A Collection
of Ninety-Eight Coloured Costumes of Foreign(and British) Troops
in the Eighteenth Century, sm. 8vo, contemporary half calf,
marbled boards(joints repaired) c.1790
£1800
A curious collection
of one design being used throughout showing no differences,
except where the colours have been change.There are illustrations
of a 1st Grenadier Guard and the Black Watch.
[Bellegarde
(Jean Baptiste Morvan de] A General History of all Voyages and
Travels throughout the Old and New World... containing an
Accurate Description of each Country, its Natural History and
Product; the Religion, Customs, Manners, Trade, of the Inhabitants...
and the Lives of the ...Travellers, by Monsr. Du Perier, FIRST
ENGLISH EDITION, engraved pictorial title-page and 5 plates,
8vo, contemporary calf(small wormhole in the inner margin of
the first few leaves, spine repaired) London, 1708
£850
Sabin 21315.
Du Perier's name
is given on the title-page of this, the first issue, but Bellegarde's
was properly given on that of the 1711 reissue.Practically the
whole of the volume is devoted to the early voyages of the Spaniards
to South America and the West Indies as well as the conquests
in Peru and Mexico, together with chapters dealing with Jamaica,
Cuba and Hispanola.Includes interesting descriptions of the
manners and customs of the people and an account of medicines
for the cure of wounds and other diseases; relates also to the
animals, plants. trees, insects, pearl fishing, and sugar trade
of South America and West Indies. The first chapter includes
a short account of Madeira.
Churchill (Awnsham
and John) Voyages and Travels, Some Now First Printed from Original
Manuscripts, Others Translated Out of Foreign Languages,
and Now First Published in English, SECOND EDITION, 300 engraved
maps, plates and text illustrations, 6 vols, folio, contemporary
calf, rebacked, panelled spines, original red letter pieces(some
slight foxing, some worming), London, 1732
£6500
Vol.I. Navarette's
Account of China; Baumgarten's Travels through Egypt, Arabia,
&c.; Brewer and Herckman's Voyage to Chile; Candidus Account
of Formosa, Curious Remarks on Japan; Monck's Voyage to Hudson's
Strait's; Beauplan's Description of Ukraine; Angelo and Carli's
Voyage to Congo; Merolla's Voyage to Congo; Roe's Voyage to
the East Indies;
Vol.II. Nieuhoff's
Travels in Brazil; Smith's Travels in Europe, Asia, Africa and
America, Two Journals relating to Greenland and Spitzbergen,
James North-West Passage, Backhoff's China, Wagener's China,
Life of Columbus, Greaves Pyramidographia, Greaves Roman Foot,
Borri's Account of Cochin-China.
Vol. III.
Ovalle's Chile, Monson's Naval Tracts, Baldaeus Description
of Malabar, Coromandel and Ceylon.
Vol. IV.
Careri's Voyage Round the World, Shipwreck on the Coast of Korea,
Pelham's Greenland, Merin's Journey to Hungary, Ten Rhyen's
Account of the Cape of Good Hope, Bolland's Streights of Gibraltar,
Sepp and Behme's Voyage to Paraquiria.
Vol. V. Description
of Guinea, Ethiopia, Guiana, Rivers of Amazon and Oronoque,
West Indies, &c. Herrear's History of the West Indies, Rolamb's
Journey to Constantinople.
Vol. VI. Phillips
Voyage to Cape Mounseradoc, Coast of Guinea, and the Island
of St. Thomas and Barbados, Gatonbe's Voyage into the North-West
Passage, Everard's suffering upon the Coast of Assada, near
Madagascar, Description of the Mosquito Kingdom in America,
Lord's Discovery of Two Sects in the East Indies, May's Account
of the ship "Terra Nova' from Virginia, Account of the King
of Mocha, The Island of Bombay, Skippon's Journey through Low
Countries, Baron's Description of Tonqueen; Careri's Travels
in Europe, Norwood's Virginia.
Du Bois (J.P.I.)
