LES TROIS ISLETS

LES TROIS ISLETS
LIVRES RARES
CALIFORNIA 2015
Pasadena Antiquarian Book, Print & Paper Fair,
Jan 31 & Feb. 2, Pasadena Center – Booth 500
48th California International Antiquarian Book Fair,
Feb. 6-8, Oakland Marriott City Center – Booth 1001
57. PREZIOSI (AMADEO, COMTE DE). -SOUVENIR DU CAIRE. Paris, Lemercier, 1862. 1 vol. folio. 20 colour lithographs.
Jean-François Letenneur
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List of 140 items
Travels: America, Asia, Egypt-Middle East, Africa, Europe, Explorations, Maritime, Military and
Tactics, Atlases, Sciences, Technology, Miniature books.
Americana
1. ACOSTA (JOSE DE). -HISTORIA NATURALE, E MORALE DELLE INDIE. In Venetia [Venise], Presso Bernardo
Basa, All'Insegna del Sole. M D XCVI [1596]. 1 vol. 4to. Antique full vellum, ink title. First Italian edition, translated
by Giovanni Paolo Galucci Salodiano. Acosta was one of the first Europeans to
provide a detailed image of the physical and human geography of Latin America;
his studies of the Indian civilizations of the New World were a major source of
information for several centuries. He may, indeed, be called the first of the true
Americanists. Fine copy.
$ 2 900
2. 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. [SUIVI DE]. HISTOIRE DE LA PREMIERE DESCOUVERTE ET
CONQUESTE DES CANARIES. FAITE DÈS L'AN 1402 PAR MESSIRE JEAN DE
BETHENCOURT. 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.
$ 27 900
3. BEULLOCH (WILLIAM BULLOCH OU
BULLOCK, DIT). -LE MEXIQUE EN 1823, OU
RELATION D’UN VOYAGE DANS LA NOUVELLEESPAGNE. 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.
$ 6 400
4. BOITE (GASTON). - [CHILI - FRENCH
IMIGRANT]. Ca. 1909. 1 vol. 8vo. 129 handwritten
pp. [19] ll. 3 trolley tickets, stamps, official papers,
etc. Contemporary cloth binding. Spirited narrative
by Gaston Boite, French emigrant to Chile in the
beginning of the 20th century. The journey from
France to South America still was an adventure, for
the crossing and the installation and this log gives a
vivid picture of it.
$ 2 100
5. BONNIN DE FRAYSSEIX (J OSEPHANTONIN-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.
$ 3 600
6. CHABERT (JEAN-BAPTISTE). -VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI EN 1750 ET 1751, DANS L'AMERIQUE
SEPTENTRIONALE, POUR RECTIFIER LES CARTES DES CÔTES DE L'ACADIE, DE L'ISLE ROYALE & DE L'ISLE DE TERRENEUVE ; ET POUR EN FIXER LES PRINCIPAUX POINTS PAR DES OBSERVATIONS ASTRONOMIQUES. Paris, Imprimerie
Royale, 1753. 1 vol. 4to. 6 folding maps, 1 folding plate, 1 folding table, 1 engraved head-piece. 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.
Fine copy in armorial
binding.
$ 4 100
7. CHAMPIGNY (CHEVALIER JEAN DE). -ETAT-PRESENT DE LA LOUISIANE, AVEC TOUTES LES PARTICULARITÉS DE
CETTE PROVINCE D'AMERIQUE, POUR SERVIR DE SUITE À L'HISTOIRE DES ETABLISSEMENS DES EUROPÉENS DANS LES
DEUX INDES ; PAR LE COLONEL, CHEVALIER DE CHAMPIGNY. A la Haye, chez Frederic Staatman, 1776. 1 vol. 8vo.
Original wrappers. “An absorbing account of the trial and punishment of leading French citizens of Louisiana, inflicted on
them by Alexander O’Reilly, the Spanish Governor of the province at its transfer from France to Spain after the Seven
Years’ War”. (Streeter). Fine copy.
$ 7 500
8. FENWICK (JOSEPH). -MÉMOIRE À CONSULTER, POUR LE CITOYEN JOSEPH FENWICK, FONDÉ DE PROCURATION
D'ABEL LUNT, CAPITAINE DU BRICK AMÉRICAIN L'UNION. [WITH] JOSEPH FENWICK À MONSIEUR JONA JONES,
DEVANT MESSIEURS LES JUGES DE LA COUR D'APPEL DE BORDEAUX. A Bordeaux, André Racle, an 9 [1800]. (I.) A
Bordeaux, Ve La court et Faye Ainé. 1806. (II.) 7 vols. 8vo. Ancient portfolio.7 vols. 8vo. Ancient portfolio. Fenwick
(1762-1849) was the first Consul, appointed by Georges Washington in 1795, for the United States in Bordeaux, first town
in the world to have an American consulate. The first document is very scarce. Six other documents are related to a case
which occupied the court of Bordeaux for more than 15 years: the “Pigou case” involving Jona Jones, Joseph Fenwick and
his partner Mason. The trial is still famous and appears in Merlin’s “Question de droit” under “Serment”. Remarkable set
of utmost scarce documents, regarding two important trials, early international trade law suits, involving the first American
consul in the world.
$ 7 000
9. FREZIER (AMÉDÉE FRANÇOIS). -RELATION DU VOYAGE DE LA
MER DU SUD AUX CÔTES DU CHILY ET DU PÉROU, FAIT PENDANT LES
ANNÉES 1712, 1713 & 1714, DÉDIÉE À S.A.R. MONSEIGNEUR LE
DUC D'ORLÉANS, RÉGENT 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.
$ 4 400
10. FROGER (FRANÇOIS). -RELATION D'UN VOYAGE DE LA MER DU
SUD, DÉTROIT DE MAGELLAN, BRÉSIL, CAYENNE ET LES ILES DES
ANTILLES. Amsterdam, L'Honoré et Chatelain, 1715. 1 vol. 12mo.
18th century paperboard. New 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.
$ 4 000
10. Froger.
11. GARCIA CUBAS (ANTONIO).
-ATLAS PINTORESCO E HISTÓRICO DE
LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS.
Mexico, Debray Succ., 1885. 1 vol.
large folio, 13 chromolithographies on
double page. Publisher half green
shagreen. (Text vol. not present). First
edition. This atlas is regarded as one of
the most beautiful colour-plate books on
Mexico. The work contains 13
chromolithographed plates, each with a
specialized map of Mexico surrounded by
vignettes corresponding to the map, such
as archaeology, botany, rivers, mining,
volcanoes and mountains, railroads,
costumed ethnographic types, etc.
Antonio García y Cubas devoted himself
to the study of Mexican geography, history
and archaeology, publishing a succession
of atlases beginning in 1858. The Atlas
pintoresco e histórico de los Estados
Unidos Mexicanos can be said to be a
culmination of his work in its beauty and
comprehensiveness. With title-page in
tinted lithography.
$ 9 900
11. Garcia Cubas.
12. HENNEPIN (LOUIS) & DE LA
BORDE. -VOYAGE OU NOUVELLE
DÉCOUVERTE D'UN TRÈS GRAND PAÏS,
DANS
L'AMÉRIQUE,
ENTRE
LE
NOUVEAU MEXIQUE ET LA MER
GLACIALE.
[...]
Amsterdam,
Desbordes, 1712. 1 vol. 12mo. 6
folding engraved plates and 1 folding
engraved map. Contemporary full calf. Early edition of Hennepin's important account of his American exploration, together
with De La Borde's account of his travels in the Caribbean. Fine copy.
$ 3 700
13. HERRERA (ANTONIO
DE).
-HISTOIRE
GÉNÉRALE DES
CASTILLANS DANS LES ISLES
TERRE-FERME DES INDES OCCIDENTALES. Paris, N. & J
de la Coste, 1660 et 1671. 3 vols. 4to. Contemporary calf.
VOYAGES ET CONQUESTES DES
ET
First French edition of this corner stone of early americana. This
copy counts the three volumes ever published, rarely found
together, listed as different works. The third volume was
published eleven years after the two first. This is the first Spanish
work on America of this importance published in Spain, his
author : Antonio Herrera y Tordesillas (1559-1625) being the first
Royal Historiographer for the West Indies. The third volume, in
binding with arms, presents a nice ex-dono : « Ce livre m’a été
donné par monsieur le duc de la Rochefoucauld le 20 de février
1683 ». Fine copy of this major work for the history of New
World.
$ 14 000
14. ISABELLE (ARSÈNE). -VOYAGE À BUENOS-AYRES ET À
PORTO-ALEGRE, PAR LA BANDA-ORIENTAL, LES MISSIONS
D'URUGAY ET LA PROVINCE DE RIO-GRANDE-DO-SUL (DE
1830 À 1834). Havre, Imprimerie de J. Morlent, 1835. 1
13. Herrera.
vol. 8vo. 4 plates and 1 folding map. 19th century half calf. Rare
First Edition of a journey to Brazil and Uruguay, written by
Arsène Isabelle (1806?-1879). He arrived in Buenos Aires as a
merchant, but in fact travelled through Argentina, Uruguay, the
province of Rio Grande... The importance of this work lies in the
fact that it is one of the few books of the time to describe the Rio
Grande del Sul. 4 pl., 1 fold. chart. Fine copy.
$ 2 500
15. [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 PRÊTE-JEAN. Paris, Louis Billaine, 1674. 1 vol.
4to. 12 engraved plates and 7 maps. Ccontemporary 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.
$ 11 600
16. LABAT (R. PÈRE JEAN-BAPTISTE). -VOYAGE DU CHEVALIER DES MARCHAIS EN GUINÉE, ISLES VOISINES, ET
A CAYÉNNE, 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.
$ 4 100
17. Lafitau
17. LAFITAU (JOSEPH-FRANÇOIS). -MŒURS DES SAUVAGES AMERIQUAINS COMPARÉES AUX MŒURS DES PREMIERS
TEMPS. A Paris, Chez Saugrain l’aîné, Chez Charles Estienne Hochereau, 1724. 2 vols. 4to. 1 engraved frontispiece,
41 engraved plates. Contemporary full calf. First edition, quarto, of this work by Lafitau, considered as one of the first text of
modern compared anthropology, devoted to Indians of America. “Gives very extended and very exact details of the
customs, manners and religion of the savages of America, though principally of the Indians of Canada. Charlevoix says, “We
have nothing so exact upon the subject of which it treats. His parallel of ancient nations with the American Indians is very
ingenious, and exhibits as great familiarity with the nations of the Antiquity in the Old World, as with the aborigines of the
new”. See “Bibliographie universelle”.” (Sabin, 38596). Fine copy in contemporary binding.
$ 5 600
18. LAVAL (PÈRE ANTOINE JEAN DE). -VOYAGE DE LA LOUISIANE, FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROY, EN L’ANNÉE MIL
SEPT CENT VINGT . A Paris, Chez Jean Mariette, 1728 – 1727 (« Recueil de Divers Voyages »). 1 vol. 4to. 16 maps
(4 folding), 11 folding tables, 4 astronomical folding plates. Contemporary full calf. First edition. « Principally occupied with
mathematical and astronomical details; A valuable and scientific books of travels, which enters very fully into the Physical
Geography, of the French Dominions in Louisiana and the Mississipi Valley. There are copies on large paper.” Sabin
39276. Ownership inscription on the title-page indicating that it was given to the "Séminaire Royal de la Marine" by the
author on June 2, 1728. Rare work, seldom met with, and one of the first major publications relating to Louisiana.
