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Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books Catalogue 45 Travel & Exploration 77 Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books catalogue 45 travel & exploration 77 9 Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books sibyllegatan 50a 114 43 stockholm, sweden tel: +46 (0)8 667 65 07 e-mail: [email protected] home page: http://www.durietzrarebooks.com Vat. reg. no. se 556633-8413 Member of ilab and svaf Cover: 22 Printed by Vitt Grafiska, Stockholm, 2015 37 1. ABUDACNUS, JOSEPHUS: Histoira Jacobitarum, seu Coptorum, in Ægypto, Libya, Nubia, Æthiopia tota, & Cypri Insulae parte habitantium. Nati Memphis Ægypti Metropoli, cum annotationibus Joannis Nicolai. Lugd. Bat., Joannem Hasebroek, 1740. € 650 Pp. (viii), 205, (10). Title printed in red and black. With engraved title vignette by Siegeber- tus Havercampus and one engraved plate. Contemporary calf, rebacked with new calf spine with title label, corners worn. An historical and informative account of the Jacobites or the Copts. First published in 1675 (Oxford) but according to Brunet this edition with notes by Nicolai is prefered. Brunet i, 16. 2. ADANSON, MICHEL: Histoire naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages. Avec une rela- tion abrégée d’un voyage fait en ce pays pendant les années 1749, 50, 51, 52 et 53. Paris, Claude-Jean-Baptiste Bache, 1757. € 2 400 4to. Pp. (viii), 190; (ii), xcvi, 275. With one large folding map and 19 folding plates depict- ing different molluscs and shells engraved by Thérèse Reboul after sketches by the author. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with five raised bands and title-label, rubbed, spine worn, hinges cracked. Marbled endpapers, red edges. Bookplate (Bruce of Kinnaird). Provenance: James Bruce (1730–94), a Scottish explorer who introduced Ethiopia to the western world and confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. First edition of an early scientific expedition to Senegal. The first part deals with Adanson’s voyage and explorations in Senegal, including the Island of Goree and the River Senegal. The second part is devoted to the history of conchology. Michel Adanson (1727–1806) was a French botanist who entered the service of the French East India Company in order to study the natural history of Senegambia. He was the first naturalist to visit Senegal and in 1759 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences. Internally a clean and crisp copy. Chadenat 2760. Cox i, p. 383. Gay 2883. Howgego A12. Nissen ZBI 27. 3. AL-HARÍRÍ OF BASRA / SCHULTENS, ALBERT (Ed.): [Maqamat]. Haririi eloquentiæ arabic principis tres priores consessus. e codice manuscripto Bibliothecæ Lugduno-Batavæ pro specimine emissi, ac notis illustrati ab Alberto Schultens. Frane- quere, ex officina W. Bleek, 1731. € 1 200 Cover: 22 Printed by Vitt Grafiska, Stockholm, 2015 2 charlotte du rietz 4to. Pp. (xii), 181. This is a partial translation of the story Maqamat by the famous Arab poet al-Hariri (1054–1122). His treasured work Maqamat or “The Assemblies” comprises fifty anecdotes written in stylized prose. It’s called a masterpiece of elegance and refinement, and westerners have found it difficult to translate. In this work Schnurrer has translated three of the anecdotes and another three in the following work. AND: Consessus Haririi quartus, quintus & sextus. E codice manuscripto latine conversi ac notis illustrati. Accedunt monumenta vetustiora Arabiae. Curavit & edidit Albertus Schultens. Lugd. Bat., Johannem Luzac, 1740. Pp. (x), 280, (28). AND: Monumenta vetustiora Arabiæ sive specimina quaedam illustria antiqiae memoriae et linguae. Ex manuscriptis codicibus Nuweririi, Mesoudii, Abulfedae, Hamasa, etc. Excerp- sit, et edidit Albertus Schultens. Lugd. Bat., Johannem Luzac, 1740. Pp. (viii), 71. Schultens (1686–1756) was professor of Hebrew and oriental languages at Leiden. Slightly later (late 18th century or beginning of 19th century) half calf on marbled boards, flat spine gilt, rubbed, top of spine chipped. Private (noble) stamp on title. Old ownership signature on front endpaper (Prof. Dr. Schwarzenbach). A few pages with some light stain otherwise a fine copy. Schnurrer 230, 231 & 211. Zenker BO i, 766. (Monumenta). 4. ALPINI, PROSPERO: De plantis Ægypti liber, cum observationibus & notis Ioan- nis Veslingii equitis in Patavino Gymnasio Anatomie & Pharmaciæ Professoris Primarij, accessit Alpini de balsamo liber. Part 1 (of three). Patavii (Padua), Typis Pauli Frambotti biblopolæ, Sup. Permissu, 1640. € 1 500 Small 4to. Pp. xiv, one blank leaf, pp. 144. With many woodcut illustrations of plants. Con- temporary marbled wrappers, spine worn. Small wormhole running through lower margin of the first part of the book. Second improved edition, first edition was published at Venice in 1592, comprising three parts of which this is the first. It is the earliest treatise on native plants of Egypt and is mainly known for containing the first European illustration of the coffee plant. In this edition each part was also published separately. Prospero Alpini (1553–1617) was an Italian physician and botanist who travelled through Greece, Crete and Egypt from 1580 to 1583. He made botanical investigations during his time in Egypt. Johann Vesling (1598–1649) was a German born professor of anatomy and surgery at Padua who later succeded Alpini as director of the botanical gardens at the Uni- versity of Padua. Hünersdorff, Coffee Bibliography, I, pp. 32–33. Nissen BB 20. Pritzel 111. 