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1749réf. E05292 volumes. 182 pages with fold out frontispiece map and three additional folding engravings; 319 pages with seven folding engravings. half-titles in each title pages improperly marked first volume as second and vice versa. Duodecimo 6 1/2" x 3 1/2" bound in original publisher's full uniform contemporary French sponged calf with gilt-tooled spines. First French edition after the 1748 English edition. Henry Ellis was a traveler hydrographer and colonial governor returned from Italy in 1746 just in time to find an expedition to search for a north-west passage on the point of sailing. He appears to have been in easy circumstances; his name stands in the list of subscribers to the north-west expedition and he had sufficient interest to get attached to it nominally as agent for the committee and really as hydrographer surveyor and mineralogist the expedition consisting of two vessels the Dobbs galley of 180 and California of 150 tons left Gravesend on 20 May 1746 joined the Hudson's Bay convoy in Hollesley Bay and finally sailed from Yarmouth on the 31st. They parted from the convoy on 18 June made Resolution Island on 8 July and after a tedious passage through Hudson's Straits rounded Cape Digges on 8 August and on the 11th 'made the land on the west side the Welcome in latitude 64° N.' Bad weather drove them to the southward and prevented their doing anything more that season. They wintered in Hayes River in a creek about three miles above Fort York where a quarrel with the agent of the Hudson's Bay Company gave an unwonted piquancy to the dark and weary days. They suffered much from scurvy the prevalence of which Ellis attributes to their having got two kegs of brandy from Fort York for their Christmas merrymaking and in a minor degree to the 'governor' not permitting the Indians to supply them with fresh provisions. On 29 May 1747 the ice broke up and they were able to warp to the mouth of their creek; on 9 June they got down to Fort York. There they were allowed to get some provisions and stores and on the 24th cleared the river and 'stood to the northward on the discovery'. On 1 July each of the two ships sent away her long-boat but owing apparently to some ill-feeling between the two captains without any prearranged plan for working in concert. The consequence was that they separately went over the same ground discovering naming and examining the several creeks and inlets on the west side of Hudson's Bay the double examination perhaps compensating for the confusion arising from the double naming. Before the season closed in they had satisfied themselves that the only possible exit from Hudson's Bay on the west must be through the Welcome and that very probably there was no way out except that on the east by which they had come in. The result may not seem much; but as it served to put an end to the idea that the passage must lie through Hudson's Bay it was at least so much gain to accurate knowledge. After 21 August the weather broke and they decided in council 'to bear away for England without further delay.' On the 29th they entered Hudson's Straits passed Resolution Island on 9 September and arrived at Yarmouth on 14 Octivwe. Ellis's share in the work of the expedition had really been very slender but the reputation of it has been commonly assigned to him by reason of the narrative which he published the following year under the title A Voyage to Hudson's Bay by the DobbsGalley and California in the years 1746 and 1747 for Discovering a North-West Passage 1748; a work which with many valuable observations on tides on the vagaries of the compass and on the customs of the Eskimos a people then practically unknown mingles a great deal of speculation on the certain existence of the passage on magnetism on fogs on rust and other matters all more or less ingenious but now known to be wildly erroneous. Such as it was the book commended its author to the scientific workers of the day and on 8 February 1748-9 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. Possibly in acknowledgment of his scientific labors but more probably by some family interest he was afterwards appointed successively governor of Georgia and of Nova Scotia from which employment he retired about 1770. He seems to have spent his later years as a wanderer on the continent was at Marseilles in 1775 and died at Naples on 21 January 1806. Condition: Some dark spots to spine else a very good copy. Ballard Fils hardcover books
1752réf. 6264BBHalle, Johann Justinus Gebauer, 1752. 4°. (48) 688 S. Mit 1 gest. Frontispiz von Schleuen, 1 gest. Vignette, mehreren Holzschnitt-Vignetten, 1 gest. Karte u. 41 gest. Tafeln. Pergamentband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückenschild. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, A|B|C|D 1. und 2. Teil in 1 Band (von 2).
1752réf. 6264BB1. und 2. Teil in 1 Band (von 2). Halle, Johann Justinus Gebauer, 1752 4°. (48) 688 S. Mit 1 gest. Frontispiz von Schleuen, 1 gest. Vignette, mehreren Holzschnitt-Vignetten, 1 gest. Karte u. 41 gest. Tafeln. Pergamentband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückenschild.
