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The second edition corrected. London, Printed for John Starkey, and Thomas Basset, 1669. Folio. (20) + 316 + (6) + 232 + (9) + (1 blank) pp. Additional engraved title-page. 2 engraved portraits. 6 engraved folding maps (2 with neatly repaired tear). Contemporary vellum. Red labels. Joints skilfully repaired. New endpapers.. . Originally published in 1662. This is the second English edition.

London: T. Cadell, 1823. 4to (278 x 215 mm). cliv + (2) + 639 + (1) pp. 23 plates: 13 hand-coloured aquatint plates, of which one folding plan of Moscow, 9 uncoloured plates, of which 2 folding and 1 large folding engraved map of Moscow. 19th. century half calf. Red leather label. Spine richly gilt. Marbled boards. Lacking half-title. Minor offsetting. Bookplate to front pastedown: Edward Nicholas Hurt. Abbey, Travel 227.. . Robert Lyall (1790-1831) spent a number of years in Moscow as physician to several noble families. He travelled through the Crimea, Georgia and the southern provinces of Russian in 1822, and returned to London in 1823 where he published his important work that includes a fine folding view of the Kremlin palace from the river.

First edition. London, James Cawthorne, 1813. 4to. XI + (I) + 1152 + (2) pp. Engraved frontispiece. 17 hand-coloured aquatint plates (7 double-page). 2 folding maps. 1 plan. 2 plates of facsimile. 2 leaves of engraved music. Contemporary full morocco. Spine gilt and blind-tooled. Covers gilt. All edges gilt. Bookplate. Frontispiece a little waterstained in lower margin (not affecting illustration). Title-page with light offsetting. First folding map strengthened. Second folding map a little waterstained.. .

First edition. Leipzig, Leopold Voss, 1840. 1140 columns. + VI pp. Contemporary half calf. Gilt spine. A little rubbed. Green edges. Ex-library copy, stamp on title-page (Zoologisches Institut der Universität Leipzig). Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (1785-1874). Swedish naturalist, professor in Lund and among the pioneers as an entomologist in the Nordic region. Zetterstedts works Insecta Lapponica and Diptera Skandinaviae, are fundamental to the systematics of Diptera. His collections of Scandinavian, Lapland and world Diptera and Orthoptera are in the Zoological Museum of the University of Lund.. .

Paris, chez Maradan, 1789-93. (4) + XXXII + 773 + (3) + (4) + 550 + (2) + (4) + 491 + (1) + (4) + 722 + (2) + (4) + 559 + (1) pp. Atlas volume : (4) pp. 1 large folding engraved map of the Russian Empire by Tardieu, 10 other engraved maps (5 folding), 97 engraved plates (23 folding) by N. Thomas. Conttemporary three calf. Spines gilt with red labels.. . First French edition, translated by Gauthier de la Peyronie. A fine copy. Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811), German naturalist and explorer. In 1767, Pallas was invited by Cathrine II of Russia to become a professor at St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and a year later he led an expedition to South East Russia and Siberia, concentrating on natural history and ethnography. He published his major findings from the expedition in 1771-76, under the title; Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs, in three volumes. Later translated into Russian, French, and English.

Romæ, ( Apud Ionnem Mariam de Vottis Parmensen in Aedibus S. Birgittæ), 1554. (60) + 790 pp. 20th century full calf with raised bands. Old title-label on spine (16th century). Woodcut vignette on title-page. Full-page woodcut map, 2 full -page woodcut printer`s devices. 238 woodcuts in text. The last pages repaired in lower margins. pp. 29 with tear (not affecting text). A few leaves slightly dampstained.. .

Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1665. Folio. (8) + 208 + 258 + (10) pp. First edition of Nieuhof`s account of the Dutch embassy to Peking. Near contemporary full calf with 5 raised bands. Leather title-label. Three silk-ties. Rebacked with old spine laid down. Additional engraved title with the Chinese emperor sitting on a throne with his left arm on a globe. Engraved portrait of Nieuhof. 2 engraved coat-of-arms. Title-page printed in red and black. 34 double-page engraved plates. 110 engraved illustrations. 1 folding map (small tears along folds).. . First edition of Nieuhof`s account of the Dutch embassy to Peking. Near contemporary full calf with 5 raised bands. Leather title-label. Three silk-ties. Rebacked with old spine laid down. Additional engraved title with the Chinese emperor sitting on a throne with his left arm on a globe. Engraved portrait of Nieuhof. 2 engraved coat-of-arms. Title-page printed in red and black. 34 double-page engraved plates. 110 engraved illustrations. 1 folding map (small tears along folds).