$ 9 900
19. LE BEAU (CLAUDE). -AVANTURES DU SR.
C. LE BEAU, AVOCAT EN PARLEMENT, OU
VOYAGE
CURIEUX
ET
NOUVEAU
PARMI
LES
SAUVAGES DE L'AMÉRIQUE
SEPTENTRIONALE,
DANS LEQUEL ON TROUVERA UNE DESCRIPTION
DU CANADA [...]. Amsterdam, Herman
Uytwerf, 1738. 2 vols. 12mo. 1 folding map of
Canada, 6 plates. Latter vellum binding. Original
edition of the account of this journey in Canada by
the French adventurer Claude Le Beau, including
his experience with the local populations: Iroquois,
Algonquins, Hurons and others.
$ 1 900
20. [MANUSCRIT. MARINE.] -JOURNAL DE
BORD, VOYAGE AMÉRIQUE DU SUD. ALLERRETOUR À LIMA. Février-Décembre 1856. 1
vol. 8vo. [92] manuscript ll. Contemporary half
morocco. Travel log of a round-trip from Le Havre
to Lima, written in 1876 from February 26th to
December 29th. The writer went aboard the 19. Le Beau.
"Batavia", commanded by Henri Deglaire. He
makes a daily report of his activities, the relationships with the other passengers. Before crossing Cape Horn, the ship has
already gone through some squalls, and the captain decides to stop in Montevideo to repair it. They reach Montevideo April
29th and leave the town a month later (May 29th). They cross the Horn and the Strait of Magellan and eventually reach
Callao July 8th. The author spends some time in the country to settle business matters and recover from some injuries from
the trip (some falls during the crossing of the Strait of Magellan) and then boards to France.
$ 7 600
21. MONTULE (EDOUARD DE).
-RECUEIL DES CARTES ET DES VUES
DU VOYAGE EN AMÉRIQUE, EN
ITALIE, EN SICILE ET EN EGYPTE FAIT
PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1816, 1817,
1818 ET 1819. Paris, Delaunay,
1821. 2 text vols. 8vo, 1 atlas vol.
oblong folio. 59 engraved plates (14
views tinted) including 2 folding maps.
Contemporary half calf. Only edition of
this scarce collection of travel, one of the
first travel book illustrated with
lithographs, by Edouard de Montulé
(1792-?) who travelled in America, Italy,
Sicilia and Egypt. The text is a collection
of letters, and of 59 lithographed plates
and among them several early
lithographed views of America, and even
“lithographic firsts” as the 3rd plate:
“New-York vu de l’Ouest”, which is the
earliest view of New-York City. The two
folding maps were engraved by Bracas
and C. de Lasteyrie after the original drawings by Montulé, the first shows the East coast of America including Cuba and
other Caribbean isles and the second shows Egypt. His drawings are especially interesting for their accurate and precise
details showing parts of America, Italy and Egypt not often visited at the time. Fine copy.
$ 25 500
22. MURET (CHARLES). [PANAMA CANAL]. -LE CANAL INTEROCÉANIQUE D’APRÈS LES DOCUMENTS OFFICIELS.
Paris, Ch. Delagrave, Editeur, Collection Muret, [1885]. Coloured plaster cast model (148 x 410 mm.), lithographed. 1
engraved map (457 x 360 mm.), handcolored. Scarce and striking plaster cast representation of the Panama Canal: one of
the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, that made it possible for ships to travel between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in half the time previously required. This Cast relief is one of the first representation of this key
conduit for international maritime trade and the shorter, faster, safer route to the U.S. West Coast and to nations in and
along the Pacific Ocean allowed those places to become more integrated with the global economy. For the present plan, its
author, the French mathematician and surveyor Charles Muret, won a goldmedal from the World Exhibition in Antwerp in
1885. World Cat locates only one copy in libraries around the world, one in France. In 2010, this copy was on exhibit to at
the BnF (National French Library) as part of the exhibition: « Des trésors pour l’été, enrichissements remarquables de la
Bibliothèque nationale de France ». Fine condition of this scarce and exceptional item, depicting this project, achieved in
1914 by American engineers.
$ 11 000
23. [PREVOST (ANTOINE-FRANÇOIS)]. -VOYAGES DU CAPITAINE ROBERT LADE EN DIFFÉRENTES PARTIES DE
L'AFRIQUE, DE L'ASIE ET DE L'AMÉRIQUE. A Paris, chez Didot, 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.
$ 2 100
24. [SAINTARD (PIERRE-LOUIS DE)]. -ESSAI SUR LES
COLONIES FRANÇOISES ; OU DISCOURS POLITIQUES SUR LA
NATURE DU GOUVERNEMENT, DE LA POPULATION & DU
COMMERCE DE LA COLONIE DE S.D. [Paris ?], sans nom, M
DCC LIV (1754). 1 vol. 12mo. Contemporary full calf. First
edition of this scarce book, first work by Pierre-Louis de Saintard
(1718-1766) about Saint Domingue. Saintard worked for the India
Company and traveled in North America, he authored two other
books: « Roman politique sur l’état présent des affaires de
l’Amérique » (Paris, Duchesne, 1756) and « Lettres d’un citoyen sur
la permission de commercer dans les Colonies » (1756), where he
stands for a balance between colonial powers for the increase of
trade. The present work is a political, demographical, economical
description of Saint Domingue, with some ideas to promote the
French colonial empire. Fine copy.
$ 5 200
25. VENEGAS (MIGUEL). -HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET CIVILE
DE LA CALIFORNIE. A Paris, Chez Durand, Libraire, rue SaintJacques; à la Sagesse, 1767. 3 vols. 12mo. 1 folding map.
Contemporary half sheep. Second printing of the first French
edition translated from the English edition of 1759 of Noticia de la
California by Venegas: the first attempt to write an history of
California, and a reference. Fine copy.
$ 1800
26. 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
25. Venegas.
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.
$ 1 600
Asia
27. [PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM - ASIA]. -[S.M.S.
VATERLAND]. Ca. 1904-1914. 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.
$ 4 650
28. [PHOTO ALBUM]. -[SET OF 97 PHOTOGRAPHS.
PEKING, MUKDEN]. [Ca. 1901]. 97 original photographs.
Portfolio. Very interesting set of photographs featuring
Peking and Mukden, taken and gathered by English tourist
or officer. We can distinguish a set of 53 images (101 x 125
mm.), on one of this images appear a group of English
people, and the whole set is captioned in English. They
depict the great sites in North China (Peking and Mukden):
Ming tombs, Mausoleum of Mukden, Peking Observatory,
Temple of Heaven, of Confucius, Forbidden City, but also
the Trans-siberian railway, South Manchuria railway, etc. The
rest of the pictures are mostly dedicated to Peking.
Impressive set of early photographs.
$ 8 200
28. Set of 97 Photographs.
29. [PHOTO ALBUM]. [HU SHI. NAUCK
(ERNST GEORGE)]. -[TRAVEL IN FAR EAST AND
CHINA: VIEWS, ETHNOGRAPHICAL & PERSONAL
PICTURES FROM NANKING, SHANGHAI, NAPO,
HONG-KONG, CANTON, MACAU, VIETNAM, ETC.].
Ca. 1924-1927. 1 vol. oblong folio. 26 ll. with 269
images (mostly original photographs, a few postcards,
100 x 150 mm. to 80 x 110 mm.). 2 original brown
jackets from “Kai Chong & Co” (Macao) and “Mei
Young” (Shanghai) photography studio. Quarter black
cloth (beginning of 20th century). Exceptional set giving
a very rich iconography of China and Far East for the
first half of 20th century, featuring some portraits of Hu
Shih. 58 photographs are captioned in Chinese and
English (10
x 15 cm.)
and depict
various
sites in Chinese countryside and some portraits with craftsmen working which
are very interesting. The rest of the pictures were taken and collected by a
German scientist who regularly appears on the photographs. His trip took him
to Shanghai, Nanking, Macao, Hong Kong, and Peking. To the pictures of
landscapes, famous buildings, and touristic sites, are added several nice portraits
of him with scientist fellows both European (German) and Asiatic. Among
them, are German scientists from the Hamburg Tropen Institute (BNI for
tropical medicine) who worked at the Tongshi University and at Peking Union
Medical College (including Dr Nauck, and Kessler). Several pictures are
portraits of Hu Shih, famous Chinese philosopher, essayist and diplomat. Hu is
widely recognized today as a key contributor to Chinese liberalism and language
reform in his advocacy for the use of written vernacular Chinese. He was
influential in the May Fourth Movement, one of the leaders of China's New
Culture Movement, was a president of Peking University. The photographer of
the present set also appears on pictures with strangers, mostly Chinese
countrymen, and children. We find also numerous portraits of groups of
people from the remote China with ethnic minorities, as well as street scenes
(from Hong Kong) that are of important ethnographic interest. The original
manuscript captions on the back of the pictures have been copied below the
images. Fine album.
$ 12 800
30. [PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM]. -BIRD’S
EYE VIEW OF THE FAR EAST. KYOKUTO¯
TAIKAN. 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.
$ 13 900
ON PITH PAPER]. -[CHINESE PROFESSIONS]. Ca 1850. 1 vol. oblong 4to. 12
watercolours on pith paper. Contemporary illustrated boards. Lovely set of 12 watercolours depicting various trade and
crafts professions in 19th century China. Very attractive item, nicely bound.
$ 1 400
31. [ANONYMOUS, DRWINGS
32. [ANONYMOUS. PHOTOGRAPHIY
CHINA.]. -ALBUM CHINOIS. Sans lieu, ni
nom, avant 1857. 1 vol. 4to. [1] l., 41
albumen prints. Contemporary black
buckram. Very rare work, plainly entitled:
“Album chinois”, one of the first examples of
a work illustrated with photographs depicting
Chinese subjects, published in Europe. That
is also an important document for the
resurgence of the Jesuit Missions in China in
19th century. It is composed of 41 albumen
prints, 17 of which are from original
photographic portraits, taken by the
Missionaries: 8 portraits of Jesuits, 8 striking
portraits of Chinese types; the others being
reproductions of engravings or paintings,
illustrating the Chinese history. Only two
copies are referenced by World Cat (BnF
and Getty). The BnF dates the copy between 1850 and 1870, but a copy was discovered with a bookplate belonging to a
man who died in 1857. Furthermore, one of the portraits, Father Borgniet, who was bishop of Shanghai between 1856 and
1862, and who appears here as a bishop, allows to be more precise and dates the publication between 1856 and 1857. Fine
copy of this rare work, containing very early photographs of China.
$ 7 600
33. ARRIVABENE (LODOVICO). -ISTORIA DELLA CHINA DI LODOVICO ARRIVABENE GENTIL'HUOMO
MANTOVANO. NELLA QUALE SI TRATTA DI MOLTE COSE MARAVIGLIOSE DI QUELL'AMPLISSIMO REGNO. In Verona,
Appresson Angelo Tamo, 1599. 1 vol. 4to. (Numerous pagination errors not affecting the text). Contemporary
cardboard. First issued in 1597 under the title: "Il magno vitei", "Istoria della China" is the last and the best work by Ludovico
Arrivabene (ca. 1530-1597), and one of the first European novels in China. An epic tale, set in fictitious China used as the
basis for an instructive and moralizing literary work. Fine copy.
$ 3 200
34. [CHOISY (FRANCOIS TIMOLEON, ABBÉ DE)]. -JOURNAL DU VOYAGE DE SIAM FAIT EN M. DC. LXXXV. ET
M. DC. LXXXVI. PAR MR. L. D. C. A Paris, Chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Imprimeur du Roy, rüe Saint
Jacques, aux Cicognes. 1687. 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary glazed calf. First edition of this important and early work on Siam
by the former-transvestite turned missionary. Detailed journal of Choisy's (1644-1724) observations during his stay as a
missionary in Siam in 1685 and 1686. Fine copy.
$ 1 750
35.