1881réf. 10061DBLeipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1881. 8°. 21,5 cm. VIII, 559 (1) Seiten. Blauer Original-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Rücken- und Deckeltitel.
1830réf. 2192Paris, Ch. Piquet, 1830. Texte + Atlas, complet. In-12, 10,5 x 17,5 cm (texte) ; In-folio oblong, 36 x 28 cm. Reliure postérieure pastiche en demi-veau fauve et coins crème en vélin, dos lisse orné de filets à froid et roulettes dorées, pièce de titre en maroquin noir, tranches du volume de texte marbrées. viii, 238 pp. ; 21 pl. (atlas). Deuxième édition, publiée la même année que l’originale. « La première édition de cet Aperçu a été envoyée à l’armée expéditionnaire d’Afrique. On trouvera, à la fin de celle-ci, quelques plans nouveaux, et, dans le texte ou en appendice, quelques additions que de nouvelles recherches nous ont mis à même de présenter au lecteur ». L’atlas contient 7 cartes ou plans gravés, dont 6 dépliants (2 établis d’après les relevés du Capitaine Boutin) et 14 planches lithographiées, dont plusieurs issues de la collection du Colonel Rottiers représentant des vues et des costumes, le tout monté sur onglets.« Ouvrage publié par le Dépôt Général de la Guerre à l'usage de l'armée expéditionnaire d'Afrique, qui quitta le port de Toulon le 25 mai 1830, en direction d'Alger. Il fut rédigé par le géographe Charles Piquet, en grande partie d'après le rapport du capitaine Boutin, envoyé en mission d'espionnage, en 1808, dans la régence d'Alger ». Gay, 852 et 873 ; Tailliart, 1455. Ex-dono JJL de Querelles sur la première carte.
1757réf. 1407Paris, de l'imprimerie de Didot, 1757. In-4 - 20x26cm. Reliure de l’époque en plein veau marbré, dos à 5 nerfs orné caissons et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges. 4ff, 471pp. Exemplaire complet de son frontispice, 36 vignettes et de ses 5 cartes. Jacques Nicolas Bellin entra au Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine peu après la création de celui-ci, en 1721, et y passa toute sa vie. Nommé ingénieur hydrographe en août 1741, il incarne le type même du géographe en chambre car il ne voyagea jamais lui-même et se borna à travailler sur les documents qui lui étaient fournis par les navigateurs. Il a compilé en cinquante ans d’activité une masse énorme de connaissances géographiques de son temps en plagiant bien souvent les travaux des marins comme d’Après Mannevillette qui déposa à ce propos une plainte à l’Académie des Sciences. Il a publié 59 cartes de toutes les régions du monde, réunies en volumes sous le titre d’ « Hydrographie française » (1753) puis en 1764 le « Petit Atlas Maritime » en 5 volumes qui fut pendant plusieurs décennies le bréviaire des navigateurs. Auteur d’une « Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre la géographie » (1769), il fut membre de l’Académie de Marine et de la Société royale de Londres. (Taillemite)
réf. 220056Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1867 6 vol. in-4, nbx plans et cartes en couleurs, demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs (reliure de l'époque). Dos passé.
réf. 222758Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1867 6 vol. in-4, nbx plans et cartes en couleurs, demi-chagrin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs, tête dorée (reliure de l'époque). Dos un peu passé avec de petites traces noires, qqs épid. sans gravité.
réf. 234305Paris, Panckoucke, 1819-1820 7 vol. in-8, veau fauve, dos lisse orné, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Dos un peu frotté mais bon exemplaire.
18474to [32 x 25 cm]; xx, 452, [ii, errata and additions, often lacking] pp, engraved view Cape of Good Hope, 17 plates including four folding, other illus, tables. contemporary blind-stamped full calf, gilt spine title lettering, all edges gilted, rubbed, joints cracking with repair, few leaves lightly foxed including few plates, inscription & bookplate on endpaper, very good clean copy with nice wide margins. A pic Most plates include several figures including some of instruments and equipment. Norman 1056: 'With this monumental survey of the stars of the southern hemisphere, Herschel completed the task begun by his father William, who fifty years earlier had catalogued the northern celestial hemisphere. Using a twenty foot reflecting telescope, which he erected just south of Cape Town, Herschel swept the whole of the southern sky, cataloging nebulae, cluster and binary stars, carrying out the counts of over 68,000 stars.. . . he made detailed drawings and maps.' Honeyman 1663: 'The first great star-atlas of the southern hemisphere'. Includes a chapter on Halley's comet. Norman Catalogue 1056.
