CARTOgRAPhY, TRAvEL AND ExPLORATION

Lots 58–125

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58 (ATLAS) CHARLE, J. B. L. Nouvel atlas national de la France. Paris: Dauty, 1833.

Folio, quarter calf over marbled boards. With doublepage engraved title and 78 double-page engraved maps hand-colored in outline. $100-200

59 (ATLAS) RIZZI-ZANNONI, GIOVANNI Atlas geographique contenant la mappemonde et les quatre parties, avec les differents etats d’Europe. [Bound with:] Idee de la sphere, ou principes sur la geographie astronomique. By M. Bonne. Paris: Lattre, 1762, 1763.

2 works in one. 12mo, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g., frontispiece. With 31 engraved plates colored by hand. $200-400 60* (MAP) BOWEN, EMANUAL A New and Accurate Chart of the World. Drawn from Authentic Surveys, assisted by the most approved modern Maps & Charts... London, 1747.

Engraved world map, Mercator projection, uncolored. Showing the magnetic variations of the world. Center crease reinforced on the verso; brownspotting in the margins; otherwise near fine. 17 x 21 inches. Property from the Estate of Sydney M. Arenberg, Glencoe, Illinois $100-200

61* (MAP) CHATELAIN, HENRI Mappe-monde pour connoitre les progres & les conquestes les plus Remarquables de ProvincesUnies... Amsterdam, 1729.

Double-page engraved hemisphere map, uncolored. First published without the decorative elements in 1670, the map depicts the voyages and discoveries of the Dutch East India Company, with tables charting voyages by Dutch explorers and other important events in Dutch history. A vignette below the two spheres features allegorical representations of Europe and Holland. Fine with wide margins. 17 x 20 inches. Property from the Estate of Sydney M. Arenberg, Glencoe, Illinois $500-700 62* (MAP) DELISLE, GUILLAUME Mappe-monde dressee sur les observations... Paris: Chez l’Auteur sur le Quai de l’Horologe a la Couronede Diamans avec Privilege du Roy vingt ans 1700. n.d. [c. 1730]

Double-page engraved hemisphere map with hand-coloring. The title framed within an elegant cartouche featuring the French coat-of-arms, balanced by a flowing banner, with female allegorical representations atop each hemisphere. An early edition of Delisle’s mappe-monde, with address notation in the lower cartouche at Quai de l’Horologe, the banner across the top advertises Delisle’s upcoming publication. Crease to center; margins lightly toned; otherwise near fine. Framed and matted. Property from the Estate of Sydney M. Arenberg, Glencoe, Illinois $1,000-2,000

63* (MAP) DELISLE, GUILLAUME Hemisphere Septentrional [and] Hemisphere Meridional. Amsterdam: Covens and Mortier, n.d. [c. 1740]

Together two double-page engraved polar projections of the Northern and Southern hemispheres respectively, hand-colored in outline. Marginal portions restored to each map; creases reinforced on verso; light soiling. 20 3/4 x 20 inches each. Property from the Estate of Sydney M. Arenberg, Glencoe, Illinois $200-400

64* (MAP) DU VAL, PIERRE Planisphere ou carte generale du monde. Engraved by Cordier. Paris: Chez l’Auteur, 1668 (or later).

Double-page engraved hemisphere map with handcoloring. With armorial cartouche, terrestrial globe, armillary sphere, compasses and a circular diagram showing the orbits of the planets. Framed and matted. 22 x 31 inches. Property from the Estate of Sydney M. Arenberg, Glencoe, Illinois $800-1,200 65 (MAP) HONDIUS, HENRICUS Situs Terrae Promissionis. Amsterdam, n.d. [c. 1641]

Engraved map with hand-coloring, depicting the Holy Land based on the cartography of Christian van Adriochom, with north oriented to the bottom left. French text to verso. Four tears repaired on the verso; even toning; light foxing. 17 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches. $100-200

66 (MAP) JANSSON, JAN Regni Daniae accuratissima delineatio. Amsterdam, 1655.