London. Printed for A. Bettesworth and others, 1737. Folio (350 x 225 mm). (6) + 246 + (2) + 223 + (1 blank) + (12) pp. Engraved frontispiece, Engraved portrait, 3 engraved double-page maps. 117 engraved plates, including 4 plates that are unnumbered, many double-page or folding. Numerous text illustrations. Contemporary full calf. Rebacked. New endpapers. Spine gilt. Gilt border to covers. Extremities rubbed. Corners bumped. Vol. I. Lower part of front joint split but holding firm. Vol. II. Top of spine worn. Plates a little browned but overall a fresh and crisp copy. Bookplates of Gösta Nobel and Sir Joseph Copley to front pastedowns.. . First English edition, translated from the French translation from 1718 of the original edition that was published in Dutch in 1711. Includes large panoramas of Moscow, Isfahan and Persopolis. Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Ludvig (Gösta) Nobel (1886-1955), youngest son of Ludvig and Edla Nobel, was in Baku between 1914-17 and later took over as Managing Director over Brannobel or “The Nobel Brothers Company”. The oil company was founded in Baku by his father and his two brothers Alfred and Robert. The family had to flee Russia in 1918 during the Russian revolution.

Paris, André Sauret, 1960. Large 4to. Publisher’s boards with protective paper, in original chemise and slipcase. The boards consists of an original lithograph, made especially for this edition.. . No 36 of 100 copies on Grand Vélin d’Arches, signed by Marc Chagall and the publisher André Sauret. With 11 original lithographs by Marc Chagall, some in colour. This work is the complete and definite catalog of Chagall’s lithographic works from his graphic beginnings in Berlin from 1922 to 1957. All of the artist’s lithographs are reproduced in colours after the originals. Without the two additional colour lithographs that should be included in the deluxe edition and without the portofolio with the special prints.

Heidelberg, Cambier. 1606. Folio. (37,4 x 23 cm). Vol. I. 127 + (1 blank) + (6) + (2 blanks) pp. Woodcut vignette on title-page. Illustrated with 145 woodcuts in the text. Vol. II. 137 + (7) pp. Woodcut of a bird on title-page. Illustrated with 228 woodcuts of birds in the text. Vol. III. (28) + 374 + (2) + (2 blanks) pp. Woodcut of a fish on title-page. Illustrated with 736 woodcuts in the text. Contemporary full calf with six raised bands. Top and lower part of spine worn.Occasional light dampstaining. Bookplate on front pastedown, Thomas Wright Esq. of Santon Downham Suffolk. Bookplate on front endpaper, Hans Reusch.. . Nissen: Zoologische Buchillustration, 1551 & 1554. Nissen : Die illustrierten vogelbücher, 352.

London, Printed for Alex Hogg, (1784-86). Folio (385 x 235 mm). 655 + (5) pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait, 1 folding engraved map and 155 engraved plates, maps and views. Portrait, title, preface, folding map and the last two pages with neatly repaired marginal tears. A few plates and pages with minor marginal waterstaining. 1 plate with tear in lower margin. Finely bound in modern half morocco with red leather label and six raised bands (Baythun, Bath).. .

Cork, Guy Brothers (1853). Oblong folio. Contemporary green calf with 5 bands. Red label. Bound with publisher`s front wrapper. Lithographed title. 22 litographs, coloured by hand. 1 lithographed map. A fine copy .. . Schiötz 32 **. Pl. I. Making the coast of Norway & Norwegian Fisching Boats. Pl. 2. Bergen. Pl. 3. Jondal. Pl. 4. Samland. Pl. 5. View on the Eid Fiord near Ulvick. Pl. 6. Vick. Pl. 7. Valley on the road from Vick to the Vöring Vos. Pl. 8. Saeter, near the Vöring Foss. Pl. 9. Vöring Foss waterfall. Pl. 10. A decent between the Vöring Foss Waterfall & Saebo Lake. Pl. 11. Eide. Pl. 12. Village between Graven Lake & Vossvangen. Pl. 13. Vossvangen Church. Pl. 14. View between Vossvangen & Graven Lake. Pl. 15. View on the Graven Lake. Pl. 16. Folgefonn Glaciers from the Sör Fiord. Pl. 17. View from Cusiden Sör Fiord. Pl. 18. Odde Sör Fiord. Pl. 19. Kinservick. Pl. 20. Stavanger. Pl. 21. Salmon traps, near Eggersund. Pl. 22. (The Yacht).

Kiøbenhavn 1746-49. Folio (464 x 305 mm). (10) + 96 + 82) + 267 + (1 blank) s. Kobberstukket frontispiece. 281 kobberstukne plansjer, hvorav flere foldet. Bundet i to samtidige helskinnbind. Ryggdekor i gull. Ryggene svakt slitte og øvre del av ryggene med små rifter. Dansk, fransk og tysk parallelltekst. Antageligvis eksemplaret som ble solgt av Damms Antikvariat i katalogen “100 viktige bøker” fra 1984.. . Engraved frontispiece. 281 engraved plates, some folding. Two contemporary full calf bindings. Gilt spines. Spines a little rubbed and top of spines with small tears. Text in Danish, French and German. Provenance: Probably the copy sold by Damms Antikvariat in the catalogue “100 viktige bøker” from 1984.

