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ALCEDO, Antonio de (1735-1812) and THOMPSON, G.A.

[Atlas to Thompson's Alcedo; or Dictionary of America & West Indies; Collated with all the most Recent Authorities, and Composed Chiefly from Scarce and Original Documents, for that Work, By A. Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent

London: George Smeeton, 1816]. Large folio (26 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches). Small format (8 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches) index leaf mounted on front pastedown, otherwise mounted on guards throughout, 5 wall maps, hand-coloured in outline, by Aaron Arrowsmith, on 19 double-page or folding engraved sheets, each numbered on a small early paper label pasted to the verso of each sheet ('North America' on three sheets [numbered 'I'-'III'], 'United States' four sheets ['IV'-'VII'], 'Mexico' four sheets ['VIII'-'XI'], 'West Indies' two sheets ['XII'-'XIII'], 'South America' six sheets ['XIV'-'XIX']), extra-illustrated with a contemporary pen, ink and watercolour key map (sheet size:17 x 16 1/4 inches) laid down on a larger sheet of blank wove paper, the larger sheet mounted on the front free endpaper. (Without letterpress title, various small separations to folds). Expertly bound to style in half diced russia over original marbled paper-covered boards, the borders between the leather and marbled paper on the covers marked with a decorative gilt roll, with the paper armorial book plate of the Earl of Dalhousie pasted onto the centre of the upper cover, the spine divided into eight compartments with semi-raised bands, the bands flanked by blind fillets, lettered in the second and fourth compartments, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt. Provenance: George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie (1770-1838, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia [1816-1820], governor-in-chief of British North America [1820-1828], bookplates).

[With:]
Antonio de ALCEDO (1735-1812). The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies, Containing an Entire Translation of the Spanish Work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo ... With Large Additions and Compilations ... London: for James Carpenter [and others], 1812-1815. 5 volumes, quarto (10 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches). 3pp. preliminary list of subscribers in vol.I. (Half-titles lacking). Contemporary russia, covers with outer border composed from triple fillets tooled in gilt, enclosing a decorative neo-classical roll in blind, spine in six compartments with semi-raised bands, the bands highlighted with a decorative roll in blind and flanked by double fillets in blind, lettered in gilt in the second and fourth compartments, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled edges.

The Dalhousie copy of the most important printed atlas of the Americas of its time, containing foundation wall maps of the region by the greatest British cartographer of his generation. This important copy with contemporary manuscript additions charting Sir John Franklin's second Arctic expedition, possibly by Franklin himself. The atlas is accompanied by a lovely first edition set of the text of Thompson's translation and expansion of Alcedo's classic work on the Americas.

"Aaron Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to the King of England and Geographer to the Prince of Wales, was the most influential and respected map publisher of the first quarter of the nineteenth century ... His role in cartographic production was to gather the best information available from a wide variety of sources, weigh the relative merits of conflicting data, and compile from this the most accurate depiction possible of an area. Arrowsmith accomplished this synthesis better than any other commercial map maker of his day and, as a result, his maps were the most sought after and highly prized on three continents" (Martin & Martin, p. 113).

Arrowsmith specialised in large multi-sheet maps. These were generally separately-issued, and are now very scarce. His five great wall maps of the Americas were particularly well-received, and became "foundation or prototype maps of the area and were extensively copied by other publishers" (Tooley). These five wall maps were of North America (first published 1795), the United States (1796), the West Indies (1803), Mexico (1810), and South America (1810). They were generally republished many times, as new information became available. Thomas Jefferson considered the 1803 edition the best map of the continent in print at the time, and it was used extensively in planning Lewis & Clark's expedition (1805-6). Likewise, the 1814 edition of the North America (offered here) was the first map to make use of Lewis & Clark's map of the same year, and the first to combine Lewis & Clark and Zebulon Pike's data onto one map.

The Atlas to Thompson's Alcedo is quite remarkable in that it contains all five of Arrowsmith's foundation maps for the Americas gathered together, and bound into one volume. The Atlas was intended to accompany Antonio de Alcedo's The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies ... With Large Additions and Compilations (London: 1812-1815. 5 volumes, quarto), i.e. G.A. Thompson's English translation of Alcedo's Diccionario geográfico-histórico de las Indias Occidentales ó América: es á saber: de los reynos del Perú, Nueva España, Tierra Firme, Chile, y Nuevo reyno de Granada. (Madrid: 1786-1789).

The present atlas is an early version, with the following maps:
1. A Map Exhibiting all the New Discoveries in the Interior Parts of North America ... A. Arrowsmith ... January 1st 1795 Additions to 1811 Additions to June 1814. On three folding sheets, overall image area: 48 ¼ x 57 1/8 inches. (Browned). This copy with manuscript additions to the first sheet, in pencil, drawing in the discoveries made by Sir John Franklin in 1826 on the north coast between the mouths of the Mackenzie and Coppermine rivers, and marking the course of the Coppermine south-west towards Great Bear Lake [see below]. According to Stevens and Tree, "This map was repeatedly re-issued as new discoveries came to light." The present sixth issue is the first to include the important discoveries made by Lewis and Clark during their trans-American expedition. According to Rumsey, "This issue ... remaps the entire continent west of the Mississippi. The changes between this and the last edition are monumental" (p.12). Heckrotte TMC 6/87; Rumsey 32; Stevens & Tree 48 (f); Tooley MCC 68; Wheat 313.

