. red moroco. An Arabic manuscript, treaty of the Muslim law, Fârâiz, Ottoman
Empire, dated 1092H./1681. Text in Arabic, twenty - and - lines, the naskhi writing in black ink and red highlights,
illuminated frontispiece of a unwân surmounted a polychrome and golden arches. The colophon completed in triangle gives
the name of the calligrapher 'ibn Ahmad Mostafa, the date" 19 months of Rajab 1029 AH / 1618 " with a blessing stamp, and
a brown ink Latin inscription at top.
£ 2 772,00
13. ALCOCK (THOMAS). -TRAVELS IN RUSSIA, PERSIA, TURKEY AND GREECE, IN 1828-9 BY THOMAS ALCOCK, ESQ. NOT
PUBLISHED. London: Printed by E. Clarke and son, Well Street, 1831. 1 vol. 8vo. 1 aquatint folding plate in frontispiece.
Publisher cloth. First edition of this rare account by Thomas Alcock. The beginning of the book deals with Russia, then
Persia, Turkey, and Greece at the end. The account on Greece is mainly dedicated to the Independance War against the
Turks. The beautiful plate depicts Mount Ararat. Fine copy in contemporary binding.
£ 4 620,00
14. [ART ORIENTAL. CACHEMIRE]. [ORIENTAL ART. KASHMIR]. -[PORTE DOCUMENT ET TOURNE PAGE ORNES].
[ORNAMENTED PORTFOLIO AND PAGE-TURNER]. [Cachemire, 19ème siècle]. 1 vol. folio. 1 page-turner. Contemporary half
morocco, boards covered with a rich varnished decoration in Kashmir style, matching page-turner. Very elegant Indian
writting kit, composed with a portfolio and a page-turner, ornamented in a typical Kashmir way. The polychrom ornaments,
on completely golden boards, consist in a rich framing frieze, and arabasques. Provenance: Forrest family from Scotland.
Very refined and decorative item.
£ 2 695,00
15. ARVIEUX (LAURENT D' ); LAROQUE JEAN DE (EDITEUR) -VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROY LOUIS XIV DANS LA
PALESTINE, VERS LE GRAND EMIR, CHEF DES PRINCES ARABES DU DESERS, CONNUS SOUS LE NOM DE BEDOÜINS, OU
D'ARABES SCENITES, QUI SE DISENT LA VRAÏE POSTERITE D'ISMAËL FILS D'ABRAHAM. OU IL EST TRAITE DES MOEURS &
DES COUTUMES DE CETTE NATION. AVEC LA DESCRIPTION GENERALE DE L'ARABIE, FAITE PAR LE SULTAN ISMAËL
ABULFEDA, TRADUITE EN FRANÇOIS SUR LES MEILLEURS MANUSCRITS, AVEC DES NOTES. Paris, André Cailleau, 1717 1
vol. 12mo. 4 plates (1 folding). Contemporary full calf. Scarce first edition of this early account on Arabia and the Arabian
Bedouins. The Chevalier Laurent d’Arvieux (1635 – 1702) was a French traveller and diplomat; his relation to the Middle
East began as a merchant in the Ottoman port of Smyrna, before undertaking a journey through the Levant in 1658. He was
at the time one of the very few European able to speak fluently Arab, Turkish, Persian, Hebraic and Syriak. First part deals
with Arvieux´s mission at Mount Carmel in 1664, with a description of the costumes of the nomadic Arabs; the second
parts is a translation into French from the Arabic, of Ismael Albufeda´s description of Arabia. Arvieux’s work is important
as it gives his personal impressions as a witness. Fine copy.
£ 1 463,00
16. CHAMPOLLION (D’APRES JEAN-FRANÇOIS DIT LE JEUNE). [PELLATON (H.)]. -MONUMENTS DE L’EGYPTE ET DE
LA NUBIE. COPIES FAITES EN 1896 A LA BIBLIOTHEQUE D'EVREUX (EURE). Evreux, 1896. 1 vol. folio. [1] l. (Title in
colours), [7] ll. (text), 6 watercolours, 20 ink drawings on tracepaper (7 doubles or folding), 1 engraving. Full vellum (20th
century). Fine work: manuscript copy of 26 of the plates composing the "Monuments de l'Egypte et de la Nubie" by
Champollion. A lover of Egyptology, M. Pelladon, found this way to take a piece of this book at home, from the copy of the
Evreux public library. He copied the explanations for plates 1-16, 38bis, 42, 52, 77, 96 and 101. The captions indicate
plates: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 38bis, 42, 52, 64, 63, 77, 96 (Eleven plates are not captionned). Nice iconography.
£ 1 925,00
16 bis. [DAULIER DESLANDES (André)]. -Les Beautez de la Perse ou La Description de ce qu'il y a de plus curieux dans
ce Royaume, enrichie de la Carte du Païs, & de plusieurs Estampes dessignées sur les lieux... A Paris, Chez Gervais
Clouzier, au Palais, sur les degrez en montant pour aller à la Sainte Chapelle, à l'Enseigne du Voyageur. M. DC. LXXIII.
1673. 1 vol. 4to. Engraved frontispiece, 1 folding map, 7 plates (2 folding). Contemporary calf. First and only edition of this
rare account richly illustrated on Persia. André Daulier Deslandes (1621-1689) accompanied Tavernier in his sixth travel in
Teheran. He is twenty years old and frequents the court of Abbas II of Persia. He also met Thévenot with whom he traveled
for some time. For the present work, the engravings were made by Israël Sylvestre and Antoine Paillet from the author’s
drawings. A copy of the original manuscript of this work was sold in auction for more than 100.000 €). Fine copy of this
nicely illustrated work.
£ 3 850,00
17. DROUVILLE (GASPARD). -VOYAGE EN PERSE FAIT EN 1812 ET 1813 ; PAR GASPARD DROUVILLE, COLONEL DE
CAVALERIE AU SERVICE DE S. M. L'EMPEREUR DE TOUTES LES RUSSIES, CHEVALIER DE PLUSIEURS ORDRES. Paris, Librairie
Nationale et Etrangere, 1825. 2 vols. 8vo. 60 lithographed hand-coloured plates (6 folding), 1 folding map. Contemporary
cardboard binding. First octavo edition of this account of travels in Persia, including many costume plates and interior
scenes. The present copy is one of the 150 coloured copies of the Parisian edition, expanded version of the first edition
published in St. Petersburg (1819). (Cf. Wilson). Fine copy.
£ 2 156,00
18. DU CROS (JOSEPH AUGUSTE). -HISTOIRE DES VOYAGES DE MONSIEUR LE MARQUISVILLE EN LEVANT, ET DU SIEGE
DE CANDIE ; ECRITE PAR L. P. JOSEPH DU CROS, D. A Lyon, Chez la Vévé de Guill. Barbier, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy,
& François Barbier, 1669. Avec Approbation & Permission. 1 vol. 8vo. Antique vellum. First edition of this scarce work by a
clergyman dealing with the role played by M. Le Marquis Ville in the Candie siege in the war between Ottoman and Venice
for Crete control. The Marquis was chosen by Venice Senators, in the critical period of this siege which took place from
1648 to 1669 (21 years) known as the longuest in history. Fine copy.
£ 2 695,00
19. EICHHOFF (FREDERIC, GUSTAVE) -PARALLELE DES LANGUES DE L'EUROPE ET DE L'INDE, OU ETUDE DES
PRINCIPALES LANGUES ROMANES, GERMANIQUES, SLAVONNES ET CELTIQUES COMPAREES ENTRE ELLES ET A LA LANGUE
SANSCRITE, AVEC UN ESSAI DE TRANSCRIPTION GENERALE. [ACCOMPAGNE DU PREMIER CAHIER DE L'OUVRAGE DEDICACE
PAR L'AUTEUR, BROCHAGE D'ORIGINE ] Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1836. 1 vol in-folio. Half cloth bind. Original edition of
the first French work devoted to comparative linguistics, due to Gustave Eichhoff (1791-1875), professor of linguistics. This
new science of the Indo-European comparative was initiated a few years before by the German Franz Bopp Jacob,
Wilhelm Grimm, and the Danish Rasmus Rask. Together with a copy of first part of the book (37 pp.), with dedication by
the author.
£ 924,00
20. ILKHANIDE ULUGH BEG [SULTAN] -[OTTOMAN HOROSCOPE] 1166 H./1752 JC 1 vol in-8°. Contemp red
morocco. An Ottoman horoscope of the Ilkhanid sultan Ulugh Beg, 18th century. Arabic script in black and red ink in
cursive, 21 lines per page. Illuminated frontispiece of a small unwân, topped by an ornate golden arches, giving the name of
the manuscript and the date "1166 H. / 1752." Several tables show the correspondence between the different months and
abjad letters and horoscope. Several folios are unfinished in the middle and the end. The name of the manuscript is marked
in pencil on the cover page and on the inside cover: "You ashih Darajat, al -Nemoudarat ". The innovative and director of
the astronomical observatory in Samarkand is none other than the prince and ruler Ulugh Beg (d.1449), little son of
Tamerlane. Lovers of Science and sky observation, poor political and military - which he will perish - Ulugh Beg surrounded
by the best astronomers of his time, calculate the miles star position and write a major work, "The sultaniennes tables" which
fascinate scholars , religious and world travelers.
£ 2 156,00
21. JAMAL UDDIN ABU UTHMAN -FAVA'ID AL - WAFIYA BI - HALL - E MUSHKILAT AL - KAFIYA [GRAMMAIRE
ARABE/ARABIC GRAMMAR] Turquie ottomane, 1004 H./1595 JC 1 vol in 8°. Contemp sheep. Arabic grammar on paper
nineteen lines per page, in cursive, in black ink and some words in red and gold. Text illuminated frontispiece of a unwân,
surmounted by an arcade, lined with golden and polychrome floral foliage on blue. The colophon completed in triangle
gives the date "1004 H. / 1595", the first three folios are in an index, the fifth gives the name of the manuscript and the name
of the author. The titles of each chapter are written in gold ink in a large graphic or headbands. Comments on the cover
page and margins. Jamal Uddin Abu Uthman Amr Ibn Umar Ibn Al Hajib (1175 - 1249) is an Arab grammarian, known
for his work on the syntax of Arabic grammar, and his book Al - Kafiya is used as a teaching text the grammar.
£ 3 696,00
22. MARSIGLI (LUIGI FERDINAND). -L’ETAT MILITAIRE DE L’EMPIRE OTTOMAN, SES PROGRES ET SA DECADENCE PAR
MR. LE COMTE DE MARSIGLI DE L’ACADEMIE ROYALE DES SÇIENCES DE PARIS, ET DE MONTPELIER, DE LA SOCIETE
ROYALE DE LONDRES, ET FONDATEUR DE L’INSTITUT DE BOULOGNE. OUVRAGE ENRICHI DE PLANCHES EN TAILLE
DOUCE. / STATO MILITARE DELL'IMPERIO OTTOMANO, ETC. A La Haye, chez Pierre Gosse, & Jean de Neaulme. Pierre de
Hondt. Adrien Moetjens. A Amsterdam, chez Herm. Uytwerf, Franç. Changuion, 1732. 2 parts in 1 vol. folio. Titles in
French and Italian in red and black, 2 hand coloured maps, 35 engraved plates (7 foldings), 10 half-page illustrations, 3
folding tables, 5 engraved borders. Contemporary quarter sheep. First edition. “Marsigli had a long experience of the
Ottoman empire beginning with a stay of eleven months at Constantinople c. 1679 when he accompanied Ciurani, Venetian
representative to the Porte. During the Turkish-Hungarian campaigns (1682–99) he was taken captive by Tartars at Rab and
eventually sold to some Bosnian soldiers during the siege of Vienna in 1683. In 1691 he joined the suite of the grand vizier
Zadé Mustafa Kuprili on his fatal journey to Salankeman. After the peace of Carlowitz in 1699 the Emperor Leopold
appointed him to establish the limits of the frontiers between Turkey, Venice and Hungary. His important work on the
military system of the Ottoman Empire concerns itself with its finances, revenues, commerce etc. Marsigli gives an account
of the different military functionaries as well as a description of the different types of artillery, mines, fireworks etc. The
interesting plates illustrate weaponry, costumes, modes of transport, battle formations, the organization of camps and the
layout of actual battles and sieges” (Blackmer). Fine copy..
£ 7 315,00
23. NIZAMI GANJAVI (HAMSA-I) [SOHIL IBN ALI SHAHÂB COPISTE] -MANUSCRIT POÉTIQUE, KHAMSE DE NIZAMÎ Iran,
signé et daté 1022H./1613 1 vol in-4°, frontispieces, 12 polychromes mignatures. Contemporary sheepskin binding.
Manuscript composed of five works by famous 12th century Persian poet Nizami, executed by a copist on 331 leaves in the
beautiful “Nas Talik” scriptbin the year 1022 of the Mohamedan era as is shown in the perfectly preserved colophon at the
end of one of the tales; with 12 fine miniatures in gold and colors in the text. Nizami Ganjavi (1141 - 1209) is considered
the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic.His
heritage is widely appreciated and shared by Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kurdistan and Tajikistan. The present volume
contains five separate tales: mytic, epic, and lyric, the last tale being “Iskan-darnama”, an epic account of Alexander the
Great’s life and career: Frontispieces in unwân, black letters in gold and flower cartridges, surmounted by golden and blue
arches with floral arabesques. The titles give: 1. Bismillah; 2. Untitled; 3. Layla Majnun o; 4. Haft Peykar ; 5. Iskandar
Nameh / The Book of Alexander and 6. Sharaf Nameh / Book of Honor. Many titles in red ink and some unfinished
banners in the middle of the text. Colophons completed in triangle, the first and the fourth gives the date "1022 H. (1613);
the second and the third give the name of the copyist "Sohil ibn Ali Shahab" and the same date. Twelve gold and
polychrome miniatures illustrate the narrative of court scenes, battles, etc. in the Safavid style.
£ 11 165,00
24. NORDEN (FRÉDÉRIC-LOUIS). -TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND NUBIA. BY FREDERICK LEWIS NORDEN, F.R.S. CAPTAIN OF
THE DANISH NAVY. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHED BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF
DENMARK. AND ENLARGED WITH OBSERVATIONS FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN AUTHORS, THAT HAVE WRITTEN ON
THE ANTIQUITIES OF EGYPTE, BY DR. PETER TEMPLEMAN. London, Printed for Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers,
MDCCLVII. 1757. 2 vols. folio. 159 numbered plates: 59 bound in vol. I (3 folding in two parts (n°17, 23 et 27); 100 bound
in vol. II including 2 folding (n°66, 72 & 73 mounted together), 1 double (n°108), n°140 & 141, as well as 142 & 143 are on
one simple plate. Contemporary full glazed calf. First English edition of the earliest modern study of Egypt, illustrated with
more than 150 plates. "After touring Alexandria and Cairo he proceeded up the Nile as far as Derr in Nubia, one night
unknowingly passing Richard Pococke travelling in the opposite direction. Norden then retraced his steps to Alexandria and
re-embarked for Europe in May 1738. During his year in Egypt, Norden produced the first coherent maps of the country.
He died in Paris in September 1742, but his friends organized his papers on Egypt and published them in two volumes in
French at Copenhagen in 1752-55" (Howgego). Fine copy.
£ 8 470,00
25. [PECQUET (ANTOINE), VIEUX-MAISIONS (MADAME DE)]. -THE SECRET HISTORY OF PERSIA. CONTAINING A
PARTICULAR ACCOUNT, NOT ONLY OF THAT KINGDOM, BUT ALSO OF THE MOST CONSIDERABLE STATES OF ASIA ; WITH
THE CHARACTERS OF THEIR PRINCES, AND OTHER PERSONS DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR BIRTH, RANK, QUALITIES OR
EMPLOYMENTS. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH ORIGINAL. WITH A KEY, AND SOME EXPLANATORY NOTES. London:
Printed for M. Cooper, in Pater-noster-Row. 1745. 1 vol. 12mo. Half calf (posterior). Scarce English translation published
the same year than the original French of this key novel, satire of he court at the beginning of the reign of Louis XV. "The
key inserted in the Notes is taken from one printed privately in Holland, and sent us with the Original." Fine copy.Barbier,
III, 244 (pour l'édition française).
£ 654,50
26. PILPAY [OU BIDPAÏ]. -LIVRE DES LUMIERES OU LA CONDUITE DES ROYS, COMPOSE PAR LE SAGE INDIEN PILPAY
INDIEN, TRADUIT EN FRANÇAIS PAR DAVID SAHID [ET GILBERT GAUMIN]. Paris, Simeon Piget 1644. 1 vol. in-12°. Red
moroco binding. Utmost scarce first French edition of oriental tale “Calila and Dimna”, translated directly from Persian,
important inspiration for La Fontaine. Bidpai or Pilpay, is the name of an Indian philosopher which the Arab and Persian
attribute this collection of fables [Anwari-Sahaïli]. It was translated into Latin in the thirteenth century. This first French
edition is important because it provided La Fontaine themes of many of his most beautiful fables in his Book of Fables
published for the first time in 1678 and 1679 (see Le Roux de Lincy, “Essay on Indian Fables”. Techener, 1838) (Graesse I,
423). The volume ends with the mention Part 1, but it is was the only published. Superb copy bound in red morocco.
£ 15 015,00
th
27. [TURKISH BINDING 16 CENTURY] POMPONIUS LAETIUS (JULIUS). -OPERA POMPONII LAETI VARIA.
QUORUM CATALOGUM IN SEQUENTI REPERIES PAGELLA. Mainz, Johannes Schoeffer, 1521. Moguntiae, An M D. XXI. 1
vol. 8vo. Engraved title, numerous engraved initials. Ottoman binding with a golden medallion, boards of the 16th century.
Rare edition of some pieces by the Italian humanist Giulio Pomponio Leto (Julius Pomponius Laetus, in Latin) (14281497). Nicely printed with a beautiful engraved title, the book is finely bound. The binding is described in Burlington catalog
as: "Turkish binding of the 16th century... with sunk panels; elegant arabesque design on a stippled gold ground". Fine copy.
£ 3 696,00
28. [PROME (JEAN). QUICLET]. -LES VOYAGES DE MONSIEUR DES HAYES, BARON DE COURMESVIN EN DANNEMARC.
ENRICHIS D'ANNOTATIONS. PAR LE SIEUR P.M.L. [SUIVI DE] LES VOYAGES DE M. QUICLET A CONSTANTINOPLE PAR
TERRE. A Paris, Chez Pierre Bienfait, dans la Grande Salle du Palais à l'Image Saint Pierre. M DC LXIV. 1664 1 vol in 12°.
Orig. calf. 2 works bound together. First edition. The first work is written as a diary dealing with Louis Des Hayes' stay in
Denmark and his preparations for a diplomatic mission to Moscow regarding a commercial treaty of the Baltic Sea trade.
Includes descriptions of various parts of Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein and the Baltic countries. The second work recounts
the journey of Mr. Quiclet to the Levant in 1658. He visited the cities of Ragusa, Sarajevo, Belgrad and Andrinople. At the
end is a description of Constantinople, published posthumously by Jean Promé.
£ 1 463,00
29. SANQUIRICO (ALESSANDRO) -RACCOLTA DI VARIE DECORAZIONI SCENICHE INVENTATE ED
ESEGUITE PER L'I. R. TEATRO ALLA SCALA. [MILAN, CA. 1832.] 1 vol. in-folio oblong. Orig romantic Morocco
binding. 76 finely-coloured aquatints. Fabulous work including illustrations of exotic stage-sets for operas and ballets
produced at La Scala Milan from 1812 until 1832, all hand-colored, showing scenes from operas of Pacini, Mozart, Rossini,
Meyerbeer and ballets, by Carlo Sanquirico, Castellini, Diastoli, Carolina Latose and others after Alessandro Sanquirico,
interleaved throughout with original watermarked tissue guards. Designed by Sanquirico himself, they were engraved by G.
and L. Castellini, Carolina Lose, Bramati, Biasioli, C. Sanquirico, Durelli, Rados, Ranieri, Angeli, Albertoli, Alluisetti,
Binatti and Zucchi . Sanquirico. Alessandro Sanquirico (1777-1849) was the designer and chief painter of the Scala from
1817 until 1832, one of the most important periods in its history. His sets are notable for the introduction of exotic locations
and architecture (including in the "Egyptian" style), grandiose neo-classical arcades, subterranean temples and Romantic
cataclysms. There are spectacular designs for scenes set in Ancient Egypt, Babylon, Ancient Greece, Crete, the Ottoman
Empire and the Indies. Several plates at the end are for Pacini's opera The Last Day of Pompei (1827), depicting the
eruption of Vesuvius, including one plate that was the model for Karl Bryiullov's famous & vast painting (1833), now in the
State Russian Museum in St Petersburg. Copies were made on demand for opera lovers or prints collectors, making there
own selection, reason why all copies do not have same plates but usually around 70. Precious copy, large margins, from the
library Sir Abdy, preserved in its beautiful romantic vintage morocco binding.
£ 73 150,00
30. SMITH (CHARLES HAMILTON). [DESSINS ORIGINAUX]. -ANTIQUITES MEDITERRANEENNE ET MOYEN-ORIENTALE,
DESSINS ORIGNAUX SUR LES ASSYRIENS, LES ETRUSQUES, LES ROMAINS ET LES EGYPTIENS. Sans lieu ni date, ca. 1810-30.
3 vols. folio. Illustrated with original drawings. I. 95 (67 watercolours, 28 monochrome), II. 135 (113 watercolours, 22
monochrome), III. 127 (125 watercolours, 2 monochrome). Total of 357 original drawings, almost all are captioned. Half
calf (20th century). Impressive set of original drawings, by Charles Hamilton Smith (1776-1859), dedicated to Assyria,
Ancient Rome and Etruscan, and Ancient Egypt. Charles Hamilton Smith was a soldier, but also an amateur artist and
antiquarian. He is well known for his work on the uniforms. In these three volumes, he gathered a rich iconography from
ancient sources. If this practise of compilation genralized in England in the second part of the 19th century, at the time of
the conception of these books, it was not common. These three volumes show the impressive erudition of Charles
Hamilton Smith, his taste for uniform and antiquities, and that he was a talented artist. Remarkable work.
£ 20 405,00
31. TREMAUX (PIERRE). -NOTICE SUR UN VOYAGE AU SOUDAN ORIENTAL SUR LE COURS DU NIL ET DANS DES
CONTREES INCONNUES HABITEES PAR LES NEGRES BERTHA DU DAR-FOQ ET DU DAR-GOUROUM. PAR P. TREMAUX,
ARCHITECTE, LAUREAT DE L'INSTITUT. LUE A LA SEANCE GENERALE DE LA SOCIETE DE GEOGRAPHIE DU 21 DECEMBRE
1849, PRESIDEE PAR M. JOMBART, MEMBRE DE L'INSTITUT. Paris, Imprimerie de L. Martinet, rue et hôtel Mignon, n°2,
1850. 1 vol. 8vo. Publisher boards. First and only edition of this rare work by the French architect, naturalist and
photographer Pierre Trémaux (1818-1895), giving the account of his first travel in Egypt, Sudan, and Méroé (that he was one
of the first European to visit). Fine copy.
£ 508,20
32. [VILLOTTE (R.P. JACQUES)]. -VOYAGES D'UN MISSIONNAIRE DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JESUS EN TURIQUIE, EN PERSE,
EN ARMENIE, EN ARABIE, & EN BARBARIE. A Paris, Chez Jacques Vincent, rue & vis-à-vis l'Eglise de S. Severin, à l'Ange.
M.DCC.XXX. 1730. 1 vol. 12mo. Contemporary full calf. Rare first edition of the account of the 15 travels by Jacques
Villotte from 1688 to 1712, in all Middle-East. His missions took him in Turkey, Armenia, Persia, Arabia, and coming and
going with no regard for his safety or confort, Father Villotte brought back a precious testimony on caravans travels in the
desert. He was deeply attached to Armenia and his Armenian dictionary, one of the first of its kind, was published in Roma
in 1714. Gripping book.
£ 1 925,00
Pacific and explorations
33. [ALBUM DE PHOTOGRAPHIES - ASIE / PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM - ASIA]. -[S.M.S. VATERLAND]. Ca. 19041914. 1 vol. oblong 4to. 289 photographs. Lacquered wood binding. Important album with the pictures taken during the
travels of the S.M.S. Vaterland (1904-1914) which sailed up the Yangtze and particularly in Wuhan (1911-1914). Some
pictures are captioned in German (black ink). Very fine set.
