Viajes y exploración

Seville: Juan Guitierrez, 1561. Small quarto. (8 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches). [9], 219 leaves. Letterpress title with woodcut surround and integral woodcut portrait of the author, 67 woodcut illustrations (including a map of the New World on the verso of leaf i4, woodcut map of Eastern Hemisphere on the verso of leaf i1, 7 personifications of the planets, 12 of the zodiac stars, 1 full-page figure of a man showing the areas of influence of the stars on the body; 39 images connected with lunar and solar eclipses), numerous 4- and 6-line decorative woodcut initials. (Tears to to outer blank margin of title, g4 with early deletion in ink and resultant small hole, v1 with section of lower blank margin torn away). Contemporary limp vellum, yapp fore-edges, leather ties (small tears to spine, vellum crinkled, three ties replaced) Provenance: Episcopal Library, Cordoba, Spain (inscription at head of title "De la Biblioteca Episcopal de Cordoba"); Jesuit College, Cordoba, Spain (inscription at foot of title "Del… Leer más

Venice, 1534. 79; 64, [2]; [15] leaves. Double-sheet map. Woodcut illustrations in text. Contemporary full vellum, manuscript title on spine, raised bands. Neat bookplate on front pastedown, old bookseller's label on rear pastedown. Contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper. Title leaf and first leaf of text remargined, not affecting text. Slight dampstaining in upper outer corner of first thirty-four leaves. Closed tear in leaf 56. Occasional contemporary ink notations in margins, manuscript start of an index on rear fly leaf. Two small burn holes in map, not affecting any printed area. Overall a very good copy. In a brown half morocco slipcase. The earliest voyage collection focusing on the New World. This important collection of voyages and narratives is the work of several authors, although most bibliographers attribute it to Peter Martyr, a translation of whose work makes up the first section. The present volume is one of the first attempts anywhere to assemble a group of accounts… Leer más

Paris: Jean Gesselin, 1613. 8vo. [8],90,[1]pp. Lacks the world map, as is almost always the case. Titlepage vignette. Leaves A5 & A6 with a small, expert paper repair in lower margin, not affecting text. Twentieth century morocco bound to contemporary style, tooled and ruled in gilt, spine richly gilt Drake's Circumnavigation. The first French edition of Drake's circumnavigation, translated from the account inserted in the 1589 edition of Hakluyt's Principal Navigations. The text is traditionally attributed to Francis Pretty, though it is more likely that the information was compiled by Richard Hakluyt himself from three or more sources (see Wagner, Drake's Voyage). Wagner notes that the additional information found in this French edition but not in Hakluyt is "small but significant" and calls this "the most complete translation of all." Drake's circumnavigation was one of the most important events in maritime history, and this account must have been eagerly read by the French, who would not… Leer más

1535. Small quarto. [62] leaves. 19th-century pebbled pigskin, spine gilt. Boards and extremities lightly rubbed. Some minor soiling, a few leaves lightly toned. Two small tears, on titlepage and second leaf, neatly repaired. Men of Cajamarca: two eyewitness accounts of events. As one of the "Men of Cajamarca," Francisco de Xerez holds a very special place among writers on the earliest period of Spanish contact with the Inca of Peru: He was there from day one, a member of the very small band of men who left Panama with Pizarro and Almagro to seek fame and fortune in South America. At Cajamarca he participated in the taking of the Inca leader, Atahualpa, the slaughter of his army, and the sharing of the ransom demanded of the Inca nation for the return of their leader. By training a notary public and practiced writer, he was by choice Pizarro's secretary/confidant, the two having been close since at least 1524, when they met in Panama; and when in 1534 he returned to Spain, he took with him his share… Leer más

Paris: Librarie Hachette, 1873. 4 volumes (text: 2 vols., large 4to [13 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches]; atlas: 2 volumes, folio [19 1/2 x 15 inches]). Text: titles in red and black, half-titles. Portrait frontispiece, 1 plate of medals, 12 maps and charts (4 coloured, 6 tinted), numerous illustrations (39 full-page); atlas: 12 maps, (2 double-page); 9 plans (2 double-page); 1 tinted lithographic aerial view; 48 plates on 40 sheets (6 double page, 2 engraved, 10 hand-coloured lithographs, 1 chromolithograph, 27 tinted lithographs). Text: contemporary French dark blue morocco-backed marbled paper-covered boards, spines gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, numbered in the third, previous owner's name 'Philastre' tooled in gilt at foot of each spine; atlas: original dark blue cloth-backed pale blue paper-covered boards, letterpress titling to upper covers, longitudinal gilt lettering to the flat spines Provenance: "Philastre" [?Paul-Louis-Felix Philastre (1837-1902)] (binding) Rare… Leer más