[COLLECTIVE]. -[REGULATION OF COCHINCHINA
Saïgon & Hanoï. 13 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary
FORRESTS.]
quarter red morocco. Interesting collection of 13 texts printed from
1894 to 1905, in Saïgon and Hanoï, and manuscripts, regarding the
rules and management of the forrests in Cochinchina. Fine set.
$ 700
36. DELLON (CHARLES). -VOYAGES DE M. DELLON, AVEC SA
RELATION DE L'INQUISITION DE GOA. Cologne, Les héritiers de
P. Marteau, 1711. 3 vols. 12mo. 6 engraved plates by Sevin.
Contemporary calf. Ex-libris. First edition of the most complete edition
of Charles Dellon’s works. It includes the relation of his travel in «La
Réunion», in Madagascar, Surate, Malabar and Daman where he was
arrested by the Inquisition. Fine copy.
$ 2 900
37. 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.
$ 3 250
37. Drouville.
38.
DU
HALDE
(RÉVÉREND PÈRE JEANBAPTISTE). -A DESCRIPTION
OF THE EMPIRE OF CHINA
AND
CHINESE TARTARY;
TOGETHER
WITH
THE
KINGDOMS OF KOREA, AND
TIBET. London: Printed by
T. Gardner for Edward
Cave, 1738-1741. 2 vol. folio.
I. 18 maps (the General with
handcoloured outlines, 14
foldings), 8 plans, 10 plates
(including the frontispiece
depicting Confucius). So 36
plates; II. 4 plates, 22 folding
maps. Contemporary full calf.
First folio English edition of
this cornerstone work, the richest and the most accurate treatise on China of the 18th century, a reference during more than
a century. True encyclopedic compendium, this text gives for the first time to Europeans informations both reliable and
precise on history, geography and culture of China. The maps are considered as: "the principal cartographic authority on
China during the 18th century" (Tooley), and among them is the first separate map of Korea. Fine copy.
$ 25 600
39. FAGON (ALLAIN). [PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM]. -CAMPAGNE DE CHINE. 1927-1930. 1 vol. oblong 8vo. 289
silver pictures. Original black cardboards. Beautiful 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 (Hong-Kong), as well as scenes. Very fine set.
$ 2 900
40. [GERVAISE (NICOLAS)]. -DESCRIPTION HISTORIQUE DU ROYAUME DE MACAÇAR. 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 (16621729) 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.
$ 1 400
41. HUNTER (W.), WOLF (CHR.), ESCHELSKROON. -DESCRIPTION DU PEGU ET DE L'ISLE DE CEYLAN.
RENFERMANT DES DÉTAILS EXACTS ET NEUFS SUR LE CLIMAT, LES PRODUCTIONS, LE COMMERCE, LE
GOUVERNEMENT, LES MOEURS ET LES USAGES DE CES CONTRÉES. Paris, Maradan, 1793. 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary
half calf. First edition translated by Langlès into French ; Hunter (1752-1815), doctor and Scottish orientalist, who lived a
long time in India, describes the products and agriculture of Pegu, as well as the caves at Elephanta, Ambola, and Canara.
$ 1 200
42. MAFFEI (GIOVANNI PIETRO).
-RERUM A SOCIETATE JESU IN ORIENTE
GESTARUM
VOLUMEN.
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.
$ 6 400
45. Nieuhof.
43. [MANUSCRIPT]. KIAUTSCHOU CHINA. -[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.
$ 1 400
44. MENDEZ PINTO (FERDINAND). -LES VOYAGES ADVENTUREUX DE FERNAND MENDEZ PINTO, FIDÈLEMENT
TRADUICTS DU PORTUGAIS EN FRANÇAIS. 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.
$ 3 250
45. 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.
$ 7 600
46. TRIGAULT (NICOLAS). -HISTOIRE DE L'EXPEDITION CHRESTIENNE EN
LA CHINE, ENTREPRISE PAR LES PÈRES DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JESUS. 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 (15771628). When Trigault's book was published it shook Europe. Never before had
such well organized and accurate information about China been available. 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. The French translation was made by Trigault's nephew,
Riquebourg-Trigault, physician to Guillaume of Orange. Fine copy.
$ 11 100
47. YU ZAN MORI (DESIGNER). -SHIKI NO YOSOII. Kyoto (Japan),
Unsodo, 1903. 2 vols. 4to. 102 coloured woodcuts. Japanese fan-glued binding.
Rare Kimono Pattern Books containing woodblock prints of kimono textile
designs. Called “Zu-An-Cho” in Japanese, these books were used to communicate
ideas between kimono dealers, their clients, and the various craftsmen collaborating
on kimono. The first book contains 50 full-page and polychrome patterns which
are richly decorated; the second book presents 30 patterns following by a variety of
many floral generally circular-shaped motives. Attractive book.
$ 3 850
47. Yu Zan Mori.
Egypt - Middle East
48. Al Jazuli
49. Castellan.
48. AL-JAZULI. [SULAYMAN (MUHAMMAD IBN)]. -DALA'IL AL KHARAYRAT. [Egypte, an 1179 de l’Hégire,
1801 de notre ère.] 1 vol. 8vo. [103] manuscript ll. (with 3 frontispieces in gold and colours, 2 painted miniatures).
Contemporary morocco. Manuscript, written at the very beginning of 19th century, of the Dala’il al-Kharayat (Waymarks of
Benefits), one of the most famous Muslim prayer books and one of the most popular. The present manuscript, finely
calligraphed with large margins and gilded frame, counts three illuminated frontispieces, and two miniatures with
geometrical and floral patterns, nine leaves are prayer tables and indicate when to pray. Fine copy.
$ 2 900
49. CASTELLAN (ANTOINE-LAURENT). -MŒURS, USAGES, COSTUMES DES OTHOMANS ET ABRÉGÉ DE LEUR
HISTOIRE. Paris, Nepveu, 1812. 6 vols. 16mo. 72 hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary full calf. First edition of
this beautiful work richly illustrated with detailed hand-coloured full-page engravings depicting scenes, Ottoman’s costumes,
portraits, weapons, tools, musical instruments etc. Castellan gives an elaborate account of the history, emperors, people,
religion, arts and professions, richly illustrated. The quality of the colouring is variable, and for the present copy is
remarkable. With a richer and subtler pallet than most copies, the artist achieved the finest resulta, enhancing every detail
and emphasizing the beauty of the engravings. Beautiful set.
$ 5 600
50. CHARDIN (JEAN). -TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN CHARDIN INTO PERSIA AND THE EAST INDIES. THROUGH THE
BLACK-SEA AND THE COUNTRY OF COLCHIS. [WITH] THE CORONATION OF SOLYMAN III. London, Moyse Pitt,
1686. 1 vol. folio. 1 frontispiece portrait, 1 folding map, 16 plates (11 foldings). Contemporary calf. Rare first English
edition of the first volume of Chardin's manuscript. The younger Chardin set out in 1664, travelling through Turkey, the
Black Sea, Georgia and Armenia. This first edition deals with the period 1671-73, was published in 1686 and followed by
several counterfeit editions. The complete set of his works was published only in 1771 in Paris, but was incomplete of
several passages cut by the editor who found them “anti-papists”! Chardin enjoys the reputation of being one of the bestinformed European observers of Safavid Persia. The plates of the present book are after the original drawings by Grelot ;
they include illustrations of Tiflis, Erivan, Kashan, Kom and a large folding map of the Black Sea. A valuable work, highly
praised by Montesquieu, Rousseau etc., all of whom used it for their sources. Fine copy.
$ 5 800
51. CORBETT (ADMIRAL SIR JOHN). -[MIDDLE-EAST CAMPAIGNS: WATERCOLOURS AND SKETCHES FROM
BOSPHORUS, SYRIA AND EGYPT]. Sans lieu, ca. 1837-1842. 1 vol. folio. 23 watercolours, 11 pencil drawings. Ancient
cardboards. Very beautiful collection of paintings and drawings by Admiral Sir John Corbett, which he realized during naval
campaigns in Mediterranean Sea. Sir John Corbett (1822-1893) was a royal Navy officer. He joined the Navy in 1835 and
was promoted Commander in 1852, Captain in 1857. In the meanwhile, he served in the Second Opium War. In 1877, he
was made commander in Chief, East Indies. He is known to be an amateur painter, who brought back watercolours from
his travels. The present collection of drawings and watercolours were made during some travels in the Mediterranean, at the
beginning of his carrier as a
sailor and as a painter, the
work of a very young, but
already very talented man of 15
to 22 years old. The first part
of the drawings is dedicated to
Bosphorus and Turkey (18371838), the second to Syria and
Egypt
(1840-1841).
The
collection also counts some
pictures of Malta (1843),
Tangiers (1845)n Liverpool
and Lisbon. The drawings are
mostly signed and annotated,
and give poetical coastal views
of Middle East, but not only,
because young Corbett was the
witness and made some
drawings of the attack of Beirut
and Tortosa by the English in
1840. Beautiful set.
$ 8 700
52. [HAFEZ (KHOUAJEH CHAMS AD-DIN MOHAMMAD HAFEZ-E CHIRAZI, DIT)]. [MANUSCRIPT]. -[DIWAN,
COMMENTAIRE]. Fin du 17ème siècle. 1 vol. 4to. 1st l. inlluminated with gold. Contemporary full red sheep. Manuscript
commentary of the "Diwan", collection of verses by the famous Hafez, important poet of the Persian tradition. It was written
between 1688 and 1689. Hafez's work influenced many Persian writers as well as great occidental poets, such as Goethe.
17th century manuscript, in very fine condition.
$ 4 100
53. [MANUSCRIPT]. -CORAN. Empire Ottoman, an 1265 de l'Hégire, i.e. 1849 de notre ère. 1 vol. 8vo. [302]
manuscript ll. Contemporary gilded red morocco with flap. Manuscript Koran finely calligraphed in Naskh script. In his
original binding, it presents a beatiful frontispiece in colours (green, blue, orange and purple) and gold. The colophon is
written in a gold diamond-shaped frame. The first words of the suras are written in white on gold. The entire text is written
in a gold frame, with 41 vegetal polychrome points in margins. Fine copy.
$ 3 300
54. [MANUSCRIPT]. HUSSAM' UDDÎN. -[JURISPRUDENCE CORANIQUE]. Constantinople, 1629. (Colophon). 1
vol. 8vo. Illuminated frontispiece. Contemporary red
shagreen. Very fine manuscript, case law treatise, dealing with
inheritance and successions, according to the Hadith (saying
or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly
or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad). It was written
by a judge from Constantinople, as we can see in the
colophon (Hussam' Uddîn, 1629). Fine copy of legal
manuscript of early 17th century, with a beautiful illuminated
frontispiece.
$ 3 000
53. Coran.
52. Hafez.
55. NIEBUHR (CARSTEN). -DESCRIPTION DE L'ARABIE D'APRÈS LES OBSERVATIONS ET RECHERCHES FAITES DANS
LE PAYS MÊME. A Paris, Chez Brunet, Libraire, rue des Écrivains. 1779. 2 vols. 4to. 18 plates (1 folding), 7 maps (5
folding), 1 folding table. Contemporary full calf. Second French edition of Niebuhr's famous work, considered as the best
printed of Niebuhr's travel books, and the first scientific expedition to Arabia. Having the large famous map of Yemen. This
is the account of the Royal Danish expedition (1761-1767) to the Arabian Peninsula, the first scientific expedition to this
area sponsored by King Frederick V of Denmark, and from which Niebuhr returned as the only survivor. His work still
forms one of the most authoritative descriptions of Arabia and Yemen in particular. Fine copy.
