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A pictorial and descriptive guide to North Wales ( Northern Section). Six district maps and plans of Rhyl, Chester, Colwyn Bay, Llanduno, Conway, Bangor and Caernarvon.
London; s.a.; Ward, Lock & Co.; cardboard; with 60 ills.; 11th, revised, edition; ills.; index; 200 pp., followed by advertising.
Slight signs of use.
[35993]N.n.. Le voyageur dans les Pays-bas Unis. Ouvrage indispensable pour chacun qui voyage dans ces Pays. Orné de 28 Cartes, Plans, Vues, etc. Amsterdam; 1815; E. Maaskamp. Engraved titlepage and 22 engravings (maps, plans and 3 other engravings). Original cardboard; 380, XXII, (10) pp. Complete copy. Titlepage indicates 28 cartes, etc. but the table of contents at the back indicates 22 engravings. Binding has signs of wear. [32887]
N.n. (Charles Johnstone).
Chrysal of de gevallen van een Guinie. Waar in De aller aandoenelykste Schouwtoneelen vertoond worden met Keurelyke en gewichtige aantekeningen der gevallen van de aller vermaardste Persoonen, van allerly rang, in wier handen dezelve geweest is, in America, Engeland, holland, Duitschland en Portugal.
's Gravenhage; 1763; Hendrik Bakhuysen. "Na de derde druk, uit het Engelsch vertaald door de heer E. B**S." (= Egbert Buys). Twee delen in ëën band. Originele kartonnen band met gedeeltelijk nieuwer opgeplakt papier over de rug en platten; XXIV, 256, VIII, 228 p.
Former library copy. A few water stains. Complete.
[38359](MISSON DE VALBOURG, HENRI).
Gedenkwaardige aantekeningen gedaan door een reisiger in de jaaren 1697 en 1698 van geheel Engeland, Schotland en Yrland.
Utrecht; 1699; A. Schouten. Contemp. vellum; (18), 454, (42) pp. Engraved frontispiece;1 folded map of England, 1 folded plan of London, 1 text engraving and 18 other (folded) engravings. Added in the same binding: Geheime historie der twee gebroeders Karel en Jakob de Tweede, Koningen van Engeland. Rotterdam;1695; Pieter vander Slaart. (Last title incomplete; only 252 pp. of 326 pp.)
Upper side of binding worn. Map with tear but nicely repaired. Otherwise clean and fine copy.
[30510]Martrin-Donos, Ch. de.
Les Belges dans l'Afrique Centrale; voyages, aventures et découvertes d'après les documents et journaux des explorateurs; Le Congo et ses affluents. Tome second.
Bruxelles; 1886; P. Maes, Éd.-Libraire; 5 chromolithogr., 2 folding maps, 1 map in front, ill.; halfleather, halfcloth; 511 pp.
Volume 2 only. Rust spots, waterstained. Cover stained and worn at corners. Spine damaged at joints.
[12515]Marmier, Xavier
Reis in Zwitserland. Pt. I, II. ( Translation of: Voyage en Suisse )
Utrecht; 1864; C. van der Post Jr.; naar het Fransch door S.J. van den Bergh; 26 steelengravings, handcoloured and in b&w, by the Rouargue brothers; half cloth; 528 pp, consecutive numbering.
Last three plates stained. Other engravings of very good quality. Spines renewed.
[7470]Macbrayne, David.
Summer tours in Scotland, Glasgow to the Highlands; "Royal route" (via Crinan and Caledonian Canals). With time tables and list of fares.
Glasgow; 1885; Royal Mail Steamers, "Columba", "Iona", & Co.; gilt printed cloth; 18 lithographs and a folding map; 111 (2) pp. + plates.
Folding map somewhat damaged, mended with tape. Spine discoloured and creased, cover occasionally rubbed. Owner's entry, in ink, on title page.
[22457]Lugli, G..
In Italien auf den Römischen Konsularstrassen. Die Via Appia und di Terra di Lavoro (Routen N. 7 und 7bis: Km. 692.8). Die Via Casilina (Route N. 6: Km. 192.4). Im Automobil von Rom nach Brindisi.
S.l.; s.a.; Enit; softcover; oblong; 22x 12 cm.; roadmap; ills. in colour with captions in German; to be unfold like a leporello.
Fine copy.
[38532]L'hermite, Jaques.
J van de Voyagie om den gantschen Aert-kloot, gedaen met elf schepen onder 't beleydt van den Admirael Jaques 'LHeremite, ende vice-admirael Gheen Huygen Schapenham, inde jaren 1623, 1624, 1625 en 1626. Noch is hier by gevoegt een beschrijvinge vande regeeringe van Peru, door Pedro de Madriga gekozen tot Lima. Als mede een verhael van Pedro Fernandez de Quir, aengaende de ontdeckinge van 't onbekent Australia, sijn grooten rijckdom ende vruchtbaerheyt.
Amstelredam; 1648; Joost Hartgertsz. Later leather binding; title page with woodcut with two ships; (2), 76 pp. Jaques l'Heremite traveled around the world with his fleet of 11 ships and 1600 men on board, with Peru as his detination. The goal was to conquer a Spanish treasure fleet, Peru, including the rich silver mines of Potosi (now Bolivia) and Portoviejo in ecuador. L'Hermite had to settle for a group of seven uninhabited islands, Hermite Islands, named after him.
A very rare edition. A rather poor copy with spots in the margins of most of the pages. One plate missing.
[35270]Kutzer, Ernst & Lina Tervooren.
Wimpjes Wereldreizen naar China. Grappige Kinderboekjes van Ernst Kutzer.
Amsterdam; zonder jaar (1924); Scheltens & Giltay; gekartonneerd; oblong; 15x12 cm.; leporello; versjes door Lina Tervooren; ill. in kleur; ongepagineerd.
Wat hele lichte gebruikssporen.
[36565]Kosack, Hans-Peter.
Die Antarktis. Eine Länderkunde. Mit 22 Karten, 24 Textfiguren, 16 Bildtafeln und einer Übersichtskarte 1:11500 000.
Heidelberg; 1955; Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung; Geographische Handbücher; with (loose, folded) maps, figures and b&w photos; gilt lettered cloth with dustjacket; 16x24 cm; 310 pp.
Personal documents added: photos of author with family and a letter. Edge dustjacket slightly damaged.
[18198]Keller, Gerard.
Zwitserland, naar schetsen van Woldemar Kaden.
Leiden; n.d. (ca. 1900); A.W. Sijthoff; gilt printed cloth; numerous wood engravings; 24x31 cm.; 389 (5) pp.
Vague waterstain throughout approx. half of the pages, mainly in margins and edges, and for that reason some leaves are slightly stuck to each other. Pages occasionally foxed and name, in pen, on first endpaper. Backcover with some stains and chafed spot, spine ends mended.
[22997]Ireland, Samuel.
A Picturesque Tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France, made in the autumn of 1789.
London; 1796; T. & I Eggerton. Two volumes. "The second edition, with additions; and an entire new set of copperplates in aqua-tinta from drawings made on the spot." Both title pages with aquatint vignettes; Vol I : 29 aquatint plates (The Netherlands); Vol.II: 16 aquatint plates and 2 etchings (Belgium, France and one plate of Dover.) Very attractive calf bindings with gilt ornaments on both sides of the boards; spines with raised bands and two gilt printed shields.
Five plates are a bit waterstained on one corner, only 2 touching a very small part of the plates.
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