Travel
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Shaw, ThomasTravels or observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant.At the Theatre, Oxford, 1738
During the period of his chaplaincy at Algiers from 1720 to 1733, Shaw travelled in Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus and through much of North Africa. His work is valuable for its accurate descriptions of antiquities, geography and the natural history specimens he observed. First Edition. Description: Bound in contemporary calf, spine with 6 raised bands ruled…
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G.E. Ruffles[Victorian Travel Book]Felixstowe, 1898
![G.E. Ruffles[Victorian Travel Book]Felixstowe, 1898](https://finevirtualfairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ruffles_sketchbook-6.jpg)
A nice Victorian travel book of twenty-four original watercolour drawings dated 1898–1902. Description: Original beige cloth binding, titled on front cover Ilfracombe 1898, Scotland 1901 and Wales 1902. Bookbinder’s label on the front paste-down. Obl. octavo: 14 × 24 cm; pp. 24ll., [1 loosely inserted]. 24 watercolour drawings on Whatman’s handmade drawing paper. ¶ Provenance:…
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La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup, Comte deCharts and plates to La Pérouse’s voyage.G. G. & J. Robinson, London, 1798 [1799]
![La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup, Comte deCharts and plates to La Pérouse’s voyage.G. G. & J. Robinson, London, 1798 [1799]](https://finevirtualfairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/perouse_voyage_autour_monde-2.jpg)
Atlas to the English edition of the report of the famous voyage around the world by La Pérouse, who – in addition to Bougainville and Cook – contributed decisively to the exploration of the Pacific region. Without the two text volumes. Description: Contemporary quarter calf with marbled paper boards. Flat spine lettered and decorated in…
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Mayer, LuigiViews in Egypt, from original drawings of the possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, taken during his embassy to Constantinople. R.[obert] Bowyer, London, 1801
![Mayer, LuigiViews in Egypt, from original drawings of the possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, taken during his embassy to Constantinople. R.[obert] Bowyer, London, 1801](https://finevirtualfairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/mayer_views_egypt-21.jpg)
First edition of this splendid work with views of Egypt. An attractive copy of Thomas Milton’s engravings of Mayer’s original drawings commissioned by Robert Ainslie. Description: Contemporary calf, with 6 raised bands decorated with gilt double fillet ruling, gilt title on gilt-tooled label. Marbled endpapers. Folio: 48 × 34 cm; [2]ll., 102pp., [1]ll. With 48…
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Grandpré, L.[ouis Ohier de]Voyage à la côte occidentale d’Afrique, fait dans les années 1786 et 1787; contenant la description des moeurs, usages, lois, gouvernement et commerce des états du Congo. Suivi d’un voyage fait au Cap de Bonne Esperance.Dentu, Paris, 1801
![Grandpré, L.[ouis Ohier de]Voyage à la côte occidentale d’Afrique, fait dans les années 1786 et 1787; contenant la description des moeurs, usages, lois, gouvernement et commerce des états du Congo. Suivi d’un voyage fait au Cap de Bonne Esperance.Dentu, Paris, 1801](https://finevirtualfairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/grandpre_voyage_1801-4.jpg)
First edition of Grandpré’s account of his 1786–87 trading expedition along the West African coast. Description: 2 vols., bound in contemp. mottled calf, with board edges in gilt, flat spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Octavo: 20 × 13 cm; pp.: (vol.1): [2]ll., 32, xxviii, 226; (vol.2): [2]ll., 320. With 13 engravings (8 folded plates…
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Bougainville, Louis AntoineVoyage autour du monde, par la frégate du roi la Boudeuse, et la flûte l’Etoile; en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769.Saillant & Nyon, Paris, 1771
First edition of Louis Antoine de Bougainville’s account of his famous circumnavigation between 1766 and 1769. Description: Near contemp. green and brown morocco, separated with gilt fillet; spine with 4 raised bands decorated with gilt fillets; gilt titling on spine. Brown marbled endpapers. Quarto: 27 × 20 cm; [4] ll., 417, [3] pp. With 20…
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TALES OF THE ANGLER’S ELDORADO NEW ZEALAND
ZANE GREY Signed 1st Edition Signed by Author. 1st Edition. About very good. First edition. 4to. viii, (2),228pp. Blue cloth stamped in blind & gilt. Illustrated with photographic plates and pen sketches. Photographic endpapers printed in orange. Covers bumped and slightly worn, internally very good. The book belonged to P. West, the manager of the…