[Poland]: [1935]. Original, vintage photographs. In various sizes. (1×) 83 × 54 mm, (5×) 91 × 61 mm, (1×) 128 × 88 mm, (3×) 178 × 129 mm, (2×) 238 × 165 mm. The Gordon Bennett Cup (Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett) is the oldest gas balloon race, created by James... More about A Collection of Twelve Photographs Documenting the 1935 Gordon Bennett Cup Gas Balloon Racing in...
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Graz: Leykam, [ca. 1870]. Original vintage lithograph poster. ca. 75 × 105 cm. Original advertisement poster for Ferdinand Keibl coachbuilder, showing 50 different coaches. Keibl opened his workshop in 1856 as saddler and manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles, later automobile bodies. More about Ferdinand Keibl. Jos. Treu’s Nachf. Sattler und Wagenbauer Wien, [...]. Gegründet im Jahre 1856
3 original, vintage sepia photographs. Each labelled in ink on verso, two dated (1896). One with printed label in Hungarian on recto. Sizes: 180 × 130 mm and 190 × 150 mm. Collection of 3 photographs of the building of Transylvanian Railway Network between Mádéfalva and Gyimesbükk (today: Siculeni –... More about Madéfalva-Gyimesbükk Railway Tunnel and Viaduct
Around 1904–1905. 11 original, vintage sepia photographs. Sizes: (6) 180 × 130 mm; (4) 140 × 90 mm; (1) 165 × 115 mm. Collection of 11 photographs taken during the building of Zakarpattia Oblast Railway Network between Nagyberezna and Uzsok (today: Великий Березний [Velikij Bereznij] – Ужок [Uzhok]). This 40... More about Nagyberezna-Uzsok Railway Tunnels and Viaducts
[1890s]. In original red cloth. 65 original, vintage, black and white photographs in various sizes. 27 album card leaves. Album page size: 220 × 152 mm. Private photo album of late 19th century Brazil. The album includes several photographs taken in the countryside about indigenous Brazilians, pineapple and... More about Photo Album of Late 19th Century Brazil
(Budapest): Erdélyi foto, (ca. 1930). 14 × 19,5 cm. Photo by Mór Erdélyi (1866–1936). Singed by him at lower right corner. Sir Marc Aurél Stein (1862–1943) was a Hungarian born British archaeologist, mainly concerned with exploring ancient Central Asia. Member of “The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire”..... More about Photograph of Sir (Marc) Aurel Stein
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Nürnberg: Joh. Hofmanns, 1685. First editions. Two works in one volume. In contemporary limp vellum. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Both works illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and numerous plates. Extremely scarce and only editions on the Ottoman Empire, both published in 1685, during the time of its greatest extent, under... More about Türkische Schau-Bühne […]; [Bound before:] [Francisci, Erasmus]: Der Türkischen...
Sevilla: Andrea Pescioni, 1582. First edition. With 35 woodcut illustrations, some recurring. Decorated with heraldic woodcut on the title page, numerous woodcut initials and a tailpiece, and woodcut printer's devices on 4¶4 and on the last leaf. Text printed in two columns. In 19th century, empire style, red morocco binding... More about Libro, de la Monteria que mando escrevir el muy poderoso Rey Don Alonso de Castilla, y de Leon....
Wien: In commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, 1896. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on a front cover. Text in English. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 32 p. Inscribed copy of the first edition of Stein’s report on the recently discovered travelogue of the Chinese pilgrim Ou-k’ong (Wukong; ca. 730–790), focusing on..... More about Notes on Ou-K’ong’s Account of Kacmir (Kaçmīr). (Sitzungsberichte der Kais. Akademie der...
Paris: Auguste Picard, 1939. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front cover in black ink. Text in French. In publisher’s printed wrappers. (2), 263–268 p. Inscribed copy of Stein’s report about his aerial archaeological survey of ancient Roman limes in Transjordan and Iraq which he carried out in 1938..... More about Une récente exploration en Transjordanie. Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres....
A Paris: de l’Imprimerie de P. Didot l’Ainé, Imprimeur du Roi, M DCCCXIV [1814]. First edition. Presentation copy signed and inscribed to Badía y Leblich’s son, on verso of the title page of the first volume in brown ink. In 19th century half leather. Spine gilt, with black title vignettes..... More about Voyages d’Ali Bey El Abbassi en Afrique et en Asie pendant les années 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806...
London: Thomas and George Underwood (Thomas Davidson, Whitefriars). 1822. First edition. In hard paper binding. (8°); (4), 64 p. Saxe Bannister (1790–1877) barrister and attorney-general of New South Wales, founder of the first infant’s school in Sydney, author of numerous pamphlets on behalf of natives in the colonies. [Sabin 3220.; Howes B105.]. More about Remarks on the Indians of North America, in a Letter to an Edinburgh Reviewer.
