CONtiNeNtAl liteRAtURe, iNClUDiNg tRAvel AND exPlORAtiON

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26 ACTA ERUDITORUM A group of five volumes. 8vo, three in full calf, two in vellum. 1683: Complete, with 14 plates, including two double-page and five foldout; 1688: Complete, with nine plates, including seven fold-out; 1698: Complete, with 10 plates, including seven fold-out; 1707: Complete, with 10 plates, including eight fold-out; 1721: Skips from pp.437-448, with five plates, including one double-page and four fold-out. $400-600

27 (ARCHAEOLOGY) LAYARD, AUSTEN HENRY Ninevah and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldean Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezids, or Devil-Worshippers; and an Inquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians. New York: George P. Putnam, 1849.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, gilt titles to spines. First edition. With engraved frontispiece, 41 plates, many fold-out, and fold-out map tipped in the back of vol. 1. Rubbing to boards; significant foxing to the interior; otherwise fine. $100-200

28 (ARCHAEOLOGY) MONTFAUCON, BERNARD DE Supplement au livre de l’antiquite explique et representee en figures. Tome premier. Les dieux des Grecs et des Romains. Paris: Chez Delaulne, Foucault, Clousier, et al., 1724.

Part 1 (of 5) only. Folio, full gilt-stamped calf. Supplement to Montfaucon’s L’Antiquite expliquee, et representee en figures. With 104 engraved plates. Boards detached; rubbing to boards; chipping to head and foot of spine; intermittent foxing; otherwise fine. $200-400

29* (ARCHAEOLOGY) ORIENTAL INSTITUTE Ramses II’s Temple within the Great Inclosure of Amon. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1936.

2 vols. Large folios, cloth-backed boards, pastedown illustration to front boards. Ex-library copy with book plates tipped in front pastedowns; wear to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago $150-250

30 (ARCHAEOLOGY) ROQUEFORT, JEAN BAPTISTE BONAVENTURE DE Vues pittoresques et perspectives des salles du Musee des Monuments Francois, et des principaux ouvrages d’architecture, de sculpture et de peinture sur verre qu’elles renferment. Text by B. de Roquefort. Engravings by Jacques Lavalee and Jean Baptiste Reville. Paris: P. Didot, 1816.

Folio, quarter morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. With vignette title, plan and 20 plates. Front and rear boards detached; edgewear to boards; foxing throughout; spine detached and laid in; otherwise sound. $100-200

31 (ARCHAEOLOGY) IJZERMAN, J. W. Atlas behoorende bij de Beschrijving der Oudheden nabij de grens der residenties Soerkarta en Djogjakarta. (Batavia, Landsdrukkerij: M. Nijhoff, 1891.

Atlas vol. only. Portfolio, loose as issued in printed board sliding case. Containing one large folding map and 32 (partly folding) plates and diagrams. Wear to portfolio; some wear to edges of plates; otherwise fine. $50-100

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32 ARCHER, THOMAS Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History. London: Blackie & Son, 1878.

2 vols. Folio, full morocco stamped in gilt with armorial design in four compartments to front and rear boards and spines gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Illustrated with fine engraved plates. Hinges reinforced; some minor foxing to pages; minor chipping to head of spine on vol. 1; otherwise a fine set. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $100-200

33 (ATLAS) EDINBURGH CABINET ATLAS The Edinburgh Cabinet Atlas. Comprising Maps Illustrating the Modern Geography of Every Country of the World and the Most Interesting Portions of Ancient Geography; Constructed from the Latest & Most Authentic Sources. Edinburgh: W. & A. K. Johnston; Glasgow: Robert Weir, Lumsden & Sons; London: Whittaker; Dublin: John Cumming; Paris: J. P. Aillaud, 1839.

4to, 3/4 leatherette over gilt-stamped cloth-backed boards, gilt title to spine, engraved title page. With 45 maps, all copper engravings with hand-coloring, in outline. Wear to boards; rubbing to spine with some loss to gilt; outer hinges starting; renewed endpapers; dampstaining to some text pages, not affecting the maps; foxing to text pages with only occasional light foxing to some plates; otherwise fine. $800-1,200 34* (AUSTRALIA) A group of three books pertaining to Australia and the Southwest Pacific.

