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A first edition of extraordinary rarity: the only contemporary published account of Willem de Vlamingh's 1696-1697 expedition to the west coast of New Holland (the name for Australia from ca. 1644 until the mid-1850s) - marking the final major Dutch voyage of discovery in Australian waters.After Dutch exploratory efforts waned following the death of Governor-General Anthonie van Diemen in 1645, interest in the commercial and scientific potential of New Holland persisted. Influential VOC director Nicolaes Witsen successfully lobbied for this renewed voyage - remarkably, the first Dutch mission to intentionally explore the western coast of Australia.Led by experienced VOC commander Willem de Vlamingh, the expedition of nearly 200 men aboard three ships (the Geelvinck, Nijptangh, and Wezeltje) departed from Texel, arriving at Rottnest Island in December 1696. Over the following six weeks, the expedition extensively explored and charted nearly 1500 kilometres of previously unexamined coastline, including the Swan River, Jurien Bay, Gantheaume Bay, and Dirk Hartog Island. Despite frequent evidence of Aboriginal habitation, no direct contact was made.At Dirk Hartog Island, Vlamingh famously replaced Hartog's 1616 pewter plate with one of his own, commemorating both voyages. His plate was later taken to France by Freycinet and eventually returned to Western Australia in 1940.Despite its remarkable hydrographical achievements, the expedition was dismissed by VOC officials as a failure - deemed to offer "no people, no riches, no promise." Disheartened, Vlamingh disappeared from the historical record shortly after returning to Batavia.The only known contemporary account of the voyage is this slender 1701 publication. Based on extensive research by Gunter Schilder, the author has been identified as Mandrop Torst, upper-surgeon aboard the Nijptangh. Unlike Vlamingh's formal log, Torst's narrative is rich with scientific observation, personal insight, and descriptive detail - he participated in many landings and enthusiastically recorded natural specimens and inland discoveries.The text's survival is remarkable: the book was not widely distributed and is now one of the great rarities of Australiana. Often found bound with fictional voyage accounts by Vairasse d'Allais and Foigny, it sometimes appears under the collective title Beschryving van 't onbekende Zuyd-land. P.A. Leupe referenced it as early as 1856 but admitted he had never seen a copy.With the large ex libris book plate of Rodney Davidson on the verso of the first flyleaf. The marbled wrappers are slightly rubbed, with two small worm holes in the upper outer corner of the front wrapper. The edges of the title page are slightly browned, some minor foxing and staining throughout, the edges of the last two leaves are slightly frayed. Otherwise in good condition. A foundational and virtually unobtainable work in the history of Australian exploration.l Australian Book Auctions, The Davidson Collection, 24; Landwehr VOC 373; Tiele, Land- en Volkenkunde, 487; STCN 170299481 (5 copies); WorldCat 562698113, 65697771, 1154666728 (14 copies, incl. 3 also in the STCN). 18th-century marbled wrappers, later endpapers, kept in a gold-tooled quarter blue morocco and blue cloth custom box, with the title lettered in gold on the spine. With a small woodcut vignette on the title page and one woodcut decorated initial at the start of the text. Pages: 24 pp.

2 works in 1 volume. The extraordinarily rare first edition of Francisco Pelsaert's gripping journal, chronicling the infamous 1629 wreck of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia off the coast of Western Australia, and the horrific mutiny that followed - one of the most dramatic and enduring tales in early Australian history. The first edition has only appeared at auction three times since 1900 - in 1903, 2005, and 2017.The Dutch East India Company's (VOC) ship Batavia, carrying over 300 passengers and crew, struck Houtman's Abrolhos reefs on the West Australian coast in June 1629. Pelsaert managed to land most of the survivors on nearby islands before undertaking a daring voyage in a small boat to seek rescue in Batavia (present day Jakarta). In doing so, he charted a significant stretch of the Western Australian coastline after first heading for the Australian mainland, at a time when the very existence of a mainland was uncertain.Upon returning with the rescue ship Sardam, Pelsaert discovered a brutal mutiny had occurred. Under the leadership of Jeronimus Cornelisz, a former apothecary, the mutineers had massacred many survivors, raped the women and taken them into concubinage, and planned to seize the rescue vessel. Pelsaert swiftly acted, capturing, trying, and executing the leaders of the bloody mutiny - marking one of the first instances of European justice administered on Australian soil.Published in Amsterdam in 1647 by Jan Jansz, this first edition includes vivid woodcut illustrations - among the earliest printed depictions of Australia - showing graphic scenes of the mutiny and executions. Notably, it also contains the first published European description of a kangaroo. Unlike later editions, this original issue features the illustrations in full size on separate folding plates.All early editions of Pelsaert's journal are rare; this first edition is of exceptional rarity and historical significance.With the large ex libris book plate of Rodney Davidson mounted on the front pastedown. The title page supplied from another copy and is very slightly dust soiled and browned. Overall in very good condition.l Australian Book Auctions, The Davidson Collection, 15; Landwehr VOC 406; Robert 700; Tiele, Land en Volkenkunde, 850; Tiele, Mémoire bibliographique sur les Journaux des Navigateurs Néerlandais, pp. 262-264; STCN 850280303 (6 copies); USTC 1030729 (7 copies); WorldCat 1089690169, 503667396, 939655496, 257598983, 62680271 (19 copies). 20th-century gold-tooled half dark red morocco and dark orange cloth sides, with the title lettered in gold on the spine. With 6 folding plates containing full-size scenes of the bloody mutiny, 2 large woodcut decorated initials, and an ornamental woodcut tailpiece. Pages: [2], 118 pp. Including:- [VLIET, Jeremias van]. Verbael ende historisch verhael van't gene des Vereenighde Nederlandtsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnies dienaers, onder de directie van Jeremias van Vliet, in de jaren 1636 ende 1637 by den koningh van Siam in de stadt Judia vedervaren is. Vervatende de absolute regeeringe ende strenghe wetten der Siammers. Gelijck sulcks by den selvigen J. v. Vliet beschreven ende herwaerts over-gesonden is.- Droevigh verhael van't gene sich in Persia in 't Konincklijcke Hof ende stadt Espahan, (staende den onrust tusschen de vereenighde Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagni ende sijn Majesteyt) in den jare 1645 toegedragen heeft. Gelijck sulcks uyt verscheyde brieven van daer komende getrocken is.