$ 3 500
56. [PRESENTATION COPY]. VOLNEY (CONSTANTIN FRANÇOIS DE CHASSEBOEUF, COMTE DE). -VOYAGE EN
SYRIE ET EN EGYPTE, PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1783, 84
ET 85. TROISIÈME ÉDITION, REVUE ET CORRIGÉE PAR
L’AUTEUR. A Paris, chez Dugour et Durand,
Libraires, rue et hôtel Serpente, An VII. 1799. 2 vols
8vo. 3 maps, 1 plan, 4 plates (all folded). Contemporary
half green morocco. Third edition of this valuable account
of Syria and Egypt. Volney (1757-1820), distinguished
French historian and philosopher, spent three years of
travelling in Syria and Egypt. His account contains
information about the natural history, politics, commerce,
customs and manners, etc. Includes an account of the
Arabic press at the convent of Mrkhamra with a catalogue
of books printed there. One of the most exact and valuable
works of its kind ever published (Cox). His account has
never really been surpassed. This copy belonged to JeanLouis Laya (1761-1833) French author, who was forced to
hide during the French Revolution because of his play
"L'Ami des Lois" where he denounces the excess of men
like Robespierre or Marat ("A Mr. Laya, de la part de
l'auteur"). Pleasant presentation copy.
$ 1 750
57. PREZIOSI (AMADEO, COMTE DE). -SOUVENIR DU
CAIRE PAR PRÉZIOSI. DÉDIÉ À SON COMPAGNON DE
VOYAGE SON EXCELLENCE MONSIEUR H.C. DU BOIS,
ENVOYÉ
EXTRAORDINAIRE
ET
MINISTRE
PLÉNIPOTENTIAIRE DE S.M. ME ROI DES PAYS-BAS,
PRÈS LES COURS DE TURQUIE ET DE GRÈCE, EN 1862.
Paris, Lemercier, 1862. 1 vol. folio. [1] l. (Engraved
title), 20 colour lithographs mounted on card, [1] l. (Table).
First and only edition of this scarce work, giving a
picturesque, idealistic but also accurate vision of Cairo and
its inhabitants. Celebrated by Baudelaire. "These attractive
plates illustrate the costumes of Cairo and the valley of the
Nile, which Preziosi visited in 1862" (Blackmer). Fine copy.
$ 21 500
57. Preziosi.
Africa & Europe
58. CAILLIE (RENÉ). -JOURNAL D’UN VOYAGE À
TEMBOCTOU ET À JENNE, DANS L’AFRIQUE CENTRALE,
MEMBRE DE L’INSTITUT. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1830.
3 vols. 8vo+ 1 atlas 4to, 1 folded map, 5 plates, 1 portrait. Later
half-sheep. Original edition of this scarce account. Rene Caillie
was presented with the Legion of Honor as the first European
to return alive from Timbuktu. "He set out from Sierra Leone,
reached the Niger, and followed it to Kabara, the port of
Timbuctoo. Thence he went to the mysterious city, saw
something of its real character, and crossed the Sahara to
Morocco, reaching the west coast of Fez. For this journey he
was rewarded by the Geographical Society of Paris" (Baker).
From the John Ralph Willis' Collection.
$ 6 750
59. DU CROS (JOSEPH AUGUSTE). -HISTOIRE DES VOYAGES DE MONSIEUR LE MARQUISVILLE EN LEVANT, ET DU
SIÈGE 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.
$ 4 100
60. HODGSON (WILLIAM BROWN). -NOTES ON NORTHERN AFRICA,
THE SAHARA AND SOUDAN, IN RELATION TO THE ETHNOGRAPHY,
LANGUAGES, HISTORY, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION, OF THE NATIONS
OF THOSE COUNTRIES. New Yok, Wiley and Putnam, 1844. 1 vol. 8vo.
Original half calf. First edition with a 3 pp. catalogue of books printed in the
Berber language, and 6 brief word lists of words in six African languages. Smith,
American Travellers Abroad, H-111: "The author was, for a time, U. S. Counsel
near the regency of Tunis. He wrote as an orientalist interested in Africa." Fine
copy.
$ 470
61. 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 COÛTUMES & FAÇONS DE VIVRES: LES
PARTICULARITÉS LES PLUS REMARQUABLES DE CES PAYS. A Paris, chez
Charles Roüillard, M. DC. XLVIII. (1643). 1 vol. 12mo. 18th century calf.
61. Jannequin.
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.
$ 9 100
62. LOYER (GODEFROY). -RELATION DU VOYAGE DU ROYAUME
D’ISSYNY, CÔTE D’OR, PAÏS DE GUINÉE, EN AFRIQUE. LA
DESCRIPTION DU PAÏS, LES INCLINATIONS, LES MŒURS, & LA RELIGION
DES HABITANS : AVEC CE QUI S’Y EST PASSÉ DE PLUS REMARQUABLE
DANS L’ÉTABLISSEMENT 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.
$ 6 700
62. Loyer.
Pacifique & Explorations
63. ARAGO (JACQUES ETIENNE VICTOR). COLOURED COPY. -SOUVENIRS D'UN AVEUGLE, VOYAGE AUTOUR
DU MONDE PAR M. J. ARAGO, OUVRAGE ENRICHI DE SOIXANTE DESSINS ET DE NOTES SCIENTIFIQUES. Paris, Gayet
et Lebrun, Libraires-Éditeurs, 1840. 4 vols. 8vo. 2 lithographed portraits (the author and his brother), 60 handcoloured
lithographed plates from the author's drawings. Contemporary half calf. Rare edition from Lyon, beautifully handcoloured,
in that expanded and richly illustrated forme of the Arago's circumnavigation account. The Uranie, on which Arago boarded
as draughtman, traveled to Australia, Hawaï, Tonga, Brazil, etc. Exceptional handcoloured copy nicely bound.
$ 4 400
64. BENYOWSKY (MAURICE AUGUSTE, COMTE DE). -VOYAGES ET
MÉMOIRES DE MAURICE-AUGUSTE, COMTE DE BENYOWKY. 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 Alaskarelated 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.” (LadaMocarski). . « Ouvrage rare et très curieux. Le tome 2 contient un travail très
important sur Madagascar » (Chadenat). Fine copy.
$ 2 800
65. BLIGH (LIEUTENANT WILLIAM). -RELATION DE L’ENLÈVEMENT DU
NAVIRE LE BOUNTY, APPARTENANT AU ROI D’ANGLETERRE, & COMMANDÉ
PAR LE LIEUTENANT GUILLAUME BLIGH. A Paris, chez Firmin Didot,
Libraire, rue Dauphine, et se trouve à Amsterdam, chez Gabriel Dufour,
Libraire, 1790. 1 vol. 8vo. 3 folding maps. First French edition of Bligh's own
64. Benyowsky.
account of the mutiny on the Bounty, the most notorious incident in maritime
history. This publication predates Bligh's full account of the voyage by two years.
Bligh was anxious to have an account of the mutiny itself available to safeguard his
own reputation and in order to present copies to the Lords of the Admiralty
before the court-martial of the mutineers, to absolve him from blame. Fine copy.
$ 2 900
66. [BONARD (AMIRAL LOUIS-ADOLPHE), BRUAT (AMIRAL ARMAND-JOSEPH), HAMELIN (AMIRAL
FERDINAND-ALPHONSE), POMARE IV]. -[LOG BOOK OF THE FRIGATE URANIE. CAMPAIGN OF TAHITI.] 18431847. 1 vol. folio. [129] ll. - [7] bl. - [4] ll. Contemporary half vellum. 15 appended items. 12 complementary documents
from the contemporary press. An original document of capital interest for the history of Tahiti and the archipelago of the
Society Islands: the precious log of the
frigate Uranie. It recounts all of her
Polynesian campaign (1843-47) under the
orders of Captain Louis-Adolphe Bonard
(1805-1867). The log is augmented with
important handwritten and printed
appended items. This log, very readable, is
more than an account of daily navigation.
Each event is related in great details, most
of the official acts from French and local
authorities are transcribed. The Uranie,
her captain and her crew were the main
actors of the events leading to the
restoration of the French protectorate on
the island. The wealth of the information
in the log and the annexed pieces make of
this amazing document a great first hand
historical source, shining a new light on the
history of Tahiti and the French presence
in the archipelago.
$ 55 700
67. CORVETTE DESCURBIERTA - ORIGINAL MAPS FROM SPANISH SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATIONS. [GONZALES
(ANTONIO)]. 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 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. After this great
expedition, the Descurbierta stayed in
service as a scientific ship up to 1828. The
22 guns corvette was stationed in Monte
Video from 1804 to 1806 and Callao (Lima)
from 1810 to 1816. In 1816, she went back
to Cadiz in 1816 for repairing. From 1816
to 1819, she was again based in South
America to help General Morillo and
Laborde expeditions against insurgents in
Colombia and Venezuela. Back to Cadiz in
1821, the Corvette was dropped out of
service in 1828.
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.
$ 36 000
68. 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 FRÉVILLE. 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.
$ 2 900
69. [FLEURIEU (CHARLES PIERRE
CLARET)]. -DECOUVERTES DES FRANÇOIS
EN 1768 & 1769, DANS LE SUD-EST DE LA
NOUVELLE-GUINÉE.
ET
RECONNOISSANCES POSTÉRIEURES DES
MÊMES TERRES PAR DES NAVIGATEURS
ANGLOIS QUI LEUR ONT IMPOSÉ DE
NOUVEAUX NOMS ; PRÉCÉDÉES DE
L'ABRÉGÉ HISTORIQUE DES NAVIGATIONS
& DES DÉCOUVERTES DES ESPAGNOLS
DANS LES MÊMES 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.
$ 6 750
70. FLEURIEU (CHARLES PIERRE CLARET,
COMTE DE). -VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI
EN 1768 ET 1769, À DIFFÉRENTES PARTIES DU
MONDE, POUR ÉPROUVER EN MER LES
HORLOGES MARINES INVENTÉES 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 (17381810) 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.
$ 9 900
71. LAPLACE (CAPITAINE CYRILLE PIERRE
THÉODORE). LAUVERGNE (BARTHÉLÉMY),
PÂRIS, SAINSON. -[ATLAS HISTORIQUE]
VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE PAR LES MERS DE
L'INDE ET DE CHINE EXÉCUTÉ SUR LA CORVETTE
DE L'ETAT LA FAVORITE PENDANT LES ANNÉES
1830, 1831 ET 1832. [Paris, Arthus Bertrand,
Imp. de Casimir, 1833.] 1 vol. in-folio, historical
atlas only, 69 numbered plates on 72 (plates 54, 56
and 71 missing, 2 plates n°35). Contemporary half
sheep. 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: Maurice, Singapore, Manille, Sydney or Rio. Fine copy
$ 14 500
72. MANBY (GEORGE WILLIAM). -REISE NACH
GRÖNLAND IM JAHR 1821. Leipzig: Ernst Fleicher.
1823. 1 vol. 12mo. 6 engraved plates (4 watercoloured), 1
folding watercoloured map. Contemporary quarter sheep.
Scarce first German edition of the account by Manby
(1765-1854) of his travel in Greenland, a classic of Polar
and whaling literature. In 1821, Manby sailed to
Greenland on the Baffin commanded by William
Scoresby (1798-1857), in order to test a new type of
harpoon for whaling. The present text contains interesting
informations about the flora and the fauna of the Arctic
regions as well as the practice of whale hunting. It is
beatifully illustrated with 6 plates: two with different figures
of natural history, 4 nicely handcoloured with impressive
whaling scenes.
