Published: London : Printed by the Author at his house in White-Friers, 1673
Size: 395 x 265 mm.
Color: Uncoloured.
Condition: Folio. 327, 18, 106pp. engraved frontispiece, folding map of China and plan of Canton, 18 full page & 93 text page copper etchings, interior slightly browned and spotted.
NIEUHOF, J. - An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China del..
Condition: Very good condition. Folds as issued. Paper very slightly age toned. Dark impression. ans. Two plates detached from Volumes I and II, wax spots (?) p. 176 of Vol. IV, hole deleting two-word letters from pp. 225-226 of volume IV, small paper scarf in the lower margin of the board opposite p. Volume IX. Clear rednesses. Restorations with some caps and bit, small trace of worm to a box on the back of the volume.
DE RENNEVILLE, R. A. C. - Recueil des voyages qui ont servi à l’établissement et aux progrez de la Compagnie des Indes Orien..
Condition: 6 parts in one vol. 8vo. Contemporary blind tooled vellum, title in ink on spine. Engraved allegorical frontispiece by J.C. Philips (1729), 3 engraved folding maps of (1) China, including Japan and Kamchatka, (2) Japan.
SALMON, Tomas (& Matthias van GOCH). - Hedendaegsche historie, of tegenwoordige staet van alle volkeren; in opzigte hunner l..
Condition: Folio. Contemporary calf spine gilt with a red gilt lettered label. Several pages a little stained as usual. Altogether in very good condition.
KAEMPFER, E. - Histoire Naturelle, Civile, Et Ecclésiastique.. - 00831 - Travel Asia - Oceania - KAEMPFER, E. - Histoire Nat..
Condition: (2pp), title page with engraved vignette, table of contents, 630pp, (2pp), 9 fold-out maps (cpl.), contemporary full calf leather binding with ribbed spine with floral motif, and a mention of title and volume, red edges.<br />Paper very slightly browned,
BELLIN, J. N. / ARKSTEE / MERKUS. - Histoire universelle depuis le commmencement du monde jusqu’a present. Tome Vingt-unieme..
Published: Zurich, Johann Kaspar Ziegler, 1754-1773
Size: 206 x 167 mm.
Color: Uncoloured.
Condition: 4to. 3 parts in 3 volumes, titles printed in red and black, frontispiece and 326 engraved views, plans and maps (most folding). Contemporary vellum, titles printed in gold on spines. - 1rst volume : [1] leaf, [2], VIII, [34], 15, pp, page 3 to 98 (page 1 missing), page 103 to 270 (two times pages 193 to 196), [6] pp. - 2nd volume : [2] leaves, page 173 to 257 (wrong numbered), page 459 to 476, 277 to 442 (wrong numbered). - 3rd volume : [1] leaf, [6], 8 pp, page 1 to 22, 25 to 30, 34 to 38, 41 to 59 (recto), 224 (verso) to 225, 62 (verso) to 70.
HERRLIBERGER, D. - Neue und vollständige Topographie der Eidgnossschaft, in welcher die in den dreyzehen und zugewandten auc..
Condition: 4to. 92pp. with large folding map. Contemp. mottled calf, with raised spine in 6 compartments. Richly gilted with coats of arms of Ducs of Luynes, and title on red morocco label.
MULLER, L. - Tableau des guerres de Frédéric le Grand: ou plans figurés de vingt-six batailles rangées, ou combats essentiel..
Condition: Two volumes (of 3) in tall 8vo (275 x 175mm.). 4 unnumbered leaves, XXXI, 446 pp.; 2 unnumbered leaves, 466 pp. + Atlas folio (450 x 315mm.), title, 30 plates, index. Contemporary red quarter-leather binding, spines with raised bands, title gilt. Bindings a bit soiled, very few browning.
MOREAU de SAINT-MERY, Médéric Louis Elie. - Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la parti..
Condition: Text vol. in 4to (325 x 245mm) in half red Shagreen and 199 (of 200) plates in tall folio (573 x 402mm.). Text: (ii) + (viii) + 296 pp with 34 engraved plates. Plates are lithographed or engraved, approximately 130 printed in colours. Spotting troughout text and plates, water staining affecting a few plates, titles and tables of third volume. Some original publisher’s wrappers remain with the mention of the second edition. Missing plate: Payement de mosaïque LVI Fragments disposés sur le plan des Dorqaah.
PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant. - L'Art arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe siècle jusqu'à la fin du XVI..
Condition: 26 photographies par Emile Gsell d'après des négatifs au collodion, épreuves sur papier albuminé contrecollées sur carton et 13 autres photographies anonymes de la même période. Certaines sont un peu jaunies, rousseurs affectant les cartons.
GSELL, Emile. - Cambodge. Ruines d'Angkor. / Essai historique sur le Cambodge. - 62684 - Travel Asia - Oceania - GSELL, Emil..
Condition: 4to. Two volumes bound in one. Second edition. Würzburg und Leipzig Verlag der K.U.K. Hofbuchhandlung von Leo Woerl, frontisp. and a map of Japan. XXXV 421p vii 342p.
VON SIEBOLD, P. Fr. B. - Nippon archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan. - 01725 - Japan - VON SIEBOLD, P. Fr. B. - Nippon archiv ..
Condition: 4 volumes folio ; (2) leaves, viij-lij-iv-592 pp. — (2) leaves, iv-725 pp. — (2) leaves, iv-564-(2) pp. — (2) leaves, ij-520 pp. Contemporary calf, spines divided in compartments by six raised bands, contrasting red morocco labels in two, others richly gilt with floral tools, leaf sprays, etc., sides ruled in gilt with three-line fillet, marbled endpapers, red edges. With 65 maps and plates (all but one double-page or folding); titles in red and black incorporating engraved pictorial vignette by Baquoy after Humblot; with all half-titles; woodcut head- and tailpieces, typographic ornaments, historiated and decorative initials.
Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinois..