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BeitrŠge zur Gebirgskunde Brasiliens. Mit vier petrographisch-geognostischen Karten und Profildurchschnitten. 2 Teile zus. in 1 Band.

ESCHWEGE, W(ilhelm) L(udwig) von (1777-1855): · 1832 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 1,200.00 (€1,298.15 | $1,430.84 | £1,082.85 | ¥228,513)

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1832, in-8vo, (210x130mm) XIV (Titelbl., Widmung an Alexander v. Humboldt , Vorwort, Inhalt) + 1 n.n. Bl. (zwischen Titel zum 1. Teil ) + 488 Seiten + 4 gef. Tafeln (davon 1 gr. kol. mehrfach gef. Petrographische Charte, 1 Karte u. Hšhenprofil u. 2 gef. Dur…

Privilegios da nobreza, e fidalguia de Portugal, offerecidos ... Marquez de Abrantes D. Pedro de Lencastre Silveira Castello-Branco ... pelo ... Luiz Da Silva Pereira Oliveira ...

SILVA PEREIRA OLIVEIRA, Luiz da: · 1806 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 550.00 (€594.99 | $655.80 | £496.31 | ¥104,735)

Lisboa, Jo‹o Rodrigues Neves, 1806, in-8vo, XII + 344 (recte 346, nr. 303-4 used twice) + 2 leaves (errata), waterstaining to bottom margin in the first part of the volume (more important in the first 40 leaves, some tiny tears to bottom margin of prelim. part, some water staini…

†ber die Natur der Cometen. BeitrŠge zur Geschichte und Theorie der Erkenntniss.

Z…LLNER, Johann Carl Friedrich: · 1872 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 60.00 (€64.91 | $71.54 | £54.14 | ¥11,426)

Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1872, gr. in-8vo, C (100 S.) + 523 S. + 1 n.n. S. Druckfehler + 10 Tafeln, Hlwd. Very rare first edition reprinted the same year without the introduction of 100 p. by Zšllner. "Of far-reaching significance was Z.'s theory of comets, in which he cor…

Die Selektionstheorie. Eine Untersuchung.

WEISMANN, August (1834-1914): · 1909 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 25.00 (€27.04 | $29.81 | £22.56 | ¥4,761)

Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1909, gr. in-8¡, VI + 70 S., mit 3 Abb. + 1 Farbtafel, Stempel auf Umschlag. Original-BroschŸre. Erste deutsche revidierte und erweiterte Ausgabe des anfangs 1909 auf Englisch erschienenen Werkes ÇDarwin and modern scienceÈ. Der berŸhmte deutsche Zoologe, u…

Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860-1869. With maps and illustrations. Fourth thousand.

WHYMPER, Edward (1840-1911): · 1871 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 750.00 (€811.35 | $894.27 | £676.78 | ¥142,821)

London, John Murray, 1871, gr. in-8¡, XX + 432 p., with 23 full-page illustrations, 92 in the text ill. and 5 folded maps (1 in colours), ownership signature on title ,E. OlneyÕ and an other on first blank (hard to read:) Alanw..., OriginaŽ dark green blindstamped morocco, spine…

TUSCULANEs de CICERON. Sur le mepris de la mort. Traduite par monsieur l'Abbe d'Olivet, de l'Academie Francoise. Avec des Remarques de M. le President Bouhier, de la meme Academie, sur la Texte de Ciceron. On y a joint le Songe de Scipion.

CICERON (Marcus Tullius) (106-43 av. J.-C.) / OLIVET, lÕAbbŽ de: · 1732 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 150.00 (€162.27 | $178.85 | £135.36 | ¥28,564)

A Paris, Chez Gandouin, ˆ la belle Image, sur le Quai des Augustins, M. DCC. XXXII., 1732, in-8vo, 401 p., + 5 p. non. num. + 2 ff. blancs, reliure en cuir originale d^Žpoque, bon exemplaire. pp. 401, [5]. Text in French and Latin, with French footnotes. 16 mo. in 8's. 171 x 10…

Thai Buddhist manuscript. Harmonica-style bound thick manuscript on heavy paper, late 18th or early 19th century. 47 double-page leaves, text in black ink recto /verso. Cambodian script, in all 24 beautiful miniatures in watercolours occasionally in gold.