$ 2 300
74. Ross.
73. PARRY (WILLIAM EDOUARD), TRADUIT PAR L’AUTEUR DE QUINZE JOURS À LONDRES. -VOYAGE FAIT EN
1819 ET 1820, SUR LES VAISSEAUX DE S.M.B., L'HECLA ET LE GRIPPER, POUR DÉCOUVRIR UN PASSAGE DU NORDOUEST DE L'OCÉAN ATLANTIQUE À LA MER PACIFIQUE, SOUS LES ORDRES DE WILLIAM EDOUARD PARRY,
MEMBRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE DE LONDRES. Paris, Librairie des Gide Fils, 1822. 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.
$ 1 850
74. 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 steelengraved 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.
$ 4 100
75. TILESIUS VON TILENAU
(WILHELM GOTTLIEB). -ÜBER DEN
URSPRUNG DES BÜRGERLICHEN LEBENS
UND DER STAATSFORM IN DEN SÜDSEEINSELN, UND ZWAR AUF DER INSEL
NUCKAHIWAH, EINER DER WASHINGTON
INSELN. Leipzig, Hinrichs, 1828. 1 vol.
8vo. 1 folding plate. Publisher printed
wrappers. Untrimmed and partly uncut copy.
Only edition of this very rare text by Tilesius
von Tilenau, German scientist and artist who
took part in Krusenstern's expedition: the first
Russian circumnavigation. In this text, he
exposes some considerations regarding the
political system in South Sea Islands, as well as
a very innovator point of view about the tatoo.
It was published in Jahrbücher der Geschichte
und Staatskunst, in May 1828. Very fresh and
pleasant copy.
$ 1 200
Maritime
76. BLONDEL DE SAINT AUBIN (GUILLAUME). -LE TRÉSOR DE LA NAVIGATION. 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.
$ 7 900
77. BOUGARD (RENÉ). -LE PETIT FLAMBEAU DE LA MER, OU LE
VÉRITABLE GUIDE DES PILOTES COTIERS. Au Havre de Grâce, Chez
P.J.D.G. Faure, Imprimeur & Marchand-Libraire, 1763. 1 vol. 4to.
Numerous woodcuts including some full page. Contemporary full limp
vellum. Famous pilot, 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.
$ 2 600
77. Bougard.
78. DUMAITZ DE
GOIMPY
(FRANÇOISLOUIS, COMTE). -TRAITÉ
SUR LA CONSTRUCTION
DES VAISSEAUX. A Paris,
chez D.C Couturier,
père,
ImprimeurLibraire, aux Galeries du
Louvre. Couturier, fils,
Libraire,
Quai
des
Augustins,
M.DCC.LXXVI. 1776. 1
vol. 4to. 2 folding plates. Complete with the l. "Correction de la hauteur du
point Vélique". Enhanced with an engraving depicting a ship.
Contemporary full red morocco, with the arms of Jean Baptiste Bertin
(1720-1792), Minister under Louis XV, famous for the creation of the
"Cabinet des Chartes". First edition of this innovative shipbuilding treatise,
based on the latest theoretical researches, but expressed in clear terms: to
be accessible to the shipbuilder. Dumaitz de Goimpy (1729-1807) served
during the whole of the war of American independence. In 1783 became a
member of the Cincinnati and a knight of Saint Louis. Fine copy in
armorial binding.
$ 3 250
79. GROTIUS (HUGO), MERULA (PAUL). -HUGO GROTIUS DE
MARY LIBERA ET P. MERULA DE MARIBUS. Lugd. Batavorum, Ex
Officina Elzeviriana, Anno 1633. 1 vol. 24mo. Contemporary vellum.
Second edition, printed by Bonaventure and Abraham Elzevier, as
beautiful as the first, of this treatise by Grotius who supports the rights of
the Dutch to sail in the East India. Fine copy.
$ 800 78. Dumaitz de Goimpy.
80.
GUÉPRATTE
(CHARLES).
D'ASTRONOMIE
NAUTIQUE
ET
DE
-PROBLÈMES
NAVIGATION,
PRÉCÉDÉS DE LA DESCRIPTION ET DE L'USAGE DES
INSTRUMENS
À
RÉFLEXION.
Deperiers, 1816.
Brest, Lefournier et
1 vol. 4to. 5 folding plates.
Contemporary full calf. First edition of this major work in
the history of nautical astronomy. Moving copy with the
signs of its boarding on different ships.
$ 1 200
81. KERGUELEN DE TREMAREC (YVES-JOSEPH
DE). -RELATION DES COMBATS ET DES ÉVÈNEMENTS DE
LA GUERRE MARITIME DE 1778 ENTRE LA FRANCE ET
L'ANGLETERRE. [Paris], Imprimerie de Patris, 1796. 1
80. Guéprate.
vol. 8vo. Contemporary half-sheep. First edition of this rare
work by Kerguelen (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. $ 3 300
82. [LESCALLIER (DANIEL)]. -VOCABULAIRE DES TERMES DE MARINE ANGLOIS ET FRANÇOIS. Paris,
Imprimerie royale, 1777. 1 vol. 4to. 31 plates (25 hand-coloured). Contemporary marbled paper boards. First edition
of this important French-English dictionary of marine terms, on 2 columns, with 31 engraved plates. This work is one of
the
main
source
for
the
Panckoucke's
«
Encyclopédie
Méthodique de la Marine » and was
often reprint. Fine copy
$ 2 900
83. OZANNE (NICOLAS MARIE).
-[COLLECTION DES VUES DES
PORTS, AVEC LES ENVIRONS,
LEURS BÂTIMENTS, CE QUI EST
UTILE AUX ÉLÈVES ET ARMATEURS
DE
LA
ARCHITECTURE].
PEINTURE
ET
[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.
$ 9 900
84. REYNAUD (J. -J.). -ESSAI SUR QUELQUES POINTS D’HYGIÈNE NAVALE, RELATIFS AUX MOYENS DE
PRÉSERVER LES GENS DE MER DU SCORBUT ET DE LA FIÈVRE DES VAISSEAUX. Paris, Didot Jeune, 1810. 1 vol. 4to.
Blue boards. Interesting work by the naval surgeon Reynaud composed at the beginning of 19th to improved the sanitary
conditions aboard the ships of the French Navy. Fine copy.
$ 540
Military - Naval tactics
85. DU GUAY-TROUIN (RENÉ). -MÉMOIRES DE
M. DUGUAY-TROUIN, LIEUTENANT GÉNÉRAL DES
ARMÉES 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.
Dugay-Trouin’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.
$ 2 900
86. [DUGUAY-TROUIN] DU GUE-TROUIN
(RENÉ). -MEMOIRES DE DU GUÉ-TROUIN, CHEF
D'ESCADRE DES ARMÉES DE S. M. T. C. ET GRAND-CROIX DE L'ORDRE MILITAIRE DE S. LOUIS. A Amsterdam,
Chez Pierre Mortier, 1730. 1 vol. 12mo. Contemporary full calf. Scarce first "pirate" edition. Duguay-Trouin's memoirs
are known to be trusty and sincere, maybe because he wrote them but didn't intend to publish. He was annoyed when the
present edition was published in 1730 in Amsterdam from a manuscript he lended to cardinal Dubois, in an
unbowdlerized version due to Pierre de Villepontoux. In the official version, published in 1740, they removed the
passages about the youth disorders and the style isn't as spontaneous as it is in the present edition which is closer of the
original manuscript, according to Nepvou de Carfort. Rare and fine copy in contemporary binding.
$ 2 900
89. Etat des Gouvernements militaires...
90. Instruction sur le service...
87. LE COINTE (JEAN-LOUIS). -LA SCIENCE DES POSTES MILITAIRES OU TRAITÉ DES FORTIFICATIONS DE
CAMPAGNE, À L'USAGE DES OFFICIERS PARTICULIERS DE L'INFANTERIE QUI SONT DÉTACHÉS À LA GUERRE : DANS
LESQUEL ON A COMPRIS LA MANIERE DE SE DÉFENDRE & 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, Jean-Louis-Marie Le Bascle. Fine copy of this first edition of this military work by Jean-Louis Le
Cointe de Marcillac.
$ 2 900
88. [MANUSCRIPT. 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
TICARSI NEL OPERARE
CAMPAGNA. [Rome, ca. 1700.] 1 vol. 4to. [2] ll., 126 pp., [1] l. 14
SORTI CON UN METODO FACILLISSIMO A PRAT
IN
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.
$ 9 300
88. Libro d'ogni...
89. [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.
$ 7 600
90. [MILITARIA]. -INSTRUCTION SUR LE SERVICE EN CAMPAGNE DES ARMÉES RUSSES. Paris, Limoges, Henri
Charles-Lavauzelle, Editeur militaire, 1894. 1 vol. 8vo. 1 table, 6 in-text engravings. Contemporary green morocco.
First edition of this scarce book (only in BnF's and Harvard's collections) dealing with the Russian army. Fine copy, very
nice binding.
$ 5 800
Atlas
91. BELLIN (JACQUES-NICOLAS). -DESCRIPTION
GÉOGRAPHIQUE DES DÉBOUQUEMENS QUI SONT
NORD DE L'ISLE DE SAINT DOMINGUE AVEC
CARTES ET DES PLANS DES ISLES QUI
FORMENT CES PASSAGES, ET DES DANGERS QUI
S'Y TROUVENT. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie de
Didot, 1768. 1 vol. 4to. Engraved title, 34 engraved
AU
DES
maps (16 doubles, 2 foldings), 1 engraved border. [5]
manuscript pp. Contemporary full calf. Rare first
edition of this routier of the Caribean Sea by the
famous French hydrographer Bellin (1703-1772).
Bellin gathered in this work sailing directions for the
waters north of St. Domingo. The copy certainly
belonged to a sailor: in front of the title page there is
a manuscript page giving the way to change a tiller on
board, and in-fine, a letter with sailing instructions for
the Sea Islands (Amelia and Cumberland Islands).
Fine copy.
$ 3 500
92. BELLIN (JACQUES-NICOLAS). -L’HYDROGRAPHIE
FRANÇOISE ; RECUEIL DES CARTES GÉNÉRALES ET
PARTICULIÈRES QUI ONT ÉTÉ FAITES POUR LE SERVICE DES
ROY. PAR ORDRE DES MINISTRES DE LA
MARINE DEPUIS 1737 JUSQU’EN 1765. PAR LE S. BELLIN
INGÉNIEUR DE LA MARINE ET DU DÉPOST DES CARTES, PLANS
ET JOURNAUX DE LA MARINE, CENSEUR ROYAL DE
L’ACADÉMIE DE MARINE ET DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE DE
LONDRES. PREMIÈRE PARTIE CONTENANT LES CARTES
MARINES POUR L’EUROPE ET L’ASIE. SECONDE PARTIE
CONTENANT LES CARTES MARINES POUR L’AFRIQUE ET
L’AMÉRIQUE. A Paris, chez M. Bellin, rue du Doyenné prés
St Louis du Louvre. 1737-1776. 2 vols. plano. I. Engraved
VAISSEAUX DU
frontispiece, engraved title, Index of maps, Chart of Flags (double),
58 (1 watercoloured, all double but 7, 4 are not listed in Index), [6]
ll. of text (Remarks and observations); II. Engraved title, Index, 51
double maps (except 3, 2 are not listed in Index), [2] ll. of text
(Remarks and observations). Total: 109 maps, (6 additional).
Contemporary full sheep with coat of arms of the King of France.
Exceptional onboard document of this rare and fabulous maritime
atlas, a masterpiece by the greatest French hydrographer of the
18th century, with maps of all the coastlines known at the time.
Bound with the coat of arms of the King of France, the atlas was
taken by the English aboard the frigate la Nymphe, off the coasts of
Ushant August 10, 1780, during one of the naval battles of the
American War of Independence which took place on European
waters.
