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J billecocq & traduit de l anglais william vincenttitle: voyage de néarque des bouches de l' indus jusqu' à l' euphrate, ou journal de l 'expédition de la flotte d' alexandrewritten notably in the newspaper of nearque preserved by arrien, with the help of clarifications drawn from the writings and relationships of authors, geographers, or travellers, both old and modernthis book also contains the history of the first navigation that the europeans attempted in the indian seaannée an viii - paris - imp de la républiqueour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store681 pages + the plates the book has a frontispiece, 6 cards most of them folding plus non-text engraving1 volume: very large size quarto,even small in folioplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebozerian binding in rooted glazed calf, smooth back adorned with ships and golden greeks, red leather title pieces, golden edgesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegood interior condition, except for an engraving with marks and slight foxing
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Full title: nouveau voyage de franceouvrage également utile aux françois aux etrangers [par piganiol de la force] piganiol de la force, jean-aymar () paris chez la veuve de florentin delauns, à l'empereur alcune mete illustrate e corredate di carte geografiche: voyage de paris à saint-jean de luzfull spotted leather binding, some signs of rubbinghe held a post as a royal historian, as shown by his description de la franceavec un itinéraire et des cartes faites exprès qui marquent exactement les routes qu'il faut suivre pour voyager dans toutes les provinces de ce royaumea tour guide with large geographic mapsa less fresh copy on abebooks: 340 gbp volume 1: (xx-312 ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikispine with 5 raised bands, fleurons and gold titlesjean-aymar piganiol de la force (aurillac, - paris, ), son of pierre and marguerite parisot, dame de la force, was a french humanist, best known for descriptive geographical works, for which he traveled extensively in franceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store65 de paris à brest par tours) continuous pagination, volume ), volume large folding maps in good condition) crisp interior, a little browning149 de paris autre par le nivernois & le bourbonnois168 de paris à clermont en auvergne72 de paris autre par le mans & angers146 de paris à toulon & à marseille par la bourgogne & le dauphinéplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website), (7 large folding maps in good condition) volume ppcomplete in two volumes102 de paris autre par alençon & par rennes125 de paris à saint-malofor four piganiol de la force decades was the tutor of the earl of toulouse and as a young man he wrote a series of memoires des intendants pour linstruction du duc de bourgogne ()1 de paris à la rochelle et à rocheforthe spent his youth in the chateau de la force of his mother's family in saint-simon, cantal, on the small jordanne river, near aurillac, where he studied292 de paris à aurillaccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewith detailed itineraries and folding maps, useful to both the french and to foreignersa good copy of the first illustrated edition of the most famous 18th-century (ante litteram) baedeker showing the main french routes, departing from paris
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Romboy, marc - voyage de la planète 7:37romboy, marc - la lune et l'étoile 7:34romboy, marc - l'univers étrange 5:48romboy, marc - phénix 7:45romboy, marc - l'univers parallèle 5:27romboy, marc - jules verne 5:35
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voyage en amériquele garde des sceaux;; voyage de la grèce; voyage de l'archipel, de l'anatolie et de constantinople; voyage de rhodes, de jaffa, de bethléem et de la mer morte; voyage de jérusalemparis, didier libraire, krabbe, read moreitinéraire de paris à jérusalem, suivi des voyages en amérique, en france, en italieour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storele vicomte de chateaubriand sur le projet de loi relatif à la répression des délits commis dans les échelles du levant; amendement à l'article 1er du projet de loi sur la répression des crimes commis par des français dans les échelles du levantcet article; discours en réponse à mtable of contents: préface pour l'édition de ; note sur la grèce; extrait d'un discours sur l'histoire de france, lu à l'académie française, dans sa séance tenue le 9 février , à la réception de mvicomte de chateaubriandplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecomplete in two bound volumes, half leather, rubbing to the extremities, interior in good condition, 25x16, clean, pple duc mathieu de montmorency; opinion de mare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenumerous two-tones engravings
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Joachim heinrich campe - bibliothèque géographique et instructive des jeunes gens ou recueils des voyages intéressants - naufrage sur la côte d'aracan; voyage à alger; naufrage de la jeune burke, voyage au lac onéida; voyage de bligh - - volume pages the binding is in good condition, original period full leather, the covers and spine are in good condition, scuffing on the spine, decorated spine, golden titlingbreton - delivery service provided by chronopost within a few days - read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegood interior condition, lightly soiled, beautiful engraving in frontispiece, work bound in two volumes, translated by j
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Followed by itinéraire inédit d'un voyage en persefollowed by voyage de l'inde à chyraz/ translated from english by scott-waring, and augmentedleather bindingin fair conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefollowed by a memoir on trebizonde / by beauchampvolumes: title labels in red moroccoplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefoxing in the textbeautiful frontispiece engraving by chakhnoubat, favourite of vakil kerim khanare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableby jacques morier, embassy secretary at the court of persia; translated from english by mabraded headcap
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Copperengraving published in; "atlas du voyage de la perouse"insured shippingsome minor spotsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefolds as publishedpublished in parisplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteafmeting: 49 x 67 cmare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Imprimerie de d'hautel read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehardbound, good condition as a wholeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Wilhelm heine - voyage autour du mondeédition originale de la traduction françaisesize: 25x17 - good conditionfine green half morocco with gilt title on spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeséjour japonillustré de onze vues coloriées sur papier de chine dessinées d'après nature par l'auteurplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetome ii - bruxelles, typographie de ve jwith 11 tinted wood-engravings (including title)van bruggenhoudt, -pproute à la chine: madère - sainte hélène - la ville du cap - l'ile maurice - ceylan - singapore - hong-kong - canton - macao - shanghaï - liou-kiou - les iles bonintraduit de l'allemand par a2 volumes in ppfirst french translation from the germanare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplanches: marché de poissons à canton, vue de napa à liou-kiou, tchan-di-coo-sah à liou-kiou, schouy capitale de liou-kiou, marché de napa, groupe de soldats japonais, bain public à simoda, conférence du commodore perry avec les commissaires japonais, honoloulou dans l'île d'ouahou, détroit de la neigetome i - bruxelles, hle japon * expédition du commodore perry pendant les années et
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Speke, john hanning - les sources du nil, journal de voyage du capitaine speke - membre et lauréat de la royal geographical societyforges - paris, librairie de lour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetraduit de l'anglaise avec autorisation de l'auteur par evo (24 x 17 cms) full grained leather with gilt decorated compartments to spine, 4 raised bands, silk style endpapers, silk bookmark, all edges gilt, engraved frontis of captain speke with tissue guard, 2 folding maps to reara near fine copy with copious full page and in text engravingsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecorrespondant et lauréat de la société géographique de france, etc etchachette et cieare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemaps and engravings after the drawings of captain j a grant
(England)
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Sparrman, professor of zoology at uppsala university, accompanied the voyage as assistant to the naturalists johann and georg forsterfirst french language edition of the author’s eye-witness account of captain cook's second voyage to the cape of good hope as part of his circumnavigation inthe most accurate contemporary description of the cape sparrman, andre voyage au cap de bonne esperance et autour du monde avec le capitaine cook; et principalement dans le pays des hottentots et des caffres [volume 2] paris: chez buisson, volume 2 only of 3: 12mo (19x13 cm); 366 pagesgilt title on spineit is thought to be the most accurate contemporary description of the capeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegilt on spine faded top and tail of spine wornplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteillustrated with 6 plates (3 fold-outs) included at the endno rips or tearsmost of the work comprises his observations on the flora, fauna and mixed population of the cape colony made during expeditions into the interior of the country when working as a doctor in cape townhe also reports several testimonies concerning the treatment of slaves and trafficking, "an institution shameful to humanity"first published in swedish in , and immediately translated into the major european languages, the book became a bestseller[mendelsohn] read morebound in quarter leather and marbled boardsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein good overall condition, some spotting and small stains
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Un classique de la littérature de voyage et une anthologie appréciée pour son illustrationpages de texte et gravures sur les bords en partie un peu renardées, sinon très bon à l'intérieurtext pages and steel engravings at margins partly a little bit stained, otherwise inside very gooda classic of travel literature and an anthology appreciated for its illustrationour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetous les points en acier sont protégés avec du papier de soiethe two volumes are an excellent description of the great maritime discoveries of the centuries and the great explorations of cook, magellan, la perouse, anson and a host of other explorersbound in contemporary maroquin with rich spine gilding and gilded cut edges, with 43 steel engravings by rouarque and 2 folding maps, 1 of them a coloured world mapplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolumes only very slightly rubbedreliures en maroquin de l'époque, avec riche dorure au dos et bords coupés dorés, avec 43 gravures sur acier de rouarque et 2 cartes pliantes, dont 1 carte du monde en couleurles deux volumes sont une excellente description des grandes découvertes maritimes des siècles et des grandes explorations de cook, magellan, la pérouse, anson et une multitude d'autres découvreursare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableles volumes se frottaient très peuall steel engravings are protected with tissue paper
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De saint-victor - le voyage du poète - pages binding in good condition, work in its period brown full leather binding, covers and spine in good condition, gilded frames on the covers, gilded edges, adorned spine, gilded titling, sound binding, refined and elegantde saint-victor - l'espérance, poème - jour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableinside in good condition, little foxing, lovely marginsan uncommon pièce de circonstance by the royalist publicist bins de saint-victor ()inside in good condition, marbled endpapers (1 frontispiece appears to be missing)
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Série les mœurs et les femmes de l’extrême orient voyage au pays des bayaderespages voyage au pays des perles pages voyage au pays des elephants pages voyage au pays du hatschich pages voyage au pays des brahmes pages illustrations by riouour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebeautiful series, taking place in ceylon and different parts of india read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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René magritte (after) - souvenir de voyage (memory of a voyage) lithograph on bfk rives paper plate-signed from the edition of 275dry stamps of the magritte estate & adagp dimensions 60 x 45 cm (23our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecharly herscovici, president of the magritte foundation and unique representative of the magritte estate100 % hand-made in france, from the production of the paper in arches, to the traditional lithographic printing process, one drawing for each different color, one color per press runthe lithograph is numbered from the edition of 275, plate-signed by magritte, features the dry stamps of the magritte foundation & adagp and is countersigned in pencil by mrare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableshipped with fedex along with a certificate of authenticity7' in) created after the gouache on paper, this lithograph was printed and published in in the art-lithographies studio in paris using thick pur chiffon bfk rives paper
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voyage agricole et horticole en chine, extrait des publications de mtraduit de l'anglais par mour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeinternal pages with a few flaws, mildew and stains that do not compromise the consultation of the volumeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitele baron de lagarde montlezun year: format: 8vo pages: xv-232 condition: paperback with some flaws and slight signs of wearare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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voyage du jeune anachsrsis en grece vers le milieu duquatrieme siecle avant l'ere vulgaire par j1 map several times foldedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegreen full leather binding with gold stamping on the plates and spinela grèce et d'une souite de jolies figures rapresentant le principaux d'oeuvre de la sculputure des grecs paris chez saintin libraire de la cour 8 volumes, complete workplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebarthelemy ornèe d'une carte generale deetchings depicting greek monuments and statuesslight stains and mildeware you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea beautiful and interesting work
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Full title: second voyage dans l'intérieur de l'afrique par le cap de bonne-espérance, dans les années et 85 only the first volumepartially damaged bindingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store(wikipedia) read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehe described many new species of birds from the birds he collected in africa; some were named after himfrançois levaillant (born vaillant, later known as le vaillant, "the valiant") (6 august november ) was a french author, explorer, naturalist, collector and ornithologistare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepresence of fine engravings inside
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Labat (jean-baptiste): nouveau voyage aux isles de l´amerique, contenant l'histoire naturelle de ces pays, l'origine, les moeurs, la religion & le gouvernement des habitans anciens et modernes, les guerres et les événemens singuliers qui y sont arrivez pendant le séjour que l'auteur y a fait2 maps (martinique and the gulf of mexico and the west indies), 5 fold-out maps and 13 plates (4 of which are fold-outs)in acceptable conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeworn corners and crowns, 2 partly detached booklets (volume i), a tear without lacks on a map, a tear on page 347 (volume i) with loss of some letters, missing sheet f2 (volume i, pages )2 duodecimo volumes (of x 10 cm), 472 and 475 pages (complete)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolume iii: 32 plates (of which 14 are fold-outs)paris, delespineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume i and iii
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Red and black printed title-page\t\t\t this copy is the nd edition published in paris by chez la veuve mabre cramoisi\t\t frontispiece only - this volume appears to be without the expected 5 engraved plates and folding map of asia with this editiononce the possesion of john percival, 1st earl of egmont, with his early engraved bookplate with date to front paste-downbinding also quite stiff, hence the use of props in the photosour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storean interesting association copy of franc¸ois sanson's voyage, ou relation de l'etat present du royaume de persecannot say much about the missing plates apart from there seems to be no sign of excision or anything torn out, otherwise this is overall a very nice copy of a scarce title having a very interesting early bookplatecondition: very good overalla small number [counted 3, see photo 6 & 8] of these leaves have in the fore-margin on one side a neatly glued paper reinorcement strip, and there is a small [35mm] closed edge tear to the margin of p7/9 [photo 7 & 9]internally block is firm and all is clean, crisp, and clear, although some leaves [i counted 45] show varying degrees of light to fairly pronounced browning or dull-purple or mauve blotchiness [old wine? see photos] mainly towards fore-edge areasplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsweight (with sturdy packaging): g approxfrontispiece in good order being a litlte age-toned but clearare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume is a sextodecimo (156mm x 100mm) hardcover in contemporary full vellum over boards, and spine label with inked letteringspine label still clearly legible, although it does have a small chip\tneat, sturdy binding with no cracking or signs of wear along with some age-dullingthat is mainly to the spine
(England)
95 €
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Comte de beauvoir - java, siam, canton - voyage autour du mondecrimson half-calf bindingillustrated with a large folding map (with a tear) and 14 tipped-in figures (two folding)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemarbled covers (some small areas of rubbing)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesecond part of the story of the world tour by count ludovic de beauvoir ()
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Dunkerque - voyage a la rose des vents, by volgens de vier and van de windroosin french and english, with lots of colour picsbook about the town of dunkirklarge, almost brand new hardback book in near perfect condition
3 €
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Joachim heinrich campe - bibliothèque géographique et instructive des jeunes gens ou recueils des voyages intéressants - voyage de moore & voyage de coxe - and 222 pages the binding is in good condition, original period full leather, the covers and spine are in good condition, scuffing on the spine, decorated spine, golden titlingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegood interior condition, lightly soiled, beautiful engraving in frontispiece, work bound in two volumes and containing one map on a folding plate, translated by jbreton delivery service provided by chronopost within a few days
51 €
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Journal d'un voyage fait dans l intérieur de l'amerique septentrionaletears at the edges of the map, signs of use, last page and two plates not included in the bindingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeouvrage dans lequel on donne des détails précieux sur l'insurrection des anglo-americains, et sur la chute désastreuse de leur papier-monnaiecontains interesting and exact information about the american revolutionary war in the periodplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe original edition was published in london in volumes, 2 images; folding map and indianname of previous owner cut from endpaperare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
47 €
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France's concerns that britain might establish its superiority in the area, meant they welcomed louis de bougainville's voyage of exploration undertaken inalthough bougainville published an account of his voyage in , his original journal was published only in ; the present volume makes the latter text available for the first time in english translationafter handing over the colony he had established in the falkland islands to spain, he sailed through the still relatively unknown straits of magellan into the poorly charted south pacificreports on bougainville's reception there and on life in the island were to create wide interest and controversy in europehe then sailed to the samoan islands and on to vanuatu, as far as the great barrier reef, and north towards new guinea and the samoan islands making a number of discoveries and all the while leaving his name to a number of features, the best known of which are the island of bougainville and the bougainvillea flowerhe made a number of discoveries in the south west, but was too late to discover tahiti, where samuel wallis had preceded him by less than a yearhe returned home by way of the dutch east indies and the indian oceansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop haverfordwest the french entered the pacific in the late 17th century, but the ocean remained largely a spanish preserve until british navigators began to cross its vast expanse in the mid sthe book is in very good condition with some fading to spine and minimal foxing to top
