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1995réf. 146579Bundaberg: Corkwood Press 1995. Hardcover. Near fine. Bundaberg Corkwood Press 1995 deluxe facsimile edition/ 1897. Octavo two volumes iv 86 pages with a frontispiece plus 23 plates many reproduced from original negatives or prints and three of them are here reproduced the correct way round for the first time plus a folding chart 2 folding maps and a very large folding map 1210 × 1210 mm loosely housed in a matching portfolio. Half calf and marbled papered boards; spines lightly sunned; a near-fine set. Number 15 of only 30 sets of the deluxe issue from a total edition of 300 out of print soon after publication. 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. The first edition appeared as South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 19 of 1896; it was reissued in this octavo format the following year. 2 items. Corkwood Press hardcover
1994réf. 146592Bundaberg: Corkwood Press 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. Bundaberg Corkwood Press 1994 facsimile edition/ 1896. The facsimile was 'produced in conjunction with the Horn Expedition Commemorative Symposium held at Alice Springs to celebrate the centenary of the Horn expedition'; it was produced with financial support from the Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory. Quarto four volumes ii xviii 220 pages with illustrations and a map plus 11 pages of plates and a large folding map 650 × 615 mm; ii iv 432 pages with illustrations plus 28 pages of plates 1 folding 11 in colour and a corrigenda slip at page 1; vi 204 pages with illustrations plus 9 pages of plates 2 folding; and vi 200 pages with illustrations plus 20 pages of plates 6 folding 4 of them in colour. Half calf and marbled papered boards; spines lightly sunned; a few corners bumped; an excellent set. Number 15 of only 50 sets of the deluxe issue; not stated but we know the entire print run was limited to 500 sets. This copy is complete with the full complement of plates in Volume 4 ten of which are sometimes found excised from this edition 'at the request of Central Australian Aboriginal custodians as they illustrate things persons or events which according to their traditional customs may only be seen by initiated males' from the publisher's note present in these sets; it is our understanding that only sets sold at or through the Horn Expedition Commemorative Symposium held at Alice Springs in 1994 underwent this operation. The purpose of the original scientific expedition sponsored by mining magnate and philanthropist William Austin Horn and with Charles Winnecke as commander and surveyor was to examine the MacDonnell Ranges on the not unreasonable premise that 'when the rest of the Continent was submerged the elevated portions of the McDonnell sic Range existed as an island and that consequently older forms of life might be found in the more inaccessible parts'. This in fact proved not to be the case but the expedition of some fourteen weeks and 2000 miles by camel was an outstanding success. 'It was not the intention . to explore a new region . But in the pursuit of natural history the expedition split into independent groups and explored undiscovered areas thus filling in more of the blank spaces in this vast region' Feeken Feeken and Spate. 'These volumes constitute one of the most substantial contributions in nineteenth-century Australian exploration but perhaps more importantly the expedition is a landmark in anthropological history because it resulted in Baldwin Spencer meeting Frank Gillen' Mulvaney. McLaren 15098 the original edition. 4 items. Corkwood Press hardcover
1994réf. 139514Bundaberg: Corkwood Press 1994. Hardcover. Near fine. Bundaberg Corkwood Press 1994 facsimile edition/ 1896. Quarto four volumes ii xviii 220; ii iv 432; vi 204; and vi 200 pages with numerous illustrations plus 66 pages of plates several folding 13 in colour and a large folding map. Cloth lightly scuffed; a near-fine set. The purpose of this scientific expedition sponsored by mining magnate and philanthropist William Austin Horn and with Charles Winnecke as commander and surveyor was to examine the MacDonnell Ranges on the not unreasonable premise that 'when the rest of the Continent was submerged the elevated portions of the McDonnell sic Range existed as an island and that consequently older forms of life might be found in the more inaccessible parts'. This in fact proved not to be the case but the expedition of some fourteen weeks and 2000 miles by camel was an outstanding success. 'It was not the intention . to explore a new region . But in the pursuit of natural history the expedition split into independent groups and explored undiscovered areas thus filling in more of the blank spaces in this vast region' Feeken Feeken and Spate. 'These volumes constitute one of the most substantial contributions in nineteenth-century Australian exploration but perhaps more importantly the expedition is a landmark in anthropological history because it resulted in Baldwin Spencer meeting Frank Gillen' Mulvaney. Limited to only 500 sets and sold out on publication. 4 items. Corkwood Press hardcover
