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Very early European eyewitness description of India, confirming Marco Polo’s statements

VARTHEMA, Ludivico di. The Navigation and v[o]yages of Lewes Vertomannus, Gentelman of the citie of Rome, to the regions of Arabia, Egypte, Persia, Syria, Ethiopia, and East India, both within and without the ryver of Ganges, etc. In the yeere of our Lorde 1503. Conteynyng many notable and straunge thinges, both hystoricall and naturall. Translated out of Latine into Engylshe, by Richarde Eden.
London, Richard Jugge, 1577. 4to. With historiated woodcut initials. Splendid modern navy blue morocco, (faded) gold-tooled spine, gold-tooled double fillet frame on both boards. [10], 466, [6] ll. Full description
€ 185,000
Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Arctic & Antarctic Imaginary Voyages & Utopias India & Sri Lanka Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Iran / Persia Islamic Art, Culture & Science Religion (16th Century) Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Africa Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages Middle East Travel & Voyages Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Southern Asia USA - United States of America
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In search of a northeast passage

VEER, Gerrit de. Tre navigationi fatte dagli Olandesi, e Zelandesi al settentrione nella Norvegia, Moscovia, e Tartaria verso il Catai, e regno de' Sini, doue scopersero il Mare di Veygatz, la Nuova Zembla.
Venice, Giovanni Battista Ciotti, 1599. 4to. With an engraved plate on title-page, full-page engraving of a compass and 31 half-page engraved maps and plates in text. Later vellum. [4] 79 ll. Full description
€ 8,500
Arctic & Antarctic Charts & Maps Early Printing - 16th century Eastern Europe Russia (incl. Siberia) Scandinavia & Arctic Travel & Voyages Europe
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In search of a northeast passage

VEER, Gerrit de (et al.). Verhael van de eerste schip-vaert der Hollandische ende Zeeusche schepen door 't Way-gat, by Noorden Noorwegen, Moscovien ende Tartarien, na de coninckrijcken Cathay ende China. Met drie schepen, uyt Texel gezeylt in den jare 1594. Hier achter is by-ghevoeght de beschrijvinghe van de landen Siberien, Samoyeda, ende Tingoesa. Seer vreemt en vermaackelijck om lesen.
Amsterdam, for Joost Hartgers, 1648. 4to. With woodcut illustration on title-page and a double-page engraved plate with 6 illustrations. Old marbled wrappers. [2], 57, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 3,950
Eastern Europe Russia (incl. Siberia) Scandinavia & Arctic Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages Europe
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Beautifully illustrated work on Indonesia, with lithographed plates

VELDE, Charles William Meredith van de. Gezigten uit Neêrlands Indië, naar de natuur geteekend en beschreven.
Amsterdam, Frans Buffa en Zonen (printed by C.A. Spin), [1844-45]. Large folio (52 x 35 cm). With woodengraved view of the Palace at Buitenzorg on title, signed by P. Lauters and W. Brown, and 50 full-page lithographed views and plates (ca. 22 x 31 cm) by P. Lauters after the designs by the author. Contemporary green half morocco. [8], 87, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 14,000
Art & Art History City Plans, Topography & Views Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Southeast Asia
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One of 300 copies ever published, from the collection of Baron James de Rothschild

VELDE, Charles William Meredith van de. Le Pays d'Israël. Collection de cent vues prises d'après nature dans la Syrie et la Palestine pendant son voyage d'exploration géographique en 1851 et 1852.
Paris, Veuve Jules Renouard, 1857. Elephant folio (44 x 57 cm). With 99 lithographed plates and 1 engraved map. Contemporary half red morocco and brown marbled paper, with the title lettered in gold on the gold-tooled spine, marbled endpapers. [1], 88 pp. Full description
€ 28,000
Art & Art History Eastern Mediterranean & Cyprus Mediterranean Regions Prints & Print Series Travel & Voyages Middle East West Asia
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One of the earliest works on California