£ 3 080,00
34. ARAGO (JACQUES ETIENNE VICTOR). -SOUVENIRS D'UN AVEUGLE, VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE PAR M. J. ARAGO,
OUVRAGE ENRICHI DE SOIXANTE DESSINS ET DE NOTES SCIENTIFIQUES. Paris, Hortet et Ozanne, Éditeurs, 1839. 4 vols.
8vo. 2 portraits, 60 lithographed plates. Contemporary half sheep. First edition in that expanded and richly illustrated form
of the Arago's circumnavigation account. The Uranie, on which Arago boarded as draughtman, traveled to Australia, Hawaï,
Tonga, Brazil, etc. Fine copy nicely bound.
£ 1 540,00
34 bis. CORVETTE DESCURBIERTA - Original maps from Spanish Scientific Explorations. [GONZALES (Antonio)].
MANUSCRIT / MANUSCRIPT. A collection of original sea charts and views. Indonesia, Chili, Peru, Mexico, California,
Indonesia, Singapore, China sea, Patagonia.]. [Dessiné à bord de la corvette. Drawn aboard the ship] 1815-1816. 1 vol.
folio. 18 manuscript ll., (ink drawings, 3 hand-coloured, 1 recto-verso, some folding). Bound in a contemporary album. A
large set of manuscript maps and coast views drawn by Antonio Gonzales aboard the famous Spanish exploration ship
“Descurbierta” (Discovery) during exploration journeys from 1810 to 1816. The corvette Descurbierta is famous for being
one of the two ships (with the Atrevida) of the Malaspina's expedition (1786-1788, and 1789-1794), the most important
voyage of discovery dispatched by Spain in the 18th century. Alessandro Malaspina (1754-1810), under a Spanish royal
commission, undertook his voyage around the world to increase geographic and scientific knowledge in general: inspired by
Cook’s and La Perouse’s voyages, Malaspina’s expedition counted numerous scientists aboard, and was conducted in a
highly scientific manner. The second purpose of the expedition was to check on the status of Spain's vast empire, especially
along the west coast of North America, where the Russians and the British were expanding their influence. The present
collection of 18 original drawings was made by Officer Antonio Gonzales aboard of the Descubierta from 1810 to 1816,
during different campaigns. The first plate is dated from 1810, and is one of the most striking leaves of the set. It is
dedicated to Patagonia (recto-verso), with many views and coastal profiles and an amazing representation of an Iceberg
observed by lat. 57° and 69 west, in the South of Patagonia. A large series, dated from 1816, is dedicated to Asia (China Sea,
Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia). Then they cross the Pacific to arrive in Gulf of California, and going north, we find
important maps of Chili and Peru (including a beautiful map of Conception: “Plano de la Bahia de Concepcion de Chile”).
The last chart depicts Saint Helena. The quality of the charts is very nice, they are both accurate, richly captioned, and
aesthetically realized. Gonzales was stationed at the corvette for at least 6 years. His personal file is at the Spanish navy
central archives. Those maps and views are totally unknown and there is no recorded publication for the details of these
campaigns, a continuation of Malaspina expedition round the world. It proves that the Spanish continued their scientific and
cartographic exploration with the Descurbierta. The quality of the manuscript is great, giving lot of local details of the coasts
visited.
£ 24 000,00
35. DALRYMPLE (ALEXANDER). -VOYAGES DANS LA MER DU SUD PAR LES ESPAGNOLS ET LES HOLLANDAIS. OUVRAGE
TRADUIT DE L'ANGLOIS DE M. DALRYMPLE, PAR M. DE FREVILLE. A Paris, chez Saillant & Nyon, chez Pissot, M. DCC.
LXXIV. (1774). 1 vol. 8vo. 3 engraved folding maps. Contemporary full glazed calf. First French edition of this major work
by Dalrymple: “This important work, issued before the return of Captain Cook’s expedition, is the result of Dalrymple’s
strong belief in the existence of a southern continent” Hill. Fine copy in contemporary binding of this major work for the
South Pacific exploration history.
£ 1 925,00
36. DILLON (PETER). -VOYAGE AUX ILES DE LA MER DU SUD, EN 1827 ET 1828, ET RELATION DE LA DECOUVERTE DU
SORT DE LA PEROUSE. DEDIE AU ROI, PAR LE CAPITAINE PETER DILLON, CHEVALIER DE L'ORDRE ROYAL DE LA LEGION
D'HONNEUR, MEMBRE DE LA SOCIETE ASIATIQUE DU BENGALE ET DE LA SOCIETE GEOGRAPHIQUE DE PARIS, EXCOMMANDANT DU VAISSEAU DE LA COMPAGNIE ANGLAISE DES INDES-ORIENTALES LE RESEARCH. A Paris, chez Pillet
Aîné, Imprimeur-Libraire, Editeur du Voyage autour du monde, Rue des Grands-Augustins, n°7, 1830. 2 vols. 8vo. 3 plates,
2 folding, 1 folding map. Contemporary wrappers. First French edition of this travel account by Peter Dillon: the first who
gives the solution of the fate of La Pérouse. The history of this discovery is long of 14 years. Peter Dillon (1788-1847) was
not an explorer, but a trader who crossed the South Seas for sandal wood. In 1826, he went back to Tikopia (from the
Solomon), an island that he visited in 1813, and where two men of his former crew had been left. These men still were in
Tikopia when Dillon reached the island. During their negotiations, Dillon saw that they had some material from an
occidental ship. Following his intuition and after different incidents, Dillon got to Mannicolo where he found the proof that
this was the place where La Pérouse’s expedition ended. He brought back the debris to France and England. Besides solving
the riddle of La Pérouse, Dillon's narrative is a classic account of the south Pacific in the 1820's. Hocken describes the
author as “a splendid specimen of a wild Irishman and seaman' and his narrative reflects the excitement and dangers of a
sole trader in the south Pacific during this era.” Fine copy in publisher wrappers.
£ 2 464,00
37. [FLEURIEU (CHARLES PIERRE CLARET)]. -DECOUVERTES DES FRANÇOIS EN 1768 & 1769, DANS LE SUD-EST DE LA
NOUVELLE-GUINEE. ET RECONNOISSANCES POSTERIEURES DES MEMES TERRES PAR DES NAVIGATEURS ANGLOIS QUI
LEUR ONT IMPOSE DE NOUVEAUX NOMS ; PRECEDEES DE L'ABREGE HISTORIQUE DES NAVIGATIONS & DES DECOUVERTES
DES ESPAGNOLS DANS LES MEMES PARAGES. PAR M.***, ANCIEN CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie
Royale, 1790. 1 vol. 4to. 12 plates. Contemporary half calf. First edition of this account by Fleurieu, French explorer and
politician, one of the most famous hydrographers of the 18th century. The purpose of the present book, presented to the
French Academy of Science in 1790, was to ensure Bougainville’s and Surville’s rights against some English sailors’ claims
for the discovery of some islands. Fine copy.
£ 4 466,00
38. LAPLACE (CAPITAINE CYRILLE PIERRE THEODORE). LAUVERGNE (BARTHELEMY), PÂRIS, SAINSON. -[ATLAS
HISTORIQUE] VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE PAR LES MERS DE L'INDE ET DE CHINE EXECUTE SUR LA CORVETTE DE
L'ETAT LA FAVORITE PENDANT LES ANNEES 1830, 1831 ET 1832 SOUS LE COMMANDEMENT DE M. LAPLACE, CAPITAINE
DE FREGATE. [Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Imp. de Casimir, 1833.] 1 vol. in-folio, historical atlas, 69 numbered plates printed in
sepia on 72 (plates 54, 56 and 71 missing, 2 plates n°35). Contemporary half sheep. Rare copy printed in sepia of the
Historical Atlas of the captain Laplace's famous circumnavigation, with the illustrations by Lauvergne, Pâris and Sainson. In
May 1829, Lieutenant Commander Laplace (1793-1875) was appointed to command two scientific expeditions in austral
seas, in order to protect French trade. La Favorite left Toulon in 1829 and came back in 1832. This expedition was
successful and collected a lot of new knowledge. In addition to the scientific interst, this atlas presents an aesthetic
dimension, according to Sabin: "perhaps the finest series of plates of any picturesque voyage". Among them: Réunion,
Maurice, Singapore, Manille, Sydney or Rio. Fine copy.
£ 9 625,00
Asia
39. [ARTISANAT CHINOIS. AQUARELLES]. [CHINESE ARTCRAFT. WATERCOLORS]. -TYPES CHINOIS PEINTS SUR
PULPE DE MURIER. [CHINESE TYPES ON PITH PAPER]. [Chine, ca. 1850]. Three boxes (1: 132 x 88 mm., 2: 111 x 75 mm.)
with 9, 7 and 6 watercolors on pith paper. (Total: 22 watercolors). Cardboard box and slipcase, containing the three boxes
with a wood stick to separate the leaves. Lovely set with 22 watercolours featuring Chinese types. In very fine condition, the
fragile watercolors are presented in ancient cardboard boxes with a glass top. Each painting features a full lenght portrait:
soldiers, elegant ladies, craftsmen, kids, etc. Delicate item.
£ 1 925,00
40. BRETON DE LA MARTINIÈRE (JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH) -LA CHINE EN MINIATURE, OU CHOIX DE COSTUMES,
ARTS ET METIERS DE CET EMPIRE, REPRESENTES PAR 74 GRAVURES, LA PLUPART D'APRES LES ORIGINAUX INEDITS DE
CABINET DU FEU M. BERTIN, MINISTRE ; ACCOMPAGNEES DE NOTICES EXPLICATIVES, HISTORIQUES ET LITTERAIRES.
Paris, Nepveu, 1811. 4 vols. 16mo. 4 frontispieces, 76 engraved plates. Contemporary full sheep. First Edition. The present
volumes contains eighty plates (including the frontispieces). The images cover the whole range of Chinese society, especially
tradesmen. Particularly interesting are the numerous depictions of itinerant salesmen and craftsmen with ingenious methods
of transporting their inventories and machinery. The industrious author produced similar tours of Russia, Egypt & Syria,
Spain & Portugal, and Japan. Fine copy of this remarkably illustrated work.
£ 1 386,00
41. [COLEBROOKE (HENRI THOMAS).] -SUR LES ILES ANDAMANS. Sans lieu ni nom, ca. 1805. 1 vol. folio. 16 manuscript
pp. Preparatory work for a study on Andamans Islands, probably intended to the Recherches asiatique, French edition of
the translation of the paper by Labaume. It is based on the work of Henri Thomas Colebrooke (1765-1837). In this work,
he treates topography, geology, ornithology, anthropology and linguistic aspects of these islands of Indian Ocean. Fine copy.
£ 462,00
42. FAGON (ALLAIN). [PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM]. -CAMPAGNE DE CHINE. 1927-1930. 1 vol. oblong 8vo. 289 silver
pictures. Original black cardboards. Photographic album, with pictures taken between 1927 and 1930, during travels in
China, Vietnam, Japan and Corea and gathered by Allain Fagon. The pictures depicting groups and landscape views (HongKong), as well as scenes. Very fine set.
£ 1 925,00
43. [GERVAISE (NICOLAS)]. -DESCRIPTION HISTORIQUE DU ROYAUME DE MACAÇAR DIVISEE EN TROIS LIVRES. Paris,
Hilaire Foucault, 1688. 1 vol. 12mo. Manuscript ex-libris. Contemporary calf. Scarce original edition of this work, the most
complete on Makasar, now known as the island Sulawesi (Celebes) in the Indonesian archipelago, written by Nicolas
Gervaise (1662-1729) who was priest in Siam and then in America. Gervaise went as a missionary to the kingdom of Siam
and stayed there for four years, investigating the religion, customs, literature and history of its inhabitants. He published his
findings in his Histoire naturelle et politique du royaume de Siam, and in the present work, both appearing in 1688.
£ 924,00
44. [INDE]. -[ENSEMBLE DE GOUACHES ORIGINALES SUR PAPIER ET SUR MICA]. [Inde, circa 1840-50]. 1 vol. 8vo. 12
gouaches (6 with gold), 65 coloured paintings on mica mounted in frames. Contemporary shagreen. Rare album gathering
entitled gouaches and Indian sketches on mica. All illustrations are richly coloured and the book offers a vivid and poetic
representation of 19th century India. Remarkable example of these traditional Indian works.
£ 5 236,00
45. [KAMASUTRA] - Inde, circa 1850. 1 volume in-12°. Cardboard/indian binding. Indian . Manuscrit with polychrome skits
illustrating some of the positions of the most famous erotic manuals. Brahmin Mallanaga attributed to Vatsyayana, writing
the Kama Sutra is spread over several centuries (1st to 7th century AD). Breviary for the education of manners of the upper
classes of Indian society, it is composed of several books on Indian philosophy. These "Aphorisms of Desire" (Kama
meaning desire and Sutra: aphorism) affect not only the life and sexual practices, but a code of conduct, offering lifestyle,
including rules (seduction) to look for a happy couple. In this book, which can only be a small excerpt of this vast Treaty,
some of the themes of good conduct are illustrated in love with text next. If these scenes are particularly suggestive here, The
Kama Sutra says "Erotize is not synonymous with sexuality. Sexuality is in the nature, eroticism, culture: sexuality thrives
culture. The Kama Sutra teaches us how to change sexuality eroticism, eg abstinence. Our manuscript evidence shows the
Samprayoga, the most famous part of the Kamasutra, which gives the description of several sexual positions in 36
polychrome scenes followed for each of them, a small explanatory text nicely framed by a double fillet and orange Grey.
The tradition of the Kama Sutra shows that eroticism is not a recent Western product, which should be afraid, and that
Indian culture carried a picture of the free and liberated sexuality that seem far from the realities of contemporary India. It is
rare to find an ancient Indian manuscript on the subject with illustrations, the influence of the British Puritanism have
significantly reduced the production of such documents for the last 200 years. Interesting testimony of this millenary culture
colonization of India has contributed largely obscure.
£ 924,00
46. KYOKUTO TSU SHINSHA. -BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE FAR EAST. KYOKUTO¯ TAIKAN. [PHOTOGRAPHIES
IMPRIMEES / PRINTED PHOTOS]. Tokyo : Kyokutô Tsû shinsha, Taishô 9 [ca. 1920]. 1 vol. oblong folio. 149
collotype plates, 9 double-pages panoramas (5 folding). Original Japanese silk binding, labels in English and Japanese on
upper cover. Only edition of this remarkable collection of photographic views, depicting China, Manchuria and islands of
the South Sea. The pictures depict antique buildings and classical Chinese architecture, with references to painters and
poets, landscapes, cities (Shanghai, Suzhou, Nanking, Yueyang, Yichang, Hsiaokushan, Tayeh, Zhenjiang, Jiuiang, Hanyang,
Guizhou, Beijing), railways and harbours, etc. Fine copy of this scarce work that offers very rich iconography of China at the
beginning of the 20th century.
£ 9 240,00
47. MAFFEI (GIOVANNI PIETRO). -RERUM A SOCIETATE JESU IN ORIENTE GESTARUM VOLUMEN, CONTINENS HISTORIAM
IUCUNDAM LECTU OMNIBUS CHRISTIANIS, PRAESERTIMŸS, QUIBUS VERA RELIGIO EST CORDI. IN QUA VIDERE POSSUNT,
QUOMODO NUNQUAM DEUS ECCLESIAM SUAM DEFERAT, & IN LOCUM DEFICIENTIUM A VERA FIDE, INNUMEROS ALIOS IN
ABDITISSIMIUS ETIAM REGIONIBUS SUBSTITUAT. Cologne, G. Calenius, 1574. 1 vol. 8vo. Woodcut vignette on title, several
large historiated woodcut initials, 5-pages of woodcut Japanese characters. Contemporary limp vellum. Fourth expanded
edition. One of the most important compilations of letters relating to the early Jesuit mission in the Far East between 1548
and 1571, including 43 relating to Japan written by St. Francis Xavier (two, one of which dated November 1549 from
Kagoshima on his arrival in Japan), Frois, Almeida, Vilela and others which provide invaluable details on Japanese culture
and customs. The “Specimen quoddam litterarum vocumque Japonicarum” is illustrated with woodcut Japanese calligraphy.
£ 4 235,00
48. [MANUSCRIT] BUSSY (CHARLES JOSEPH PATISSIER DE). -CAYER DE LETTRES D'AFFAIRES APPARTENANT A
MONSIEUR DE BUSSY. L'AN 1748. Pondichéry, 1746-49. 1 vol. 4to. [41] manuscript ll. Contemporary vellum. Collection of
57 manuscript letters by Charles Joseph Patissier de Bussy Castelnau (1718-1785), last French Governor of Pondicherry.
The first letter (24th of October 1746), followed the Battle of Madras (7-9 September 1746), and the last (15th of October
1749) is written a year after the Treaty of Aix-La-Chappelle, that ends the War of the Austrian Succession and forces
Dupleix to give Madras to the English. Those letters are contemporaries of crucial events in the History of the FrancoBritish rivalry in the oriental Indies, written by a man who played an important role in it. It gives a lot of information, the
diplomatic context and the military events (very detailed narratives of the attempts to take Gondelour for example), as well
as their implications on economy.
£ 6 160,00
49. [ MANUSCRIPT]. KIAUTSCHOU CHINA. -[VOYAGE MANUSCRIT EN CHINE / VOYAGE IN CHINA]. HOCH LEBE
UNSER BATAILLON. III BAUMEISTER KIAUTSCHOU-CHINA. 1904. 1 vol. 8vo. [18] manuscript ll. 1 illustrated title page, 3
drawings. Contemporary cloth. Unique testimony of a German sailor master-builder at the beginning of the 20th century.
Kiautschou was from 1898 to 1914 a German colony in China, and a naval base for the imperial navy in East Asia. The
drawings depict the base : "Lager der I. Kompagnie, III S.B. Kiautschou China", and the "Signastation in Tsigtau". Intersting
historical document.
£ 924,00
50. MENDEZ PINTO (FERDINAND). -LES VOYAGES ADVENTUREUX DE FERNAND MENDEZ PINTO, FIDELEMENT
TRADUICTS DU PORTUGAIS EN FRANÇAIS PAR LE SIEUR BERNARD FIGUIER GENTILHOMME PORTUGAIS ET DEDIEZ A
MONSEIGNEUR LE CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU. Paris, Arnould Cotinet et Jean Roger, 1645. 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary
marbled calf. Second French edition of this scarce narrative of Mendez Pinto (1509-1583), true adventurer who set sail for
the Indies in 1537 and travelled through Asia and the Far East.
£ 2 156,00
51. MONFORT (RODOLPHE). [MANUSCRIT]. -[RECIT D’UN VOYAGE EN INDE ET EN MALAISIE. TRAVEL ACCOUNT: INDIA
AND MALAYSIA]. Sans lieu, ca. 1848-49. 1 vol. 4to. 31 manuscript pp. Fine manuscript account of a travel in India (mainly
Calcutta) and Malaysia (Penang) by a salt trader: Rodolphe Monfort. The author came back in India after 4 years in France,
and his purpose in writting this account was to record the curious details, the amusing anecdotes and the beatiful landscapes.
The narration is flowing and lively. The author spent 1 month in Calcutta and Chandernagor, before going to Penang in
Malaysia. There are full of interesting details on the life in India, of the Europeans and the Indians. Gripping text.
£ 1 386,00
52. MULLER (GERHARD FRIEDRICH). -VOYAGES ET DECOUVERTES FAITES PAR LES RUSSES LE LONG DES COTES DE LA
MER GLACIALE & SUR L'OCEAN ORIENTAL, TANT VERS LE JAPON QUE VERS L'AMERIQUE. ON Y A JOINT L'HISTOIRE DU
FLEUVE AMUR ET DES PAYS ADJACENS, DEPUIS LE CONQUETE DES RUSSES ; AVEC LA NOUVELLE CARTE QUI PRESENTE CES
DECOUVERTES & LE COURS DE L'AMUR, DRESSEE SUR DES MEMOIRES AUTHENTIQUES, PUBLIEE AR L'ACADEMIE DES
SCIENCES DE ST. PETERSBOURG, & CORRIGEE EN DERNIER LIEU. OUVRAGES TRADUITS DE L'ALLEMAND DE MR. G. P.
MULLER, PAR C. G. F. DUMAS. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc-Michel Rey, MDCCLXVI. 1766. 2 vols. 12mo. 1 folding map.
Contemporary full calf. First edition of the French translation of this important work for the history of the exploration of
Russia, north-east Asia, and north-west coasts of America. The text by Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705-1783) is regarded as
the best account of Vitus Bering second exploration in Kamchatka (1733-1743), from which they brought back the proof of
the existence of a body of water between Asian and American continent: the Bering Strait, as well as very important
cartographic, hydrographic and ethnological discoveries. The map depicts the strait, presents a correct delineation of the
Kurile Islands, and contains the first cartographic representation of the Alaska Peninsula. Müller also gives the account of a
manuscript in found in Yakoutsk which establishes that the Bering Strait had actually been navigated and discovered by
Simon Djenev in 1648. Fine copy of this work: “indispensable for the history of discovery and exploration in North Pacific.”
(Sabin).
£ 4 235,00
53. NIEUHOF (JOAN). -HET GEZANTSCHAP DER NEÊRLANDTSCHE OOST-INDISCHE COMPAGNIE, AAN DEN GROOTEN
TARTARISCHEN CHAM, DEN TEGENWORDIGEN KEIZER VAN CHINA : Amsterdam, Jacob Van Meurs, 1670. 1 vol. folio. 1
engraved frontispiece, 1 portrait, 1 folding map, 34 double-plates, 110 half-page engraved illustrations. Contemporary full
vellum. Second edition of Nieuhof's famous account describing the first embassy of the Dutch East India Company to the
court of the Emperor of China in the years 1655-57. It is the most profusely illustrated work on China of the period, with
plates showing Chinese towns, Chinese life and animal- and plant life. Fine copy.
£ 5 005,00
54. REED (JOHN-WILLIAM), KING (JOHN-WILLIAM). -THE CHINA SEA DIRECTORY, VOL. I. CONTAINING THE
APPROACHES TO THE CHINA SEA AND TO SINGAPORE, BY THE STRAITS OF SUNDA, BANKA, GASPA, CARIMATA, RHIO,
VARELLA, DURIAN, AND SINGAPORE. COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES PARTLY BY J. W. REED, MASTER, R.N.
COMPLETED AND EDITED BY STAFF COMMANDER J.W. KING, R.N. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LORDS
COMMISSIONERS OF ADMIRALTY. Londres, J.D. Potter, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, Poultry, 1867. 1 vol. 8vo.
Contemporary yellow buckram. Scarce coastal pilot ( World Cat indicates 3 copies around the world) published by the
British Admiralty with sailing directions in China Sea. The navigation in this Sea always was very important especially for
trade, but also very dangerous for Occidental ships because of their draught which make sailors fear these shallow waters.
Provenance: “Capt. P.B. Nichols, Ship R.P. Thomas, New-York, 1882”. Scarce copy of this pilot which belonged to a
Captain.
£ 385,00
55. -[RULERS FOR CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY.] [Chine, ca. 1890]. 1 silvered brass box (232 x 32 mm.), 5 solid silver rulers
with hallmark (4: 230 x 25 mm.; 1: 207 x 13 mm.). Attractive set of Chinese rulers to help calligraphers to hold the rolls of
paper. The box is ornamented with Dragon and Fenghuang (mythic Chinese bird). The five hall marked rulers had specific
ornamentation: dragons, temples, women, etc. Very refined item.
£ 3 465,00
56. STAHLIN (J. V.) -RELATION DU NOUVEL ARCHIPEL SEPTENTRIONAL, DECOUVERT DEPUIS PEU PAR LES RUSSES DANS
LES MERS DE KAMTSCHATKA & D'ANADIR. - R. P. K. MACAULAY. HISTOIRE DE SAINT-KILDA, IMPRIMEE EN 1764,
TRADUIT DE L`ANGLOIS. - P. L. LE ROY. RECIT DES AVENTURES SINGULIERES DE QUATRE VOYAGEURS RUSSES, QUI
FURENT JETTES DANS L'ISLE DESERTE DU SPITZBERGEN ORIENTAL. Paris, Knapen, 1782. 3 works in 1 vol in-12°. Contemp
calf. Fine copy including 3 works.
