Search Results: Titles starting with L from Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books

Amsterdam, C.L. Brinkman, Utrecht, J.L. Beijers, 1880.4 volumes in 1. 4to. Original decorated cloth (some stains). With 2 folding coloured maps of the track of the Pandora, 2 folding coloured maps by A. Braakensiek of the Barents Sea, 2 plates depicting profiles, 5 tables, and 7 plates. 30; 37; 84; 40 pp.Bijbladen Tijdschrift Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, Noordpool-expeditie. - Laurens Rijnhard Koolemans-Beijnen accompanied the Franklin search expedition under Allen William Young in the Pandora. The crew examined relics of Franklin's expedition at Beechey Island, but when halted by impenetrable ice in the Franklin Strait, returned to England. He made a second voyage with Young in the Pandora the follwing year, but on this occasion the vessel was diverted to Smith Sound to support George Nares' expeditionThe Willem Barents cruised the Greenland Sea to Jan Mayen and northwest West Spitsbergen, thence southward to Bear Island, and eastward across Barents Sea in north-south traverses as far as Novaya… Read More

Maestricht, F. Bury-Lefebure, 1839.4to. Original printed boards (spine sl. dam.). With lithographed portrait and 8 lithographed plates (blank margins stained). 73 pp.First published in Dutch in 1820: Tafereel van de overwintering der Hollanders op Nova Zembla in de jaren 1596 en 1597. - A celebrated poem on the Dutch wintering on Novaya Zemlya in a wooden cabin by Willem Barentsz and his crew in 1596-97.Cf. Cat. NHSM I, p.304; Arctic Bibl. 17782.

Bruxelles, Société Belge de Librairie, 1890. Old half cloth, printed title-label on frontcover. With folding coloured map (fold rep.). 84 pp.Belgian mission in West Bengal, India.

Paris, A. Barbier, (1846).8vo. Contemporary half morocco. With steelengraved frontispiece, folding coloured map, several vignettes and 28 steelengraved plates (11 coloured). 500 pp.First edition. - 'This work is particularly interesting, as it contains a good account of the affair of the caves of Dahra, which created a great sensation in Europe at the time' (Playfair 1135). - (Foxed as usual).Playfair & Brown 691.

('s Gravenhage, 1932). Original wrappers. With illustrations. 48 pp.

Haarlem, Wed. A. Loosjes, 1834.Original wrappers. With 6 woodcut illustrations. 83 pp.Biographies of Willem I, Hugo de Groot, Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, Willem IJsbrandsz. Bontekoe, Dirk Volkertsz. Coornhert, and Anna en Maria Tesselschade Visscher.

Paris, Hachette, 1844.2 volumes. Original printed wrapppers. VIII,442; 408 pp.Analysis of the causes of Spanish decline in the 16th and 17th centuries in industry, agriculture and commerce, as well as in literature and art, and examination of the new policies introduced by the Bourbons.Palau 374537.

Bordeaux, 1960. Pictorial wrappers. With 62 plates after Gaugain, Van Gogh, Fromentin, Delacroix, Gericault, etc. XXXI,148 pp.

's Gravenhage, Zutphen, 1909-2023.123 volumes (several volumes in two or more parts). Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt vignette to upper board, the later volumes with dust-jackets (binding vol. XL and XLII soiled). With many maps and plates. + TRESOOR DER ZEE- EN LANDREIZEN. Beredeneerd register op de werken der Linschoten- Vereeniging. Deel 1- 100. 's Gravenhage, Zutphen, 1939-2007. 3 volumes. Cloth.Linschoten-Vereeniging. - All published. - Rare complete run of this very important series, containing standard editions of unabridged narratives of travel and exploration of Dutchmen, with scholarly annotations, many of which were originally available for consultation in manuscript only. Including the early accounts of the Dutch East- and West India Company: Jan Cornelis May, Henry Hudson, Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Jacob van Roggeveen, De Marees, Cornelis de Houtman, Dirck Gerritsz. Pomp, Abraham Rogerius, Jacob van Heemskerk, Jan Cornelisz. Rijp, Hendrik Ottsen, Mahu en de Cordes,… Read More

's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1927-38. 2 volumes. Wrappers. 452; 159 pp.

Paris, Albert Fontemoing, (ca. 1900). Original printed wrappers, uncut. 320 pp.

Madrid, M. Tello, 1879.Sm.8vo. Later half leather (original printed front wrapper preserved). With 6 plates. VII,197 pp.First edition. - THE REMAINS OF COLON report from the Royal Academy of History to the government of S.M. about the alleged discovery of the true remains of Christóval Colon in the cathedral church of Santo Domingo.

Willemstad, 1992. 8vo. Wrappers. With photographic illustrations. 43 pp.

Ciudad Trujillo, Editoria del Caribe, C. por A., 1957 -1958.2 volumes. Folio. Original cloth. With numerous photographic plates and portraits. 491; 445 pp.The Dominican Republic is located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti,making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two sovereign states.

Paris, G. Decaux et M. Dreyfous, 1877.2 volumes. Original half cloth. III,431; 448 pp.First English edition published the same year. - Wallace's book had great success, going through several editions and being translated into many languages. He learned Russian and spent five years in Russia, from 1870-1875. 'His work is a classic treatment that examines every aspect of European Russia, with special emphasis on the rural scene' (Nerhood 302). - The standard authority on Russia before the 1917 revolution.

Aix-en-Provence, Université de Provence, 1973. Folio. Wrappers. 204 lvs.Institut d'Histoire des Pays d' Outre-Mer. - Cette étude a l'apparence d'une catalogue. Elle se compose en effet avant tout de traductions d'une thèse universitaire, de trois articles degrands historiens suédois, de documents d'archives reproduits en annexe ainsi que de compilations basées sur divers travaux (Introduction).

Paris, Victor Lecou, 1855.2 volumes in 1. 8vo. Original decorated gilt cloth with large gilt mosaic decoration on front cover and gilt decorated on back cover, spine richly gilt, a.e.g. With 20 steel-engraved views of Constantinople and the Bosphorus. XVIII,304 pp.First edition. - The work is divided into two parts, the first containing a history of the Turkish empire, and the second a description of habits, customs, etc. The fine plates are after Thomas Allom. - (Foxed as always). - A fine binding.Blackmer Collection 504; Atabey Collection 369; Chadenat I, 2285.

Paris, 1873.4to. Original printed boards. With map and many woodengraved illustrations and plates by Adolf Dillens. (79) pp.Offprint Le Tour du monde. - With armorial bookplate.

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1889.Sm.8vo. Original decorated gilt cloth, a.e.g. With 46 illustrations by Bertall. VIII,301; 8 pp.Bibliotheque rose illustrée. - Some foxing othewise fine.

Toulouse, Société des Livres Religieux, 1900.Sm.8vo. Original decorated cloth. With 5 plates (4 tinted). 106,(2) pp.First published in 1868.