14 €
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Le comte de beauvoir - pékin, yeddo san francisco; voyage autour du monde - binding in good condition, work in its period green half leather, covers and spine in good condition, scuffing marks from wear, ornate spine, gilded titling - interior in very good condition, marbled endpapers, book enriched with four maps and fifteen engravings-photographs by deschamps, illustrated with tipped-in engravingsdespite his youth, beauvoir would more than once show extraordinarily modern and progressive views on what he had the opportunity to observe and analyzeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevery interesting travelogue for the yeara real travel logbook with descriptions of places, anecdotes, study of populations, customs, history and resourcesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe great wall of china and maps in double-pagesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledelivery service provided by chronopost within a few days - read more
67 €
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A voyage to the south sea and round the world perform'd in the years and vo, 19edward cooke was second captain on board the "dutchess" the ship which accompanied the "duke" both under woodes rogers on a privateering voyage round the world6 introduction pages,432,pp,4 index ppblank, title page, 2 dedication pit is generally supposed that de foe took his "robinson crusoe" from the account here given of alexour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedampier who projected the expedition and prevailed upon some able persons at bristol to venture upon the undertaking went as pilot in the "duke"please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteall in all a rare book to find in any wayselkirk as it was the first book containing itextremely rare; both sabin and hill record the second edition onlythis expedition sailed across the pacific ocean from california to guam in the marianas in the early part ofaccordingly to the plates to be allocated by the binder, there are only 2 missing,the world map and the amazons river,otherwise the other 18 are all present, although the cuzco city plan, being folding,is split in twoare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehalf lather in marbled matching boards with title on spine, being weak and in need of attentioninternally sign of thumbing, foxing and staining, lightly in some edges and more pronounced in some corners
(England)
333 €
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voyage métallurgique en angleterre, ou recueil de mémoires sur le gisement, l'exploitation et le traitement des minerais de fer, etain, plomb, cuivre, zinc, et sur la fabrication de l'acier dans la grande-bretagne; par mmdufrénoy, élie de beaumont, coste et perdonnet, anciens élèves de l'école polytechnique, ingénieurs des minesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe pages show some flaws, mildew and stains that do not compromise the consultation of the workare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableseconde édition volumes of text, the atlas is not includedcondition: half leather binding with gilding on the spine
80 €
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Cook voyage artifacts in leningrad, berne, and florence museums, kaepplersandwich islands ppin very good conditionnot offered anywhere in the worldare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikireize naar den stillen oceaan - volumes viii-xiiifairly scarce softcover ( cm) with 186 pages and lots of illustrations, partly in colourour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storealthough the title plate mentions ‘met kaarten en plaaten’ [with maps and plates], they were apparently not included in this editioneach with 2 engravings, all shown in the picturescomplete set of 13 volumes ‘reize rondom de waereld’ by james cook, translated by jreize naar de zuid-pool en rondom de waereld - volumes iv-viiat the heart of this pericope is the description in word and image (small and large engraving cm) of the tragic death of captain cook! this annex in large format ( cm) comes in a new binding with cloth spine and marbled paperplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethey give a good picture of how his adventurous and groundbreaking voyages have been of great historical value, also in this respectfrom a new royal authentic and complete system of universal geography by thomas banks, with 3 beautiful full-page engravings and 5 ppthis edition elaborately describes and depicts artefacts of cook's travels in museums in the listed locationsespecially the title pages (all shown in the pictures) show some stains or foxing, but almost all other pages are intact and whitereize rondom de waereld - volumes i-iiithe set has been fully restored with mostly the original leather spines and newly marbled paper and is in excellent conditionthe photos complement the description and are part of itvery unique and rare editioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe bookblocks are in fine condition and very firmly bound
98 €