1994réf. 116302Bundaberg: Corkwood Press 1994. Hardcover. Fine. Bundaberg Corkwood Press 1994 facsimile edition/ 1896. Quarto four volumes ii xviii 220; ii iv 432; vi 204; and vi 200 pages with numerous illustrations plus 66 pages of plates several folding 13 in colour and a large folding map. Cloth; a fine set. The purpose of this scientific expedition sponsored by mining magnate and philanthropist William Austin Horn and with Charles Winnecke as commander and surveyor was to examine the MacDonnell Ranges on the not unreasonable premise that 'when the rest of the Continent was submerged the elevated portions of the McDonnell sic Range existed as an island and that consequently older forms of life might be found in the more inaccessible parts'. This in fact proved not to be the case but the expedition of some fourteen weeks and 2000 miles by camel was an outstanding success. 'It was not the intention . to explore a new region . But in the pursuit of natural history the expedition split into independent groups and explored undiscovered areas thus filling in more of the blank spaces in this vast region' Feeken Feeken and Spate. 'These volumes constitute one of the most substantial contributions in nineteenth-century Australian exploration but perhaps more importantly the expedition is a landmark in anthropological history because it resulted in Baldwin Spencer meeting Frank Gillen' Mulvaney. Limited to only 500 sets and sold out on publication. 4 items. Corkwood Press hardcover
1893réf. 214562大阪. Osaka.: 福井榮之助. Fukui Einosuke. Meiji 26 1893. Handcoloured folding engraving 37.5 x 51cm. A prior owner's name is recorded in brush strokes down the left margin. Few small washi repaired tears two old repaired tears on the reverse some occasional browning particularly at centre fold light staining upper margin intruding a little into the printed image. Overall an attractive copy. Scarce. Lieutenant Colonel Fukushima Yasumasa 1852 – 1919 undertook a remarkable solo horseback expedition across Eurasia in 1892. Starting in Poland he traversed Russia and Siberia on his journey. Stationed in Berlin as a military attaché in 1887 he was tasked with researching the Trans-Siberian Railway under construction by Russia. His successful expedition was followed by further explorations in India and the Balkan Peninsula. This sheet divided into 24 illustrated panels narrates Fukushima's story from his youth to his triumphant return after the expedition. Filled with adventure the story depicts his encounters with both danger and excitement. The narrative unfolds in a clockwise direction starting from the bottom right corner similar to a sugoroku game which this may be but it is uncertain. The central panel featuring a newly erected statue represents the final goal of his journey. Each panel is accompanied by a caption that furthers the story. . 福井榮之助. [Fukui Einosuke]. unknown
1936réf. GG266031936-1940 202 p., 81 figs, 1 col. folded map, roy. 4to, paperbound. Complete volume 2.
1937réf. GG266021937-1939 192 p., 13 figs, 5 pls, 4 (2 col.) maps, roy. 4to, paperbound. Lacks number 4 (= ''The Distribution of Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Sediments from The Arabian Sea'' - 30 p.).
1971réf. 142618Royal Marines Staff 1971. 63024 pp. Quarto. Stiff illustrated card covers staple-bound as issued. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs within the text. Signed by the leader of the expedition M. K. Burley on the front wrapper. Two illustrated envelopes from the expedition with canceled stamps loosely inserted. Several maps including one on the inside of the front wrapper. Some rust from the staples in the latter part of the book. A very good to near fine copy. Official report of the expedition which explored the islands of the Elephant Islands Group in the Antarctic summer of 1970-71. Seems very scarce. 1971 Royal Marines Staff unknown
1977réf. 106929No Place: Printed by the Drawings and Publications Department of H.M.S. Collingwood nd c1977. Softcover. very good. 1st Edition. vi71pp. Quarto in original stiff illustrated card covers stapled with illustration on cover from painting by Keith Shackleton and plates from photos and maps and tables. Inscribed and signed by leader Chris Furse. Official report of the expedition which explored the islands of the Elephant Islands Group in the Antarctic summer of 1976-77. Travelling mainly by canoe between the islands the expedition divided into two main groups to perform scientific observations the Gibbs Island Party and the Clarence Island Party. 1977 Printed by the Drawings and Publications Department of H.M.S. Collingwood paperback
1997réf. 28674Missoula:: Mountain Press Publishing Company 1997. Second Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy with remainder mark to top edge in a Fine dust jacket. Sergeant Patrick Gass was one of the few members of the Lewis and Clark expedition to keep a continuous log of the entire epic journey. His simple and direct wrIting style along with his emphasis on the daily activities of the trip made Gass's journal more accessible to the general reader than other firsthand accounts and revealed the optimistic spirit of the expedition. In this new edition Carol MacGregor's thorough annotation of the journal and the inclusion of Gass's recently discovered personal account ledger lend new insight into the life and work of PatrIck Gass. The Journals of Patrick Gass represents a significant contribution to the study of the Lewis and Clark expedition essential for everyone interested in the history of Western expansion. Mountain Press Publishing Company, unknown