Engraved map with hand-coloring, with two engraved cartouches and one armorial. Framed and matted. [Together with:] Glamorganensis comitaus vulgo Glamorgan Shire. Amsterdam, 1645 or later. Engraved map with hand-coloring, with two engraved armorials. Size of largest 24 x 28 inches. $100-200 67* (MAP) MOLL, HERMAN A New and Correct Map of the World, Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries, and From the Most Exact Observations. London: T. Bowles, n.d. [1720]

Double-page engraved hemisphere map with handcoloring. Title in banner-style cartouche on top of central polar hemisphere; the dedication framed within an armorial cartouche of George II, flanked by water Gods and a fleet of ships. Celestial charts and spheres featuring the surface of the moon, Saturn, the orbits of Jupiter’s moons (lower right, according to Cassini), the Copernican (upper right) and Ptolemean systems (upper left) of planetary orbits, and the appearance of the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars (lower left, also according to Cassini). California is an island. A polar projection is featured between the two hemispheres. This large world map was one of the first to record prevailing wind directions based on scientific observation. The text attacks the inadequacies of Moll’s competitors, particularly Nicolas Sanson. On two sheets, joined; creased in thirds and reinforced on the verso; hinged to linen mat; light marginal soiling. Framed and matted. 28 x 44 inches. Property from the Estate of Sydney M. Arenberg, Glencoe, Illinois $3,000-5,000

68* (MAP) OGILBY, JOHN Novissima et acuratissima Barbados. London, 1671.

Engraved map of Barbados with hand-coloring. Evenly toned; center crease reinforced on verso; a few small repaired tears. Framed and matted. 19 x 21 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Sydney M. Arenberg, Glencoe, Illinois $300-500 69* (MAP) ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM Typus orbis terrarum. Engraved by Franz Hogenberg. Antwerp, 1576 (or later).

Engraved elliptical world map, French text to verso. State 2 of Shirley’s plate 1 (of 3) of Ortelius’ world map, after Mercator, with clouds in the outer frame, a quote from Cicero below the oval projection, and evidence of the attempted repair to the cracked plate in the lower left-hand corner. Light marginal wear; 2-inch marginal tear upper center repaired on verso. 17 x 22 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Sydney M. Arenberg, Glencoe, Illinois Literature: Shirley 122 $1,000-2,000

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70 (MAP) SANSON, NICOLAS, after Mappe-Monde, ou, carte generale du globe terrestre, representee en deux plan-hemispheres. Amsterdam, 1692.

Engraved hemisphere map with hand-coloring. After Sanson, this is a smaller version by Jan Luyts, depicting California as an island, without the Great Lakes, but with a large St. Lawrence river ending in a body of water in their faint shape. Terre de Iesso stretches between Asia and North America, New Zealand almost connects to Terre Magellanique, Australia is only partially mapped, Tierra de Feu is correctly shown as an island. Allegorical representations of the continents at the bottom, the rest with clouds. Fine impression, with bright coloring. Framed and matted. 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches. $200-400 71* (MAP) SCHEDEL, HARTMANN Secunda etas mundi. Folio XIII. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493.

Woodcut map, uncolored, text in Latin, from the Nuremberg Chronicle. Published the year after Columbus discovered America, this fanciful Ptolemaic world map, the last well-known to be produced without any indication of the New World, combines myth, science and religion, with the world surrounded by personifications of the 12 headwinds, held up by the Old Testament figures of Hem, Shem and Japhet, and a marginal panel consisting of seven exotic humanoid figures thought to inhabit foreign lands, with 14 figures on the verso. Center crease reinforced on the verso; very light brownspotting; otherwise fine with full margins. Framed and matted. 24 x 29 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Sydney M. Arenberg, Glencoe, Illinois Literature: Shirley, 19 $6,000-8,000 72 (MAP) SCHEUCHZER, J.G. Urbs Nangasaki cum portu & agro circumjacenti. London, 1727.

Engraved map with hand-coloring, showing Nagasaki harbor, from The History of Japan, Scheuchzer’s translation of Kaempfer’s Imperium Japonicum. Framed and matted. 19 1/2 x 25 inches. $100-200

73 (MAP) SPEED, JOHN Asia with the Islands adioyning described. London: Bassett and Chiswell, 1676.