£ 2 695,00
57. TRIGAULT (NICOLAS). -HISTOIRE DE L'EXPEDITION CHRESTIENNE EN LA CHINE, ENTREPRISE PAR LES PERES DE LA
COMPAGNIE DE JESUS. TIREE DES COMMENTAIRES DU PERE MATHIEU RICCIUS DE LA MESME COMPAGNIE, & DIVISEE EN
5. LIVRES, AUSQUELS LES MŒURS, LOIX & COUSTUMES DU ROYAUME DE LA CHINE, & LES COMMENCEMENTS TRES
DIFFICILES DE LA NOUVELLE EGLISE D'ICELUY SONT EXACTEMENT & FIDELEMENT DESCRITS. TRADUITE DE LATIN EN
FRANCOIS. Paris, P. Le Mur, 1618. 1 vol. 8vo. 1 folding plate. Contemporary vellum. Rare first Parisian edition (Latin OE:
1615) of one of the most important and earliest works on China ever published in Europe. It contains the diary of the
pioneer Jesuit missionary in China, Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), edited and brought up-to-date by Ricci's successor to the
Chinese Mission, the Flemish Jesuit Nicolas Trigault (1577-1628). Trigault translated Ricci's manuscript into Latin, and
enlarged it with information from other sources, such as the reports by the Portugese Jesuits Longobardo, Vagnone and
Cattaneo of their own stays in China, with extracts from the usual annual letters for the years 1610 and 1611 by Father
Sabatino de Ursis, etc., as well as by his own comments and observations. When Trigault's book was published it shook
Europe. Never before had such well organized and accurate information about China been available. It opened the door to
China which had been closed since Marco Polo, and just like Ricci had introduced Euclid to China, so his journal
introduced Confucius to Europe. Ricci and Trigault's account of China was undoubtedly most influencial on cultural life and
philosophical thought in Europe, opening up a new, mysterious and until then virtually unknown world. Suddenly Europe
became aware for the first time of the existence of another highly civilized vast part of the globe. The French translation was
made by Trigault's nephew, Riquebourg-Trigault, physician to Philippe Guillaume of Orange. Fine copy.
£ 7 315,00
Americana
58. BERGERON (PIERRE). [BETHENCOURT (JEAN DE)]. [BONTHIER (PIERRE), LE VERRIER (JEAN)]. -UN TRAICTE
DE LA NAVIGATION ET DES VOYAGES DE DESCOUVERTE & CONQUESTE MODERNES, & PRINCIPALEMENT DES FRANCOIS.
AVEC UNE EXACTE ET PARTICULIERE DESCRIPTION DE TOUTES LES ISLES CANARIES, LES PREUVES DU TEMPS DE LA
CONQUESTE D'ICELLES, & LA GENEALOGIE DES BETHENCOURTS & BRAQUEMONS. LE TOUT RECEUILLY DE DIVERS
AUTHEURS, OBSERVATIONS, TITRES & ENSEIGNEMENTS. [SUIVI DE]. HISTOIRE DE LA PREMIERE DESCOUVERTE ET
CONQUESTE DES CANARIES. FAITE DES L'AN 1402 PAR MESSIRE JEAN DE BETHENCOURT, CHAMBELLAN DU ROY
CHARLES VI. ESCRITE DU TEMPS MESME PAR F. PIERRE BONTIER RELIGIEUX DE S. FRANÇOIS, & JEAN LE VERRIER
PRESTRE, DOMESTIQUES DU DIT SIEUR DE BETHENCOURT. ET MISE EN LUMIERE PAR M. GALIEN DE BETHENCOURT,
CONSEILLER DU ROY EN SA COUR DE PARLEMENT DE ROUEN. A Paris, chez Jean de Heuqueville et Michel Soly, 1629.
(Traicte de la Navigation) - A Paris, chez Michel Soly, 1630. (Decouverte des Canaries). 2 vols. 12mo. Jean de Bethencourt's
portrait by Balthasar Moncornet. Full calf with the arms of Louis Urbain Le Fèvre de Caumartin (1653-1720). Fine copy of
this scarce Americana, complete with the 2 parts and portrait, only edition of the very first French publication dealing with
the history of maritime explorations. The texts of the first part were compiled by Pierre Bergeron: it's a wonderful history of
world exploration at the age of discovery, concentrated on French' voyages. The second part, written by Pierre Bontier and
Jean le Verrier, is an account of the conquest of the Canary Islands by Jean de Bethencourt. Rare, with a nice portrait.
£ 18 480,00
59. BEULLOCH (WILLIAM BULLOCH OU BULLOCK, DIT). -LE MEXIQUE EN 1823, OU RELATION D’UN VOYAGE DANS LA
NOUVELLE-ESPAGNE, CONTENANT DES NOTIONS EXACTES ET PEU CONNUES SUR LA SITUATION PHYSIQUE, MORALE ET
POLITIQUE DE CE PAYS ; ACCOMPAGNE D’UN ATLAS DE VINGT PLANCHES ; PAR M. BEULLOCH, PROPRIETAIRE DU MUSEE
MEXICAIN ETABLI A LONDRES ; OUVRAGE TRADUIT DE L’ANGLAIS PAR M.***. PRECEDE D’UNE INTRODUCTION, ET
ENRICHI DE PIECES JUSTIFICATIVES ET DE NOTES ; PAR SIR JOHN BYERLEY. Paris, Alexis-Eymery, 1824. 2 vols. 8vo, 1 vol.
oblong 4to (Atlas). 20 plates (2 folding maps, 1 folding plate, 6 hand-coloured costume plates). Contemporary sheep. Scarce
first French edition (OE, London, same year), of this account of a voyage to Mexico, the first English one since 1640
(Thomas Gage). The atlas’ plates are lithographed by Marlet, who signed the costumes plates. The other plates are: maps of
Mexico, views (1 folding) and Aztecs sculptures. Fine copy in contemporary binding of this uncommon work.
£ 4 235,00
60. BONNIN DE FRAYSSEIX (JOSEPH-ANTONIN-ETIENNE, MARQUIS DE). -CARNET DE CROQUIS ET D'AQUARELLES. A
bord du Dubourdieu, 1896-1897. 1 vol. oblong 12mo. 21 watercolours, 9 pencil drawings or sketches. Contemporary grey
cloth. Very attractive set of drawings made during a naval campaign around the world, led by the Amiral Pougin de la
Maisonneuve, aboard the Dubourdieu, by Joseph Antonin Etienne Bonnin de Fraysseix (1838-1914). At this time, Amiral
Pougin de la Maisonneuve was chief commander of the “Division navale de l’Atlantique”, and aboard the Dubourdieu, with
Captain Marquis de Fraysseix. The watercolours depict beautiful landscapes: St Thomas, New Orleans, Sydney, Halifax, St
Peter (Canada), Newport. One of them depicts the interior of the Castle of Erskine (commander of the English fleet) in
Halifax. Also some views of life aboard. Pleasant item.
£ 2 310,00
61. CARTIER (JACQUES). -BREF RECIT ET SUCCINCTE NARRATION DE LA NAVIGATION FAITE EN 1535 ET 1536 PAR LE
CAPITAINE JACQUES CARTIER AUX ILES DE CANADA, HOCHELAGA, SAGUENAY ET AUTRES. Paris, Tross, 1863. 1 vol in-8°.
Contemp. half chagrin signed. Rare reprint edition of 1545 (of which there are only three known copies) of the second
voyage of Jacques Cartier during which he sailed up the St. Lawrence River to Hochelaga. Born in 1491 in Saint Malo which
is, at that time one of the most important ports in Europe, Jacques Cartier was born into a seafaring family. He will make
three trips from 1534 to 1541. Returning from his last mission, Jacques Cartier retired to his property. Following his
exploits, he enjoys great notoriety and received many illustrious guests such as Rabelais. He died in Saint Malo in 1557
following an outbreak of plague that decimated the region. This edition of the account of his second trip was to make known
to the public the original text of a book totally found. Small print at few copies for bibliophiles, rare on the market and hard
to find in such desirable condition on Holland paper and with signed binding.
£ 731,50
62. CHABERT (JEAN-BAPTISTE). -VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI EN 1750 ET 1751, DANS L'AMERIQUE
SEPTENTRIONALE, POUR RECTIFIER LES CARTES DES COTES DE L'ACADIE, DE L'ISLE ROYALE & DE L'ISLE DE TERRENEUVE ; ET POUR EN FIXER LES PRINCIPAUX POINTS PAR DES OBSERVATIONS ASTRONOMIQUES. PAR M. DE CHABERT
ENSEIGNE DES VAISSEAUX DU ROI, MEMBRE DE L'ACADEMIE DE MARINE, DE CELLE DE BERLIN, & DE L'INSTITUT DE
BOLOGNE. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1753. 1 vol. 4to. 6 folding maps, 1 folding plate, 1 folding table, 1 engraved headpiece. Contemporary calf. First edition of an important work on navigation by Joseph Bernard Chabert (1724-1805). The
work was highly praised by the examining commission of the French Academy of Sciences, it was recommended as a
navigational model for future navigators. The first part of the work contains the author's voyage from Brest to Louisbourg,
and 4 expeditions, the second part describes his astronomical observations at large. It is especially Chabert's astronomical
research, which was very precise even by today's standards, that give his work great scientific value. Chabert added 6 maps to
the first part, all of them with astonishingly exact data, also making the book interesting with respect to Canadian geography.
Chabert joined the navy on July 14, 1741, on the ship Léopard. He navigated the American coast, where he still was in 1746
on another ship, the Émeraude. After a promotion in 1748, he was ordered by the king to visit the region which now forms
the south-east part of Quebec, east Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, the voyage which he
describes in the present work. A few years after Chabert's visit in 1750-51, the French Indian War broke out in 1754, and
three-quarters of the remaining population of 10.000 French settlers, who were considered to be a threat to the British
position, were forcibly resettled in other parts of North America. He was received in 1753 as a member of the navy academy
in Brest, and later those of Bologne, Berlin and Nancy. Fine copy in armorial binding.
£ 2 695,00
63. DARLING (CHARLES-HENRI). BANNERMAN (SIR ALEXANDER). -JOURNAL OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE
ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND. HIS EXCELLENCY CHARLES HENRY DARLING, ESQ. (1857) / SIR ALEXANDER BANNERMAN,
KNIGHT (1858), GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN-CHIEF IN AND OVER THE ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND ITS
DEPENDENCIES, &C., &C. Joseph Woods, Printer, St John’s, Newfoundland. (1857 et 1858). 2 vols. folio. 2 folding pages.
Contemporary half morocco (pink for 1857, blue for 1858). Scarce copies of the third and fourth sessions of the 6th
General Assembly of the Legislative Council. At this time, Newfoundland's system of representative government was
bicameral: the Legislative Council was closer from the British and more conservative. In the journal for the year 1857, one
can found the debate regarding the grant to the French of more fishing rights in waters of Newfoundland. Fine copy.
£ 616,00
64. DU GUAY-TROUIN (RENE). -MEMOIRES DE M. DUGUAY-TROUIN, LIEUTENANT GENERAL DES ARMEES NAVALES DE
FRANCE ET COMMANDEUR DE L'ORDRE ROYAL & MILITAIRE DE SAINT-LOUIS. [Amsterdam, chez Pierre Mortier,] 1740. 1
vol. 4to. 1 author's portrait, 6 folding plates. Half calf (19th century). Rare original edition in-quarto on large paper. DugayTrouin’s memories were published after his death and became a real best seller in the 18th century, with many editions.
This famous corsair of Louis XIV was born in Saint-Malo. He relates here all his campaign against the British fleet and his
most famous expedition against the town of Rio de Janeiro in 1711, which was a great military success. Illustrated with
folding plates (details of a ship, naval battles) and a chart of the bay of Rio. Nice copy.
£ 1 925,00
65. FREZIER (AMEDEE FRANÇOIS). -RELATION DU VOYAGE DE LA MER DU SUD AUX COTES DU CHILY ET DU PEROU,
FAIT PENDANT LES ANNEES 1712, 1713 & 1714, DEDIEE A S.A.R. MONSEIGNEUR LE DUC D'ORLEANS, REGENT DU
ROYAUME. Paris, Nyon - Ganeau - Quillau, 1716. 1 vol. 4to. 37 plates (18 doubles). Contemporary calf. First edition of a
classic in the literature of South American Voyages of exploration. The book was first valued for its cartographic content
(navigators such as Bougainville and La Pérouse quote him) he depicted a dangerous area not very well known but very
important in communications and trade at this time (Magellan, Horn, etc.) but it's still appreciated today for the historical,
ethnological and scientific observations, illustrated by several plates. Fine copy.
£ 2 926,00
66. FROGER (FRANÇOIS). -RELATION D'UN VOYAGE FAIT EN 1695, 1696 & 1697 AUX COTES D'AFRIQUE, DETROIT DE
MAGELLAN, BREZIL, CAYENNE, & ISLES DES ANTILLES, PAR UNE ESCADRE DES VAISSEAUX DU ROY, COMMANDEE PAR
MONSIEUR DE GENNES. FAITE PAR LE SIEUR FROGER, INGENIEUR VOLONTAIRE SUR LE VAISSEAU LE FAUCON ANGLOIS.
ENRICHIE DE GRAND NOMBRE DE FIGURES DESSINEES SUR LES LIEUX. A Paris, Chez Nicolas Le Gras, au troisiéme Pilier de
la grande Salle du Palais, à l'L couronnée. 1699. 1 vol. 8vo. 29 plates (10 folding). Contemporary calf. First edition of this
travel account, which was frequently reissued. François Froger (1676-1715) French engineer and cartographer, boarded in
1695 on a boat from a six ships squadron commanded by de Gennes to established a colony in the Strait of Magellan area.
From this travel he brings back the first accurate printed map of Rio, and a lot of informations on different topics, richly
illustrated with his own drawings. Gripping book of the first official French travel to the Strait of Magellan.
£ 2 695,00
67. KERGUELEN DE TREMAREC (YVES-JOSEPH DE). -RELATION DES COMBATS ET DES EVENEMENTS DE LA GUERRE
MARITIME DE 1778 ENTRE LA FRANCE ET L'ANGLETERRE, MELEE DE REFLEXIONS SUR LES MANŒUVRES DES GENERAUX ;
PRECEDEE D'UNE ADRESSE AUX MARINS, SUR LA DISPOSITION DES VAISSEAUX POUR LE COMBAT ; ET TERMINEE PAR UN
PRECIS DE LA GUERRE PRESENTE, DES CAUSES DE LA DESTRUCTION DE LA MARINE, ET DES MOYENS DE LA RETABLIR. PAR
Y. J. KERGUELEN, ANCIEN CONTR'AMIRAL. [Paris], Imprimerie de Patris, M.DCC.XCVI. 1796. 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary
half-sheep. First edition of this rare work by Kerguelen de Tremarec (1734-1797), French naval officer and explorer. In
April 1796, retired of the navy, he started working on this text from the notes he took in 1779. The work, recognized for its
liability, relates the main battles of the American Revolutionary War. Fine copy of this valuable testimony upon naval history
by a great explorer.
£ 2 156,00
68. MOUCHEZ (ERNEST, AMIRAL). -LES COTES DU BRESIL, DESCRIPTION ET INSTRUCTIONS NAUTIQUES, PAR ERNEST
MOUCHEZ CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU, MEMBRE DE L'INSTITUT ET DU BUREAU DES LONGITUDES, COMMANDEUR DE LA
LEGION D'HONNEUR ET DE LA ROSE DU BRESIL. 2E SECTION DE BAHIA A RIO-JANEIRO. SECONDE EDITION PUBLIEE PAR
ORDRE DU MINISTRE DE LA MARINE ET DES COLONIES, AVEC UN SUPPLEMENT COMPRENANT LA COTE DE RIO-JANEIRO A
LA PLATA. Paris, Challamel Aîné, Libraire-Editeur cartes, plans et ouvrages du Dépôt de la Marine de la Commission des
Phares, du Dépôt de la Guerre et de la Cie du Canal de Suez. Atlas des Ports de France, etc. 30, Rue des Boulangers, et 5,
rue Jacob. 1876. 1 vol. 8vo. 12 maps. Contemporay quarter red shagreen, "Marine et Colonies, Dépôt des Cartes et Plans"
(gold stamped on the first board). Second edition of this rare work by Mouchez on the coasts of Brazil (OE: 1864). Ernest
Amédée Barthélémy Mouchez (1821-1892), Director of the Observatoire de Paris, astronomist and hydrograph, went, by
order of the Naval Minister, in America for hydrographic missions. Fine copy.
£ 1 925,00
68 bis. MOUCHEZ (ERNEST, AMIRAL). -RIO DE LA PLATA, DESCRIPTION ET INSTRUCTION NAUTIQUES. ÉDITION DE
1873 CORRIGEE D'APRES LES DOCUMENTS LES PLUS RECENTS PAR ERNEST MOUCHEZ, CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU. PUBLIE
SOUS LE MINISTERE DU VICE-AMIRAL POTHUAU, MINISTRE DE LA MARINE ET DES COLONIES, MEMEBRE DE
L'ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, M DCCC LXXIII. 1873. 1 vol. 8vo. 4 double maps.
Contemporary quarter red shagreen. Rare work on Rio de La Plata by the French hydrograph Ernest Amédée Barthélemy
Mouchez (1821-1892). Fine copy.
£ 1 694,00
69. [PREVOST (ANTOINE-FRANÇOIS)]. -VOYAGES DU CAPITAINE ROBERT LADE EN DIFFERENTES PARTIES DE L'AFRIQUE,
DE L'ASIE ET DE L'AMERIQUE : CONTENANT L'HISTOIRE DE SA FORTUNE, & SES OBSERVATIONS SUR LES COLONIES & LE
COMMERCE DES ESPAGNOLS, DES ANGLOIS, DES HOLLANDOIS, &C. OUVRAGE TRADUIT DE L'ANGLOIS. A Paris, chez
Didot, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or, M. DCC. XLIV. (1744) 2 vols. 12mo. 2 folding maps. Contemporary calf.
First edition of this charming literary forgery attributed to Abbé Prévost, who pretend to give the translation of the account
of the travels of Captain Robert Lade, who never exists. The accuracy of some information regarding the new colony of
Georgia, founded ten years earlier, drawn from English sources, gave credit to the theory of a translation of an English text.
But there is no sign of a Captain Lade, and it is more likely a fancy of Prévost, who translate numerous important English
text during his exile in London, and among them major travel relation as Henry Neville's Isle of Pines (1668), and authored
a compilation of voyages. The work is illustrated with two folding maps, one of them being: “Carte d’une partie de
l’Amérique septentrionale”, engraved by Bellin. Fine copy.
£ 1 386,00
70. RELIURE AUX ARMES DU DUC D'ANGOULEME. [MINISTERE DES FINANCES FRANCAIS]. -ETAT DETAILLE DES
LIQUIDATIONS OPEREES A L'EPOQUE DU 1ER JANVIER 1830, PAR LA COMMISSION CHARGEE DE REPARTIR L'INDEMNITE
ATTRIBUEE AUX ANCIENS COLONS DE SAINT-DOMINGUE, EN EXECUTION DE LA LOI DU 30 AVRIL 1826 ET
CONFORMEMENT AUX DISPOSITIONS DE L'ORDONNANCE DU 9 MAI SUIVANT. Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1830. 1 vol.
4to. Contemporary full red gilded morocco, with the arms of Duc d’Angoulême. Beautiful copy of this impressive work by
the French Minister of the Economy, giving the list of the compensations the Haitian government had to give to the French
Colonists, former owners of the rich plantations of St Domingue, in order to be recognized by the French Government as
an independent Republic. Very nicely bound.
£ 5 005,00
71. SCHOELCHER (VICTOR). -COLONIES ETRANGERES ET HAÏTI, RESULTATS DE L'EMANCIPATION ANGLAISE. Paris,
Pagnerre, 1843. 2 vols. 8vo. 1 folding map, tables in-text. Half morocco (19th century). Scarce first edition of one of the
major works by the famous abolitionist Victor Schoelcher (1804-1893), French humanitarian and statesman. Long involved
in the abolition movement, he presided over a commission that secured the abolition of slavery in French territory
(1848).The present work is interesting for the history of islands such as Haïti, Jamaïca, Cuba, etc. and an important step to
the abolition of slavery in France. Fine copy.
£ 2 310,00
72. SCHOELCHER (VICTOR). -DES COLONIES FRANÇAISES. ABOLITION IMMEDIATE DE L'ESCLAVAGE. PAR VICTOR
SCHOELCHER. Paris. Pagnerre, Éditeur, rue de Seine, 14bis. 1842. 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary half blue sheep. Rare first
edition of one of the first works by the famous abolitionist Victor Schoelcher (1804-1893). In the 1830’s, he went to
America, and saw what slavery was. Soon after, he became a militant abolitionist; he was the first European who went to
Haiti after her independence. His works (including the present one) are based on what he saw in the colonies, and played an
important part in the abolition. At the end of the present one: “proverbs and expressions” in Creole. Pleasant copy, very
fresh.
£ 3 850,00
73. WELD (ISAAC). -TRAVELS THROUGH THE STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, AND THE PROVINCES OF UPPER CANADA
DURING THE YEARS 1795, 1796 AND 1797. London, Stockdale, 1800. 2 vols. 8vo. 1 hand-coloured folding map, 15 engraved
plates (most folding). Contemporary half sheep. Third English edition of two years journey of adventure and exploration in
North America. In 1795, Weld sailed from Dublin to Philadelphia. With Indian guides, he explored the vast forests and
great rivers. He also visited some great cities and met George Washington. Back in 1797, he published this account: a great
publishing success, translated in several languages. Fine copy of this nicely illustrated work.
£ 1 078,00
Africa
74. BUSNOT (LE P. DOMINIQUE) / [LA MOTTE (LE P. PHILEMON DE)] -HISTOIRE DU REGNE DE MOULEY ISMAEL ROY
DE MAROC, FEZ, TAFILET, SOUZ, &C. DE LA REVOLTE & FIN TRAGIQUE DE PLUSIEURS DE SES ENFANS & DE SES FEMMES.
DES AFFREUX SUPPLICES DE PLUSIEURS DE SES OFFICIERS & SUJETS. DE SON GENIE, DE SA POLITIQUE & DE LA MANIERE
DONT IL GOUVERNE SON EMPIRE. DE LA CRUELLE PERSECUTION QUE SOUFFRENT LES ESCLAVES CHRETIENS DANS SES
ETATS, AVEC LE RECIT DE TROIS VOYAGES A MIQUENEZ & CEUTA POUR LEUR REDEMPTION, & PLUSIEURS ENTRETIENS
SUR LA TRADITION DE L'EGLISE POUR LEUR SOULAGEMENT. Rouen, G. Behouit, 1714. 2 parties en un vol in-12°. Engr.
frontisp. Contemp calf. First edition of this scarce book giving the history of Muley Ishmael, contemporary of Louis XIV.
Moulay Ismaïl ben Chérif (1645 -1727) was the Sultan of Morocco from 1672 to 1727. His reign corresponds to a peak
period of the Moroccan power. The work also gives a history of the situation of European prisoners’ slaves in North Africa
and the various attempts to redeem them.
£ 731,50
75. CARPEAU DU SAUSSAY. -VOYAGE DE MADAGASCAR, CONNU AUSSI SOUS LE NOM DE L'ISLE DE ST LAURENT. PAR
M. DE V... COMMISSAIRE PROVICIAL DE L'ARTILLERIE DE FRANCE. DEDIE A S.A.S. M. LE PRINCE DE CONTY. A Paris, chez
Jean-Luc Nyon, Libraire au premier Pavillon des Quatre Nations, à Sainte Monique. M. DCC. XXII. (1722). 1 vol. 12mo. 1
engraved frontispiece, 1 folding map, 6 engraved plates. Contemporary full calf with the arms of Louis-Henri de Bourbon,
prince de Condé (1682-1740). First and only edition of this rare account of a travel to Madagascar from 1662 to 1665. The
author gives a vivid relation of their adventures, and describes the Mascarene Islands. Fine copy of this work interesting for
the history of the French East India Company.