VÉNEGAS, Miguél and Andrés Marcos BURRIEL. Histoire naturelle et civile de la Californie, contenant une description exacte de ce pays, de son sol, de ses montagnes, lacs, rivières & mers, de ses animaux, végétaux, minéraux, & de sa fameuse pêcherie des perles; les moeurs de ses habitans, leur religion, leur gouvernement, & leur façon de vivre avant leur conversion au Christianisme; un detail des différens voyages, & tentatives qu'on a faites pour s'y établir, & reconnoître son Golfe & la côte de la Mer du Sud.
Paris, Durand, 1767. 3 volumes. 8vo. With a folding engraved map of California. Contemporary mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spines, gold-tooled binding edges. [2], XXIV, 360; VIII, 375; VIII, 354, [2] pp. Full description
€ 1,400
Faunas & General Zoology North America Travel & Voyages North America
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Beautifully illustrated travel account, including a full history of the recent war
between the Dutch East India Company and Makassar

VERMEULEN, Gerrit Gedenkwaardige voyagie van Gerret Vermeulen naar Oost-Indien, in't jaar 1668, aangevangen, en in't jaar 1674. voltrokken...
Amsterdam, Jan Claesz ten Hoorn, 1676. 4to. With an engraved allegorical frontispiece, 6 almost half-page engravings in the text, and a decorated woodcut initial. Modern blind-tooled sprinkled half calf. [4], 91, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 3,950
Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Southeast Asia Southern Africa Travel & Voyages Africa Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages East Asia VOC
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Pioneering work on Indian languages and society by an "unjustly forgotten" Indologist

VESDIN (VEZDIN), Filip (PAULINUS A SANCTO BARTHOLOMAEO). Viaggio alle Indie Orientali umiliato alla Santita di N. S. Papa Pio Sesto pontefice massimo ...
Rome, Antonio Fulgoni, 1796. 4to. With 12 engraved illustration plates (6 with 2 illustrations each to make 18 in total), engraved roundel portraits of Pope Pius VI (on the title-page) and the author (above the opening of the main text) and some small woodcut illustrations of "Indian hieroglyphs". Set in roman and italic types with occasional words in Greek, Arabic, East Syriac, Devanagari and more extensive texts in Malayalam, plus a Malabar song with a double staff made with built-up round-head music notes. 19th-century maroon half sheepskin. XX, 404 pp. Full description
€ 4,500
Arabic Printing & Calligraphy Church History & Missions India & Sri Lanka Language & Linguistics Literature
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Early photographic facsimile of Amerigo Vespucci's report, one of 10 copies printed on vellum

VESPUCCI, Amerigo. Be [! = De] ora Antarctica per regem Portugallie pridem inventa.
[Paris, Tross, 1872]. Facsimile of the 1505 edition with 1 diagram constructed from rules and type. Printed on vellum. Wrapper made from 18th-century French marbled paper backed with (and the book interleaved with) 19th-century wove paper. [11], [1 blank] pp. plus interleaving. Full description
€ 4,500
Arctic & Antarctic Brazil Latin America Pacific Islands Portugal South America Travel & Voyages Europe Travel & Voyages Pacific Travel & Voyages South America
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Spectacular views of Nieuwburg castle at Rijswijk in 1697, with an extra plate

[VIANEN, Jan van (illustrator)]. Le château Roial de Ryswick appellée de Neubourg avec les differens apartemens ou se tiennent les conferences de la paix generale.- Het koninklyke kasteel tot Ryswyck. Genaamt Nieuwburg, met alles des selfs kamers en gezigten, in 't bysonder, daar de conferentien der algemeene vreede gehouden werden, &c.
The Hague, Anna Beek, [1697]. Folio (33 x 20.5 cm). With a double-page title in red and black, 13 double-page engraved views (ca. 22 x 27 cm) on guards of Nieuwburg castle, 12 of which signed by Jan van Vianen. Contemporary quarter red sheepskin, marbled paper sides. [14] double-page ll. Full description
€ 5,950
Castles, Gardens & Mansions City Plans, Topography & Views Netherlands
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