927 - 1098 FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS
- Each vol. w. royal library stamp ("Bibliotheek van H.M. de Koningin") and "Afgevoerd" on verso first free endpaper. Bindings trifle rubbed and scratched.
= Lipperheide Qc 35; Colas 529; Hiler p.139.
- Bookplate on upper pastedowns. Fine copy.
= Warranted by the author. Colas 1064; Hiler p.313; Pohler III, p.390 (24 plates). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIII.
- Contents loose(ning).
= Colas 1258: "Cet ouvrage (...) sert de biblio-iconographie du costume militaire français"; Lipperheide Qc 39.
Malibran, H. Guide à l'usage des artistes et des costumiers contenant la description des uniformes de l'armée française de 1780 à 1848. Paris, Combet & Cie./ Boivin & Cie., 1904/ 1907, 2 vols., (4),946; 248,(2)p., 211 plates, contemp. unif. hcl. w. paper letterpiece, large 8vo.
- Vol. 1 occas. sl. foxed; vol. 2 foxed more often; one map w. closed tear. Spine-ends sl. worn; vol. 1 backwr. reattached; both vols. turn-ins of protective glassine wrappers attached verso of htitle and and final blank.
- Map w. sm. tear in inner margin, just touching image. All vols. spines dam.; joints (starting to) split; covers rubbed.
Idem. Histoire des révolutions d'Angleterre. Paris, Belin, 1794, new. enl. ed., 4 vols., contemp. unif. marbled calf w. gilt spine and 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.
- All vols. some offsetting from turn-ins; occas. trifle foxed; vol. 3 three lvs. waterst. in outer margin. All vols. backstrips discol. and lacking volumepiece; vols. 2 and 4 frontcover w. chafed spot; vols. 1 and 4 top of spine dam.
- Spine-ends sl. worn. = Attractive floral compositions, in a larger binding than usual.
- Sl. foxed. Rebacked w. use of orig. backstrip. = Tobler p.161ff; Gay 3671 (both listing German editions).
AND 1 other in 2 vols.: C.W. WILSON (ed.), Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. Vol. I and IV (London, ±1880, 2 (of 5) vols., steelengr. maps/ plates, ills., orig. unif. gilt dec. cl., a.e.g., folio).
- A few leaves at the end trifle dampstained. Backstrip and corners worn. = Rare.
- Lacks 10 maps; occas. trifle yellowed.
= Sabin 65405; Tiele 103; NHSM, p.108; Muller, America 1898. The first 7 vols. deal with travels to the East Indies and to Africa (Guinea, Benin, Congo and Angola). The series contains accounts of the voyages and explorations by the Portuguese, English, Dutch and French, with plates depicting local inhabitants, plants and animals, but also customs, fortifications etc.
- Lacks at least 5 plates; general title-p. foxed and w. sm. tear; panorama foxed. Portfolio lacks closing strip and 2 narrow sides.
= The number of plates varies in most copies, with a maximum of 52. Our copy contains, apart from the general fold. panorama: Souvenirs de Pau (title and 4 (of 6) numb. views), Souvenirs des Eaux-Bonnes (title and 9 (of 10) numb. views), Souvenirs des Eaux-Chaudes (title and 6 (of 8) numb. views), Souvenirs de Cauterets (title and 7 numb. views) and Souvenirs des Hautes-Pyrénées (title and 7 views). Copies with this many handcoloured plates are extremely rare.
- Bindings sl. rubbed and occas. w. some sm. dam. spots; vol. 18 sl. worse and upper joint splitting.
= Comprises: Histoire Ancienne (vol. 1-7); Histoire Romaine (vol. 8-15); Traité des Études (vol. 16 and 17); Opuscules (vol. 18).
- Lacks engr. title; the maps sl. yellowed; (sl.) foxed almost throughout. Backstrip worn; joints splitting
= Gumuchian 4990; Colas 2584 (ed. 1830); Hiler p.761 (ed. 1830, prob. erroneously calling for 79 plates). With worldmap and maps of Europe, Russia, France, England, Asia (3x), Africa and America (3x). The plates mainly depicting costumes, also some views.
- The map w. closed tears and tipped onto lower pastedown; sl. yellowed and foxed.
= Sloos 840-01; Pohler II, p.309. First published in 1824.
- Without vol. 3-6 and atlas vol.; occas. trifle foxed.
= Cat. (...) des Russica L432; Cohen/ De Ricci p.613. Nicolas-Gabriel Le Clerc served as a military physician in the Russian army from 1769-1777. His magnum opus on Russia consists of 3 parts on ancient and 3 parts on modern Russian history.
- Backstrip worn.
= Austrian diplomat Von Warkotsch visited Moscow three times on behalf of Rudolf II, in order to form an Austro-Russian alliance against the Ottoman Empire.
AND an odd issue of RUSSKAYA STARINA dealing with Russian-Turkish diplomatic relations (n.pl., 1877, without binding, sm. 4to).
- Lacks title and index leaf; first plate sl. foxed/ waterst. Rebacked; backcover scratched and sl. stained; spine-ends and corners bumped.
= Nice album in a luxurious binding. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIV.
AND a leporello souvenir booklet of Moscow (±1890).
- Sl. yellowed and foxed; partly w. extensive pencil annots.
= Lenin's speech at the All-Russian Congress of Soviets in June 1917, published shortly before the October Revolution. Rare, not in Zaleski.
- Tiny (bullet?) hole throughout, on most lvs. closed w. piece of paper; sl. fingersoiled. Wr. sl. yellowed and w. some restored/ strengthened spots (w. paper).
- A few scattered library stamps.
- Some usual foxing. Dam. spot/ dent in frontcover (±4x3 cm.); spine sl. sunned.
= Cat. (...) des Russica S86; Vicaire VII, p.24; Lipperheide Kaa 59 (calling for only 19 plates); Sander 604.