1716réf. BB0841Paris: chez Jean-Geoffroy Nyon quay de Conti au coin de la rue Guenegaud au Nom de Jesus Etienne Ganeau rue Saint Jacques aux Armes de Dombes vis-à-vis la Fontaine de S. Severin Jacque Quillau imprimeur-juré-libraire rue Galande aux Armes de l'Université 1716. First Edition. A defective first edition missing one map and one plate of this classic in the literature of Pacific voyages of exploration. 4to: xiv2982pp with 35 of 37 maps plans and plates 18 of which are folding; ornamental engraved vignettes and woodcut musical notation in the text never bound in were the map of Détroit de le Maire no. v and the plate of Indiens en habits simples no. ix; plate xvi was bound in twice. Contemporary calf spine richly gilt in six compartments brown leather lettering piece gilt "Caissotti" in gilt script on upper board all edges stained red marbled end papers red silk page marker. An exceptional wide-margined copy text maps and plates fresh and clean marred only by a stain in the gutter of first three leaves. Provenance: copper-engraved bookplate "Il Cittadino / Carlo Giac. Caissotti." Sabin 25924. Borba de Moraes 328. Hill p. 115. Leclerc 1736. Palau 94964. Gibson's Library p. 128. Item #BB0841. Frézier set sail in 1712 with a French commission to assess the strength of Spanish settlements on the Pacific coast and to revise existing charts. According to Hill he "brought back information of considerable geographical and scientific value" to later navigators and his account is today appreciated for its keen observations of the customs commerce and natural historyincluding the cotton and strawberry plantsof Chile Peru and Tierra del Fuego. It's interesting to note that Frezier's surname was itself derived from fraise the French for strawberry. The chapters on Indian and Creole life include descriptions of costume and architecture as well as musical instruments. The folding plans of cities visited are often enhanced by panoramic views as in the case of Callao Concepción Valparaíso La Serena Salvador de Bahía and Angra Azores. Amongst the most important plates are the general map of the expedition the Strait of Lemaire Valdivia Bahía de an Vicente Santiago de Chile Lima and Bahía de Todos los Santos. An immediate success the work was soon translated into English and German and republished several times in the eighteenth century. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. chez Jean-Geoffroy Nyon, quay de Conti, au coin de la rue Guenegaud, au Nom de Jesus, Etienne Ganeau, rue Saint Jacques, aux Arm unknown
1783réf. BB0692In Venezia Venice: Nella stamperia Gatti a spese di Leonardo e Giammaria Fratelli Bassaglia 1783. Original Wraps. Fine. Second Venice Edition of Antonio Pillori's translation of Robertson's standard work on the discovery of America and the conquest of Mexico and Peru. Demy 8vo 202 x 136mm: xxiv240pp with frontispiece portrait of Columbus and large folding map of Gulf of Mexico showing Florida Cuba Jamaica and farther Caribbean islands; 25-328pp with frontispiece portrait of Bartolomé de las Casas and folding map of South America; 23-359 p. 181 misnumbered "281"; p. 304 "204"1pp with frontispiece portrait of Cortés and folding map of Mexico; 42951pp with frontispiece portrait of Pizarro and large folding map of Middle America. Original paper-case bindings with yapped edges manuscript titles and volume numbers to spines text block sewn on tawed tongs vol. iv with modern replacements. Worming to upper cover portrait title page and map margins of vol. iv now expertly restored by a paper conservationist. A remarkably fresh wide-margined set in original paper-case bindings complete in four volumes eight books as issued with all four folding maps colored in outline by a contemporary hand as the John Carter Brown Library copy. Borba de Moraes p. 740-41 first edition. Sabin 71997 noting the Venice editions of 1778 and 1802 only. Originally published in two volumes in 1777 by Strahan and Cadell in London and Balfour in Edinburgh "to a very positive reception" ODNB; first Venice edition published in 1778. "Its success" according to the ODNB "was even more marked on the continent where it was considered Robertson's masterpiece . . . With its dramatic sweep of narrative combined with a provocative confrontation of two very different stages of civilization Spanish and Native American and a prose that was more flexible and evocative than that of his earlier books the History of America is often regarded as Robertson's most interesting original and even Romantic work. However it also shows the Eurocentric limits of his stadial thinking because it presents an unsympathetic account of Native Americans and glosses over Spanish atrocities." Borba de Moraes credits Roberston with writing the "first history of the discovery and Spanish conquest of America based on ample bibliographical information and documents in the Simancas archives. . . . The bibliography at the end of the second volume is remarkable for the time." Franklin D. Roosevelt owned the first Venice edition. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Nella stamperia Gatti a spese di Leonardo e Giammaria Fratelli Bassaglia unknown
