Africa
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# 50806
MENPES, Mortimer and Dorothy
War impressions (deluxe edition, copy number 1, with original signed watercolour)
Being a record in colour by Mortimer Menpes. Transcribed by Dorothy Menpes. London : Adam & Charles Black, 1901. Quarto, in a fine signed binding by Bickers of London of full levant morocco, elaborately ruled and tooled in gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering and tooling, edges slightly rubbed, morocco turn-ins with …
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# 51030
LUBACH, D. & LOGEMAN, W. M.
Panorama der bewoonde aarde. Eene afbeelding en beschrijving van de merkwaardigste voortbrengselen der aarde en hare bewoners, naar de verschillende aardgordels.
/ door D. Lubach en W. M. Logeman. Schoonhove : S. E. van Nooten, 1851. First edition. Quarto (295 x 225 mm), publisher’s blind-blocked green cloth (boards rubbed and with scattered marks), spine lettered in gilt (sunned, ends frayed, outer hinge split near head); both inner hinges split; pp. i-xxviii, 1-180; illustrated with 10 folding …
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# 51418
THUNBERG, Carl Peter (1743-1828)
Resa uti Europa, Africa, Asia, förrättad åren 1770-1779.
Upsala : J. Edman & J. Edmans enka, 1788-1793. Four volumes octavo, original uniform binding of marbled papered boards (an expected amount of rubbing), spines with leather title labels in gilt; Vol. 1: pp. [26], 390 + [2] engraved plates; Vol. 2: pp. [32], 384 + [4] plates; Vol. 3: pp. [14], 286, 289-389, 400-414; …
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# 51191
KIÖPING, Nils Mattsson; WILLMAN, Olof Eriksson; [CARON, François]
Een kort beskriffning uppå trenne resor och peregrinationer, sampt Konungarijket Japan:
I. Beskrifwes een Reesa, som genom Asia, Africa och många andra hedniska Konungarijken, sampt Öjar; medh flijt är förrättat aff Nils Matson Kiöping … II. Förstelles thet stoora och machtiga Konungarijke Japan, samt thes invånares handel och wandel. III. Beskrifwes een Reesa till Ost Indien, China och Japan, giordh och beskrefwen aff Oloff Erickson Willman … IIII. Uthföres een reesa …
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# 48825
THÉVENOT, Melchisédec (1620-1692)
Relations de divers voyages curieux,
qui n’ont point esté publiees, ou qui ont esté traduites d’Hacluyt, de Purchas, & d’autres Voyageurs Anglois, Hollandois, Portugais, Allemands, Espagnols; et de quelques Persans, Arabes & autres Orientaux. Enrichies de Figures de Plantes non décrites, d’Animaux inconnus à l’Europe, et de Cartes Geographiques de Pays dont on n’a point encore donné de Cartes. Paris : Jacques Langlois, …
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# 50463
MENPES, Mortimer and Dorothy
World Pictures (deluxe edition, with original signed watercolour)
London : Adam & Charles Black, 1902. Quarto, gilt-lettered decorated cloth over bevelled boards (spine ruled, light wear), top edge gilt, others uncut, pp. x; 332, illustrated with 100 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, a very good copy. The edition de luxe, limited to 500 numbered copies printed on hand-made paper. This is copy …
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# 50497
BORY DE SAINT-VINCENT, Jean-Baptiste (1778-1846)
Carte de l’île de la Réunion, par Bory de S.t Vincent, officier d’État-Major, pour servir à son Voyage dans quatre îles des mers d’Afrique;
Dédiée à son Excellence le Maréchal Berthier, Ministre de la Guerre. [Paris, Dépôt de la Guerre, 1804]. Engraved map, dissected into eighteen panels and laid on linen, 645 x 860 mm., some light stains and wear along the folds, title label with manuscript Carte de Bourbon, a very good example. The very rare separately issued version …
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# 50382
HEYLYN, Peter
Cosmographie, in four books. Containing the Chorographie & Historie of the whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof.