1789réf. 48038Puerto Deseado Argentina. ca. 1789. Two Extraordinary Native American Portraits from the Malaspina Expedition A superb pair of highly finished red chalk portraits of two Patagonians made at Puerto Deseado in southern Argentina during the Malaspina expedition by one of the expedition's artists. The Malaspina Expedition was Spain's single effort at a voyage of exploration and discovery comparable to the great English and French voyages of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. More specifically it was designed to gain geographical knowledge and underpin Spain's territorial claims to the Northwest coast of America. It also had ambitious plans to publish its findings in the tradition of the other great European voyages. The Malaspina voyage is famous for the quality of the scientific material collected not least the anthropological drawings of peoples drawn at their many ports of call accurate and lifelike depictions very much in the tradition of the artists who accompanied James Cook William Hodges and John Webber. The expedition circumnavigated the globe leaving Cadiz on July 30 1789 visiting the coast of Patagonia in November working on the west coast of the Americas in 1790 and 1791 and ultimately returned to Spain in 1794 after a five-year voyage. Although unsigned both portraits offered here have been firmly attributed to voyage artist José de Pozo Ximénez 1757-1821 who made a series of drawings in Patagonia including one sketch in which he and his fellow artist Pineda are depicted in the act of drawing some of the local people. Pozo Ximénez was a native of Seville hired as an expedition painter by the Spanish government in June 1789. At the time of his recruitment he was described as "an excellent subject and perspective painter having a very good education with a wealth of geometry and is very robust for the age of 32" quoted in Puig-Samper p.18. A specialist in perspective and portraits his ethnological work is considered his greatest contribution to the results of the voyage but although Malaspina admired his "accuracy and speed" Journal of the Voyage p.140 the commander became increasingly infuriated with what he saw as the artist's laziness and indifference and forced him to leave the expedition in Callao in May 1790. Although ordered back to Spain Pozo in fact never left Peru founding a school of painting in Lima. The bulk of his Malaspina voyage originals are in the Museo Naval Madrid where much of the original material from the expedition resides. The portraits depict a man and woman drawn during a well-recorded encounter between the Spanish and the Patagonians in December 1789. It can be established that the man is a chief called "Junchar"; and the young woman is apparently the young woman called "Jujana" or "Cátama" who is described in detail in Malaspina's journal as having captivated the Spanish officers. The expedition had reached Puerto Deseado in late 1789 and Malaspina personally describes their interaction with a local tribe of some forty people on three separate occasions pp.85-90. Pozo joined Malaspina on the second of these visits drawing these portraits and a larger sketch of the encounter between the Spanish officers and a large group of Patagonians a sketch which seems to have an each-way bet on whether they were in fact giants: Pozo's Patagonians are strapping but not absurdly tall Serrano plate 36. Indeed it is plausible that the two present portraits are of people who are also in that larger scene: Junchar may be the man with a cloak over one shoulder talking to one of the Spanish men while the young woman could conceivably be the person standing at the far right of the Patagonians with dark eyes and parted hair. What is clear is that both subjects were described in detail by Malaspina personally. Of Junchar he notes: "In general they were all including the women and children very large and solidly built. Their height was not in proportion to their build but they were tall: the cacique Junchar who was carefully measured by Don Antonio Pineda and found to be six Burgos feet and ten inches in height and almost twenty-three inches broad from shoulder to shoulder" p.87. No doubt Junchar was singled out by Pozo because his large stature spoke to the ancient misconception of Patagonians as giants a myth which had gripped the European imagination since the time of Magellan. In a much longer passage Malaspina also describes how they singled out one particular woman to have her portrait taken: a "Patagonian girl aged about fourteen later referred to as Jujana by Malaspina whose good looks great charm and exceptional loquacity had made us choose to portray her rather than the other women was drawn to our attention even more when the time came for them to go ashore" as she struggled to modestly use her poncho to carry away some biscuits and vegetables that had been given to her as a gift p.89. In the catalogue raisonné of the art of the Malaspina voyage Carmen Sotos Serrano located