2. A Map of the United States of America Drawn from a number of Critical Researches By A. Arrowsmith ... Jan 1st 1796. Additions to 1802 [but watermarked 1811]. On four folding sheets, overall image area: 46 ¼ x 55 ½ inches. Stevens and Tree's fifth issue: "Many new place-names and rivers added. A copy of third issue had been observed with paper watermarked 1811 [as here]." Cf. Rumsey 3445 and 4309 (both later issues); Stevens & Tree 79 (e).

3. A New Map of Mexico and adjacent provinces compiled from original documents by A. Arrowsmith ... 5th October 1810 [but watermarked 1811]. On four folding sheets, overall image area: 50 1/8 x 62 inches. First issue. Cf. Phillips p.408; cf. Rumsey 2032 (last issue, of c.1825); cf. Streeter Texas 1046.

4. Chart of the West Indies and Spanish Dominions in North America by A. Arrowsmith ... 1803 ... Additions to 1810. On two folding sheets, overall image area: 47 5/8 x 55 ½ inches. (Small tears to folds of first sheet).

5. Outlines of the Physical and Political Divisions of South America: Delineated by A. Arrowsmith partly from scarce and original documents published before the year 1806 but principally from manuscript maps & surveys made between the years 1771 and 1806. Corrected from accurate astronomical observations to 1810 ... Published 4th January 1811 ... Additions to 1814." On six folding sheets, overall image area: 94 x 78 inches. (Offsetting, small tears to folds, the fifth sheet creased). The final sheet includes a large uncoloured inset of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the Falklands.

In addition, the above maps are preceded by a contemporary manuscript key map. This is evidently professionally prepared, and may have been produced and bound-in by the Arrowsmiths in place of the usual title page, at the request of the owner of the atlas, the Earl of Dalhousie. Dalhousie was appointed lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia in July 1816. He arrived in Halifax in October 1816, equipped with "an intelligent and well-stocked mind, an exacting sense of duty, a readiness to command and an expectation of being obeyed ... Conscientious and full of curiosity ... With an appreciative eye for rugged scenery... , he adopted the habit of making frequent trips to the countryside" (Peter Burroughs, writing for the Dictionary of Canadian Biography). Given this lively interest in his new domain, it is safe to assume that the present work was often consulted by the lieutenant governor. After a relatively successful period in Nova Scotia, Dalhousie was appointed governor-in-chief of North America in April 1820. His period in office (from 1820 to 1828) spanned the opening burst of northwest passage explorations by the British Navy, events which the governor would have been duty-bound to follow closely.

In Montreal, on Friday 24th August 1827, one of the early heroes of Arctic Exploration, Captain John Franklin was given an audience with Dalhousie. Dalhousie recorded the meeting in detail in his journal: "On Thursday Capt. Franklin arrived about 3pm and soon after took me aside to say, that he had brought his charts of the route of the expedition with him, & was ready to describe them whenever it might be agreeable. As it was late, we fixed on next day after breakfast and a most interesting forenoon we spent over them. He had several parts on large scale, starting from Fort William on Lake Superior, & proceeding to McKenzie's river, Cape Anxiety and Fog island, where he was stopt & obliged to turn back. After these he shewed ... his general & principal chart, which comprehends only the country explored this last year, when he started from Fort Franklin on the Great Bear Lake, S.W. corner. ... The charts are beautifully executed by a Mr. Kendall, a young man of whom [Franklin] speaks very highly. He went over these giving the clearest description of the relative situations of the MacKenzie & Coppermine rivers, also that of the Rocky Mountains" (M. Whitelaw , editor. The Dalhousie Journals [Canada: 1982], vol.III, pp. 110-111).

The manuscript additions to the first sheet in the present atlas (A Map Exhibiting all the New Discoveries in the Interior Parts of North America) suggest that it was used during this meeting. This first sheet of the whole of North America is on a large enough scale to have allowed Franklin to put his more localised charts in context, and in three areas Franklin's discoveries are sketched in pencil and inscribed "Capt Franklin 1826." These inscriptions appear to be in Franklin's hand. The sketched geographical features record: 1. the coast to the west of the mouth of the MacKenzie River; 2. the coast between the MacKenzie and Coppermine Rivers; and 3. the approximate course of the Coppermine River south-west towards Great Bear Lake. Following the meeting, Franklin continued back to Britain, arriving in September 1827 to universal acclaim. He was knighted in April 1829, in recognition of his achievements.

Lowndes I, 26; Sabin 683 ("Copies are sometimes found with an atlas of ... maps by Arrowsmith, but they are rare"); Cf. M. Whitelaw (editor) The Dalhousie Journals (Canada: 1982), vol.III, pp. 110-111.