Vies des Gouverneurs Generaux, L'Abrege de L'Histoire des Etablissemens
Hollandois aux Indes Orientales, etc. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION,
28 engraved portraits of the Dutch Governor Generals in the
text, 34 engraved maps and plates including folding views of
Batavia, Amboine, Terante, etc. and folding maps of Nouvelle
Hollande, Java, Moluccas, Formosa, etc. plans of Nagasaki, Cape
of Good Hope, Malacca, etc. 4to, contemporary boards(covers
slightly worn, and some staining in the text) Pierre de Hondt,
The Hague, 1763
£1800
From the library
of C. R. Boxer, with his characteristics ownership inscription
and annotations on the end papers.
Harris (J.)
Navigantium Atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca: or, a Complete Collection
of Voyages and Travels, consisting above Six Hundred of
the most Authentic Writers... in Europe, Asia, Africa and America...Originally
published by John Harris, Now Carefully Revised with Large Editions...Including
Particular Accounts of the Manufactures and Commerce of Each
Country, THIRD EDITION ENLARGED, 14 double page and 7 single
page finely engraved maps by E. Bowen, 2 double page maps by
Kitchen, 2 portraits, 5 natural history and 31 plates, 2 vols,
thk. folio, contemporary calf(one map slightly shaved), rebacked
full gilt panelled spines, red and green letter pieces, London,
1764
£9500
Includes an account
of the voyage of Tasman with a map of the Southern Continent
showing the coast of Australia from Carpentaria and West to
Van Diemans Land, engraved surface, 19 x 15 ins., copied Tasman's
original map, with the addition of two short articles printed
on the map. The first discusses Quiros and his discoveries,
the second puts forward the possibilities of Australia as a
colony "whoever perfectly discovers and settles it will become
infalliably possessed of territories as rich as fruitful and
as capable of improvement as any that have hitherto been found..."
and also suggests that as it enjoys the same latitudes as South
Africa, Madagascar, Peru and Chile, where gold and silver are
to be found, there is no reason why Australia should not contain
these minerals.Contains also the voyages of Quiros for discovery
of a Southern Continent, Dampier's New Holland Voyage, voyage
and shipwreck of Pelsaert on the coast of New Holland,
circumnavigation of Magellan, Drake, Cavendish, van Noort, Spilbergen,
Schouten, Cowley, Funnell, Woods Rogers, Clipperton, Shelvocke,
Anson, Roggewein's expedition to Easter Islands, etc.
Holman (J.R.N.the
blind traveller) A Voyage Round the World, including Travels
in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, 1827-32, FIRST EDITION,
portrait, map and 21 lithograph plates, includes 3 double-page
panorama plates of Table Bay; Settlement of Calrence, Fernando
Po; and H.M. Ships Imogene and Andromache forcing the passage
of the Bogue, China, 4 vols, 8vo, old style half calf, London,
1834-35
£950
Ferguson 1802
The author visited
and described Madeira, Teneriffe, Sierra Leone, Fernnando Po,
Rio de Janeiro, South Africa, Mauritius, Madgascar, Zazibar,
Seychelles, Bangalore, Penang, China and the opium trade, Singapore,
Australia, New Zealand, etc. Holman resided for eleven months
in New South Wales and during his stay he visited the settlements
in Tasmania and Swan river
Nouvel Atlas
des Enfans, ou Principes Clairs Pour Apprendre Facilement
et en Fort Peu de Tems La Geographie, Suivi d'un Traite Methodique
de la Sphere, Oui explique le mouvment des Aftres, les divers
Systemes du Monde, & l'uage des Globe; NOUVELLE EDITION,
REVUE & CORRIGEE, 24 coloured and 1 plain illustration,
8vo, modern half calf, Amsterdan, 1776
£280
AFRICAN ISLANDS
Glas (G.) The
History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands:
Translated from a Spanish Manuscript, Lately found in the
Island of Palma, with an Enquiry into the Origin of the Ancient
Inhabitants, to which is added, a Description of the Canary
Islands, including the Modern History of the Inhabitants, and
an Account of their Manners, Customs, Trade, etc. FIRST EDITION,
folding map, 3 small charts on 2 leaves, 4to, contemporary half
calf(joints repaired), rebacked, London, 1764
£1200
Wyld (James)
A Geo-Hydrographic Survey of Madeira and its Dependencies, by
W. Johnstone, now republished with numerous alterations and
corrections from the Surveys and Astronomical Observations of
Officers in His Majesty's Army and Navy, engraved surface 30:5
x 22 ins. cut into 8vo size and mounted on linen, folded and
preserved in the original slip folder and with the original
printed paper label pasted onto the upper cover, published by
James Wyld, London, c.1820
£450
The map contains
an insert plan of the Town and bay of Funchal, size 10:25 x
8:5 ins. a panoramic engraved view of the City of Funchal and
of the South Coast of the island of Madeira, from Porta da Cruz
to the Brazen Head, taken from Shipping in the Road, size 12:5
x 4 ins.