by Peter Heylyn. With an accurate and an approved Index of all the Kingdoms, Provinces, Countries, Inhabitants, People, Cities, Mountains, Rivers, Seas, Islands, Forts, Bays, Capes, Forests, &c. of any Remarque in the whole World; Much wanted and desired in the former, and now annexed to this last Impression, Revised and Corrected by the Author himself …
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# 49431
KIÖPING, Nils Mattsson; WILLMAN, Olof Eriksson; [CARON, François]
Een kort beskrffning uppå trenne reesor och peregrinationer, sampt Konungariket Japan:
I. Beskrifwes een Reesa, som genom Asia, Africa och många andra hedniska Konungarijken sampt Öijar; med flijt är förrättat aff Nils Matson Kiöping, fördetta Skepz-Lieutnat. II. Beskrifwes een Resa till Ost Indien, China och Japan: III. Med förestlliande om förbenembde stoora och mächta konungarijketz Japan tillstånd, sampt thetz Inwånares Handel och Wandel: förrättat och beskrefwen …
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# 48659
SUAREZ DE FIGUEROA, Cristobal
Historia y anal relacion de las cosas que hizieron los Padres de la Compañia de Jesus, por las partes de Oriente y otras, en la propagacion del Santo Evangelio, los años passados de 607. y 608
Sacada, limada, y compuesta de Portugues en Castellano por el Doctor Christoval Suarez de Figueroa. En Madrid : Juan Hasrey, 1614. Small quarto, later vellum over black cloth, spine with gilt decoration and morocco title label lettered in gilt; title set within decorative border, with woodcut Jesuit device and an easy ownership inscription; pp. [16], …
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# 48675
DE SOUSA, Antonio et al.
Lettere annue del Giappone, China, Goa, et Ethiopia. Scritte al M.R.P. Generale della Compagnia di Giesù. Da Padri dell’istessa Compagnia ne gli anni 1615. 1616. 1617. 1618. 1619.
Volgarizati dal P. Lorenzo delle Pozze della medesima Compagnia. In Napoli : per Lazaro Scoriggio, 1621. Small octavo, sumptuous modern binding of red calf ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with gilt decoration and lettering, gilt dentelles; pp. 404, [3], [1 blank]; title with woodcut Jesuit device; a fine copy. An important collection of Jesuit …
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# 49754
OSORIO, Jerome (Jerónimo); GIBBS, James (translator)
History of the Portuguese, During the Reign of Emmanuel: containing all their discoveries, from the coast of Africk to the farthest parts of China;
their battles by sea and land, their sieges, and other memorable exploits: with a description of those countries, and a particular account of the religion, government, and customs of the natives; including also, their discovery of the Brazils, and their wars with the Moors. London : A. Millar, 1752. First English-language edition. Two volumes, octavo, …
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![[OTTOMAN EMPIRE] Passport of safe conduct for travel to Malta issued to Captain Benjamin Adams (17th Light Dragoons) by the British consul at Alexandria, 17 May 1823.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2025/11/2025_DSFB_7153-300x300.jpg)
# 49083
Peter LEE (BRITISH CONSUL, ALEXANDRIA)
[OTTOMAN EMPIRE] Passport of safe conduct for travel to Malta issued to Captain Benjamin Adams (17th Light Dragoons) by the British consul at Alexandria, 17 May 1823.
[Alexandria in Egypt : British Consulate, 1823]. Lithographed pro-forma document with manuscript entries, 270 x 385 mm, on wove paper watermarked with an Eagle and FAG in roman (cf. Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Hilversum, 1950, p. 24); embossed paper seal of the British Consulate, Alexandria in Egypt intact at lower left; signed …
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# 46750
THE LONDON STEREOSCOPIC & PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY
Studio portrait of Robert Moffatt, LMS missionary in Southern Africa. London, late 1860s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 63 mm (mount); recto of mount with printed signature of Robert Moffatt to lower margin; verso with the back mark of the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company; both the print and the mount are in excellent condition. ‘Robert Moffatt (Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, December 21, 1795-Leigh, …
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![[MISSIONS; AFRICA] Njembo](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/07/15113553/2022_DSFB_4301-300x300.jpg)
# 35469
WEEKS, John H.; STAPLETON, Walter Henry; DODDS, C. J.; STONELAKE, Henry Thomas
[MISSIONS; AFRICA] Njembo
Monsembe : Baptist Missionary Society, 1900. ‘Imprimerie “Hannah Wade”, Baptist Missionary Society, Bolobo, Haut Congo, État Indépendant du Congo’ (title page verso). Small octavo (174 x 121 mm), original pebbled red cloth over boards, upper board with stamped lettering and decoration in black; front pastedown with pencilled name of early owner Charles W. Carter, pp 79; …
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# 49005
TREMEARNE, A. J.
The tailed head-hunters of Nigeria
An account of an official’s seven years experiences in the Norther Nigerian Pagan Belt, and a description of the manners, habits, and customs of the native tribes. London : Seeley, Service & Co., 1912. Octavo, bright gilt-illustrated cloth (corners slightly bumped), illustrated dustjacket, pp. xvi; 342; [10 – catalogue]; [16 – catalogue], photographic illustrations, top …