#23952$115,000.00
 
 
ANDRADE, Antonio de (1580-1634)

Nuevo Descubrimiento del gran Cathayo, ò Reynos de Tibet, por el Padre Antonio de Andrade, de la Compañia de Iesus, Portugues, en el año de 1624 [caption title]

Lisbon : por Mateo Piñeiro, 1626. Quarto (7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches). Collation: A-E4, F3 (ll.1-22 text, with caption title and 8-line woodcut initial at start of text on recto of l.1; [1 leaf] "licencias" on recto, verso blank). Modern blue morocco-backed marbled paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt.

The very rare second printing of the first authoritative printed account of a European traveller's visit to Tibet.

The first Spanish-language edition, printed a few months after the first edition which was in Portuguese. This edition is not Cordier, and OCLC records only a single example: the Bernardo Mendel copy now in the Indiana University library. Antonio de Andrade (1580-1634) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary who entered the order in 1596. From 1600 to 1624 he was the principal missionary in the Indies. In 1624, with the support of the Moghul emperor, he set out for Tibet, hoping to make contact with a reported trans-Himalayan Christian community. Travelling north to the upper Ganges and then to Mana, on the present-day border of Tibet, he continued on past local resistance to the state of Guge, where he encountered his first Buddhists. Andrade successfully convinced the King to allow the teaching of Christianity, and returned to Agra, where he wrote the present letter to his superiors, relating his journey and his experiences. Andrade would ultimately return to Tibet twice, consecrating a church at Tsaparang in 1626.

Andrade's work is important as being the first undoubtedly authentic first-hand description of Tibet by a European: the 14th-century visit of Odorico de Pordenone remains disputed. It was very popular and quickly went through a number of editions. "Throughout Catholic Europe this 'discovery' (so proclaimed by the title of the work, though Andrade never called it that himself) was hailed as a great victory for the faith and as possible aid in circumventing the dangers from the Protestant fleets on the lengthy sea route from India to China....Through Andrade's book and his later letters and those of others, Europe learned more about Tibet's location, size, political divisions, religion and customs.

Lach Asia in the Making of Europe III, pp.338-339, 1773-1775; Sommervogel I, 329.1; cf. Cordier Sinica IV,2898-9 (1st edition in Portuguese and Madrid Spanish-language edition of 1627); Streit V272; Howgego I, A88

#20420$27,500.00
 
 
ANNESLEY, George, Viscount Valentia & Earl of Mountmorris (1770-1844); and Henry SALT (1780-1827)

Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806

London: W. Bulmer for William Miller, 1809. 3 volumes, 4to (10 13/16 x 8 3/4 inches). Half-titles, 1p. ad for Salt's Twenty-four views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt. 3 engraved vignette headpieces, 63 engraved plates by Fittler, Angus, Heath, Landseer, Storer and others, most after Henry Salt (5 folding, 1 double-page), 6 engraved maps (5 folding). Contemporary dark blue straight grain morocco, covers panelled in gilt and blind, spines in five compartments with semi-raised bands, tooled in gilt on each band, lettered in the second and fourth compartments, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (expert restoration at the joints).

[With:] William MILLER (1769-1844, publisher and bookseller). Nine autograph letters signed from Miller to the Viscount Valentia, London, 30 July 1807 - 22 December 1809. Together 23 pages, 4to, loosely inserted into a pocket affixed to the vol. 1. front endpaper.

A lovely set of the first edition of the Viscount Valentia and Henry Salt's tour through India and to the Red Sea, illustrated with engravings after Salt. This copy with original manuscript letters by the publisher to Valentia concerning its publication.

Henry Salt accompanied Viscount Valentia as secretary and draughtsman on this four and a half year tour through India, and Ceylon and to the Red Sea, Ethiopia and Egypt. Salt's "Twenty-four Views," published in 1809 and advertised in this work, was a result of the tour and two engravings present here are depicted in that work. For a lengthy contemporary review of Valentia's Voyages, see the London Quarterly Review, vol. 2 (1810), pp. 82-117.

The original correspondence present here concerning the publication of the work is fascinating. In a 30 July 1807 letter Miller declines to purchase the copyright of the work and explains that in light of "the expences attending...a large edition...& the anxiety and time which must attend the getting up of such a work, the profits which would remain would not be a sufficient compensation..." But two years later, on 3 June 1809, the project is very much alive: "I intend to subscribe the work to the trade early next week in order to ascertain the number of copies to be wanted immediately..." 30 June 1809: "The fate of the Travels is going as well as could be expected..." But there are inevitable hassles: 10 July 1809: "as to the carelessness of the Binders, it is proverbial and I lament my inability to make them better..." On 10 October 1809 he plans the timing of the octavo edition. In the final letter, 22 December, he is selling Valentia a copy of Thomas Daniell's Oriental Scenery and other works. A fascinating correspondence offering insight not only on the evolution of this book, but on the London book trade at the beginning of the 19th century.

Abbey, Travel 515 (note); Lowndes p.2747; Allibone, p. 2504; P. Godrej and P. Rohatgi, Scenic Splendours, p. 52.