WEST AFRICAN
Adams (Captain
John)Sketches taken During Ten Voyages to Africa, Between
the Years 1786 and 1800; Including Observations on the country
Between Cape Palmas and the River Congo; and Cursory remarks
on the Physical and Moral Character of the Inhabitants with
an Appendix, containing an Account of the European trade with
the West Coast of Africa, FIRST EDITION, folding map of the
coast of Guinea from Cape Palmas to Calabar and a sketch map
of Melemba, title + [vi] + 120 pages, last blank(small library
stamp on verso of title) The appendix contains a list of goods
suitable to barter for, gold and ivory on the Gold Coast and
also detailed information on the various districts and methods
used in business transactions.Liverpool, [1802]
£1250
Adanson (M.,
French Naturalist) A Voyage to Senegal, the Isle of Goree,
and the River Gambia, translated from the French with notes
by an English Gentleman, who resided some time in that country,
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, folding map by Philip Buache, 8vo, contemporary
calf, London, 1759
£750
The author was
employed by the French East India Company in Senegal foe five
years, 1749-53. He describes his travels and experiences and
also his studies of natural history of West Africa.
Adams:
The Narrative of Robert Adams, A Sailor, who was Wrecked on
the Western Coast of Africa,
in the Year 1810, was Detained Three Years in Slavery by the
Arabs of the Great Desert, and Resided Several Months in the
City of Tombuctoo, FIRST EDITION, folding map, 4to, contemporary
calf, red letterpiece(joints repaired), London, 1816
£1200
Benezet (Anthony)
Some Historical Account of Guinea, its Situation, Produce,
and the General Disposition of its Inhabitants, with an Inquiry
into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, its Nature and
Lamentable Effects, NEW EDITION, [xvi] + 132 pages, last page
advertisements, 8vo, original boards, edges uncut(paper spine
worn) London, 1788
£380
Kress library B.1367
Includes descriptions
of Benin, Angola, Gold and Ivory Coast; voyages to the coast
of Guinea, etc.This edition contains a brief account of the
life of Benezet until his death at Philadelphia in 1784, 4 pages.
Bosman (William)
A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea, Divided
into the Gold, the Slave and the Ivory Coasts, containing a
Geographical, Political and Natural History of the Kingdoms
and Countries: with a Particular Account of the Rise, Progress,
and Present Condition of all the European Settlements upon that
Coast: and the Just Measures of Improving the Several Branches
of the Guinea Trade, Written Originally in Dutch and now faithfully
done into English, SECOND ENGLISH EDITION, folding map and 7
engraved plates, 8vo, contemporary calf, London, 1721
£1800
Bosman who was
chief Dutch factor at the Castle of Elmina, made a voyage along
the Guinea Coast in 1698. He gives interesting accounts of the
customs and includes two letters written by other persons in
the Dutch Service, describing the Kingdom of Benin and the Ivory
and Grain Coasts which he had not visited himself.
Corry (Joseph)
Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa, the Religion,
Character, Customs, &c. of the Natives; with a System Upon
Which They May Be Civilized, and a Knowledge Attained of the
Interior of This Extraordinary Quarter of the Globe; and Upon
the Natural and Commercial Resources of the Country, made in
the years 1805 and 1806; with an Appendix, containing a Letter
to Lord Howick, on the Most Simple and Effectual Means of Abolishing
the Slave Trade, FIRST EDITION, map and 8 finely coloured aquatint
plates, 4to, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt panelled spine
red letter piece, London, 1807
£3500
Abbey 278,
One of very few
copies which were issued with all the plates coloured.
