TrAVEL, EXPLOrATION AND cArTOGrAPHY

Lots 37–72

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37 (CANADA) ELLIS, HENRI Voyage de la Baye de Hudson. Paris: Antoine Boudet; Sebastien Jorri, 1749.

2 vols. 8vo, quarter calf over speckled boards, giltlettered spines, entirely uncut with wide margins. (2ff.), lvi, 182, (2), (blank); (blank), (2ff.), 319, (blank). First French edition of Ellis’ account of the expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, complete with 10 folding plans and plates and head- and tail-pieces. “The most important result of this voyage was that it definitely put an end to the idea that the North West Passage lay through Hudson’s Bay.” (Lande) Ellis made many valuable observations on the wildlife and people, particularly the customs of the Eskimos, which were relatively unknown up to that time. Minor splitting to the lower hinges of both vols.; some loss to spine ends; ex-libri stamps to title pages. Literature: Sabin 22313. Lande 1162 $300-500 38 (CUBA) BERNARDO MAY Y CIA., pub. Album pintoresco de la Isla de Cuba. Berlin: Storch & Kramer for Bernardo May y Cia, n.d. [c. 1853]

Oblong 4to, publisher’s deep blue velour with ornamental gilt borders and lettering, silk endpapers. First edition in lithograph form of this celebrated collection of Cuban views, complete with chromolithograph title partly in gold, 27 tinted lithograph plates of vignettes captioned in Spanish after Frederico Mialhe and others with blue borders, and two folding lithograph maps of Cuba and La Habana (undated). Hinges strengthened; plates bound out of order; some light marginal toning; lacking tissue guards; otherwise contents are exceptionally clean with bright colors in very fine binding. $4,000-6,000 39 (GERMANY) LINDEMANN-FROMMEL, KARL Skizzen und bilder aus Potsdam und der umgegend. Berlin: L. Sachse, n.d. [c. 1850]

4 (of 6) parts only. Portfolios, 24 lithographed plates in color and duotone, loose as issued in publisher’s grey printed wraps. Wraps torn and detached; marginal foxing to most plates. $100-200

40* (ITALY) FORESTER, (THOMAS) Rambles in Corsica and Sardinia. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858.

Large 8vo, 3/4 red calf over marbled boards, giltlettered spine, marbled edges, half-titles. First edition, with map, eight lithograph plates (one folding, one chromolithographic, one hand-colored, others tinted), and numerous letterpress vignettes. Contents detached from backstrip and boards rubbed; two plates detached; light offsetting. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

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42 41* (NETHERLANDS) STOOPENDAAL, DANIEL De Zegepraalende Vecht ... La Triomphante Riviere de Vecht. . . Amsterdam: Nicolaus Visscher, 1719.

Oblong 4to, quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered red leather spine label, title page in Dutch and French. Rare second printing of the first edition of one of the finest plate books on eighteenth-century Dutch villas, of great importance to landscape design, with folding map of the River Vecht and 102 half-page engraved plates (24 handcolored) depicting the homes and gardens along the river belonging to the wealthy families of Amsterdam and Utrecht, drawn from nature by Stoopendaal. Plates numbered 1-98, but there are four extra views of the House Driemond as 94ad. Two editions were printed in 1719; the first with 98 plates, the second, and preferred, presented here, with 102, and two statues behind the hedge in plate 94. Lacking frontispiece engraving and all text save the title page, which is present; minor wear to boards, with loss at corners and ends; endpapers creased; repaired tear to fold-out map and title page; minor intermittent spotting. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

42 (PIRATES) LE SAGE, ALAIN RENE Les Aventures de Monsieur Robert Chevalier, dit de Beauchene, Capitain de Filibustiers dans la Nouvelle France. Paris: Etienne Ganeau, 1732.

2 vols. 12mo, contemporary mottled calf, gilt-tooled and -lettered spines. Rare first edition of Le Sage’s biography of the privateer’s adventures during the French and English wars in Canada, with six engraved plates, title page vignette and head-pieces. The manuscript of Beauchene’s memoirs was apparently given by his widow to Le Sage, celebrated for his authorship of Gil Blas. Hinges split but firm; head of spines chipped. $400-600

43 (PIRATES) OEXMELIN, ALEXANDRE OLIVIER Histoire des Aventuriers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes contenant ce qu’ils ont fait de plus remarquable depuis vingt annees. Paris: Jacques Le Febure, 1688.