#25527$7,500.00
 
 
ARAGO, Jacques Etienne Victor (1790-1855)

Voyage autour du monde...édition illustrée de 61 belles estampes et enrichie de notes scientifiques

Brussels: Societe Typographique Belge, 1840. Octavo (9 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches). 6O lithographic plates only (of 61), some signed 'Mangioni' or 'Mangioni del.', all after Arago. (Lacking plate numbered 1, pp.343/344 with section of text torn away, repairs to tears and blank margins of six other leaves). Contemporary calf-backed cloth boards, spine gilt.

First Belgian edition, preceded by the Paris 1839-40 edition, of this important narrative of an expedition supported by the French government, written by the expedition's official artist.

The purpose of the expedition, which was commanded by Freycinet, was to make chronometric and magnetic observations in various latitudes. The voyage included a one month visit in the Sandwich Islands, with time spent in Hawaii, Maui and Oahu, as well as visits to Rio de Janeiro, Cape of Good Hope, Montevideo, Mauritius, New South Wales, and the Caroline Islands. "The Uranie, with a crew of 125 men, entered the Pacific from the West to make scientific observations on geography, magnetism, and meteorology. Arago was the artist of the expedition which visited most notably Australia, the Hawaiian Islands, Tonga, and Tierra del Fuego. The original ship, wrecked off the Falkland Islands, was replaced by the Physicienne which visited Rio de Janeiro...These entertaining letters, written in a lively and witty literary style, provide vivid descriptions of the topography and the inhabitants of the Pacific Islands" (Hill). The many handsome plates add greatly to the ethnographic aspect of the work. This edition not noted by Sabin.

Ferguson 2906b.

#2829$400.00
 
 
[ARCTIC VOYAGES]

Uniformly bound set of Arctic Voyages, including those by Phipps, O'Reilly, Ross, Parry, Franklin, and Back.

16 works in 12 volumes, 4to (approximately 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches). Uniformly bound in 19th century dark blue half morocco over marbled paper covered boards, spines in six compartments divided by semi-raised bands, lettered in the second and third compartments, the others with an overall repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges.

A fantastic uniformly bound set of the principal British Arctic voyages of the late 18th and early 19th century.

The set is comprised of:

1) Constantine John PHIPPS (1744-1792). A Voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773. London: printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J. Nourse, 1774. Half-title, 15 folding or double-page engraved maps and plates (12 plates after John Cleveley, P. d'Auvergne, Barnes or W. Pars, 3 maps), 11 letterpress tables (3 folding, 8 double-page). "First edition of the official account written by Captain Phipps, later Lord Mulgrave. This expedition of the Racehorse and Carcass, undertaken for the purpose of discovering a route to India through the northern polar regions, was blocked by pack ice north of Spitzbergen. The valuable appendix gives geographical and meteorological observations, zoological and botanical records, accounts of the distillation of fresh water from the sea, and astronomical observations. The voyage is perhaps best remembered for the presence of young Horatio Nelson, as midshipman aboard the Carcass, and his encounter with a polar bear" (Hill). The expedition had been proposed by the Earl of Sandwich and was the first serious British attempt to reach the North Pole since the early 17th century. The voyage was sponsored by the Royal Society and received encouragement from King George III. The two expedition ships were commanded by Phipps (aboard the Racehorse) and the Carcass commanded by Captain Lutwidge. The expedition was stopped by ice just north of Spitzbergen, but, in addition to numerous scientific observations, carried out a number of interesting experiments using innovative equipment including a thermometer designed by Lord Cavendish for measuring the temperature of water and Dr. Irving's successful apparatus for distilling fresh water from the sea. BM (NH) IV, p.1570; Hill (2004) 1351; Nissen ZBI 3163; Sabin 62572; Stafleu & Cowan IV, p.1570.

[Bound with:] Bernard O'REILLY. Greenland, the Adjacent Seas, and the North-West Passage to the Pacific Ocean, Illustrated in a voyage to Davis's Strait, during the Summer of 1817. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1818. 3 folding maps, 18 engraved plates (including 13 aquatints). This work is notable for its role in prompting the renewed search for the northwest passage. O'Reilly, who served as a surgeon and scientist on board a Greenland whale ship, "told of an unusually large number of icebergs emanating from Baffin's Bay" which "gave rise to the hypothesis among members of the admiralty and the Royal Society that the ice barrier in the Arctic had been reduced, and might provide the opportunity of locating an open channel in the far north" (Howgego B68 note). Abbey, Travel II, 633; Sabin 57576; Staton & Tremaine 1125.

