Les aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse by FENELON, Francois de Salignac - 1784

1836 AFRICA 1ed Lander Niger River Exploration Illustrated Maps Slavery

Richard Lander was an English explorer who made his name for his voyages into Africa. After nearly a decade of African voyages, the British government sent Richard and his brother John in 1830 to explore the Niger River. While at the river delta, they were captured by local tribes for a short time. Their voyage did yield grand results – they discovered the Niger River course and outlets.
The specifics of the journey were written and published under various titles, including 'The Travels of Richard and John Lander'. This work is a fascinating account of African culture, geography, and 19th-century exploration. This 1836 first edition includes nine fine, full-page engravings, including maps and views of local tribes.
Item number: #13180
Price: $599
LANDER, Richard & John
The travels of Richard and John Lander, into the interior of Africa : for the discovery of the course and termination of the Niger ; from unpublished documents… Read More

1822 Famous 2ed David Porter Journal USS Essex Battle of Valparaiso War of 1812

David Porter was an early American naval captain who served on the USS Constitution and the USS Essex. While aboard the Essex, Porter faced significant hardships, including the Battle of Valparaiso where the ship was ultimately disabled. Porter kept a journal of his time aboard the Essex, a journal that was quickly published after capture of the Essex.
According to Hill, the second of Porter's 'Journal' is the "best edition" and is more complete even than the first. In fact, this edition contains the first instance of the details of Porter's loss of the USS Essex in 1814. This edition also includes an expanded preface as well as folding maps and notes and illustrations on the Galapagos Islands.
Item number: #12767
Price: $750
PORTER, David
Journal of a cruise made to the Pacific Ocean by Captain David Porter, in the United States Frigate Essex, in the years 1812, 1813, and 1814 : to which is now added the transactions at… Read More

1890 Brownie Book 1ed Palmer Cox Children Fairy Tale ART Celtic Elf Mythology

Palmer Cox was a Canadian author and illustrator best known for The Brownies, based on Celtic mythology and highland Scottish tales told to Cox by his grandmother. Brownies are small imaginary male sprites, who enjoy harmless pranks and helpful deeds and have never been seen by people. "Another Brownie Book" is the second book in Cox' Brownies series.
This 1890 first edition features twenty-four Brownie stories, all told in verse, complete with numerous black and white wood engravings and color illustrations.

Item number: #13359
Price: $499
COX, Palmer
Another Brownie Book
New York: Century Co., ©1890. First Edition.
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Collation: Complete with all pages
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xi, [1], 144
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Illustrated throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~10.25in X 8.5in (26cm x 21.5cm)
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1819 1st ed Forbin Travels in EGYPT Levant Voyages Pyramids Sphinx Jerusalem
Nicolas Philippe de Forbin was an early 19th-century French historian and art antiquary, who, in 1817, set out on a voyage to the Levant to view, study, and acquire ancient pieces of art. The voyage took Forbin and his traveling party to the Holy Land and Jerusalem, Syria, Athens, Constantinople, and even the Dead Sea.
His journal of the excursion covers his discoveries giving special attention to the Egyptian pyramids and the Great Sphinx. This undated first English edition includes impressive sketch illustrations of ruins, the Temple of Karnak, ruins of ancient Jericho, Castle at Cairo, the Pyramids at Giza, and the ancient walls of Jerusalem. A highly desirable work of Middle Eastern voyages!
Item number: #14024
Price: $499
FORBIN, Count Nicolas Philippe de
Travels in Egypt, being a continuation of the Travels in the Holy Land, in 1817-18
London : Printed for Sir Richard Phillips, [1819]. First edition.

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1847 CHINA 1ed Canton Journal of Shaw Voyage American Revolutionary WAR India
Major Samuel Shaw was an 18th-century officer in the Continental Army, who served under General Henry Knox and the 3rd Artillery Regiment. Following his service in the army, Shaw was part of a voyage to China in which he was appointed Consul by the Continental Congress. The journals that he kept on this voyage, as well as those on the American revolution, were published in 1847 by Crosby and Nichols.

