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A Fine Chinese Album of Brilliant Water Colour Studies
SUNQUA

A Fine Chinese Album of Brilliant Water Colour Studies

A Fine Chinese Album of Brilliant Water Colour Studies
SUNQUA

A Fine Chinese Album of Brilliant Water Colour Studies

Twelve Exquisite Watercolours In Excellent Condition
Hidden gem
A Very Fine Pair of Large Neopolitan Gouache Paintings of the Bay of Naples with Views of Vesuvius Erupting a Fine Ash

A Very Fine Pair of Large Neopolitan Gouache Paintings of the Bay of Naples with Views of Vesuvius Erupting a Fine Ash

Fine ash neopolitan gouache paintings
Histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales. Contenant diverses Descriptions des lieux iusques à présent descoverts par les Portugais
LINSCHOTEN, JAN HUYGHEN VAN

Histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales. Contenant diverses Descriptions des lieux iusques à présent descoverts par les Portugais

The Earliest Work To Include Precise Sailing Directions To The Indies
A Finely Coloured Collection of Imperial Costumes

A Finely Coloured Collection of Imperial Costumes

Chinese watercolours
Hidden gem
Il theatro del mondo nelquale distintamente si dimonstrano in tavole tutte le provincie, regni e paesi … ridotto dalla forma grande in questa piccola…
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM

Il theatro del mondo nelquale distintamente si dimonstrano in tavole tutte le provincie, regni e paesi … ridotto dalla forma grande in questa piccola…

Earliest edition of the Epitome of Ortelius and of the translation by Filippo Pigafetta (1533-1604), to appear in Italy.
De Waare Wegwyzer voor de Stuurlieden en Lootzen in de Middelansche Zee … Hierbygevoegt eene naauwkeurige beschryving van de octant van John Hadley
MICHELOT, HENRI

De Waare Wegwyzer voor de Stuurlieden en Lootzen in de Middelansche Zee … Hierbygevoegt eene naauwkeurige beschryving van de octant van John Hadley

Le Petit Flambeau de la mer ou le veritable guide des Pilotes côtier … de naviguer le long de toutes les côtes de France, d’Angleterre, d’Irland, d’Espagne, de Portugal, d’Italie, de Sicile
BOUGARD, RENE

Le Petit Flambeau de la mer ou le veritable guide des Pilotes côtier … de naviguer le long de toutes les côtes de France, d’Angleterre, d’Irland, d’Espagne, de Portugal, d’Italie, de Sicile

A beautifully prepared Pilot and important navigation manual for voyages to and from the East Indies.
Historically Significant Collection of ca. 103 Gelatin Silver Photographs With Captions of 10 Different Islands in Vanuatu and 9 Gelatin Silver Photographs of Papua New Guinea
LACAM, GUY

Historically Significant Collection of ca. 103 Gelatin Silver Photographs With Captions of 10 Different Islands in Vanuatu and 9 Gelatin Silver Photographs of Papua New Guinea

Rare early photographs of indigenous people of vanuatu, papua new guinea and new caledonia
Eight Vintage Photos. Everest [1921]
HOWARD-BURY, CHARLES K.

Eight Vintage Photos. Everest [1921]

Eight original photographs of the first assault on everest
An album of Twenty-five very fine botanical studies in watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gum arabic on thin Japan paper. Titled ‘Album Chinesischer Blumen’.

An album of Twenty-five very fine botanical studies in watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gum arabic on thin Japan paper. Titled ‘Album Chinesischer Blumen’.

Hidden gem
A New and Authentic System of Universal Geography, Antient and Modern: including All the late important Discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated Navigators of various Nations
BANKES, THOMAS

A New and Authentic System of Universal Geography, Antient and Modern: including All the late important Discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated Navigators of various Nations

Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years Upon the Coasts of The West Indies, by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, Both English and French…
EXQUEMELIN, ALEXANDRE OLIVIER et al.

Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years Upon the Coasts of The West Indies, by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, Both English and French…

The greatest early book on buccaneering & piracy
Excavations in Cranborne Chase, near Rushmore, on the borders of Dorset and Wiltshire.
PITT-RIVERS, LT. GENERAL AUGUSTUS

Excavations in Cranborne Chase, near Rushmore, on the borders of Dorset and Wiltshire.

Note overo Memorie del museo del conte Lodovico Moscardo, nobile veronese
MOSCARDO, COUNT LODOVICO

Note overo Memorie del museo del conte Lodovico Moscardo, nobile veronese

One of the most famous cabinets of curiosities of the 17th century.
Observations on the Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of CornwallConsisting of Several Essays on the First Inhabitants, Druid Superstition
BORLASE, WILLIAM

Observations on the Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of CornwallConsisting of Several Essays on the First Inhabitants, Druid Superstition

Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years Upon the Coasts of The West Indies, by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, Both English and French…
EXQUEMELIN, ALEXANDRE OLIVIER et al.

Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years Upon the Coasts of The West Indies, by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, Both English and French…

The greatest early book on buccaneering & piracy
Naufrage de La Frégate la Méduse, faisant Partie de L’Expédition du Sénégal en 1816…
SAVIGNY, J.B. et al.

Naufrage de La Frégate la Méduse, faisant Partie de L’Expédition du Sénégal en 1816…

A scarce edition of an important book, both politically influential as well as an insight into the horrors and suffering of being abandoned at sea.
Twelve Beautiful Bouquets many with Butterflies in very attractive frames.
SUNQUA

Twelve Beautiful Bouquets many with Butterflies in very attractive frames.

Twelve beautiful bouquets by sunqua
A Series of Four Views, to Illustrate the Naval Action Fought on the First Day of June, 1813 Between the English Frigate Shannon and the American Frigate Chesapeake.
SCHETKY, JOHN CHRISTIAN

A Series of Four Views, to Illustrate the Naval Action Fought on the First Day of June, 1813 Between the English Frigate Shannon and the American Frigate Chesapeake.

One of only a few complete sets
A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some Now First Printed from Original Manuscripts, Others Now First Published in English
CHURCHILL, AWNSHAM et al.

A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some Now First Printed from Original Manuscripts, Others Now First Published in English

An extensive collection of voyages to America, China, Turkey, Ceylon, Africa, India, Persia, and elsewhere.
Museum Worsleyanum . Or a Collection Antique Basso-Relievos, Bustos, Statues and Gems; with views of places in the Levant taken on the spot.
WORSLEY, RICHARD

Museum Worsleyanum . Or a Collection Antique Basso-Relievos, Bustos, Statues and Gems; with views of places in the Levant taken on the spot.

Worsley's important catalogue of his collection of antiquities from the levant.
Ost- und West-Indischer wie auch Sinesischer Lust- und Stats-Garten
ERASMUS, FRANCISCI

Ost- und West-Indischer wie auch Sinesischer Lust- und Stats-Garten

First edition of this encyclopaedia of curiosities pertaining to america, the east and west indies and china
A French Polished Specimens Cabinet with Brass Handle Engraved ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE No.3
WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL

A French Polished Specimens Cabinet with Brass Handle Engraved ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE No.3

Alfred russel wallace specimens cabinet

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