An Account of Senegambia,
Sierre Leone and Gold Coast with views of Palma, Sierre Leone,
St. Jago, Cape Verde Islands, etc. and a costume plate of a
Mandingo Chief and his Headman
Cruickshank
(B.) Eighteen Years on The Gold Coast of Africa, including
an Account of the Native Tribes, and Their Intercourse with
Europeans, FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, 8vo, old style calf, London,
1853
£1100
An interesting
account of the manners, customs, history, witchcraft, etc. of
The Gold Coast, includes also a description of Governor Maclean's
administration at Cape Coast castle, vol. 1. pp. 168-231.
Lander (Richard
and John) Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and
Termination of the Niger; with a Narrative of a Voyage down
that River to its Termination, FIRST EDITION, 2 maps, 2 portraits
and 5 engraved plates, 3 vols, 8vo, contemporary calf(joints
repaired), red and green letter pieces, London, 1832
£850
In 1830 the Landers
were commissioned by the British Government to discover the
termination of the Niger. This journal of their adventures and
experiences provides an exciting narrative of one of the most
important missions of exploration in the history of West Africa.
Lander (Richard)
Records of Captain Clapperton's Last Expedition to Africa:
FIRST EDITION, portrait and 6 text illustrations, 2 vols, 8vo,
original boards, uncut, rebacked, paper labels, London, 1830
£850
Lander accompanied
Clapperton, as his personal servant, during his second and last
expedition into West Africa on which he died of dysentry. This
is a full account of Lander's journal.
SLAVE SHIP SURGEON
M'Leod (John
M.D.) A Voyage to Africa with some Account of the Manners and
Customs of the Dahomian People, FIRST EDITION, 4 engraved
plates, 4 + 162 pages, sm. 8vo, contemporary quarter red
roan, London, 1820
£850
The author accepted
an appointment as surgeon on board a slave ship bound for Africa.
He gives an extremely intteresting and valuble account of Dahomey.
Meredith (Henry,
Governor of Winnebah Fort) An Account of the Gold coast of Africa:
with a Brief History of the African Company, FIRST EDITION,
folding map, 264 pages, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt
panelled spine, red letter piece, London, 1812
£1250
Cardinall 590
The author suggests the development
of sugar plantations on the Gold Coast as an Alternative to
the west Indies, the soil and climate being similar. Also with
the abolition of slave trade, the Gold Coast could employ the
local people to work the plantations, etc.Includes also an account
of the Ashantee Campaign, and diseases among the natives.
Ogilby (John)
Africa, Being An Accurate Description of the Regions...with
all Adjacent Islands...their Coasts, Harbour, Creeks, River,
Lakes, Cities...Customs, Modes and Manners, Languages...Plants,
Beasts, Birds and Serpents, FIRST EDITION, engraved title, large
folding general map, 51 maps and engraved plates, including
fine views of the most interesting places round the coast, numerous
copper engravings in text, large folio, 19th century half calf,
gilt panelled spine, T. Johnson, 1670
£9500
A tall copy with
rare half-title, nine unpaged printed leaves listing towns,
rivers and mountains, and six plates not called for in the list
of plates.
The illustrations
include a large folding map of the whole of Africa, 15 double-page
maps of Morocco, Tangiers, West Africa, Guniea, South Africa,
Congo, Abyssinia, Madagascar, Malta, St. Helena and Canary Islands,
27 double page copperplate views of Alexanderia, Morocco, Salee,
La Roche, Argille, Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, Tacaray, Benin,
Lovango, Salvador, Loando, Cape of Good Hope, Cairo, Valetta,
Pyramids, people, plants, sea battles, forts, etc., etc. and
3 single-page plates of pyramids and mummies.
