Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes
Partie Historique:
Atlas, and
Atlas, deuxieme partie
Paris, Langlois, no date but 1807 and 1811
Hill 1329; Ferguson 449
In large quarto, 32x24 cm
Atlas : in contemporary quarter calf and boards, spine gilt with engraved title
40 plates (2-41) as issued; two of them folding;
20 of them in contemporary colour, one heightened in gold
Plates, separated with fine paper
Rebound in its original binding possibly for being washed. Still a small, brown spot here and there. No repairs, in deep colour and overall in fine condition.
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Oud en Nieuw Oost Indieen ...
Dordrecht, Johannes van Braam
Amsterdam, Gerard onder den Linden
1724-1726
Tiele #1121; Landwehr VOC #467; Cordier, Indosinica: 927-930; idem, Japonica 426-428; Maggs, Cat. 452, 1924, itm 475. On Tasman and Australia: Schilder, 1975: 152; Tiele, Bibliographie, 1884 #1079; and on maps: Suarez, 1999: 232-236; Parry, 2005.
16 parts in 8 books in 5 vols.
Folio (33,5x21,5cm), contemporary vellum over boards, blind stamped; spine raised bands
Titel in contemporary manuscript on the spines.
265 (folding) maps & plates
Complete but for one print, the second leaf of Vol IV: the portrait of Mr de Haan, governor just after the date of publishing the book, that is from 1725 ...
Candish, Thomas
Twee..scheepstogten ...Candisch (Cavendish). 1586 AND
Knivet, Antoni and Candish, Thomas
...Reys na de Zuydzee, 1591 AND
Drake, Franciscus
Drie voornaamste Zee-togten na America.... 1577, 1585, 1595 AND
Keeling, Willem
...Reys na Oost-Indieen
Leyden, van der Aa, 1706
In folio, remboitage in contemporary, stiff vellum
title in manuscript on the spine;
Cavendish: title page with engraving; 38 columns on 19 pp. Last page blank. 4 plates in the text.
Knivet: title page with engraving; 1 folding ...
Pizarrus, Franciscus &
Almagrus, Didacus
Seer aanmerkelijke Scheepstochten
van Panama naar Peru
Leyden, van der Aa, 1706
In folio, modern black half morocco and paper over boards
Title page with engraving; 66 columns on 33 pp; 2 pp, register. Last page blank. 25 plates in the text.
Maps are:
Kaart van...Panama till Peru, 16x22,5cm, Pizarro and
Kaart van Reis van Brabant tot Marocco, 16x22,5cm. Nicolaas Clenard
This is the story of the Conquest of the Inca Empire under Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro. A first exploring voyage occurred in 1524, a second in 1526 which eventually touched ...
Johan (Joao) de Castro
...Reys door Portugijzen na
Souez, Socotera..., de Roode Zee, 1540-41 AND
Rouwolf, Leendert,
...Reysen na...Syrien; Joodse land; Arabien;
Assierien en Armenien, 1573
Leyden, van der Aa, 1706
In folio, modern half black morocco and paper over boards
Title page with engraving; 44 columns on 22 pp and 5 plates in the text.
Title page with engraving 2 n lvs; 2 folding maps; 204 columns on 102 pp;
4 plates in the text; 4 nn lvs, index
Maps are:
Rouwolfs reystocht door de Levant...., 16x22,5cm, and
Rouwolfs landreyze van Aleppo ...
Carpin, Johan du Plan
Reys-Beschryvingen...na ...Tartaryen and
Reys van Broeder Ascelin na de Tartaren, 1246
AND
Rubruquis, Willem de
Aanmerkelijke Reys ...Tartaryen en China in 1253
Leyden, van der Aa, 1706
Two books, three journals, in one volume
in folio, modern half black morocco paper over boards
Carpini and Ascelin: title page with engraving; 50 columns on 25 pp; last page: register. Four text engravings
One plate. AND
Rubruk: engraved title page; 2 folding maps on one sheet; 36 columns on 18 pp including 5 text engravings.
Maps are:
...
Blefkenius, Dithmar
Scheeptocht na Ysland en Groenland (1563)
Leyden, van der Aa, 1706
In folio, modern black morocco and paper over boards
1 nn leaf: Title page with engraving; preface; 16 columns on 8 leaves; 1 nn leaf. One text engraving: Iceland and a volcano outburst. The map is found in van der Aas Joseph, the Indian...
Blefkenius a German minister, writes his story on Iceland and Greenlands coast 40 years after his journey. It is published in Latin in 1607 and in Dutch in 1608, as is quoted in the preface to this edition 1706 edition.
In 1612 he is accused of making up his story using sources like Olaus Magnus and Gories Peerse.
Journael van de Voyagie...
Admiraal Joris van Spilbergen
...1614-1617
Amsterdam, Saeghman circa 1663
(Tiele, Journaux No. 72)
In quarto. XIX century quarter calf
32 lvs, A-H in 4
Title page with copper plate engraving,
In verso: full page portrait of Spilbergen in woodcut frame
8 text plates: one copperplate engraving, taken from Hartgens edition and 7 original woodcuts. Including the DODO
Text in two columns
Condition: fine
Spilbergens was the fifth circumnavigation ever after Magellan; Drake; Cavendish and van Noordt. The voyage took place between 1614 and 1618. Spilbergen was an ...
Diarium vel descriptio....Australi
Amsterdam, L. Vlasbloem 1662. (Sabin 77961; Tiele memoires Schouten z, pp 52).
In small quarto, later vellum binding. 4 nn leaves, 6 folding maps & plates, 1 folding map added in manuscript on old paper
72 pages, last page blank. Complete according to tabellae.
This is the third reprint by Dirk Vlasbloem of Schoutens journal in Latin (first & second, both 1648). All of these Vlasbloem editions are extremely rare. Tiele and the index of this book gives 6 plates for this ...
Historische beschrijvinghe ....Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1614 (Tiele, NL bibliographie nr 877). Quarto, contemporary vellum. Three books in one volume, pagination continuous. Title page with printers mark; last page with the same. Six folding maps, one folding plate (Beurs van Amsterdam), 42 text engravings, 8 maps in the text. Complete.
First edition in Dutch of the highly important history of Amsterdam. The first part is dedicated to the history, the second part to the early voyages by the Dutch and the last part to the government and (past) governors of Amsterdam. Of special interest are the text of the voyage by the Houtman with details not published before and ...
Indiae Orientalis, pars septima
De Bry, Johannes Theodor & Johannes Israel
Indiae Orientalis, pars septima
Spilbergens voyage, mainly to Ceylon.
Balbis voyage, mainly to Persian Gulf, India and Burma
Frankfurt, Richter, 1606
Church 216
Recased in contemporary, stiff vellum
2 nn lvs, engraved title page & dedication
126 pp; 1 authentic blank
icones: a;b in 4; c and d in 2; e;f in 4; 9 in 6 = 26 ...
Album of the Plates by Theodor de Bry
Grands Voyages, parts I; II; III and IV in Latin
Frankfurt am Main 1590-1594
Album XVIII century
Reference: Church 140; 145; 148 and 154
In folio, 38x25 cm. Contemporary full calf
Title on the spine: Narat(io)....Virgin(iae)
Plates pasted on paper with identical water marks:
Grapes and letters CL...SA.........M,
Paper probably France, mid XVIII century (cfr Churchill 474-478)
4 engraved title pages
5 Coats of Arms
Other plates: Noah; Vespucci and Columbus
132 plates, telling the stories from the first four books
The quality of ...