Remarkable collection of 72 drawings of the scenes on Trajan's Column in Rome. They were made by at least two different Italian artists from slightly different periods, but in a cohesive style. The drawings have been mounted into an album bearing the coat of arms of King Philip V of Spain (1683-1746). Trajan's Column proved to be endlessly inspiring in the time period the present drawings were made, as similar collections of studies are known from artists such as Amico Aspertini (1474-1552), Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785), and Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665). The drawings show a selection of scenes from both the first and second Dacian Wars, as depicted on the friezes of the Trajan Column. They are made on different types of paper, which are easily distinguished by their colour. The later drawings on the light cream coloured paper depict the very first scenes, found at the base of the column. They have been mounted in the album in the right order. The earlier drawings on the darker paper depict the later scenes, including the battles. They appear to have been mounted at least partly in reverse order, as the first few drawings in the album show the victory scenes at the end of the first Dacian War. The cohesive style of the different sets of drawings strongly suggests that the artists used the same model. This was most likely Alfonso Chacón's Historia utriusque belli Dacici a Traiano Caesare gesti (1576), with engravings by Francesco Villamena (ca. 1565-1624), or one of the 17th-century editions with engravings by Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1613-1696) and Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700). The drawings, especially the later ones, fit together perfectly side by side, suggesting they were made on a very long strip of paper and cut into smaller pieces at a later date. They may even have formed a scroll or rotulus, which was not uncommon for studies of Trajan's Column. The condition of especially the earlier drawings implies that the collection was handled often in the past, and possibly served as a reference for either scholars or artists. The binding shows clear signs of wear (the boards are scuffed and rubbed, the leather around the edges and joints is shaved), the work has been re-backed with the original back strip laid down, the album contains 19th-century leaves on which the illustrations are mounted. The marbled endpapers are slightly faded and browned along the edges, the illustrations are somewhat browned but still clearly visible, they are all creased/ folded in the middle, the earlier drawings with losses and extensive repairs, some laid onto support, heavy toning and surface dirt throughout, some slight offsetting on the blank versos of the album leaves, lacking the illustration which was mounted on leaf [73] (?).l Cf. Heenes, Volker, "On sixteenth-century copies of the reliefs from the Column of Trajan - Two new drawings from an unknown rotulus", in: RIHA Journal (0094), July 2014. Probably early 18th-century gold-tooled red morocco with the elaborate coat of arms of King Philip V of Spain as a centre piece on both boards, within a double frame with floral corner pieces in the inside corners of the inner frame; gold-tooled board edges, marbled endpapers. With 72 drawings on paper, in pen, ink, and ink wash. Pages: [74] ll.

The German missionary to India Ferdinand Kittel (1832-1903), presented in 1876 with his Ueber den Ursprung des Lingakultus in Indien a study on the origins of the cult around the lingam in India. The lingam is a sacred object in Hinduism that represents the god Shiva and is considered a symbol of generative power. It is commonly found in Shaivite temples and private shrines across India and is often placed in the centre, surrounded by other deities. Unlike the sacred images of deities (murtis), the lingam is aniconic, being simply a cylindrical shape. It is typically paired with the yoni, a disk-shaped emblem of the goddess Shakti, to symbolize the union of the male and female principles and all of existence. TFerdinand Kittel was a missionary of the Basel Mission who made significant contributions to the study of the South Indian language Kannada through his linguistic work. Between the ages of 17 and 21, Kittel attended the Basel Mission Seminary. In 1853, he was sent to India. Unlike other missionaries, he focused more on the language and culture of the local population, leading to the creation of a Kannada dictionary that was published in 1894 with around 30,000 entries. The upper bolts have remained unopened. Slightly browned and foxed throughout, including the wrappers. Overall in good condition.l WorldCat 7523778. Orange printed paper wrappers. With the title on the front wrapper in a printed decorative frame. Pages: [2], 48 pp.

3 volumes. A neatly-written and illustrated sea journal kept by James Dudman, the second mate on board the East India Company's ship Winchelsea during a 1822-23 voyage to India. Launched in 1803, the Winchelsea was already a veteran East Indiaman, this being her ninth voyage - she made a total of eleven voyages for the EIC before she was broken up in 1834. On the present voyage, commanded by Captain William Adamson, she carried 592 people, including the 17th and 44th Regiments of Foot and detachments of the King's and EIC's soldiers, and a number of women and children. The sea journal volume is accompanied by two additional volumes by Dudman containing pencil sketches of unidentified masted sailing vessels.The Winchelsea's journey, from its departure at Blackwall Dock on April 24, 1822, to its arrival in Bengal and eventual return to England via St. Helena and The Downs, on May 24, 1823, reflects the extensive maritime routes integral to British imperial dominance. The ship's role in transporting personnel and cargo exemplifies the strength of the EIC's logistical network, sustaining Britain's colonial and economic interests in India. The journal, with its careful record-keeping, offers an intimate glimpse into the daily operations, experiences, and extraordinary events encountered by the second mate aboard an East Indiaman during Britain's height of imperial expansion.The journal, written in Dudman's beautiful scribe-like handwriting, opens with an entry dated 24 April 1822 at Blackwall Dock where the voyage started, "bound for Bengal." The next few pages contain a detailed listing of the people on board, beginning with the ship's company of 122 men (with names), followed by the troops on board: "List of a detachment of His Majesty's Troops, belonging to the 44th Regt. of Foot on board the Honable. Company's Ship Wincelsea for Bengal" (comprising name and rank of 367 men), followed by the names of 42 women on board, as well as the name and age of 57 children on board (including 3 who died at sea), plus 4 additional passengers.At Saugur [meaning Sagar Island] they took on board further passengers, duly noted in an additional "List of H.M. 17th Regiment of Foot, with the Women and Children accompanying them. Embarked on board the Honble. Company's ship Winchelsea at Saugur New Anchorage for England."Beyond the usual records of position, winds, weather, and other ships, Dudman includes interesting notes on unusual occurrences. Perhaps the most fascinating event was recorded on February 10, 1823: a major earthquake off the coast of India experienced by the Winchelsea: "At 10 minutes past 1 PM every one on board was greatly alarmed at the singular feel of the ship, which was in a violent trembling motion, as if the ship was grazing over a rocky shoal, and a loud rumbling noise, similar to the roll.g[!] of a Bull quickly along the deck, this very singular seuration [?] lasted certainly not less than a minute, those below ran on deck to enquire the cause, and those below the poop below to ask the same question. I was in the round house at the time when it comen'd. The noise appeared to me as coming along the quarter deck, and instantly over the poop, the sea was smooth and the day clear. I looked out at the stern windows but saw no appearance of any shoal, which I certainly would have done, had such existed. The water being very clear and the ship not going more than 2 knots, I cannot account for this very singular phenomenon in any other way than its being the shock of an Earthquake".The voyage journal of the Winchelsea during its 1822-23 journey to Bengal provides valuable insight into the maritime operations of the EIC, its commercial and colonial reach, and the strategic importance of British trade with India in the early 19th century. As a veteran East Indiaman, the Winchelsea was part of the vast trading network that connected Britain with the Indian subcontinent, transporting soldiers, goods, and passengers under the auspices of the EIC, which functioned as both a commercial enterprise and a colonial governing force.The journal volume contains the typographic book plate of Mr. Jas. Dudman on the front pastedown and a manuscript inscription in ink on the first flyleaf by Lumsden Dudman, who was married to Mary Anne Shirreff ("Joseph H. Shirreff from L.S. Dudman Xmas 1892"), one of the sketchbooks contains a manuscript inventory list in Greek of goods for sale on the first flyleaf and one of the sketchbooks with ownership signature "L: Dudman / Sept. 27, 1836" (likely Rev. Lumsden S. Dudman, perhaps a brother of James Dudman). Some general wear to the leather spines and corners of the boards of the volumes, occasionally foxed but overall internally clean. Overall in good condition. Contemporary half gold-tooled brown calf, marbled paper sides (each volume with a different marbled paper), the journal volume with marbled endpapers. The two sketchbooks contain a total of ca. 100 pages of sketches of ships, done in pencil, including 1 page containing signal flags in colour. Pages: [1 blank], [1], [155]; [98]; [98] ll. With: [Two sketchbooks with pencil drawings of ships].