Engraved map with hand-coloring, depicting Asia and surrounding islands, ten costume figures, eight city views, and cartouche to upper left corner. Laid down on thick paper; several portions touched-up or provided in facsimile, mainly marginal; margins trimmed. English text apparent on verso. 16 x 21 1/4 inches. $800-1,200

74 (MAP) TANNER, HENRY SCHENCK United States of America. Philadelphia: Henry S. Tanner, 10 June, 1829.

Folding engraved map hand-colored in outline, in 60 sections backed onto linen, edged in blue silk ribbon, folded into original half red morocco portfolio, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. Engraved by “H.S. Tanner, assisted by E.B. Dawson, W. Allen, and J. Knight,” with engraved vignette cartouche featuring deer in a bucolic landscape after James W. Steel.

The map extends just east of the Rockies; it is surrounded by inset maps of 14 cities and extensions for South Florida, Oregon and the Mandan Districts, two statistical tables, and six elevation charts. “This is one of the best early large maps of the United States and the premier map for its period.” (Howes) Latitude is measured from Washington, D.C.; the geography of the northwest is that of Lewis and Clark. Although the word Texas appears, it is shown as part of Mexico with only Nacogdoches labeled, as Stephen F. Austin’s map of Texas would not appear until the following year. Wear to portfolio with partial split to head of spine and edges rubbed; contemporary hand supplies “Leavenworth” and traced lines of major thoroughfares into Nashville, St. Louis and Madison; some very light splitting at linen folds; otherwise overall a very good copy of this scarce case map. 49 1/2 x 63 inches. Property from a Private Collection Literature: Howes T28; Streeter Sale 3835 $8,000-12,000

75* (MAP) TARDIEU, AMBROSE Mappe-monde pour servir a la geographie de la science de l’histoire. Paris, 1804.

Engraved hemisphere map, hand-colored in outline. Some light brownspotting to verso; otherwise fine. 12 x 20 inches. Property from the Estate of Sydney M. Arenberg, Glencoe, Illinois $100-200

76* (MAP) Two engraved maps.

Les Petites Antilles; ou, Les Isles du Vent. By Rigobert Bonne. Paris, 1780. Engraved map, uncolored, featuring the Lesser Antilles. Geographica Artesia Comitatus Tabula. By Nicolaus Visscher. Amsterdam, (c. 1700). Engraved map with hand-coloring. Size of largest 20 1/4 x 24 inches. Property from the Estate of Sydney M. Arenberg, Glencoe, Illinois $100-200 77* BAIRD, ROBERT Visit to Northern Europe. New York: John S. Taylor, 1842.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s blind-stamped cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine. Hinges cracked and some plates detached; boards rubbed with corners bumped; intermittent foxing. [Together with:] Iceland; or, The Journal of a Residence in the Island, During the Years 1814 and 1815. By Ebenezer Henderson. Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1831. 8vo, publisher’s green cloth, paper spine label. With folding map and three plates. Wear and fading to boards; intermittent light foxing. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany. By Hesta Lynch Piozzi. Dublin: Printed for Chamberlaine, White, et al., 1789. 8vo, contemporary calf. First edition. Binding worn and spine split with some leaves starting, upper board detached. (4 total) Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $80-120 78* BROMLEY, WILLIAM Remarks in the Grand Tour of France and Italy. Perform’d by a Person of Quality, in the Year 1691. London: John Nutt, 1705.

8vo, contemporary paneled calf, gilt-lettered spine label. Second edition. Boards rubbed with hinges cracked; scattered brownspotting. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $300-500

79 COOK, JAMES, Capt. Captain Cook’s Voyages Round the World... Glasgow: Printed by Niven, Napier and Khull, 1807-1809.

3 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. Complete with frontispiece portrait, fold-out map, and 18 engraved plates. A few plates significantly toned; one plate with edge shaved; Capt. Cook portrait with repaired tear and laid down on thick paper; spine label lacking on one vol. and starting on other; rubbing to boards; 1-inch tear to fold-out map; hinges tender. Literature: Beddie, 69 $600-800

80* HANWAY, JONAS An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea; with the Revolutions of Persia. London: Dodsley et al., 1753.

