‎"L'Himalaya (Collection : ""Les Grandes Etendues Sauvages"")"‎

‎Time-Life. Non daté. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 184 pages augmentées de nombreuses photos et quelques illustrtations en noir et blanc et couleurs dans et hors texte. Jaquette en bon état. Contre-plats illustrés en couleurs.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

‎"Collection : ""Les Grandes Etendues Sauvages"". Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages"‎

‎L'HIMALAYA. LES GRANDES ETENDUES SAUVAGES‎

‎TIME-LIFE. 1975. In-4. Cartonné. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 179 pages. Nombreuses photos en couleurs dans le texte et hors texte. Ouvrage de bibliothèque avec une couverture plastique transparente sur la couverture originale.Tampons de bibliothèque sur la page de titre. Une étiquette de code en pied du dos. Légères mouillures sans taches en têtes des pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages‎

‎La vie mystérieuse de l'Afrique noire.‎

‎ Payot, "Bibliothèque scientifique", 1943, in/8 broché, 168 pages. Avec 34 illustrations dont 31 hors texte. Préface du professeur Pittard.‎

‎Le mystère du créateur, le royaume des morts, le monde des fétiches, les sorciers, transformations et alliances occultes, offenses et expiation, les sociétés secrètes, lieux sacrés, les funérailles... ‎

‎Beschreibung von Arabien aus eigenen Beobachtungen und im Lande selbst gesammleten Nachrichten abgefasset.‎

‎Kopenhagen, Nicolaus Möller, 1772. 4to. Later halcalf (around 1850). Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Engraved titlevignette. XLVII,(1),431,(1) pp., 1 large folded map, handcoloured in outline (Terræ Yemen) and 24 engraved plates (of which 6 are charts, 2 handcoloured, many large folded). Printed on good paper. A few minor marginal brownspots. The folded map with faint dampstain in top of the map.‎

‎First edition of Niebuhr's famous classical account of his Arabian travel, being the first scientific expedition to Arabia Felix. Having the famous map of Yemen (35x55 cm.) in outline colouring and the large folded map of the Arab Gulf (Mare Rubrum seu Sinus Arabicus), which is the first map at all to mention Kuwait.""Niebuhr was one of the best scientific travellers that ever lived... His works have long been classical, and even noW must be consulted by any who desires to have the most trustworthy accounts,.."" (Enc. Brit. 9th ed.).‎

‎Description de L'Arabie d'apres les Observations et Recherches faites dans la Pays meme.‎

‎Copenhague, Nicolas Möller, 1778. 4to. Bound in a fine (20th Century) full calf. Raised bands. Gilt lineborders on spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Engraved title-vignette. XLIII,(3),372 pp., folded table, 1 large folded map (Terræ Yemen) and 24 engraved plates (of which 6 are charts, many large folding). The large map with some browning and foxing. Otherwise clean and fine, wide-margined, printed on good paper.‎

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‎First French edition of Niebuhr's famous classical account of his Arabian travel, being the first scientific expedition to Arabia Felix. With the famous map of Yemen (35x55 cm.) and the large folded map of the Arab Gulf (Mare Rubrum seu Sinus Arabicus), which is the first map at all to mention Kuwait.""Niebuhr was one of the best scientific travellers that ever lived... His works have long been classical, and even now must be consulted by any who desires to have the most trustworthy accounts,.."" (Enc. Brit. 9th ed.).‎

‎Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern. Erster- (Zweyter) Band.‎

‎Kopenhagen, Nicolaus Möller, 1774-78. 4to. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Title-and tome-labels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Slightly rubbed. Stamps on title-pages. 2 engraved titlevignettes. Halftitles. XVI,(6),505,(1)"(16),479 pp. 1 large folded map, outlinecoloured ""Tabula Iteneraria... Terrae Yemen... 1763."" and 124 engraved maps and plates (complete). A dampstain on lower part of leaves in volume 2, increasing towards end. Printed on good paper. A few scattered brownspots.‎