1950réf. 34823London: John Murray. First Edition; Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Near fine but for foxing to prelims and former owner's name John RLMalholm Christchurch N.Z. 1961 inked on the ffep with other signatures on the verso of the ffep the half title page the copyright page and the dedication page. The dust jacket is good only with chips one removing the first word of the title on the spine creases and soiling to the rear wrap. The words "Seventh Printing" are printed on the spine. This later printing contains 34 ink signatures occuring on four leaves evidently gathered during the 1961-62 USARP U.S. Antarctic Research Program season. 3 distinct scientific parties are represented here: an Ellsworth Land geophysical traverse led by USGS Geophysicist John C. Behrendt; The Camp Sky-Hi ionospheric research station; and the McMurdo Station science hub. Of the 34 signatures on this book roughly two dozen tentatively can be matched to documented personnel of that era. A striking number of these names correspond to men for whom Antarctic mountains glaciers and other features have since been officially named. More information on these men is available on request. aided by Perplexity; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 219 pages . 1950. John Murray hardcover
1950réf. 34823London: John Murray. First Edition; Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Near fine but for foxing to prelims and former owner's name John RLMalholm Christchurch N.Z. 1961 inked on the ffep with other signatures on the verso of the ffep the half title page the copyright page and the dedication page. The dust jacket is good only with chips one removing the first word of the title on the spine creases and soiling to the rear wrap. The words "Seventh Printing" are printed on the spine. This later printing contains 34 ink signatures occuring on four leaves evidently gathered during the 1961-62 USARP U.S. Antarctic Research Program season. 3 distinct scientific parties are represented here: an Ellsworth Land geophysical traverse led by USGS Geophysicist John C. Behrendt; The Camp Sky-Hi ionospheric research station; and the McMurdo Station science hub. Of the 34 signatures on this book roughly two dozen tentatively can be matched to documented personnel of that era. A striking number of these names correspond to men for whom Antarctic mountains glaciers and other features have since been officially named. More information on these men is available on request. aided by Perplexity; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 219 pages . 1950. John Murray hardcover books
1928réf. 000893SAN PEDRO CALIFORNIA CA. Good. 1928. On offer is a fascinating vintage collection autograph materials an ALS clippings and maps of Congressional Medal of Honor winner Admiral Richard Byrd's First Antarctic Expedition 1928-30. Included are original newspaper clippings from The New York Times including a full page from May 19 1929 headline "What Byrd's Men Do In The Antarctic Night" with photographs of one of Byrd's planes his two ships the Headquarters Hut the setting sun and radio equipment and antennas. Also included; an 8pp rotogravure section from May 4 1930 illustrating "Admiral Byrd's Great Adventure in the Antarctic" with numerous photographs of Little America including the expedition members landscapes polar life and much more; also a column-length article relating to his second expedition headlined "Byrd's Ship Bear To Sail Tomorrow" 1933-35; two color maps approx 28"x20" one a 1930 Geographic Society detailed lithograph of the "Antarctic Regions" with insets of "Byrd's South Pole Flight" "King Edward VII Land" "Part of Marie Byrd Land" and "Antarctic Archipelago" indicating routes of various explorers including Admunsen and Shackleton; and the other a 1933 "Little America Aviation and Exploration Club Map Used by Admiral Byrd exclusively on both of his Antarctic Expeditions" courtesy of "The Tide Water Oil Co." Also present is letterhead of the Freeport NY Order of Elks signed by eight members of both the first and second expeditions with second page penned in another hand adding further information; plus an ALS by expedition member ARTHUR B. CREAGH San Pedro CA Sep 28 1930 to Albin Johnson "Part Exalted Ruler" of the Order of Elks in Freeport. Creagh thanks him "for the wonderful time you and your brother Elks gave us that night at Freeport Long Island on our return from the