Cairo: The government press, Bulaq, 1896 Book. Illus. by MUHAMMED SADIQ BEY. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 152PP OF ARABIC TEXT. ENGRAVING PLATE SHOWING THE EGYPTIAN MAHMAL, FRONTIS OF THE AUTHOR, 9 PLATES WHICH 8 OF THEM ARE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES BY THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE MAHMAL, THE HOLY MOSQUES, AND GENERAL VEWS OF MECCA, MEDINA, AND THE HOLY SITES (THREE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES ARE FOLDINGS), 2 FOLDING PLANS OF THE TOW HOLY MOSQUES IN MECCA AND MEDINA, BY THE AUTHOR, THE BOOK INCLUDES THE FOLDING MAP BY SADIQ BEY ABOUT THE ROUTS OF THE HAJJ FROM THE CITADEL OF AL WAJH AND JEDDAH TO MECCA AND MEDINA IN 1886 (1303 AH). FRONTIS IS PARTLY REPAIRED FROM THE OUTER MARGINS OF THE PLATE (DID NOT AFFECT THE IMAGE AT ALL), VERY LIGHT REMAINS OF REMOVED ANCIENT STAMPS OR NOTATIONS ON TITLE PAGE AND OTHER 3 MARGINAL PLACES. VERY CLEAN TEXT AND PLATES, AND THE BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. MODERN FINE BINDING. SCARCE WITH ALL PLATES, PLANS AND THE MAP..

61 plates ( 58 are of the Ottoman costumes and 3 are of İstanbul of which are two are foldings. Costumes plates except the first plate are hand-colored ). With 6 p. introduction and 61 p. of explanation on the plates. İllustrated by C. Fauconnier and signed by the author. Ex-library or ex-libris. İn later full leather binding. Extreemly rare. See Sotheby's Atabey sale.

A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ENDEAVOUR, IN THE YEARS 1768, 1769, 1770 AND 1771. (Cook, James) [Magra, James] London: T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1771. 1st edition first printing, 4to, pp. [leaf - title] [leaf dedication with note at bottom Place this next the Title] 130 [2 leaves]. Period half diced Russia and marbled boards, some minor browning in margins or traces of handling on a few text pages, else a large and very attractive copy. The earliest of the series of so-called 'surreptitious' accounts of Cook's voyages, this published anonymously less than three months after the Endeavour returned and two years before Hawkesworth's official account of the voyage. The dedication leaf printed separately from the rest of the text, to the Admiralty, Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Daniel Solander, implied their approval and gave this work the appearance of authority. However, the Admiralty, Banks and Solander immediately published an advertisement denying all knowledge of this… Leer más

5 illustrated text-volumes and 3 volumes with original pen- and ink drawings by the traveller (= complete). Text-volumes illustrated with 281 original photographs (each ca 75 x 74 mm to 125 x 82 mm) of places and people and 276 photographs with reproductions of pen- and ink sketches (each ca 126 x 72 mm) pasted onto to 183 plates. 443 unnumb. leaves, including a photo portrait of the author, and 3 maps. Atlas-volumes illustrated with 287 original pen- and ink sketches by the author (each ca 135 x 80 mm), mounted to 36 cardboard leaves with views of towns, landscapes and local residents. Compehensive and detailed description of a world tour by Friedrich Zahn-Geigy (1848-1929), a 23-year-old descendant of a Swiss banker's family from Basle. The journey, not only undertaken for educational purposes solely, but as is related in the text also for business reasons, visiting long-standing business partners and looking out for new fields of business especially in the US and South East Asia, first led them to… Leer más

Paris, de l'Imprimerie Impériale, 1808.
3 volumes 8vo of text [197 x 118 mm] and 1folio atlas [415 x 265 mm] of: I/ (2) ll., lxiii pp., 439 pp.; II/ (2) ll., 476 pp.; III/ (2) ll., 488 pp. Atlas : (2) ll., 97 engravings on 65 plates including 4 folding maps.
Bound in contemporary full calf in a design resembling tree roots, flat spines decorated with gilt music instruments, red and brown morocco lettering pieces, library labels on the foot of the spines, sprinkled edges. Atlas bound the same way but in a half-binding with corners of vellum, the spine is decorated as the text volumes. Contemporary binding.
First edition of this fascinating travel account to China.
Cordier, Sinica, 2351 ; Brunet, II, 568.
"Highly valued work, illustrated with 97 beautiful engravings: views, costumes, maps, etc." Chadenat, 590.
Joseph de Guignes (1749-1845), orientalist, sinologist and consul of France in China, spent 17 years in this country.
"The travel account is divided into 3 parts: in the first part, the author… Leer más