The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea. By James Fenning. London: Macmillan, 1912. ExLibrary with call number, stamp to title and book plate tipped in front pastedown. The Family Among the Australian Aborigines: A Sociological Study. By B. Malinowski. London: University of London Press, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Ex-library with call number, stamp to title and book plate tipped in front pastedown. The Aborigines of Tasmania. By H. Ling Roth. Halifax: F. King & Sons, 1899. With fold-out map. Ex-Library with call number and book plate tipped in front pastedown. Property from the University of Chicago $100-200

35* (MISSIONIONARY TRANSLATIONS, SIAMESE) The Gospel According to Matthew. Translated from the Greek. Revised by S. Mattoon. Bangkok: A. M. A. Press, 1853.

8vo, cloth-backed spine over orange boards, pastedown sticker to front board and spine. One of 3,500 copies. Book plate American Bible Union tipped in front pastedown, presented by Rev. S. J. Smith. Loss to top right portion of front board; edgewear to boards; some foxing and page darkening; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago $200-400 36* (MISSIONARY TRANSLATIONS, BENGALI) The Old Testament in the Bengali Language. Translated Out of the Original Hebrew by the Calcutta Baptist Missionaries with Native Assistants. Calcutta: Printed by J. Thomas, at the Baptist Mission Press, 1851.

3 vols. 4to, contemporary calf. Second edition. Book plate American Bible Union to front pastedowns; minor foxing to preliminaries; some wear to boards at the edges of the spine; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago $600-800

37* (MISSIONARY TRANSLATIONS, BENGALI) A group of seven volumes of the Old and New Testaments, six translated into Bengali and one into Sanskrit by the Baptist Mission Press. Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, for the Bible Translation Society, (1845 - 1851). 2 thin 4to, rest 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, pastedown titles and pastedown inventory stickers to spines. Each with American Bible Union book plate tipped in front pastedowns, presented by “Calcutta Bap. Missionaries.”

The New Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Bengali Language, 1845. Thin 4to. Isaiah and Daniel in Bengali, (1847). Two copies. Genesis and Part of Exodus in Bengali, (1847). The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, in Bengali, (1849). The Psalms of David, (1848). The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, in Sanskrit, (1851). Fading to boards; spines beginning to detach on some vols., with some loss to spines; 3/4 detached on one vol.; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago $800-1,200

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38* (MISSIONARY TRANSLATIONS, HINDU) A group of six volumes of gospels and acts translated into Hindustani by the Baptist Mission Press. Calcutta: Printed for the Bible Translation Society, and the American and Foreign Bible Society, at the Baptist Mission Press, (1849-1850). 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, pastedown titles and pastedown inventory sticker to spines. Each one of 1,500 copies. Four books with American Bible Union book plate tipped in front pastedowns, presented by “Calcutta Bap. Missionaries,” February 1853.

The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles in Hindustani, (1850). Four copies. The Four Gospels and Acts in Hindustani, (1850). The Four Gospels and Acts, (1849). Even fading to cloth-backed boards; some hinges cracked; some with loss to spine; minor darkening to pages; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago $800-1,200

39 BEZE, (THEODORE DE) Acta colloquii Montisbelgardensis, Tubingae Edita. Theodori Bezae responsionis. Editio Terza, in qua praeterea est index adiectus. Geneva: Jean Le Preux, 1589.

2 vols. in 1. 8vo, full vellum, title in gilt to spine. Minor dampstaining to some pages; some soiling to boards; otherwise fine. $200-400 40 BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM Commentaries on the Laws of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1770.

4 vols. 4to, full calf, five raised bands, titles in gilt to spines. Fourth edition. Hinges starting; rubbing to boards with some loss at the extremities; book plate tipped in front pastedown; some very minor spotting; f.f.e.p. vol. 3 detached; otherwise fine. $800-1,200

41 CATTANEUS, SEBASTIANUS Enchiridion eorum quae in controversiam vocantur, omnibus verae pietatis cultoribus perutile ac necessarium. Ingolstadii: Excudebat David Sartorius, 1589.

12mo, full calf. Title page tipped on later paper; some chipping to page; manuscript notes to many pages; rubbing to boards; otherwise fine. $100-200 42* DE ROTHSCHILD, LE BARON ALFRED Collections de Mr. le Baron Alfred de Rothschild. Seamore Place et Halton. N.I., n.d. (1901)

Atlas folio, 3/4 morocco over gilt-stamped clothbacked boards, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., no title page. Unique presentation copy to Emile Molinier of the Musees Nationaux, from Alfred de Rothschild, inscribed and dated April 25, 1901. With numerous engraved plates. Spine detached along front edge; rubbing to boards; boards detached; warping to some pages; otherwise sound. Property of the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund $100-200

43 (EXPLORATION, AFRICA) DU CHAILLU, PAUL B. Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa: With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chace of the Gorilla, Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals. London: John Murray, 1861.

