De Aardbol

Amsterdam, Laarman, J.H. 1847, First Edition. Half-cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book, Magazijn van hedendaagsche Land- en Volkenkunde. Zesde Deel Oost- en Noor Europa Tweede Stuk: Europisch Rusland, met Finland, Polen en de Kaukasische -Landen. Met platen en kaarten. 554 pp. Richly illustrated with maps and views. Printed in two columns. Some mild foxing thoughout. Nevertheless a fine copy. Fine/No Jacket.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 1887

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Geography

De Globe. Keur Van Reisverhalen En Merkwaardigheden Van Vreemde Landen En Volken Onderhoudende En Belangrijke Lectuur Voor Den Beschaafden Stand.

s'Gravenhage, De Erven Thierrij En Mensing. 1842, First Edition. Half-Leather, 8vo -. Book, 4 parts in 1 Vol. 132, ++232, +229 and 232 pp. with 4 full pp. lithographed frontispices; Albany [U.S.] Chines Crooks, Temple at Deccan, and Copan. A fine copy of a scarce periodical on travel in the orig. 1/2 calf binding. Good/No Jacket.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 2647

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Topography. Travel

De Globe. Keur Van Reisverhalen En Merkwaardigheden Van Vreemde Landen En Volken Onderhoudende En Belangrijke Lectuur Voor Den Beschaafden Stand.

Gorinchem, A. Van Der Mast. 1843, First Edition. Half-Leather, 8vo -. Book, 4 parts in 1 vol. 232, 231, 231 & 232 pp. with 4 lithographed full pp. frontispices: Cordoba, the Arena at Nimes, Koln, and Tjikao [Java] A good copy of a scarce periodical on travel and topography, in the orig. 1/2 calf binding. Good/No Jacket.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 2648

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Travel. Topography

De Globe Keur Van Reisverhalen En Merkwaardigheden Van Vreemde Landen En Volken

Gorinchem, A.van Der Mast. 1844, First Edition. Half Calf. 8vo -. Book, 4 parts in 1 Volume.:231, 232, 232 and 232 pp. 3 [out of 4] plates: Lion hunt, Algiers, and Japanese Costumes. A rather good copy of a scarce, Dutch periodical on travel and topography. Good/No Jacket.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 2649

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Travel. Topography

Hedendaagse Historie of Tegenwoordige Staat Van Frankrijk [2e Dl. 1e stuk]

Amsterdam, Isaac Tirion. 1757, First Edition. Full-Vellum, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 642-[30] pp.[ Volume II- 1-St. Part only!!!] Engraved title, 2 folding maps, [North & South of France] fine, large folding view of St.Germain en Laye, and 4 folding prints with each 6 circular townplans. [e.g] Dieppe, St.Malo, Nantes, MarseilleBrestToul, etc. etc. A fine copy of this loose volume, with all plates as called for, in a fine contemporary full vellum binding. Very Good/No Jacket.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 2665

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: France

De Tegenwoordige Staat Der Vereenigde Nederlanden, Behelzende Eene Beschrijving Van Zeeland

Amsterdam, Is. Tirion. 1751, Reprint/ Facsimile. Artificial Leather, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 2 Vols. Vol. I-435+133 pp. Vol. II-579 pp. Illustrated/ folding maps. A sumptuous reprint of a well illustrated, today rather scarce book, giving many historic details. Extensive indexes. Interesting reprint with lots of historical and topographical details. As New/As New.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 2555

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Topography

AA, A.J. VAN DER

Beschrijving Van De Krimpener En Den Lopikerwaard

Schoonhoven, S.E.van Nooten. 1847, First Edition. Broche / Sewn. Book, 83 PP. Uncut. With a small lithographed map. Deal with floods, villages ,towns etc. in this large rural aerea in the province of Zuid-Holland. In spite of the poor condition, still an interesting booklet. Poor/No Jacket.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 2518

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Krimpenerward

(ALLEN, THOMAS)

The Picturesque Beauties of Great Brittain: KENT.

London, Virtue, G. 1828, First Edition. Orig. Publ. Boards, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Shepherd, Thos. H. Book, Illustrated by Topographical, Historical, and Critical Notices; Combining Every Interesting Object, Ancient and Modern, From An Elaborate Survey , And original designs taken upon The Spot. "KENT"130 p. + list of plates (II) and A frontispice (Canterbury Cathedral) + 63 pp. plates,with tissue guards,each showing two subjects , bound at the end; a folding, engraved map of Kent. Uncut. Serious to mild foxing, original covers supplied, backstrip (spine) gone. In spite of this somewhat "sorry" state a nice collection of Kentish prints. Good.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 1108

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Shepherd, Thos. H. Kent

ALTHAUS, FRANK & MARK SUTCLIFFE

Petersburg Perspectives

London, Fontanka. 2003, First Thus. Cloth (Hardback), Large 8Vo. Ill.: Molodkovets, Yury. Book, 320 PP. Richly illustrated with beautiful photographs by Molodkovets. A very good and clean copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 3473

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Molodkovets, Yuryst. Petersburg.