2 vols. in one. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, spine tooled in compartments, gilt-lettered spine label, marbled endpapers. The second edition in French (Sabin states the 1686 first French edition is “of extreme rarity”), complete with engraved additional title page, three folding maps, and two full-page engravings. Lacking endleaves; minor dampstaining to a few pages and some intermittent brownspotting; repaired tear to map of Panama; bookplate tipped in front pastedown. Provenance: Franz Pollack-Parnau, bookplate Literature: Sabin 23476. Palau 85743 $800-1,200

44 (NEW SPAIN) HUMBOLDT, ALEJANDRO DE Tablas geografico politicas del Reyno de Nueva Espana que manifiestan su superficie poblacion, agricultura, fabricas, comercio, minas, y fuerza militar. Mexico: Diz re de, 1804.

12mo, marbled paper wraps, title page, index, and 22 leaves of manuscript, including a fold-out table of parishes and villages laid in. First published in book form in 1822, taken as a whole, this is the first modern statistical analysis of Mexico and the Southwest. They were not published as a whole until 1920. Humboldt provided Viceroy de Iturrigaray in Mexico a copy of his manuscript before he sent it to Europe; this copy is likely a contemporary copy of that manuscript. Very light foxing. $1,000-2,000

45 (NEW SPAIN) SPENCER, J.A. Historia de los Estados-Unidos. Translated by D. Enrique Leopoldo de Verneuill. Barcelona: Montaner y Simon, 1868.

3 vols. Folio, quarter blue calf over pebbled boards, giltlettered red leather spine labels. Illustrated throughout with 54 plates with tissue guards. Wear to boards; ends chipped and corners bumped; intermittent foxing; offsetting from plates to tissue guards. $100-200

46 (SPANISH WEST-INDIES) A Brief and perfect journal of the late proceedings and success of the English army in the West-Indies, continued until June the 24th 1655 together with some queres inserted and answered. By I.S. an Eye-witnesse. London: s.n., 1655.

27pp. Small 4to trimmed to 174 x 13mm, modern 3/4 green cloth over marbled boards, renewed endpapers. First edition of this rare account by an anonymous author of the expedition undertaken by the English under the command of Admiral Penn, father of William Penn, and General Venables, under Cromwell’s orders, to seize the Spanish West-Indies underlining the initial failures and eventual successes of The Commonwealth navy and providing a brief description of the islands. Following the defeat of Cromwell’s strong army at Hispaniola on April 25, 1655, the British fleet turned their attention to Jamaica, which was seized shortly after. Owing to its sugar crop, Jamaica would become one of the most profitable and valuable English spoils and a central point for the development of the slave trade. 4-inch loss to the title page rebacked; some brownspotting and light marginal foxing throughout; previous owner’s manuscript notations to verso final leaf. $1,500-2,500

47 (SPANISH WEST-INDIES) NUIX, JUAN Reflexiones imparciales sobre la Humanidad de los Espanoles en las Indias. Madrid: D. Joachin Ibarra, 1782.

lii, 315. Folio, contemporary red crushed morocco with gilt coat-of-arms of the King of Spain to upper cover and interlacing gilt fillet border, spine tooled in compartments, gilt-lettered green leather spine label, blue silk endpapers. First Spanish edition (first published in Italian), large paper copy, of this significant work on the Spanish conquistadors and settlers in America from the writings of Raynal, Robertson and Las Cases. Las Casas, a Bishop stationed in Cuba, complained of the treatment of the Indians by the Spanish. “The author would have rendered a more important and honourable service to Spaniards if, instead of endeavouring to disculpate them from calumnies, not entirely without foundation, he had manifested to foreigners the useful measures which the Spanish Ministry were taking to remedy the abuses of their colonial government.” (Sabin) Light rubbing to boards; manuscript notation to verso halftitle and final leaf; otherwise an exceptionally bright copy of this work in very fine binding. Literature: Sabin 56309. Palau 196692 $1,000-2,000

48 (SWITZERLAND) CATTEAU, JEAN-PIERRE Voyage en Allemagne et en Suede, contenant des observations sur les phenomenes, les institutions, les arts et les moeurs. Paris: J.G. Dentu, 1810.