Park (Mungo,
Surgeon) Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa; Performed
Under the Patronage of the the African Association, 1795-1797;
with an Appendix Containing Illustrations of Africa by Major
Rennell, FIRST EDITION, portrait, 2 folding maps, chart and
5 plates, 4to, London, 1799
[also]
Park (Mungo) The Journal
of a Mission to the Interior of Africa in the Year 1805; together
with Other Documents, Official and Private Relating to the Same
Mission; to which is Prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr.
Park, FIRST EDITION, folding map, 4to, London, 1815Together
2 vols, 4to, uniform red straight grained morocco, rebacked,
1799-1815
£3500
The Author went
to Africa under the auspices of the African Association to explore
the course of the Niger; he proceeded along the Gambia, attended
only by a negro servant and a boy; reached Sego in 1796 after
incredible hardship and was imprisoned by the Arabs there, but
escaped and returned to England, and made his fame by his travel
book published in 1799In 1805 he accepted am invitation from
the government to organise a second expedition to the Niger.
Park reached Bambakoo, but while proceeding along the Niger
he died at Boussa in a conflict with the natives, together with
all his men.
Riley
(James) Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western
Coast of Africa in
the Month of August, 1815, with an Account of Tombuctoo, and
of the hitherto Undiscovered Great city of Wassanah, FIRST LONDON
EDITION, folding engraved map, 4to, original boards, uncut,
London, 1817
£850
Contains an interesting
description of Morocco and the author's journey from Mogador
to Tangier together with an account of the Arabs and their manners
and customs.
SOUTH AFRICA
Campbell (Rev.
John) Travels in South Africa, Undertaken at the Request
of the London Missionary Society; being a Narrative of a Second
Journey in the Interior of that Country; FIRST EDITION, folding
map and 12 finely coloured aquatint plates, 2 vols, 8vo, contemporary
calf, rebacked, London, 1822
£1500
Mendelssohn p.255.
An account of two journeys
into the interior; the first to the various mission stations
in the Cape Colony and Kaffaria in company with Evans and Moffat,
in 1819; and the second occupying ten months in 1820, to Griqualand,
parts of the Transvaal, and parts of South-West Africa.
Chapman (J.)
Travels in the Interior of South Africa, comprising Fifteen
Years' Hunting and Trading; with Journeys Across the Continent
from Natal to Walvish Bay, and Visits to lake Ngami and the
Victoria Falls, FIRST EDITION, 2 maps, 8 plates and 19 text
illustrations, 2 vols, original cloth, London, 1868
£1250
"few South African
books give better descriptions of the sport of the country and
the habits and customs of the native races inhabiting the vast
areas traversed" Mendelssohn p.322.
Cape of Good
Hope (The) Almanac and Annual Register for 1860, FIRST EDITION,
22 + 332 pages + Directory of Cape Town, 94 pages, + The Cape
Annual Advertiser, 1860, 72 pages + English advertisements,
28 pages, sm. 8vo, original cloth(joints neatly repaired), Van
de Sandt de Villiers and Co. Cape Town, 1859
£650
Not Found in Mendelssohn.
Inscription on
fly-leaf "Captain Washington, R.N. Hydrographical Office, Admiralty."
Cape Calender
(The) and Annual Register for 1840; in which is contained
the Public Departments, Local Institutions, and Various Other
Miscelleneous Information Connected with the Home and Foreign
Trade and Commerce of this Colony, compiled from the Most Authentic
Sources by B.J. van de Sandt, Superintendent of the Government
Printing Office, FIRST EDITION, 10 + 8 + 392 pages, + list of
the Inhabitants of cape town and Environs, 52 pages, last blank
+ advertisements, 56 pages, last blank + De Zuid-Afrikaansche
Almanak, voor het jaar onzes Heeren 184o, etc. 8 + 86 pagse,
sm. 8vo, original cloth, Cape Town, c.1839
£750
Not Found in Mendelssohn.
Library stamp of
the Admiralry Hydrographical on title-page, and inscription
on fly-leaf "From Mr. Maclear, March 16/40."