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‎Scarce first edition of Niebuhr's great travel account of Arabia. Like his ""Beschribung von Arabien"", his ""Reisebeschreibung von Arabien"" ""provided a mass of new geographical, regional, and historical information... Among is many exact maps and plans, the map of the Red Sea and of Yemen served as the most reliable information for more than 50 years.""""Despite its tragic course, the expedition was a complete success with regard to its scientific and scholarly results. It was especially due to Niebuhr's efforts to preserve and continue his and his collegues' , that the Royal Danish Library was eventually equipped with a host of oriental manuscripts, maps, and drawings, as well as many botanical and zoological specimens... It was Niebuhr who edited and published Forskåll's Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775) and Descriptiones Animalium (1775), together with the drawings of Bauerfeind. In 1772 he had alredy published his systematic and geographically organized beschreibung von Arabien, which was followed between 1774 and 1778 by the first two volume of his three-volume chronologically arranged Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien. (the item offered, the third volume was published many years later, 1837). Both works, written in a clear and sober language and illustrated with numerous precise drawings, maps, and plans, provided a mass of new geographical, regional, and historical information... Among is many exact maps and plans, the map of the Red Sea and of Yemen served as the most reliable information for more than 50 years.""(Josef Wiesehöfer).‎

‎Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern. Erster Band.‎

‎Kopenhagen, Nicolaus Möller, 1774. 4to. Near contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Mild cracking along front joint, but holding (inner joints strenghtened). Engraved titlevignette. XVI,504,(1) pp.,1 large folded map, outlinecoloured ""Tabula Iteneraria... Terrae Yemen... 1763."" and 72 engraved maps, plans, plates, several folding. (Plate LXXI is inserted between pp.304 and 305). 5 leaves in the middle with a faint dampstain in right margin. A few marginal brownspots. Internally clean, printed on good paper.‎

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‎The first volume of the scarce first edition of Niebuhr's great travel account of Arabia. Like his ""Beschribung von Arabien"", his ""Reisebeschreibung von Arabien"" ""provided a mass of new geographical, regional, and historical information... Among is many exact maps and plans, the map of the Red Sea and of Yemen served as the most reliable information for more than 50 years.""‎

‎Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern. Erster- (Zweyter) Band.‎

‎Kopenhagen, Nicolaus Möller, 1774-78. 4to. Bound in 2 contemp. full mottled calf. Gilt spines. Title-and tome-labels with gilt lettering. Wear to top of spine on vol. I. Fronthinge on vol. II cracked and loosening. 2 engraved titlevignettes. Halftitles. XVI,(6),505,(1)"(16),479 pp. 1 large folded map, outlinecoloured ""Tabula Iteneraria... Terrae Yemen... 1763."" and 124 engraved maps and plates (complete). Internally fine and clean, a few marginal brownspots. Printed on good paper.‎

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‎Scarce first edition of Niebuhr's great travel account of Arabia. Like his ""Beschribung von Arabien"", his ""Reisebeschreibung von Arabien"" ""provided a mass of new geographical, regional, and historical information... Among is many exact maps and plans, the map of the Red Sea and of Yemen served as the most reliable information for more than 50 years.""""Despite its tragic course, the expedition was a complete success with regard to its scientific and scholarly results. It was especially due to Niebuhr's efforts to preserve and continue his and his collegues' , that the Royal Danish Library was eventually equipped with a host of oriental manuscripts, maps, and drawings, as well as many botanical and zoological specimens... It was Niebuhr who edited and published Forskåll's Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775) and Descriptiones Animalium (1775), together with the drawings of Bauerfeind. In 1772 he had alredy published his systematic and geographically organized beschreibung von Arabien, which was followed between 1774 and 1778 by the first two volume of his three-volume chronologically arranged Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien. (the item offered, the third volume was published many years later, 1837). Both works, written in a clear and sober language and illustrated with numerous precise drawings, maps, and plans, provided a mass of new geographical, regional, and historical information... Among is many exact maps and plans, the map of the Red Sea and of Yemen served as the most reliable information for more than 50 years.""(Josef Wiesehöfer).‎

‎Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern. 2 vols. - [ON OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAVEL ACCOUNTS OF ARABIA]‎

