antiquarian rare books: travel & exploration,
atlases, maps and others
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Bronckhorst, Netherlands
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Hundreds of adventurous travel stories outside Europe,
by land and sea, ego documents,
most in first published edition
and in original or contemporary binding.
recent additions:
Parry, W. E.
Reis ter ontdekking van eene noordwestelijke doorvaart, uit de Atlantische in de Stille Zee
Amsterdam, Johannes van der Hey 1822 first Dutchedition
“gedaan in de jaren 1819 en 1820 door de schepen The Hecla en The Griper”
8vo, modern half vellum. xii, 333, [3] pages, complete with a folding aquatint of the ships, folding plan, engraving of esquimaux and a large map. A very nice copy, slightly foxed in margins.
First Dutch translation of “Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-West passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific” 1821. Parry's voyage, which had taken him through the Parry Channel three quarters of the way across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago was probably the single most productive voyage in the quest for the Northwest Passage. Luck had been on their side; 1819 was unusually ice-free and no ship was able to travel so far west until Edward Belcher's expedition in 1850.
€ 650
Russell, William Howard
A Diary In The East During The Tour Of The Prince And Princess Of Wales
London, George Routledge And Sons 1869 first edition
8vo, original publisher’s cloth, traces of use/age with small repair. xv, [1 errata], 650, [6 ads.] with 6 chromolithographed plates including frontispiece and many wood engravings in the text. Only scattered minor foxing. Scarce.
In November 1868 Prince Albert Edward (later King Edward VII) and Princess Alexandra of Wales embarked on HMS Ariadne for a 7 month tour, during which the royal couple travelled along the Nile and visited the antiquities of Egypt prior to inspecting the newly constructed Suez Canal. The Prince and Princess also visited Constantinople, the battlefields of the Crimea and Greece. Journalist Russell accompanied the couple.
€ 320
Trollope, A. (Anthony)
Reis door Australie en Nieuw Zeeland
Leiden, D. Noothoven van Goor 1875 first Dutch edition 2 volumes
8vo, modern maroon half leather with marbled boards and endpapers. iv, 452; iv, 408 pages with 2 lithogaphic frontispieces.. Very good copy.
Dutch translation of “Australia and New Zealand” 1873. Famous Victorian novelist Trollope not only wrote many successful novels, but also some books about his travels. In 1871 Trollope made his first trip to Australia to visit his son. He spent a year and two days "descending mines, mixing with shearers and rouseabouts, riding his horse into the loneliness of the bush, touring lunatic asylums, and exploring coast and plain by steamer and stagecoach". He visited the penal colony of Port Arthur and its cemetery, Isle of the Dead.
€ 230
