First edition

John BARROW

Voyage dans la partie méridionale de l'Afrique ; fait dans les années 1797 et 1798

Dentu, Paris 1801, In-8 (12,5x20,7cm), xvj, 403pp. (1) et (4) 326pp. (2), 2 volumes reliés.

First edition
Bindings in full brown sheepskin vintage flamed. Smooth back decorated with 2 florets and 2 grotesque boxes, and multiple wheels. Title pieces in red morocco, pieces of tomaison in morocco green. Frieze framing on the boards. Epidermures on the boards, near the external borders. [...]

900 €

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First edition

Marie-Joseph Marquis de FORESTA

Lettres sur la Sicile, écrites pendant l'été de 1805 par le Marquis de Foresta

Chez Pillet Ainé, A Paris 1821, In-8 (13x20cm), xxij (2) 299pp. et (4) 299pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First edition.
Bindings in full sheepskin rooted and icy. Smooth backs decorated with 2 boxes to the grotesque

450 €

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François LE VAILLANT

Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance

Chez Les libraires associés, A La Haye 1791, In-8 (12x19,5cm), xx, 274pp. et (2) 287pp. (1), 2 volumes reliés.

Second edition, after the first made in Paris in 1790. It is similarly illustrated with 12 boards including some unfolding and the famous board of the Hottentote apron.
Relliures full sheepskin marbled vintage. Smooth back decorated with 2 florets and 2 boxed urns, wheels. Title pieces in red [...]

750 €

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Antoine DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE

Voyage pittoresque des environs de Paris, ou description des maisons royales, chateaux & autres ...

Chez De Bure, A Paris 1768, In-12 (10x17cm), (24pp.) 462pp. (6), relié.

Mention of third edition augmented. A frontispiece title.
Binding full calf marbled vintage. Back to nerves adorned. Title piece in red morocco. Eliminated headdress. Upper joint split in the lead. 4 blunt corners.

300 €

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Pierre François-Xavier de CHARLEVOIX

Histoire de l'établissement, des progrès et de la décadence du christianisme dans l'empire du ...

Bureau de la bibliothèque catholique, Paris 1828, In-12 (10x17,5cm), (6) xxiv, 362pp. et (4) 476pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First reprint of this work originally published in 1715, it was published at the same time in the Catholic library in Lyon at Rusand.
Bindings in full blond sheepskin contemporary rooted. Smooth back decorated with 4 florets and wheels. Title pieces of red morocco, and tomaion of black morocco. [...]

350 €

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Jean-François LAHARPE

Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages

Ménard et Desenne, fils, Paris 1825, In-18 (10x17cm), 30 volumes reliés.

New illustrated edition of a frontispiece by Deveria and 60 figures of Adam engraved by various engravers, Fessard ...
Bindings half fawn sheepskin contemporary. Smooth back decorated with 4 irons helmet and sword, 3 different wheels instead of nerves. Title pieces in red morocco, and tomaison [...]

1 300 €

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First edition

Samuel CHAPPUZEAU

L'Europe vivante, ou relation nouvelle, historique et politique de tous ses estats, selon la face ...

Pour Jean Herman Widerhold, A Geneve 1667, Pet. in-4 (16x22cm), (24) 528pp. (2), relié.

First edition, rare, anonymous. A beautiful title frontispiece, deities and attributes in an altarpiece, which would be the work of Chappuzeau. Another edition, in-8 format was released at the same time.
Binding full brown calf vintage speckled. Back to nerves adorned. title piece of brown [...]

1 400 €

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A. J. BUCHWALDER

Carte de l'ancien évêché de Bâle réuni aux cantons de Berne, Bâle et Neuchatel, levée de ...

Michel, Paris 1820 (S.d), 73x65cm, relié.

Card cut in 15 elements laminated on beige percaline.

250 €

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