‎Kopenhagen, Nicolaus Möller, 1774-78. 4to. Bound in two contemporary full sprinkled calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Extremities with light wear. Spine on vol. 1 with wear with most of gilting worn off. Internally fine and clean. 2 engraved titlevignettes. Halftitles. XVI, (6), 505, (1)" (16), 479 pp. 1 large folded map, ""Tabula Iteneraria... Terrae Yemen... 1763."" and 124 engraved maps and plates (complete). ‎

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‎Scarce first edition of Niebuhr's great travel account of Arabia. Like his ""Beschribung von Arabien"", his ""Reisebeschreibung von Arabien"" ""provided a mass of new geographical, regional, and historical information... Among is many exact maps and plans, the map of the Red Sea and of Yemen served as the most reliable information for more than 50 years.""""Despite its tragic course, the expedition was a complete success with regard to its scientific and scholarly results. It was especially due to Niebuhr's efforts to preserve and continue his and his collegues' , that the Royal Danish Library was eventually equipped with a host of oriental manuscripts, maps, and drawings, as well as many botanical and zoological specimens... It was Niebuhr who edited and published Forskåll's Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775) and Descriptiones Animalium (1775), together with the drawings of Bauerfeind. In 1772 he had alredy published his systematic and geographically organized beschreibung von Arabien, which was followed between 1774 and 1778 by the first two volume of his three-volume chronologically arranged Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien. (the item offered, the third volume was published many years later, 1837). Both works, written in a clear and sober language and illustrated with numerous precise drawings, maps, and plans, provided a mass of new geographical, regional, and historical information... Among is many exact maps and plans, the map of the Red Sea and of Yemen served as the most reliable information for more than 50 years.""(Josef Wiesehöfer).‎

‎Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern. Erster- (Zweyter) Band. 2 vols. - [FIRST EUROPEAN ATTEMPT AT A COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF ARABIA]‎

‎Kopenhagen, Nicolaus Möller, 1774-78. 4to. Bound in 2 contemporary similar but not uniform half calf bindings. Vol. 2 with gilt lettering to spine and having slightly wider margins compared to vol. 1. Wear to extremities of both volumes and hindges weak. Stamp and previous owners names to half titles. Stamp to verso of plates. Vol. 1 split in innner margin in a few places. A few occassional brownspots and first few leaves in both volumes with light dampstaining, but generally internally fine. XVI, (6), 501, (1)"(16),479 pp. 1 large folded map, ""Tabula Iteneraria... Terrae Yemen... 1763."" and 124 engraved maps and plates (complete). ‎

‎First edition of Niebuhr's great travel account of Arabia being a testament to one of the most significant and captivating exploratory journeys of the 18th century. Through meticulous mapping, cultural documentation, and scientific observations, Niebuhr's travelogue provided invaluable insights into Arabia, expanding geographic knowledge and influencing the field of Orientalism.Like his ""Beschribung von Arabien"", his ""Reisebeschreibung von Arabien"" ""provided a mass of new geographical, regional, and historical information... Among is many exact maps and plans, the map of the Red Sea and of Yemen served as the most reliable information for more than 50 years.""""Despite its tragic course, the expedition was a complete success with regard to its scientific and scholarly results. It was especially due to Niebuhr's efforts to preserve and continue his and his collegues' , that the Royal Danish Library was eventually equipped with a host of oriental manuscripts, maps, and drawings, as well as many botanical and zoological specimens... It was Niebuhr who edited and published Forskåll's Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775) and Descriptiones Animalium (1775), together with the drawings of Bauerfeind. In 1772 he had alredy published his systematic and geographically organized beschreibung von Arabien, which was followed between 1774 and 1778 by the first two volume of his three-volume chronologically arranged Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien. (the item offered, the third volume was published many years later, 1837). Both works, written in a clear and sober language and illustrated with numerous precise drawings, maps, and plans, provided a mass of new geographical, regional, and historical information... Among is many exact maps and plans, the map of the Red Sea and of Yemen served as the most reliable information for more than 50 years.""(Josef Wiesehöfer).‎