Lyon, Jean Pillehotte, 1604.
8vo of (2) ll., 953 pp., (47) pp. of table. Few foxing, small wormtrack starting p. 915. Full red morocco, gilt fillets around the covers, ribbed and decorated spine. Elegant binding from the 17th century.
171 x 116 mm.
First edition of the French translation of the most famous work by the Hesuit Jean-Pierre Maffei(1535-1603) "Historiarum Indicarum".
De Backer & Sommervogel, V, col. 299 ; Sabin 43782.
It is one of the earliest missions of Jesuits to the Far East, including the letters and the life of Ignace de Loyola.
The great work of the Italian Jesuit Giovanni Pietro Maffei (1538-1603) about the general history of the Indies, relates the history of the Portuguese Jesuit missions to Brazil, the Indies, Japan and China. It is the first French translation of the work, given by the Perigord canon François Arnault de la Borie.
"Based on primary materials and written in elegant Latin, Maffei's Historiarum Indicarum received an enthusiastic reception all over Europe. The way… Leer más

Antwerp, Guillaume Silvius, 1576.
Small 4to [200 x 143 mm]: (8) ll., 325 pp. (some mistakes in the pagination), (15) ll., 60 full-page plates of costumes. Bound in full contemporary overlapping vellum, flat spine with the handwritten title. Contemporary binding.
First edition in Italian, translated from the French edition published at the same date and by the same printer.
Atabey 871; Colas 2203 (second issue); Göllner 1663; cf. Mortimer, Harvard Italian, 319 (1580 edition); not in Blackmer.
The woodcuts are reduced copies, by Antonij van Leest, of the engraved plates of the first edition (printed in Paris in 1567). The second Italian edition, printed at Venice in 1580, contains engraved copies of the original plates, together with seven additional plates.
After having described the customs of Algiers, Tripoli, the Barbary States and Scio where he landed when he was going to Constantinople, Nicolay (1517-1583), a traveler from the Dauphiné, insists on what concerns the Turks, the Greeks and the… Leer más

A full run of the ICA from 1875 through 2012 lacking only one volume, XIV 1908 from the Vienna conclave. One hundred volume titles in all. The set has been collected over the course of 30 years. There are no facsimiles. As you see from the images, the condition of the volumes varies, but all content is present and clear. Thousands of papers on archeology, ethnology, anthropology, sociology etc. all pertaining to the indigenous tribes and colonial peoples of the Americas from distant pre-history to the present. Thousands of maps drawings and photographs. The Congress was begun in 1875 in Nancy, France and alternated every three years between a site in the Americas and Europe. Serious enquiries only, please. I will be happy to forward the full list in Excel and to discuss condition of individual volumes. There will be a shipping and handling charge based on buyer's location and preference of carrier. I strongly recommend that potential buyers visit to inspect in person. The collection is in Santa Fe, NM.

2 volumes in one. [xx]+engraved title-page+folding map+355 pages with frontispiece, folding maps and folding plates. [xxvi]+folding map+178 pages with folding plates. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5") bound in attractive later red morocco with five raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine, edges in gilt. (Graff 1862; Howes H-416; Lande 423; Pforzheimer 461; Sabin 31371; Streeter J106; Thwaite, 1903 edition, p.xlii; Wing H1450) First English edition.
The "Bon" issue (with the first line of the printers on the title-page ending in "Bon-"). This work includes A Continuation of the New Discovery bound at the end with separate title-page and pagination, but with continuous signatures.
One of the most important 17th-century accounts of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions. Louis Hennepin, Rene Robert Cavelier and Sieur de la Salle established Fort Crevecouer in Peoria, Illinois, and explored the upper Mississippi River before being captured by the Sioux. Hennepin reached St. Anthony's Falls (near… Leer más

Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol. London. 1797. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Complete. - Two quarto text volumes (12 x 9.4 inches), and a folio atlas of plates (16.6 x 12.3 inches). ---- Both text volumes in contemporary full brown calf boards with decorative gilt borders. Re-spined in recent brown calf with raised bands, the compartments ruled in blind, two red morocco labels, lined and lettered in gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. The atlas volume bound in recent half brown calf. Spine with raised bands, each decorated in gilt. Compartments ruled in gilt. Red title label, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Text volumes with engraved portrait frontispiece to each, 1 plate and 26 vignettes after William Alexander et al. in all, atlas with 44 engraved views, plans, plates and maps and charts, including large folding world map, 3 natural history subjects and 25 views. Some foxing and sporadic spotting to both text and atlas, a couple of the maps have professional… Leer más