In the context of the war at the end of the 18th century, and of the
rivalry between the French and British Navy, maritime atlases,
were strategic tools, and this “Hydrographie Françoise” more so
than any other, because its purpose was to provide the best
maritime charts for the French ships that were fighting on the
American side against the British. (The handwritten captions
throughout most of the atlas are prices for individual maps and all
include the same mention: “for sailors”). These atlases were not
the kind to be kept in a library, but precious tools, based on the
observations of the travelers and continuously improved upon, as
reflect in the present copy. It was bound with the engraved title page of the edition of 1737-1765, but the index includes
maps printed after 1765 (until 1772), and the copy was augmented by six maps that do not appear in the index (until
1776), as well as 14 pages of text from the Versailles edition of 1773. The later maps are signed by Verdun de la Crenne
and were done during the campaigns of the Flore (1771-1772) and of the Isis led by Fleurieu in 1768-1769. The captions
explain that the maps were created using the latest technology of the day that could measure longitude (maritime clocks).
As such, the atlas was aboard the Nymphe, until then a French frigate, that cruised the English Chanel under the
command of Chevalier du Rumain (1743-1780) who had come back from the Caribbean Sea, where he took part in the
Battle of Martinique (1780) under La Motte Piquet’s command (cf. La France Maritime, vol. 2, p. 345). Monsieur de
Kerneis, in his article of the “Bulletin de la société Académique de Brest” (1891-92), wrote that the Comte d’Estaing
called Charles Marie de Trolong, chevalier du Rumain, the “Duguay-Trouin of his time” for his bravery. Du Rumain
received the rank of Captain April 4, 1780 and commanded the Nymphe from May 8, 1780. He was killed when the
English attacked his ship. Kerguelen gives a gripping narration of this battle in his work “Relation des combats et des
évènements de la Guerre Maritime de 1778 entre la France et l'Angleterre”. With the famous battle of the frigate la
Surveillante against HMS Québec, six months earlier, this battle (Ushant, 10 August 1780), is the other major event of the
American conflict which took place on European waters. In the Bulletin de la Société Académique de Brest, Monsieur de
Kerneis dedicated a long article to the two battles in which the two captains were killed. The battle of the Nymphe against
the Flora was deadly. The Flora, a new 36-gun frigate, carrying 18 pounders on her main deck, and an experimental
addition of six 18 poundre carronades, felt in with the Nymph that could carry 40 guns but was only mounted with 32. In
the ensuing action the better-armed Flora overpowered the larger French ship. The officers were hit the hardest, several
died, and others were severely injured. Kerguelen states that out of a crew of 291 men, 55 were killed and 70 wounded
(other sources indicate 81 wounded). The Flora, with a crew of 259 men only lost 9 men and 17 were wounded. Captain
William Peere (1742-1832), commander of the Flora, annotated the copy of the present atlas three times: at the beginning
of each volume and the map of the English Channel and Ushant, showing the exact place of the battle. This officer who
also return from North American did not play an important role in the Revolutionary War, unlike the frigate Nymph.
If these battles, far from the main scene of the events, might seem of minor importance, the story of the Nymph shows
they had direct repercussions on America. Indeed, the frigate Nymph, now under the British flag, was sent to America
under the command of Captain John Ford. The Nymph took part in several battles: serving as a repeating ship (relaying
signals to other ships) during the Battle of the Chesapeake (5 September 1781). She captured three privateers in October
1781. In 1782, she was present at the Battle of the Saints on 12 April. She kept serving during the Napoleonic War, but
was wrecked in 1810.
Beside the frigate, the English took what is certainly considered Bellin’s masterpiece. First hydrographer of the French
Royal Navy, Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), spent 50 years of his life in the “Dépôt des Cartes et Plans”. His three
major works are his version of the “Neptune François”, the “Petit Atlas Maritime”, and the present “Hydrographie
Françoise”. This work is rarer than the other two, and was always being enhanced and updated. The maps, in large format
print, are magnificent; the quality of the engraving exceptional. They were updated with the latest observations collected by
Bellin, and show the mastery of the cartographer. Bellin indicated in the captions the history of the maps, their purpose
and the routes taken by navigators that enabled their creation. The first volume is dedicated to Europe and Asia, the
second to America and Africa. The copy includes three manuscript documents that relay positions and calculations of
routes - two around Ushant, and the other is dated the very day of the battle). Fine copy of this remarkable maritime atlas,
a rare and precious vestige of the American War of Independence.
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93. BONNE (RIGOBERT). -PETIT TABLEAU
FRANCE OU CARTES
AVEC "DESCRIPTION
ABREGÉE 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
DE LA
GEOGRAPHIQUES SUR TOUTES LES PARTIES DE CE ROYAUME.
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.
$ 2 100
94. CASSINI DE THURY (CÉSAR-FRANÇOIS). -CARTE DE FRANCE DIVISÉE EN
XXXI GOUVERNEMENTS MILITAIRES ET EN SES PROVINCES. DRESSÉE SUR LES
MEILLEURES CARTES QUI ONT PARUES JUSQU'À PRÉSENT, ET SUR LA CARTE DES
TRIANGLES EN XVIII PETITES FEUILLES, LEVÉE GÉOMÉTRIQUEMENT, PAR ORDRE
DU ROI, ET MISE AU JOUR PAR MR CASSINI DE
THURY, DE L'ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES.
A Paris, Chez Crépy, rue St Jacques, 1778. 1
vol. oblong folio. Engraved hand-coloured title,
[24] double maps hand-coloured. + 1 manuscript
table and 1 double map hand-coloured.
93. Bonne.
Contemporary hal-calf. "Carte de France", by the
famous Cassini de Thury (1714-1784). Louis XV was very impressed by Cassini's
work. Fine copy in contemporary binding.
$ 4 100
95. DU CAILLE (LOUIS-ALEXANDRE). [RIZZI-ZANNONI (GIOVANNI
BAPTISTA ANTONIO). ANVILLE (JEAN-BAPTISTE BOURGUIGNON D’)].
-ETRENNES GÉOGRAPHIQUES. A Paris, chez Ballard, Imprimeur du Roi, Rue
St Jean de Beuavais à Ste Cecile Et aux Spectacles. Avec permission. [1766].
1 vol. 16mo. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, engraved title, 26 double-page maps
with handcoloured borders. Contemporary red morocco. Charming pocket atlas by
Du Caille, containing 26 maps reduced by Rizzi-Zannoni, very nicely handcoloured.
It counts two world maps, Europe, Asia, Africa, America (2), Great Britain,
Denmark, Sweden and Norway, France (5), Netherlands and a Belgium, Germany
(7), Prussia, Portugal and Spain, Italy. The book is entirely engraved by Durand and
Le Roy. Lovely copy in red morocco.
$ 2 100
95. Du Caille.
96. [JOLLAIN (GÉRARD IER)]. -TRESOR DES CARTES GEOGRAPHIQUES DES PRINCIPAUX ESTATS DE LUNIVERS.
Ce vend A Paris, chez 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 Mercator-Hondius "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.
$ 13 300
97. LE ROUGE (GEORGE-LOUIS). -RECUEIL DES FORTIFICATIONS, FORTS
ET PORTS DE MER DE FRANCE. Paris, Le Rouge, ca. 1757 ou 1755. 1 vol.
8vo. 131 plans engraved on 89 plates. Contemporary full glazed calf. First
edition of this nice collection featuring the topographical details of the maritime
cities of Europe and of the New World. The detailed plans are signed by
Georges-Louis Le Rouge (1712-1790), Géographe ordinaire du Roy.
Provenance: Chevalier Palys de Montrepos (engraved bookplate), one of the first
member of the Society of the Cincinnati, an honor reserved to the French
officers who took part to the American Revolutionary War. Very pleasant copy
of prestigious provenance.
$ 1 800
98. MANESSON MALLET (ALAIN). -DESCRIPTION DE L'UNIVERS
CONTENANT LES DIFFÉRENTS SYSTÈMES DU MONDE, LES CARTES
GÉNÉRALES & PARTICULIÈRES DE LA GÉOGRAPHIE ANCIENNE ET
MODERNE. A Paris, Chez Denys 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.
$ 23 200
99. [MANUSCRIPT]. -PORTULAN DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE. Italie, sans
date, ca. fin 17ème siècle. 2 vols. 4to., folio. I. 552 manuscript pp., II. 9
manuscript plans (510 x 690 mm.). Ancient vellum. Exceptional document,
Italian manuscript written by a sailor during his trips in Mediterranean. This
coastal pilot describes: Malta, Sicilia, Calabria, Spain South of France, Elbe
97. Le Rouge.
Island, Genoa gulf, Corse, etc. It gives the anchorages, specifics to get in harbors
and other useful information. The 9 manuscript plans, finely drawn, depict
harbors in Mediterranean, and Atlantic (Basque country); among them: Civitavecchia, Livourne, Malte, le port du
Passage, Saint Sébastien. Remarkable illustrated manuscript pilot, fine condition.
$ 40 600
99. Portulan.
100. ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM). -L'EPITOME DU THÉÂTRE DE L'UNIVERS, NOUVELLEMENT RECOGNEU,
AUGMENTÉ ET RESTAURÉ DE MESSEURE GÉOGRAPHIQUE, PAR MICHEL COIGNET, MATHEMAT D'ANVERS. RELIÉ
AVEC "ADDITION À L'EPITOME DU PETIT THÉÂTRE 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.
$ 14 000
Science and Technology
101.
[ANONYMOUS.
WATERCOLORED
MANUSCRIPT].
-BOTANIQUE – HERBIER. [Sans lieu], 1864. 1 vol. folio. 2
watercoloured titles, 50 manuscript pp., [5] pp. (Index). 70 samples of
plants. Contemporary half morocco. Attractive manuscript devoted to
botany, finely calligraphed and ornamented with watercolours motives.
The first part, entierly watercoloured, gives some generalty about botany.
The second is an herbarium, nicely presented, following Jussieu's
classification. The texts describing each of the plants are both accurate and
serious, but also poetical. Very charming work.
$ 2 200
102. [ANONYMOUS, MANUSCRIPT. 18TH CENTURY]. -[HANDBOOK
FOR THE USE OF ARCHITECTS COMPOSED WITH VARIOUS TREATISES OF
[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.
$ 8 700
ENGINEERING, GEOMETRY AND ARCHITECTURE].
101. Botanique - Herbier.
103. ARCONS (CÉSAR
FLUX
ET
REFLUX
DE
D').
LA
-LE SECRET
MER,
ET
DU
DES
LONGITUDES DÉDIÉ À LA SAPIENCE ÉTERNELLE.
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.
$ 2 900
102. Handbook.
104. [CARON (PIERRE LE). PLATEARIUS (MATTHAEUS)]. -LE GRANT HERBIER EN FRANÇOIS. CONTENANT
LES QUALITEZ, VERTUS, PROPRIÉTEZ 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.
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105. CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). -VOYAGE EN CALIFORNIE
POUR L'OBSERVATION DU PASSAGE DE VÉNUS SUR LE DISQUE DU
SOLEIL, LE 3 JUIN 1769 ; CONTENANT LES OBSERVATIONS DE CE
PHÉNOMÈNE, & LA DESCRIPTION HISTORIQUE DE LA ROUTE DE
L'AUTEUR À TRAVERS LE MEXIQUE. A Paris, chez Charles-Antoine
Jombert, 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.
$ 8 000
106. COSTA (EMANUEL MENDES DA). -HISTORIA NATURALIS
TESTACEORUM
BRITANNIAE,
OR
THE
BRITISH
CONCHOLOGY.London, printed for the Author, Millan, B. White,
Elmsley and Robson, 1778. 1 vol. folio. 17 hand-colored engraved
105. Chappe d'Auteroche.
plates. Text in English and French on facing pages. Contemporary calf,
vellum corners. First edition, of this treatise by Emanuel Mendes da
Costa, member of the Imperial Caesarian Academy Naturae Curiosorum
and of the botanic Society of Florence. Scarce book, fresh copy.