two preliminary gridded sketches of these portraits "Patagon" and "contorno de la Patagone" respectively see cat. 39 and 40. Pozo also did a full-length study of Junchar and two other studies of a second woman with child cat. 41 and 42. All of these sketches are in the Museo Naval in Madrid which collection also includes two later oil paintings of Junchar and the young woman now called "Cátama." The oils were acquired by the museum in 1932. The drawings presently offered were originally in an album or portfolio entitled "Spanish Drawings" which had been acquired by Elizabeth Lady Holland when travelling extensively in Spain between 1802 and 1805. The Whatman paper into which they have been window-mounted for the album is watermarked 1801 confirming this approximate date of acquisition and their having been mounted in an album. Many of the other drawings in the collection were topographical works by another Malaspina voyage artist Fernando Brambila. When the present drawings were sold in the large sale of drawings from Holland House in 1979 they were attributed to Brambila with the rather telling comment that "no comparable drawings by the artist are recorded." However a comparison with the works illustrated by Serrano and a reading of the journals make it clear that Pozo Ximénez is the artist. Because Malaspina quickly fell into official disfavor and with the disruptions of the Napoleonic Wars the extensive planned publications of the expeditions never came to be. Virtually all of the archives of the voyage are now to be found in the Museo Naval in Madrid. These drawings acquired only a few years after the return of the voyage by Lady Holland are thus among the very few original works of the voyage to ever appear in the market. An extraordinary opportunity to acquire two significant portraits of Native Americans from one of the greatest voyages of the Second Age of Exploration. Two red chalk drawings: the young woman on a sheet 228 x 190 mm. paper watermarked with a combined "P" and smaller "L"; the man "Junchar" on a sheet 228 x 195 mm. Both drawings window-mounted probably about 1801 into a larger sheet of Whatman paper with ink borders added. Fine. HOWGEGO I M26. Carmen Sotos Serrano Los Pintores de la Expedicion de Alejandro Malaspina Madrid 1982 cat. 39-42. Miguel Ãngel Puig-Samper "Illustrators of the New World: The Image in the Spanish Scientific Expeditions of the Enlightenment" in Culture and History Digital Journal Vol. 1 no. 2 December 2012 pp.1-28. Andrew David et al. eds. The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794 Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina Vol. 1 Cadiz to Panama London: The Hakluyt Society 2001. unknown
1789réf. 48038Puerto Deseado Argentina. ca. 1789. Two Extraordinary Native American Portraits from the Malaspina Expedition A superb pair of highly finished red chalk portraits of two Patagonians made at Puerto Deseado in southern Argentina during the Malaspina expedition by one of the expedition's artists. The Malaspina Expedition was Spain's single effort at a voyage of exploration and discovery comparable to the great English and French voyages of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. More specifically it was designed to gain geographical knowledge and underpin Spain's territorial claims to the Northwest coast of America. It also had ambitious plans to publish its findings in the tradition of the other great European voyages. The Malaspina voyage is famous for the quality of the scientific material collected not least the anthropological drawings of peoples drawn at their many ports of call accurate and lifelike depictions very much in the tradition of the artists who accompanied James Cook William Hodges and John Webber. The expedition circumnavigated the globe leaving Cadiz on July 30 1789 visiting the coast of Patagonia in November working on the west coast of the Americas in 1790 and 1791 and ultimately returned to Spain in 1794 after a five-year voyage. Although unsigned both portraits offered here have been firmly attributed to voyage artist José de Pozo Ximénez 1757-1821 who made a series of drawings in Patagonia including one sketch in which he and his fellow artist Pineda are depicted in the act of drawing some of the local people. Pozo Ximénez was a native of Seville hired as an expedition painter by the Spanish government in June 1789. At the time of his recruitment he was described as "an excellent subject and perspective painter having a very good education with a wealth of geometry and is very robust for the age of 32" quoted in Puig-Samper p.18. A specialist in perspective and portraits his ethnological work is considered his greatest contribution to the results of the voyage but although Malaspina admired his "accuracy and speed" Journal of the Voyage p.140 the commander became increasingly infuriated with what he saw as the artist's laziness and indifference and forced him to leave the expedition in Callao in May 1790. Although ordered back to Spain Pozo in fact never left Peru founding a school of painting in Lima. The bulk of his Malaspina voyage originals are in the Museo Naval Madrid where much of the original material from the expedition resides. The portraits depict a man and woman drawn