Rare report by the American Mission Seminary, active in Jaffna, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), containing considerable information on the mission's activities, expenditure, curriculum, and an extensive list of names in both Tamil and English of all the instructors and students who have attended this Presbyterian Seminary, along with the years in which they entered and left the Seminary and their current place of residence in Ceylon. The only institutional copy we can trace is held in the William Smith Morton Library at the Union Presbyterian Seminary (Richmond, VA).The American Missionary Seminary most likely refers to Batticotta Seminary at Vaddukodai in the Jaffna Peninsula (north Sri Lanka), which was founded in 1823 by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM)'s American Ceylon Mission. The American Ceylon Mission to Jaffna started in 1813. The mission was restricted to working in Jaffna by the British colonial office (British Ceylon, from ca. 1796/1802 to 1948) due to Britain's war with France.This rare volume offers a compelling glimpse into the start of the transformative period of American missionary activity in northern Sri Lanka between the 1820s and early 20th century. The book captures a pivotal era when missionaries translated English texts into Tamil, established the region's first printing presses, and laid the foundations for formal education and healthcare systems on the Jaffna Peninsula. Their efforts not only introduced sweeping social reforms among Sri Lankan Tamils - the effects of which resonate to this day - but also helped shape a uniquely high literacy rate in the area, a factor later linked by scholars to the roots of the Sri Lankan civil conflict. The text also reflects the tensions sparked by the missionaries' critical engagement with local religious customs and their work converting people. This can also be read in the personal reports by students of the Batticotta Seminary (pp. 29-36).With an inscription in ink: "Purchased by Rev. Ira Pierce", and with an old collection and deaccession stamp of the Andover Theological Library, and "Jaffna" in blue pencil, all on the front wrapper. With another Andover Theological Library deaccession stamp on the verso of the title-page. The wrappers are somewhat darkened and lightly foxed, the spine is slightly damaged, the top corners of the first few leaves are somewhat frayed, very slightly browned throughout. Overall in very good condition.l WorldCat 884815728 (1 copy). Original orange-brown wrappers, side stitched through 5 holes. Pages: 48, [1] pp.

A very rare pamphlet containing a missionary's essay by Reverend M. Wilkinson, in which he contrasts Hindu religious practices with those of Christianity. The study refers to the teachings of the Rigveda, and comments on the rituals of heathenism such as sacrifice, idolatry, ablution and offerings of expiation that are observed to achieve salvation. Slightly foxed, otherwise in very good condition.l WorldCat 930689395 (1 copy). Original printed paper wrappers, side stitched through 3 holes. Pages: [2], 33-64 [= 32] pp.

Second and rare edition of an account of two fatal voyages with two ships. The first voyage was made with the French East Indiaman Le Prince and was commanded by Captain Morin. On 19 February 1752 this ship left the port of Lorient, sailing for Pondicherry. However initially the voyage went well, on 26 April 1752 there was a fire in Le Prince. It spread fast and it also reached the gunpowder magazine. Therefore the ship exploded, as the engraving shows, and only 10 persons survived.The second account concerns the seizure of the Dutch ship Rustenwerk, an East Indiaman of 650-ton. On 28 June 1752 this ship was taken by the pirate Frans Fransz after mooring of Ternate. He and his companions killed 12 people on board, which is depicted in the engraving. The survivors of this violent seizure by Frans Fransz reached Batavia and they sailed to Holland. Although the VOC succeeded in retaking the ship, Frans Fransz. Already escaped with the valuable cargo. A more historical addition to this report is the list it includes of 210 VOC ships lost in the period 1688-1752 through disasters, mutiny and piracy. These two ships are cruel examples of how East Indiamen could be defeated by fate. After this first edition, Mourik also published a second, also undated edition with the same plates. Spine slightly discoloured, otherwise in very good condition.l Landwehr & V.d. Krogt 437; STCN (1 copy); Tiele, Bibl. 1238; Worldcat (7 or 9 copies). Boards covered with modern pink decorated paper, which are also used as paste-downs and endpapers, with a dark brown morocco spine label. With 2 etched plates, the publisher's woodcut BM cypher monogram on the title page, a woodcut tailpiece and 2 woodcut decorated initials. Pages: [2], 37, [1] pp.

First edition of the French translation of an account of the travels of the Swedish botanist Olof Torén (1718-1753), who served as chaplain to a Swedish East India Company voyage to China and India in the years 1750 and 1752. Torén recounted his voyage in a series of letters in Swedish to his former professor Linnaeus in Uppsala. During his travels, Torén sent many of the plants he found to Linnaeus, who even named one of the plants after him, the Torenia. Torén died shortly after finishing his travels, so Linnaeus himself decided to edit and publish the letters. The text is especially valuable for its botanical and agricultural information.With a bookplate on paste-down. Occasionally some minor foxing around the margins, otherwise in very good condition, wholly untrimmed.l Cordier, Sinica col. 2098; Lust 355. Contemporary blue paper wrappers. Pages: 92 pp.