4 vols. 4to, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered spines. First edition, complete with 19 engraved plates and nine folding maps. Boards worn and detached on 3 vols., backstrip split on vol. 1; intermittent staining and some small tears; plates and maps lightly offset. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $500-700

81 KNOX, JOHN A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels. London: Printed for J. Knox, 1767.

7 vols. 8vo, contemporary full calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. First edition of Knox’s travels, comprising the voyages and discoveries of Columbus Ulloa, Dampier, Kolben, Rogers, Drake, Peacock, Nieuhof, and others, with 47 (of 49) engraved maps and plates, 23 folding. Spines and corners restored, hinges strengthened and renewed endpapers; marginal dampstaining and some light foxing; burn damage to vols. 4 and 6; a few maps split at the folds. Literature: Sabin 38163 $400-600 82* MARTIN, MARTIN A Voyage to St. Kilda. London: Dan Browne, 1753.

8vo, modern library buckram, gilt-lettered spine. Fourth edition of Martin’s description of the St. Kilda archipelago in Scotland, with folding map. Library stamp to map, title, preface and a few other leaves; fold-out map torn and brittle; otherwise good. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

83* NORDEN, FREDERICK LEWIS Travels in Egypt and Nubia. London: Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers, 1757.

2 vols. in one. 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-tooled spine, marbled endpapers. First octavo edition of the “earliest attempt at an elaborate description of Egypt.” (Blackmer) Complete with folding map frontispiece and six engraved plates. Boards lightly worn with hinges cracked; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; intermittent marginalia and light offsetting from plates. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota Literature: Blackmer 1211 $300-500 84* SHAW, THOMAS Travels or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant. London: A. Millar and W. Sandby, 1757.

4to, full contemporary calf professionally rebacked, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Second, and best, edition of Shaw’s observations of the natural history and antiquities of Algiers and Tunis, Egypt and surrounding areas, complete with 38 engraved maps and plates (17 folding), head-pieces and initials. Light rubbing to boards; light offsetting to plates; inner hinge slightly separated, but sturdy; contents are in very good condition. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $600-800

85* TURNER, (DAWSON) Account of a Tour through Normandy. London: John and Arthur Arch, 1820.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s plain cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine labels. Complete with 50 engraved plates. Boards worn and spines split with loss to corners and ends, detached from backstrip; some intermittent light foxing and offsetting. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

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86* (GAME HUNTING) AFRICAN HUNTING REPRINT SERIES Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, 1980. 6 vols. 8vo, original black pigskin, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels, all vols. housed in custom wood and leather slipcase. De Luxe edition, limited to 100 copies, each being number 7. An attractive set. Property from the Estate of Mr. Albert Joseph, Northbrook, Illinois $200-400

87* (GAME HUNTING) ROOSEVELT, THEODORE A group of three works.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1919. 8vo, publisher’s brown cloth, no dust jacket. Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1905. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-decorated brown cloth, uncut. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. By Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt. New York and London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1927. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth. Property from the Estate of Mr. Albert Joseph, Northbrook, Illinois $100-200 88* (GAME HUNTING) ROOSEVELT, THEODORE African Game Trails. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1910.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s 3/4 leather over tan boards, titles stamped in blind to spine, uncut. First edition, limited to 500 sets of which this is number 402, signed by Roosevelt on the limitation page of the first volume. With 50 illustrated or photographic plates. Boards rubbed with some loss to corners; front board vol. 1 detached; bookplate tipped in front pastedown. Property from the Estate of Mr. Albert Joseph, Northbrook, Illinois $3,000-5,000

89* (GAME HUNTING) ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Through the Brazilian Wilderness. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1914.

8vo, publisher’s maroon boards, gilt-lettered spine, dust jacket. First edition of Roosevelt’s personal account of his expedition with Colonel Randon through the Brazilian Wilderness of the Matto Grosso and Amazon regions. With numerous plates and three maps. Light edgewear to dust jacket; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Mr. Albert Joseph, Northbrook, Illinois $200-400

90* (GAME HUNTING) ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Life-Histories of African Game Animals. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1914.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s tan cloth. First edition, with numerous plates and maps, some in color. Hinges cracked both vols.; some light rubbing to cloth; otherwise a near fine set. Property from the Estate of Mr. Albert Joseph, Northbrook, Illinois $200-400

91 (AFRICA) DUBOIS, FELIX Timbuctoo, The Mysterious. London: William Heinemann, 1897.