PHRA MALAI MANUSCRIPT: · 1989 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 7,500.00 (€8,113.47 | $8,942.72 | £6,767.81 | ¥1,428,208)

14.5x67.5 cm (leporello - or concertina style), 94 leaves, written and illustrated on recto / verso, each leaf appr. 14.5x 67.5 cm (of a total length of ca. 1363 cm), illustrated with 24 most beautiful double-page miniatures (12 double-pages on each side), contemporary painted …

The Men Who Killed the News:

BEECHER, ERIC · 2024 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€26.55 ($29.26 | £22.15 | ¥4,674)

Scribner Australia 2024 The Inside Story of How Media Moguls Abused Their Power, Manipulated the Truth and Distorted Democracy XI + 400 p., notes, index SOFTCOVER: (Orig. paperb. VERY GOOD) Nominated for the 2025 Sperber PrizeNever before has the media played such an active pa…

A Mercy

TONI MORRISON · 2008 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€46.61 ($51.37 | £38.88 | ¥8,205)

Knopf 2008 Cover photograph by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Cover design by Carol Devine Carson. FIRST EDITION 167 p., HARDCOVER: (Orig. hlf cloth boards. Dust jacket AS NEW), A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize winning author of BELOVE…

Tomsk: Texture in Wood - Texture en Bois - Textur in Holz

WERNER BLASER · 1994 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€93.81 ($103.40 | £78.25 | ¥16,513)

Basel : Birkhäuser Verlag Ag 1994 Illustrated by b/w photographs by Robert Capa. First Edition. [Transl. from A Russian journal by F.W. Michels] 110 p. :profusely iluustrated with b/w photogr. on plates, maps ; 23 x 30 cm. SOFTCOVER: (Or. stiff double pictorial wrpprs. VERY GO…

My Hunting Sketch Book

EDWARDS Lionel · 1928 · Fortuna Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

Eyre & Spottiswoode Beige cloth with title label to upper board, The label has two small splashes of water marking, Small tear to cloth at head of spine, Small area of bubbling to cloth on the lower board (minor), Some minor discolouration due to dust soiling to the cloth, Dust …

Gancel's READY REFERENCE Of MENU TERMS The Most Complete and Concise Glossary of Over 5,000 Names Ever Compiled and Published.

Gancel, Joseph · 1909 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$214.50 (€194.61 | £162.33 | ¥34,257)

New York: Joseph Gancel, 1909. 1st Edition. Original publisher's pebbled black flexible leatherette binding, gilt stamping to front cover, which has rounded tips. 183, [7 (Memoranda)], [2 (Index)], [1 (Errata)], [9] pp. Memoranda pages are blank. 8 pages of adverts conclude volu…

Le relationi universali di Giovanni Botero Benese, divise in quattro parti. Venetia, Giorgio Angelieri, 1596.

BOTERO, GIOVANNI: · 1591 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€4,800.00 ($5,290.59 | £4,003.90 | ¥844,940)

4to. Contains: Parts i:1-2; ii, iii and iv in one volume. Pp. (xxx), 192, 80, 193-240; (xvi), 152; 183, table (9); (xvi), 79. In our copy the second volume of part one (i:2) is bound between libros iii and iv of part one. The second part is printed by Giacomo Vincenti and the th…

Mensa Isiaca, qua sacrorum apud aegyptios ratio & simulacra subjectis tabulis aeneis simul exhibentur & explicantur. AND: Magnae deum matris idaeae & attidis initia. Ex vetustis monumentis nuper Tornaci Nerviorum erutis. Parts I-III. Two works in one volume. Amsterdam, Andreas Fries, 1669-70.

PIGNORIA, LAURENTIUS (LORENZO): · 1605 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,800.00 ($3,086.18 | £2,335.61 | ¥492,882)

4to. Pp. (viii), 97, index (11); (viii), 96. With one engraved extra title by A. Blothelingh, three engraved title-vignettes, eleven folding engraved plates (one with repaired tear), nine full-page illustrations and further more vignettes and other text illustrations. Occasional…

Le Chou-King, un des livres sacrés des chinois. Qui renferme les fondements de leur ancienne histoire, les principes de leur gouvernement & de leur morale; ouvrage recueilli par Confucius. Traduit & enrichi de notes, par Feu le P. Gaubil, missionaire à la Chine. Revu & corrigé sur le texte chinois, accompagné de nouvelles notes, de planches gravées en taille-douce & additions tirées des historiens originaux, dans lesquelles on donne l'histoire des princes omis dans le Chou-king. Paris, N.M. Tilliard, 1770.

