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.-
BERGERET, [Guillaume].
Advertisement of M. Bergeret, Bookseller.
[Bordeaux, c. 1787.]
A very rare advertisement card of a provincial...
£75
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[PAPER TRADE.]
Arrest du conseil d’état du roi, portant...
[Besançon?, 1772?]
A seemingly unrecorded issue of this decree...
£175
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[GOLD and SILVER.]
Bando generale per gli orefici, argentieri,...
Rome, ‘nella stamperia della Rev. Camera...
Rare edict governing goldsmiths, silversmiths,...
£475
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TUCKER, Josiah.
Betydande frågor om handelen, wid tilfålle...
[v. Oelreich], 1763.
First Swedish edition, scarce, of this...
£200
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[LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION.]
By-laws, orders, and rules, for the good...
London, [n.p.], 1722.
First edition of the by-laws of the London...
£550
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[CLIFFORD, Jeronimy].
The case of Jeronimy Clifford, merchant...
[London, n.p., 1711].
First extended account of Clifford’s...
£650
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[ROYAL FISHERY COMPANY.]
A Collection of Advertisements, Advices,...
London, printed for H.M. and sold by J....
First edition. The Royal Fishery Company,...
£200
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[ALMANACK.]
The Daily Journal. Or, the Gentleman's...
London, R. Baldwin, 1761.
An interesting and extremely rare account...
£850
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LIST, Friedrich.
Das nationale System der politischen Oekonomie...
Stuttgart, J.G. Cotta, 1841.
First edition, the first work to articulate...
£8000
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PAGNINI, Giovanni Francesco; Francesco BALDUCCI PEGOLOTTI; Giovanni da UZZANO.
Della decima e di varie altre gravezze...
Lisbon and Lucca, (vols. 3–4: ‘e...
First edition, scarce on the market, of...
£5500
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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
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[GREAT BRITAIN: PARLIAMENT].
[Drop-head title:] ‘An act for repealing...
London, Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1787.
Rare first edition of the consolidation...
£2750
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[OSBORNE, Francis.]
Historical memoires on the reigns of Queen...
London: Printed by T. Grismond, and are...
First edition of Osborne’s history of...
£475
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NIEUHOF, Jean, and Jean LE CARPENTIER (translator).
L’ambassade de la compagnie orientale...
Leiden, Jacob de Meurs, 1665.
Lavishly illustrated first French edition...
£3500
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[MILDMAY, William, Sir.]
The Laws and Policy of England, relating...
London, printed and sold by T. Harrison...
First edition, an unjustly neglected study...
£350
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NIEUHOF, Jan, and Georg HORN (translator).
Legatio Batavica ad magnum Tartariae chamum...
Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1668.
First edition in Latin, beautifully illustrated,...
£5000
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[‘HYSON, Timothy’, pseud. Thomas LOWNDES].
A Letter to Mr. Richard Twining, Tea Dealer,...
London, [C. Roworth] for the author, 1827.
Second edition of the Letter to Mr Richard...
£250
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TRAVERS, John.
A Letter to the Editor of the Courier Newspaper,...
London, Effingham Wilson, 1834.
Second, expanded edition of this tract...
£850
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[SERRÉ, Jean-Baptiste-Adrien-Joseph.]
Livre utile aux négocians de l’Europe,...
Paris, chez Valade; Brussels, chez Emmanuel...
£100
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[SEVILLE.]
Mercantile contract between Sebastián...
Seville, 25 July 1576.
A commercial document from the heyday of...
£1200