Cape of
Good Hope: General Directory and Guide Book to the Cape of Good
Hope and its Dependencies, as
well as the Border Republics. 1871(with Almanac and Calendar
Prefixed) FIRST EDITION, 28 + 372 + 207 + advertisements, 77
pages, sm. 8vo, original cloth spine(library stamp on title
page, joints and spine broken, cover slightly worn) preserved
in a cloth box, Saul Solomon and Co. Cape Town, (1870)
£350
NOT FOUND IN MENDELSSOHN.
Includes a four
page description of the diamond-fields of South Africa and an
account of the first diamond discovered in the Hope town division.
Churchill (Winston
Spencer) My African Journey, FIRST EDITION, 3 maps and 61
photographic illustrations, 8vo, original pictorial red cloth(very
small split to the joint at the head and base of the front cover),
London, 1908
£500
Le Vaillant
(M.) Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa, by the way
of the Cape of Good Hope; in the years 1780, 81,82,83,84 and
85, translated from the French of M. Le Vaillant, SECOND ENGLISH
EDITION, 12 engraved plates, 2 vols, 8vo, G.G. and J. Robinson,
London, 1796
also
Le Vaillant (M.) New Travels
into the interior parts of Africa, by the Way of the Cape
of Good Hope, in the years 1783,84 and 85, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION,
folding map of the author's two journies in the southern part
of Africa, 22 engraved plates, 3 vols, 8vo, G.G. and J. Robinson,
London, 1796
£900
Together 5 vols,
8vo, uniformly bound in eighteenth century contemporary tree
calf, full gilt panelled spines, red and green leter pieces(spines
slightly worn)
ADVANCE PRESENTATION
COPY
Livingstone
(David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including
a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa,
and a Journey From the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West
Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zanbesi,
to Eastern Ocean, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, 2 maps, 3 lithograph
plates, 22 engraved plain plates and 20 text illustrations,
thk. 8vo, contemporary calf, London, 1857
£7500
Printing and the
Mind of Man, 526, Mendelssohn p. 908.
ONE OF THE PRE-PUBLICATION
ADVANCE COPIES given to a select few of Dr. Livingstone's friends
and colleagues before the official publication date of this
work 1st November 1857.
ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT
PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION on fly-leaf to "Rev'd Dr-Moberly. with
kindest salutations from David Livingstone London, 26th Octr.
1857"
In the first issue
the frontispiece and 2 plates are tinted lithographs which were
re-engraved on wood for the second issue.
The lithograph
plates by W.West consist of 1. Victoria Falls, frontispiece.
2. Lake Ngami, p.66. 3. Bechuana Reed Dance, p.225.
EAST AFRICA
Hoskins (G.A.)
Travels in Ethiopia, above the Second Cataract of the Nile;
Exhibiting the State of that Country, and its Various Inhabitants,
under the Dominion of Mohammed Ali; and illustrating the Antiquities,
Arts, and History of the Ancient Kingdom of Meroe, FIRST EDITION,
folding map, 54 lithograph plates (6 hand coloured), 35 text
illustrations, original cloth, rebacked, leather spine, London,
1835
£1250
Salt (Henry)
A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that
Country Executed Under the Orders of the British Government
in the Years 1809 and 1810; In which are included an Account
of the Portuguese Settlements on the East Coast of Africa Visited
in the Course of the Voyage; A Concise Narrative of Late Events
in Arabia Felix; and some Particulars Respecting the Aboriginal
African Tribes, Extending from Mosambique to the Borders of
Egypt; Together with Vocabularies of their Respective Language,
FIRST EDITION, folding map of Abyssinia, 36 charts and engraved
plates, 4to, contemporary calf, rebacked with the old back laid
down, London, 1814
£2800
Henry Salt (1780-1827)
was the British Consul-General in Egypt, 1815-1827, and the
discoverer of the famous Abu Simbel inscriptions in 1817.
HENRY SALT'S ABYSSINIA
EXPEDITION
Valentia (George,
Viscount) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea,
Abyssinia, and Egypt, 1802-06, LARGE PAPER COPY, FIRST EDITION,
3 vignettes, 5 folding maps, 4 folding plans and 60 finely engraved
plates, 3 vols, large 4to, contemporary calf, joints repaired,
London, 1809
£4500
ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED ON
LARGE PAPER, Lownes, p.2748.