8vo, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, red leather spine label, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. First edition. With fold-out frontispiece engraving of a gorilla, numerous full-page and other engraved plates and fold-out map tipped into the back. Wear to boards with hinges starting; manuscript ex-libris to verso f.f.e.p.; chipping to edge of map; intermittent spotting. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $100-200

44 (EXPLORATION, ARCTIC) KANE, ELISHA KENT Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, ‘54, ‘55. Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1856.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., silk page marker, gilt titles to spines, portrait frontispiece and engraved title page. First edition. With 18 plates and two maps. Rubbing to edges of boards with some loss at the top of the spine; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. $100-200

45 GARIMBERTO, HIERONIMO Concetti. Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1553.

12mo, plain boards rebacked. Later edition. Manuscript title to front board; rubbing to edges of boards; some minor dampstaining; otherwise fine. $150-250

46 HALEVY, M. K. The Gallery of Mythology and the Siege of Troy. Philadelphia: George Barrie, n.d.

25 parts. Folio, printed paper wraps. Containing numerous prints of reproductions. Chipping to some pages; uncollated; pages loose and separated from backstrips; otherwise a sound set. $200-400 47 HANWAY, JOHN A Journal of Eight Days Journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames; through Southampton, Wiltshire, etc., with Miscellaneous Thoughts, Moral and Religious; in Sixty-Four Letters. . . London: Printed for H. Woodfall and C. Henderson, 1757.

2 vols. 8vo, full calf, gilt titles to spines, plates present. Second edition. Boards starting on both vols.; front board 2/3 detached to vol. 1; rubbing to boards; otherwise fine. $100-200

48 HANWAY, JOHN An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea: With a Journal of Travels from London through Russia into Persia. . . London: Sold by Mr. Dodsley, et al., 1753.

4 vols. 4to, contemporary calf, gilt titles to spines. Illustrated with four engraved frontispieces, 15 plates and nine folding maps. Vol. 1 spine and copy block broken; spine edges repaired, painted; repaired wormhole to front boards vol. 4; gilt faded; wear to edges and extremities of all boards; chipping to spine ends; minor foxing; otherwise fine. $300-500

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49 HITLER, ADOLF Mein Kampf. Munich: Franz Eher, 1925-27.

2 vols. 8vo, bound in publisher’s white half cloth (vol. 1) and publisher’s full red cloth (vol. 2) lettered in white, in custom matching quarter morocco folding case with title stamped in gilt to spine. First editions, first issues. In their first publications, both volumes were a failure and interest only grew after another printing was distributed to newlyweds. With each subsequent edition it became illegal to own earlier editions, so they were methodically discarded adding to the rarity of the present set. At the end of each volume appears a list of other National Socialist Party publications. PMM 415. Ex-libris stamp H. Hesse, Hamburg, to title page vol. 1; toning to endpapers; wear to boards with some light dampstaining (vol. 1); hinges starting with some separation to inner hinge (vol. 2); sunning to spine and edges bumped (vol. 2); light pencil notations in German to both volumes in text and on the rear endpaper of vol. 1; otherwise fine in a fine presentation box. $4,000-6,000

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50 HOBBES, THOMAS Opera philosophica, quae Latine scripsit, omnia. Ane quidem per partes, nunc autem, post cognitas omnium. Objectiones, conjunctim & accuratius edita. Amstelodami: Ioannem Blaeu, 1668.

3 parts (of 8) only, in 1, comprising De Corpore, De Homine and De Cive, 8vo, full leather, engraved title vignette. Part 1: 13 fold-out engraved plates. Part 2: six fold-out engraved plates, one in facsimile. Lacking portrait engraving; text block split in two parts at the fold-out plates in the center; first few pages detached but present; minor dampstaining to some pages; some spotting; otherwise sound. $100-200

51 (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF) Vellum, circa sixteenth-century. A group of two illuminated manuscript leaves from a book of hours. $200-400

52* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF) A group of two illuminated manuscript leaves on vellum. Matted. French, circa 1415. Size of both sheets 11 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches. Property of the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund $200-400

53* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF, ANTIPHONAL) An illuminated antiphonal leaf, circa fifteenth-century, in blue, pink, green and gold. Matted. Size of sheet 15 x 11 1/2 inches. Property of the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund $200-400 53A* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF, ANTIPHONAL) A group of two illuminated antiphonal leaves on vellum, circa fifteenth-century. Size of largest sheet 17 x 12 1/2 inches. Property of the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund $100-200