Christiania, Det Steenske Bogtrykkeri, 1868. 112 + (2) s. 2 foldede karter, Kroki af Partiet mellem Vestfjorddalen (med et par små reparerte rifter) og Tudal og Hauklid-Fjeld med omgivelser. Samtidig skinnbind med gulldekor på ryggen. Bevart i nyere blå skinn kassett. Et meget fint eksemplar av Turistforeningens første årbok.. .

Wincester, Printed by Jacob and Johnson for the author, 1821-24. 4to. 193 hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf. Gilt spines. Vol. 9 rebacked preserving original spine. Bookplate on front pastedown (Thomas L. Blanc). Name front endpaper. Not with index published in 1828. Two plates in vol. 2 with some spotting. Occasional light offsetting.. . Nissen 532, Anker 277-278.

Hernösandesne, Carolen Gust. Nordinen Trukkeriasne, 1811. 4to. (4) + 2124 + (2) + 396 + (1) s. Samtidig skinnbind over trepermer. Nedre del av ryggen fagmessig reparert. Originale spennebeslag på permene. Nye skinnremmer med beslag til spennene. Proveniens: Carl Natanael Fjällstrøm (1820-1897), Pastor i Sorsele (Lappland). Etterkommer etter Nathanel Fjellstrøm og “ Lapplands apostel” Pehr Fjällström, som utviklet det sørsamiske skriftspråket. Følgende var innvolvert i oversettelsen under lang tid: Pehr Fjellström (1697-1764), Nathanael Fjellström (1739-1809), Samuel Öhrling (1747-1799), Emanel Öhrling (1751-1808) og Erik Johan Grönlund (1787-1819). Et usedvanlig fint og velbevart eksemplar av den første fullstendige oversettelsen av bibelen til samisk.. .

Kristiania, “Vort Arbeide”s Bogtrykkeri, 1886. (4) + XVII + (1 blank) + 308 + 335 s. Bundet i to elegante håndbunde pergamentbind av Juul-Lassen med brune og grønne skinn tittelfelt. De opprinnelige omslagene og ryggstripene med tittelen “Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen” medbundet. Med det ekstra tittelbladet Julefortællinger Første Del innsatt foran det opprinnelige tittelbladet. Annen Del foreligger i annet trykk hvorav bla side 334 er feilpaginert side 234. Uten det ekstra tittelbladet til Julefortællinger Andre Del. Omslagene med noen små forsterkninger. Ex libris på forsats i begge bind. Schiötz/Ringstrøm, variant C.. . Da “Fra Kristiania-Bohemen” ble beslaglagt hadde Jæger liggende på et loft 300 eksemplarer av 1. del uten tilsvarende 2 del. Han fikk boktrykker Christian Holtermann Knudsen til å trykke 2. del på nytt i 350 eksemplarer og trykke nye tittelblad og omslag. De nye tittelbladene med tittel “ Julefortællinger af H. J.” ble satt inn foran de gamle tittelbladene. Knudsen reiste i desember 1886 med bøkene til Göteborg og Stockholm for å selge dem der. Bøkene ble imidlertid allerede 11. januar 1887 beslaglagt etter ordre av den svenske justitsminister Nils henrik Vult von Steyern. En del eksemplarer ble også beslaglagt hos en bokbinder i Kristiania og senere konfiskert. Se Thuesen s. 141.

Amsterdam 1631. Folio. Contemporary full vellum. Engraved title, engraved portrait of Pontanus, 5 engraved folding maps. A large, clean and attractive copy.. . First edition.

Stockholm, Tryckt i Ecksteinska tryckeriet, 1824. Text volumes : (4) + IX + (1) + 242 + (4) + VIII + s. (343) - 496. Additional engraved title. Folding table. Atlas volume: Lithograped title-page. List of plates. 1 text leaf. 2 maps. 3 plans. 13 plates. Text volumes and atlas uniformily bound in contemporary half calf. Spine gilt. Atlas bound with original wrappers. Text volumes, lacking small piece at top of spine. Atlas, lacking small a small piece at top and bottom of spine. First edition. Klinckowström visited New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Morristown. In his letters he discusses the acquisition of Florida, the Missouri question, slavery, Indian relations, the American Navy, Mississippi steamboat navigation, the latest scientific inventions, immigration, social customs.. . List of plates and maps: 1. Map of the Northern Section of the United States including Canada &c. 2. Map of the Southern Section of the United States including Florida &c. 3. Plan of Philadelphia. 4. Third street in Philadelphia. 5. Gerards Bank in Philadelphia. 6. Bridge over the Skuykill River 7. Capitolium in Washington, as it looked before and after the rebuilding in 1819. 8. Esquisse of Wards painting in Earles Gallery in Philadelphia. 9. Perkins newly innvented fire-extinguisher with one page printed description. 10. Map of New York and its environs. 11. View of Broadway and the Town Hall in New York. 12. Plan of a common dwelling-house in New York. 13. Plan of the steam-boat Chancellor Liwingstone. 14. Plan of an old fort in Tennesee. 15. Prospect of New York Harbour and Long Island Sound. 16. Hoboken opposite New York. The two maps of the United States are engraved by John Melish and the views are drawn by Klincowström and engraved by Akrell.Sabin 38053. Howes 5749.

