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Driou, A. & M. Guirette · 1880

€71.50 ($78.80 | £59.65 | ¥12,584)

n.d. (ca. 1880?) xvi, 463 p., num. pls, frontispiece, red hcalf with embossed covers, spine gilt. With scattered foxing especially in the first pages, otherwise a good and well bound copy.

Dictionnaire universel des géographies physique, commerciale, historique et politique, du monde ancien, du moyen age, et des temps modernes, comparées.

Masselin, J.G. · 1827

€110.00 ($121.23 | £91.77 | ¥19,360)

1827 2 vols. xxviii, 702, 814 p., 8 folded col. maps, contemporary marbled hcalf, spine gilt (one joint very weak). With some occasional slight foxing.

Recherches philosophiques sur les Egyptiens et les Chinois.

Pauw, C. de · 1773

€154.00 ($169.73 | £128.48 | ¥27,103)

1773 2 volumes. xiv, 330, 320, [2] p., 1 folded map, contemporary full marbled calf with gilt spines and green and red labels (labels mostly worn in volume 2). Title-page of volume one with waterstain, map with repaired tear.

Beautés des voyages en Asie en Afrique et en Amérique.

Lacoste, A.M. · 1835

€220.00 ($242.47 | £183.54 | ¥38,719)

n.d. (ca. 1835) 2 volumes. xii, 315, 314 p., 4 pls, 2 frontispieces, contemporary, polished, marbled full calf, spines richly gilt, dark purple labels (outer ends spine somewhat worn). Library stamps on half-titles. Scarce title in attrractive binding.

Professor Eduard Hildebrandt's Reise um die Erde. Nach seinen Tagebüchern und mündlichen Berichten erzÃñhlt.

Kossak, E. · 1880

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

n.d. (ca. 1880, 7th ed.) 683 p., 1 folded map, frontispiece (portrait), decorated (embossed) cloth (edges front cover discoloured).

The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner.

Defoe, D. · 1790

€429.00 ($472.81 | £357.91 | ¥75,503)

1790 2 vols. xii, 389, v, [3], 465, [24] p., 11 (of 13) pls, 2 frontispieces, 2 vignettes in the title-pages, contemporary full marbled calf (worn and front covers loose). The two last plates are missing. Well illustrated late 18th-century edition of this classic tale. Chalmer...

Voyage autour du monde. Australie, Java, Siam, Canton, Pekin, Yeddo, San Francisco.

Beauvoir, L. Comte de · 1878

€66.00 ($72.74 | £55.06 | ¥11,616)

n.d. (ca. 1878?) 884 p., over 350 figs, pls & maps, contemporary hcalf (extremities worn, edge of back cover damaged). One corner of one plate missing (with slight loss of figure).

l'Exposition Coloniale 1931.

Anonymous, · 1931

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1931 12, 2 p., 56 (of 60) pls, roy. 4to, loose in original decorated cloth covers (as issued). Plates 21/22 & 33/34 are missing.

Das Landschaftbild des Erzgebirges unter dem Einflusse des Erzbergbaues / Afrikanische Mangrovelandschaften. Verbreitung und wirtschafts-geographischer Bedeutung.

Voppel, K. / F. Grewe · 1941

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,808)

1941 80, 75 p., 10, 10 figs, 11 pls, 2 folded enclosures, 4to, hcloth. Published in: Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Museums für LÃñnderkunde; Neue Folge 9.

Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Museums für LÃñnderkunde.

Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Museums für LÃñnderkunde · 1940

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,808)

1940 Neue Folge 8. 288 p., num. figs & pls, 2 col. folded maps, 4to, hcloth. Interesting contributions, like: K. Helbig, BeitrÃñge zur Landeskunde von Sumatra. Beobachtungen zwischen Asahan und Barumun, Tobasee und Malakastrasse (pp. 133-238, 6 pls).

Verhandlungen des Siebenten Internationalen Geographen-Kongresses, Berlin, 1899. Zweiter Teil.

1901

€38.50 ($42.43 | £32.12 | ¥6,776)

1901 xv, 981 p., 37 figs, 30 folded pls & maps, publisher's green cloth. No less than 124 contributions, among which several that are quite interesting, like: Drygalsky, Plan und Aufgaben der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition.

Anleitung zu wissenschaftlichen Beobachtungen auf Reisen.

Neumayer, G. · 1875

€132.00 ($145.48 | £110.12 | ¥23,232)

1875 (1st ed.) viii, 696 p., 56 tfigs, 3 folded lithographed maps, nice contemporary hcalf (spine gilt). Interleaved copy. Library stamps. The most important handbook for scientific expeditions of the late 19th century, with contributions by a.o. Bastian, Förster, Kiepert, Möb...

Nouvelle Géographie Méthodique, suivi d'un petit Traité sur la construction des cartes par M. Charle.

Meissas, A. & A. Michelot · 1861

€26.40 ($29.10 | £22.02 | ¥4,646)

1861 (42nd ed.) xvi, 362 p., 2 folded pls, contemporary cloth-backed blue boards. Waterstain in right upper corner of most pages.

Annales de l'Association de la Propagation de la Foi, recueil périodique des lettres des évêques et des missionnaires des missions des deux mondes.

Annales de l'Association de la Propagation de la Foi, · 1827

€99.00 ($109.11 | £82.59 | ¥17,424)

1827 Nos VIII, IX, X et XI. [10], 387 p., contemporary hcalf. Library stamps. Very scarce.

Ins Land der sozialen Wunder. Eine Studienfahrt durch Japan und die Südsee nach Australien und Neuseeland.

Manes, A. · 1911

€41.80 ($46.07 | £34.87 | ¥7,357)

1911 (1st ed.) xii, 312 p., 125 photographs, 1 folded map, frontispiece, publisher's decorated cloth (outer end spine somewhat worn). Ex libris on back of frontispiece, right margins of a few pages slightly chipped.

Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, secretary to the admiralty in the reigns of Charles II and James II. With a Life and Notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke.

Pepys, S. & R. Braybrooke · 1851

€313.50 ($345.52 | £261.55 | ¥55,175)

1851 (3rd ed.) 5 vols. xli, 2350 p., 2 folded pls, 2 portraits, 1 folded map, contemporary green embossed decorated cloth. Ex Libris. Good copy.

Sydow-Wagners methodischer Schul-Atlas.

Wagner, H. · 1888

€82.50 ($90.93 | £68.83 | ¥14,520)

1888 (1st ed.) xvi, 44 col. maps, 4to, contemporary hcalf (rubbed). Some slight marginal foxing. Previous ownerâÇÖs name on first free end-paper. First plate loose.

Aide-Mémoire du Voyageur. Notions générales de géographie mathématique, de géographie physique, de géographie politique, de géologie, de biologie et d'anthropologie a l'usage des voyageurs, des étudiants et des gens du monde.

Kaltbrunner, D. · 1881

€44.00 ($48.49 | £36.71 | ¥7,744)

1881 xii, 525 p., several figs, 25 col. pls (several double-page), original cloth. With stamp on half-title (Hommage de l'auteur DKaltbrunner).

Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap.

Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, · 1936

€82.50 ($90.93 | £68.83 | ¥14,520)

1936 Tweede reeks. Vols 78-80. 1433 p., num. (several folded) pls & maps, in issues. Contains a wealth of papers.

Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap.

Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, · 1936

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,808)

1936 Tweede reeks. Volume 53. 944 p., num. (several folded) pls & maps, in issues. Library stamps. Contains a wealth of papers, especially important for the contributions on Indonesia.