2) Sir John ROSS (1777-1856). A Voyage of Discovery, made under the Orders of the Admiralty ... for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: W. Clowes for John Murray, 1819. 32 maps, coastal profiles, plates, tables or graphs (comprising: 1 engraved folding frontispiece general chart, 2 engraved folding maps by J. Walker after J. Bushnan and others, 25 aquatint or engraved plates and coastal profiles by D. Havell, R. Havell & Son, Thomas Lewin after A.M. Skene, Ross, H.P. Hoppner, Thomas Lewin and others [15 hand-coloured, 7 folding], 1 engraved table, 3 folding engraved meteorological graphs), wood-engraved illustrations (one full-page). First edition. Ross's expedition aboard the Isabella and the Alexander is credited with confirming the earlier discoveries of Bylot and Baffin, although failed to probe deeper into Lancaster Sound, a fact for which Ross was criticized upon his return. The voyage is notable for many of its scientific discoveries and an important encounter with "Arctic Highlanders" (i.e. Eskimos). Ross's first voyage launched an important series of British Northwest Passage expeditions leading to Franklin's disappearance. Abbey, Travel II, 634; Arctic Bibliography 14873; Sabin 73376.

3) Sir John ROSS (1777-1856). Narrative of a Second Voyage in search of a north-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the years 1829 [-]... 1833 ... Including the reports of ... James Clark Ross ... and the discovery of the northern Magnetic Pole. London: A.W. Webster, 1835. 31 plates, maps and charts (1 folding engraved map, 5 lithographic charts and maps [1 folding and printed in two colours], 25 plates (6 lithographs, 16 steel engravings, 3 mezzotints printed in colours). First edition. After his failure to explore Lancaster Sound in his first voyage of 1818, Ross had his 1829-33 second voyage privately financed. Although forced to abandon his steamship Victory in the ice at Felix Harbour (a fact that in the present official account Ross blames largely on the shortcomings of the boilers supplied by Braithwaite), his second expedition achieved a number of milestones. Besides the most thorough exploration of Boothia Peninsula that had been accomplished to date, James Clark Ross (John Ross's nephew) undertook an overland journey across the peninsula and became the first to reach the North Magnetic Pole. Abbey, Travel II, 636; Arctic Bibliography 14866; Chavanne 1450; Sabin 73381; Staton & Tremaine 1808.

[Bound with:] Sir John ROSS (1777-1856). Explanation and Answer to Mr.Braithwaite's Supplement. London: Whiting for A.B.Webster, [n.d.]. Braithwaite responded to the accusations by publishing his craftily titled Supplement to Captain Ross's narrative, and Ross followed with his Explanation and Answer [present here]. Arctic Bibliography 14862; cf. Fergus Fleming Barrow's Boys (1998) pp.310-311; Sabin 73370.

4) Sir John ROSS (1777-1856). Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage. London: A. W. Webster, 1835. 37pp. list of subscribers, 1p. with errata and additions to subscriber's list. 20 plates (4 engravings [1 hand-coloured]; 16 lithographs [11 hand-coloured]). First edition.

5) Sir William Edward PARRY (1790-1855). Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage ... performed in the years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper. London: John Murray, 1821. 20 maps and plates (13 plates [including 9 aquatints], 7 engraved maps or charts [4 folding]), 1 folding letterpress table, occasional illustrations. First edition. Over the course of his life, Parry made five Arctic voyages -- the first in 1818 under Ross and four under his own command. His voyages established a number of firsts: the first to cross 110°W, the first to discover what would prove to be the entrance to the Northwest Passage (and navigate a good portion of it), the first to plan an Arctic wintering, the first to sail through Frozen Strait, and in his final voyage the establishment of a record highest northern latitude. Taken as a whole, while his goals of discovering the Northwest Passage in his first three voyages and the attainment of the North Pole in his final voyage were unsuccessful, Parry contributed an enormous amount to Arctic exploration and to the knowledge of Eskimo language and culture. Arctic Bibliography 13145; BM(NH) IV, p.1546; Sabin 58860; Stafleu & Cowan 7409.

6) Sir William Edward PARRY (1790-1855). Journal of a Second Voyage ... performed in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla. London: John Murray, 1824. 2pp. publisher's advertisement at end. 39 maps and plates (30 plates [including 19 engravings (7 of these folding), 11 aquatints]; 9 maps or charts [6 engraved (4 of these folding), 3 folding and lithographed]). First edition. Arctic Bibliography 13142; BM(NH) IV, p.1546; Sabin 58864; Stafleu & Cowan 7411.

7) Sir William Edward PARRY (1790-1855). Journal of a Third Voyage ... performed in the years 1824-25, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Fury. London: John Murray, 1826. 11 engraved maps and plates (7 plates [1 folding], 4 maps or charts [1 folding]), occasional illustrations. First edition. Arctic Bibliography 13144; BM(NH) IV, p.1546; Sabin 58867; Stafleu & Cowan 7413.

[Bound with:] Sir William Edward PARRY (1790-1855). Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, in boats fitted for that purpose, and attached to His Majesty's Ship Hecla, in the year MDCCCXXVII. London: John Murray, 1828. 7 engraved maps and plates (4 plates, 3 maps or charts [1 folding]). First edition. BM(NH) IV, p.1546; Arctic Bibliography 13146; Sabin 58868; Stafleu & Cowan 7414.