£ 3 696,00
76. COCHELET (CHARLES). -NAUFRAGE DU BRICK FRANÇAIS LA SOPHIE, PERDU, LE 30 MAI 1819, SUR LA COTE
OCCIDENTALE D'AFRIQUE, ET CAPTIVITE D'UNE PARTIE DES NAUFRAGES DANS LE DESERT DE SAHARA ; AVEC DE
NOUVEAUX RENSEIGNEMENS SUR LA VILLE DE TIMECTOU. OUVRAGE ORNE D'UNE CARTE DRESSEE PAR M. LAPIE, ET DE
PLANCHES DESSINEES PAR H. VERNET, ET AUTRES ARTISTES DISTINGUES. PAR CHARLES COCHELET, ANCIEN PAYEUR
GENERAL EN CATALOGNE, L'UN DES NAUFRAGES. Paris, Librairie Universelle de P; Mongie Aîné, 1821. 2 vols. 8vo. 10
engraved plates (5 folding), 1 fac-simile letter, 1 large folding map. Contemporary red boards. First edition of this relation of
the Sophie's shipwreck. The author relates their captivity in the Sahara, and adds descriptions and informations about
Timbuktu, Bedouin tribes from Morroco and Tanger. Excellent map of North Africa and French-Arabic vocabulary at the
end of the second volume. Fine copy.
£ 847,00
77. GRAY (MAJOR WILLIAM) & DOCHARD (S.-S.). -VOYAGE DANS L'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE, PENDANT LES ANNEES
1818, 1819, 1820 ET 1821, DEPUIS LA RIVIERE GAMBIE JUSQU'AU NIGER EN TRAVERSANT LES ETATS DE WOULLI,
BONDOO, GALAM, KASSON, KAARTA ET FOULIDOU ; TRADUIT DE L'ANGLAIS PAR MME CHARLOTTE HUGUET. Paris, Avril
De Gastel - Ponthieu, 1826. 2 vols. 8vo. 17 meteorological tables and 14 lithographed plates. Editor wrappers. First French
edition.This expedition is one of the earliest to explore the large West African rivers. In 1817 William Gray became the
leader of the Niger expedition, originally led by J. Peddie. From the Gambia river he proceeded north to Bondou, the via
Bakel and Fort St.-Joseph at the Senegal to Kaarta. Among other tasks, they tried to find out about the fate of Mungo Park,
who had not returned from an expedition 10 years before. Illustrations show people, views, musical instruments, and plants.
£ 847,00
78. JANNEQUIN (CLAUDE). -VOYAGE DE LYBIE AU ROYAUME DE SENEGA, LE LONG DU NIGER, AVEC LA DESCRIPTION
DES HABITANS QUI SONT LE LON DE CE FLEUVE, LEURS COUTUMES & FAÇONS DE VIVRES: LES PARTICULARITES LES PLUS
REMARQUABLES DE CES PAYS. A Paris, chez Charles Roüillard, M. DC. XLVIII. (1643). 1 vol. 12mo. 18th century calf.
First edition of this account by Claude Jannequin who travelled in Libya from 1637 until 1639. In this expedition, the
French set up for the first time in Senegal. « Lambert and Jannequin ascended the Senegal as far as Terrier Rouge, where
they traded for gum, gold and pepper. Treaties were concluded with the brak of the Walo and the damel of the Cayor »
(Howgego I, p. 604). Fine copy.
£ 6 006,00
79. [JUSTEL (HENRI)]. -RECUEIL DE DIVERS VOYAGES FAITS EN AFRIQUE ET EN L'AMERIQUE QUI N’ONT POINT ESTE
ENCORE PUBLIEZ, CONTENANT L’ORIGINE, LES MŒURS, LES COUTUMES & LE COMMERCE DES HABITANTS DE CES DEUX
PARTIES DU MONDE. AVEC DES TRAITEZ CURIEUX TOUCHANT LA HAUTE ETHYOPIE, LE DEBORDEMENT DU NIL, LA MER
ROUGE, ET LE PRETE-JEAN. Paris, Louis Billaine, 1674. 1 vol. 4to. 12 engraved plates and 7 maps. Contemporary calf.
First edition of one of the most important French travels' collection, gathering 10 texts, 5 of them being written by Jesuits, or
connecting with Jesuit missions. Its compiler, Henri Justel, was a Protestant scholar and bibliophile who served as Secretary
to Louis XIV before he fled to England at the time of the Revocation of the Edit de Nantes (1685), becoming Keeper of the
King's Library at St. James. The collection includes travel accounts relating to Africa, the Caribbean, and the English
colonies in North America, some never before printed, others translated into French from the English or the Portuguese. In
his preface Justel explains that he had the accounts printed in the order in which copy arrived from the translators - hence
the peculiar order of the book, often readjusted by later binders. This copy, still in its first binding, retains the original order.
The Ligon is illustrated with plates of Caribbean plants and fruits, scenes of native life, and pottery ; maps of Barbados,
Jamaica, Abyssinia and a map of Maryland, Virginia, and the east coast of North America, engraved by R. Michault after the
map in the 1672 edition of Blome. 12 engraved plates including 3 folding plans of a sugar mill, 7 engraved maps of which 6
folding; woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials. An excellent copy of one of the rarest 17th century travels collection.
£ 7 700,00
80. LABAT (R. PERE JEAN-BAPTISTE). -VOYAGE DU CHEVALIER DES MARCHAIS EN GUINEE, ISLES VOISINES, ET A
CAYENNE, FAIT EN 1725, 1726 & 1727. Paris, Pierre Prault, 1730. 4 vols. 12mo. [36] & 31 plates and maps. Contemporary
full calf, gilt titles, decorated spine. First edition of this book by Father Jean-Baptiste Labat, French missionary and explorer.
Also engineer and physician, he modernized sugar industry and developped production techniques while living in
Martinique. He wrote many travel books, in America, Africa and Europe, always illustrated and very successful. This one,
devoted to Guinea and Cayenne is noteworthy historically and ethnographically and presents fine maps and plates. One of
the scarcer books by Labat.
£ 2 695,00
81. LE ROY (L.). -ETAT GENERAL ET PARTICULIER DU ROYAUME ET DE LA VILLE D'ALGER, DE SON GOUVERNEMENT, DE
SES FORCES DE TERRE ET DE MER, REVENUS, JUSTICE, POLICE, COMMERCE, POLITIQUE, ETC. AUQUEL ON A JOINT
QUELQUES PIECES AUSSI AUTHENTIQUES QUE RARES ET INTERESSANTES. La Haye, Antoine Van Dole, 1750. 1 vol. 12mo.
1 folding table. Contemporary calf. Original edition of this well-documented work on the UK and the city of Algiers. It
includes a large folding table of the maritime traffic in the harbour of Algier in the year 1718, with the names of vessels and
their captains, flags, cannons etc.. According to Barbier, the author was inspired by the history of the kingdom of Algiers
(1725, Amsterdam) written by Laugier de Tassy, commissioner of the navy for his most Christian majesty in Holland. Fine
copy.
£ 924,00
82. LOBO (JEROME). -VOYAGE HISTORIQUE D'ABISSINIE, DU R.P. JEROME LOBO DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JESUS. TRADUITE
DU PORTUGAIS, CONTINUEE & AUGMENTEE DE PLUSIEURS DISSERTATIONS, LETTRES & MEMOIRES. PAR M. LE GRAND,
PRIEUR DE NEUVILLE-LES-DAMES & DE PREVESSIN. A Paris & à La Haye, chez P. Gosse & J. Neaulme, (1728). 1 vol. 4to. 1
engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, 2 folding maps. Scarce first French edition. The work was translated from a
manuscript Joachim Le Grand possessed. It is illustrated with 1 frontispiece engraved by Cochin and with 2 maps of East
Ethiopia and of Abyssinia. Portuguese Jesuit (1593-1678), Geronimo Lobo reached Ethiopia in 1625, while the Emperor of
this country just turned catholic. He stayed there until 1634 when Jesuits were expelled. The present book is the result of his
experience in the country. Fine copy.
£ 1 925,00
83. LOYER (GODEFROY). -RELATION DU VOYAGE DU ROYAUME D’ISSYNY, COTE D’OR, PAÏS DE GUINEE, EN AFRIQUE. LA
DESCRIPTION DU PAÏS, LES INCLINATIONS, LES MŒURS, & LA RELIGION DES HABITANS : AVEC CE QUI S’Y EST PASSE DE
PLUS REMARQUABLE DANS L’ETABLISSEMENT QUE LES FRANÇOIS Y ONT FAIT. ENRICHIE DE FIGURES EN TAILLE-DOUCE.
Paris, Arnoul Seneuze et Jean-Raoul Morel, 1714. 1 vol. 12mo. 1 frontispiece, 7 plates. 19th century calf. First edition of this
very scarce account by a Dominican missionary in Guinea. According to Numa Broc: “The best account in French for this
country”. The account is interesting for its anthropological dimension but also because it was a country that French wanted
to use for trade. Fine copy.
£ 4 466,00
84. MOUCHEZ (CONTRE-AMIRAL ERNEST). -LA COTE ET LES PORTS DE L'ALGERIE AU POINT DE VUE DE LA
COLONISATION. LECTURE FAITE AU CONGRES DE L'ASSOCIATION FRANÇAISE POUR L'AVANCEMENT DES SCIENCES A
ALGER. PAR M. LE C. AMIRAL MOUCHEZ, MEMBRE DE L'INSTITUT. AVRIL 1881. Paris, Challamel aîné, Editeur Librairie
Algérienne, Maritime et Coloniale, 1881. 1 vol. 8vo. Publisher boards. Very rare work, giving a conference by Amiral
Mouchez (1821-1892), French astronomer and hydrographer, where he exposes his work regarding the cartography of the
Algerian coasts, and how the colonization of the country would be easier with some progress in this field. Fine, uncut, copy.
£ 231,00
86. SOUCHU DE RENEFORT (URBAIN DE). -RELATION DU PREMIER VOYAGE DE LA COMPAGNIE DES INDES
ORIENTALES EN L'ISLE DE MADAGASCAR OU DAUPHINE. PAR MR. SOUCHU DE RENEFORT, SECRETAIRE DE L'ETAT DE LA
FRANCE ORIENTALE. A Paris, chez François Clouzier, au Palais, à l'image Nostre-Dame, M. DC. LXVIII. (1668). 1 vol.
12mo. Contemporary full vellum. Scarce first edition of the first report on the official expedition of four ships sent by the
French East Indies Company in 1665 to take possession of the island of Madagascar. Souchu de Renefort (c. 1630-89), an
ambitious adventurer, became secretary to the first major French East Indies Company formed by Colbert in 1664 and
holding a monopoly of trade in the Indian Ocean with a special concession for Madagascar. The author’s mission was to
restore order in the French trading post of Fort Dauphin in the south-east of the island. He took formal possession of
Madagascar on 14th July 1665 in the name of the Company, but was unable to consolidate French control. He left in
February 1666 only to be captured by an English ship. After his release in 1667, he wrote the present work which comprises
observations of the natural history of Madagascar and on the customs of the native tribes. Twenty years later, in 1688, he was
to publish a history of the French East Indies Company. Fine copy.
£ 2 464,00
Polar
87. DEFAUCONPRET (A.J.B.). -VOYAGE VERS LE POLE ARCTIQUE, DANS LA BAIE DE BAFFIN, FAIT EN 1818, PAR LES
VAISSEAUX DE SA MAJESTE L’ISABELLE ET L’ALEXANDRE, COMMANDES PAR LE CAPITAINE ROSS ET LE LIEUTENANT
PARRY, POUR VERIFIER S'IL EXISTE UN PASSAGE AU NORD-OUEST DE L'OCEAN ATLANTIQUE DANS LA MER PACIFIQUE.
REDIGE, 1° SUR LA RELATION DU CAPITAINE ROSS ; 2° SUR LE JOURNAL PUBLIE PAR UN OFFICIER DE BORD DE
L'ALEXANDRE ; 3° SUR LA RELATION DU CAPITAINE SABINE ; 4° SUR LE JOURNAL PUBLIE PAR UN AUTRE OFFICIER. PAR
L'AUTEUR D'UNE ANNEE DE SEJOUR A LONDRES. Paris, Librairie de Gide Fils, 1819. 1 vol. 8vo. 2 plates (1 folding), 1
folding map. Modern binding. First French work giving the account of the first Arctic mission led by Ross and Parry to
discover the Northwest Passage, published the same year than Ross' account. Fine copy of this scarce work of Polar
exploration, untrimmed.
£ 1 386,00
88. MONTAGNE (LOUIS). [CHARCOT (COMMANDANT, JEAN-BAPTISTE)]. -[L’EXPEDITION POLAIRE DU "POURQUOIPAS ?" DE 1931. CARNET DE DESSINS ORIGINAUX]. "Pourquoi-Pas ?", 1931. 1 vol. plano. [7] ll. Illustrated with 14 original
drawings (2 watercolours, 11 charcoal drawings, 1 coloured pastel) signed or with monogram or the artist's workshop stamp.
Quarter cloth. Remarkable set, one of the most important collection of original drawings by Louis Montagné, made during
this campaign of the "Pourquoi-Pas ?" lead by Charcot to North Pole in 1931. Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936), physician
and explorer is one of the most important actors of the polar exploration. From 1930, he starts setting up the “International
polar year”, this was the purpose of the expedition of 1931, when he makes contact with the local authorities to settle a
mission in Scoresby Sund. Louis Montagné (1879-1960) already was a known artist when he takes part to this expedition, his
works were exhibited in famous French Museum, and he already travelled for his painting, but this arctic journey is one of
the most amazing he made. The drawings gathered in the present set are remarkable; they depicted the members of the
crew in their activities, as the telegraph operator, and of course, Charcot himself, giving an idea of the atmosphere of the
“Pourquoi-pas?”, and also striking landscapes two of them in watercolours. A big plate (450 x 604 mm.) gives 16 portraits in
coloured pastel, of Eskimo. The BnF keeps a picture of Charcot and Montagné, when Charcot visited an exhibition of
Montagné’s works in Paris, in 1932. Exceptional set, in fine condition.
£ 11 550,00
89. PARRY (WILLIAM EDOUARD), TRADUIT PAR L’AUTEUR DE QUINZE JOURS A LONDRES. -VOYAGE FAIT EN 1819 ET
1820, SUR LES VAISSEAUX DE S.M.B., L'HECLA ET LE GRIPPER, POUR DECOUVRIR UN PASSAGE DU NORD-OUEST DE
L'OCEAN ATLANTIQUE A LA MER PACIFIQUE, SOUS LES ORDRES DE WILLIAM EDOUARD PARRY, MEMBRE DE LA SOCIETE
ROYALE DE LONDRES. Paris, Librairie des Gide Fils, 1822. BN Canada, Chadenat 3319, 4377, Collection des meilleurs
voyages modernes p 37. 1 vol. 8vo. 2 folding handcoloured maps. 19th half red calf. First French edition of this account of
one of the most important travel in Arctic. It shows that the Strait of Lancaster opens a way to the West, and reveals the
complexity of this sea way through the islands maze. Fine copy.
£ 1 232,00
90. PARRY (WILLIAM EDWARD). -JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE FROM THE
ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC, PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1819-20, IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS HECLA AND GRIPER, UNDER THE
ORDERS OF WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, R.N., F.R.S., AND COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION... London: John Murray,
Published to the Admiralty, and board of Longitude, MDCCCXXI. 1821. 1 vol. 4to. 6 maps and plans 14 plates (including
9 aquatints). Contemporary quarter calf. First Edition of this classic of polar exploration. With this first travel, Sir William
Edward Parry (1790-1855), earned the 5,000 pound reward offered for the first ship to cross the meridian, longitude 110
west. Parry after his voyage with John Ross in 1818, had the strong thought that Lancaster Sound was not lanlocked, and
wanted to go back to find this passage. The Admiralty, aware of his views, gave him command of the H.M.S. Hecla and
Griper for this expedition of 1819-20. Parry sailed up Baffin Bay, through Lancaster Sound and Barrow Strait to the south
side of Melville Island, where he spent the winter. On this voyage, Parry found and named twenty islands, including Banks
and Somerset Islands, penetrated a short distance into Prince Regent’s Inlet, and surveyed the south shores of Barrow Strait.
Fine copy.
£ 1 540,00
91. ROSS (JAMES CLARK). -A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC REGIONS,
DURING THE YEARS 1839-43. BY CAPTAIN SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS, R.N. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1847. 2
vols. 8vo. 8 lithographic plates (2 frontispieces, 1 folding), 8 maps (3 folding), 18 steel-engraved vignettes. Contemporary
quarter blue morocco. First edition of the account of the first scientific expedition in Antarctic, by James Ross (1800-1868).
The work, illustrated with maps, impressive plates and nice vignettes (by Hooker, the expedition’s botanist), is “one of the
most important works in the history of Antarctic exploration” (Hill). Fine copy.
£ 2 695,00
Maritime
92. AUBIN (NICOLAS) - MICHELOT (H.). -DICTIONNAIRE DE MARINE CONTENANT LES TERMES DE LA NAVIGATION ET
DE L’ARCHITECTURE NAVALE AVEC LES REGLES ET PROPORTIONS QUI DOIVENT Y ETRE OBSERVEES. [SUIVI DE] LE
PORTULAN DE LA MER MEDITERRANEE, OU LE VRAY GUIDE DES PILOTES COTIERS. DANS LEQUEL ON VERRA LA VERITABLE
MANIERE DE NAVIGUER LE LONG DES COTES D'ESPAGNE, CATALOGNE, PROVENCE, ITALIE, LES ISLES D'YVICE,
MAYORQUE, MINORQUE, CORSE, SICILE & AUTRES. AVEC UNE AMPLE DESCRIPTION DE TOUS LES PORTS, HAVRES, LEUR
RECONNOISSANCE & LA MANIERE D'Y ENTRER, DES DANGERS QU'IL Y A AUX ENVIRONS, & LE LONG DES COTES, LES
SONDES & PROFONDEURS D'EAU QUI S'Y TROUVENT, AVEC LES DIFFERENTES ESPECES DES FONDS, LA LATITUDE DE
CHAQUE LIEU, LA VARIATION DE LA BOUSSOLE, LA DISTANCE QU'IL Y A D'UN LIEU A L'AUTRE... I. Amsterdam, Pierre
Brunel. 1702 - II. Amsterdam, Mortier, 1709. 2 books bound in 1 vol. 4to. 1 engraved frontispiece, 1 arms plate, 18 plates
(some folding) (I.) - 1 folding plate (II.). Contemporary half pink sheep, uncut copy. Original edition of this important and
beautifully illustrated maritime dictionary with nautical terms in French and Dutch and explanations given in French, first
published in 1702. The dictionary is comprehensive, covering naval architecture and ship construction, types of ship,
instruments, flags, tools and the duties of naval officers. The author Aubin had fled to the Netherlands following the
revocation of the Edict of Nantes - The plates show different types of ships, navigation instruments and flags. II. Second
edition, first published at Marseilles in 1703. - Famous and later on frequently reissued pilot book for the Mediterranean.
£ 4 081,00
93. BURCHETT (JOSIAH. ESQ.) -MEMOIRES DE TOUT CE QUI S'EST PASSE DE PLUS CONSIDERABLE SUR MER DURANT LA
GUERRE AVEC LA FRANCE DEPUIS L'AN 1688 JUSQU'A LA FIN DE 1697 PAR MR. BURCHETT, SECRETAIRE DE L’AMIRAUTE.
TRADUIT DE L'ANGLOIS. A Amsterdam, Imprimé aux Dépens d'Estienne Roger, & se vend à Londres, chez François &
Paul Vaillant, Libraires dans le Strand où l'on trouve un Assortiment général de toute sorte de Musique. M. DCCIV. 1704.
1 vol. 12mo. 1 engraved frontispiece. Contemporary full calf. Rare first French edition of this work by the Secretary of the
Admiralty in England (1695-1742), Josiah Burchett, on the sea engagements between British and French Navy (1688-1697).
His position as Secretary of the Admiralty allowed Burchett to have access to the materials from which he wrote the present
work. “Invaluable for the naval aspects of the War of the English Succession”. Fine copy.
£ 693,00
94. CARRE (JEAN CAZIMIR ARNAUD MAXENCE ) -[ CARNET DE PROFILS DE COTES] [Manche et à bord du Borda, 1887-88]
1 vol in-8° oblong. Orig cloth. Collection of 27 pencil drawings executed by a young French naval officer during two years of
sailing in the English Channel. It consists of coast profiles, with representation of ships, ports, lighthouses, houses etc ... and
indications of distance, direction and speed of the ship. (Dortmouth, Portsmouth, Falkstone, Diepe, Cherbourg, Brest,
Brittany odds ...) The book bears the handwritten inscription "Maxence Carre No. 47" and the drawings are signed with two
initials. Jean Maxence Cazimir Arnaud Carré was born in 1869 in Bergerac (Dordogne), he joined the Navy in 1886.
Named Aspirant in October 5, 1889, then-Lieutenant November 27, 1891, he died in 1921 with the rank of Captain.
Drawings 26 and 27 were made inboard the "Borda". At the time barracks ship in the harbor of Brest, she will then be
reinforced as French training ship from 1890 to 1913.
£ 1 925,00
95. CAUSSE (PIERRE-CLEMENT). -ALBUM DU MARIN, CONTENANT LES DIVERSES POSITIONS DU BATIMENT A LA MER. A
LA SUITE DE CHAQUE DESSIN, ON TROUVE DES PRATIQUES SUR LA MANŒUVRE DES VAISSEAUX DE GUERRE, A L’USAGE DES
JEUNES MARINS. PAR P.C. CAUSSE, CAPITAINE DE FREGATE DE LA MARINE ROYALE, MEMBRE DE LA LEGION D’HONNEUR.
MDCCCXXXVI. A Nantes, Publié par Charpentier Père, Fils & Cie Editeurs. 1836. 1 vol. oblong folio. 36 engraved plates
(2 folding). Contemporary quarter morocco. First and only edition of this work richly illustrated, made for Navy students.
The illustration counts a fine engraved frontispiece and 34 lithographed by Charpentier from the author's drawings. PierreClément Caussé (1784-1847) were captain of the French Navy, he presents his work as an appendix of the famous
Manœuvrier by Bourde de Villehuet. Fine copy of this work whose pedagogic aspect doesn't remove the artistic dimension.
£ 2 695,00
96. [DUC DU MAINE COPY + LAS] RENAU D'ELISSAGARAY OU ELIÇAGARAY (BERNARD, DIT PETIT-RENAU). -DE LA
THEORIE DE LA MANŒUVRE DES VAISSEAUX. A Paris, Chez Estienne Michallet, premier Imprimeur du Roy, ruë S.
Jacques, à l'Image S. Paul. M. DC. LXXXIX. 1689. De l’exprés commandement de Sa Majesté. 1 vol. 8vo. Engraved halftitle, 25 engraved folding plates. Contemporary full morocco with gilted arms of Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine,
son of Louis XIV. Exceptional copy of the first edition of this treatise of nautical science, one of the first of its kind, written
by one of the important figures of the Louis XIV Navy, Bernard Renau d’Eliçagaray (1652-1719). Known as "Petit Renau",
he was a famous scientist, theoretician, sailor. With him and his innovations (especially in shipbuilding), the French Navy,
became a real rival for the English Navy. The present text, that requires technical and scientifical skills, is an important
treatise given to the sailors the best way to take advantage of the wind. Inside the copy : an autographe letter from LouisAuguste de Bourbon, dated du 16 août 1696, to Jean Mathias de Riquet de Bonrepos ( 1638 - 1714), Seigneur du Canal des
Deux-Mers, Président of the Parlement of Toulouse.
£ 6 545,00
97. DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (HENRI-LOUIS). [MANUSCRIT]. –MANUSCRIPT STUDY ON THE QUALITY OF THE AIR.
Sans lieu ni date, ca. 1745-1759. [9 ff.] manuscript ff. 8vo (brown ink). Autograph preparatory work of a study by Duhamel
du Monceau on the air. Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782), one of the important scientists of the 18th century, in relation
with the great minds of his time (Buffon, Malesherbes, Jussieu), often in conflict with the “Encyclopédistes”, was Member of
the Académie des Sciences from 1728, and the author of more than 60 works in various fields. The present manuscript is a
rough draught of a study on the quality on the air, undertaken to a larger work, he published in 1759 “Moyen de conserver
la santé aux equipages des vaisseaux”. Duhamel du Monceau wrote in 1745 a Memoir for the Académie, of which he refers
to in the present text, on the quality of the air, but in 1746, the French Navy faced a health disaster in the squadron of the
Duke d’Anville, so Duhamel decided to find out how to improve the quality of the air in the ships. His researches allowed
him to identify several factors that occasion the epidemics at sea, and to propose solutions, that already presented in this
manuscript. Indeed, in these pages, referring to important works of scientists as Du Hales, he explains the basic rules to
keep a clear air. Rare autograph manuscript.