Third edition of this description of Northwest India and of the cotton, silk and indigo trade by Johan van Twist (d. 1643), Dutch merchant and envoy of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and director of the VOC in Ahmadabad, the capital of the modern state of Gujarat. Between 1617 and 1744 the city was one of the VOC trading posts (factories) in India, falling under Suratte on the river Tapti. On pp. 74-94 follows a description of the coasts, shallows and roads useful for sailing the East Indies, including descriptions of the sailing routes from Bantam to Amboina, from Amboina to Ternate and Celebes, from Bantam through the Strait of Balemban and Zabon to Malacca till Achin, from Achin to Ceylon and Puncto Gallo, and from Batavia to Japan (Firando). Van Twist is known through a painting by Jan Baptist Weenix and this posthumously published description of Gujarat. He became chief of the trading post Gujarat in 1635, Cabaya and Bortchia, and governor of Dutch Malacca (1641-42).With the upper part of the leaves slightly waterstained, some leaves cut a bit short and two leaves with false fold slightly affecting the text. Good copy.l Cat. NHSM, p. 2390; Landwehr & V.d. Krogt, VOC 554; Tiele, Bibl. 1108; Tiele, Mém., p. 244; cf. Lach & Van Kley III, p. 473. 19th-century marbled wrappers. With woodcut printer's device on the title page. Pages: [1], [1 blank], 94 pp.

Richly illustrated, handwritten journal of British botanist and archaeologist Henry Ecroyd Smith (1823-1889), describing his 3-week trip through North Yorkshire and Durham in the summer of 1861. During this trip, he visited the ruins of numerous abbeys in the region, like Fountains Abbey, Byland Abbey, and Rievaulx Abbey, and describes their architecture. He mentions interesting historical facts about them, as well as relevant local legends, songs or poems. He also corrects misinformation from earlier authors and has added illustrations of most of the abbeys, which were taken from newspapers and other works. The journal reads like a walking guide, as it explains which routes to take. Smith has published multiple works on Roman and Anglo-Saxon architecture and possibly undertook this trip as research for a future work.Smith is a relatively unknown British scholar. He was the first curator of the Liverpool museum and the author of several works on architecture in England. Most notably, Reliquiae Isurianae: the remains of the Roman Isurium (1852), about a Roman fort in North Yorkshire. He also wrote two works on archaeology in the Mersey district (1868 and 1874), Annals of Smith of Cantley (1878), which is the history of his family, and The history of Conisborough castles with glimpses of Ivanhoe-Land (1887). The present journal offers a unique insight into 19th-century tourism and the state of the visited abbeys around this time.With the bookplate of Henry Ecroyd Smith mounted on the front pastedown. The edges and corners of the boards are scuffed and the front and back board are somewhat scratched, the work has been rebacked. The endpapers have been reinforced in the gutter with grey book cloth. The title-page, final few leaves and some of the added illustrations are slightly foxed, the work is slightly browned throughout, the folding map has remnants of tape on the back and a small tear in the inner margin, slightly affecting the image, with remnants of newspaper clippings on pages 37 and 53, missing the (probably blank) leaf with pages 54-55. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. BM, General catalogue 23, p. 786-379 (Smith's other works). Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled blue sheepskin, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. With numerous lithographs, copper- and steel-engravings, and newspaper clippings mounted on the leaves, a folding map of Russia added between pages 63 and 64, and a blank leaf from the guest book of the Hotel des Boulangers in Bern added between pages 75 and 76. All leaves are blind-ruled. Pages: [1], "118" [= 116, final 61 pages blank], [1 blank] pp.

Beautiful complete print series with an engraved dedication leaf to the owner of the depicted estate, Mr. Cornelis de Jonge van Ellemeet (1646-1721). The 16 numbered engraved plates show the beautiful manor house, which is located in Wassenaar, near The Hague. De Jonge van Ellemeat was General Receiver of the Dutch Republic from 1674-1707, and the post supplied him with high annual revenues, and he could be counted among the richest in the country. In 1680, De Jonge bought the estate of Kruytenbosch and Duinrel, which was to become a part of the landed estates of about 190 hectare (470 acres) around Wassenaar, with most of the land being farmed out. Unlike other country estates, the layout of this park has developed more in breadth than in length, probably because it was located so close to the dunes and thus the North Sea. The park was made up of paths running in a star shape through woods grouped around two meadows. The Duinrel park closely resembles the parks of English country estates around the end of the 17th century. From Coenraad Droste's country-house poem we can learn that at Duinrel things were done on a large scale. His extensive description of the painted ceilings, Chinese lacquer work etc. contrasts freely with the traditional sublimation of the simplicity of country-life.This suite of prints was published as part four in the series Paradisus oculorum, sive conspectus elegantissimi centum (Amsterdam, Petrus Schenk, 1702), together with print series of The Loo, Dieren, Voorst, Rozendael, and the "Praetorium" of the Swedish King.The binding is very slightly rubbed along its extremities, the end papers are slightly browned. Otherwise in very good condition.l Hollstein XXV, 1243-58; Springer p. 43-4; STCN 304477761 (3 copies); The Anglo-Dutch garden in the age of William and Mary (= Journal of Garden History, 8/2-3 (1988)), pp. 198-9. 203) Later half vellum, marbled paper sides. With an engraved dedication, and 16 numbered engraved numbered views (ca. 170 x 205mm) of the manor house and gardens of Duinrel in Wassenaar, near The Hague. The 16 plates each show an engraved caption in Dutch and Latin beneath the view. The dedication leaf and the 16 views (each ca. 17 x 20.5 cm) are mounted (attached only at the top of each leaf) on blank leaves (ca. 18.5 x 25.5 cm). Pages: [17] ll.

About 40 publications in 1 volume. Offprints of articles and other publications on Indian antiquities and archaeological research, mainly written by John Henry Rivett-Carnac (1838-1923), a British employee of the Indian Colonial Service and scholar of Indian prehistory. Most were published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal or in the Proceedings of the Asiatic Society in Bengal, with Rivett-Carnac's publications on Indian rock art and archaeology especially well-represented. He wrote on several kinds of rocks, such as monoliths, gorges, tumuli, cup-marks, ancient rock carvings, etc.This compilation of rare publications, predominately by John Henry Rivett-Carnac on Indian prehistory, archaeology and antiquities, gives insights into Indian history and antiquity, but also into the 19th-century research on this topic and the efforts of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, some of whose Proceedings are included. This, next to the large number of plates and the interesting annotations, makes this an exceptional compilation of Rivett-Carnac's work illucidates 19th-century British oriental studies in India.With many inscriptions, all by the same hand, a hand-written index, markings in the text with blue and red pencil and some drawings on the back of the plates and on the blanco leaves, which shows that this book was probably intensively used. Binding slightly worn, green cloth a little stained, spine worn and lacking some pieces of the black morocco, corners a little bumped. Some pages pasted together. A compilation of rare archaeological research on many aspects of the prehistoric remains of India.l The Cambridge history of India I, p. 693; a list of titles with more detailed references available on request. Half black morocco, green cloth sides, title and author's name in gold on spine. About 40 archaeological works, most written by John Harry Rivett-Carnac, on prehistoric remains in India and on Indian culture, along with loosely inserted prints, with 41 (lithographed?) plates (some folding) showing monoliths, gorges, tumuli, cup-marks, ancient rock carvings, stone implements, spindle whorls and flint tools, all found in India, but also Buddha and Hindu sculptured figures and ancient coins of important Indian dynasties. Also included are 2 lithographs (one of a sculpted Hindu group near Kanouj) and 3 photographic collotypes reproductions of ancient coins. Pages: ca. 230 leaves, including the plates.