Byrd's South Pole Expedition " accompanied by original mailing envelope. Lastly a lengthy printed Washington Bureau biographical printed pamphlet 4pp 7"x8½" by Ruth Robertson entitled "A Brief Account of Read Admiral Byrd's Flights Over the North and South Poles and Other Achievements". The newspaper clippings are generally toned and brittle the photogravure in particular is fragile. All evidence usual folds with occasional partial fold separations with only small paper loss. Letter is in excellent condition. All have been preserved in large vintage envelope. This period collection of historic content remains an important reflection of the early exploration of Antarctica by America's foremost explorer of the time. G.; English; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION TRAVEL CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR EXPLORER AMUNDSEN SHACKLETON ELKS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL PERSONAL HISTORY RELIGION ROYALTY NOBILITY CALLIGRAPHY PAPAL VATICAN CATHOLIC ROMAN CATHOLIC ECCLESIASTICantiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento Manuscrito . unknown
1843réf. E01482 volumes. xxxvii23878 ad pages with frontispiece woodcuts in text and 7 steel-engraved plates; vi2474 pages with frontispiece woodcuts in texts and 10 steel-engraved plates. Royal octavo 9¼x5½" in publisher's original green cloth spine lettered in gilt covers decorative blind stamped. First Edition. In 1825 Edward Belcher accompanied Frederick William Beechey's expedition to the Pacific and Bering Strait as a surveyor. In 1836. he commanded a surveying ship on the north and west coasts of Africa and in the British seas. Belcher took up the work which Beechey had left unfinished on the Pacific coast of South America. He was on board the bomb vessel HMS Sulphur which was ordered to return to England in 1839 by the Trans-Pacific route. Belcher made various observations at a number of islands which he visited having been delayed by being dispatched to take part in the war in China in 1840. On 26 January 1841 the then Commander Belcher landed on Possession Point at the north shore Hong Kong Island and made the first British survey of Hong Kong harbor. After the war's end in 1842 he reached home and for his services was made a Knight Bachelor in the following year. He was then engaged in HMS Samarang in surveying work in the East Indies the Philippines Geomun-do Port Hamilton and other places until 1847. In 1852 Belcher led the last and largest Admiralty expedition to rescue Sir John Franklin. He was also to look for his former surveying officer in Hong Kong Richard Collinson and Robert McClure whose ships had not been seen after entering the Bering Strait. He did a great deal of sledge exploration rescued McClure and abandoned four of his five ships in the ice. He had five ships: Assistance Belcher Resolute Henry Kellett second mate George Nares the steam tenders PioneerSherard Osborn and Intrepid Leopold McClintock and the depot ship North Star William Pullen. Belcher and one tender were to enter Wellington Channel where Franklin was thought to be while Kellett was to go west to Melville Island and look for Collinson and McClure. North Star was to stay at Beechey Island as a supply base. He left the Nore in April 1850. By early winter Assistanceand Pioneer were frozen in at Northumberland Sound to the north of Wellington Channel while Resolute and Intrepid were frozen in off Melville Island Arctic—the first ships this far west since William Edward Parry in 1819. A great deal of exploration was done by man-hauled sledges. In April 1853 Leopold McClintock and others left the Resolute on sledges and returned 105 days later having covered 1400 miles and discovered Prince Patrick Island. Another party went west and discovered Robert McClure whose ship was frozen in at Mercy Bay. Belcher went north by sledge and found a channel at the northern tip of Devon Island hinting that Franklin might have used it to escape to Baffin Bay. When the ice broke up that summer he pushed his ships up Wellington Channel and became trapped again. By February 1854 Belcher was becoming increasingly worried about the safety of his ships and men. In April he ordered Kellett to abandon his ships and return by sledge to North Star. Belcher abandoned his two ships in late July. Aided by two ships that showed up at Beechey Island Phoenix and Breadalbane the whole party returned to England. Belcher went through a court martial which was automatic for any captain who had lost a ship. He was exonerated but his sword was returned to him 'without observation'. He never again received an active command. Curiously Resolute broke free of the ice and drifted all the way to Davis Strait where it was picked up by an American whaler. Condition: Some staining and wear to covers spines a bit faded ends chipped and worn rear joint of Vol. I with chipping and loss; hinges repaired at endpapers some light foxing and occasional mostly marginal damp staining within the three folding maps which should be loose in a pocket not present; overall good uncommon in the original cloth. Henry Colburn hardcover