‎Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern. ‎

‎Kopenhagen, Möller, 1774-78. 4to. 2 vols. A well-preserved copy with wide margins, printed on strong paper with red edges, bound in contemporary full marbled leather, richly gilt on the spines. With two engraved vignettes, 124 copperplates (partly folded or double), and one large folded map. XVI, (6), 505 (16), 479 pp. ‎

‎First edition. This pioneering work by the Danish orientalist Carsten Niebuhr (1733–1815) remains one of the most important sources of knowledge on Arabia. It includes views, portraits of local people, scenes from daily life, as well as depictions of antiquities, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Syrian cuneiform inscriptions, idols, and more. Of the five scientists sent by the Danish government on the expedition, initiated by J. H. E. Bernstorff, Niebuhr was the sole survivor to return to Denmark the other four perished during the journey. The title vignettes were engraved by J. F. Clemens after drawings by Wiedewelt. Most of the engravings were based on drawings by Baurenfeind, who died during the expedition, while others were drawn by Niebuhr himself. The plates were engraved by Clemens, the Haas brothers, C. Defehrt, C. Martin, and others. Birkelund 141.‎

‎Reize naar Arabië en andere omliggende landen. Uit het Hoogduitsch vertaald. 2 parts. - [NIEBUHR'S GREAT TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF THE MIDDLE EAST]‎

‎Amsterdam, 1776-1780. 4to. Bound in two contemporary uniform brown half calf bindings with gilt lines and gilt title-labels to spines. Spines with some wear and tear and vol. 2 with a couple of glue-repairs to upper capital. A small marginal damp stain to first quire of vol. 2 and (mostly very faint) marginal damp stain later on as well, otherwise internally very nice and clean. Tt2 with a tear to top margin, no loss. Beautiful allegorical vignettes to title-pages. VIII, (6), 484, (1, -errata) + 71 engraved plates (out of 72) + engraved folded map" (16), 455, (1) pp. + 52 engraved plates. In all with 123 splendid engraved plates, many of them folded, out of 124 - missing plate 29 in vol. 1. + the famous map of Yemen.‎

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‎First Dutch edition of Nieburh's great travel account of Arabia, originally published in Copenhagen, 1774-78, in German under the title ""Reisebeschreibung von Arabien"". This splendid and extremely important work on the Middle East, Egypt, Persia and India ""provided a mass of new geographical, regional, and historical information... Among is many exact maps and plans, the map of the Red Sea and of Yemen served as the most reliable information for more than 50 years.""""Despite its tragic course, the expedition was a complete success with regard to its scientific and scholarly results. It was especially due to Niebuhr's efforts to preserve and continue his and his collegues' , that the Royal Danish Library was eventually equipped with a host of oriental manuscripts, maps, and drawings, as well as many botanical and zoological specimens... It was Niebuhr who edited and published Forskåll's Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775) and Descriptiones Animalium (1775), together with the drawings of bauerfeind. In 1772 he had alredy published his systematic and geographically organized beschreibung von Arabien, which was followed between 1774 and 1778 by the first two volume of his three-volume chronologically arranged Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien. (the item offered, the third volume was published many years later, 1837). Both works, written in a clear and sober language and illustrated with numerous precise drawings, maps, and plans, provided a mass of new geographical, regional, and historical information... Among is many exact maps and plans, the map of the Red Sea and of yemen served as the most reliable information for more than 50 years."" (Josef Wiesehöfer).‎

‎Brésil.‎

‎Lausanne, éditions Rencontre, “L’atlas des voyages”, 15 octobre 1962. In-4°, cartonnage illustré.‎

‎Comme neuf. [15199]‎

‎La révolution de Saint-Domingue‎

‎ Le Cercle du Nouveau Livre d'Histoire 1966, IN/8, reliure éditeur en pleine toile orange, 230 pages. Cartes et photographies en noir. Exemplaire numéroté.‎