8) [John RICHARDSON and others]. Appendix to Captain Parry's Journal of a Second Voyage ... in the years 1821-22-23. London: John Murray, 1825. 2 engraved plates, 2 folding letterpress tables. First edition. Cf. Arctic Bibliography 13142; BM(NH) IV, p.1546; Sabin 58865; Stafleu & Cowan 7412.

[Bound with:] [Edward SABINE, and others]. A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage ... in the years 1819-20. Containing an account of the subjects of Natural History. London: John Murray, 1824. 6 engraved plates after Franz. Bauer and others. First edition. Cf. Arctic Bibliography 13145; BM(NH) IV, p.1546; Sabin 58861; Stafleu & Cowan 7410.

9) PARRY, Sir William Edward (1790-1855) - Sir Edward SABINE (1788-1883, editor). The North Georgia Gazette, and Winter Chronicle ... Second Edition. London: John Murray, 1822. Quarto (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches). Half-title. Wood-engraved vignettes. In a modern binding uniform the rest of the set. Arctic Bibliography 13547; Sabin 55714.

10) Sir John FRANKLIN (1786-1847). Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 ... with an appendix on various subjects relating to science and natural history. London: printed by William Clowes for John Murray, 1823. Small format errata slip. 30 engraved or aquatint plates (11 hand-coloured) by Edward Finden, J. Curtis and others after Robert Hood (8) and George Back (15), Hood & Back (1) and J. Curtis (6), 4 folding engraved maps. In 1819, Lieutenant John Franklin, a career naval officer who had been at the battle of Trafalgar, was placed in command of an expedition appointed to proceed overland from the Hudson Bay to the shores of the Arctic Sea, and to determine the trendings of that coast east of the Coppermine river. At this period the northern coast of the American continent was known at two isolated points only: this, the mouth of the Coppermine river (which, as Franklin discovered, was erroneously placed four degrees of latitude too far to the north), and the mouth of the Mackenzie far to the west. Lieutenant Franklin and his party, consisting of Dr. Richardson, Midshipmen George Back and Richard Hood, and a few boatmen, arrived at the depot of the Hudson's Bay Company at the end of August 1819, and making an autumnal journey of 700 miles spent the first winter on the Saskatchewan. Owing to the delay in the arrival of supplies which had been promised by the North-West and Hudson's Bay Companies, it was not until the summer of 1821 that the Coppermine was ascended to its mouth, and a considerable extent of sea-coast to the eastward surveyed. The return journey over the region known as the Barren Ground was marked by the most terrible sufferings and privations and the tragic death of Lieutenant Hood. The survivors of the expedition reached York Factory in June 1822, having accomplished altogether 5550 miles of travel. While engaged on this service Franklin was promoted to the rank of commander (January 1821), and upon his return to England at the end of 1822 he obtained the post rank of captain and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. The narrative of this expedition was published in the following year and became at once a classic of travel. Cf. Abbey, Travel II, 635 (including Narrative of a Second Expedition published 1828); Hill 635; Nissen ZBI 1419; Sabin 25624 (erroneously calling for 34 plates and 4 maps); Wagner-Camp 23:1.

11) Sir John FRANKLIN (1786-1847). Narrative of Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827 ... Including an account of the progress of a detachment to the Eastward, by John Richardson. London: printed by William Clowes for John Murray, 1828. 31 engraved plates, 6 folding engraved maps (1 hand-coloured in outline). First edition. Abbey Travel II, 635; Arctic Bibliography 5198; Lande 1182; Sabin 25628; TPL 1434; Wagner-Camp 35:1.

12) Admiral Sir George BACK (1796-1878). Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835. London: A.Spottiswoode for John Murray, 1836. 16 plates on India paper mounted, after Back (13) and B. Waterhouse Hawkins (3), (7 lithographed by Haghe or Day & Haghe, 9 steel-engraved by E. Finden), 1 folding engraved map, numerous illustrations. Large-paper issue of the first edition: "One of the fundamental books on Arctic exploration" (Hill) and "one of the finest travel books of the nineteenth century" (Howgego). "...Full of details of [Back's] ... commerce with the Cree, Chippewa, and Coppermine Indians ... [this work is ] ... a fundamental source of information about Indian life along the route of the Arctic expedition" (Streeter). The narrative also contains valuable information on Arctic flora and fauna. The original primary intention of the expedition had been to aid the second expedition of Sir John Ross. News of Ross's safe return reached Back in April 1833 and he then pursued the expedition's secondary objectives. These were, firstly, to navigate the length of a river supposedly arising in the neighbourhood of the Great Slave Lake and running north to the Arctic sea, and then, secondly, to map as much as possible of the sea-coast. He was successful in both objectives, travelling 7,500 miles in total and traversing the full 440-mile length of the river (known as Thlueetessy by the Indians). The Great Fish River, as Back named it, has since become known as Back River. Arctic Bibliography 851; cf.BM (NH) I,p.81 (incorrect plate count); Field 63; Hill (2004) 42; cf. Howgego II,B3; Sabin 2613 (incorrect plate count); cf. Staton & Tremaine 1873 (octavo edition); Wagner-Camp 58b:1 (octavo edition).