Item number: #13427
Price: $599
SHAW, Samuel
The journals of Major Samuel Shaw, the first American consul at Canton
Boston : W. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1847. First edition.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xiii, [1], 360
· References: Sabin 79959; Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 34987.38
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
o Cloth
· Size: ~9.5in X 6in (24cm x 15cm)
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1880 The Pacific Tourist American West INDIANS Utah Mormons Railroad Illustrated
'The Pacific Tourist' is a late 19th-century American travel guide designed to provide travelers with information on the American west. This guide includes details on the Pacific Railroad as well as descriptions and notes on iconic sights. Notable locations include:
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Salt Lake City
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Mormon Temple
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Brigham Young offices and homes
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Great Plains
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Prairie dog city
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Hunting excursions
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Indian scenes, teepees
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Landscapes
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Twin Sisters Rocks
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Teapot Rock
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Devil's Gate gorge, Wyoming

Item number: #15665
Price: $499
SHEARER, Frederick
The Pacific tourist. Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads and all points of business or pleasure travel
New York: Adams & Bishop, Publishers, 1880.

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1882 King Louis XII of France Anne of Brittany Color Illustrated French BINDING

Paul Lacroix was a 19th-century French author whose books covered a broad set of topics, including some controversial. Lacroix wrote about ballets, costumes, romance, masquerades, heraldry, religion in the military, and the history of prostitution. One of his best books was "Louis XII et Anne de Bretagne", a history of early 16th-century France and the reuniting of Brittany and France.
While the contents of this and other Lacroix works are fascinating, it is the exquisite binding and color illustrations that make this book so desirable. It contains more than 200 illustrations in addition to the 14 chromolithograph engravings!
Item number: #18789
Price: $499
LaCROIX, Paul
Louis XII et Anne de Bretagne
Paris : Georges Hurtrel, 1882.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [6], IV, [2], 644
o 30 plates (14 in color), with numerous in-text illustrations
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Language: French
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1844 MONKEYS Jardine Illustrated Primate Mandrill Baboon Color Evolution Macaque

Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.

This fine 1833 edition of Jardine's 'Mammalia' is beautifully color illustrated with 30 engravings of various species of monkeys! The plates from Jardine's works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases illustrations and descriptions of simpai monkey, gray langers, white-eyed mangabey monkeys, lion-tailed macaque, chacma baboon, and the mandrill!

Item number: #21628
Price: $499

JARDINE, Sir William

The Naturalist's Library, Mammalia… Monkeys

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars and Stirling and Kenney, Longman…Curry…1844.

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• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [2], 230
o 30 hand-colored engraved plates, plus portrait frontispiece and vignette title page
• References: Lowndes 1192
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1889 Civil War Secret Service Wilkes Booth Lincoln Assassination Baker Military

A beautiful, decorative first edition of the history of "The United States Secret Service." This book, by General La Fayette Baker, deals with the interactions in the American government as well as Baker's views on the role slavery played in the Civil War. Other important events discussed include Wilson's Raid, Abraham Lincoln speeches, organization of the First District Cavalry, role of women in the Civil War and more.

The most interesting chapter, however, is the chapter on famous assassinations throughout history including:
• Eglon, King of Moab
• Julius Caesar
• James I of England
• Marat, the French Revolution leader
• Alexander of Russia
• Abraham Lincoln

The portion on Abraham Lincoln features an engraving of John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin, being killed in a tobacco barn by Richard Garrett. Other engravings relating to Booth include him crossing the Potomac and his secret burial. This book… Read More

1698 Hymni Sacri et Novi Catholic Hymns Music Chant Latin Poetry Jean Santeul

Known mostly for his Latin poems, Jean Baptiste de Santeul wrote a plethora of hymns that were published in 17th-century Breviaries. Santeul was a French-born poet who wrote under the name Santolius Victorinus. His complete collection of hymns and hymn texts were published in "Hymni Sacri et Novi" which first appeared in 1689.

This 1698 edition was the first enlarged edition of 'Hymni' and includes Santeul's hymns for all occasions of the Catholic liturgical year. In addition to the Latin text, this book contains hymns with music notation – chant with neumes.

Item number: #21920
Price: $499

SANTEUL, Jean-Baptiste de

Hymni sacri et novi

Parisiis : Apud Dionysium Thierry ..., 1698.

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [3], 8-13, [11], 302, [6], 12
• References: Brunet V, 135; Graesse VI, 269
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~7in X 4in (18cm x 10.5cm)

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