8vo, publisher’s pictorial green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First English edition. Numerous maps and illustrations throughout. Wear to boards; light edgewear; ex-library copy with sticker to upper board; hinges starting; intermittent foxing. $100-200 92 (AFRICA) LIVINGSTONE, DAVID Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. London: John Murray, 1857.

8vo, contemporary 3/4 morocco, gilt-lettered spine, marbled edges and endpapers. First edition, second issue, with folding frontispiece, portrait, 22 plates, and two folding maps. Light rubbing to boards; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; light creasing to maps. [Together with:] Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries. By Charles and David Livingstone. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1866. 8vo, publisher’s red cloth. First edition, with folding frontispiece, 12 plates, and folding map. Ex-library stamp to front pastedown and blind-stamp to some pages. $400-600

93 (AFRICA) STANLEY, HENRY In Darkest Africa; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1890.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s pictorial gilt-lettered green cloth. First American edition, with two portraits, three folding maps in rear pocket, and numerous plates and in-text illustrations throughout. Edgewear to boards; hinges tender; pencilled manuscript exlibris to f.f.e.p. [Together with:] The Autobiography of Henry M. Stanley. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, (1909). 8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered red cloth. First edition, with portrait frontispiece, folding map, facsimile letter and numerous photogravure plates. Light wear to edge of map; corners rubbed. $100-200 94 (AFRICA) STANLEY, HENRY M. Through the Dark Continent; or, The Sources of the Nile Around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean. New York: Harper & Brother, 1879.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s green pictorial cloth. Early American edition, with 43 plates and 10 maps, including one double-page, one fold-out, and one large folding map laid into rear of each volume. Rubbing to boards; ends bumped; ex-libris to f.f.e.p. both vols.; hinges starting; folding maps split at creases; otherwise good. $300-500

95 (AFRICA) STANLEY, HENRY The Congo and the Founding of Its Free State. A Story of Work and Exploration. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885.

2 vols. 8vo, pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt, black, white and red. First American edition, with numerous plates throughout, some fold-out, two folding maps in rear pockets, and 12 pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear of vol. 2. Light wear to boards; otherwise fine. [Together with:] Stanley’s Story; or, Through the Wilds of Africa. Philadelphia: John E. Potter, (1890). 8vo, publisher’s pictorial red cloth stamped in gilt, silver, and black. With numerous black and white and color plates and maps, some fold-out. Light wear to boards; ends bumped; spine faded; otherwise fine. $100-200

96 (ARCHAEOLOGY) SCHLIEMANN, HEINRICH Mycenae; A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns. London: John Murray, 1878.

8vo, publisher’s maroon cloth gilt, a.e.g. First American edition. With 25 plates (four chromolithographed), eight plans (some folding) and numerous illustrations in-text. Rubbing to boards; ends bumped; intermittent foxing; otherwise fine. $200-400

97 (ARCHAEOLOGY) STEIN, AUREL Archaeological Reconnaissances in North-Western India and South-Eastern Iran. London: Macmillan, 1937.

4to, publisher’s red buckram with gilt medallion to upper board, t.e.g. First edition, numerous plates and plans, and two folding maps in pocket at rear. Boards worn and bumped; foxing to title and endpapers; otherwise good. $700-900

98 (ARCHAEOLOGY) STEIN, AUREL On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks. London: Macmillan, 1933.

8vo, publisher’s brick red cloth with gilt medallion to upper cover, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., lacks dust jacket. First edition, with half-title, frontispiece, numerous plates and illustrations, some folding, foldout color map and advertisement leaf at end. Light wear to boards; corners bumped; intermittent foxing. $1,000-2,000 99 (ARCHAEOLOGY, STEIN COLLECTION) WHITFIELD, RODERICK The Art of Central Asia: The Stein Collection in the British Museum. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1982-1985.

3 vols. Folio, publisher’s quarter leatherette over gilt-decorated red cloth boards, gilt-lettered spines, each in publisher’s decorative cloth clamshell box. One of 55 English-language edition copies, profusely illustrated with color plates and in-text illustrations. Light wear to clamshell boxes; otherwise fine. $1,500-2,500

100* (ARCHAEOLOGY) WOOD, ROBERT The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise, Tedmor, in the Desert. London: s.n., 1753.