1843réf. E01482 volumes. xxxvii23878 ad pages with frontispiece woodcuts in text and 7 steel-engraved plates; vi2474 pages with frontispiece woodcuts in texts and 10 steel-engraved plates. Royal octavo 9¼x5½" in publisher's original green cloth spine lettered in gilt covers decorative blind stamped. First Edition. In 1825 Edward Belcher accompanied Frederick William Beechey's expedition to the Pacific and Bering Strait as a surveyor. In 1836. he commanded a surveying ship on the north and west coasts of Africa and in the British seas. Belcher took up the work which Beechey had left unfinished on the Pacific coast of South America. He was on board the bomb vessel HMS Sulphur which was ordered to return to England in 1839 by the Trans-Pacific route. Belcher made various observations at a number of islands which he visited having been delayed by being dispatched to take part in the war in China in 1840. On 26 January 1841 the then Commander Belcher landed on Possession Point at the north shore Hong Kong Island and made the first British survey of Hong Kong harbor. After the war's end in 1842 he reached home and for his services was made a Knight Bachelor in the following year. He was then engaged in HMS Samarang in surveying work in the East Indies the Philippines Geomun-do Port Hamilton and other places until 1847. In 1852 Belcher led the last and largest Admiralty expedition to rescue Sir John Franklin. He was also to look for his former surveying officer in Hong Kong Richard Collinson and Robert McClure whose ships had not been seen after entering the Bering Strait. He did a great deal of sledge exploration rescued McClure and abandoned four of his five ships in the ice. He had five ships: Assistance Belcher Resolute Henry Kellett second mate George Nares the steam tenders PioneerSherard Osborn and Intrepid Leopold McClintock and the depot ship North Star William Pullen. Belcher and one tender were to enter Wellington Channel where Franklin was thought to be while Kellett was to go west to Melville Island and look for Collinson and McClure. North Star was to stay at Beechey Island as a supply base. He left the Nore in April 1850. By early winter Assistanceand Pioneer were frozen in at Northumberland Sound to the north of Wellington Channel while Resolute and Intrepid were frozen in off Melville Island Arctic—the first ships this far west since William Edward Parry in 1819. A great deal of exploration was done by man-hauled sledges. In April 1853 Leopold McClintock and others left the Resolute on sledges and returned 105 days later having covered 1400 miles and discovered Prince Patrick Island. Another party went west and discovered Robert McClure whose ship was frozen in at Mercy Bay. Belcher went north by sledge and found a channel at the northern tip of Devon Island hinting that Franklin might have used it to escape to Baffin Bay. When the ice broke up that summer he pushed his ships up Wellington Channel and became trapped again. By February 1854 Belcher was becoming increasingly worried about the safety of his ships and men. In April he ordered Kellett to abandon his ships and return by sledge to North Star. Belcher abandoned his two ships in late July. Aided by two ships that showed up at Beechey Island Phoenix and Breadalbane the whole party returned to England. Belcher went through a court martial which was automatic for any captain who had lost a ship. He was exonerated but his sword was returned to him 'without observation'. He never again received an active command. Curiously Resolute broke free of the ice and drifted all the way to Davis Strait where it was picked up by an American whaler. Condition: Some staining and wear to covers spines a bit faded ends chipped and worn rear joint of Vol. I with chipping and loss; hinges repaired at endpapers some light foxing and occasional mostly marginal damp staining within the three folding maps which should be loose in a pocket not present; overall good uncommon in the original cloth. Henry Colburn hardcover books