‎"A la fois récit impartial et sévère réquisitoire, il a la valeur d’un document : il éclaire d’une lumière crue un événement que le rôle joué aujourd’hui encore par la force dans le domaine internationale a rendu possible, mais qu’une grande partie de l’opinion publique dans le monde a condamné. On y voit une grande puissance — la plus forte de toutes — intervenir brusquement dans les affaires intérieures d’un petit pays, simplement parce que ses services de renseignements prétendent avoir décelé dans le camp révolutionnaire qui réclame le rétablissement de la Constitution une cinquantaine de communistes prêts à se saisir du pouvoir. Mais ce n’est là qu’un prétexte, tout comme l’intention affirmée de sauvegarder la sécurité des résidents américains ; en réalité l’intervention avait été décidée parce que les Etats-Unis considéraient que leurs intérêts étaient liés à la droite et à l’extrême-droite en République Dominicaine, et en premier lieu à ceux des militaires qui étaient pour le maintien des traditions dictatoriales et policières du régime de Trujillo." ‎

‎Cruises in the Bering Sea being Records of further Sport and Travel. Translated from the original German by R.A. Ploetz.‎

‎London, Rowland Ward, 1909. Orig. full cloth. Gilt spine. Stamp on half-title. Ligt fraying to top of spine. Frontispiece. XV,252 pp., profusely illustrated with plates and textillustrations, folded map in pocket at end. Clean and fine.‎

‎First English Edition.‎

‎Mes chasses dans les cinq parties du monde.‎

‎Paris, Plon, 1907. In-8° relié rexine orange.‎

‎206 gravures dont 32 hors-texte d'après les photographies de l'auteur.‎

‎Mes Croisières dans la Mer de Behring. Nouvelles chasses et nouveaux voyages.‎

‎ Plon, 1908, in-8°, [vi]-ii-296 pp, traduit de l'allemand, 132 gravures d'après les photographies de l'auteur, une carte volante dépliante, tête dorée, reliure toile décorée de l'éditeur, reliure lég. salie, bon état. Première édition française, traduite sur l'édition allemande de 1907. (Arctic Bibliography 12256)‎

‎Mes croisières dans la Mer de Behring. Nouvelles chasses et nouveaux voyages par l'auteur de Mes chasses dans les cinq parties du monde.‎

‎Paris, Plon, 1908. In-8 de [8]-II-296-[2] p., demi-chagrin rouge, dos à 5 nerfs avec titre doré, tête dorée, couvertures conservées. Pli à la première garde, coins frottés, dos légèrement passé avec petites taches. Un feuillet collé sur garde nous apprend que ce volume a été reçu comme premier prix de religion, offert par le cercle protestant, paroisse de Saint-Gervais. ‎

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‎Avec un portrait de l'auteur en frontispice, de nombreuses gravures d'après les photographies de l'auteur et une grande carte, maintenue par un ruban à la dernière garde. ‎

‎Monuments mystérieux du monde.‎

‎Fayard. 1979. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement pliée, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Quelques rousseurs. 307 pages, couverture contrepliée, nombreuses photos, illustrations et cartes en noir et blanc dans et hors texte, quelques planches de photos en noir et blanc - papier jauni.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages‎

‎La Prison De Glace. Medecin Au Pole Sud L'Incroyable Combat D'Une Femme Pour Survivre‎

‎Albin Michel 2001 15 2x3 4x24cm. 2001. Broché.‎

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‎Bon état‎

‎Bennett's Reisehaandbog over Norge. Med Oversigtskart og 4 Byplaner.‎

‎Christiania, Cammermeyer, 1912. Orig. helshirtbd. med ryg-og sideforgyldning. VII,(2),203,XLVIII pp. 1 foldekort og 4 byplaner.‎

‎L’Ambassade de la compagnie orientale des Provinces unies vers l’Empereur de la Chine, ou grand Cam de Tartarie, faite par les Srs. Pierre de Goyer, & Jacob de Keyser. Première édition française du voyage de Nieuhoff en Chine richement illustrée de 14 très jolies estampes et conservée dans son vélin de l’époque.‎

‎Très séduisant exemplaire à grandes marges conservé dans sa reliure de vélin de l’époque. Leide, Jan de Meurs, 1665. 2 parties en 1 volume in-folio de (9) ff. préliminaires y compris le titre et le frontispice, le portrait gravé et la dédicace, 290 pages, 1 carte dépl., 31 planches sur double-page, marges plus courtes à 1 planche ; 1 f. de titre, 134 pp., 1 f. d’avertissement, 3 planches sur double-page. 114 gravures en tout. Pte. restauration en marge du frontispice, pte. brulure dans la pl. p. 118. Vélin ivoire rigide, tranches jaspées, dos lisse. Reliure de l’époque. 390 x 232 mm.‎

