Search Results: Titles starting with R from Gallery of Prints

EXTREMELY RARE lithograph view from 'Voyage autour du monde executé pendant les années 1836 / 1837 sur la Corvette La Bonite', pl no.23. Reference:Borba de Moraes, 874 / Nissen, ZBI, 4208 / Sabin, 98298 /Stafleu, 1969 / Wood, 609. Condition: with minor stains, dirt spots, burn marks not affecting plate, verso with dirt spots not shining through as paper is thick. Condition considered when pricing.

209pp., hardbound, 2 original-colour maps of the Philippines and Mindanao & 34 anthropology plates. EXTREMELY RARE. Virtually impossible to find book, based on the "Archives des Missions Scientifiques et Littéraires" - vol.11. Joseph Montano, Doctor of Medicine and Anthropologist, visited Singapore, Malacca, Manila, Luzon, Batangas, Legaspi, Albay, the Calamian Archipelago, Puerto- Princesa (Palawan), Balabac, Zamboanga, Basilan, Sulu, Sandakan, Mindanao, Davao, Surigao, etc. Montano, who was accompanied by the botanist Paul Rey, gave a very careful anthropological and linguistic description of the populations of the regions crossed. The fever shortened the two scientists' journey, preventing them from going to the north of Luzon, as they had planned. Reference: Retana 2235 / P.de Tavera BF #1748; Quirino p.116 [maps]; BNF # FRBNF30968178. Condition: with hand-written notes in black ink, otherwise very good condition.

lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE view from "Atlas Journal de la Navigation Autour du Globe de la Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l'Esperance pendant les années 1824, 1825 et 1826"; pl. 7. REFERENCE: Borba de Moraes, I, p. 115; Sabin, 6874; cf. Ferguson 2236; Ferguson, 1204; cf. Hill, p. 31; Numa Broc, Oceanie, 89; cf. Nissen ZBI 483; Howgego, B50.

aquatint, RARE beautiful view from 'Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de La Corvette de Sa Majesté La Favorite exécuté pendant les années 1830, 1831, 1832, pl. 51, sketched by Louis Auguste de Sainson, engraved by Sigismond Himely and under the direction of Louis Auguste de Sainson with Arthus Bertrand, editeur. "La Favorite" was one of several ships sent out by the France in the 1820/1830s to compete with similar expeditions by other countries. These were voyages with political/territorial objectives via commercial diplomatic, scientific and artistic means, intending to expand French influence particularly in Southeast Asia to counter British interests. Barthelemy Lauvergne (1805-1871) was a French painter, maritime, and landscape artist active in the mid 19th C. He accompanied the French naval officer Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) onboard the L'Astrolabe (1826-1829), Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) on La Favorite (1830-1832), and… Read More

chromolithograph. Condition: with light water stains, paper toning, verso with light smudges, condition considered when priced.

Antonio Zatta e Figli, Venice. 1785. 40.1 x 31.8 cm, original outline-colour copper engraving. RARE map from 'Atlante Novissimo'. A terrific example of Italian craftsmanship. Condition: excellent, with centerfold as issued..

RARE original hand-colour copper engraving, double-page chart map of Spain and Portugal with small cartouche and a compass rose from the "Atlas Minor ex Tabulis Geographicis" [without plate no.].". Condition: with center-fold as issued, minor paper stains.

Map from 'Reis van Lord Macartneij naar China' (1792/93), vol. 7; the first Dutch edition published in Amsterdam by 'Johannes Allart, of the famous work, originally published in London: An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. Staunton (1737-1801) was principal secretary to Lord Macartney's embassy to China in 1792, tasked to improve the existing commercial relations with China, a mission which failed.

RARE original hand-colour copper engraving, double-page chart map of Germany with explanatory text and directory on the right of map, from the "Atlas Minor ex Tabulis Geographicis", pl. 6. with engraving by Joh. Georg Probst's son.". Condition: with centre-fold as issued, minor paper stains.