#25981$52,500.00
 
 
[ARIF Pacha, Muchir]

[Les Anciens Costumes de l'Empire Ottoman, depuis l'origine de la monarchie jusqu'a la reforme du Sultan Mahmoud]

[Paris: Lemercier, 1863]. Vol.I (all published), folio (21 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches). Lithographic portrait of Arif Pasha, on india paper mounted, drawn on stone by M. Julien, 16 tinted lithographic plates after Arif. (Lacking lithographic title, toning to text). Contemporary black half morocco over black cloth-covered boards.

A valuable and beautifully-illustrated survey of the costume worn at the court of the Ottoman Empire.

Eighty forms of costume worn by Ottoman functionaries are portrayed in this work which was published with the text in both French and Turkish. Although the lithographic title states 'Tome 1er', no further volume was published in either language. Two editions were issued: one at 80 Francs with the plates printed in colours and finished by hand, the second (as here) at 40 Francs with tinted plates. Arif Pasha fought against the Greeks at Athens and at Euboea (1826-28), and in Syria against Mehmet Ali. His career included a number of missions for the Sultan and his appointment in 1861 as governor of the province of Silistria.

Atabey 30; Blackmer 43; Colas I,148; Lipperheide 1440m.

#24930$10,000.00
 
 
BACK, Admiral Sir George (1796-1878)

Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835.

London: A.Spottiswoode for John Murray, 1836. 4to (10 3/4 x 8 inches). 16 plates on India paper mounted, after Back (13) and B. Waterhouse Hawkins (3), (7 lithographed by Haghe or Day & Haghe, 9 steel-engraved by E. Finden), 1 folding engraved map, numerous illustrations. Expertly bound to style in half dark purple morocco over contemporary purple cloth boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, ruled on either side of each band, lettered in the second and fourth compartments, marbled endpapers.

Rare large-paper issue of the first edition: "One of the fundamental books on Arctic exploration" (Hill) and "one of the finest travel books of the nineteenth century" (Howgego).

A large paper copy of this major source both in the early exploration of the Far North and its ethnology. "...Full of details of [Back's] ... commerce with the Cree, Chippewa, and Coppermine Indians..[this work is ] ... a fundamental source of information about Indian life along the route of the Arctic expedition" (Streeter). The narrative also contains valuable information on Arctic flora and fauna. The original primary intention of the expedition had been to aid the second expedition of Sir John Ross. News of Ross's safe return reached Back in April 1833 and he then pursued the expedition's secondary objectives. These were, firstly, to navigate the length of a river supposedly arising in the neighbourhood of the Great Slave Lake and running north to the Arctic sea, and then, secondly, to map as much as possible of the sea-coast. He was successful in both objectives, travelling 7,500 miles in total and traversing the full 440-mile length of the river (known as Thlueetessy by the Indians). The Great Fish River, as Back named it, has since become known as Back River.

Arctic Bibliography 851; cf.BM (NH) I,p.81 (incorrect plate count); Field 63; Hill (2004) 42; cf. Howgego II:B3; Sabin 2613 (incorrect plate count); cf. Staton & Tremaine 1873 (octavo edition); Wagner-Camp 58b:1 (octavo edition).

#25983$7,500.00
 
 
BACK, Admiral Sir George (1796-1878)

Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835.

London: A.Spottiswoode for John Murray, 1836. 1 volume bound in two, 4to (LARGE PAPER COPY) (11 x 8 5/8 inches). 16 plates on india paper mounted, after Back (13) and B. Waterhouse Hawkins (3), (7 lithographed by Haghe or Day & Haghe, 9 steel-engraved by E. Finden), 1 folding engraved map, numerous illustrations. (Some light spotting or browning to the margins of the plate mounts). 19th-century blue half morocco over pebble-grained cloth covered boards, bound for Philip Hammond with his gilt armorial blocked on the covers, spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and fourth compartments, the others with fillets in gilt and blind, comb-marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Provenance: Philip Hammond (Westacre, Norfolk, England, binding and armorial bookplates).

A fine clean copy of this rare large-paper issue of the first edition: "One of the fundamental books on Arctic exploration" (Hill) and "one of the finest travel books of the nineteenth century" (Howgego).

A large paper copy of this major source both in the early exploration of the Far North and its ethnology. "...Full of details of [Back's] ... commerce with the Cree, Chippewa, and Coppermine Indians..[this work is ] ... a fundamental source of information about Indian life along the route of the Arctic expedition" (Streeter). The narrative also contains valuable information on Arctic flora and fauna. The original primary intention of the expedition had been to aid the second expedition of Sir John Ross. News of Ross's safe return reached Back in April 1833 and he then pursued the expedition's secondary objectives. These were, firstly, to navigate the length of a river supposedly arising in the neighbourhood of the Great Slave Lake and running north to the Arctic sea, and then, secondly, to map as much as possible of the sea-coast. He was successful in both objectives, travelling 7,500 miles in total and traversing the full 440-mile length of the river (known as 'Thlueetessy' by the Indians). The Great Fish River, as Back named it, has since become known as Back River. This copy, bound for Philip Hammond, has the "Appendix" (pp. [473-664] + 3 fish plates + the large folding map) bound in a separate volume: it is worth noting that this expedition was financed by subscription, and that "Sir G.E. Hammond" is listed as having contributed £2.0s.0d towards the costs of the expedition.