GAUBIL, ANTOINE / DE GUIGNES, JOSEPH (Translators): · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,600.00 ($2,865.74 | £2,168.78 | ¥457,676)

4to. Pp. (iv), cxliv, 474, (2). With 4 engraved plates (redrawn from those presented in the Chinese editions of the Book of Documents as de Guignes found them in the Royal Library). A fine uncut, unopened and crisp copy in contemporary boards, spine worn. This is the first publi…

Sechs Wandschirme in Gestalten der vergänglichen Welt. Ein japanischer Roman in Originaltexte sammt den Facsimiles von 57 japanischen Holzschnitten. 浮世形六枚屏風：57枚の原著木版画のファクシミリからなる、ある日本の物語 (Six screens of the floating world). Wien, Aus der kaiserl. königl. Hof- und Staats-Druckerei, 1847.

PFIZMAIER, AUGUST (Transl & Ed.) / TANEFIKO, RIUTEI: · 1821 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€3,800.00 ($4,188.39 | £3,169.75 | ¥668,911)

Tall 8vo. (14.2 x 23.2 cm). German part: pp. (ii), v-xiv, 1-40, one blank leaf + Japanese part: Title page to first part, pp. (38), title page to second part, pp. (44). The Japanese part is richly illustrated. Printed on fine paper and bound in the Japanese fashion (fukuro-toji)…

La Chine en miniature ou choix de costumes, arts et métiers de cet empire. Four volumes. + Coup-d'oeil sur la Chine, ou nouveau choix de costumes, arts et métiers de cet empire. Two volumes. Paris, Nepveu, 1811-12.

BRETON DE LA MARTINIÈRE, JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH: · 1811 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€5,200.00 ($5,731.48 | £4,337.55 | ¥915,352)

16mo. Pp. xxxvi, 144; (iv),5-172; 188, (iv), 220 + pp. (iv), xxxiv, 236; (iv), 234. With 108 engraved plates, of which 101 are beautifully hand-coloured and 8 folding. Contemporary red quarter calf on red paper-covered boards, ruled in gilt, spines decorated and lettered in gilt…

Histoire nouvelle et curieuse des royaumes de Tunquin et de Lao, contenant une description exacte de leur origine, grandeur et éstendue; de leurs richesses, & de leurs forces, des mœurs, & du naturel de leurs habitants; de la fertlilité de ces contrées, & des rivières qui les arrosent de tous costéz, & de plusieurs autres circonstances utiles et necessaires pour une plus grande intelligence de la géographie. Two parts in one volume. Paris, Gervais Clouzier, 1666.

MARINI, GIOVANNI FILIPPO DE: · 1663 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,800.00 ($3,086.18 | £2,335.61 | ¥492,882)

4to. Pp. (x), 184, 181-284, 289-328; (ii), 329-436. Pagination irregular but text is complete. Some minor staining. Contemporary calf with gilt bevelled edges, expertly rebacked to style with spine richly decorated in compartments and with title label, sprinkled red edges. First…

Relation du voyage de Mr. Evert Isbrand envoyé de sa majesté czarienne a l'empereur de la Chine, en 1692,93 & 94. Avec une lettre de Monsieur ..., sur l'etat présent de la Moscovie. Amsterdam, Chez Jean-Louis de Lorme, 1699.

BRAND, ADAM: · 1698 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,800.00 ($3,086.18 | £2,335.61 | ¥492,882)

Small 8vo. Pp. (ii), 249, (1). With engraved frontispiece and one large folding engraved map. Contemporary calf, spine with five raised bands, rubbed and hinges weak, marbled edges, spine expertly restored.First French edition (orig. in German 1698) of an important work on Sib…

[COOK, JAMES]. An Account of the Voyages undertaken, for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis and Captain Cook. [First Voyage]. Three volumes. London, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773.

HAWKESWORTH, JOHN (Editor): · 1768 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€8,000.00 ($8,817.66 | £6,673.16 | ¥1,408,234)

4to. Pp. (xii), xl, (8), 456; xiv, 410; 395. With 52 engraved plates and maps, many folding. One leaf repaired at lower margin, slight loss of text. Attractively bound in speckled calf, spines with five raised bands, richly decorated, with red and green morocco title labels, mar…