3 works in three volumes. 4to. 3 half-titles, 3 engraved titles, (Voyage): Folding map of the Yemen, hand-coloured in outline with Niebuhr’s route. 124 engraved plates, plans and maps (comprising: 32 maps and plans (8 folding), 92 plates (31 folding) and 1 large folding map of the Yemen, hand-coloured in outline (misbound from the Description). (Description): 24 engraved plates, plans and maps (comprising 6 maps (5 folding), 18 plates (3 folding, of which 2 hand-coloured) 1 folding table. The large map of Yemen bound into the Voyage). Finely bound in near contemporary full calf, spines gilt in six compartments, red and green morocco labels. Gilt border to covers. Extremities a little rubbed and chipped, some splitting to joints but holding firm.. . First edition in French of the first and third work, second edition of the second work. Carsten Niebuhr the only survivor of the expedition sent out by Kong Frederik V of Denmark to Arabia.

London, Printed for Samuel Smith, 1683. 4to. Additional engraved title. Title-page printed in red and black. Large folding engraved map. 19 folding engraved plates. Contemporary full calf. Red leather label. Bookplate on front pastedown (Lord Lilford). Rebacked.. . First English edition. Struys made his voyages between 1647 and 1672. He recounts the revolt of Stenko Radzin, chief of the Cossacks, against the Czar of Russia. The plates depict many unusual scenes from the author`s own sketches, a map of the Caspian Sea, views of cities such as Ispahan, Persepolis, Muschati, Seras, Gammeron, Astracan &c.

Amsterdam, Robert de Baudous, (1608). Folio. Three parts in one volume. Engraved title-page + (12) pp. + 114 (of 117) engraved plates. Contemporary vellum. Text and first 13 plates in part one water-stained in lower margin (not affecting plates). 16 plates in part two water-stained in upper margin (not affecting plates).. .

Amsterdam et Leipzig, Chez Arkstee & Merkus, 1752. 4to. 2 engraved frontispieces. Engraved vignettes. (22) + 554; ,(2) + 316 + (6) + (8) + 3-309 + (3) pp. 2 engraved frontispieces, engraved vignettes, 54 engraved maps, coastal profiles and views (mostly folding) + 8 full-page engraved illustrations. Contemporay mottled calf. Spine richly gilt in compartments. A few maps with some browning. Minor wear to upper spine. Provenance: Carl Juel (1706-1767). Valdemar’s Caste, Tåsinge.. .

London, Printed for Thomas Bennet, 1705. Folio. (387 x 235 mm). (6) + LXVII + (1 blank) + (8) + 862 + (14) pp. + (6) + 1-163 + 176-264 + 301-928 + 56 + (12) pp. Volume two with irregular pagination. 2 engraved frontispieces. 9 engraved folding maps by Hermann Moll. 21 (of 22) engraved plates. Contemporary half calf with six raised bands. Gilt spines. Volume 1: Frontispiece and pp. XXIX-LXVII with small wormholes, mostly marginal and only touching a few letters. Most of volume one dampstained in upper margin. Minor stains and foxing. Volume two: pp. 1-18 and pp. 505-554 with small wormholes, marginal, but also in text, with loss. Minor stains and foxing. Large world map reinforced in folds and with stains. Bookplate to front pastedown (Christian Hammer) and signatures to title Chr. Tham & Rich Linnell. First edition of this collection of voyages with the series of maps by Herman Moll. Among the voyages included are those of Magellan, Drake, Cavendish, Schouten, Hawkins, Narbrough and Dampier (Hill 774).. .

London, Printed for John Stokdale, 1789. 4to (282 x 211 mm). (2) + 6 + VIII + (8) + (4) + X + 293 + LXXIV + (4) pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Engraved title-page. 46 engraved plates. 7 engraved folding maps. Contemporary speckled calf. Gilt spine. Occasional light offsetting. Plates with light spotting (mostly marginal). Engraved title-page spotted.. . The first official account of the first settlement in Australia. A fine copy.