54 LOCKE, JOHN The Works of John Locke. London: Printed for T. Longman, et al., 1794.

9 vols., 8vo, 3/4 modern calf over marbled boards. Ninth edition. Portrait frontispiece and folding table. Minor rubbing to boards with some wear to marble; some intermittent dampstaining; otherwise fine. $200-400

55 LOCKE, JOHN An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. London: Awnsham and John Churchil, 1694.

4to, contemporary leather, gilt title to spine. Lacking frontispiece portrait; spine and boards repaired, painted; rubbing to boards; front hinge starting; dampstaining throughout; some wormholing; otherwise fine. $400-600

56 (MAP, CRETE) DE WIT, FREDERICK Insula Candia. Amsterdam, circa 1680. Hand-colored engraved map of Crete. The emphasis on fortifications reflects contemporary events in the capital of Candia. An important strategic and commercial port, Crete had been under the control of Venice from the thirteenth-century. The capital, Candia, was the site of one of the longest sieges ever recorded from 1648 until its fall in 1669. Framed and matted. Crease to center; otherwise fine. Size of frame 26 3/4 x 31 inches. $600-800

57 (MAP, SICILY) DE WIT, FREDERICK Insula sive regnum Siciliae urbibus praecipuis exornatum. Amsterdam, circa 1680. Hand-colored engraved map of Sicily. With inset plans of Messina, Milazzo and Palermo, and views of Catania and Trapano. Mount Etna is shown in an active state. With a decorative title cartouche, compass rose and a dedication, with his arms, to Dutch official Johan Uytenbogaert. Framed and matted. Some darkening to colors; crease to the center; otherwise fine. Size of frame 23 2/3 x 27 inches. $400-600

58 (MARANA, GIOVANNI P.) The Eight Volumes of Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy, Who Lived Five and Forty Years Undiscovered in Paris. Dublin: Printed for G. and A. Ewing, W. Smith, F. Faulkner, and R. James, 1754.

8 vols. 12mo, full calf, titles in gilt to spines, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving to vol. 1. Rebacked; rubbing to boards; manuscript ex-libris to title pages; otherwise fine. $200-400

59* NEWMAN, CARDINAL JOHN H. Apologia Pro Vita Sua: Being a Reply to a Pamphlet Entitled, “What, then, Does Dr. Newman Mean?” London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1864.

8vo, original brown blind-stamped cloth-backed boards, gilt titles to spine. First edition in book form. Autographed letters signed from John Keble (1792-1866) tipped in f.f.e.p., dated “Fairford, June 28, 1828.” Keble played an important role in the Oxford Tractarian Movement and was a close colleague of Cardinal Newman. Boards and spine detached but present; book plate tipped in front pastedown; wear to boards; otherwise sound. Property from the Estate of Marcia A. Allen, Fairfield, Iowa $200-400

60 (PLATE BOOKS) ROBIN, M. Travestissements. (Paris: Hautecoueur-Martinet), n.d. (circa 1868)

Folio, 3/4 morocco, gilt titles to spine, five raised bands. An elaborate costume book, with 104 beautifully hand-colored lithographed plates of women’s fashions. Some styles appear to be pure fantasy or perhaps theatrical, such as the dancing “Bacchante” in lion skins, decked in grapes and leaves, or the “Diablotin,” pulling the fiery orange, hornlike attachments of her tiara upward to demonstrate her character. Occasional offsetting to pages; slight wear to boards; book plate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise fine. $2,000-4,000

61* (POCKOCKE, EDWARD) TWELLS, LEONARD The Theological Works of the Learned Dr. Pockock. London: printed for the editor and sold by R. Gosling, 1740.

Vol. 2 only. Folio, full calf, six raised bands. Boards detached and flaking; f.f.e.p. detached but present; spine split; foxing throughout; ex-libris tipped in front pastedown. Together with Decas dissertationum selectarum in quibus multa s. scripturae loca difficillima explicantur. By Sebastian Schmid. Frankfurt: Hieronymi Fried. Hoffmani, 1694. Property from the University of Chicago $200-400

62 RAMAZZINI, BERNARDINO Opera omnia medica & physiologica. Genevae: Sumptibus Cramer & Perachon, 1717.

8vo, contemporary mottled calf, five raised bands, gilt title and tooling to spine. Second edition. Front board 2/3 detached; wear to boards with loss at edges and extremities and head and foot of spine; some cracking to leather; ex-libris Johns Hopkins Library tipped in front pastedown; some foxing to pages; otherwise fine. $400-600

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