1774réf. 32872NY: James Rivington. Good with no dust jacket. 1774. Hardcover. 18th Century; Maritime; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 2 17 1 4 2 260p pages; A New Voyage Round The World In The Years 1768 1769 1770 And 1771; Undertaken by Order of his present Majesty performed by Captain James Cooke In the Ship Endeavour Drawn up from his own Journal and form the Papers of Joseph Banks Vol I of 2. Contemp leather. Covers scuffed edgeworn lacking eps and both plates though small part of folding map is present. Foxed some stains. Upper blank margin of 2nd leaf roughly removed list of subscribers losses to printed area of pp67-68 amounting to a dozen words the normal tears to printed area of a few dozen leaves pencil sketches to rear flyleaf and inside of rear cover. Various old ink markings to title page. JCB Annuel Report for 1931 pp. 12-15; Sabin 30936; Evans 13324 Mitchell Library Cook 656; Holmes 9. 2 . Withal a rare and important American edition of Cook's first voyage. Rivington pirated this American edition to undercut the price of the London First Edition in the American market. . James Rivington hardcover
1787réf. E0052Two volumes: xv462 pages with two folding maps; xv430 pages with three folding plates. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" bound in original full leather with black and red labels to spine lettered in gilt. translated from the French by an English gentleman who resided in America at that period ; with notes by the translator. Translated by G. Grieve Watt and Sabin ascribe the translation to J. Kent. Sabin 12229 First Irish edition. Chastellux was a military officer who served during the War of American Independence as a major general in the French expeditionary forces led by general Comte de Rochambeau. Being on general Rochambeau's staff for the duration of the war Chastellux acted as the principal liaison officer between the French commander in chief and George Washington. However the Chevalier de Chastellux was also widely recognized at the time of his campaigns in America as a highly talented man of letters and a member of the French Academy. After arriving in America in July 1780 Chastellux participated to the American Revolutionary War as Major General in the French expeditionary force led by general Rochambeau. During the following year he was third in command of the French forces engaged at the decisive Siege of Yorktown in 1781 where the British were ultimately defeated. Major General de Chastellux was fluent in English and with his strong ideological support of the American cause he served the alliance well. During the latter part of the campaign he was the principal liaison officer between George Washington and French general Rochambeau. Thereafter Chastellux remained a personal friend of George Washington for life. Furthermore the College of William and Mary and the University of Pennsylvania also awarded Chastellux with honorary degrees. After his return to France Chastellux also remained in contact with Thomas Jefferson now the American representative in Paris whom he had previously visited on his Virginia estate at Monticello. Condition: Title page clipped at top corner first fold out map repaired map edges repaired hinges repaired previous owner's names on front paste downs and content pages else a good set. Printed for Messrs. Colles, Moncrieffe, White, H. Whitestone, Byrne, Cash, Marchbank, Heery, and Moore hardcover
1699réf. P1-3K-1Amsterdam, Paul Marret, 1699. 2 tomes en 2 volumes in-12 (160x100mm) de 349 pp et 358 pp., reliure d'époque XVIIIe, demi-veau brun granité, dos à nerfs ornés de fers dorés, pièce de titres. Rare édition originale illustrée de 2 frontispices, 2 pl. hors-texte et 9 planches dépliantes hors-texte gravées dont 3 cartes. François Bernier (1620-1688), médecin et philosophe, disciple de Pierre Gassendi, occupe une place particulière parmi les Européens qui font le voyage vers la Perse et l’Inde au milieu du XVIIe siècle. Ni marchand ni missionnaire, ni militaire ni diplomate, François Bernier voyage par "désir de voir le monde". Et c’est presque par hasard qu’il débarque à Sourate, alors premier port de la côte occidentale de l’Inde, fin 1658 ou début 1659. Bernier va séjourner presque dix ans en Inde où, engagé comme médecin auprès d’un haut fonctionnaire de la cour moghole, il devient un témoin privilégié de la vie politique indienne. Bernier explore une partie du sous-continent indien ; quittant Delhi et Agra il descend le Gange jusqu’à son delta, visite Golconde et le Cachemire. Esprit curieux et critique, il observe avec attention, s’informe et ausculte les pratiques politiques, sociales et religieuses de la société indienne de cette époque. Il est joint une lettre imprimée de Madame de Lenclos à Monsieur de St Evremond, avec la réponse de ce dernier ou il relate une piquante anecdote lors de sa rencontre avec Bernier en le surnommant le "Joli philosophe", surnom qui devait d'ailleurs lui rester. Bon exemplaire.
réf. 197738Paris, Berquet et Pétion, 1842 3 vol. in-8, 4 fac-similés dépl., demi-basane verte, dos à nerfs orné (reliure moderne). Mouillures.
réf. 236613Paris, Berquet et Pétion, 1842 3 vol. in-8, 6 fac-similés dépl., demi-veau prune, dos lisse, filets dorés (reliure de l'époque). Rousseurs.