5. [ARMENIAN]. KEMPIS, THOMAS: Girk’ T’omayi Gembec’woy. Kanonon- ownaki Kronawori i Karge Srboyn Ogostinosi. Yagags Hamahedewmann K’ristosi. [Ar- menian transcription]. Imitatio Christi. Rome, typis Sacræ Congretationis Popaganda Fide, 1654. € 2 200 Pp. (xiv), 611, one blank, content pp. (18). Printer’s device on verso of half title. Woodcut decorative initials. With text in Armenian. Occasionally some minor staining. Attractive binding of early 19th century morocco, covers with decorative gilt borders, flat spine deco- rated in gilt and red title label (“Kempis – Turco”), yellow edges. Old paper shelf label on spine. Royal bookplate on front paste down. First edition of an Armenian version of Thomas Kempis’ famous devotional treatise “The Imitation of God” which was first published anonymously in Latin about 1418–27. The Alphabetum Armenum was published at the Propagande Fide in 1673 using the types cut by Granjon in 1579. This work seems to have been using the same font. (See Smitskamp PO 200). The translator is given as Jean de Constantinople. According to “The Heritage of Armenian literature” by Agob Jack Hacikyan etc. (2002) vol. II, p. 650 the translator is Hovhannes Holov (1635–91), an Armenian linguist educated at Rome and Lyon. A very handsome copy of a scarce work. De Backer-Sommervogel 2483. Kévorkian, “Incunables” arméniens no. 174. rare books 3 4 6. BAZIN, ANTOINE PIERRE LOUIS: Mémoire sur les principes généraux de chinois vulgaire. Extrait du Journal Asiatique. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1845. € 400 Pp. (iv), 120. Uncut and unopened copy in wrappers. First edition of this interesting work on idiomatic language with Chinese characters printed throughout. Bazin was professor in Chinese at Bibliothèque Royale. Cordier BS 1670. 7. BENZENBERG, JOHANN FRIEDRICH; Bref, författade under en resa till Paris. Örebro, N.M. Lindh, 1811. € 200 Pp. (iv), 192. With title vignette, one folding engraved map of Paris and three engraved plates; of Pantheon, Tuileries Palace and Temple Tower. Contemporary half calf on marbled paper boards, gilt spine, rubbed. Old ownership signatures. A collection of letters written during a visit to Paris in 1804 by a German astronomer and geologist. It’s translated into Swedish from the German (Dortmund 1806) by J.P. Wåhlin. 8. BERESFORD, CHARLES: The Break-up of China with an Account of its Present Commerce, Currency, Waterways, Armies, Railways, Politics and Future Prospects. London, Harper & Brothers, 1899. € 200 Pp. xviii, 509, (3). With two fold. maps (detached). Orig. blue cloth, gilt lettering, extremi- ties rubbed. A report by Admiral Lord Charles Beresford on a British mission undertaken for the Associated Chambers of Commerce. It’s mainly devoted to trading and commercial issues, with detailed information about main cities and ports. First edition. Cordier BS 2571. 4 charlotte du rietz 10 rare books 5 9. BERNADOTTE, CARL & EUGEN & OSCAR (Swedish Princes), etc: Våra minnen (Our memories). Stockholm (colophon: Stuttgart) [1886]. € 400 Pp. (iv), 262. With frontispiece (Princes Carl and Eugen in Arabic costumes), decorated title and 15 full page plates made from photographs protected by tissue guards. Original blue cloth decorated in gilt. Printed privately as a Christmas gift to the Swedish king and queen, probably in a small edition. Travel accounts by the Swedish Princes, mainly from the Pacific voyage of the Vanadis circumnavigation (1883–85). Comprises Prince Oscar’s narratives of his visits to Kilauea on Hawaii, Manilla and the Himalayas; Prince Carl’s accounts of Jerusalem and several places in India; Prince Eugen’s accounts of the Druses and his visit to Damaskus; etc. Forbes 3863; Kroepelien 1318; Rolf Du Rietz, Bibl. Polynesiana, 1318. 10. [BERNINI, GIUSEPPE MARIA] / CASSIANO (BELIGATTI GIOVANNI) DA MACERATA: Memorie istoriche delle virtu’, viaggi, e fatiche del P. Giuseppe Maria de’ Bernini da Gargnano, cappuccino della Provincia di Bresca, e Vice-Prefetto delle Missioni del Thibet… Stato suo compagno, …. dal P. Silvio da Brescia. Verona, Moroni, 1767. € 2 800 Pp. xxxii, 277, (3). With one engraved folding plate. Contemporary marbled paper boards, vellum spine, later title label, blue edges, rubbed and restored. First rare edition of this bio- graphical account of missionary Giuseppe Bernini (1709–61) written by his friend Cassiano da Macerata, known as the compiler of “Alphabetum Tangutanum sive Tibetanum” (1773). Both were Italian Capuchin missionaries who served for many years in India and also joined the mission in Tibet under Orazio della Penna. He founded the mission in Tibet in 1725 but it was closed in 1733 due to lack of funds. Della Penna returned to Europe asking for increased support from the Vatican and in 1738 the Capuchin mission was re-established in Tibet. Giuseppe Bernini and Cassiano da Macerata arrived in Lhasa in 1741 to join the mission there.
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