During the visit
to India, Marquis Wellesley ordered Valentia to survey the Eastern
Coast of Africa and to investigate the possibilities of trade
with Abyssinia and neighbouring countries.
Most of he principal
places bordering onto the Red Sea were visited including Massowah
and Mocha.
Henry Salt accompanied
the expedition and 2 chapters in vol. 2, 70 pages and 6 chapters
in vol. 3, 259 pages, contains his narrative of the expedition.
NORTH AFRICA
Barth (Dr.H.)
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: being
a Journal of an Expedition..1849-55, FIRST EDITION, 15 maps,
60 lithographed plates and woodcuts in the text, 5 vols, thk.
8vo, olive green half morocco, London, 1857-58
£2000
Barth in company with Richardson and Overweg crossed
the Sahara from Tripoli to Lake Chad. After the death of his
companion Barth explored Westward and visited Timbuctoo. He
has embodied a great deal of important information in these
volumes.
ARABIA, IRAN, IRAQ, PALESTINE AND SYRIA
Buckingham (J.S.)Verbatim
Report of the Action for Libel in the Case of Buckingham versus
Bankes, Tried in the Court of King'sw Bench, at the Guildhall,
in London, before the Lord Chief Justice Abbott, and a Special
Jury, on Thursday, the 19th Day of October, 1826, 92 pages,
last blank [also] Opinions of Reviewers on the Travels in Mesopotamia,
by J.S. Buckingham, London, 1826-27
£1200
16 pages [also]
preface, contents, index, appendix, 60 pages and 14 vignettes
extracted from his travels in Mesopotamia, all bound together
in one vol., 8vo, original cloth, rebacked, printed label pasted
on side, Presentation inscription on fly-leaf "To Nicholas Robinson,
Esq.. Mayor of Liverpool as a humble Memento of his obliged
and faithful servant, J.S. Buckingham".
Buckingham accused
Bankes of placing an advertisement in the Calcutta Journal in
the form of a letter containing false and malicious libel, accusing
Buckingham of using Bankes's manuscripts when he prepared his
"Travels in Palestine" for publication. The Jury found for the
Plaintiff (Buckingham) and he was awarded £400 damages.
Rooke (Major
Henry) Travels to the Coast of Arabia Felix, and from thence
by the Red-Sea and Egypt, to Europe; containing a Short
Account of An Expedition Undertaken Against the Cape of Good
Hope, in a Series of Letters, THIRD EDITION, 129 pages, 8vo,
contemporary calf, London, 1788
£850
Manuscript inscription
on fly-leaf "a present from the Author at Naples, 1794"
The author was
on one of the ships in the British Fleet that sailed in 1781
to attempt the capture of the Cape of Good Hope. At Port Praya
they attacked and defeated a French Squadron; After refitting
the British fleet captured a Dutch fleet in Saldanha Bay. No
attempt was made to capture Cape Town as it was not thought
advisable to attack the French fleet in Table Bay. Part of the
British fleet then returned to Britain, whilst the other part
proceeded towards India. The Comoro Islands were visited during
which many of the crew died; the author affected by illness
took the opportunity of transferring to an Arabian vessel to
return to England via Suez and Cairo. On his return journey
he visited and described Mocha, Juddah, Suez and Cairo. During
his visit to Cairo he was arrested on account of a debt incurred
two years previously by an Englishman to an Armenian merchant
and ordered to pay the sum inquestion.
Stanhope: Memoirs
of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as Related by Herself in Conversation
with Her Physician; Comprising Her Opinions and Anecdotes of
Some of the Most Remarkable Persons of Her Time, FIRST EDITION,
folding plan, coloured lithograph and 2 plain plates, 3 vols,
8vo, contemporary calf, red and green letter pieces, London,
1845
£1500
Lady Stanhope was
housekeeper and confidant of her Uncle William Pitt. In 1813
she made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem; crossed the desert and camped
with Bedouins amid ruins of Palmyra. Decided to reside on Mount
Lebanon in 1814, building walled group of houses adopted Eastern
habits and practised judicial astrology; her conversations were
recorded by her physician Charles Lewis Meryou.
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