Travel

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We stock Western books in European languages, generally – but not exclusively – published before circa 1850. We are especially interested in early travel accounts – from the late fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries – in all areas beyond Europe.

Geographical regions in which we have tended to specialise include the Pacific and its surrounding countries – South America, the Northwest Coast of America, Japan, China, the maritime regions of Asia, including the Philippines and Indonesia, and Australia. Books on Africa, the polar regions, manuscripts and separately published maps are also handled.
  1. PAXTON, P[eter].

    A Discourse concerning the Nature, Advantage,...

    London, printed by E. P. for R. Wilkin...

    First edition of this important but little-studied...

    £900

  2. PENN, Christopher.

    The Nicholas Brothers & A. T. W. Penn:...

    London, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2014.

    An examination of the successful studios...

    £45

  3. PERUCCI, Francesco.

    Pompe funebri di tutte le nationi del mondo,...

    Verona, Francesco Rossi, 1639.

    First edition of Perucci’s account of...

    £975

  4. PIRANI, Giovanni.

    Le donne belle del secolo XVIII. Inferme...

    Rimini, Paolo Albertini, 1791.

    Scarce first edition of this ‘libro bizarro’...

    £950

  5. PLAYFAIR, George Macdonald Home.

    The Cities and Towns of China. A geographical...

    Hong Kong, Noronha & Co., 1879.

    First edition of a dictionary of Chinese...

    £600

  6. POCOCKE, Richard. 

    A Description of the East, and some other...

    ...

    First edition, demy folio issue. A successful...

    £8000

  7. PONTOPPIDAN, Erich.

    The Natural History of Norway containing...

    London, for A. Linde, 1755.

    First English edition, a nice copy likely...

    £1250

  8. [POSTAL SERVICE.]

    Part-printed draft contract with manuscript...

    [London? 1787].

    An apparently unrecorded draft printed...

    £3250

  9. RAIMONDI, Eugenio.

    Delle caccie … libri Quattro, aggiuntovi’n...

    [Naples, Lazzaro Scoriggio, 1626.]

    Second edition, expanded and extended,...

    £1850

  10. [RAMEAUX, François-Alexis.]

    Edictum pro regis Hou-kuanensis adversus...

    [China], [1840–1] 道光卄年.

    A letter sent by the Department of Justice...

    £3500

  11. [RAMEAUX, François-Alexis.]

    Notice of the death of Rameaux issued by...

    [China, 1845.]

    A circular notifying the Christian community...

    £2000

  12. [RAYNAL, Guillaume-Thomas, Abbé;] Johann Adam HILLER, translator.

    Anecdoten zur Lebensgeschichte berühmter...

    Leipzig, Lankisch, 1762.

    First edition in German of this collection...

    £250

  13. RENNIE, Neil.

    Pocahontas, Little Wanton: myth, life and...

    [London], Quaritch, 2007.

    Pocahontas – meaning ‘Little Wanton’...

    £25

  14. ROCCA, Bernardino.

    De’ discorsi di guerra … libri Quattro,...

    Venice, Damiano Zenaro, 1582.

    First edition of Rocca’s military treatise,...

    £450

  15. ROUGEMONT, François de; [Sebastião de MAGALHÃES, translator].

    Relacam do estado politico e espiritual...

    Lisbon, Joao da Costa, 1672.

    First edition in any language of the Dutch...

    £2500

  16. [ROYAL FISHERY COMPANY.]

    A Collection of Advertisements, Advices,...

    London, printed for H.M. and sold by J....

    First edition. The Royal Fishery Company,...

    £200

  17. [ROYAL LUSTRING COMPANY.]

    The Report of the Committee of the House...

    London, E. Whitlock, 1698.

    First edition; a French version appeared...

    £275

  18. SAINT AULAIRE, Achille.

    Voyage autour du monde par St. Aulaire.

    [Clichy, Maurice Loignon for] Paris, Arnauld...

    A hand-coloured copy of this scarce and...

    £1250

  19. [SAINTE-HILAIRE, Émile Marco de.]

    Réclamation addressée à S. Ece. Mgr....

    Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1821.

    Rare first edition of this work on Parisian...

    £850

  20. [SANDOW, Eugen, pseud. (i.e. Friedrich Müller).]

    Manuscript manual of exercises for use...

    [France, c. 1920].

    A seemingly unpublished French manuscript...

    £850