Arctic Bibliography 851; cf.BM(NH) I,p.81 (incorrect plate count); Field 63; Hill (2004) 42; cf. Howgego II,B3; Sabin 2613 (incorrect plate count); cf. Staton & Tremaine 1873 (octavo edition); Wagner-Camp 58b:1 (octavo edition).

#21596$7,000.00
 
 
BALDAEUS, Philip (1632-1672)

Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel, der zelver aangrenzende ryken, en het machtige eyland Ceylon. Nevens een omstandige en grondigh doorzochte ontdekking en wederlegginge van de afgoderye der Oost-Indische heydenen

Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge & Johannes van Someren, 1672. 3 parts in one volume (as issued), folio (15 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches). General letterpress title printed in red and black, two letterpress section titles in black. Engraved additional title, 37 engraved portraits, plates, plans and maps (including 1 portrait of the author inserted from a smaller copy, 2 single page engravings, 34 double-page), 1 engraved armorial headpiece, 55 engraved illustrations (most half-page, but including 1 full-page and 9 three-quarter page illustrations, and the three plates of scripts. Contemporary Dutch speckled sheep, covers panelled in gilt with large central blocked lozenge-shaped arabesque, skilfully rebacked.

First edition of what is an early primary source-work on southern India and Sri Lanka: Baldaeus' "narrative gives considerable information on the Dutch settlements in Southern India"(Cox), besides providing "most detailed and the best account of Ceylon" (Lach)

This beautifully-illlustrated work, containing much first-hand eye-witness material, is divided into three parts: the first offers a general description of the region; the second a description of Ceylon, and the third a treatise on Indian deities. It was written by Baldaeus, a Dutch missionary after his return from Sri Lanka in 1666. "Philip Baldaeus left the Netherlands ... in October 1654 bound for Batavia, and arrived in July of the following year. Immediately after the capture of Colombo by the Dutch from the Portuguese, Baldaeus and several of his countrymen were posted to Ceylon ... As chaplain to the troops, he accompanied General Rycklloff van Goens in the campaign against the Portuguese in 1658. the Dutch captured several cities, including Jaffna and Mannar in Ceylon, besides Tuticorin and Negapatam in south India. About four years later, Baldaeus took part in another military campaign under van Goens (who had meanwhile been appointed Governor of Ceylon), and the remaining Portuguese possessions in India including Quilon, Cochin and Cranganore, also fell to the Dutch... Besides the view and plan of Goa, the illustrations include Masulipatam, Cochin, Cannanore, Surat, Ahmadabad, and Diu. Baldaeus also includes two views of 'The English Fort of Bombay', depicting the former Portuguese Quinta from the landside and 'towards ye water side'. Although some engravings, perhaps certain cities in India such as Surat, may have been derived from earlier sources, those depicting churches in Ceylon, for example, were probably from his own drawings or those of an associate in the country" (Indian Life and Landscape by Western Artists pp.13-14).

Cf.Bell B19. cf.Cox I, p. 283; Howgego I, B10; cf. Lach Asia in the making of Europe III, Book 2, pp.954-55; Landwehr, VOC, 557; cf. Edward F. Oaten European Travellers in India [London: 1909], p. 259; P. Rohatgi, G. Partlett and others Indian Life and Landscape by Western Artists pp. 13-14; cf.Tiele 70.

#24489$3,850.00
 
 
BARNARD, George (1807-90)

The Brunnens of Nassau and the River Lahn

London: Published by Thos. McLean, [circa 1845]. Folio (21 3/16 x 14 1/4 inches). 4 leaves letterpress text. Lithographic title printed in two colours, uncoloured lithographic dedication to Apolph, Duke of Nassau, tinted lithographic list of plates with decorative surround and illustrative vignettes, 28 tinted lithographic plates (including 4 section titles), all by and after George Barnard. Contemporary blue/green moiré cloth-covered boards, expertly re-backed to style with red morocco, titled in gilt on spine, yellow glazed endpapers.

A fine copy of this charming work

A fine series of views of Nassau and the Lahn valley: an area renowned in the 19th century for the curative properties of its bubbling spa waters, and a fashionable destination for the wealthy of Europe. "In this work the Author has endeavoured , as far as was in his power, to combine graphically the characteristic incidents and manners of the country of certain German Spas [Weisbaden, Ems, Langen Schwalbach, Schlangenbad, the Lahn, etc.], with the striking beauties of scenery, whether drawn from the works of Nature or from the structures raised by man. Having gone over most of the ground broken up by Sir Francis Head, he has essayed to do that with his pencil which the former has done so well with his pen." The plates are presented in four sections marked by subtitles and with the salient points of each image explained in the accompanying text.

Cf. Abbey Travel 120

#19040$6,500.00
 
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