£ 3 465,00
98. DURANTI DE LIRONCOURT (GUSTAVE-ADOLPHE, CHEVALIER DE) -INSTRUCTION ELEMENTAIRE ET RAISONNEE
SUR LA CONSTRUCTION-PRATIQUE DES VAISSEAUX, EN FORME DE DICTIONNAIRE. OUVRAGE PUBLIE PAR ORDRE DE
MONSEIGNEUR DE BOYNES, SECRETAIRE D’ETAT, AYANT LE DEPARTEMENT DE LA MARINE. Musier fils, 1771. 1 vol in-8°.
Contemporary marbled sheep, brown morocco label. 2 large folding letterpress tables. Clean and very fresh copy.
First edition of this rare shipbuilding manual. A copy dedicated by his author, Gustave-Adolphe, chevalier Duranti de
Lironcourt (1743-1792), lieutenant de Vaisseaux, and Commissaire of the king in the French navy for the trade between
France and Holland. Estimated by the Office of the consulates which recognizes his " great zeal and spirit ," he received a
gratuity of 3,000 pounds for his role in the American war of independence . He became a knight of the military order of St.
Louis June 28, 1775. His present work was mostly published for the use of the Gardes de la Marine, essentially the students
of a distributed Royal Naval College. Produced in dictionary form, without plates, with the intention of forcing the students
to learn by observation in the shipyards; "it is on the shipyard, and with the book in hand, that a young man should follow
the printed description: if the text was accompanied by figures, the reader would be tempted to stay in his room" (p.xxix).
Provenance: gift of the author to M. le Moyne (manuscript note on first hand paper).
£ 2 695,00
99. ETAT DE LA MARINE. MILLE SEPT CENT SIXANTE SIX. Paris, Nyon /Le Breton, [1766]. 1 vol. in-32°.
Comtemp. red moroco. Superb copy of this rare 1766 edition of this annual directory listing the French naval officers. Ten
years before the American Declaration of Independence, it includes the names of many naval officers that illustrate during
the conflict: the Count d'Estaing, the Marquis d’ Amblimont, La Touche Treville, Kerguelen de Tremarec ...
£ 731,50
100. ISELIN (HENRI). [MANUSCRIT. - AQUARELLES ORIGINALES]. -LA MARINE. IMAGES DE LA MARINE. [Paris], 1951. 1
vol. 4to. 2 watercolours on the boards, 16 original plates: ink and watercolor, all signed. Unique manuscript copy of this
naval history, entirely drawn and watercolored by Henri Iselin. Confirmed illustrator, Iselin published several works. In the
16 plates of this manuscript, he recounts naval history from antiquity to the 20th century. He features the characters, ships,
places, nautical tools emblematic for each period (Antiquity, 15th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th century). This nice ludic work
was never published, but the plates were used to illustrate an “Images de la Marine” for the child periodical “Calamus”. The
original manuscript was sent by the author for the boy of one of his friends. Fine unique iconography.
£ 2 156,00
101. JACQUINOT (DOMINIQUE). -L'USAGE DE L'ASTROLABE AVEC UN PETIT TRAICTE DE LA SPHERE, PAR DOMINIQUE
JACQUINOT CHAMPENOIS. CORRIGE, ESCLAIRCY & AUGMENTE EN CETTE DERNIERE IMPRESSION SUIVANT LA
REFORMATION DU CALENDRIER PAR DAVID ROBERT DE S. LO EN BASSE NORMANDIE, FAISANT PROFESSION DES
MATHEMATIQUES A PARIS, PLUS EST ADJOUSTE A LA FIN UNE AMPLIFICATION DE L'USAGE DE L'ASTROLABE PAR IACQUES
BASSENTIN ESCOSSOIS. A Paris, En la Boutique de Hierosme de Marnef, chez André Sittart au Mont S. Hylaire à
l'enseigne du Pélican, 1617. 1 vol. 12mo. many woodcuts in-text and 1 full-page. Bookplate. Contemporary vellum. Later
edition, expended and updated, of the first French work on the astrolabe. Jacquinot's publication, a clear and
comprehenisve introduction in the use of the astrolabe, was based on Stoeffler's Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii.
(Oppenheim, 1513). The author dedicated it to Catherine de Medici, then Dauphine, "who in her scientific knowledge not
only surpassed her contemporaries of her own sex, but also most men. In its preparation he had the advantage of the advice
of M. Paschal du Hamel, the Regius Professor" (Gunther). Two surviving examples of Moreau's re-issue of Danfrie's
astrolabe are to be found: in the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and in the Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. Fine copy.
£ 2 695,00
102. -[MANUSCRIT] - LISTE DE LA MARINE. CONTENANT LA MARINE SUIVANT SON ANCIEN PIED ET SUR LE NOUVEAU
REGLEMENT DE MR DE BOYNES EN 1772. SLND (1772) 1 vol in-32°. Contemp sheep. Precious small manuscript giving the
state of the French Navy on the eve of the American War of Independence and that belonged to Antoine Knight Cluzel,
who distinguished himself during the conflict and was a member of the famous Society of Cincinnati. The manuscript,
written in a fine writing very legible, has three parts: the first gives the complete list of French ships with the indication of the
number of guns, buildings are divided into the divisions (Brest, Rochefort, Bayonne, Saint- Malo, Bordeaux, Le Havre,
Toulon, Marseille). Following is the list of French vessels assigned to the departments of Brest, Toulon and Rochefort, and
the lists of vessels of Spanish navies, English, Danish and Russian. The second part, entitled "Status of Navy officers in 1772"
gives the names of vice-admirals, lieutenant generals, captains, lieutenants and ensigns of ships, fire ships captains, frigates
lieutenants and officers of the regiments (Brest Rochefort, Bayonne, Saint-Malo, Le Havre, Toulon). The third gives the
salaries paid to officers and the status of the royal household, specifying the battalions and regiments attached to it. This
manuscript precedes the first edition of the "State of the Navy" in 1773. Appointed Secretary of State for the Navy in 1771,
Pierre Etienne Bourgeois de Boynes (1718-1783) tried to reform this institution by modeling its organization to that of the
army. The difficulties accumulating (slowdown in shipbuilding, fleet maintenance ...), he had to leave the ministry in 1774
and was replaced by Turgot, then by Sartine. Provenance: Robert Antoine, Knight of Cluzel (bookplate manuscript: "At first
Ducluzel teaches vessels of the King"). Entered the service in 1764, he served including the frigate Aimable in 1778-1779 in
the squadron of Count d'Estaing sent to America. Promoted lieutenant, he embarked on the Guerrier in 1780 and then the
Triomphant in 1781 on which he participated at the Battle of the Saints (1782). Appointed vessel major in 1786, he became
captain in 1792. His action during the American War of Independence led to his admission to the Society of the Cincinnati.
Provenance: Book that belonged to Antoine Robert, Knight Cluzel (manuscript Ex Libris " Au Chevalier du Cluzel" on the
front page).
£ 4 620,00
103. [MANUSCRIT] ESSAY SUR L’HISTOIRE ET LES REVOLUTIONS DE LA MARINE DE FRANCE DIVISE EN QUATRE PARTIES
CONTENANT DANS UN ORDRE CHRONOLOGIQUE CE QUI S’EST PASSE DE PLUS MEMORABLE SUR MER DEPUIS LA PREMIERE
CROISADE DANS LE XIE SIECLE JUSQU’A LA MORT DE LOUIS XIV EN 1715, AVEC DES ANECDOTES INTERESSANTES, & DES
REMARQUES OU OBSERVATIONS HISTORIQUES & CRITIQUES, SUR LES OBJETS QUI EN ONT PARU DIGNES. Sans lieu, [vers
1770]. 1 vol. in-4°. half sheep bind. 6 lavis, 16 tables. Important unpublished manuscript tracing the evolution of the
French Navy since the First Crusade in 1095 to the beginning of the 18th century, illustrated with 6 wash drawings. The
anonymous author have acted upon the works of various historians to realize this synthesis. The book is divided into four
parts: 1) The French during the Crusades or overseas trips for the conquest of the Holy Land (1095-1270) ". 2) The French
Navy under the ancients Admirals (1270-1626) "; 3) The French Navy under the Grand Masters, leaders and General
Superintendents of Navigation and trade; 4) The French Navy since the restoration of the charge of admiral of France. The
first three parts occupy pages 7-78 of the manuscript. The fourth section covers the period from the reigns of Louis XIII th
and Louis XIV th is the most elaborate. It gives a clear idea of the evolution of the Royal administration during the 17th
century and the rise of the French fleet. Administrative and military strength of the Navy are detailed with great accuracy as
well as the composition of the fleet. It also contains an account of the main naval battles against Holland and England, with
next to the text of the tables giving the precise composition of the two fleets, squadrons composition, names of ships and
their captains, crews and guns ... including the famous battle of the Hougue (p. 185): "Order of Battle of the army of the
King, commended by the Count of Tourville in action at the Hougue 29 May 1692 against the armies of England and
Holland." The book seems to have not been fully completed, the text is interrupted shortly after the start of the chapter
"General Treasurers Navy." Besides the 16 tables full page or in the text, 6 wash drawings representing ships or battle scenes
adorn the beginning or end of the parties. Unique copy of this remarkable historical work on the French Navy.
£ 6 545,00
104. [MANUSCRIT/MARINE] CATELIN (ECRIVAIN) -RECUEIL DES PROJETS POUR LES ARMEMENTS DES VAISSEAUX ET
AUTRES BATIMENTS DU ROY, QUI SE SONT FAITS DEPUIS L’ANNEE 1694 SUIVANT LE REGLEMENT DE MONSIEUR
D’ARNOULT INTENDANT GENERAL DES CLASSES, TANT POUR FORMER LEURS EQUIPAGES, QUE POUR ORDONNER LES
LEVEES, A L’USAGE DU BUREAU DES ARMEMENTS SUIVANT L’ORDONNANCE DE 1689 ; LES MODELES DE TOUTES SORTE DE
CHARGES EN FORME, POUR LES PAYEMENTS FAITS PAR MR. LE TRESORIER DE LA MARINE, PUBLICATIONS, CERTIFICATS,
CONGES, L’ALPHABETIQUE DES LIEUX DE PROVENCE ET LANGUEDOC, QUI COMPOSENT LES CLASSES DE CETTE
INTENDANCE, AVEC LA CONDUITE QU’ON DOIT FAIRE PAYER A CHACUN, RECETTES. EXTRAORDINAIRES AU PROFIT DE SA
MAJESTE, REMISES A FAIRE DANS LES DEPARTEMENTS DES CLASSES, REGLEMENT POUR LES APPOINTEMENTS, ET TABLE
EN RATIONS DES OFFICIERS GENERAUX ET SUBALTERNES, VERBAUX POUR LES QUARANTAINES, ET GENERALEMENT
TOUT AUTRES PIECES QU’ON DOIT FAIRE AUX BUREAU DES ARMEMENTS DANS LE COURS DES ANNEES, COMPRIS LA LISTE
DES VAISSEAUX ET AUTRES BATIMENTS DU ROY, ARMER EN GUERRE, EN COURSE, ET POUR LA TRAITE DE BLEDS, ET
PENDANT LA PAIX, DEPUIS L’ANNEE 1670 JUSQU’EN 1730. FAIT PAR LE S. CATELÏN, ECRIVAIN PRINCIPAL, AU BUREAU DES
ARMEMENTS DU PORT DE TOULON. A Toulon, [1730]. 1 vol in-4°. Contemp. sheep. 3 folding tables. Important manuscript
prepared by a senior writer in the office of the Navy in Toulon, giving a full description of the organization of the French
Royal Navy and it’s fleet at the height of its power at the end of the reign of Louis XIV. Its author, Sir Catelin, occupied the
post of principal writer. Patentee created by the order of April 4th, 1681, was under the orders of a commissioner. His
work is remarkably complete and developed, detailing the numbers of the Royal Navy for each position from bottom to top
of the hierarchy and specifying their salary. Also are detailed the ships build for the King and the Corsairs, equipment, crew,
regulations, loads ... It also contains the full report of several naval battles, including the famous battle of La Hougue (25 July
1690) and that of Malaga (24 August 1704), with the stories of the battles along with wide tables giving a complete
description of the fleets involved (vessel names, captains, crews, arms ...), with watercolor drawings depicting various
pavilions. Remarkable official document of great historical interest, very rare on the market.
£ 8 855,00
105. [MANUSCRIT]. PECHE A LA MORUE. [MANUSCRIPT. COD FISHING.] -PROSPECTUS D’UN ARMEMENT A ST PIERRE
MIQUELON AUX COLONIES DE LA GUADELOUPE, LA MARTINIQUE OU CAYENNE. [Saint Pierre & Miquelon, ca. 1800]. [4]
manuscript ll. Uncommon manuscript dealing with the cod fishing (early 19th century), in Canada intended to French shipowners. The author, probably a fisherman himself, first describes the current system, the time and the place for fishing, the
boats and men requested, and then suggest a new way to do it to make the fitting out and campaign more profitable. He
bases the idea with precise study of the costs of such an expedition and concludes saying: “Ainsi donc, même dans
l’hypothèse d’une pêche désastreuse, on jouirait encore d’un bénéfice équivalent à l’intérêt des avances”. Rare document
regarding on of the important resources of the French economy.
£ 924,00
106. MAREY (NICOLAS JOSEPH)]. -VIE DU CAPITAINE THUROT. Paris, Imprimerie du cercle social, 1791. 1 vol in-8°. 19th
cent. half cloth. Interesting advocacy prepared by Mr. Nicolas-Joseph Marey for the privater Captain Thurot; to give the
origins of his birth (on Irish thought and very good family) and especially to rehabilitate his honor. His author, NicolasJoseph Marey (1760 Nights - Pommard 1818) was a merchant and politician French of the eighteenth century. His respect
for justice is a guaranty for the veracity of the facts reported in his book. François Thurot (1727 - 1760) was a French
privateer. Postmaster son, he made brief surgery studies, then embarks on a pirate as a surgeon. Taken prisoner by the
English, he managed to escape. He became a pilot and captain of a merchant ship. Privateer, he inflicted heavy losses to
maritime trade and the English king given command of a flotilla. He was killed at the Island of Man during a battle, on
February 28th 1760. According to a testimony sailor, Captain Thurot continued battle against three English ships and lost
his life. History has been much ink, a year after the publication of this book in 1792, "The spirit of French and foreign
newspapers" also published the truth about life "of a brave sailor and French hero": the captain François Thurot.
£ 346,50
107. [MARINE]. -DESCRIPTION DU MODELE DU VAISSEAU A TROIS PONTS LE MAJESTUEUX, DE CENT TRENTE CANONS.
CE CHEF-D'OEUVRE EST FAIT A LA 16ME PARTIE OU A L'ECHELLE DE 9 LIGNES POUR UN PIED. Sans lieu ni date, ca. 1780. 1
vol. 8vo. 8 pp. Contemporary blue wrappers. Rare and curious booklet depicting a model made of the famous ship the
"Majestueux", built in Rochefort in 1794. The ship could welcome a crew of 1,800 men. Fine copy.
£ 308,00
108. [MARINE]. -ETAT DE LA MARINE. ANNEE COMMUNE 1789. Paris,veuve d'Houry, 1789. 1 vol. 16 mo. Later red
morocco. Rare and precious almanac containing complit informations on the French Navy. The book contains a calendar
for the year 1783, the general list of officers of the Navy (Guard admirals), officers of the port, stewards, engineers,
manufacturers of France and colonies, and members of Academy Royal Navy. Fine copy, beautifuly bound and very clean.
£ 731,50
109. [MARINE]. -HISTOIRE DES COMBATS D'ABOUKIR, DE TRAFALGAR, DE LISSA, DU CAP FINISTERE, ET DE PLUSIEURS
AUTRES BATAILLES NAVALES DEPUIS 1798 JUSQU'EN 1813, SUIVIE DE LA RELATION DU COMBAT DE NAVARIN, OU
NOTIONS DE TACTIQUE POUR LES COMBATS SUR MER, PAR UN CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU. Paris, chez Bachelier, F. Didot.,
Baudouin, Toulon, chez Bellue. Brest, chez Lefournier et Deperriers, 1829. 1 vol. 8vo. 3 engraved plates. Contemporary
half-sheep. Only edition of this rare work written by a French Naval Officer, witness and actor of those great battles of the
end of 18th and beginning of 19th century. Fine copy.
£ 616,00
110. MARINE. -LISTE DES VAISSEAUX, FREGATES, CORVETTES, CHEBECS & GALLIOTES A BOMBE, QUI COMPOSENT LA
MARINE DE FRANCE 1779. MONSIEUR, FRERE DU ROI GRAND AMIRAL DE FRANCE. Permis d'imprimer & distribuer à
Nantes, le 27 Février 1769, Chiron. 4 pp. 4to. Very scarce copy of this official publication that gives the list of the vessels in
Brest, Rochefort and Toulon, under the command of the Comte d'Estaing, as well as the list of the vessels and frigates
composing the British Navy in 1779 (Porstmouth, Plymouth, Chalin, Scheerne and Port Volviers). Those vessels are the
one who were engaged in the American Revolution. Fine copy.
£ 693,00
111. [MARINE]. -TACTIQUE NAVALE A L'USAGE DE LA MARINE FRANÇAISE. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1832. 1 vol. 4to.
Contemporary half shagreen. First edition of this very rare treatise of naval tactics. Fine copy.
£ 1 155,00
112. MOZIN (CHARLES). -[MARINE]. Paris, Londres. Goupil et Cie, Editeurs, Imp. Lemercier à Paris. [1851]. 1 vol. oblong
4to. 36 lithographed and watercolored plates. Ancient boards. Very rare set of watercolored engravings featuring maritime
scenes in Normandy at the beginning of the 19th century, by Charles Mozin (1806-1862). It was published in 6 parts of 6
plates. The 36 scenes, nicely hand-colored and very well documented (Mozin worked with ships’ model to be more precise),
give an idea of the life of these people who made a living from the sea, accurate depiction of various ships, fishing scenes,
etc. Fine copy.
£ 3 465,00
113. OZANNE (NICOLAS MARIE). -[COLLECTION DES VUES DES PORTS, AVEC LES ENVIRONS, LEURS BATIMENTS, CE QUI
EST UTILE AUX ELEVES ET ARMATEURS DE LA PEINTURE ET ARCHITECTURE]. [Paris, ca. 1791]. 1 vol. small oblong folio. 60
engraved plates. Contemporary half morocco. Beautiful work by Nicolas Ozanne (1728-1811), considered with his brother
Pierre, as one of the master of the maritime iconography for the 18th century. The 60 fine engraved plates give a vivid and
picturesque representation of the French harbours. Fine copy.
£ 6 545,00
114. [PÉZENAS (ESPRIT)] -HISTOIRE CRITIQUE DE LA DECOUVERTE DES LONGITUDES. PAR L'AUTEUR DE L'ASTRONOMIE
DES MARINS. Avignon, Antoine Offray, 1775. 1 vol in-8°. Contemp. sheep. Original edition of the latest book published by
the author, containing observations and criticisms on the longitude at sea. Born in Avignon, Father Jesuit Esprit Pézenas
(1692-1776) first professed philosophy and mathematics at Aix-en-Provence, then went to Marseille where he taught
hydrography from 1728 to 1749 and directed the local observatory. He was corresponding member of the Academy of
Sciences of Paris. Copy offered by the mathematician Joseph Liouville (1809-1882) to his friend Charles-Eugène Delaunay
(1816-1872), astronomer, director of the Paris Observatory and member of the Bureau des Longitudes.
£ 924,00
115. POITTEVIN (M.). -DESCRIPTION ET USAGE DE L'OCTANT, POUR LES MARINS. Marseille, Antoine Favet, 1756. 1 vol in
4°. 1 fold. plate. Comtemp. red moroco. planche dépliante. Superb copy of this utmost rare book dedicated to this
navigation instrument. Provenance: Arms engraved arms of Mr. Charron, commissaire general of the French Navy, the head
of the dedication, and a folded engraved plate in fine. Copy bound in red morocco deemed to come from the library
Machault d’Arnouville.
£ 5 775,00
116. [ROUX (ANTOINE)]. -[ SKETCH BOOK FROM THE ARTIST'S WORKSHOP]. 1790. Sans lieu, 1790. 1 vol. oblong folio.
[14] ll. with 20 original drawings (16 in pencil, 4 wash drawings). Contemporary half vellum. Remarkable set of original
drawings by the naval painter Antoine Roux (1765-1835), the most famous of the dynasty. He was famous for its ship’s
portraits: 11 of them in the present set, most of them belonged to the French Navy. Those pencil drawings are followed by
some wash drawings depicting Mediterranean landscapes and harbors (Toulon’s Baye). Exceptional work.
£ 26 180,00
117. TEMPLE (LOUIS DU). -DU SCAPHANDRE ET DE SON EMPLOI A BORD DES NAVIRES PAR M.L. DU TEMPLE,
LIEUTENANT DE VAISSEAU, PROFESSEUR DE MACHINES A VAPEUR AU PORT DE BREST. ACCOMPAGNE DE 2 PLANCHES.
Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Editeur, Librairie Maritime et scientifique, Rue Hautefeuille, 21. [1860]. 1 vol. 8vo. 2 plates (1
folding, 1 double). Publisher illustrated wrappers. First and only edition of this work dedicated to Cabirol’s diving suit. This
suit represents an important step to security, and won the silver medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. Louis Temple,
ship lieutenant, offers in this work a description of this suit, the mechanisms involve, the circumstances when it can useful
and some safety procedures. Fine copy of this nicely illustrated work.
£ 1 925,00
118. TORCY (MONSIEUR DE). [DUBRUEIL (LIEUTENANT DE VAISSEAU). ECOLE D’APPLICATION DE LA MARINE]. [COURS D'UN ELEVE DE L'ORION. VAISSEAU DE L’ECOLE D’APPLICATION DE LA MARINE. ARTILLERIE ET CONSTRUCTION
NAVALE]. [Brest, ca. 1833-34]. 2 parties en 1 vol. in-8°. Half green velum. Rare study book consisting of a first printed
portion from a manuscript, with some corrections in brown ink, and additions in pencil, and a second manuscript section on
shipbuilding and illustrated with diagrams and figures.
£ 3 465,00
119. TRIPON (CHARLE) -"LIVRE DE BORD". SL, 1788 - 1790. 1 vol in 8° oblong. Vellum binding, ink title. 45 ff., 43
watercolor. Exceptional collection of watercolored drawings made by Charles Tripon, French sailor, along several shipments
in Europe, Mediterranee and América between 1788 and 1790. Drawn during his stops, these watercolors with very bright
colors gives lot of details: buildings, fortifications, houses ... And always a figuration of his own ship docked. Each image is
labeled and gives the date of arrival. Composition: frontispiece certainly representing the figure head of his ship, thirty nine
views of ports (author's spelling): Malther en Afrique, Lisbonner en Portugal, Toullon en Provence, Navarrain en Morre,
Lisle de Willo, Asmirne en Otolie, L'isle longue ou la Mandrie en greq, Freou dans l'isle de parros en Archipel, Maccarie
dans la Caramanie, Chipre en Sesy, Alexandrie en Egipte, l'isle Dutine en archipel, une des Circlades; l'isle de Zéa en
archipel, la Sude dans l'isle de Canada, Athennes en greque, Antiparos, Maour dans l'isle de Parros, Naples de Romanie, en
Moree, Salonique en Romanie, Breste en Bretagne, le fort royal, Saint Pierre dans l'ile de la Martinique, L'argentierre à
l'entrée de l'Archipel, la Montagne de Gibraltar, le Cape henris nouvelle Engleterre en Virginis, Peti Yorque nouvelle
Engleterre en Virginis, le fort de Boston et la tour a feut, Boston Nouvelle Engleterre, la tour de Lantasekell Nouvelle
Engleterre, Gilgieran en Espagne aupre de Gibattard, une baie dans l'isle de Metelin, Nioport nouvell Engletair, Nouvelle
Yorque nouvelle Engletair, Marthous nouvelle Engletair, la tour de Nou yorque nouvelle Engletair, Le port Louy en
Bretagne, Saint Caterine an Bretagne. At the end : the hull of a ship, two arsenal machines, and two pages giving a list of
ships of the Royal at the end of the time or the sailor was probably embedded in some of its campaigns. This document
provides a remarkable illustrations, precious testimony of the ports of the Mediterranean and those of the young
independent America.