Large folio, quarter calf over marbled boards, worn, gilt-lettered spine. First edition of this celebrated archaeological work, with 50 (of 57) engraved plates and three full-page engravings of inscriptions. Six additional engraved plates of classical views from another work laid-in. Some marginal dampstaining; binding worn, with loss to spine and boards; manuscript ex-libris James E. Silver to title page. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $600-800 101* (EXPLORATION, ARCTIC) A group of three volumes pertaining to Arctic exploration.

Three Years of Arctic Service. By Adolphus W. Greely. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1886. 2 vols. 8vo, original color-pictorial navy cloth. The Friendly Arctic. By Vilhjalmur Stefansson. New York: Macmillan, 1921. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered navy cloth. First edition, inscribed by Stefansson on the f.f.e.p. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

102 (ARCTIC) BYRD, RICHARD E. Signature (“R.E. Byrd”), on a card, “With Best Wishes,” together with a black and white photograph. 3 1/4 x 5 inches. $50-100

103 (ARCTIC) BYRD, RICHARD Original black and white photograph of an iceberg, signed (“Richard Byrd”) in black ink. Framed. 7 x 9 inches. $50-100

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104 (ARCTIC) CHAILLU, PAUL B. DU The Land of the Midnight Sun. Summer and Winter Journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland and Northern Finland. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, (1881).

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, gilt-lettered. First edition, with numerous black and white plates and fold-out map in pocket at rear of vol. 1. Soiling and fading to boards; ends bumped; brownspotting concentrated at endpapers. $50-100 105* (ARCTIC) PEARY, ROBERT E. The North Pole. Its Discovery in 1909 under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1910.

8vo, pictorial blue cloth. Second edition. Signed by Peary on the dedication page and dated November 30, 1913. Very fine condition. [Together with:] Northward Over the “Great Ice”. By Robert E. Peary. London: Methuen, 1898. 2 vols. 8vo, pictorial blue cloth. First edition. Hinges cracked; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Mr. Albert Joseph, Northbrook, Illinois $200-400

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106 (ASIAN) COVARRUBIAS, MIGUEL Island of Bali. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937.

8vo, publisher’s pictorial cloth, spine gilt, dust jacket. Illustrated with color and photographic plates, one fold-out map. Light soiling to boards; marginal chipping to jacket; otherwise good. $200-400

107 (ASIAN) MASON, GEORGE HENRY The Punishments of China, Illustrated by Twenty-Two Engravings: With Explanations in English and French. London: Printed for William Miller, 1801.

Folio, contemporary gilt- and blind-stamped red morocco, titles and text in English and French. With 22 hand-colored aquatint plates. Boards detached and worn; loss to spine; intermittent foxing; offsetting from plates; hinges cracked. $600-800 108* (INDIA) ROUSSELET, LOUIS India and Its Native Princes. Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal. London: Chapman and Hall, 1876.

Folio, publisher’s pebbled red cloth stamped in gilt and black. Presentation copy from Queen Victoria to her son, Prince Arthur, dated Christmas 1875. Rubbing to boards and hinges tender; intermittent foxing. Property from the Collection of Hamid and Kim Alwan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $500-700

109 (ASIAN) WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869.

8vo, publisher’s purple cloth, gilt device on upper cover, gilt-lettered spine. First American edition, with two frontispieces, six engraved plates and nine maps, including two folding. Boards faded and bumped; hinges starting; scattered brownspotting. $300-500 110* (ASIAN) A group of four folio-sized books pertaining to Asian and Middle Eastern art.

Japanese Art in the West. Edited by Junkichi Mayuyama. Tokyo: Mayuyama, (1966). The Art of Asia. By Tibor Horvath. Budapest: Corvina, n.d. Arab Republic of Egypt. Madrid: Los Talleres Graficos, (1971). Israel La Terre Promise. By Eva and Zeev Goldmann and Hed Wimmer. Tel Aviv: Tevel Publishing, (1967). Property from the Collection of Florence Shay, Titles, Inc., Highland Park, Illinois $100-200

111 (AVIATION) EARHART, AMELIA 20 hrs. 40 mins. Our Flight in the Friendship. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons; London: Knickerbocker Press, 1923.