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‎Première édition française du voyage de Pierre de Goyer et Jacob de Keyser envoyés par le conseil des Indes orientales en Chine. Elle parut la même année et chez le même éditeur que l’édition en hollandais. Chadenat, I, 140 ; Tiele, p. 179, Cordier, Bibliotheca Sinica, 2341. En 1655 le gouvernement général nomma Nieuhoff intendant de l’ambassade envoyée en Chine avec Goyer et de Keyser à sa tête. Les ambassadeurs débarquèrent à Canton le 29 juillet 1655 et y restèrent jusqu’au 17 mars 1656. Ils passèrent par Nankin et durent triompher de l’hostilité des jésuites pour parvenir à être admis le 1er octobre 1656 devant l’empereur de Chine. Revenu à Canton, Nieuhoff s’embarqua pour l’Europe le 31 mars 1657. Dédié à Colbert et orné d’un grand portrait du ministre, l’ouvrage est réputé et recherché pour son iconographie très riche de la Chine connue à l époque. Outre un frontispice gravé et une grande carte dépliante de la Chine, 114 jolies gravures dont 34 sur double-page représentent ainsi les paysages, vues de ports et villes, costumes, faune et flore des contrées visitées par l’auteur. Le tirage, très encré, est superbe. Très séduisant exemplaire à grandes marges conservé dans sa reliure de vélin de l’époque. Il porte un ex-libris armorié du XVIIIe siècle et provient de la bibliothèque Johan August Gylling, 1869 avec ex-libris manuscrit et de la librairie H. P. Kraus, avec étiquette.‎

‎Het Gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den Grooten Tartarischen Cham, Den tegenwoordigen Keizer van China: waar in de gedenkwaerdighste Geschiedenissen, die onder het reizen door de Sineesche Landtschappen, Quantung, Kiangsi, N... - [TRAVELLING AROUND CHINA 1655-57]‎

‎Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1665. Folio. Contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spine. 6 raised bands. Gilt lineborders on covers. Cracking to leather on hinges, externally repaired with thin leather-strips. Corners reinforced. Engraved title-page and printed (in red/black). (10),208,258,(10) pp., Engraved portrait, large folded engraved map, 2 engraved plates with coat of arms, 34 double-page engraved views, 110 large engraved textillustrations. A faint dampstain to upper margin of the last few leaves. The 2 plates with coat of arms a bit frayed in right margins and a faint dampstain in upper margin. A bit of browning to the first 5 leaves. otherwise internally clean.‎

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‎First edition of Nieuhof's famous travel round China, a trip of 2,400 km from Canton to Peking, in 1655-1657, which enabled him to become an authoritative Western writer on China. He wrote this ""An embassy from the East-India Company"", the written account of this journey which he undertook for the Dutch-Indian Compagny. He deals with nearly all aspects of Chinese life, folklore, religion, crafts, topography, architecture, zoology, geography, geology etc. etc. The work is one of the first illustrated books to describe China, and it profoundly influenced the Western view on China.Brunet IV, 77. - Cordier, 2344.‎

‎Pittoreskt Universum eller taflor ur hela den kända verlden.‎

‎1847 (2nd ed.) Plates 2-3, 6, 8-11, 13-14, 16, 18, 20-22, 24, 26-29, 32, 34, 36-39, 41, 44-45, 47, 49-53, 58-62, 64-65, 69-74, 76-79, 81-83, 85-86, 88, 91, 97, 105, 120, 145, 149-151, 155-156, 160, 168, 170-171, 174-175, 180, 189-190, 193-194, 196-198, 198bis, 205-206, 209, 214-215, 221, 240, 246, 249, 251, 256, 279, 293, + one unnumbered plate, oblong (ca. 123.5 x 18.5 cm), loose. There is no text, only the printed front cover is present. Several plates somewhat foxed, a few waterstained. In all 96 engravings depicting landscapes, cities and architecture from all over the world.‎