Budapest: “Kosmos” Müintézet Kö- és Könyvnyomda és Hírlapkiadó Részvénytársaság, 1896. First edition. With 41 text illustrations, mainly black-and-white photographic reproductions. Ornamented with initials and tail-pieces. Text in Hungarian. In publisher’s cloth, gilt and red ornamentations on the front panel, gilt title on the cover and the spine, embossed ornamentation on..... More about Mexico. és utazásom a Trópusokon
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Verona: Gabinetto Lettario, Aristide Testori, 1832. First edition. Oblong. Text in Italian and French. In original paper wrappers. 16 p., and 12 aquatint plates. Twelve elaborate aquatints of antique and medieval monuments and views of Verona: Arena, Porta Borsari, Castelvecchio Bridge, Basilica of San Zeno, Portoni della Bra, San Fermo... More about Raccolta di vedute e monumenti antichi della città di Verona [...]. Recueil des vues et des...
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Budapest: Magyar Királyi Természettudományi Társulat, 1932. First edition. With 49 text illustrations, mostly full page photographic reproductions. Text in Hungarian. In publisher’s printed wrappers. (8), 260 p., and two plates. Richly illustrated travel memoir of the Hungarian zoologist and ethnologist, Lajos Bíró who travelled to Papua New Guinea at the..... More about Újguineai utazásom emlékei. [Memories of my travel to New Guinea
A Paris: Chez Jean Moreau, ruë S. Jacques, ʹa la Toison d'Or, vis-ʹa-vis S. Yves, M. D. CCIII. [1703]. First edition. In contemporary calf. Panels with gilt frames. Spine with five raised bands, the compartment richly gilt with floral motives, and titled. Marbled edges, and endpapers. A copy of the..... More about Curiositez de la nature et de l'art, aportées dans deux Voyages des Indes; l'un aux Indes...
Budapest: Dante, (1931). First Hungarian edition. In publisher’s red cloth. With the scarce, illustrated dust jacket, designed by Sándor Bortnyik. 248 p., and 8 plates with photographic reproductions. The book was published in the series of travelogues by the Dante publisher, and some of the dust jackets were designed by..... More about Az afgánok fogságában. Fordította Weisner Juliska. A szerző eredeti felvételeivel. (A...
Antverpiae [Antwerp]: Ex officina Christophori Plantini, Architypographi Regij [Plantin], MDLXXXI [1581]. First edition. In later vellum, panels with painted subtle Turkish floral patterns, ruled with embossed geometric pattern and a gilt line. Raised bands on spine embossed and gilt, title lettered in black and red ink. Wood cut printer’s device..... More about Itinera Constantinopolitanum et Amasianum ab Augerio Gislenio Busbequij, &c. D. ad Solimannum...
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Madrid: Imprenta de Don Miguel de Burgos, 1829. First edition. [Atlas imprint: A Paris: Imp. Lith. de Engelmann & Cie. Lithographes de la Chambre et du Cabinet du Roi, 1829. (10 [desultorily numbered, but complete]), 11–118 p.]. Text volume: In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Atlas: In publisher’s printed wrappers. Lithographed throughout..... More about Memoria relativa a la navegacion del Rio Tajo.] Memoria que tiene por objeto manifestar la...
Napoli: Dalla Stamperia de’ Fratelli Fernandes, 1818. First edition. In contemporary half leather. Spine lettered gilt. XX, 213, (3) p., and 4 engraved plates. The first overview of Kurdish region and about their customs. With four engraved plates, three show the Kurdish costumes and the fourth a wild goat which... More about Storia della Regione del Kurdistan e delle sette di religione ivi esistenti, del P. M. Giuseppe...
Praha (Prague): Aventinum, 1927. With numerous text illustrations by the author. Signed by the author. Title page printed in red and black. In publisher’s printed buckram. 106, (6) p. Signed copy of Čapek’s humorous travelogue of England, with numerous illustrations, also by him. Karel Čapek (1890–1938) was a Czech... More about Anglicke Listy. / Anglické Listy. Pro Větší Názornost provázené obrázky autorovými....
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[S. l. but: London]: [s. n. but: John Murray], [n. d. but: 1841]. First separate edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 15, (1) p. Early scientific paper on the ethnography and languages of the Canary Islands. In his paper, Costa de Macedo examines and confutes James Cowles Prichard’s... More about Cover title:] Ethnographical Remarks on the Original Language of the Inhabitants of the Canary...
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Pesten (Pest): Szent-István-Társulat (Herz János), 1856. First edition. In contemporary half leather. Gilt ornaments and title on spine. VI, 2, (1)–416, (2) p., and 2 plates protected with tissue (portrait of Columbus and a double portrait of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile) and a folding map..... More about Columbus vagy Amerika fölfedezése. [Columbus, or the Discovery of the Americas
Buda: Typis Universitatis, 1791. First edition. In compemporary hard paper. (8°); XVIII, 385 p., 8 folding plates. An early and important description of Peru and Bolivia by Xavér Ferenc Éder (1727–1772) the Hungarian Jesuit missionary. After his studies at Nagyszombat Jesuit University he went to South America as a missionary... More about Descriptio provinciae Moxitarum in regno Peruano, quam e scriptis posthumis Franc. Xav. Eder, e...
Paris: Jacques Langlois et Emmanuel Langlois, 1654. First edition. Complete, with the three folding maps. With several woodcut head and tailpieces, and initials. In somewhat later leather. The gilt spine is with five raised bands and red title vignette. Front and rear panels ruled with gilt double-line at the edges... More about Histoire generale, des isles des Christophe, de la Guadeloupe, de la Martinique, et autres dans...