Extremely rare edition, probably the fourth, of a handbook for sailing in the Indian Ocean. As the title indicates, it not only contains sailing directions and descriptions of different routes to Singapore and the Arabian Sea, but also gives important notes for sailors concerning the winds, weather and the most important currents when crossing the Indian Ocean.Rosser apparently meant this work as a kind of epitome with the most important information on the winds, weather and currents in the Indian Ocean, because in his preface, he refers to his earlier, more extensive work, The Indian Ocean directory (1867). While the present work has two maps, his more extensive work contains many more charts and plans.The two charts indicate sailing routes and currents in the Indian Ocean, with the coasts of Africa, Arabia, South and Southeast Asia and Australia. They show, for example, the Persian/Arabian Gulf, the Gulf of Aden, Ceylon, the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam.With James Imray & son's printed catalogue on the back board, listing nautical charts and related books. Slightly frayed, some stains on the paper boards, but still in good condition.l WorldCat (1 copy); cf. Forbes 2812 (1868 ed., also noting 1866, 1871, 1874 & 1880 eds.); Sabin 73416 (1868 ed.). Original publisher's blue wrappers. With 2 folding maps. Pages: [4], 71 pp.

Complete and thoroughly illustrated course of practical plane and solid geometry (including conic and other sections), with applications to projections, perspective, surveying, bridges, architecture and stone masonry, cartography, geodesy and globes, sundials, etc. The title suggests it was a series of lectures by "M. Prevost" (it is not clear whether "M" is an initial or merely means "monsieur"), followed by C.F. Frenet, who apparently wrote up Prévost's lectures and drew the finely executed illustrations. The texts are mostly captions to the figures in the illustrations and are usually keyed to them with numbers. The title-page divides the text into two numbered parts. The first (géométrie élémentaire) has 5 subdivisions (géométrie élémentaire, geodésie graphique, du plan, surface des solides, cubature des corps), and the second (géométrie descriptive) has 8 subdivisions (problemes & plans tangens, sections, poliedres, developpemens, construire une mappe-monde, gnomonique & cadrans, coupe des pierres, perspective). The extent of the course suggests it continued for more than one year. Frenet probably set down Prévost's words and sketched his illustrations during the lectures, but made the present fair copies of both at home afterward. The ninth plate includes the captions of figures 73 to 80 in a trompe l'oeil drawing of a piece of paper as if it were attached with sealing wax and had its corners curling up.We have not been able to identify Prévost or Frenet, but the calligrapher who executed the title-page was almost certainly Charles Esclozas/Esclosas (ca. 1796-1839), who worked in his native Lyon from 1823 to his death, so the manuscript probably originated in or near Lyon. A few leaves are bound out of order. The ink of the flourishes at the head of the title-page has eaten through the paper, and in a couple illustration leaves the paper has torn along a border line (in one case with loss of the fore-edge margin). The title-page and last leaf are creased and a few leaves show browning or foxing, but most leaves remain in very good condition. The binding is rubbed and the hinges worn, but the tooling on the spine remains clear. A manuscript course of practical geometry with finely executed illustrations, perhaps prepared for publication but never published. Contemporary green half morocco, on 4 recessed supports, spine richly gold-tooled, with the title "Cours|de géométrie|practique" in the 2nd of 6 fields (not aligned with the supports), shell-marbled sides (large brown spots with dark blue-green veins), shell-marbled endpapers (small brown spots with red and white veins, similar to Wolfe 88), contemporary circular paper label on spine, printed in blue, 2 leaves of unwatermarked green wove paper wrappers for part 1 bound in (before the title-page and after p. [24]). With a flourished calligraphic title-page in a wide variety of decorative lettering styles, signed "[Charles] Esclozas scripsit", and 140 leaves with more than 350 figures in black ink and sometimes pencil, red ink or coloured washes (blue, yellow, red, green and grey), illustrating plain and solid geometry, projections, perspective, architecture, bridges, cartography, globes, sundials, etc., and with text and illustrations in black thick-thin borders. Pages: [1], [1 blank], [97], [1 blank] pp. plus 140 illustration ll. partly numbered in 13 series. Oblong large folio with oblong 1mo illustration leaves (35 x 45 cm).

Very rare narrative of the loss of the English East Indiaman Fattysalam off the coast of Coromandel on 28 August 1761. It was written by the French counsellor, man of letters and employee at the Royal library of King Louis XV, Anne-Gabriel Meusnier de Querlon (1702-1780), Comte de Kearny, and the book refers to him simply as De Kearny.The Fattysalam had been built at Bombay, and had never been employed in the Indian seas. She was intended to carry great part of the stores taken by the English, and near 500 troops, which it had been thought fit to send to Bengal, because after the regiment of Pondicherry, they were not wanted on that coast.'' (Duncan).Kearny was one out of 12 who had escaped from the ship, which had been lost, together with most of the crew. By way of the dominion of the Rajah of Arsapour, Cuttack, Barrasole and Calcutta, the company arrived at Goupil (Gupil) where they spotted several of the East India Company's ships.The book gives no date, place of publication or name of the publisher, but Barbier indicates that is was published by De Kearny in 1764 (the latest date mentioned in the account is 1762). The (laid) paper is watermarked with a cardinall's arms with "Fin Dannonay|M[fleur-de-lis]Iohanot 1742", that is Mathieu Johannot in Annonay. The 1742 date was used in French paper for decades and Mathieu Johannot was active in Annonay to 1785. The types and ornaments appear in Pierre Simon Fournier's 1764 type specimen.Only slightly trimmed, preserving some deckles. In very good condition, with only a small marginal stain at the foot of pp. 35-36. The front wrapper with 2 tears along a fold.l Barbier III, col.400 (''publiés par A.-G. Meusnier de Querlon, 1764, in -8, 48 pp.''); KVK (3 copies); Polak 13070; cf: Andrus and Start (publishers), Remarkable shipwrecks . (Hartford, 1813), pp. 94-108; Duncan, The Mariner's Chronicle III, pp. 180-198; not in Huntress; on the author: Dictionnaire des journalistes (1600-1789) online ed. 20th-century (sponge printed?) decorated paper wrappers in lavendar, green and brown, red sprinkled edges. With a headpiece built up from Fournier's rococo cast fleurons. Set in Fournier types, including decorated titling capitals. Pages: 48 pp.