3 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, giltlettered spines. First edition of these observations on the history, culture, and historical figures of Switzerland. Manuscript ex-libris and bookplate to each volume; intermittent brownspotting. Provenance: Duke of York (Prince Frederick, son of George III), manuscript ex-libris; Robert Brinsley Sheridan, bookplate $100-200

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49* (MAP) HOMANN, JOHANN BAPTISTA Nova et accurata Territorii Ulmensis. Nuremberg, circa 1720. Engraved map of Germany with hand-coloring, large cartouche. Framed. 20 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $100-200

50 (MAP) JANVIER, S. L’Amerique Meridionale divisee en les principaux etats. Paris, 1782. Engraved map of South America, hand-colored in outline. Framed and matted. 22 x 28 inches. $100-200

51* (MAP) JANSSON, JOANNES Two maps of Flanders, comprising Flandriae pars Occidentalis [and] Flandria Nova Descriptio. Amsterdam, circa 1680. Framed and matted. 23 x 27 inches each. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hollingsworth, Bloomington, Indiana $200-400 52* (MAP) SANTINI, P. Estat de la Seigneurie et republique de Venise en Terre ferme. Venice: M. Remondini, 1776. Engraved map, hand-colored in outline.

[Together with:] Le Frioul. Dresse su la carte recemment rectifiee par les ordres de messieurs les sept deputes de la Ville D’Udine. . . Venice: M. Remondini, 1778. Engraved map, hand-colored in outline. Both framed and matted. 21 x 29 inches each. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hollingsworth, Bloomington, Indiana $200-400

53 (MAP) SENEX, J. A Map of Hungary and Countries adjacent Most Humbly Inscrib’d to the Rt. Honble. the Earl of Dundonald &c. Engraved map with decorative cartouche, hand-colored in outline. Framed and matted. 27 1/2 x 30 inches. $100-200

54 (MAP) SPEED, JOHN The Kingdome of Ireland Devided into Severall Provinces, and the againe devided into Counties. Newly Described. . . London, 1676.

Engraved map showing the west coasts of England and Scotland, decorative title cartouche with two putti, six figures in traditional Irish dress on left, royal coat-of-arms, compass rose, ships, and sea-monsters in the sea. Hand-colored in outline. Text to verso. 22 x 17 1/8 inches. $800-1,200

55 (MAP) A group of 14 colored engraved maps of Europe. Matted. 11 x 13 inches each. $100-200 56 THE MAP COLLECTORS’ CIRCLE Part 1-110. London, 1863-1875. 8vo, bound in publisher’s wraps and housed in 11 red cloth-backed portfolios with gilt-lettered spines. The complete run of this important reference for map collectors and scholars. Property from the Estate of Sydney M. Arenberg, Glencoe, Illinois $400-600

57 (MAP) MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN Two engraved maps, comprising Europa and Teutschlande, with upside-down orientation, from a German edition of Cosmographia. Basel, circa 1614. Framed and matted. 22 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches each. $100-200

58 (MAP) Two 19th-century engraved maps, comprising France, from Thomson’s New General Atlas (Edinburgh and Dublin, 1817), and Portugal, from Pinkerton’s Modern Atlas (London, 1813). Framed and matted. Size of largest 38 x 30 inches. $200-400

59 (MAP, IBERIA) A group of four maps of Spain and Portugal. Framed and matted. Size of largest 26 x 30 inches. $200-400

60 (MAP, ITALY) Two maps of Italy.

A New Map of Present Italy, together with the Adjoyning Islands of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica, n.d. [and] A Map of Italy with its Kingdoms, States &c., n.d. Framed and matted. Size of largest 25 x 30 inches. $100-200

61 (ASIAN) BRINKLEY, CPT. FRANK Japan, Described and Illustrated by the Japanese. Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars. Boston: J. B. Millet, (1897).

10 vols. Folio, each volume bound in a different color of gilt-embroidered silk with tassel ties. Imperial Edition, number 25 of 100 sets dedicated to the glory of the Emperor and the future of Japan, profusely illustrated with 60 matted hand-colored albumen prints and 200 smaller hand-colored albumen prints in-text by various Japanese photographers, (including Kimbei), 10 original color collotype photographs of flowers by Ogawa, 10 frontispieces of mounted original examples of Japanese art, and numerous color plates reproducing notable works of Japanese art. Plates with captioned silk tissue guards. Light offsetting from some plates to tissue guards. $2,000-4,000 62 (ASIAN) BRINKLEY, CPT. FRANK Japan, Described and Illustrated by the Japanese. 10 vols. [Together with:] The Art of Japan. 2 vols. Boston: J.B. Millet, 1897, 1901.

12 vols. Folio, each volume bound in a different color of patterned cloth. Edition de Luxe of first work, number 24 of 100 numbered and registered copies, profusely illustrated with 50 hand-colored albumen prints and 200 smaller hand-colored albumen prints in-text by various Japanese photographers, 10 original color collotype photographs of flowers by Ogawa, and (10) mounted reproductions of Japanese paintings. Boards faded and rubbed; a few plates detached but present. $800-1,200

63 (ASIAN) ROERICH, NICHOLAS Himalaya. A Monograph. Articles by Frances R. Grant, Mary Siegrist, George Grebenchikoff, Ivan Narodny and “Banner of the “East” by Nicholas Roerich. New York: Brentano’s, (1926).