8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered cloth, photographic frontispiece. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Earhart on the f.f.e.p. Boards rubbed and faded with backstrip starting; hinges tender; bookplate and stamps to endpapers; half-title detached. $100-200

112* (AVIATION) LINDBERGH, ANNE MORROW Listen! The Wind. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1938).

8vo, publisher’s gilt-stamped red cloth, dust jacket. First edition, inscribed by Anne Morrow and Charles Lindbergh to their son and daughter in-law. Ends lightly sunned and bumped; very light chipping to edges of jacket with 1/2-inch of loss to upper rear cover; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Jon M. Lindbergh, Olympia, Washington $500-700

112A (MIDDLE EAST) ARABIC BIBLE Biblia Sacra Arabica. Rome: Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, 1671.

3 vols. Folio, early calf, half-titles and engraved title pages to each vol., errata leaf to vol. 3. Arabic text and Latin Vulgate in parallel columns. Burn damage with loss to all three vols., heaviest to vol. 3; boards rubbed and worn. Literature: Darlow & Moule, 1652 $300-500

113* (MIDDLE EAST) CURZON, (HON. ROBERT) Armenia: A Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia. London: John Murray, 1854.

8vo, publisher’s blind-stamped terra cotta cloth gilt. First edition, with engraved frontispiece, map and four plates; 4 pp. (of 32) publisher’s ads to the back. Rubbing to boards with some loss at spine and corners bumped, lightly soiled; intermittent foxing; library stamp to title page. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

114 (MIDDLE EAST) DOUGHTY, CHARLES M. Travels in Arabia Deserta. London: Jonathan Cape, 1936.

2 vols. 4to, publisher’s purple cloth, gilt-lettered spine. New edition, with introduction by T.E. Lawrence, portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, numerous illustrations, some folding, and two maps. Light edgewear to boards; some scattered brownspotting at endleaves; otherwise good. $100-200

115 (MIDDLE EAST) DU RYER, (ANDRE) The Alcoran of Mahomet. London: s.n., 1649.

8vo, rebound in modern calf, title in gilt to spine. Second English edition, published the same year as the first. Wear to boards; offsetting from title page; light soiling to some leaves. $200-400

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116* (MIDDLE EAST) EBERS, GEORGE Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque. Translated from the German by Clara Bell. London, Paris and New York: Cassell, 1884.

2 vols. Folio, publisher’s gilt-pictorial brown morocco, a.e.g. First English edition, profusely illustrated throughout in black and white. Boards rubbed; spine ends chipped and corners bumped; scattered light foxing; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Hamid and Kim Alwan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $100-200

117 (MIDDLE EAST) HALHED, NATHANIEL BRASSEY, trans. A Code of Gentoo Laws, or, Ordinations of the pundits, from a Persian Translation, made from the Original, written in the Shanscrit Language. London: s.n., 1776.

4to, contemporary calf, spine gilt. First edition, with eight engraved plates. Boards detached; lacking portion of spine; minor dampstaining affecting first 20 pp.; light foxing; offsetting from plates. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 118* (MIDDLE EAST) HIDAYAT-ALLAH AL-SHIRAZI Persian manuscript, 128 leaves, written in fine nasta’liq script by Hidayat-Allah of Shiraz, dated 995/1587; dates read 905, but has apparently been altered from 995. Various compiled popular works.

8vo, boards edged in red morocco, paneled in silk, decorated endpapers. Each leaf is framed by gold and colored rules and with ornamented gold bar, with floral design, separating columns and illuminated head-pieces. Initial leaves with ornamental head-pieces incorporating various shades of blue and red. Lacking a few leaves; hinges starting; boards worn; a few tears; intermittent brownspotting; some gold leaves cut from frame. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $2,000-4,000 119* (MIDDLE EAST) IBN KAMAL PASHA Rahat al-arwah fi daf afat al-ashbah, early copy of this treatise on the avoidance of plagues and epidemic diseases, the author is Sulayman Ibn Kamal Pasha (d. 940/1533), 86 ff., written in naskhi script, 17 lines to a page, headings in red. Ottoman Turkey, sixteenth-century. The work by Ibn Kamal Pasha is followed by a short treatise and a theological work by Al-Imam ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali. The manuscript has a very interesting provenance. According to an inscription in Latin at the beginning, it was one of the many rare manuscripts taken from Buda when the city was captured in 1686. The inscription records it in the hands of a number of individuals, until it was purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps - the pastedown spine number records this as Phillipps MS 4492. 8vo, early blind-stamped brown calf with central medallion of flowers. Upper board detached; spine and edges chipped; light intermittent soiling. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota Provenance: Christophorus Ludovicus Krunchausen, 1687; George Friedrich Krunchaussen, 1734; Sir Thomas Phillips (ex Ms. 4492), from Franz Verrentrap of Frankfurt, date unknown; Maggs Cat. 933, purchased December 12, 1973. Literature: Ullman, Medizin, 248 $2,000-4,000

