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Frankfurt, Wolfgang Richter, 1598, folio (300 x 200mm), crushed Morocco gilt by Pratt, with Engraved Title-Page, Engraved Arms of Frederick IV, 2 folding engraved maps on 3 sheets and 14 half page engraved plates.
Pigafetta's report of the Kingdom of Congo and of the Surrounding Countries, 1591 was translated into English, Latin (as Regnum Congo), French, Dutch, and German.
In it Pigafetta explains that he was ordered by Pope Sixtus V to transcribe the account of Duarte Lopez, a Portuguese trader who had spent twelve years in the Congo. Lopez's narrative gives a detailed account of his voyage on his uncle's ship, and the history and geography of the kingdom of Congo and its six administrative regions under the rule of its king (named by Lopez 'Don Alvarez'). The account demonstrates the extent of Portuguese exploration across West Africa in the sixteenth century, of which later explorers were unaware

Duarte Lopes travelled within central Africa, in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo and… Read More

Cadiz: en la Real imprenta de Marina, 1753.
Two parts in one volume,First work: [20] 1-160 159-162 [4] pp., signatures pi2 [par.]-2[par.]4 A-X4 (2[par.]4 and X4 blank), woodcut initial and head-and tailpieces, engraved folding map (titled 'Reconocimiento de los estrechos de Magallanes y San Vicente ... por Don Pedro Texeira Ealbernas', woodcut vignettes in text at pp. 82-3 and 88, ink inscription to title-page verso.Second Work: 41 [3] pp., signatures A-E4 F2'
Early full calf binding, 4to (19.3 x 13.6 cm), Engraved Folding Map.
This map illustrates one of the most important discoveries in the history of world trade, the discovery of the Strait of Le Maire or, as the Nodal brothers christened it, the Strait of San Vicente. The Nodal expedition was a reconnaissance mission sponsored by King Philip III of Spain in 1619. The purpose was to confirm the recent discoveries of Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten of a passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the south of Tierra del Fuego.

Hill describes… Read More

London: Printed by T. Bensley and sold by Messr.Cadell and Davies, etc. 1813-17.
First Edition, 3 volumes, Large Folio, half red calf over marbled boards, complete with numerous plates on 111 hand-coloured sheets of antiquities and mosaic pavements, of which 37 are folding or double-page, 3 hand-coloured titles, engraved dedication, 7 part titles with 6 in colour, 4 engraved ll of lists of plates in colour with hand-coloured engraved vignettes, a fine copy of a rare work.A SUPERB COPY OF A VERY SCARCE WORK. One of 200 Sets Only and One of the Most Important Works on Roman Antiquities in Britain.
An extraordinary series of engravings recording Roman mosaic floors and antiquities excavated in Great Britain in the late 18th century.Samuel Lysons was one of the first archaeologists to investigate the Roman sites in Britain, as well as being a leading intellectual of his time and a benefactor of the British Museum, to which he donated many artifacts. Between 1793 and 1796, he undertook extensive… Read More

Edinburgh, Privately Printed Limited Edition 1893, Large Oblong Folio ( 430 x 590 mm) ,Original Brown Cloth Gilt, Title Printed in Red and Black, Dedication and Twenty Finely Etched Old Coloured Golfing Scenes
First Edition Signed by the Author. A scarce work illustrating the older courses in Scotland. Each plate is titled on the tissue guard.
The courses illustrated are: Dunbar ; North Berwick; Gullane; Luffness; Musselburgh; Leith; Leven; Elie; St Andrews; Carnoustie; Montrose; Aberdeen; Perth; Stirling; Bruntsfield; Lanark; Glasgow; Machrihanish; Prestwick and Troon.John Smart was born in Edinburgh Oct 16,1838. His father was Robert Campbell Smart, the famous engraver. Educated at Leith High School he received his first instruction in art at the school of the Board of Manufacturers. In 1858 he was apprenticed to an engraver, but as he showed great talent for landscape, later became a pupil of Horatio McCulloch, R.S.A. Smart was an original member of the Royal… Read More