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French translation of William Dampier's travels in the south seas,
including the first successful English landing in Australia

DAMPIER, William. Nouveau voyage autour du monde, où l'on décrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amerique, plusieurs côtes & isles des Indes Occidentales, les Isles du Cap Verd, le passage par la Terre del Fuego, les côtes meridionales du Chili, du Perou, & du Mexique; l'Isle de Guam, Mindanao, & des autres Philippines, les isles orientales qui sont prés de Cambodie; de la Chine; Formosa, Luçon, Celebes, &c. la Nouvelle Hollande, les isles de Sumatra, de Nicobar, & de Sainte Helene & le Cap de Bonne Esperance.
Amsterdam, Paul Marret, 1698. 2 volumes. 12mo. With the same engraved frontispiece in both volumes, 6 engraved maps (including 4 folding), and 7 engraved plates (including 3 folding). Contemporary sprinkled calf, gold-tooled spine and board edges. [10], 315; [1 blank]; [2], "316", [1], 317-616, [4] pp. Full description
€ 9,500
Australia China Circumnavigation Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Latin America Mexico Middle America Mutiny, Piracy & Shipwrecks Peru Philippines South America Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Africa Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages Australia Travel & Voyages East Asia Travel & Voyages Pacific Travel & Voyages South America Travel & Voyages Southeast Asia
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One of the earliest Dutch accounts of Russia

DANCKAERT, Jan. Beschryvinge van Moscovien ofte Ruslant: gestelt in twee deelen.
Amsterdam, Broer Jansz., 1615. Small 4to (17.5 x 13.5 cm). With the title in a border built up from 4 woodcuts, 2 woodcut initials and a wood-cut head- and tailpiece. 19th-century half sheepskin. 75, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,950
Anthropology & Ethnography Eastern Europe History / 17th Century Russia (incl. Siberia)
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A French lady’s journey through Spain: a celebrated account of Spanish life and courtly customs

D'AULNOY, Madame. Reyse door Spaignien, neffens memorien van des selfs hof.
Including: D'AULNOY, Madame. Memorien van het Spaenssche hof.
Utrecht, Willem Broedelet, 1695. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With an engraved frontispiece by Jan Luyken and 10 engraved plates by Caspar Luyken, the title page is printed in red and black, with a woodcut device on the title page, several woodcut decorated initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces throughout. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 3 supports laced through the joints, with the manuscript author and title on the spine, red and blue sprinkled edges. [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [12], 335; [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [6], 247, [1 blank], [19], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
Spain Travel & Voyages Europe
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Interesting account of an exploration journey to India and Southeast Asia

DELESSERT, Adolphe. Souvenirs dun voyage dans lInde execute de 1834 a 1839. Ouvrage enrichi de trente-cinq planches.
Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie & Langlois et Leclercq (facing title-page: printed by Béthune et Plon), 1843. 2 parts in 1 volume. Large 8vo. With engraved title-vignette signed by A. Vien, 8 lithographed plates in the first part by V. Dolet showing Ile Bourbon, Pondichéry, Malacca, Chase au tigre, Madras, a bivouac and Chûte de la Rivière de Gutpurba; 27 numbered full-page engraved plates in the natural history part by Forget, Annedouche, Sebin, Mme. Douliot, Bourgeois, Giraud, Davesne and Dumesnil after Jean Gabriel Prêtre, Delahaye, Mme Bury and Vaillant of mammals, birds, insects and butterflies, 24 of which are exquisitely coloured by hand by "Gérard". Also with one folded map (43 x 44 cm) of the world (except for the Americas) with Delessets journey marked, coloured in outline and printed by Kaeppelin, Paris. Half calf, decorated paper sides. [6], III, 134; [4], 107 pp. Full description
€ 3,500
India & Sri Lanka Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Southern Asia
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One of the rarest works on Argentina

DENIS, Ferdinand. Buenos Ayrès et le Paraguay; ou histoire, moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans de cette partie de l'Amérique.
Paris, Nepveu, 1823. 2 volumes. 12mo. With 9 engraved plates, 2 double page in the first volume, and 9 engraved plates, 4 double-page in the second volume, all plates finely coloured by hand. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine. 199, [1]; 211, [1] pp. Full description
€ 9,500
Anthropology & Ethnography Argentina Costumes, Fashion & Uniforms Latin America South America Travel & Voyages South America
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Solving the mysterious disappearance of the famous explorer La Pérouse in the South Sea Islands

DILLON, Peter. Reis naar de eilanden der Zuidzee, gedurende de jaren 1827 en 1828, behelzende het verslag der ontdekking van het lot van De la Pérouse.
Amsterdam, G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1830. 2 volumes. 8vo. With 2 folding lithographed frontispieces and a folding engraved map of Vanikoro. The plates are new for this edition, lithographed by Jean Augustin Daiwaille after designs by (Pieter van der?) Meulen and based on the plates in the English edition. Contemporary stiff sprinkled paper wrappers. X, 336; VI, 350 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
Australia India & Sri Lanka New Zealand Pacific Islands Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages Australia Travel & Voyages Pacific Travel & Voyages Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Southern Asia
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Life and customs in the Ottoman Empire, described by a Christian former slave

DJURDJEVIC, Bartol (Bartholomeus GEORGIEVITZ) Voiage de la saincte cite de Hierusalem. Jointe la description des citez, villes, ports, lieux, & autres passages. Ensemble les ceremonies des Turcs ...
Liège, printed by Leonard Streel for Lambert de la Coste, 1600. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. 18th-century calf, gold-tooled spine. [32], [32] lvs. Full description
€ 17,500
Church History & Missions History / 17th Century Slavery Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages Middle East Turkey & Ottoman Empire West Asia
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Travels in Siberia and China

DOBELL, Peter. Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia; with a narrative of a residence in China.
London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley (back of title-page: J.B. Nichols and son), 1830. 2 volumes. 12mo. With two hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces by J. Clarck. Contemporary boards. IX, [1 blank], 351, [1]; X, 341, [1 blank], [2] pp. Full description
€ 2,250
China Eastern Europe Russia (incl. Siberia) Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages East Asia Travel & Voyages Europe
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