The journal and first-person account of a French trade mission to "Cochinchine" (Ðàng Trong, today southern Vietnam) by the young traveller François Valentin Méniolle (1792-1841). The nephew of the bishop of Adran, Méniolle does not keep his journal like a standard ship's log, but as a gentleman's diary, recording the harrowing typhoon which blew his ship off course, the emergency retreat to Mauritius, and a period of wandering about Sri Lanka and India before finally returning home to Europe.In one of his most important encounters of his Indian wanderings, he describes meeting the famous French naturalists Pierre-Médard Diard (1794-1863) and Alfred Duvaucel (1793-1824) at the French East India Company trading post of Chandernagore (Chandannagar), who were collecting massive numbers of botanical and zoological samples to ship back to Paris. He describes them as "deux jeunes Parisiens qui habitent [à] Chandernagore, pour y étudier l'histoire naturelle du pays. Ils sont détenus à autres des encursions [!] dans les serres, et se proposent de faire un voyage dans le Nepaul. Ils ont déjà fait beaucoup d'envois au Musée de Paris". Diard and Duvaucel particularly impressed Méniolle with their extensive collection of venomous snakes, with which they were endeavouring to find a cure for snakebite.Méniolle's ship, called the Julie-Marthe, bore Méniolle and his uncle around the Horn of Africa and into the Indian Ocean to secure French trading agreements in what is now south Vietnam. After the typhoon, their trek through India took them first to Pondicherry (or Puducherry) in June 1818, and from there to Kolkata and up the Hooghly River to Chandannagar.Méniolle keeps a meticulous record not only of the voyage, but also of those he meets (and the trade deals he does manage to make) along the way, turning his journal in India into a dossier of the notable Europeans in colonial French India, alongside glimpses of Indian festivals, rajahs, and politics.The present manuscript passed down in the Méniolle family until ca. 1956, with corresponding manuscript annotations on the recto of the first free flyleaf. Further with some contemporary crossing out of text (presumably by the author himself) and some later underlining of parts of the text in blue pencil. The binding is somewhat rubbed and shows clear signs of wear around the edges of the boards and spine, internally bright and clean. In very good condition. Contemporary half vellum and blue decorated paper sides, with a manuscript title label on the front board. French manuscript on laid paper. Pages: 95, [ca. 78 blank] ll.

Rare maritime atlas with 12 charts of the Indian Ocean that provide information on currents for each month of the year. The data was gathered from a great number of sources going back to the year 1830. Each chart covers the same area, from Cape Town to Sydney and including the Arabian peninsula, India and China. The currents and explanatory remarks very per chart depending on the meteorological circumstances, such as seasons and monsoons. The twelve charts form part of a long series by the Great Britain Meteorological Office publications, numbered 2939-2950. With an 1896 "Advertisement" by the Admiralty tipped in on the front paste-down, providing a lengthy explanation for the charts.From the library of the British Natural of History Museum, with 3 cancelled library stamps and a large lithographed presentation bookplate with name in manuscript: "Captain W.H. Milner, R.M.S. 'Para'", all neatly on the first blank page. Corners slightly curled, vertical fold in the front cover. Some discolouring at the head of the first blank page. Otherwise in good condition.l "New Maps", in: The geographical journal 8, no. 2 (August 1896), pp. 197-200. Limp cloth with gold-tooled title on front cover. Oblong Royal 1mo (full-sheet leaves: 51 x 62 cm). An atlas of 12 large black and white nautical charts. Pages: [12] ll. plus the 1-page "Advertisement".

Skilfully executed pen and ink drawing by the notable Swiss draughtsman Johann Heinrich Lips (1758-1817), showing a naval officer on a tropical beach on the Coromandel Coast, being welcomed by four half-naked local women with their five children. In the background are three native men in a small rowing boat touching the beach. The present drawing was made for an illustration in Johann Georg Jacobi's Iris. Ein Taschenbuch für 1804 to accompany a text by Franz Xaver Schnetzler titled "Le Vaillant und Mungo Park" (pp. 157-184). The illustration was engraved by Lips himself and contains, besides the caption "Die Küste von Coromandel", the subtitle "Au seiner französischen Handschrift", suggesting the drawing was made after one found in a French manuscript.Slightly browned along the edges of the paper (covered by the passepartout) and a few tiny specks. Otherwise in very good condition.l Cf. Andreas Klein, Johann Georg Jacobi (2012), 359; Nagler VIII, pp. 555-558; Thieme & Becker XXXIII, p. 279. The whole mounted on a larger paper leaf (with notes: "dessin no 522" and "Lips f." in ink), with a passepartout and in a gilt wooden frame. Pen drawing (10.3 x 6.3 cm) in grey ink with washes on paper (12.5 x 8.5 cm), signed by the artist in the lower right corner of the illustration and with the title in pencil in the lower margin.

First publication of the manuscript journal of Joannes Leeuwenson's 1674/75 overland journey from Colombo (Ceylon/Sri Lanka), along the west coast of India to Banda Abbas (Iran, at the Strait of Hormuz), Basra (Iraq), Aleppo (Syria), and Iskenderun (Turkey), then on to Livorno (Italy), and through Italy and Germany to Amsterdam. The manuscript itself is titled "Daghregister van de Landreijs, gedaeen bij mij Joannes Leeuwenson, ." Although described as an journey over land, parts naturally had to be made by sea as well, and Leeuwenson names numerous ships in the various Dutch fleets, as well as the enemy ships they encountered. He quotes in full (4 pp.) the letter with orders given to him by VOC director François de Haese at Banda Abbas as well as several other letters he received or wrote. He gives a detailed description of the terrain and the difficulties in finding and acquiring supplies, beasts of burden, etc., and relates his encounters with Persians, Ottomans and other Islamic peoples.In very good condition. An important early journal of an overland voyage through India, Iran and the Middle East. 20th-century stiff paper wrappers, with a printed label on the front. Offprint, retaining the original pagination and collation, of an article in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië, 6 (1863). Pages: pp. [89], 90-142.

The German missionary to India Ferdinand Kittel (1832-1903), presented in 1876 with his Ueber den Ursprung des Lingakultus in Indien a study on the origins of the cult around the lingam in India. The lingam is a sacred object in Hinduism that represents the god Shiva and is considered a symbol of generative power. It is commonly found in Shaivite temples and private shrines across India and is often placed in the centre, surrounded by other deities. Ferdinand Kittel was a missionary of the Basel Mission who made significant contributions to the study of the South Indian language Kannada through his linguistic work. Between the ages of 17 and 21, Kittel attended the Basel Mission Seminary. In 1853, he was sent to India. Unlike other missionaries, he focused more on the language and culture of the local population, leading to the creation of a Kannada dictionary that was published in 1894 with around 30,000 entries.The wrappers are slightly browned and slightly damaged at the head of the spine, internally slightly browned and some pages have come loose from the glued spine. Otherwise in good condition.l WorldCat 7523778. Orange printed paper wrappers. With the title on the front wrapper in a printed decorative frame. Pages: [2], 48 pp.