during a well-recorded encounter between the Spanish and the Patagonians in December 1789. It can be established that the man is a chief called "Junchar"; and the young woman is apparently the young woman called "Jujana" or "Cátama" who is described in detail in Malaspina's journal as having captivated the Spanish officers. The expedition had reached Puerto Deseado in late 1789 and Malaspina personally describes their interaction with a local tribe of some forty people on three separate occasions pp.85-90. Pozo joined Malaspina on the second of these visits drawing these portraits and a larger sketch of the encounter between the Spanish officers and a large group of Patagonians a sketch which seems to have an each-way bet on whether they were in fact giants: Pozo's Patagonians are strapping but not absurdly tall Serrano plate 36. Indeed it is plausible that the two present portraits are of people who are also in that larger scene: Junchar may be the man with a cloak over one shoulder talking to one of the Spanish men while the young woman could conceivably be the person standing at the far right of the Patagonians with dark eyes and parted hair. What is clear is that both subjects were described in detail by Malaspina personally. Of Junchar he notes: "In general they were all including the women and children very large and solidly built. Their height was not in proportion to their build but they were tall: the cacique Junchar who was carefully measured by Don Antonio Pineda and found to be six Burgos feet and ten inches in height and almost twenty-three inches broad from shoulder to shoulder" p.87. No doubt Junchar was singled out by Pozo because his large stature spoke to the ancient misconception of Patagonians as giants a myth which had gripped the European imagination since the time of Magellan. In a much longer passage Malaspina also describes how they singled out one particular woman to have her portrait taken: a "Patagonian girl aged about fourteen later referred to as Jujana by Malaspina whose good looks great charm and exceptional loquacity had made us choose to portray her rather than the other women was drawn to our attention even more when the time came for them to go ashore" as she struggled to modestly use her poncho to carry away some biscuits and vegetables that had been given to her as a gift p.89. In the catalogue raisonné of the art of the Malaspina voyage Carmen Sotos Serrano located two preliminary gridded sketches of these portraits "Patagon" and "contorno de la Patagone" respectively see cat. 39 and 40. Pozo also did a full-length study of Junchar and two other studies of a second woman with child cat. 41 and 42. All of these sketches are in the Museo Naval in Madrid which collection also includes two later oil paintings of Junchar and the young woman now called "Cátama." The oils were acquired by the museum in 1932. The drawings presently offered were originally in an album or portfolio entitled "Spanish Drawings" which had been acquired by Elizabeth Lady Holland when travelling extensively in Spain between 1802 and 1805. The Whatman paper into which they have been window-mounted for the album is watermarked 1801 confirming this approximate date of acquisition and their having been mounted in an album. Many of the other drawings in the collection were topographical works by another Malaspina voyage artist Fernando Brambila. When the present drawings were sold in the large sale of drawings from Holland House in 1979 they were attributed to Brambila with the rather telling comment that "no comparable drawings by the artist are recorded." However a comparison with the works illustrated by Serrano and a reading of the journals make it clear that Pozo Ximénez is the artist. Because Malaspina quickly fell into official disfavor and with the disruptions of the Napoleonic Wars the extensive planned publications of the expeditions never came to be. Virtually all of the archives of the voyage are now to be found in the Museo Naval in Madrid. These drawings acquired only a few years after the return of the voyage by Lady Holland are thus among the very few original works of the voyage to ever appear in the market. An extraordinary opportunity to acquire two significant portraits of Native Americans from one of the greatest voyages of the Second Age of Exploration. Two red chalk drawings: the young woman on a sheet 228 x 190 mm. paper watermarked with a combined "P" and smaller "L"; the man "Junchar" on a sheet 228 x 195 mm. Both drawings window-mounted probably about 1801 into a larger sheet of Whatman paper with ink borders added. Fine. HOWGEGO I M26. Carmen Sotos Serrano Los Pintores de la Expedicion de Alejandro Malaspina Madrid 1982 cat. 39-42. Miguel Ãngel Puig-Samper "Illustrators of the New World: The Image in the Spanish Scientific Expeditions of the Enlightenment" in Culture and History Digital Journal Vol. 1 no. 2 December 2012 pp.1-28. Andrew David et al. eds. The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794 Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina Vol. 1 Cadiz to Panama London: The Hakluyt Society 2001. unknown books
réf. 239889S.l., s.d. (janvier 1800) in-folio, [10] ff. n. ch., couverts de plusieurs écritures très lisibles, en feuilles.