RARE original hand-colour copper engraving, double-page chart map of France with explanatory text and and directory on the right of the map, from the "Atlas Minor ex Tabulis Geographicis" [without plate no.]. Map engraved in 1784 as shown in lower right. ". Condition: with center-fold as issued.

RARE original hand-colour copper engraving, double-page chart map of Poland with oval cartouche, an explanatory text and directory on the right of the map, from the "Atlas Minor ex Tabulis Geographicis" [without plate no.]. Map engraved in 1786 as shown in lower right.". Condition: with center-fold as issued, minor paper stains.

original outline-colour lithograph Map printed by C. Hellfarth, in Gotha. CONDITION: with fold as issued.

Philipp, Martin & Johann Veith Erben Buchhaendler in Augsburg & Graetz. 1728-9. 15.1 x 16.6 cm, copper engraving, EXTREMELY RARE; Map showing the travel route via Isfahan and Armenia, from 'Der Neue Welt-Bott. ' [Jesuit letters]; here from 'Allerhand So Lehr-als Geist-reiche Brief, Schrifften, und Reis-Beschreibungen'; 1st edition. REFERENCE: Cordier 941, Sabin 91981, De Backer-S, VII 1586. Condition: upper part with water stain, foxing.. 1st Edition.

381 pp., XVI, modern half-calf marbled boards, numerous text engravings, 10 wood-engraved plates (7 in Jagor's, 3 in Virchow's article), 1 folding original-colour lithographic map with multiple insets. EXTREMELY RARE. 1st edition of this classic tome on the Philippines. – [shows] …Jagor as the most detailed observer who did the most valuable work amongst all French, English & German travelers, scientists, merchants & soldiers, who reported on the life & customs of these islands, from 1775 till 1860 ", as the American historian James A. Leroy commented on this publication of the German ethnographer in 1901. F. Jagor (1816-1900) was known as a perfectionist, unable to accept unfinished work which he would rather not deliver to his publisher. After returning from the Philippines in 1860, he spent the subsequent 13 years for further research on his work, now called a classic. He was one of the 1st Europeans to climb Mt. Mayon, explored the caves of the Visayas, describes his travels to Bicol, Samar &… Read More

original-colour lithograph map, with folds as issued.

lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE view from "Atlas Journal de la Navigation Autour du Globe de la Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l'Esperance pendant les années 1824, 1825 et 1826"; pl. 28; REFERENCE: Borba de Moraes, I, p. 115; Sabin, 6874; cf. Ferguson 2236; Ferguson, 1204; cf. Hill, p. 31; Numa Broc, Oceanie, 89; cf. Nissen ZBI 483; Howgego, B50.

lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE. Splendid view from "Atlas Journal de la Navigation Autour du Globe de la Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l'Esperance pendant les années 1824, 1825 et 1826"; pl. 28; This official record of Bougainville's voyage around the world was published by Arthus Bertrand, Paris. The main intention of the voyage was: to extend French influence in Indochina, but Manila, Sydney and Rio de la Plata areas were also visited and documented. Reference: Borba de Moraes, I, p. 115; Sabin, 6874; cf. Ferguson 2236; Ferguson, 1204; cf. Hill, p. 31; Numa Broc, Oceanie, 89; cf. Nissen ZBI 483; Howgego, B50. Condition: cleaned.

lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE view from 'Album Pittoresque de la Fregate La Thetis et de la Covette L'Esperance'. Condition: with minimal smudges and water stains, paper a bit wavy. verso text: Route du Chili a Buenos-Ayres.

copper engraving. View from 'A New System of Geography or A General Description of the World'. Condition: with foxing, stains & smudges at the edges, paper toning.

wood engraving (verso: Vue du Kingani). View from "Les Lacs de l'Afrique Équatoriale" by Victor Giraud. Victor Giraud (French explorer, 1858-1899) travelled and explored, between 1883 and 1885, in the Great Lakes region which had excited a European public after David Livingstone's death in 1873 in the Lake Bangweulu area (present-day Zambia). Condition: minor stains and dirt spots along margins, slightly affecting plate, small tear at bottom right corner, slightly into plate, paper creases.