$ 3 400
107. COURTANVAUX (FRANÇOIS CÉSAR LETELLIER, MARQUIS
DE). -JOURNAL DU VOYAGE DE M. LE MARQUIS DE COURTANVAUX,
SUR LA FRÉGATE L'AURORE, POUR ESSAYER PAR ORDRE DE
L'ACADÉMIE, PLUSIEURS INSTRUMENTS RELATIFS À LA LONGITUDE.
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 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). Fine
copy.
$ 5 800
108. DORTOUS DE MAIRAN (JEAN-JACQUES). -DISSERTATION
SUR LA GLACE, OU EXPLICATION PHYSIQUE DE LA FORMATION DE LA
GLACE, & DE SES DIVERS PHÉNOMÈNES. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie
royale, 1749. 1 vol. 12mo. Frontispiece, 5 folding plates. Contemporary
marbled calf. Rare early treatise on Ice. Hoover coll. 554; the first
edition of this book on the formation of ice appeared at Bordeaux in
1716. Fine copy.
$ 760
109.
DUHAMEL
DU
MONCEAU
(HENRI-LOUIS).
[MANUSCRIT]. -MANUSCRIT SUR L’AIR. / STUDY ON THE QUALITY
OF THE AIR. Sans lieu ni date, ca. 1745-1759. [9] manuscript ff. 8vo
107. Courtanvaux.
(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.
$ 5 200
110. JACQUINOT (DOMINIQUE). -L'USAGE DE L'ASTROLABE AVEC UN
PETIT TRAICTÉ DE LA SPHÈRE, PAR DOMINIQUE JACQUINOT CHAMPENOIS.
A Paris, En la Boutique de Hierosme de Marnef, chez André Sittart au
Mont S. Hylaire à l'enseigne du Pélican, M. DC. XVII. (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). 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.
$ 4 000
111. [LA BEAULUERE (L.)] MANUSCRIT, MATHÉMATIQUES.
-ELEMENS DE GEOMETRIE. TRAITTÉ DES PROPORTIONS. [SUIVI DE]
GEOMETRIE PRATIQUE. Sans lieu ni date, [ca. 1716]. 2 vols. 4to, I. 187
manuscript pp. 25 folding engraved plates (by Vallet). II. 224 manuscript pp.
27folding manuscript plates (19 handcoloured). Contemporary full calf. Fine set
of two manuscript, theory and practice of geometry, illustrated with engraved (first vol.) and manuscript (second vol.)
plates. Fine condition.
$ 3 000
110. Jacquinot.
112. LA CHAPELLE (M. DE). -TRAITÉ DE LA CONSTRUCTION
THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE DU SCAPHANDRE OU DU BATEAU DE L'HOMME.
Paris, Debure pere et chez l'auteur, 1775. 1 vol. 12mo. 2 folding plates.
Original marbled paperboard binding. Original edition of this particularly
interesting treatise. Because the author considered these swimming devices also
of importance for use of people not able to swim and for preventing people from
drowning. The floating suit was originally designed for military purposes, and the
suit was accompanied by a special hat in the shape of a swan. The plates depict
the floating suits, both in detail and in full use. Fine copy in it's original
cardboard.
$ 1 700
113. [MANUSCRIPT]. BRUYAS & FILS. -[MANUSCRIPT AND
WATERCOLOUR FRENCH TRADE CATALOGUE]. Lyon, circa 1850. Exceptional
French hardware trade catalogue containing 159 fine and detailed watercolour
plates, 6 plates with imprints and one sample sheet on together 91 leaves,
depicting a large range of tools and everyday wares in different models. Made for
Bruays & Son, a company settled in Lyon, this kind of catalog was a capital work
document for those shops. The drawings were used as schemes to make the
depicting wares, but the book was also an advertisement catalog for their
customers who chose between the different models. The diversity of the present
book shows the importance of the company that supplied people for anything
they need for daily life. Are proposed: locks with keys, screws, copper
candlesticks, copper decorative knobs(for beds), clocks and all the detailed
pieces, kitchen accessories: knifes, coffee grinders, pots, saucepans, scissors, 112. La Chapelle.
chimney hooks; but also bellows, brooms,
rat-traps, lamps and headlights, fire weapons,
etc. This set gives interesting sociological and
historical information, because we can figure
out concretely what were the daily wares
used in 19th century. It also testified another
relationship with those tools, characteristic of
the pre-consumerism era, when objects,
unique, were made to last. Indeed, a great
aesthetic sense is present in each of the
original watercolours depicting wares,
displayed in different models, different
material and different shape, and this
dimension is as important as the solidity and
functional qualities of the objet. Precious
original iconography of daily objects from
the pre-consumerism era.
$ 29 600
114. MARSIGLI (LUIGI FERDINANDO, COMTE DE). -HISTOIRE
PHYSIQUE DE LA MER. OUVRAGE ENRICHI DE FIGURES DESSINÉES
D'APRÈS 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.
$ 5 500
115. MONTES DE OCA (RAFAEL). -ALBUM PINTORESCO HERBARIO. Jalapa, México, 1873. 1 vol. folio (440 x 320 mm.). 14
collage plates made with plants, mosses, branches, bird feathers and other
items from nature, mounted on cardboard sheets. Contemporary full
leather in dark colors, romantic style with embossed and gilded in both
planes and back,
decorated
with
pieces of mother
of
pearl.
A
wonderful
example of this
kind of Mexican
work using flowers
and
feathers,
executed by a scientist: Rafael Montes de Oca. He was a naturalist,
botanist, ornithologist, professor and 19th century Mexican
illustrator. He worked a long time on the border between Mexico
and Guatemala, where he collected and classified many plant
species. Later extended his studies to almost all of Mexico, touring
Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla and Veracruz. He devoted much of his
efforts in the observation and study of Mexican hummingbirds. In
1874, he published in the journal "Nature " series of papers
regarding hummingbirds in Mexico, illustrated with the pictures
that drew on the advice of the painter José María Velasco. Some of
these sheets would become part of the next year the first edition of
his major work; "Ensayo Ornitológico de los Troquilideos ó
Colibríes" (1875), which contained detailed descriptions of 48
species of Mexican hummingbirds. This beautiful herbal, made in
person by Montes de Oca, was a gift from the powerful Antonio de
Mendizabal to Doña Francisca Temple Ajuria, daughter of
Californian landowner Jonathan Temple and wife of Gregorio
Ajuria, Spanish businessman who tried to overthrow the Mexican
government supporting the Mexican soldiers of Santos Degollado,
funded by his wealthy father. Fine copy.
$ 17 100
116. NEWTON (ISAAC). -TRAITÉ D'OPTIQUE SUR LES RÉFLEXIONS, RÉFRACTIONS, INFLEXIONS ET LES COULEURS
DE LA LUMIÈRE. A Paris, chez Montalant, 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.
$ 5 200
117. [PERRAULT (CLAUDE)]. -DESCRIPTION ANATOMIQUE D’UN CAMÉLÉON, D’UN CASTOR, D’UN
DROMADAIRE, D’UN OURS, ET D’UNE GAZELLE. A Paris, chez Frédéric Leonard, 1669. 1 vol. 8vo. 5 folding plates.
First edition of the second publication of the "Parisians," due to Claude Perrault (1613-1688), leader of the famous group
of anatomists in Paris; their publications mark the beginnings of modern comparative anatomy. In June 1667 the
Academy was invited to dissect a thresher shark and a lion which had died at the royal menagerie. The reports on these
dissections were the first of a long series of anatomical descriptions, which ultimately included those of twenty-five species
of mammals, seventeen birds, five reptiles, one amphibian, and one fish. "Although some of the discoveries on which the
Parisians most prided themselves (…) had been observed earlier, no such detailed and exact descriptions and illustrations
had been published before."– D.S.B., X, pp. 519-20. Fine copy.
$ 4 100
118. PEZENAS (ESPRIT). -NOUVELLE MÉTHODE POUR LE JAUGEAGE DES SEGMENTS DES TONNEAUX, OU
SOLUTION D'UN PROBLÉME PROPOSÉ PAR KEPLER. A Marseille, De l'Imprimerie de Dominique Sibié,
Imprimeur du Roy ; de la Ville, & Marchand-Libraire, sur le Port. MDCCXLII. 1742. 1 vol. 8vo. 2 tables, 1
folding plate (1 missing). Contemporary full calf. First and only edition edition of this utmost rare text. Not in Polak or
Supplément, only three libraries reference the book. It is one of the first work by Pezenas, ordered by Maurepas, dealing
with the gauging of the barrels. Fine copy.
$ 1 400
119. PICCOLOMINI (ALESSANDRO). -I.
LA SFERA DEL MONDO DI NUOVO DA LUI
RIPOLITA. II. DE LE STELLE FISSE LIBRO
UNO ; DOVE DI TUTTE LE XLVIII IMAGIN
CELESTI MINUTISSIMAMENTE SI TRATTA ; III.
INTITULES CON QUAL GRADO DEL ZODIACO
NASCHINO ET TRAMONTINO LE PRINCIPALI
STELLE DEL CIELO. I. In Vinegia, Apresso
Giovanni Varisco, & Paganino Paganini,
s.d. (vers 1595), II. In Venetia, Per Gio.
Varisco, & Compagni. 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to.
Numerous in-text drawings, 47 plates printed on
both recto and verso. Contemporary full vellum.
Together 2 important texts of Alessandro
Piccolomini,
Italian
philosopher
and
astronomer (1508-1578). Author in his youth of
several comedies and translator of the
Metamorphoses of Ovid, he was professor of
philosophy at Padua. In astronomy, he was a supporter of the Ptolemaic system. Those present are his two major works.
His "Delle stelle fisse" was the first printed star atlas, it is an important testimony of the astronomical knowledge of the
time. Very popular, the book saw at least 12 editions in the XVIth century. Richly illustrated with many geometrical and
astronomical drawings, 47 plates.
$ 5 800
120. TROCQUET. [MANUSCRIT]. -RECUEIL
DE DESSINS D’ARCHITECTURE. Sans lieu, Ca. 1780-1800. 1 vol.
12mo. 64 original drawings (4 wash drawings, 30 watercolors, 27 pencil drawings, 3 ink drawings, most of them captioned,
one signed). Contemporary red morocco. Lovely manuscript of architecture drawings by Trocquet, who is the author of
the conception of the buildings and of the drawings. Several projects, very varied, private houses in the country or in the
city, gardens, fountains, public buildings. Eight projects in several drawings: « maison de 7 toises ½ de long sur 3 toises 2
demis de face », « projet d’une petite maison à construire faubourg du Roule », « Petite maison à construire à Héry en
Champagne », « Projet de fontaines jaillissantes dans le jardin des Tuileries, dans les endroits où sont actuellement les
statues d’Idoménée, d’Atalante et d’Apollon. », « Projet de salle d’opéra pouvant contenir 2.200 personnes et dont la
recette pourrait aller à 4.220 livres », : « Projet d’un cabinet pour être construit dans un jardin à la campagne », « Bains », «
Progetto di casa in un terrero irregolare piano raserte alla terra ». Very attractive and
refined item.
$ 7 000
Miniatures Books & Varia
121. [ALBERTUS PARVUS LUCIUS, DIT LE PETIT ALBERT]. -SECRETS
MERVEILLEUX DE LA MAGIE NATURELLE & CABALISTIQUE DU PETIT ALBERT,
TRADUIT EXACTEMENT SUR L’ORIGINAL LATIN, INTITULÉ ALBERTI PARVI
LUCII, LIBELLUS DE MIRABILUS NATURAE ARCANIS. ENRICHI DES FIGURES
MYSTÉRIEUSES & LA MANIÈRE 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.