AMICIS, EDMONDO DE

Holland

Philadelphia, Henry T. Coates & Co. 1894, First Thus. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Two Volumes, 273 and 275 pp. richly illustrated. (photogravures) and a folding map in Vol.II. Oig. dec. cloth, (a stylised tulip field at covers, fine) Translated from the 13-Th. Italian edition by Helen Zimmern. A good copy. Fine/No Jacket.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 1114

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Holland

BAART, K.

Westkapelle, Hare Bevolking, Westkapelsche Dijk. Geschiedkundig En Karakteriseerend Beschreven

Middelburg, Altorfer. 1889, First Edition. No Binding, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 144 pp. With 2 folding maps. A rather poor copy of this scarce and interesting little volume. Upper cover gone, Bookblock broken, and 6 pp. "repaired" with cello-tape. Poor/No Jacket.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 1868

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Westkapelle

BAGGESENS

Humoristische ReisenDurch Danemark, Deutschland Und Die Schweiz

Hamburg & Mainz, Vollmer, Gottfr. 1793, First Thus. Half Calf. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book, 5 Vols. in 2. 1793-95. Erstes Stuck: 96-pp.+184 pp.+ 260 pp.+ 254 pp.& Vol. II-644 pp. With title vignette and a frontispice to Vol. I. Original 1/2 calf, with title pieces and Vol. numbers. A lengthy travel account, translated from the Danish language by Cramer. A good copy. Fine/No Jacket.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 2836

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Travel. Denmark. Baggesen.

BAKER, SIR SAMUEL

The Albert N'Yanza , Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources.

London, Macmillan & Co. 1867, 2-nd Ed. Pictorial Cloth, 8vo -. Book, 2 Vols. Vol. I- XXX-371 Vol. II-X-372 pp. Uncut. Original pictorial, green cloth with gilt lettering/design. Engraved double portrait, frontispice to Vol. I Large folding map loosely inserted , and a smaller map to Vol. 1.1 fine, tinted lithographed frontispice to Vol.II. 13 full pp. plates and 20 text ills. The great adventurer, Samuel Baker, who after various adventures in Ceylon and the area around the Black Sea, went to Africa and embarked on this great expedition, to discover the source of the Nile. Having met Speke and Grant and exchanging valuable information with them, he eventually discovered the third great Nile lake, the Albert N'Yanza, but only after most of his men had deserted, and he had been forced to rely on the help of the slave trader Ibrahim and the capricious local ruler, Kamrasi. One of the great travel narratives here in a fine copy of the 2-Nd. Edition in the fine original cloth!!. Fine/No Jacket.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 2632

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Egypt, Travel

BEATTIE,W.

L'Ecosse Pittoresque Ou Suite De Vues Prises Expressement Pour Cet Ouvrage

London & Paris, Georges Virtue & Ferrier. 1838, First Edition. Contemporary, Gilded Half Calf, Roy. 4-To. Ill.: Allom, T. Book, 2 Vols.: VIII-200 + 164 PP. with Georges Virtue Ferrier, 1838. Londres, Paris,] 2 vols. 4to. With view on 2 steel-engraved titles, folding engraved map of Scotland, and 117 full-page steel-engraved views of Scottish castles, churches, abbeys, landscapes, manors, etc. The scarce French translation with extra [French] title pages. Usual foxing, tissue gurds present. Attractive bindings. Ex library ticket from the Dutch Noble family Huydekooper van Nigtevegt. Fine.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 3373

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Allom, Tscotland. Beattie. Allom. Topography.

[BECKET, T.]

Trip to Holland. Containing Sketches of Characters : Together with Cursory Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Dutch

London, Printed For T.Becket. 1786, First Edition. Full Calf, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book, 2 Vols. XI-156 PP. & 149 PP.+ Advert. leaf. Full orig. calf bindings with double gilt filet line at covers. Spines with raised bands with red Morocco titlepieces. Interesting and scarce volumes giving an account, with caracter descriptions and sharp observations of a travel to the Netherlands, visiting cities as [e.g.] Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, Delft and Leyden. The author was presumably A.Becket, not given at tilte page. Good copies in the original, decorative bindings. Very Good/No Jacket.

Quist AntiquaarProfessional seller

Book number: 3035

Catalogue: Travel / Topography / Atlantes / Geography

Keywords: Holland. Manners. Becket.