1779réf. 1399Venetiis (Venise), Apud Franciscum Sansoni, 1779. In-folio - 26,5x37cm. Reliure postérieure (XIXe) en demi-chagrin vert, dos à 4 nerfs orné de filet, pointillés, dentelle et fleurons dorés. (2 ff.) - 608 pp. Ouvrage en latin orné de lettrines et culs-de-lampe. Ultime publication du prêtre jésuite et historien Pierre-Francois-Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761). Il y aborde notamment la colonisation espagnole en Amérique. Cet ouvrage relate l'histoire du Centre de l'Amérique du Sud : Paraguay, Bolivie, Brésil, Uruguay, Argentine. Sabine 12131. Leclerc 1882 : "Cette traduction latine, anonyme, est du Père Dominique Muriel, espagnol. Elle est plus complète que l’édition française. Le Père Muriel y a ajouté de nombreuses notes".Cette édition ne comporte pas de carte. Ouvrage de toute rareté.
1896réf. 58059Adelaide: C.E. Bristow Government Printer 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide C.E. Bristow Government Printer 1896. Foolscap folio 32 pages including Appendix B: Report of the Physical Geography of Central Australia by Professor R. Tate and J.A. Watt plus 24 plates on 13 leaves printed rectos only and a folding meteorological chart 2 folding maps a topographical map of Mount Watt and a Survey of Hermannsburg Mission Station and a very large folding colour map 1210 × 1210 mm. Modern cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; blank bottom margin of the main map slightly creased with one tiny tear expertly sealed; a fine copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper 19 of 1896: only 650 copies printed. Winnecke was the leader of the expedition and in 'the natural order of things these journals and maps should have been published in connection with the scientific and other records of the Horn Expedition as both supplementary and complementary to them'. After a financial disagreement with W.A. Horn the organiser and backer of the venture this did not occur and this first edition was published under the auspices of the South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia in conjunction with the Department of the Minister for the Northern Territory and the Survey Department. McLaren 16973; an octavo edition was published the following year see McLaren 16969 - not noting the very large map. C.E. Bristow, Government Printer hardcover
1717réf. E01353559index pages 36 of 37 maps and copper cuts of the coasts harbor cities plants and other curiosities comprising: 14 plates 3 folding 22 maps charts or plans 14 folding. title page printed in red and black. Printed from the author's original plates inserted in the Paris edition. Lacks the frontispiece map. Royal octavo 9 3/4" x 7 3/4" bound in leather with raised spine bands and red label with gilt lettering. Postscript by Dr Edmund Halley and an account of the settlement commerce and riches of the Jesuits in Paraguay. Palau 94965 Sabin 25926 Nissen ZBI 1433 Hill p117 First English edition. Frézier was educated in Paris and served as lieutenant of infantry from 1702 til 1707 when he entered the engineer corps. In 1712 the government sent him to examine the condition of the Spanish colonies in America. After visiting the principal points in Peru Chili and Brazil he returned to Marseilles. He pointed out several mistakes in the "Relation" of Father Feuille and this led to a bitter controversy between the two travelers. Frézier introduced the large Chili strawberry into France. First published in France in 1714. The first edition into English is preferable to the French original "because it contains Halley's. postscript which corrects certain geographical errors made by Frézier" Hill. "The first part of this book gives an interesting account of the voyage from France around Cape Horn. The second part relates to the voyage along the coasts of Chile and Peru describing the chief towns and cities. Frézier a man of observation brought back information of considerable geographical and scientific value. Much data is included about the native inhabitants. Condition: Rebacked with original spine label laid down; lacking frontispiece map and binder's leaf free endpapers renewed intermittent foxing else a very nice copy. Jonah Bowyer hardcover