$ 1 900
122.
[ALMANAC]
-CALENDRIER
BELGIQUE POUR L'ANNÉE M.D.CC.XCIII.
A Gand, Chez A. Colier, rue de Bruges.
1792. 1 vol. 16mo. Contemporary green
morocco, boards decorated with a medallion
of white silk embroidered with little flowers.
Rare Belgian almanack, which provides, as
well as the Calendar for 1793, some songs,
and various useful informations regarding post
offices, physicians, jurists, etc. Lovely copy.
$ 1 700
122. Le Calendrier Belgique.
123. [ALMANAC]. -LE CALENDRIER DE LA COUR, TIRÉ DES ÉPHÉMÉRIDES,
POUR L’ANNÉE BISSEXTILE MIL SEPT CENT SOIXANTE HUIT. Paris, rue st
Jacques, Herissant, 1768. (I.) ; Paris, chez la veuve Durand, rue des noyers,
vis-à-vis Saint Yves. (II.) 1 vol. 32mo. 2 folding maps. Contemporary full red
morroco, richly gilded, with metallic clasps. Attractive almanack for the year 1768.
It gives historical remarks, various governemental or clerical orders. It is illustrated
with two maps: "France Ecclésiastique" and "Environs de Paris". Fine copy nicely
bound in contemporary red morroco.
$ 1 000
124. [ALMANAC]. -LES ROSES, ÉTRENNES AUX DAMES. SECONDE ÉDITION.
A Paris, chez Rosa, 1815. De l'Imprimerie 123. Le Calendrier de la Cour.
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.
$ 560
125. [ALMANAC]. -L'INDÉPENDANT. ALMANACH DÉDIÉ AUX BELGES. Au
Temple de la Force, A Gand, Chez G. de Busscher et fils, Imprimeurs-libraires,
rue de la Catalogne, N°5 et chez L. de Busscher, Imp. de la Ville, [1830]. 1 vol.
16mo. Engraved, watercoloured frontispiece. Pink cardboards. Very rare almanack
published by Busscher in 1830, contemporary of the Belgian revolution, which lead to
Belgium independence. Besides the calendar and some courteous songs, the
Independant provides numerous patriotic and political songs, such as "La Marseillaise
des Belges". Fine copy of this scarce and curious little text.
$ 1 400
126. [ALMANAC. DESSAIN]. -ETRENNES MIGNONNES. POUR L’ANNÉE
BISSEXTILE DE N. SGR. M. DCC. LXXVI. A Liège, Chez J. Dessain,
Imprimeur-Libraire, vis-à-vis du Palais. [1775]. 1 vol. 24mo. 3 titles, 12 plates of
125. L'Indépendant.
medals and coins. Contemporary pink gilded morocco. Nice copy of these Etrennes
mignonnes for the year 1776, which provides, in addition to the calendar, the
"Naissances Des Rois, Reines, principaux Princes & Princesses de l'Europe", "Valeur des
Pièces d'or de France & autres" (illustrated with 12 plates), "Table de multiplication",
"Magistrature de la noble cité de Liège", etc. Fine copy.
$ 520
127. Diario ecclesiastico.
131. Goldsmith.
127. [ALMANAC / EMBROIDERED BINDING]. -DIARIO ECCLESIASTICO PARA O REINO DE PORTUGAL,
PRINCIPALMENTE PARA A CIDADE DE LISBOA, PARA O ANNO 1808, BISSEXTO. ORDENADO PELA CONGREGAÇAO
DO ORATORIO DE LISBOA. Lisboa, Na impressam Regia. [1807]. 1 vol. 16mo. 1 engraved map, coloured by hand.
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. It is illustrated with a nicely watercoloured map. Engraved bookplate. Fine
copy, beatifully bound.
$ 2 900
128. [GERMAN CRAFTS]. -MEIN HERZ - WALLET. Allemagne, ca. 1750. 1
vol. 16mo. Contemporary full sheep, blindstamped, copper clasp. Nice German
leather wallet, it is composed with two pleats, one covered with marbled paper, the
other with a painted leaf: polychrome pattern, with the motto: "Ich bin klein. Mein
Herz ist kein." (1776, Jos. Jonod. G.)
$ 1 100
129. [RUSSIAN ARTS]. -[IVORY CARDHOLDER]. [Russie, ca. 1860]. 1 box (110
x 81 mm.) in ivory with silver rivets, metallic clasp. Fine 19th century ivory cardholder.
In the second half of 19th century the cardholder were very popular, because of the
generalization of the calling card. If men could keep their cards in the pocket, women
had to have this kind of object. The present item, certainly made by Russian
craftsman (very typical motives and use of silver rivet), is very delicate.
$ 1100
130.
FAVORAL
(SIEUR).
-LES
PLAISANTES JOURNÉES DU SIEUR FAVORAL.
OÙ SONT PLUSIEURS RENCONTRES SUBTILES
POUR RIRE EN TOUTES COMPAGNIES. A
Paris, chez Jean Corozet, Libraire au
Palais, sur le Perron de la Saincte
Chappelle,
1644.
1
vol.
16mo.
Contemporary richly gilded tawny morocco, 129. Ivory cardholder.
brass clasps. Rare edition of these "Plaisantes
Journées", where the author gathered witticisms, puns and pleasant anecdotes.
According to Brunet, the first appearance of this work is: "Contes et discours
facétieux, recueillis par le Sieur Favoral" printed by Corrozet (1615), the second
"Facétieuses journées" (1618), and the "Plaisantes Journées" (1626 and 1644). The
work, and this particular edition, is still scarce (only three copies in public libraries
according to World Cat). Very attractive copy, nicely bound.
$ 1 600
131. GOLDSMITH (JOHN). COMPANY OF STATIONERS. -GOLDSMITH.
AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD GOD, M.DCCC.V. London:
Printed for the Company of Stationers, by C. and R. Baldwin, 1 vol. 24mo.
Title and calender printed in red and black. Contemporary red morocco with
inlaids of red, white and blue moroccos, boards and spine gilded. In the center of
the superior board, two doves. Matching slipcase. Rare and nicely bound almanac
for 1805. Very elegant item.
$ 930
130. Favoral.
132. [GRUEL (LÉON) & ENGELMANN. RELIURE]. -LE
NOUVEAU TESTAMENT DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR JÉSUS-CHRIST.
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.
$ 1 000
133.
GUARINI
(BATTISTA).
[MINIATURE]. -IL PASTOR FIDO, &
LE RIME DEL M. ILLUSTRE SIGNOR
CAVALIER BATTISTA GUARINI : ET IN
QUESTA
NUOVA
IMPRESSIONE
POESIE IN MORTE
DELL'AUTORE.
Venise, Appresso
Nicolo Misserini, 1627. 1 vol. 24mo
AGGIUNTOUI VARIE
(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
132. Gruel.
is a very successful tragic-comical
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.
$ 1 400
134. [IMPRESSION MICROSCOPIQUE]. -DE
133. Guarini.
IMITATIONE CHRITI, LIBRI QUATUOR. Coloniae,
Joannis Leonard, 1684. 1 vol. 64mo. Contemporary red morocco. Scarce edition
from Cologne, in microscopic types of this beautiful text of devotion. The text is
consistent with the one established by Philippe Chifflet in Lyon, 1680. Provenance:
"J.B.S." Marquis de Seignelay, Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1651-1690), son of the "Grand
Colbert", who followed his father as Ministre de la Marine. He kept working in the
direction his father showed, and made the French Navy the equal of her rivals: the
Dutch and British Navies. Fine copy, beautifully bound and from a pretigious
provenance.
$ 700
135. LEGOUVE (GABRIEL MARIE). -LE MÉRITE DES FEMMES, NOUVELLE
EDITION AUGMENTÉE DE POÉSIES INÉDITES. PAR LEGOUVÉ. Paris, Louis Janet,
Libraire, rue Saint-Jacques, n°59, 1825 1 vol. 16mo. Engraved frontispiece.
Contemporary calf, nicely decorated with blind and gold stamped and painted
motives. Very nice copy of this book of poetry.
$ 580
136. [MINIATURE]. -CHÂTEAU DE BLOIS. RELIURE AUX ARMES D'ANNE DE
BRETAGNE. Ca. 1900. 1 miniature vol. (12 x 9 mm.) of 2 metallic leaves with 6
photographs. Hinged metal cover with the arms of Anne de Bretagne. Very nice
and rare lilliputian album with nice views of the castle of Blois, the last dwelling of
Anne de Bretagne, bound with her arms.
“In the early twentieth century, small metalbound albums containing photographs were
a fashionable way to bring home travel
memories. These souvenirs were published
135. Legouvé.
anonymously and pictured large and small
cities throughout the world, though views of Paris and London were the most
common. Eight to ten pictures in a folding panorama or between hinged metal
covers include, for example, scenes of cathedrals and canals in the beautiful
Belgian city of Bruges. (…)”
$ 350
136. Château de Blois.
137. [MINIATURE]. -LE PETIT PAROISSIEN DE L'ENFANCE. Firmin Didot, ca.
1820. 1 vol. 64mo. (30 x 22 mm.). 5 engravings. Contemporary full red buckram,
two pieces of ivory on boards, cover entitled "Messe" with blue ink, all edges gilded.
Nice copy of this book of prayers, illustrated with five finely engraved plates depicting
episodes from the New Testament.
$ 400
138. [EMBROIDERED BINDING]. -ETRENNES MIGNONNES. POUR L’AN DE GRACE
DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR M. DCC. XLIX. A Liège, chez Everard Kints,
Imprimeur de S.S.E. & de ses Etats. Avec privilège. [1749]. 1 vol. 32mo. 11 full
plates with coins. 12 blanck leaves. Needlework binding richly decorated with gold
sequins and thread, the boards are entirely covered by silver and gold thread with the
exception of a painted medaillion featuring two different scenes of hunting. All edges
gilded. Marbled endpaper. Loevly copy of this Almanack printed by Kints for 1749.
This wonderful embroidered binding is one of the first of its kind. Very rare and
precious item, in excellent condition.
$ 6 400
139. [EMBROIDERED BINDING]. -ETRENNES MIGNONNES. POUR L’AN DE GRACE
DE N. SEIGNEUR M. DCC. LXXXII. A Liege, Chez la Veuve J. Dessain,
Imprimeur Lib. près le Palais. [1782]. 1 vol. 32mo. 12 full plates with coins. 12
blanck leaves. Needlework binding richly decorated with gold sequins and thread, the
boards are entirely covered by silver and gold thread with the exception of a painted
medaillion featuring two different courteous scenes in pale red hues : « Ainsi je prête
à ma beauté le serment de fidélité », « Pour le jour de l’an, ma douceur me sert de
présent ». All edges gilded. Beautiful copy of this Almanack printed by Dessain
widow for 1782. Rare and precious item, contemporary of the golden age of
embroidered bidings.
$ 5 200
139. Etrennes mignonnes. 1782.
140. [EMBROIDERED BINDING]. -ETRENNES MIGNONNES. POUR L’AN DE GRACE
N. SEIGNEUR M. DCC. LXXXVI. 204. A Liege, Chez la Veuve J. Dessain, Imprimeur Lib. près le Palais.
[1786]. 1 vol. 32mo. 12 full plates with coins. 12 blanck leaves. Needlework binding richly decorated with leaf designs
DE
and flourishes in gold and silver thread, and sequins on a white silk background, painted medaillion featuring two different
women in blue and green hues in the center of the boards. All edges gilded. Lovely copy of this Almanack printed by
Dessain widow for 1786. Very rare and delicate item.
$ 4 000
138. Etrennes mignonnes. 1749.
140. Etrennes mignonnes. 1786.