réf. 222773S.l., s.d. (1800) petit in-8, [4] ff. n. ch., couverts d'une écriture fine, soignée et lisible (environ 20 lignes par page), 13 ff. vierges, en feuilles, reliées par un ruban jaune à noeuds.
1960réf. 15833Paris: Collection de la Societe de Geographie 1960. Very good overall. An image taken by Frank Hurley on the Mawson 1911-14 Australian Antarctic Expedition. One might draw the conclusion that the original image was in the collection of the French geographical society and is reprinted here in a very large format in blue ink the photo of seals and penguins lying on the pack ice. We once thought that it might have been from one of the French expeditions to the Antarctic perhaps Charcot's 4th Antarctic expedition. However Mark Pharaoh manager of the Mawson Centre at the South Australian Museum has confirmed that it is a Hurley image taken on Mawson's 1911-14 expedition. The title "La Banquise" below the image; "Cliche de la Collection de la Societe Geographie / Collection Jean-Pierre Geographie Pittoresque" lower left; lower right "Fernand Nathan Editeur Paris - Tous Droits Reserves". and with one very small thumb tack puncture below the title. 30 1/2 x 20 1/2" Collection de la Societe de Geographie unknown
1904réf. 760631904 Paris, Perrin, 1904, in 8° broché, 430 pages ; non coupé ; portrait en frontispice et carte dépliante.
réf. 102116London H.M.S.O. 1877. . First edition; folio 33.5 x 21.5 cm; 16 folding maps a few small splits to folds 16 plates further illustrations in the text; contemporary blue half roan marbled boards lightly faded neat restoration to extremities a very good copy; viii 484 pp. One of the most valuable sources for the history of exploration in northern Canada. The Nares expedition so called after its commander George Nares 1831-1915 sailed in two ships HMS Alert and HMS Discovery in late May of 1875 in quest of the North Pole. The ships reached Lady Franklin Bay on North Ellesmere Island and the Alert went on to reach the extreme north of the island the highest latitude that had yet been reached by a ship. In April 1876 three separate sledge parties set out but the men showed serious signs of scurvy and several members died. Nares was forced to abandon the expedition and returned to England in September that year. Despite the difficulties faced by the expedition it did produce important scientific results including a study of Inuit dog disease and a volume of physical observations. The Nares expedition is one of the best documented Arctic expeditions with eight Parliamentary Blue Books alone devoted to it between 1875 and 1878. Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson wrote 'The Arctic Blue Books are beyond comparison the most important tool of knowledge in this field.' London H.M.S.O., 1877. hardcover
1908réf. 27532London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library General Assembly Library New Zealand. Gilt library stamps on spine and front board. Fading to spine. Label on front endpaper "Presented by The Trustees of The British Museum". Overall a very good copy that although ex-library shows little sign of use and does not appear to have been a circulating copy. ; Volume Four only. 2 blank iv 2 preliminary pages 13 1 blank; 5 1 blank; 41 1; 46; 16; 9 1 blank; 26; 6; 12; 56; 50 pages each section paginated individually 59 plate leaves 21 colour and another 9 with a single beige colour background tint. The fourth section is listed in the Contents as having 44 pages but it actually has 46 pages. Original red buckram cloth spine and burgundy cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 303 x 230mm. A volume of zoological reports from the Discovery Expedition 1901-1904 which was led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott 1868-1912. Various contributors. 20 of the colour plates are of sponges Porifera of which 9 of Tetraxonida and 11 are of Calcarea calcareous sponges. 1 colour plate of Myzostomidae marine worm. References: Rosove 288-4.A1 Rosove states 58 instead of 59 plates and 18 plate leaves for the section on Tetraxonida but this should be 19 as there are 19 plates numbered VIII through XXVI in this section. The Contents in the book also list 19 plates in this section.; Renard 1129 . Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum hardcover
1907réf. 27497London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library General Assembly Library New Zealand. Gilt library stamps on spine and front board. Fading to spine. Small 8mm tear to cloth at lower end of front joint. A little bruising with 18mm crease lines to lower outer corners of boards. Label on front endpaper "Presented by The Trustees of The British Museum". Overall a very good copy that although ex-library shows little sign of use and does not appear to have been a circulating copy. ; Volume Two only. xiv 362 each section individually paginated 1 1 blank pages 74 plate leaves 19 colour of which one of the Cephalodiscus plates only has small areas of red colouring 1 folding colour map in pocket at rear. In-text figures. Original red buckram cloth spine and burgundy cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 