£ 11 935,00
120. [VILLEDEUIL (LAURENT DE). DUC DE PENTHIEVRE. CONVENTION NATIONALE. ETC.] -PECHES – MORUE ET
MAQUEREAU, HARENG ET SARDINE, DIVERS ARRETS ET DOCUMENTS OFFICIELS. Paris, La Rochelle et Saintes, 1767-1793.
11 documents 4to or 8vo. 4 broadsides. Rich set of official publications from the second part of the 18th century about
fishing and fishing in Newfoundland. (1767, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1792, 1793). Complete collation on request.
Very interesting set.
£ 2 695,00
Pirates - Corsairs - Shipwreck
121. BENYOWSKY (MAURICE AUGUSTE, COMTE DE). -VOYAGES ET MEMOIRES DE MAURICE-AUGUSTE, COMTE DE
BENYOWSKY, MAGNAT DES ROYAUMES D'HONGRIE ET DE POLOGNE, ETC. ETC. CONTENANT SES OPERATIONS
MILITAIRES EN POLOGNE, SON EXIL AU KAMCHATKA, SON EVASION ET SON VOYAGE A TRAIS L'OCEAN PACIFIQUE, AU
JAPON, A FORMOSE, A CANTON EN CHINE, ET LES DETAILS DE L'ETABLISSEMENT QU'IL FUT CHARGE PAR LE MINISTERE
FRANÇOIS DE FORMER A MADAGASCAR. A Paris, Chez F. Buisson, Imprimeur-Libraire, rue Hautefeuille, n°20. (1791). 2
vols. 8vo. Contemporary half sheep. First French edition of the account of Benyowsky’s travels (1741-1786), one of the
more fanciful characters of his time: his adventures in Kamchatka, North Pacific, Madagascar and in the United States
during the Revolutionary War, turned him into an hero, through these present “Voyages et Mémoires”. “One of the early
and fundamental books on the Northwest coast of America in general and on Alaska in particular” (Lada-Mocarski). “In the
Alaska-related material of this journal there is a very good general account of the Aleutian Islands, and a history and
description of early Russian visits to Alaska.” (Lada-Mocarski). . « Ouvrage rare et très curieux. Le tome 2 contient un travail
très important sur Madagascar » (Chadenat). Fine copy.
£ 1 848,00
122. CORREARD (ALEXANDRE), SAVIGNY (J. B. HENRI). -NAUFRAGE DE LA FREGATE LA MEDUSE, FAISANT PARTIE DE
L'EXPEDITION DU SENEGAL EN 1816 ; RELATION CONTENANT LES EVENEMENTS QUI ONT EU LIEU SUR LE RADEAU DANS
LE DESERT DE SAHARA, A SAINT-LOUIS ET AU CAP DACCARD ; SUIVIE D'UN EXAMEN SOUS LES RAPPORTS AGRICOLES DE
LA PARTIE OCCIDENTALE DE LA COTE D'AFRIQUE, DEPUIS LE CAP-BLANC JUSQU'A L'EMBOUCHURE DE LA GAMBIE. Paris,
Eymery, Delaunay & Ladvocat, Treutell et Wutz, 1818. 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary half sheep. 1 hand-colored portrait in
frontispiece 1 plan. Second edition of this account of the Meduse’s shipwreck. Fine copy.
£ 385,00
123. DUNCAN (P) -AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING ACCOUNTS OF THE MOST POPULAR SHIPWRECKS, THAT HAVE
OCCURRED FROM ANCIENT DATE TO THE PRESENT TIME. Plymouth, Printed for the author, [c.1820]. 1 vol in-8°.
Comtemp. rapers. Only edition of this scarce work recording a large number of wrecks and losses from all parts of the
world, including separate chapters on: the American Ship, Hercules; the Russian Ship, St. Peter; the Comet Steam Boat;
The French East India Company's Vessel, The Prince; the English East Indianman, the Fattysalam; the Luxborough; the
Cumberland Packet; the Tartarus; the Agatha; the Pembroke; the Litchfield; the Hindostan Store Ship; the Schooner Little
Patty; HMS Anson; Astrea Frigate; H.M.'s Schooner Felix; Queen, East Indiaman; Sparrow-Hawk; HMS the Repulse; HMS
The Venerable; Yatch Ingebord; East Indima, Kent; West Indiaman Charles Baring; Cornelia; HMS Queen Caroline; Brig
Tyrrel; Brig Admiral Troubridge; the Providence; the San Juan Principe; the Anaeas; the Blanche; Glasgow Packet;
Dromedary Store Ship; HMS Danae; HMS Nassau; Doris; Nabby; the Hartwell, the Bangalore, the Bounty, the Peggy…
Provenance: Blind-stamped on title p.: D. C. Thomson and Co. Ltd, Dundee and manuscript ex-libris on hand paper dated
1831. Fine copy, untrimed.
£ 2 002,00
124. GODDE DE LIANCOURT (COMTE A.). -TRAITE PRATIQUE DES MOYENS DE SAUVETAGE, CONTENANT DES
DETAILS COMPLETS SUR L'EMPLOI DE LA BALISTIQUE DES PROJECTILES PORTE-AMARRES : BOMBES, GRENADES, FUSEES,
FLECHES, GRAPINS, ETC., SUIVI DE L'EXPOSITION GENERALE DES INVENTIONS QUI ONT POUR BUT DE PRESERVER LA VIE
DES NAUFRAGES, TELLES QUE BATEAUX, RADEAUX, BOUEES, SIGNAUX, MATELAS DE SAUVETAGE, NAUTILES,
EXPLORATEURS SOUS-MARINS, ETC. TERMINE PAR DEUX TRAITES SUR L'ASPHYXIE PAR SUBMERSION ET LA PETITE
CHIRURGIE DE BORD. PAR CTE ATE GODDE DE LIANCOURT. Paris, Rue Neuve-des-Mathurins, 31. Chez tous les libraires
de la France et de l'étranger. 1841. 1 vol. 8vo. Numerous illustrations. Publisher wrappers. First and only edition of this very
rare treatise. This text, by Godde de Liancourt, the founder of the Société Générale Internationale des Naufrages, is very
innovative. The author regrets the total absence of governmental implication in sea rescue, and shows the importance of his
association despite their lack of material means. They diffuse informations, sometimes through manuscripts, and this
publication is rare. It presents official documents regarding the official founding of the association, and various informations
for sea rescue (how turn weapons into sea rescue devices, life boat, what care shall be given to drowned people, etc). Fine
copy of one of the first serious work dedicated to sea rescue.
£ 1 925,00
125. LAUVERGNE (HUBERT). [EXEMPLAIRE AVEC ENVOI]. -BAVASTRO OU UN CORSAIRE SOUS L'EMPIRE. Toulon, L.
Laurent, 1853. 1 vol. 8vo. Later white buckram. First and only edition of this scarce work by Hubert Lauvergne telling the
life and adventures of Giuseppe Bavastro (1760-1833), one of the Most Famous and popular privateer in the 19th century.
He Was the terror of the English in the Mediterranean During the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Fine inscribed copy.
£ 385,00
126. [MANUSCRIT]. TOUBOULIE (P.). -BATEAU SAUVEUR. Brest, 26 juin 1827. 1 vol. 4to. [6] manuscript ll. (5 pp. bl.),
1 folding l.: ink drawing on tracing paper. Ancient cardboards. Illustrated description of a new device of sea rescue, by P.
Touboulié, inventor of a licensed fire engine. He proposes to rescue the shipwrecked sailor with a boat equipped with a
lantern, a bell, a whistle, supplies and layed out to allow the sailor to sit, to fight back against the fishes and even sleep
fearless.
£ 924,00
127. [MANUSCRIPT/WRECKAGE] -OBSERVATIONS QUE J’AI FAIT A L’OCCASION DU NAUFRAGE ARRIVE A BISCARROSSE
LE 8E. AVRIL 1753. SUR LESQUELLES MONSIEUR LE LIEUTENANT GENERAL ET MONSIEUR LE PROCUREUR DU ROY
AURONT SA BONTE DE JETER LES YEUX. [Pays Basque, 1753] 4 pp. 4°. Manuscript prepared by a lawyer following the
looting of a large part of the cargo of a ship that was wrecked on the Basque coast April 8, 1753. This very accurate report
details of all that was saved from sinking by the owners of the goods and the goods that were looted by some residents. The
French Royal law was giving to coast residents the famous "kelp law" that allowed them to take possession of the merchandise
brought by the sea on beaches after a shipwreck. However, were forbidden and condemned the looting of goods still
contained by a ship pushed to the side. This case illustrates the difficulties of the owners of the cargo of the ship to prevent
the looting. Thus, this report is for the Prosecutor of the king to obtain compensation and sentencing of the looters. [Full
transcription given on request].
£ 462,00
128. VIAUD (PIERRE). -NAUFRAGE ET AVENTURES DE M. PIERRE VIAUD NATIF DE ROCHEFORT, CAPITAINE DE NAVIRE.
A Bordeaux, chez les Freres Labottiere, Libraires, et à Paris, chez Lejay, Libraire, 1780. 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary full calf.
Fine copy of this edition from Bordeaux of this account of Captain Viaud’s adventures, and his terrible shipwreck. The
book places Viaud at St. Domingue in late 1766. Before returning to France he made a business deal for a voyage from
Caye de St. Louis to Louisiana with the brigantine Le Tigre, with sixteen passengers. The ship encountered bad weather and
on February 16, 1767, wrecked off Dog Island (directly opposite the present day fishing town of Carrabelle). Amid much
difficulty they got ashore. The survivors patched a leaky pirogue, and some men departed in it, never to be seen again.
Viaud, his slave, Madame La Couture, and her son constructed a raft. The sick boy was left behind but the others made it to
the mainland. From there they undertook a tortured trip toward St. Marks. Along the way, they became so weak from
hunger that Viand killed his slave, and the deceased chattel became their main item of food. An English rescue party found
and save them. Later, Madame La Couture and her son returned to Louisiana. Viaud sailed to New York and eventually
home to France. Originally the account was published in 1768 with the title: Effets des passions, ou Mémoires de M. de
Floricourt (London & Paris 1768), and reprinted in 1770 with the title: Naufrage et avantures de M. Pierre Viaud, natif de
Bordeaux (edd. in Bordeaux (Sabin 99412) (this edition) and Neuchatel, both in 1770), followed by many other editions till
far into the nineteenth century. In 1771 the account was translated in Dutch and English by Mrs. Griffith. A very desirable
copy.
£ 924,00
Military - Naval tactics
129. BRÜHL (HANS MORITZ VON). -ECOLE DE L'OFFICIER, CONTENANT UNE METHODE FACILE & ABREGEE DE LEVER UN
PLAN SANS L'USAGE DE LA GEOMETRIE ORDINAIRE, UN PETIT TRAITE DE LA FORTIFICATION PASSAGERE, & DES
REFLEXIONS SUR L'ART DE LA GUERRE. TRADUIT DE L'ALLEMAND PAR MAURICE, COMTE DE BRÜHL. Paris, ClaudeAntoine Jombert, 1770. 1 vol. 8vo. 9 folding plates. Contemporary full vellum. Fine copy of this only French edition of this
“temporary fortification” treatise, used during the Seven Years' war. Very attractive copy in a binding specially made for an
officer.
£ 731,50
130. BURGUES DE MISSIESSY (EDOUARD-JACQUES, COMTE DE). [PRESENTATION COPY]. -TACTIQUE ET SIGNAUX DE
JOUR, DE NUIT ET DE BRUME, A L'ANCRE ET A LA VOILE ; PAR M. LE COMTE DE BURGUES MISSIESSY, VICE-AMIRAL. Paris,
de l'Imprimerie Royale. 1826. 1 vol. 4to. Numerous drawings and schemes in-text. Ancient blue wrappers. Second edition
of this rare work on naval tactics by Burgues de Missiessy (1756-1837). (First edition: 1802). The confidential nature of this
kind of treatise is confirmed by a letter addressed to the recipient of the book: Captain Leblanc (the book was sent at the
request of the Naval Minister). The letter was written in Toulon, January 30th 1828, by Jacote, from the French admiralty.
Jacote recommends: “the greatest circumspection in the communication you could make of this work, in order to prevent
rival navies to be aware about it and to take advantage of the entirely new data, due to the long experience of Mr. de
Missiessy.” Very attractive copy of interesting provenance: capitaine Leblanc.
£ 1 386,00
131. LE COINTE (JEAN-LOUIS). -LA SCIENCE DES POSTES MILITAIRES OU TRAITE DES FORTIFICATIONS DE CAMPAGNE, A
L'USAGE DES OFFICIERS PARTICULIERS DE L'INFANTERIE QUI SONT DETACHES A LA GUERRE : DANS LESQUEL ON A
COMPRIS LA MANIERE DE SE DEFENDRE & DE LES ATTAQUER. A Paris, chez Desaint & Saillant, 1759 1 vol. 8vo. 10 folding
plates with 52 figures engraved by Patte. Contemporary green morocco with the arms of the Marquis of Argentueil, JeanLouis-Marie Le Bascle. Fine copy of this first edition of this military work by Jean-Louis Le Cointe de Marcillac.
£ 1 925,00
132. [MANUSCRIT. FORTIFICATIONS. MILITARIA]. -LIBRO D’OGNI SORTE DI FORTIFICATIONI. SI REGOLARI
CH’INREGOLARI PIATTE FORME REVELINI MEZZE LUNE OPERE A CORNO CORONATE TENAGLIE FORTI DA CAMPAGNA
RIDOTE MEZZE RIDOTE STELLE DI PIU SORTI CON UN METODO FACILLISSIMO A PRAT TICARSI NEL OPERARE IN
CAMPAGNA. [Rome, ca. 1700.] 1 vol. 4to. [2] ll., 126 pp., [1] l. 14 numbered plates (11 folding), 28 full-page illustrations, 15
diagrams. Contemporary full sheep. Unpublished manuscript treatise on fortification, finely written and richly illustrated,
dated from the end of 17th century / beginning of the 18th, contemporary of Vauban’s works. At this time, the star fort or
“trace à l’italienne”, introduced by the Italians in the mid-15th century because of the French’s military attacks and their
artillery, were taken to its logical extreme by Vauban. This very detailed treatise gives a precise study of the subtleties of this
art, with nice captioned illustrations, depicting forts. Fine work, in a nice contemporary binding.
£ 6 160,00
133. [MANUSCRIT, MILITARIA]. -ETAT DES GOUVERNEMENTS MILITAIRES TANT GENERAUX QUE PARTICULIERS ET
ETATS MAJORS DES PLACES DU ROYAUME ANNEE 1773. [Ca. 1773]. 1 vol. 12mo. [7] ll. (Engraved title completed with ink,
Introduction, Table), 117 double ll. The text is written by hand with black and red ink, pages framed with a red line.
Contemporary full red morocco, black morocco box. Very interesting manuscript document given information on the
French military places in 1773, one year before Louis XV’s death. Precious item, carefully written and nicely bound.
£ 5 005,00
134. SAINT AUBAN (ANTOINE BARATIER, MARQUIS DE). -ŒUVRES COMPLÈTES. [INCLUANT] MEMOIRE
SUR
LES
NOUVEAUX SYSTEM D'ARTILLERIE [SUIVI DE]
OBSERVATIONS ET EXPERIENCES SUR L’ARTILLERIE. [SUIVI DE]
DISCUSSION SUR LES EFFETS DES PIECES DE CANON DE DIFFERENTES LONGUEURS. [SUIVI DE] DE L’USAGE DES ARMES A
FEU ; PAR LE COMMANDEUR D’ANTONI. TRADUIT DE L’ITALIEN PAR M. LE MARQUIS DE SAINT-AUBAN. ETC. Paris,
Jombert, ou Alethopolis, ca. 1770-1785. 5 vols. 8vo. 6 tables and 6 folding plates. Contemporary full calf. Scarce set of the
complete works by Antoine Baratier, Marquis de Saint Auban, important figure for the artillery in the 18th century,
identically bound for his library and with his bookplate. He took part of all the battles of Louis XV reign, and his works on
artillery are regarded as references. In this set, all his known works (which are rare on the market) as well as publications in
scientific papers. Fine copy of this important work for artillery in the 18th century.
£ 2 156,00
Atlas - maps - Cartography
135. AYROUARD (JACQUES). CORNE (LOUIS). -RECUEIL DE PLUSIEURS PLANS DES RADES ET DE QUELQUES CARTES
PARTICULIERES DE LA MER MEDITERRANEE, AVEC LES FIGURES DES TERRES REMARQUABLES POUR LES RECONNAISSANCES
DES ATTERAGES. [Paris], 1732-46. 1 vol. folio. 80 double-plates (title and 79 maps, 3 folding). Contemporary red morocco
gilt, central royal coat-of-arms within a gilt triple filet border, spine in six compartments elaborately gilt, green morocco spine
label in second, others with a gilt foral design, edges gilt. First and only edition of this pilote for the Mediterranean coasts,
scarcely complete. Jacques Ayrouard was pilot on the royal galleys, and so his work as a cartographer is based on his own
observations as a sailor. The present pilot is a command of the Navy Minister created in 1720, and is dedicated to
Maurepas, famous to have introduce a more scientific approach of the naval matters. The folding map of Marseille is
noteworthy, but the most important is the one depicting Monaco, because it is the first representation of this famous city.
The quality of the maps explains that following cartographers as William Heather quote Ayrouard's work. Superb copy of
this rare coasting pilot.
£ 14 245,00
136. BELLIN (JACQUES-NICOLAS). -ESSAI GEOGRAPHIQUE SUR LES ISLES BRITANNIQUES. Paris, Chez Nyon Libraire,
Imprimerie de Moreau, 1759. 2 vols. 12mo. 5 folding maps, 11 plates (views and plans). Contemporary calf. Fine copy of
this scarce edition by the famous French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.
£ 924,00
137. BERGIER (NICOLAS). -HISTOIRE DES GRANDS CHEMINS DE L'EMPIRE ROMAIN, CONTENANT L'ORIGINE, PROGRES, &
ESTENDÜE QUASI INCROYABLE DES CHEMINS MILIATIRES, PAVEZ DEPUIS LA VILLE DE ROME JUSQUES AUX EXTREMITEZ
DE SON EMPIRE. OU SE VOIT LA GRANDEUR & LA PUISSANCE INCOMPARABLE DES ROMAINS : ENSEMBLE,
L'ESCLAIRCISSEMENT DE L'ITINERAIRE D'ANTONIN, & DE LA CARTE DE PEUTINGER. PAR NICOLAS BERGIER, ADVOCAT AU
SIEGE PRESIDIAL DE REIMS. A Paris, Chez C. Morel, Imprimeur du Roy, rüe Sainct Iacques, à la Fontaine. 1622 1 vol. 4to.
Antique full vellum. Rare first edition of this famous work by Nicolas Bergier on the great roads of the Roman Empire, a
reference for the students in antique history. Bergier (1567-1623) was a royal histographer, and in the present work, a
command of Louis XIII, he studies the Roman Empire in a new and relevant way, through the roads. Fine copy of this
reference work.
£ 1 925,00
138. BONNE (RIGOBERT). -PETIT TABLEAU DE LA FRANCE OU CARTES GEOGRAPHIQUES SUR TOUTES LES PARTIES DE CE
ROYAUME. AVEC "DESCRIPTION ABREGEE DE FRANCE". Paris, chez Lattre, 1764 / Paris, de l'imprimerie de Butard, 1764. 2
parts in 1 vol. 12mo. 1 engraved coloured title, 28 hand-coloured maps on double-page (I.). Contemporary full red
morocco. Only edition of this charming pocket atlas, with title + 28 maps nicely contemporary colouring and original
morocco binding. Bound with Description Geographique Abregee de la France. Fine copy.
£ 1 386,00
139. BOUGARD (RENE). -LE PETIT FLAMBEAU DE LA MER, OU LE VERITABLE GUIDE DES PILOTES COTIERS; OU IL EST
CLAIREMENT ENSEIGNE LA MNIERE DE NAVIGUER LE LONG DE TOUTES LES COTES DE FRANCE, D'ANGLETERRE,
D'IRLANDE, D'ESPAGNE, DE PORTUGALN D'ITALIE, DE SICILE, DE MALTE, DE CORSE & DE SARDAIGNE, & AUTRES ISLES DU
DETROIT ; & DES COTES DE BARBARIE, DEPUIS LE CAP BON JUSQU'AU CAP VERD... Au Havre de Grâce, Faure, 1763. 1 vol.
4to. Numerous woodcuts including some full page. Contemporary full limp vellum. Famous pilot guide, frequently reissued
(OE: Gruchet, 1684), which describes the coastlines in terms of accessibility and of the quality of anchorage. It is illustrated
with numerous sea charts and coastal profiles. In this work, the sailors fund nautical instructions and topographical details
for Ireland, England, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Africa, Madagascar and India. Fine copy in contemporary
binding.
£ 1 694,00
140. CHEMEREAU (N.). SANSON (NICOLAS). -GEOGRAPHIE PRATIQUE CONTENANT OUTRE LES INSTRUCTIONS
SUFFISANTES A RENDRE UNE PERSONNE ASSEZ HABILE POUR DRESSER LUI MEME DES CARTES, LE MOYEN DE TROUVER LA
LONGITUDE, EN QUELQU'ENDROIT DU MONDE QU'ON PUISSE ETRE, SOIT SUR LA TERRE OU SUR LA MER, & DE JOUR OU
DE NUIT. ON A JOUINT A CETTE GEOGRAPHIE UNE PREFACE NECESSAIRE & UNE TABLE ALPHABETIQUE, DE TOUS LES
TERMES D'ART & DE SCIENCE QUI ENTRENT DANS CET OUVRAGE, AVEC LES CARTES NECESSAIRES. PAR N. CHEMEREAU. A
Amsterdam, Pour la Compagnie. MDCCXV. 1715. 1 vol. 4to. Title in red and black. 1 engraved frontispiece, 10 maps and
plates (5 folding, including the Mappemonde), 17 folding maps in-fine. Contemporary calf. Unique edition of this rare
treatise by N. Chemereau. The originality of this manual is due to his composition and to the 17 beautiful maps by Sanson,
engraved by de Winter. Fine copy.
£ 3 696,00
141. DESNOS (LOUIS-CHARLES). [ATLAS]. -ETRENNES UTILES ET NECESSAIRES AUX COMMERÇANTS ET VOYAGEURS OU
INDICATEUR FIDELE ENSEIGNANT TOUTES LES ROUTES ROYALES ET PARTICULIERES DE LA FRANCE, ET LES CHEMINS DE
COMMUNICATION QUI TRAVERSENT LES GRANDES ROUTES : LES VILLES, BOURGS, VILLAGES, HAMEAUX, CHATEAUX,
ABBAYES, HOTELLERIES, RIVIERES, BOIS ET LES LIMITES DE CHAQUE PROVINCE, DISTINGUEES. OUVRAGE RENDU SI
COMPLET, TANT POUR LE DETAIL TOPOGRAPHIQUE, QUE POUR L'EXECUTION. DERNIERE ÉDITION CORRIGEE ET
AUGMENTEE EN 1772. Paris, Desnos, 1772. 1 vol. 24mo. 2 double maps and 156 engraved maps. Beautiful copy in original
red morocco binding of this small atlas that shows the roads and routes of France and neighbouring countries.
£ 1 116,50
142. FER (NICOLAS DE). -LES COSTES DE FRANCE SUR L'OCEAN ET SUR LA MEDITERRANEE CORRIGEES, AUGMENTEES ET
DIVISEES EN CAPITAINERIES GARDE-COSTES, DEDIEES A MONSEIGNEUR LE DAUPHIN, PAR SON TRES HUMBLE ET TRES
OBEISSANT SERVITEUR ET GEOGRAPHE. Paris, chez le Sieur de Fer, 1690. 1 vol. 4to. 1 engraved title and 32 engraved plates
(among which 1 title, 30 maps on double-page and 1 folding map). Contemporary full calf. Rare complete copy of the first
atlas published by Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720), produced shortly after he became the official geographer to the French
Dauphin. The maps are based on an atlas published by Tassin in 1634, "Cartes generales et particulieres de toutes les costes
de France". Tassin sold the plates of that atlas to Nicolas’s father Antoine de Fer, which Nicolas then modified for the
present work. He added a great number of villages, identified regions and rivers, revised some of the decorative features,
and added titles that indicate the names of the capitaineries garde-côtes as established in 1676. Attractive copy on large
paper, in the original binding, and a rare volume in any state.