120* (MIDDLE EAST) QUR’AN Manuscript Qur’an, nineteenth-century, approximately 290 pp.

8vo, blind-stamped calf, marbled endpapers. Each leaf is framed in gilt and colored rules, with gold bar lettered in light blue separating columns to some leaves, floral ornamental border to some leaves, initial leaves with text housed in elaborate circular frame of floral design, greens and reds. Loss to boards, but hinges sturdy; some tape repair; leaves soiled concentrated at front. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $1,000-2,000

120A (MIDDLE EAST) COPTIC MANUSCRIPT [Nine Homilies for the use of the Copts in Egypt, by a Coptic Priest], Phillipps 19373, Coptic manuscript, likely nineteenth-century, manuscript title to spine, 76 leaves of text.

4to, modern drab boards, uncut. Dampstain along fore edge of most leaves with some corners deteriorating; spine torn; Phillipps 19373, sticker to spine. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota Literature: Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca Phillippica, 364 $100-200 A History of Egypt. By James Henry Breasted. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1912. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth decorated in gilt. History of Assyria. By A.T. Olmstead. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1923. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth decorated in gilt. A History of Ancient Persia. By Robert William Rogers. New York and London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. 8vo, publisher’s decorative cloth. $100-200

122* (SPANISH) ALEMAN, (MATEO) The Rogue; or, The Life of Guzman. London: Printed by W.B. for Phillip Chetwind, 1656.

4to, modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, giltlettered spine, title in red and black. Fourth edition. Rubbing to boards; head of spine chipped; renewed endpapers; light foxing; otherwise good. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

123 (SPANISH) HUDSON, W. H. Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life. Illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish. London and Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons; New York: E.P. Dutton, (1931).

4to, publisher’s vellum stamped in gilt, untrimmed, partially unopened. Large paper edition, limited to 110 sets, this with laid-in extra wood engraving signed by Daglish of a Siskin. Minor soiling to vellum; slight smoke smell; brown spot to half-title; else near fine. $100-200 124 (SPANISH, CALIFORNIA) ZAPPA, JUAN BAUTISTA A group of four autographed letters from Father Juan Bautista Zappa to Father Juan Maria de Salvatierra, Jesuit missionaries to California, Mexico, 1683-1684. Zappa is the author of Estrella del Norte de Mexico (Seville, 1668) regarding the conquest of the Californias. Juan Maria de Salvatierra was the founder of the first permanent mission in the Californias, Nuestra Senora de Loreto.

Autographed letter initialled by Zappa to Salvatierra, n.d., one page; Autographed letter signed (“Juan Bautista Zappa”), Mexico, March 14, 1684, three pages, on a bifolium, to Juan Maria (Salvatierra); Autographed letter in the hand of Zappa, signature clipped, Mexico, 1684, one page, to Juan Maria Salvatierra; Autographed letter initialled by Zappa to Salvatierra, signature clipped, Mexico, May 30, 1683, three pages, on a bifolium. Literature: Venegas. Vida y virtudes del V.P. Juan Bautista Zappa, de la Compañía de Jesús, 1754. $200-400

125 (SPANISH, CUBA) SOULERE, D. EMILIO Historia de la Insurreccion de Cuba, (1869-1879). Barcelona: Establecimiento Tipografico-Editorial de Juan Pons, 1879.

2 vols. Folio, contemporary tree calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. Illustrated with 43 portraits and four folding views. Rubbing to boards; spine labels chipped; hinges starting; intermittent foxing. $600-800