306 x 231mm. A volume of zoological reports from the Discovery Expedition 1901-1904 which was led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott 1868-1912. Various contributors. "The chief part of the present volume is Dr. Wilson's beautifully illustrated report on the Birds and Mammals giving his personal experiences during the Expedition as well as the results of subsequent study of the collections. This expedition was the first to discover a nesting colony of the Emperor Penguin. All the other collections of vertebrates made during the Expedition are here reported on with the exception of the embros of seals and the pelagic fishes which will be dealt with later. The investigation into the development of the feathers of the penguin raises several points of great morphological significance. The collection of fishes is small but interesting." - from the Preface to Volume II by F. Jeffrey Bell. The section on Mammals by Edward A. Wilson includes 3 colour and 2 black-and-white plates by Wilson. The section on Birds by Wilson and Pycraft includes 13 colour plates by Wilson. References: Rosove 288-2.A1 has "73 plate leaves" but the number of plate leaves given for each section add to 74 plate leaves which is correct; Renard 1129 - "The coloured plates by Wilson are particularly fine." . Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum hardcover
réf. 222587Paris, Lerouge, Petit, 1814 in-8, 86-[4] pp., broché, couv. papier rose de l'époque.
1853réf. 34749Edo 1853. Watercolour and ink drawing on Japanese paper. A contemporary Japanese watercolour of Commodore Perry and members of his expedition produced at the moment of the American squadron’s arrival in Japan and the opening of sustained diplomatic contact between Japan and the United States. This lively drawing belongs to the immediate visual culture generated by Commodore Matthew C. Perry's arrival in Japan in 1853. Perry entered Edo Bay in July 1853 to deliver President Fillmore's request for a treaty and returned the following year leading to the Treaty of Kanagawa on 31 March 1854. The event prompted wide Japanese interest in the appearance dress equipment and conduct of the visiting Americans and images of the "Black Ships" and their crews circulated in manuscript painted and printed form. The composition presents three American figures isolated against the paper ground arranged almost as a study of types. At right Commodore Perry is shown seated in a chair wearing a dark naval coat and holding his hat. At center stands an armed crewman or marine in a red jacket holding a musket upright; at left another crewman kneels while looking through a telescope or spyglass. The emphasis falls on uniform posture weaponry and optical instrument details that would have marked the Americans as visually and technologically unfamiliar to Japanese observers. The drawing is especially interesting as a Japanese interpretation of the expedition distinct from the official American pictorial record produced by artists such as Wilhelm Heine. The Japanese manuscript images such as the present work preserve a different perspective shaped by local observation report and curiosity. unknown
1855réf. 46844Tokyo ca. 1855. Japanese Print of Perry's Ships in Tokyo Harbor Large wood block print comprised of two sheets showing the disposition of the Japanese soldiers and ships in preparation for the arrival of Commodore Perry's American fleet seen sailing into Tokyo harbor at the right side of the image. The top third of the print is comprised of text in Japanese characters. Three large American ships dominate the right side of the print while several smaller boats dot the rest of the harbor. The whole is dotted with Japanese characters denoting various people and places around the harbor. Perry first arrived in Japan on July 8 1853 with a fleet of four ships flying his pennant on the steam frigate Susquehanna. This first visit lasted ten days and culminated on July 14 with Perry's presentation of a letter from the President of the United States to the Japanese commissioners. Perry then absented himself for seven months returning on February 11 1854 for a stay of over four months. He negotiated a treaty opening Japan to trade with the western world providing for a U.S. consul in Japan and protecting visiting ships and crews. Perry's visit to Japan remains one of the most important events in the diplomatic history between western and eastern nations. A handsome print showing the Japanese side of this important historic event. 24½ x 16 inches. Matted. Old fold lines some minor wear and soiling. Near fine. unknown
