recueil voyages servi letablissement progres von constantin (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First French Edition. [44], 688 pages, frontispiece, 1 plate and 14 folding maps. Volume I. 1cm at bottom of the map of Spitsbergen is trimmed off. Contemporary binding: vellum spine papered boards, handwritten title on spine. Dutch voyages to Spitsbergen, Nova Zembla and the Straits of Weygats in the Arctic between 1591 and 1595 and the first two voyages of the Dutch to the East Indies by way of the Cape of Good Hope. Also the voyage of Seebald de Weert. We also have volumes 5 and 6 in stock.

Vellum. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 711 pages, vellum binding with gilt decorations on covers and spine, green leather titles labels on the spine, all edges gilt. 711 pages, frontispiece and 2 plates. A French edition of the account of early Dutch voyages published in 1608 by Commelin. This volume covers the voyages of Steven Van Der Hagen 1603-08, Cornelius Matelief 1605-08, Paulus Van Caerden 1606-1608. The voyage of van der Hagen is of particular importance to the discovery of Australia. At the end of the year 1606, one of the fastest sailing ships in Van der Hagen's fleet, the Duyfken, a yacht under the captain Willem Jansz, sailed to the south of Ambon and discovered the north coast of Australia. The return of the Duyfken to Ambon is recorded in this book on page 172. We also have volumes 6 and 1 in stock.

Vellum. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. vellum binding with gilt decorations on covers and spine, green leather titles labels on the spine, all edges gilt. 764 pages. A French edition of early Dutch voyages to the East Indies. This volume covers the voyages of Admiral Verhoeven 1607-11, Pieter van de Broeck and Jacob le Maire 1615-17. We also have volume 5 in stock.

Amsterdam, d'Estienne Roger, 1702-07. Small 8vo. (15,5 x 10,5 cm.). Bound in 7 contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spines, titlelabels with gilt lettering. 3 titlelabels gone. Slightly rubbed, a few repairs to top of spines. Stamp on title-page and verso of. 7 engraved frontispieces. Ca. 4500 pp., 69 engraved plates, mostly large folded maps and charts.

Full Calf. Zustand: Very Good. The first volume only (of five). First French language edition. viii, xxxii, 688 pp. Contemporary full speckled calf. Raised bands to spine with gilt panels. Later repair to spine and corners renewed. Title-page in red & black with engraved vignette. Head and tail-pieces. Frontis engraving. Additional single-page plate. With fourteen folding maps. Collated and complete. Includes early maps of South Africa, Madagascar, Bali and Java. This is the first French translation from the original Dutch of an account of early Dutch voyages published in 1608 by Commelin. Folding maps clean and crisp. Binding firm. A VG copy. 12mo.