First and only edition, printed in Pondicherry (now Puducherry) during the French colonial time, of a medical study of the various populations of Puducherry, by N. Huillet, a medical doctor in service of the French navy and a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. It describes for the first time the different populations coexisting in the city of Pondicherry from the point of view of hygiene: food, homes, clothes, games, sports, various exercises, etc. As one would expect in a European report at this date, it classifies the population according to three racial categories: "white", "mixed" and "Indian".The present work provides a great deal of detailed information on daily life in French India. It describes the city and climate of Pondichery, which was divided in three sectors based on race. Many different diseases that the different population groups suffered are described at length and in detail. Furthermore Huillet goes into the housing standards, hygienic conditions, diets and exercise of the inhabitants. Lastly he adds a similar survey of the population of the Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu.A very rare publication found only in five French libraries and the University of California (WorldCat records this last only in the entry for the electronic version).Owner's inscription on half-title and title-page, stamp on title-page: "Docteur Cordes, Geneve 1891". Half-title slightly damaged, a piece off a corner of the last page. Otherwise in very good condition.l WorldCat 489979586 (5 copies); cf. JIPMER golden jubilee report, 2014. Modern wrappers. Pages: 272 pp.

First edition of an economic survey of the VOC (Dutch East India Company) trading posts and possessions in Asia. As might be expected it centres on Indonesia, but also discusses the activities of the Dutch in other places at length: Ceylon, "one of the main possessions"; Coromandel, where the Dutch brought all goods from the smaller trading posts to their outpost and regional capital Nagapattinam (a woman governed the region!); Malabar, exporting no less than 2 million pounds of pepper, cardamom and other spices yearly; Surat, "a complete disorder".The book provides detailed information about the social-political structures of these trading posts, the valuable goods and materials that the country produces and the way the Dutch operate with the local population. The author is very critical of the abuses in the Dutch East Indies, an observation that was ahead of his time.A French translation (État présent des Indes Hollandaises, contenant une peinture varie et fidelle du gouvernement) appeared most likely in the same year. Landwehr suggests that the two were published simultaneously and may have been printed in Amsterdam.With a manuscript list of readers from a Haarlem reading society, beginning on 28 March 1780, on the back of the front wrapper, supporting the date ca. 1780 in the literature. The list includes the names of prominent Haarlemmers: Joh. Enschede (2x), A. Hugaart Heems, Pieter Klaarenbeek and others. Wrappers and leaves slightly frayed, title-page slightly soiled. Otherwise in good condition.l Cat. NHSM I, 506; Landwehr, VOC 1596; Rouffaer, p. 62. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. With a decoration on the title-page, headpiece and factotum all built up from rococo typographic ornaments. Pages: 80 pp.

First edition of a very rare work with letters concerning Mauritius. The letters, which date from 1740-1758, were written by Louis Charles Grant, baron de Vaux (dates of birth and death unknown) and Bertrand-François Mahé, comte de la Bourdannais (1699-1753). They offer a unique insight into daily life on the island and the conflicts between the British and French colonial administrations.Bertrand-François Mahé was a naval officer who worked for the French East India Company. He was the governor of Mauritius from 1735-1740. In 1744, he led a military expedition to take the city of Madras, India, from the British. The battle was inconclusive and both armies withdrew. The French, again led by Mahé, returned for a surprise attack in 1746. The British could not defend the poorly constructed fortifications and surrendered, leaving the French in control of the city for the next few years. This work contains an account of these events, partly in Mahé's own words, and complete with a large map of Madras.Louis Charles Grant was the governor of Mauritius from 1740-1758 and corresponded with Mahé during this time. His letters are remarkable, because they not only detail the battle of Madras, but also describe the plantations, as well as the wildlife, the climate, the inhabitants and the resources on the island.Sir John Pope Hennessy (1834-1891), who compiled this work based on the translations of Grant's son, was the governor of Mauritius from 1883-1889, when it was a British colony. Henessey writes in his introduction that in the colonial histories of the western European countries, no other expedition can compare to the one Mahé led from Mauritius to Madras. According to him, these letters "give the fullest details we possess of the planning and fitting out of this expedition." Henessey's introduction offers extra historical information and adds a different point of view to the letters, making this work a valuable and complete overview of a turbulent period in French and British colonial history.The edges of the boards are scuffed and the leather rubbed. The front flyleaf is folded and the folded map shows a horizontal tear in the middle, but without loss. Overall in good condition.l WorldCat 903231391, 560035315 (9 copies); cf. Cunniah, Les mutations écologiques et les conditions sociales relevées par Louis-Charles Grant à l'île de France (1740-1748). In: Revue historique de l'ócean Indien, 11, 2014, pp. 423-435; not in: Francis Edwards, Catalogue of books on Africa Contemporary half gold- and blind-tooled red calf, decorated (pseudo-marbled) paper sides. With the author and title lettered in gold on the spine. With a large, folding engraved map (43x59 cm). Pages: [2], X, 192, VI pp.

3 volumes. First edition of the French translation of one of the first exhaustive works on the kingdom of Kabul, now known as Afghanistan, and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary and India. First published in English in 1815, it was written by a British official, Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859). Elphinstone was sent to the kingdom of Kabul by the rulers of British India in 1808, to discuss with the Shah the possibilities of a mutual defence against Napoleonic France. Elphinstone, as a consequence, was the first Englishman to visit Peshawar, the traditional winter residence of the rulers of Kabul, which was also the terminus of all trade routes from east to west. The meeting was concluded by a treaty of friendship (7 June 1809), the Shah promising to oppose the passage of foreign troops through his country. Before this could be ratified, however, the Shah was driven off the throne by his brother.The book opens with a short history of Afghanistan that ends with the coming of the English in 1809. It gives a good impression of Afghan society at the beginning of the 19th century, when Afghanistan was still virtually unknown in Western Europe.Some foxing in text, otherwise in good condition and wholly untrimmed. Wrappers have only some minor wear to the ends of the spines and some very slight soiling, but are still very good.l Chadenat 822; Colas 961; Lipperheide 1483. Original publisher's printed wrappers, each volume with wood engraved illustrations on front, back and spine. Preserved in a modern gold-tooled green morocco box. With 14 engraved plates depicting various costumes, lords on horseback, etc., all beautifully coloured by hand. Pages: XLIV, 189 [3]; [4], 222, [2]; [4], 223 [1] pp.