Folio, publisher’s brown gilt-lettered cloth, decorative endpapers. First edition, limited, 340 of 500 numbered copies, with 24 color and 78 monotone plates, tipped in with tissue guards. Fading to boards; some loss to corners and spine ends; hinges tender. $200-400

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64 (ASIAN) KIMONO PATTERNS A set of books depicting Kimono designs from the Meiji period. S.l., [c. 1890]. 4 vols. 8vo, contents bound accordion-style within stiff hand-painted wraps with pastedown label to upper boards, housed in original linen folding case with ivory clasps. Comprising a multitude of colorful gouache designs with manuscript captions. Case broken and soiled; otherwise a fine collection. $1,000-2,000 65 (ASIAN) HITT, HENRY C., pub. Old Chinese Snuff Bottles. Bremerton, WA: Henry C. Hitt, 1945.

8vo, contents bound accordion-style within decorative burlap boards. Second edition. Signed twice by Henry Hitt (illeg.), with Snuff Bottle Analecta, number 1, laid into rear. Wear and soiling to boards; ephemera laid in to front; some plates detached; green pen markings to edges. $100-200

66 (HOLY LAND) NARINSKY, S. Old Jerusalem. The Holy Land. 1910-1921. The Photogravures of Narinsky. Jerusalem: Jamal Brothers, 1920.

4to, loose as issued in clamshell box, leather label to front and spine of box. A set of 110 photogravures of holy sites, personalities, Jews, Bedouins, historical ruins and cityscapes. Each image is mounted to a larger sheet and enclosed in a clamshell box. Fine. $400-600

67 (MIDDLE EAST, MSS) COPTIC BIBLE A Coptic bible, 19th-century, hand-written in Ge’ez, with eight gouache illuminated miniatures in bold colors, hand-stitched in contemporary wooden boards with inset portraits of the Virgin and Child and Christ on the Cross, 177ff. Faint aroma to leaves; some intermittent soiling to pages. Accompanied by contemporary folding stand. $600-800 68 (MIDDLE EAST, MSS) COPTIC BIBLE A Coptic bible, 19th-century, hand-written in Ge’ez, on vellum, text in red and black, decorative chapter heading, 108ff. 12mo, contemporary blind-stamped calf, pages sewn. Two leaves with 1-inch circular holes; minor intermittent soiling. $300-500

69 (MIDDLE EAST) D’AVENNES, PRISSE L’Art Arabe d’apres les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe siecle jusqu’a la fin du XVIIIe. Paris: A. Morel, 1877.

Vol. 2 (of 4) only. Folio, contemporary 3/4 calf over purple cloth, gilt-lettered spine. With 65 chromolithographed and engraved plates, some heightened in gold. Wear and fading to boards; spine chipped; light offsetting from plates. [Together with:] La Decoration Arabe. Paris: J. Savoy, 1885. Folio, quarter red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. With 98 chromolithographed plates numbered 1-110, (12 double-page), some heightened with gold or silver. Wear to boards; ends chipped; backstrip detached from text block; light offsetting from some plates. $1,500-2,500

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70 (MIDDLE EAST, MSS) PERSIAN A manuscript work, n.d., likely 19th-century, ruled in gilt, with some use of red and blue, singular illuminated head-piece in gilt, blue, red and white. A manuscript notation to the endpapers attributes the work to Haji Mustafa [sic], a pilgrim, in 1646 Aleppo. 8vo, full morocco with gilt-stamped central floral cartouche, 86ff. Wear to boards; some leaves toned; library marks to endpapers; some dampstaining. $600-800

71 (MIDDLE EAST, MSS) QU’RAN An illuminated Qu’ran, 19th-century, ruled in gilt, with some use of red, blue, orange and lavender, three elaborate headings and a few illuminated bars. 8vo, contemporary leather with gilt central medallions, 232ff. Contents starting to detach from backstrip and boards detached; some dampstaining; some text smudged. $400-600 72 (MIDDLE EAST, MSS) QU’RAN An illuminated Qu’ran, 19th-century, richly illuminated with gilt floral borders and elaborate head-pieces and bars incorporating red, pink, green, blue and lavender against gilt pointielle backgrounds, floral text separators throughout. Thin 8vo portfolio, full brown morocco stamped and painted in gilt with borders and floral designs, decorated endpapers, partial, only 27ff. Contents largely detached with chipping to the edges of leaves. $400-600