THE EARLIEST WESTERN ACCOUNT OF TIBET Veiga, Manoel da. Relacam Geral do estado da Christandade de Ethiopia; Reduçam dos Scismaticos; Entrada, & Recebimé todo Patriarcha Dom Affonso Mendes; Obediencia dada polo Emperador Seltã Segued com toda sua Corte à Igreja Romana; & do que de nouo socedeo no descobriméto do.....

“Make this whole nation feel what an accursed thing slavery is” Ex-coll. a prominent New Hampshire abolitionist    Two volumes. Hobart and Robbins for Boston: John P. Jewett & Company and Cleveland: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington; 1852. First edition in book form, first issue. Duodecimo in 6s (7 ½” x 4 5/8”.....

[Rome:] Jo. Jacobi de Rubeis[, 1674–1675]. Oblong folio (12 5/8” x 16 3/16”, 322mm x 411mm): with 55 engraved plates: an engraved title-cum-dedication, a portrait frontispiece (of Raphael) and 53 engraved plates, the first unnumbered and then numbered 1-52. Bound in contemporary half sheep over marbled boards (re-backed in calf).....

CHINE-COLLÉ PROOFS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST    New York: University Press for J. Disturnell, 1835. First edition of part I, proofs after the letter. Folio in 4s (13 ¾” x 10 13/16”, 349mm x 275mm): 14 24 [$1 signed]. 8 leaves, pp. 1-3 (title, copyright, text) 4-16. With.....

Linocier: Paris: Guillaume Macé, (1619-)1620.Robin: Paris: Guilllaume [sic] Macé, 1620. First edition. Sextodecimo in 8s (16mo; 4 5/16” x 2 ¾”, 110mm x 71mm): ã8 B-Y8 Z1 Z2 Z4 Z3 Z6 Z5 Z7 Z8 Aa-Xx8, 2ã8, Yy-Qqq8 Rrr4 [$4; -ã1, H4, O1, V4, Qq3, Yy1, Ppp4; ã3 signed “ã ij”, a4.....

Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1693 (the map dated 1694). First edition, first state. Engraved map with contemporary hand-color, heightened gilt, on six sheets joined (24 3/16" x 56 7/16"). Presented floating in an antique baroque scrollwork gilt frame (32 3/4" x 65 3/8"), with cochlear corner-pieces, behind UVIII Plexiglass. Infill at.....

BONAPARTE’S PIGEONS IN ITS ORIGINAL PARTS    Iconographie des pigeons non figurés par Mme Knip (Mme Pauline Decourcelles) dans les deux volumes de MM. Temminck et Florent Prévost. Paris: L. Martinet for P. Bertrand, 1857[–1858]. Folio (22” x 14 5/16”, 557mm x 363mm): π-3π2 4π1 [59]1 χ-2χ1. 68 leaves, pp.....

THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA–FRANK S. STREETER SET    Three volumes. Venice: Giunti, 1563–1606–1556. Third edition of vol. I, fourth edition of vol. II, first edition of vol. III. Quarto in 8s and 4s (11 13/16” x 8 ¼”, 301mm x 211mm).Vol. I: πa4 πb-d8 πe10 a-v8 x10 y-bbb8 ccc10 (ccc10.....

THE BLACKMER SET of the GREAT FICTIONAL VOYAGE AROUND ANCIENT GREECE   Five volumes. Paris: De Bure l’aîné, 1788. First edition. Voyage: quarto (11 5/16” x 8 7/16”, 287mm x 215mm).Vol. I[1]: binder’s blank, a4 b4 c2(–c2) χA4 χB-E4 Α-Zzz4 Aaaa2, binder’s blank [$2 signed]. 307 leaves, pp. i-v (half-title, blank, title.....

Wheler, George, Sir. A Journey into Greece, by George Wheler Esq; In Company of Dr Spon of Lyons. In Six Books. Containing I. A Voyage from Venice to Constantinople. II. An Account of Constantinople and the Adjacent Places. III. A Voyage through the Lesser Asia. IV. A Voyage from Zant.....

Two volumes. Paris: Crapelet for Desray, 1807. First edition. Folio (19 7/16” x 12 15/16”, 494mm x 328mm).Vol. I: binder’s blank, π2 a2 1-72 7bis.1 8-92 101 10bis.2 11-222 232(-232), binder’s blank [$1 signed]. 51 leaves, pp. [4] (half-title, blank, title, blank) j ij-iv 1 2-28 28*-28** 29-38 38*-38** 39-90.....

THE LAST SPANISH RECONNAISANCE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Madrid, Imprenta Real, 1802. First edition. Small quarto (7 7/8” x 5 7/16”, 200mm x 132mm): 3 binder’s blanks, *–**4 a–x4 A–Z4 +AA1, 3 binder’s blanks [$1 signed]. 185 leaves, pp. [16] (title, blank, 5pp. introduction, blank, 8pp. contents) I II–CLXVIII, 1.....

[Mialhe, Toussaint Frédéric. Viaje pintoresco alrededor de la Isla de Cuba. Havana: L. Marquier, 1847–1848.] Oblong quarto (11 9/16” x 16 ½”, 294mm x 419mm). With 18 tinted lithographs. Bound in contemporary half red diced sheep over maroon pebbled cloth. Worn, with chipping and losses at the tail. The front.....