Arader Galleries, Rare Books

Item #GRM0103 The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Numibia. From drawings made on...

Roberts, David; Rev. George Croly.

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Numibia. From drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. with historical descriptions by the Revd George Croly, L.L.D. Lithographed by Louis Haghe Vol I [-2, -3, -I.,-V].

“THE FINEST ILLUSTRATED TRAVEL BOOK OF THE 19TH CENTURY”THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE TINTED LITHOGRAPH 6 volumes bound in 3. London: F.G. Moon, 1842–1849. First edition. Folio (23 13/16” x 16 7/8”, 605mm x 429mm):Volume I: binder’s blank, π2 foll. A B–Q χ [$1 signed]. 19 leaves, pp. [6] (dedication, blank.....

Price: $135,000

Item #JLR0885 Views in Egypt, from the Original Drawings in the possession of Sir Robert Ainslie,...

Mayer, Luigi

Views in Egypt, from the Original Drawings in the possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, taken during his embassy to Constantinople by Luigi Mayer: Engraved by and under the Direction of Thomas Milton: with historical observations and incidental illustrations of the Manners and Customs of the Natives of that Country

MAYER’S EGYPT with the PLATES in TWO STATES THE COMTE de la BÉDOYÈRE–COMAR COPY London: Thomas Bensley for Robert Bowyer, 1801 (plates dated 1801–1803). First edition. Folio (19 1/8” x 13 ½”, 484mm x 343mm): A2 B-2D2 [$1 signed]. 54 leaves, pp. [4] (title, blank, dedication, blank) 1 2-102 [2].....

Price: $16,000

Item #GRM0099 The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia after lithographs by Louis...

Roberts, David; Rev. George Croly.

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia after lithographs by Louis Haghe from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. with historical descriptions by the Revd George Croly, L.L.D. vol. I [vol. II, vol. 3, vol. IV, vol. V, vol. VI].

“THE FINEST ILLUSTRATED TRAVEL BOOK OF THE 19TH CENTURY” THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE TINTED LITHOGRAPH 6 volumes bound in 3. London: Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen, 1855–1856. First quarto edition. Quarto (11 ¼” x 8 3/16”, 287mm x 208mm):Volume I: binder’s blank, [6] (dedication, blank, list of subjects.....

Price: $7,400

Item #JLR0870 Imagines Veteris ac novi Testamenti a Raphaële Sanctio Urbinate in Vaticani...

De Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo

Imagines Veteris ac novi Testamenti a Raphaële Sanctio Urbinate in Vaticani Palatii xystis mirà picturae elegantia expressae

[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).....

Price: $1,800

Item #JLR0863 P. Bellonii Cenomani de arboribus coniferis, resiniferis, aliis quoque nonnullis...

Belon du Mans, Pierre

P. Bellonii Cenomani de arboribus coniferis, resiniferis, aliis quoque nonnullis sempiterna fronde virentibus, cum earundem iconibus ad viuum expressis. Item de melle cedrino, Cedria, Agarico, Resinis, & iis quæ ex coniferis proficiscuntur. Ad illustrissimum dominum Franciscum Oliuarium, Franciæ Cancellarium, virum amplissimum

Paris: Gilles Corrozet, 1553. First edition. Quarto (7 ¾” x 5 7/8”, 198mm x 149mm): ã4 ẽ4 A-H4 [$3 signed; -ã1]. 40 leaves, foll. [8] (title, privilege, 3pp. dedication, 3pp. preface, contents, 6pp. index, blank) 1-32. With eight woodcut illustrations integral with the text. Bound in modern stiff marbled paper.....

Price: $5,500

Baur, Johann Wilhelm

Battle, perhaps Tancred attacking the Saracen host

[Baur, Johann Wilhelm.] Battle, perhaps Tancred surveying the Saracen host. Gouache and gold over ink on vellum mounted on panel: 5 ¼” x 7 ¼”, 135mm x 184mm. Matted and framed (11 ½” x 13 ½”). Some flaking to the sky, with some abrasions at the right edge. Some wear.....

Price: $12,000

Item #6JLR0072 Wanderings among the Falashas in Abyssinia; together with a description of the...

Stern, Henry Aaron

Wanderings among the Falashas in Abyssinia; together with a description of the country and its various inhabitants.

London: Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 1862. First edition. Octavo (8 3/8" x 5 3/8", 213mm x 136mm). With a folding engraved map, a tinted engraved frontispiece, 7 tinted engraved plates and 12 in-text wood engravings. Bound in contemporary half calf over purple cloth boards. At the edges of the calf.....

Price: $560

Visscher, Nicolaes, I (after)

The Land of Canaan Travel’d over by Our Saviour Jesus Christ and by His Apostles

N.p., ca. 1720 or later. Engraved map of the Holy Land with original hand color in outline (15 ½" x 19 1/4"), based on Visscher's Bible map and its English translation (cf. Joseph Moxon) but ships in the upper right quadrant illustrating the Fifth Journey of St. Paul as narrated.....

Price: $900

Item #6BD0041 Het Beloofde Landt Canaan Door Wandelt Van Onsen Salichmaecker Iesu Christo,...

Stoopendaal, Daniel; after Nicolaes Visscher I

Het Beloofde Landt Canaan Door Wandelt Van Onsen Salichmaecker Iesu Christo, Neffens Syne Apostelen

Dordrecht: Hendrik and Jacob Keur, ca. 1730 or later. Double-page engraved map of the Holy Land taken from the Dutch Keur State Bible (Staten Bijbel; 13" x 18 ½").Includes large title cartouche surmounted by the Resurrection of Christ, lateral vignettes with strapwork decoration showing the Nativity and Crucifixion flanked by.....

Price: $950

Item #6BD0040 Iudaea Sive Terra Sancta Quae Israelitarum In Suas Duodecim Tribus Destincta...

Danckerts, Theodorus; likely after Nicolas Sanson

Iudaea Sive Terra Sancta Quae Israelitarum In Suas Duodecim Tribus Destincta Secretis Ab Invicem Regnis Iuda, et Israel Expressis in Super Sex Ejusdem Terrae Provincijs

Amsterdam: Ex Officina Iusti Danckerts (?), ca. 1690 or later. Double-page engraving (22 1/2" x 20") of the Holy Land with original hand color, divided into the territories of the 12 Tribes of Israel. A legend in lower right as well as elaborate title cartouche with allegorical scene featuring the.....

Price: $1,800