£ 4 620,00
143. [JOLLAIN (GERARD IER)]. -TRESOR DES CARTES GEOGRAPHIQUES DES PRINCIPAUX ESTATS DE LUNIVERS. Paris,
Jollain rue St Jaque a la Ville de Cologne. (ca. 1659 ou 1660). 1 vol. oblong 8vo. 38 engraved maps. Ancient full calf.
Very rare first edition by Jollain of one of the first world atlas of this shape published in France. It is inspired from MercatorHondius "Atlas minor", and shows the popularity of this atlas, but it marks also the beginning of the period (until the end of
18th century) of the French preeminence in the cartographic production (d’Anville, de l’Isle, Bellin, Le Rouge, etc.). The
caption of the maps are all (except one, n°12) in French (with fanciful spellings and names). Korea is depicted twice as an
island. Fine copy with contemporary manuscript captions in Latin.
£ 8 855,00
144. LE ROUGE (GEORGE-LOUIS). -ATLAS NOUVEAU PORTATIF A L'USAGE DES MILITAIRES ET DU VOYAGEUR
CONTENANT 91 CARTES DRESSEES SUR LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS DEDIE A MONSEIGNEUR LE COMTE DE
MAUREPAS, MINISTRE ET SECRETAIRE D'ETAT... Paris, Le Rouge, 1748. 1 vol. 4to. 4 engraved plates and 87 maps on
double-page spread. Contemporary calf. First edition of this uncommon world atlas, including many maps in contemporary
colours. Fine copy.
£ 7 700,00
145. LE ROUGE (GEORGES-LOUIS). -RECUEIL DES COTES MARITIMES DE FRANCE SUR QUATRE LIEUES DE LARGE
ENVIRONS, EN 50 FEUILLES TIREZ DES MEILLEURES CARTES GRAVEES ET MANUSCRITES. Paris, Le Rouge, 1757. 1 vol. 4to.
51 engraved map (1 folding, 50 on double-page), coloured out-lined. Contemporary calf. First edition of one of Le Rouge's
most beautiful work, gathering very detailled maps depicting the French coasts and the back country. Fine and fresh copy.
£ 5 236,00
146. MANESSON MALLET (ALAIN). -DESCRIPTION DE L'UNIVERS CONTENANT LES DIFFERENTS SYSTEMES DU MONDE,
LES CARTES GENERALES & PARTICULIERES DE LA GEOGRAPHIE ANCIENNE ET MODERNE : LES PLANS & LES PROFILS DES
PRINCIPALES VILLES & DES AUTRES LIEUX LES PLUS CONSIDERABLES DE LA TERRE ; AVEC LES PORTRAITS DES
SOUVERAINS QUI Y COMMANDENT, LEURS BLASONS, TITRES & LIVREES ; ET LES MOEURS, RELIGIONS, GOUVERNEMENTS
& DIVERS HABILLEMENS DE CHAQUE NATION. A Paris, Thierry, 1683. 5 vols. 8vo. Plates and maps. Contemporary calf.
Original edition of this monumental work of geography realized by the French cartographer and engineer, Alain Manesson
Mallet (1630-1706) whose encyclopaedic work collects useful informations on history, geography and ethnology. Alain
Manesson Mallet started his career as a soldier in the army of Louis XIV, became a Sergeant-Major and an Inspector of
Fortifications. This is his his major publication. He also published : « Les Travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre” (1684).
Fine copy.
£ 15 400,00
147. MICHELOT (HENRY). -PORTULAN DE LA MEDITERRANEE, OU GUIDE DES PILOTES COTIERS, PAR HENRY
MICHELOT, ANCIEN PILOTE HAUTURIER SUR LES GALERES. NOUVELLE EDITION ; CORRIGEE, ET AUGMENTEE DE LA
DESCRIPTION DES COTES DU LEVANT ET DES ISLES DE L'ARCHIPEL, PAR UN AUTRE NAVIGATEUR. A Marseille, Joseph
Rebecq, Hydrographe; Etiernne Buisson, M. DCC. LXXV. (1775). 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary sheep. Updated edition of
this portulan, first published in Marseille, 1703 and enhanced all along the 18th century, reference work for the sailors who
cruised in Mediterranean Sea. Henry Michelot, French cartographer, was first pilot in royal galley, and is one of the scarce
map makers who had a experience of the sea. He is known for his works on Mediterranean, very popular among the sailors.
£ 616,00
148. MICHELOT (HENRY) ; BREMOND (LAURENT). -RECÜEIL DE PLUSIEURS PLANS DES PORTS ET RADES DE LA MER
MEDITERRANEE. DEDIEE A MONSEIGNEUR LE GRAND PRIEUR DE FRANCE, GENERAL DES GALERES. LEVE ET DESSIGNE
SUR LES LIEUX PAR LES SRS MICHELOT HYDROGRAPHE ET PILOTE REAL DES GALERES DU ROY ET BREMOND
HYDROGRAPHE DU ROY ET DE LA VILLE, AVEC PRIV. DU ROY. Ce Vend chez Laurens Bremond sur le port a Marseille,
[1730]. 1 vol. 4to. 1 engraved half-title, 37 maps and plans. Contemporary full calf. Second augmented edition of this atlas of
the Mediterranean, very popular at the time and widely used by sailors. Fine copy. Polak, 6702.
£ 3 234,00
149. ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM). -L'EPITOME DU THEATRE DE L'UNIVERS, NOUVELLEMENT RECOGNEU, AUGMENTE ET
RESTAURE DE MESSEURE GEOGRAPHIQUE, PAR MICHEL COIGNET, MATHEMAT D'ANVERS. RELIE AVEC "ADDITION A
L'EPITOME DU PETIT THEATRE D'ABRAHAM ORTELIUS..." Anvers, Joanris Keerberoii, 1602. 1 vol. oblong 12mo. 123
maps. Contemporary vellum. Fine copy of this rare French pocket atlas: reprint by the mathematician Michel Coignet, of A.
Ortélius’ famous work, offering a priceless vision of the world at the end of the 16th Century.
£ 9 240,00
150. PEUTINGER. [BERGIER]. -TABULA ITINERARIA EX ILLUSTRI PEUTINGERORUM BIBLIOTHECA QUAE AUGUSTAE
VINDELICORUM BENEFICIO MARCI VELSERA SEPTEM VIRI AUS [Bruxelles, J. Leonard, 1728]. Superb printing on heavy
paper , of the famous “Route Peutinger” , ingraved for the second edition of "The History of the Great Roads of the Roman
Empire " by Nicolas Bergier , 8 leaves put together giving a map 3,800 x 245 mm. The first edition did not count illustrative ,
but admirers of the work of Bergier decided he deserved a new edition that contained this route . Fully assembled copy,
particularly fresh .
£ 693,00
151. ROUX (JOSEPH) -RECUEIL DES PRINCIPAUX PLANS DES PORTS ET RADES DE LA MER MEDITERRANEE, EXTRAIT DE
MA CARTE EN DOUZE FEUILLES. Marseille, J. Roux, 1764. 1 vol in-4° oblong. 121 full-page engraved plans. Contemp. sheep.
A fine copy of this practical pilot book, clearly intended for use on shipboard, containing 65 sea charts on heavy paper in
black and white. Charming charts of ports along the Mediterranean coast. Including fine harbour plans of Algiers, Alicante,
Barcelona, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Malaga, Marseilles, Naples, Oran, Palermo, Tangier, Toulon, Tripoli, Tunis, etc. Joseph
Rouch had a chart-publishing and selling business in Marseilles during the middle and latter part of the 18th century.
£ 3 696,00
Science and Technology
152. [ALBERTUS PARVUS LUCIUS, DIT LE PETIT ALBERT]. -SECRETS MERVEILLEUX DE LA MAGIE NATURELLE &
CABALISTIQUE DU PETIT ALBERT, TRADUIT EXACTEMENT SUR L’ORIGINAL LATIN, INTITULE ALBERTI PARVI LUCII,
LIBELLUS DE MIRABILUS NATURAE ARCANIS. ENRICHI DES FIGURES MYSTERIEUSES & LA MANIERE DE LES FAIRE. A Lion,
Chez les Heritiers de Beringos Fratres à l’Enseigne d’Agrippa. M DCC VI. (1706). 1 vol. 16mo. 10 plates (5 folding), 4
illustrations. Quarter black morocco (19th century). Early French edition (the third) of this famous work of magic recipes
and formula. Fine copy of this scarce edition.
£ 1 232,00
153. ALEMBERT (JEAN LE ROND D') -RECHERCHES SUR LA PRECESSION DES EQUINOXES ET SUR LA NUTATION DE L'AXE
DE LA TERRE DANS LE SYSTEME NEWTONIEN. Paris, David l'Aîné, 1749. 1 vol. 8vo. 4 folding plates. Contemporary half
vellum. Scarce first edition of d’Alembert’s (1717-1783) masterly work on the famous three-body problem, whose solution
led him to further researches in celestial mechanics and to calculate the precession of the equinoxes. This phenomenon
designates the slow change of direction of the earth’s gravitation axe. Following Newton’s researches, d’Alembert was the
first to get numbered results which matches to the observed motion of the earth. Fine copy of this capital work.
£ 3 465,00
154. [ARCHITECTURE/CARPENTERY]. TELLIER (V. G.) -[RECUEIL DE DESSINS MANUSCRITS DE CHARPENTES] [SL],
1810-1848. 1 vol in-folio. 98 drawings. Contemp. half velum. Important collection of manuscript drawings of structures
executed by V. G. Tellier between February 1810 and October 1848. This set consists of 98 drawings in total together the
work of a French master carpenter who began his career under the Empire. The elegant title page of the document is
adorned with the initials of its author, tools of the profession as well as Masonic symbols (hammer, chisel, crowbar, square,
compass, meter, inverted V structure, stairs, drawstring with 9 knots). Working catalog of the most important projects and
achievements of its author, it was certainly used as a model for the realization of new orders for as much as to convince a
new client of his professional abilities. The set consists of complete carpentry plans of buildings, roofs, stairs for civil and
military achievements, some particularly modern and sophisticated. They nearly all captions and sometimes dated. No. 89 is
marked "hangar executed at the Maison des Loges (Legion of Honour) in the year 1841 by Tellier son." Many annotations in
pencil. The drawings are of a very variable size: half page, full page or double, and a few folded. Some are simple pencil
sketches but most are carefully drawn in ink and watercolor. Their ranking is not chronological but rather practical. The
quality of all proves the great professional qualities of its author. Provenance: V.G. Tellier (initials on the title and statement
to the board 89 "Tellier son"). Rare example of the work of a French master carpenter in the first half of the 19th century,
preserved in its original binding.
£ 5 236,00
155. [ARCHITECTURE. INGENIERIE. MANUSCRIPT]. -[ HANDBOOK FOR THE USE OF ARCHITECTS COMPOSED
WITH VARIOUS TREATISES OF ENGINEERING, GEOMETRY AND ARCHITECTURE / ANONYMOUS]. [Paris, ca. 1750]. 1 vol. 4to.
[189] manuscript ll. (brown ink) illustrated with numerous pencil and ink drawings (2 on full page). Contemporary full calf.
Rare set of manuscript unpublished treatises, written in the 18th century, and composing a very complete handbook for
architects. The nine texts are dedicated to various fields such as land surveying, hydrostatics, mensuration, engineering and
masonry. From generalities to very accurate instructions based on mathematical demonstrations or a solid experience as an
architect, the author of this work gives to his reader everything he needs to appropriate the different parts of the profession.
The manuscript is carefully written and finely illustrated with schemes or drawings depicting buildings, bridges, stairs,
chimney, fountains, etc.
£ 5 775,00
156. ARCONS (CESAR D'). -LE SECRET DU FLUX ET REFLUX DE LA MER, ET DES LONGITUDES DEDIE A LA SAPIENCE
ETERNELLE. Rouen, L. Maurry, 1655. 1 vol. 12mo. 12 schemes and 4 tables. Contemporary ivory vellum. Original edition
of this surprising treatise of César D’Arcons ( ?-1681), jurist, engineer, physician, and lawyer but also scholar and theologian,
who abandoned a law career for the sea.
£ 1 925,00
157. BLONDEL DE SAINT AUBIN (GUILLAUME). -LE TRESOR DE LA NAVIGATION DIVISE EN DEUX PARTIES, LA
PREMIERE CONTIENT LA THEORIE & PRATIQUE DES TRIANGLES SPHERIQUES, ENRICHIE DE PLUSIEURS PROBLEMES
ASTRONOMIQUES & GEOGRAPHIQUES, TRES-UTILES AUX NAVIGATEURS. LA SECONDE ENSEIGNE L'ART DE NAVIGER PAR
LA SUPUTATION & DEMONSTRATION DES TRIANGLES RECTELIGNES & SPHERIQUES; TANT PAR LES SINUS QUE PAR LES
LOGARITHMES. NOUVELLEMENT MIS EN LUMIERE PAR LE SIEUR BLONDEL S. AUBIN. Au Havre de Grace, chez Jacques
Gruchet, Imprimeur & Libraire de Monseigneur le Duc de S. Aignan, & de la Ville, 1673. 1 vol. 4to. Numerous wood
engravings. Contemporary full vellum. Fine copy of the extremely rare first edition of this French school book on
navigation, teaching on spherical geometry details and its application to navigation and practice of seamanship. Only 1 copy
appeared at auction during the last 40 years.
£ 5 236,00
158. CALENDRIER PERPETUEL RENDU SENSIBLE ET MIS A LA PORTEE DE TOUT LE MONDE: OU NOUVEAU ET VRAI
CALENDRIER PERPETUEL. PAR M. G.S.H. Paris, P. Fr. Guefier, 1774. 1 vol. in-12°, 6 fold. tables, 3 volvelles. Orig. calf.
Fine copy of this rare book, "A perpetual calendar made even more perfect," as stated in the preface, the author or develops
errors that could meet in the other. It includes 6 folding tables to know the correspondences with Dominical letters, with the
solar cycle, since 1600 until the end of time or since the birth of Jesus Christ until forever. This calendar can calculate dates
and days of the week for both the past and especially for the future. Are also specified, the calculations to find the epacts
(quantification of the difference between solar and lunar calendars), Easter and all mobile festivities, concordance gold
numbers (Egyptian numbers for building the Pyramids and reading of the Zodiac ); as well tables that give the calendars of
new Moons and Sunrise Sunset and the Moon. This calendar also includes 3 volvelles, mobile circular dials rotating on a
central axis, there are also 7 double layered laminated printed portion that can be pulled to vary the dates or holidays.
£ 1 732,50
159. [CARON (PIERRE LE). PLATEARIUS (MATTHAEUS)]. -LE GRANT HERBIER EN FRANÇOIS. CONTENANT LES
QUALITEZ, VERTUS, PROPRIETEZ DES HERBES, ARBRES, GOMMES & SEMENCES. EXTRAICT DE PLUSIEURS TRAICTEZ DE
MEDICINE COMME DE AVICENNE, DE RASIS, DE CONSTANTIN DE ISAAC & PLATAIRE, SELON LE COMMUN USAGE. BIEN
CORRECT. Imprimé à Paris, par Pierre le Caron. [1498-1499]. 1 vol. folio. 126 ll. (double column, 52-53 lines), 308 wood
engravings, printer device on title page and on recto of colophon leaf. 18th century full vellum (tinted in green).
Utmost scarce incunabula Parisian edition of the famous “Grant Herbier en François”, which was used as a model for the
following editions. Only referenced copy in private hands of this work by Pierre Le Caron, who was the first to illustrate it
with French woodcuts. The first French edition of the book, entitled “Arbolaire”, was published in Besancon (1486-88) by
Petrus Metlinger. In contradiction to the tradition which wants that the French herbarium were translations of German texts,
the “Arbolaire” is a French translation of the “Antidotarium”, “Circa Instans” by Mattheus Platearius (cf. Meyer,
“Geschischte der Botanik”). Matthaeus Platearius was a physician from the medical school at Salerno, he is told to be the
author of a 12th century Latin manuscript regarding the use of medicinal herbs: « Circa Instans » or : « Liber Simplici
Medicina ». 264 of the 474 chapters of the present “Grant Herbier en François” come from this work. The prolog of the
“Grant Herbier en François” says: “En cette présente besogne est notre propos et intention de traiter des simples
médecines. Et est à savoir que la médecine des simples est dite simple pour ce qu’elle est telle que nature l’a produite et
formée. ” The Besancon edition by Metlinger (“Arbolaire”) is illustrated with German woodcuts (from “Gart des
Gesundheit” or “Hortus Sanitatis”. For practical reasons, this kind of work was profusely illustrated. The first Parisien
edition, ten years later by Le Caron, is the first to be illustrated with French woodcuts. It is scarce, but not as scarce as the
following edition (the present copy): only three libraries reference this corrected and enhanced version. According to our
researches, the present copy would be the only one in private hands. The corrections are important, among them: Le Caron
removed one woodcut, added three more (308 illustrations, vs 306 in the 1498 edition), the presentation of the text is not
the same (52-53 lines vs 46). The following editions of the 16th century were based on this version. The extensive index
which is printed on the lastest 16 pages, lists the plants according to their medicinal use; prescriptions against nervous
diseases are followed by a list of plants recommended for the eye, ear, nose, teeth, stomach, skin, etc. Then the herbs are
listed in alphabetical order. The 308 woodcuts of plants and animals are printed within a line border and are here extant in
brilliant impressions. Utmost rare and precious copy of this cornerstone book in history of French printed herbarium.
£ 43 890,00
160. CASSINI (JEAN-DOMINIQUE IV). -VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI EN 1768, POUR EPROUVER LES MONTRES
MARINES INVENTEES PAR M. LE ROY, PAR M. CASSINI, FILS. AVEC LE MEMOIRE SUR LA MEILLEURE MANIERE DE MESURER
LE TEMS EN MER, QUI A REMPORTE LE PRIX DOUBLE AU JUGEMENT DE L'ACADEMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES. CONTENANT
LA DESCRIPTION DE LA MONTRE A LONGITUDES, PRESENTEE A SA MAJESTE LE 5 AOUT 1766. PAR M. LE ROY L'AINE,
HORLOGER DU ROI. A Paris, rue Dauphine, Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour l'Artillerie & le Génie, à
l'Image Notre-Dame. M. DCC. LXX. 1770. 1 vol. 4to. 1 folding map, 9 folding plates. Ancient boards. First and only
edition of the account of the second travel to trial Pierre Le Roy's chronometer, in America and Morocco. The author,
Jean-Dominique Cassini (1748-1845), was the astronomer of the expedition. In the first part, he describes the travel, with
interesting developments on cod fishing in Newfound-land, and Salé in Morocco. In the second he gives a very detailed
report of his astronomical observations (“telles que je les ai rapportées dans le registre original remis à l’académie“, Preface).
The third is devoted to the use of naval chronometer. Fine copy.
£ 4 004,00
161. CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). -VOYAGE EN CALIFORNIE POUR L'OBSERVATION DU PASSAGE DE VENUS SUR LE
DISQUE DU SOLEIL, LE 3 JUIN 1769 ; CONTENANT LES OBSERVATIONS DE CE PHENOMENE, & LA DESCRIPTION
HISTORIQUE DE LA ROUTE DE L'AUTEUR A TRAVERS LE MEXIQUE. PAR FEU M. CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE, DE L'ACADEMIE
ROYALE DES SCIENCES. REDIGE & PUBLIE PAR M. DE CASSINI FILS, DE LA MEME ACADEMIE, DIRECTEUR EN SURVIVANCE
DE L'OBSERVATOIRE ROYAL DE PARIS, &C. A Paris, chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour l'Artillerie & le
Génie, rue Dauphine à l'Image Notre-Dame. M. DCC. LXXII. 1772. 1 vol. 4to. 1 folding plan of Mexico city, 1 folding
table, 3 engraved plates. Contemporary full calf. First edition of one of the earliest scientific mission in California, sent by
the French Académie des Sciences to observe the Transit of Venus in 1769. Sabin describes the account as: ''A thrilling
account of a race against time to reach Lower California before the transit of Venus occurred. After nerve-racking delays,
which began in Spain, and narrow escapes from disaster, the goal was reached late in May. Two days after the transit was
observed a malignant fever spread through the little group and Chappe d'Auteroche [1728-1769], who nursed the sick and
dying, took it himself and died on the first of August." Fine copy.
£ 5 390,00
162. CÔTES (ROGER). -LEÇONS DE PHYSIQUE EXPERIMENTALE SUR L'ÉQUILIBRE DES LIQUEURS, & SUR LA NATURE &
LES PROPRIETES DE L'AIR. TRADUITES DE L'ANGLOIS DE M. R. COTES, PROFESSEUR DE PHYSIQUE EXPERIMENTALE A
CAMBRIDGE. A Paris, Chez David fils. 1742. 1 vol. 8vo. 6 folding plates. Contemporary half-sheep. First edition of the
French translation by Lemonnier. “Cotes was a close friend of Newton, who selected him to edit and write the preface for
the second edition of the Principia in 1713. He succeeded Newton as Lucasian professor at Trinity College in 1706. These
lectures were among the earliest of their kind given in England. The appendix contains the only English translation of
Newton's Scale of Degrees of Heat, his law of cooling. Also a paper by Halley and two by Dr. Jurin”. (Babson collection n°
162). Fine copy.
£ 616,00
163. COURTANVAUX (FRANÇOIS CESAR LETELLIER, MARQUIS DE). -JOURNAL DU VOYAGE DE M. LE MARQUIS DE
COURTANVAUX, SUR LA FREGATE L'AURORE, POUR ESSAYER PAR ORDRE DE L'ACADEMIE, PLUSIEURS INSTRUMENTS
RELATIFS A LA LONGITUDE. MIS EN ORDRE PAR M. PINGRE, CHANOINE REGULIER DE STE-GENEVIEVE, NOMME PAR
L'ACADEMIE POUR COOPERER A LA VERIFICATION DESDITS INSTRUMENS, DE CONCERT AVEC M. MESSIER, ASTRONOME
DE LA MARINE. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1768. 1 vol. 4to. 1 frontispiece depicting the Aurore, 5 folding plates (1
map). Contemporary calf. Fine copy of the first edition this account of an important practical trial to perfect a method of
measuring longitude. The present work is his report of a voyage in the frigate L’Aurore - a vessel that Courtanvaux fitted out
at his own expense to allow an accurate daily assessment for the prize offered by the Academie for the first successful
method of measuring longitude). The main contender assessed was the “Horloger du Roi”, Pierre Le Roy, who invented a
completely original marine chronometer in the 1750's, which he perfected over the next decade and presented to Louis XV
in 1766. In 1767 Le Roy entered his machine, which "embodied all the principles upon which later marine chronometers
were constructed" (Norman), in the Academie's competition. The present voyage between Le Havre and Amsterdam was
the first practical trial to which it was subjected. Le Roy was awarded a double prize in 1768, for his chronometer and for his
memoir describing it. Fine copy.
£ 3 850,00
164. DARWIN (ERASMUS). -ZOONOMIE, OU LOIS DE LA VIE ORGANIQUE, PAR ERASME DARWIN, DOCTEUR EN
MEDECINE, MEMBRE DE LA SOCIETE ROYALE DE LONDRES, AUTEUR DU JARDIN BOTANIQUE, ETC. TRADUIT DE
L'ANGLAIS SUR LA TROISIEME ÉDITION, ET AUGMENTE D'OBSERVATIONS ET DE NOTES, PAR JOSEPH-FRANÇOIS
KLUYSKENS, PROFESSEUR DE CHIRURGIE A L'ÉCOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MEDECINE, ET CHIRURGIEN EN CHEF DES
HOPITAUX CIVILS DE GAND, MEMBRE CORRESPONDANT DE LA SOCIETE DE L'ÉCOLE DE MEDECINE DE PARIS, ET DE
PLUSIEURS SOCIETES SAVANTES. A Gand, chez P. F. de Goesin-Verhaeghe; rue Haute-porte, n°229, 1810-1811. 4 vols. 8vo.
6 hand-coloured plates, 5 engraved plates (1 folding). First French edition illustrated with 11 plates dealing with the retina
and ocular spectrum, and one impressive depicting a chair to correct the distortion of the spine. The present book is the
main work by Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), and the result of 20 years researches. Dictionnary of Scientific Biography, III,
pp. 577-581: "his major treatise on medicine and natural science". Fine copy.