The only known copy of the only known work by Welsh missionary in India Thomas Evans. He likely wrote and published this book, offering words of comfort based on Christian scripture, while he was on medical leave in Mussoorie, making the book a very rare specimen of nineteenth century provincial printing in India. Thomas Evans (1826-1906) was a Welsh missionary working for the Baptist Missionary Society in India from 1855 until his death in 1906. Shortly after his arrival in India, he started learning Hindi and subsequently became known as an open-air preacher. In 1861 after moving to Delhi, he was invited to join the government as secretary of the famine fund to relieve suffering caused by the draught of the previous year. Evans suffered from various health issues, which only worsened during his open-air preaching and other missionary work around India. He was granted furlough several times on account of his health. On some of these occasions he returned to visit Wales and on others he chose to stay in India, for example during the 1880's in Mussoorie. Evans's poor health and the passing of his first wife, among other things, might have caused sadness and sorrows to have been a constant burden on his mind. In his Words of comfort and caution to the sad and sorrowing, he appealed to those in pain not to despair and brood over one's sorrows and trials (p. 20) but to face it head on and deal with whatever causes the sorrow. His son-in-law, David Hooper, published Evans's biography, titled A Welshman in India: a record of the life of Thomas Evans., in 1908.With an owner's inscription on the front wrapper in brown ink: "Mr. Jenkins". Wrappers worn, with a tear in the back wrapper, internally slightly browned, otherwise in good condition.l Not in WorldCat; for the author: D. Ben Rees (ed.), Vehicles of grace and hope: Welsh missionaries in India, 1800-1970, p. 47. Original publisher's printed wrappers. Pages: 28 pp.

Rare first edition, probably printed in Batavia, of the sentence against Mr. Petrus Vuyst, Governor of Ceylon between 1726 and 1729, pronounced by the Council of Justice at Batavia on 19 May 1732. Vuyst had sentenced 19 innocent people to death and mistreated and tortured many others. He faced trial for these severe charges, was found guilty and consequently executed at Batavia's castle on 3 June, 1732.Three other editions appeared in Holland, all printed after this original edition ("Na een origineel Copy van Batavia, zoo en gelyk het den gevangene is voorgelese" (Landwehr 1012-1014). Very good copy.l Landwehr & V.d. Krogt, VOC 1011; STCN (2 copies); cf. Knuttel 16915-16916. Contemporary blue wrappers. Pages: 12 pp.

3 text volumes and 1 atlas volume. First French edition of Alexander Burnes's Travels into Bokhara, translated from the English by Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès (1767-1846). It details a voyage through Lahore (Punjab, Pakistan), Kabul (Afghanistan), Balkh (then part of Persia/Iran, now in Afghanistan), Bukhara (Uzbekistan) and back through Persia in the years 1831 to 1833. Burnes (1805-1842), a Scottish explorer, learned Hindi and Persian while serving the British East India Company in India. King William IV of England sent him on the present voyage to Punjab. His detailed and well-illustrated account of these regions, still little known to Europeans, lead to his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society and other honours. "It is noteworthy for the freshness and acuteness of its descriptions and, given the times, the relatively cosmopolitan outlook of its author" (Prior). The text volumes foxed and the bindings rubbed. Atlas volume with a small marginal worm hole in the title-page and some marginal foxing, but in good condition, mostly untrimmed. The wrappers are browned, especially around the edges, where they are chipped, and the back wrapper is detached.l Brunet I, col. 1409; WorldCat (5 copies); for the author: Prior, "Burnes, Sir Alexander (1805-1841)", in: ODNB (online ed.). Contemporary gold-tooled half sheepskin, chemical-marbled sides, marbled edges (text volumes), original publisher's letterpress-printed brown paper wrappers, with the title repeated on the front and a wreath and colophon on the back, each in the same decorative border built up from cast fleurons and thick-thin rules (atlas volume). With 11 numbered lithographed plates (1 folding) showing costumes of the regions, medals and engraved stones, topographic views, archaeological sites, etc., and a large folding engraved map (37 x 51 cm, not counting the captions and an extension beyond the top border) with the routes hand-coloured in red and orange. Pages: [3], [1 blank] pp. plus plates.

The original designs for the alterations to the chapter library at Verona, situated in the Church of St. Helena, abutting the famous Cathedral of San Zeno (the common wall appears in the drawings). The alteration was ordered by Scipione Maffei (1675-1755) and Jacopo(?) Muselli and executed by the architect Lodovico Perini; it was finished in 1726. In 1713 Maffei, a leading scholar, poet and man of letters, had made a remarkable discovery in the library: in its old cupboards he found late-classical and early Christian manuscripts from the 5th to 9th century, stored there centuries earlier, apparently to protect them against danger of flooding of the river Adige. On the basis of these old manuscripts and helped by the Canon Carlo Carinelli, Maffei formulated a completely new and epoch-making theory regarding the development of the Latin script in three variants: the Roman majuscule, the minuscule and the cursive hand, showing an uninterrupted evolution from Roman Antiquity to the Renaissance. Maffei published the results of his studies in his Istoria diplomatica (1727) and Verona illustrata (1742). The rediscovery of these old manuscripts also resulted in a revival of Patristic studies and many new editions of the works of the Church Fathers.With some faint stains near the fore-edges (an one edge of the loosely inserted drawing) and a couple rust spots in the paper, but still in very good condition. Contemporary stiff paper wrappers. With 4 architectural drawings, 3 double-page (ca. 37 x 50 cm at a scale of about 1:60) and 1 loosely inserted full-page (24 x 35 cm at a scale of about 1:107), skillfully drawn in brown ink and several shades of grey watercolour. Two of the double-page drawings are elevations (1 partly in cross-section), the other 2 drawings are floor plans, each plan with a folding flap tipped on showing the plan of a higher level.

Rare edition of the Acts of the Apostles in Kosraean (Kusaiean), spoken on the islands of Kosrae, the Caroline Islands and Nauru. The translation is by Benjamin G. Snow, a pioneer of Micronesian Mission. He settled in Kosraea in 1852 and published several translations of parts of the New Testament from 1862 until his death in 1880, all printed at Honolulu.The printer of the present booklet, Henry M. Whitney, was born at Waimea in 1824. He was educated in the United States, where he became acquainted with the printing trade, working as foreman in the printing office of Harpers & Bros, New York. Upon his return to Hawaii, Whitney became the editor of the newspaper Polynesian. He later founded an independent newspaper at Honolulu and imported the first power press to Hawaii.In very good condition.l WorldCat 950951212 (2 copies); cf. Darlowe & Moule 6036-6045 (other Kosraean translations by Snow); for Whitney: The Independent vol. XVIII, no. 2894, August 18, 1904. Stab-sewn in contemporary marbled wrappers (nonpareil pattern). Rebacked with brown cloth. Pages: 63, [1 blank] pp.