A picturesque Tour along the rivers Ganges and Jumna in India: Consisting of twenty-four highly finished and coloured views, a map, and vignettes, from original drawings made on the spot; with illustrations, historical and descriptive.
Londres, R. Ackermann, 1824
One of the most beautiful books on India.
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Opere del cardinal Bentivoglio, cioe, le relationi di Fiandra, e di Francia, l'historia della guerra di Fiandra, e le lettere scritte nel tempo delle sue nuntiature
Paris, Appresso Nicolo Redelichvysen, 1645
Magnificent period Italian binding "à l'éventail" in full red morocco with the royal arms
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De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld : of Beschryving van America en 't Zuid-Land
Amsterdam, Jacob Meurs, 1671
« The finely executed engravings of this work are especially brilliant in this, the original edition. » (Church)
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Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l’Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise.
Paris, P. G. Le Mercier, 1735
The most accurate description of China at the time
Insularum Moluccarum Nova Descriptio
France,
Journal du voyage de Michel de Montaigne en Italie, par la Suisse et l’Allemagne, en 1580 & 1581 ; avec des notes de M. de Querlon
Rome et se trouve à Paris, Le Jay, 1774
"In accordance with the bibliophilic taste of the 18th century, the in-4 is considered the most desirable format"
Lettres edifiantes et curieuses sur la visite apostolique de M. de La-Baume evêque d'Halicarnasse, a la Cochinchine en l'année 1740, où l'on voit les voyages & les travaux de ce zèlé prelat, la conduite des missionnaires jesuites & de quelques autres
Venise, Barzotti, 1746
Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde, fait par ordre du Roi, à l’occasion du passage de Vénus, sur le disque du Soleil, le 6 juin 1761, & le 3 du même mois 1769. Imprimé par ordre de sa Majesté.
Paris, de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1779
First edition of this long and interesting scientific voyage to the East Indies and the Indian Ocean
Representative men of India. A collection of memoirs, with portraits of Indian princes, nobles, statesmen, philanthropists, officials, and eminent citizens. With an introduction by Sir George C. M. Birdwood.
London, published by Messrs W. H. Allen & Co, 1889
Beautiful and very rare work gathering portraits and lives of representative men of India at the end of the 19th century.
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[Costume Book]
s.l, 18 century
Watercolour album of costumes, 18th century.
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Les beautés architecturales de Londres
Paris, H. Mandeville, ca. 1851-55
Very nice album of views of London published during the first Universal Exhibition in 1851.
Ferdinando I e Maria Anna Carolina nel Litorale in Settembre 1844
Trieste, I. Papsch & C. Tipografi del Lloyd Austriaco, 1845
Copy of Ferdinand I (1793-1875), Emperor of Austria, King of Lombardy-Venezia, crowned in September 1838.
Egypt and Nubia from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A... with historical descriptions by William Brockendon
London, F.B. Moon, 1846-49
The preferred deluxe format of ‘one of the most important and elaborate ventures of nineteenth-century publishing, and it was the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph’ (Abbey Travel).
Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l’expédition de l’armée française. Seconde édition. Dédiée au Roi
Panckoucke, 1821-1829
Second edition of this monumental work
Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East…
London, Edward Orme, 1807
Itinerarium Portugallensium e Lusitania in Indiam et inde in occidentem et demum ad aquilonem.
Milan, J.A. Scinzenzeler, 1508
"This book is not a jewell, it is a constellation of jewels" (Borba de Moraes).
The Isle of Wight illustrated, in a series of coloured views, engraved in aqua-tint by Mr. Percy Roberts, from the original drawings of the late Mr F. Calvert, accompanied by a succint historical, geographical, and topographical description of the island.
London, G. H. Davidson, 1846
First edition and first print of this beautiful album dedicated to the Isle of Wight.
Dessins et peintures d'Afrique
Paris, Jules Meynial, 1927
First edition of André Citroën's famous expedition with colour suite.
Mœurs, usages, costumes des Othomans, et abrégé de leur histoire
Paris, Nepveu, 1812
A fine copy with 72 finely colored plates in a beautiful binding signed by Alphonse Giroux.
Histoire de la navigation
Amsterdam, De l’Imprimerie de Theodore Pierre, 1610
First French edition of this important work.
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