£ 1 925,00
165. FLEURIEU (CHARLES PIERRE CLARET, COMTE DE). -VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI EN 1768 ET 1769, A
DIFFERENTES PARTIES DU MONDE, POUR EPROUVER EN MER LES HORLOGES MARINES INVENTEES PAR M. FERDINAND
BERTHOUD... A Paris, de l’Imprimerie Royale, MDCCLXXIII. 1773. 2 vols. 4to. 4 folding maps, 2 plates (1 folding), 5
folding tables. (Vol. II: pp. 1-8 missing). Contemporary full marbled sheep, « Ecole d’Hydrographie de St Brieux »,
(stamped on the superior board). Rare first edition of the first work by Fleurieu, account of his travel to test Berthoud’s
marine clock, from Fleurieu’s library (stamps). Count Charles-Pierre Claret de Fleurieu (1738-1810) is one of the most
important figures of the history of French exploration. Statesman, scientist and navigator, he is closely involved in the
progress of the cartography and of nautical sciences of his time. He studied the marine clock with Ferdinand Berthoud, and
it is a clock of his master he tested in the campaign of the Isis, that took them in Cadiz, to the Canaries, in the Caribbean,
etc. The results for the cartography were beyond their expectations. The scientific nature of the voyage, explains the rarity of
the book. Fine copy, of interesting provenance of this rare work.
£ 6 545,00
166. FOULLON (ABEL) -DESCRITTIONE, ET USO DELL'HOLOMETRO. PER SAPER MISURARE TUTTE LE COSE, CHE SI
POSSONO VEDER COLL'OCHIO COSI IN LUNGHEZZA, & LARGHEZZA; COME IN ALTEZZA, & PROFONDITÀ. Venise, Giordano
Ziletti, 1564. 1 vol. in-4°, 16 engr. figures, 8 at full p. Binding made with a 15th century manuscript page of vellum.
First edition of the Italian translation of the Treaty on holomètre, a very complicated instrument to know immediately,
without calculation, the measurement of a point above the horizon. (first French: 1555). The mathematician and poet Abel
Foullon (1513-1563) was employed by Henry II. He obtained for his holomètre the first patent known in France (1555). As
an engineer of the king of France in succession to Leonardo da Vinci. His “holometro” was a surveying instrument, which
gave instant results, without the need of calculations - a saving grace in the age before logarithms. The amazing illustrations
shows the holometro, a surveying instrument similar to a theodolite, with diagrams and views of buildings and cities in
landscapes, illustrating its uses in measuring angles and distances between objects.
£ 3 465,00
167. GLAUBER (JOHANN RUDOPH). -LA PREMIERE PARTIE DE L’ŒUVRE MINERALE, OU EST ENSEIGNEE LA SEPARATION
DE L’OR DES PIERRES A FEU, SABLE, ARGILE, & AUTRES FOSSILES, PAR L’ESPRIT DE SEL CE QUI NE SE PEUT FAIRE PAR
AUTRE VOYE. COMME AUSSI UNE PANACEE, OU MEDECINE UNIVERSELLE, ANTIMONIALE, & SON USAGE. PAR JEAN
RUDOLPHE GLAUBER. ET MISE EN FRANÇOIS PAR LE SR DU TEIL. A Paris, chez Thomas Jolly, 1659. Six parts in 1 vol. 8vo.
64, 48, 111 pp. (the three parts of the “Œuvre minérale”), 22 (“La Teinture de l’or”), 63 (“Traité de la medicine
universelle”), 64 (“La Consolation des navigants”). Contemporary full calf. First French edition of these scarce texts by
Glauber (1604-1670), known to be the last of the alchemist and the first chemical engineers, and to have discover the
sodium sulfate, or “Glauber’s salt”. Fine copy.
£ 2 926,00
168. KIRCHER (ATHANASE) -PHYSIOLOGIA KIRCHERIANA EXPERIMENTALIS, QUA SUMMA ARGUMENTORUM
MULTITUDINE ET VARIETATE NATURALIUM RERUM SCIENTIA PER EXPERIMENTA PHYSICA, MATHEMATICA, MEDICA,
CHYMICA, MUSICA, MAGNETICA, MECHANICA COMPROBATUR ATQUE STABILITUR... Amsterdam, Jansson-Waesberge,
1680. 1 vol. in-folio. Contemp. vellum. Original edition, with an allegorical frontispiece and many wood cuts and copper
plates in the text, including 2 outstanding performances of the magic lantern at pp. 125-126. This unusual book, published
by Johann Stephan Kestler, one of the disciples of Father Kircher (1602-1680), provides a comprehensive summary of the
many research of Jesuit scholar in many fields: magnetism, music, acoustics, alchemy, hydraulics, magic, chemistry,
medicine, etc. According to Garrison & Morton, it includes first hypnotic experiments on animals: “This compendium was
perhaps a response to entreaties from Kircher's fellow scientists, who appreciated his keen observations and experiments but
did not care to wade through some 40 volumes to glean them. [...] The Physiologia is not only a measure of Kircher's
scientific curiosity and the vast range of his scientific researches, but also a barometer of his age, a catalogue of the scientific
concerns of his time (Merrill). Provenance: With manuscript ex-libris on first cover page dated 1683, from a doctor
Schneeberg, city of the kingdom of Saxony. Handwritten note of the time at the end of last leaf. The arms on the dishes are
those of a city of Holland. Fine clean copy in original state.
£ 7 546,00
169. LAMARCK (JEAN-BAPTISTE MONET DE) -RECHERCHES SUR L'ORGANISATION DES CORPS VIVANS, ET
PARTICULIEREMENT SUR SON ORIGINE, SUR LA CAUSE DE SES DEVELOPPEMENS ET DES PROGRES DE SA COMPOSITION, ET
SUR CELLE QUI, TENDANT CONTINUELLEMENT A LA DETRUIRE DANS CHAQUE INDIVIDU, AMENE NECESSAIREMENT SA
MORT. (...) Paris, chez l'auteur et Maillard, s.d. [1802]. 1 vol in-8°. 1 folding table. Contemp. Cardboard binding.
Rare first edition of this famous Treaty by J.B. Lamarck (1744-1829), father of modern biology and precursor of the theory
of evolution. The book is a synthesis of his biological theory, from the recognition of the huge gap between the mere
physical body of the living body. Seeking to determine the specificity of living compared to the inanimate, he finds what he
calls in the organization of matter, evolutionary order that builds inside as the development of the individual. Fine copy, well
complete with its folded table.
£ 4 235,00
170. LEDERMÜLLER (MARTIN FROBENE) -AMUSEMENT MICROSCOPIQUE TANT POUR L'ESPRIT, QUE
POUR LES YEUX; CONTENANT CINQUANTE ESTAMPES DESSINEES D'APRES NATURE ET ENLUMINEES,
AVEC LEURS EXPLICATIONS [...]. [- DEUXIEME CINQUANTAINE DES AMUSEMENS MICROSCOPIQUES ..].
[- TROISIEME CINQUANTAINE DES AMUSEMENS... AVEC UN SUPLEMENT ET UNE ADDITION].
Nuremberg, Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, 1764 [- 1768]. 3 vol 4° bound in one. First edition in French of Ledermüller's
(1719-69) "Mikroskopische Gemüths- und Augenergötzung". He started his observations by microscope under the guidance
of Trew; he gives a description of a wide range of objects such as plants, insects, small shells, plancton, etc. The fine
illustrations depict various natural history specimens as viewed through a microscope. Fine copy.
£ 7 315,00
171. LE GENTIL (GUILLAUME). -VOYAGE DANS LES MERS DE L'INDE, FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI A L'OCCASION DU PASSAGE
DE VENUS SUR LE DISQUE DU SOLEIL LE 6 JUIN 1761 & LE 3 DU MEME MOIS 1769. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1779
(I.), 1781 (II.). 2 vols. 4to. 27 engraved folding plates (including 12 maps). Contemporary calf. First edition of this travel
account, important for its scientific dimension, by Guillaume Le Gentil (1725-1792). Sent by the Académie des Sciences in
India to realized astronomical surveys, he spent 11 years travelling in Indian Ocean, Madagascar, South-East Asia, India.
This work, nicely illustrated, is full of interesting informations on ethnography, natural history, astronomical observations,
navigation remarks, etc. about Manille, Malacca Strait, India, Philippines, Madagascar, Reunion, etc. Fine copy in great
condition.
£ 5 005,00
172. LE ROY (GILLES) -DESCRIPTION D'UNE SPHERE MOUVANTE PAR LE MOYEN D'UNE PENDULE, D'UN GLOBE MONTE
D'UNE FAÇON PARTICULIERE, & D'UN NOUVEAU PLANISPHERE POUR LES DISTANCES & GROSSEURS DES PLANETES. LE
TOUT SELON L'HYPOTHESE DE COPERNIC. EXPLIQUEE & DEMONTREE. Paris, Jacques Quillau, 1714. 1 vol. in-8°. Original
calf. Rare first edition of this treaty due to Jean Pigeon Osangis (1654-1739). House painter originally, after an accident, he
gets passionate about globes. From 1690, he began thinking about making large globes, with the help of Jérôme Martinot,
watchmaker of the King, to present a globe to Louis XIV. Jean Pigeon then resumes his research based on studies of
Copernicus. To carry out his project, he joined Antoine de Lure, a manufacturer of scientific instruments, and in 1709 held
the presentation of the sphere at the Academy of Sciences, and Louis XIV brought it to Versailles and buy it. In 1714,
Pigeon finished a new sphere, with the present work joined. This sphere is presented to the Dauphin, the future Louis XV.
Pigeon then becomes geographer of the Duke of Orleans. In 1723 he makes a new sphere even brighter than previous.
Then a fourth sphere is started, but Pigeon not afford to finish it. He then begins another sphere that contains the model of
the third, it will be completed in 1729, but reached by cataracts, he cannot continue. This sphere will be offered to the Duke
of Orleans after his death, by his children. Nice copy preserved in its original binding.
£ 4 466,00
173. MARSIGLI (LUIGI FERDINANDO, COMTE DE). -HISTOIRE PHYSIQUE DE LA MER. OUVRAGE ENRICHI DE FIGURES
DESSINEES D'APRES LE NATUREL. Amsterdam, Aux Dépens de la Compagnie, 1725. 1 vol. folio. Engraved frontispiece. 12
folding maps and plans, 40 plates by Pool. Contemporary calf. First French edition of the first scientific treatise devoted to
oceanography by the Italian geographer and naturalist Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1658-1730). It is richly illustrated with
plates depicting sea animals, and with the first bathymetric map. Marsigli remain as the forerunner of the systematic
exploration of Oceanography, which will be implemented 50 years later with the famous campaigns of exploration of
Captain Cook's Endeavor. Fine copy with full margins of this rare and important text.
£ 3 619,00
174. NEWTON (ISAAC). -TRAITE D'OPTIQUE SUR LES REFLEXIONS, REFRACTIONS, INFLEXIONS ET LES COULEURS DE LA
LUMIERE. TRADUIT PAR M. COSTE SUR LA SECONDE EDITION ANGLAISE, AUGMENTEE DE L'AUTEUR. SECONDE EDITION
FRANÇAISE, BEAUCOUP PLUS CORRECTE QUE LA PREMIERE. A Paris, chez Montalant, Quay des Augustins, du côté du Pont
Saint Michel, 1722. 1 vol. 4to. 12 folding plates, 5 vignettes. Contemporary calf. Second French edition (first quarto), better
than the Amsterdam's one. The book is illustrated with 12 folding plates. Pierre Coste, Protestant, had to leave France for
England where he met Shaftesbury and Locke. They encouraged him to translate Newton, and his work contributes to
spread the English physicist and astronomer on the continent. Fine copy.
£ 3 465,00
175. [METEORITE FALL] P. LAMINNE -NOTICE SUR UN AEROLITHE TOMBE A TONGRES ET SUR UNE OBSERVATION A
LAQUELLE IL A DONNE LIEU. Tongres (Belgique), Imp. Collée, [ s. d., circa 1900] 1 vol in-8°. 12 pp., 1 pl. Publisher printed
cover. Amazing scarce pamphlet written by Paul Laminne [ca.1900], electrical engineer and member of the Scientific and
Literary Society of Limburg (Tongeren). After the discovery of fireball that falled in Tongeren (Belgian) 24 July 1878 and
from the scientific observations and analyzes made by his father, Mr. Victor Laminne [ca.1854], chemist, geologist and
member of the Medical Commission of Limburg as well as the Geological Society of Belgium. The author first explains the
analyzes made by his father and himself, to affirm the authenticity of the "fireball" but also to defend the hypothesis of
existence of extraterrestrial life, "it offers a special feature of the most important: as it provides irrefutable proof of the
existence of life on other planets than our own…”
£ 154,00
176. RABIQUEAU (CHARLES) -PLAIDOYER DE MONSIEUR L'AVOCAT GENERAL DU SENAT LITTERAIRE. CE PLAIDOYER
SUR LE MECHANISME DE L'UNIVERS, EST CURIEUX & INTERESSANT. Paris, Knapen, Lacombe, 1768. 1 vol in-8°. Mod. bind.
Original edition of this work by Jacques -Charles François de La Perrière against Roiffé The Mosnier , Lalande and Charles
Rabiqueau , Lawyer, Optician Engineer of the King, Demonstrator in Mechanics & Physics , involving mechanical issues of
the universe. It is illustrated with an amazing engraved frontispiece by Croisey showing a strange representation of the
universe.
£ 577,50
176 bis. RABIQUEAU (Charles) -Le Microscope moderne, pour débrouiller la nature par le filtre d'un nouvel alambic
chymique, ou [sic] l'on voit un nouveau méchanisme physique universel. Dédié à Thémis. Paris, Chez l'Auteur, Demonville,
1781. 1 vol in-8°, 4 fold. pl. + 1 large fold. map. Only edition of this rare popular science book dealing with physical,
electrical and mechanical testing of the universe, the work of a scientist from the second half of the 18th century with very
original ideas. Its author, the physician Charles Rabiqueau was engineer optician of the king and gave experimental physics
course at home. The first part deals with the elements and principles that animate the Earth, Sun and living beings, while the
second discusses the different phenomena that govern them celestial and terrestrial elements. So we find there several
observations on magnetism, electricity, stars, comets, meteors, eclipses, RSS, etc. In his book "The formation of the scientific
spirit," the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard mention this work of Rabiqueau. He sees him as a precursor of this spirit:
whatever the scientific value of his theories, Rabiqueau is part of the men who contributed to the 18th century to the
emergence of a pre-scientific thinking free from its historical and religious dogmatic shackles. The book is illustrated with 4
folding plates, including a strange representation of the Universe system, and a general map of the Earth (390 x 600 mm)
prepared by the geographer Clermont in 1780, showing New Zealand and New Holland (Australia), recently discovered by
James Cook. We are however still found the browser discoveries in the North Pacific, particularly the coasts of Hawaii and
Alaska.
£ 2 700,00
177. SAINTE-MARIE-MAGDELEINE (DOM PIERRE DE). -TRAITE D'HORLOGIOGRAPHIE, CONTENANT PLUSIEURS
MANIERES DE CONSTRUIRE SUR TOUTES SURFACES TOUTES SORTES DE LIGNES HORAIRES, & AUTRES CERCLES DE LA
SPHERE. AVEC QUELQUES INSTRUMENS POUR LA MEME PRATIQUE, & POUR CONNAITRE LES HEURES DURANT LA NUIT, &
L'HEURE DU FLUX & REFLUX DE LA MER (...). Lyon, Plaignard, 1691. 1 vol. 8vo. frontispiece and 72 plates. Contemporary
full calf. Fourth, corrected and enhanced edition of an extensive text book on measurements, proportions and perspective.
At the time, this work must have been a very popular school book (Houzeau-Lancaster listed seven editions between the
first in 1641 and 1701), but nowadays the book is uncommon and rare. Fine copy.
£ 770,00
178. WEISSENBRUCH (L.) -UN RAILWAY DE LONDRES A NEW YORK A Bruxelles, chez Weissenbruch, 1890. 1 vol in-4°.
Publisher covers. 5 maps in-text. Rare copy of this publication on a curious project of a railway that would link London to
New York, written by Louis Weissenbruch and printed in Brussels by his family publisher company , specialized in
typography and lithography. L. Weissenbruch engineer at the Ministry of Railways , was an administrator of railways in
Belgium in 1900 . His work start with an accurate account of the status of communications around the world (Egypt, Asia
Minor , Siberia and Canada) before submitting his incredible project linking the two major London and New York by an
incredible " short hop " with constructions hitherto never imagined. With 5 maps and tables in- text. Informative chronicle of
an amazing project.
£ 269,50
Litterature and religion
179. [BIBLE]. -LIBRI JOSUE, JUDICUM, RUTH, REGUM. Rome, Andrea Brugiotto pour l'héritier de Bartolomea Zannetti,
1624. 1 vol. 24mo. Engraved title. Contemporary full morocco. By Andrea Brugiotto some of the book of the Old
Testament, one of the ten parts of the Bible according to the sixto-clementine vulgate published by Bartolomea Zannetti. It
is very nicely bound in contemporary morocco, decorated "à la Du Seuil" with extract of Psalms in gold on the boards. Fine
copy.
£ 462,00
180. HORE DEIPARE VIRGINIS MARIE SECUNDUM VSUM ROMANUM. Paris, Thielman Kerver, 24 novembre 1520. 1
vol in-8°. Contemp. Binding. 46 + 32 illustrations. Rare printed book of hours due to Thielman Kerver 1 (died November
1522), bookseller and printer. Originally from Koblenz, he was active in Paris from 1497-1522 and acquired a deserved
reputation for graphic quality of its books of hours. From 1519, he moved into a new studio which he gave the sign of the
Unicorn (that of his former studio of the Saint-Michel bridge). Printing in red and black, in historiated and ornamental
borders, it is known only at 6 copies. Illustrations are composed with the new series inspired by Dürer, including the
anatomic man.
£ 11 550,00
181. [KITCHINER (WILLIAM)]. -APICIUS REDIVIVUS; OR, THE COOK'S ORACLE... BEING SIX HUNDRED RECEIPTS, THE
RESULT OF ACTUAL EXPERIMENTS INSTITUTED IN THE KITCHEN OF A PHYSICIAN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPOSING A
CULINARY CODE FOR THE RATIONAL EPICURE AND AUGMENTING THE ALIMENTARY ENJOYMENTS OF PRIVATE
FAMILIES; COMBINING ECONOMY WITH ELEGANCE, AND SAVING EXPENSE TO HOUSEKEEPERS, AND TROUBLE TO
SERVANTS. London, Samuel Bagster, 1817. 1 vol. 12mo. 2 engraved plates. Contemporary half calf by Goodwyn of Tetbury
(with binder's label). Scarce first edition of an influential manual which was "written in a down-to-earth style, and
demonstrated Kitchiner's familiarity with the entire process, from shopping, through preparing and serving the dishes, to
cleaning up. It was an acknowledged source of inspiration for Mrs Beeton, and was mined by the writers of other household
guides" (ODNB). Fine copy.
£ 1 309,00
182. LES PSAUMES DE DAVID, MIS EN RIME FRANCOISE PAR CLEMENT MAROT ET THEODORE DE
BEZE, AVEC LA PROSE MISE A CÔTE. Charenton [Paris], Antoine Cellier, 1667. 1 vol. in-12°. Contemporary brown
morocco richly decorated. A typical example of a French Huguenot translation of the psalms of David. After the
reformation of the “Edit de Nantes”, Charenton and a few other towns were the only places allowed for such publication.
This is a fine copy, wearing the special binding produced on place for that work.
£ 1 694,00
183. [MANUSCRIT] -LIVRE D'HEURES. [SNLD, circa 1880] 1 vol in-12°. Brown morocco. Manuscript book of hours in
Gothic letters. most pages are adorned in the style of the Middle Ages, all in watercolor and gold decorations.
A fine anonymous work of the late nineteenth century, very delicate, well preserved, with a lovely binding. Book of hours
manuscript in Gothic letters , most pages are adorned front of large sets back in the style of the Middle Ages . All in
watercolor and gold decorations are different. anonymous work of the late nineteenth century . Very delicate work perfectly
well preserved, with a nice binding very neat.
£ 924,00
Almanach and Miniature Books
184. [ALMANACH]. -LES ROSES, ÉTRENNES AUX DAMES. SECONDE EDITION. A Paris, chez Rosa, Libraire au Cabinet
Littéraire, Grande Cour du Palais Royal, 1815. De l'Imprimerie de Fain. 1 vol. 24mo. 12 watercoloured plates. Original
publisher pink boards. Attractive book illustrated with 12 charming watercolours depicting various kind of roses and poems.
Grand-Carteret 1710: "This lovely little set was very successful and was reprint several times without any change." Fine and
fresh copy.
£ 369,60
185. [COLLECTION D'ALMANACHS BRODES . COLLECTION OF EMBROIDERED ALMANACS]. -ETRENNES
MIGNONNES. (SEPT ANNÉES). [SUIVI DE / WITH]
DIARIO ECCLESIASTICO PARA O REINO DE PORTUGAL,
PRINCIPALMENTE PARA A CIDADE DE LISBOA, PARA O ANNO 1808, BISSEXTO. Liège, Dessain et Kints, 1749, 1755, 1767,
1772, 1782, 1786, 1792 ; Lisboa, Na impressam Regia. [1807]. 8 vols. 32mo. The Etrennes mignonnes are illustrated with
medals plates, the Diario Ecclesiastico is illustrated with 1 folding handcoloured map. Embroidered bindings, some
ornamented with painted medallions with motto. Very rich collection of embroidered almanacs. The embroidered binding
was always the sign of the richess and the unicity of the book. It almost disappears in the 16th and 17th centuries, but in the
18th little almanacs were made with embroidered bindings again. The present set is composed with 7 Belgian Almanacs
(Etrennes mignonnes), but most probably in Parisians bindings, and with 1 Portuguese almanac: contemporary embroidered
red velvet binding, letter "H" embroidered with golden thread in the center of the boards, which are richly decorated with
floral patterns, as well as the spine. Lovely almanack for the year 1808, giving numerous valuable scientific and historical
informations. Exceptional copies.
£ 13 475,00
186. [GRUEL (LEON) & ENGELMANN. RELIURE]. -LE NOUVEAU TESTAMENT DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR JESUS-CHRIST.
REVU SUR LE TEXTE GREC PAR DAVID MARTIN. AVEC DES PARALLELES. Bruxelles, au dépôt de la Société Biblique
britannique et étrangère, M DCCC LVII. (1857). 1 vol. 16mo. Contemporary full red morocco with metallic clasps, red
edges with golden stars (signed Gruel). Belgian edition of the New Testament, beautifully bound by Gruel. Léon Gruel
(1840-1923) one of the scarce binders who signed his works for these religious books. He is the author of a famous "Manuel
historique et bibliographique de l'amateur de reliure". Very attractive book.
£ 693,00
187. GUARINI (BATTISTA). [MINUSCULE / MINIATURE]. -IL PASTOR FIDO, & LE RIME DEL M. ILLUSTRE SIGNOR
CAVALIER BATTISTA GUARINI : ET IN QUESTA NUOVA IMPRESSIONE AGGIUNTOUI VARIE POESIE IN MORTE DELL'AUTORE.
Venise, Appresso Nicolo Misserini, 1627. 1 vol. 24mo (97 x 51 mm.). 5 wood-engraved scenes. Numerous head-pieces and
ornamental initials. Contemporary full red morocco. Charming and scarce miniature edition of Il Pastor Fido, (OE: 1589,
Mettayer), Giovanni Battista Guarini's (1538-1612, poet and diplomat) main work. This text is a very successful tragiccomical pastoral, and was translated and published all over Europe. Haendel wrote an opera based on the play in 1712.
Beautiful copy of this finely illustrated edition, in morocco binding.
£ 924,00
188. LEGOUVE (GABRIEL MARIE). -LE MERITE DES FEMMES, NOUVELLE EDITION AUGMENTEE DE POESIES INEDITES.
PAR LEGOUVE. Paris, Louis Janet, Libraire, rue Saint-Jacques, n°59, 1825 1 vol. 18mo. Engraved frontispiece.
Contemporary calf, nicely decorated with blind and gold stamped and painted motives. Very nice copy of this book of
poetry.
£ 385,00
189. [PORTEFEUILLE - FIN XVIII° SIÈCLE / PORTFOLIO - END XVIIITH CENTURY]. - 1 vol. 12mo. [4] bl. Red
morocco case. Charming booklet covered with blue silk. The first board is decorated with an original painting depicting
some ancient ruins in a green landscape, the second board is decorated with a mirror. Lovely item.
£ 500,50