1853réf. 347481853. Three woodblock-printed sheets on mulberry paper. Mild edge wear old folds. A detailed revealing group of late Tokugawa samurai reference sheets recording the names ranks stipends heraldry standards and service obligations through which the shogunate and Edo public understood military readiness at the moment of Perry's arrival. Commodore Matthew C. Perry anchored off Uraga at the entrance to Edo Bay in July 1853. His arrival made visible the vulnerability of the Tokugawa capital and produced an immediate demand for information about coastal defence domain strength and the lords responsible for guarding the approaches to Edo. Kawaraban and related broadsides answered that demand in compressed visual form combining names crests military symbols income figures and geographical or administrative data. The first printed sheet appears to be an earlier roster of Edo office-holders or guard personnel. Its tabular format with names offices crests and standards records the recognitional system already in place within Tokugawa administration before the Perry crisis sharpened the public appetite for such information. The manuscript sheet is ruled into a large grid with headings formed from the twelve zodiac signs and the four seasons including Rat Ox Tiger Hare and the seasonal headings. The entries appear to record named houses Lords or retainers against recurring seasonal and cyclical categories probably for service attendance or ceremonial obligation. The third sheet is headed "Rekko yushinroku" here translated as "Register of Valiant Retainers of the Lords." It lists major daimyo houses and their principal retainers with domain or house headings names titles stipend figures in koku family crests standards and related insignia. Visible regional or house designations include "Kaga" "Owari" "Kii" "Satsuma" "Higo" and "Tosa." The sheet gives a graphic register of the daimyo world mobilised or imagined as mobilised around the defence of Edo Bay. Together the sheets preserve the administrative and visual language of Tokugawa defence at a moment of acute pressure. They are not formal shogunal orders and the first sheet may predate Perrys arrival but they show how late Edo Japan translated rank obligation military identity and coastal defence into portable tabular form. Their compression the names of Lords and retainers the scale of domains the crests and standards by which armed households could be recognised and the bureaucratic habits of a regime suddenly forced to account for its capacity to defend the country reveals these documents' immediacy and importance. unknown
1853réf. 347471853. 9 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches. 31; 31; 61pp. plus a loose sheet. Worming not affecting legibility occasionally touching a letter. Some dampstaining and dust soiling. Original paper wrappers stitched as issued. Contemporary manuscript annotations in red ink in one volume Vital contemporary Japanese manuscript accounts of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's arrival in Uraga Bay in July 1853 preserving official documentary and observational responses by Japanese officials and participants to the encounter that transformed Japan's relations with the wider world. The first manuscript Uraga kurofune ni kansuru comprises an official account of events following Perry's arrival off Uraga. The volume is especially notable for its contemporary red-ink annotations indicating active correction or revision of the text. It records the encounter from within the administrative world of the Tokugawa shogunate as Japanese officials confronted an American squadron that included two steam frigates. The second account Edo Uraga Beikoku fune torai ikken records the arrival of the American ships and provides a contemporary Japanese narrative of the encounter. Its double-page manuscript sketch of the Uraga coastline with the arrangement of Perry's vessels offshore reflects the immediate effort of Japanese observers and officials to describe classify and understand the unfamiliar ships equipment and conduct of the American expedition. The third manuscript Gasshukoku shokan wage utsushi preserves contemporary texts associated with the shogunate's handling of the American communications. Abe Masahiro chief senior councillor in the Tokugawa shogunate accepted the American letter ordered translations of the official letter and related documents and circulated them among daimyo for advice. This manuscript includes Japanese translations of letters from President Millard Fillmore and Commodore Perry presented by the American expedition in July 1853. The accompanying loose manuscript sheet gives a description of one of the Black Ships. Together the three volumes and loose sheet offer a substantial Japanese record of Perry's first visit combining official reporting translated diplomatic correspondence visual observation and contemporary manuscript transmission. They belong to the immediate documentary culture produced by the arrival of the Black Ships before Perry's return in 1854 and the signing of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Peace and Amity at Kanagawa. unknown
1854réf. 218512Japan. Circa1854. Black and white wood block print kawaraban 17.8 x 14cm This kawaraban is dated February 1854 and shows the retreat of the defending lords after the departure of American ships. The caption states that about 1000 people took part in the parade which was led by commanding samurai on horseback with a large cannon drawn at the rear. As it was a peaceful retreat the atmosphere appears relaxed and cheerful. . unknown
