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Beautiful edition in its pretty Hetzel publisher’s casebound, with the golden globe of this adventure novel written by Jules Verne and illustrated with 59 drawings by George Roux, 12 chromotypographies in color, and numerous photographic views and 2 maps -

The story opens with a

Literature, History, Illustrated, Travels, Cartography, Geography - Quantity: 1 - Book

Jules Verne / Georges Roux - Les Frères Kip - 1902

Rare and evocative complete issue of the famous French illustrated periodical L’Illustration – Journal Universel, comprising volumes XXVII and XXVIII for the year 1856.
Edition published in Paris, Rue Richelieu, in two large-format volumes with antique hard binding. Complete work

Art, History, Natural History, Architecture, Archaeology, Politics, Travels - Quantity: 2 - Book

Vari illustratori - L’Illustration - 1856

Louis Énault – L’Inde pittoresque – Paris, Morizot, 1861 – approx. 502 pages – richly illustrated edition in a decorative publisher's binding.
A handsome French work on India from the 19th century. The book covers the rivers of India, history, Indian religion, Hindu literature,

Travels, History, Agriculture - Quantity: 1 - Book

Louis Énault - L’Inde pittoresque - 1861

Book “Mistress Branican” from Jules Verne’s Voyages extraordinaires series. Paris, Hetzel, 1891. Hard cover. A few stains on the back cover; spine and corners lightly damaged. The book is generally in good condition. The edges are gold-tinged. Note: the cover and spine show some

Literature, Travels, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

Jules Verne; L. Benett - Mistress Branican - 1891-1891

Rare illustrated travel and views work on Scandinavia from the early 19th century: Voyage pittoresque de Scandinavie. Cahier de vingt-quatre vues, avec descriptions, published in London at Cox, Fils & Baylis, 1802.
The copy is complete with 24 pages of text/descriptions and 24

Travels, Topography - Quantity: 1 - Book

Comte de Saint-Morys - Voyage pittoresque de Scandinavie - 1802

French North Africa in History by E. Albertini, G. Marçais and G. Yver - Geographical introduction by R. Lespès - Abundantly and richly illustrated with drawings in the text and 56 plates, of which 16 are in color by Roger J - Irriéra - Many full-page or double-page maps -

Africa, Anthropology, Geography, History, Colonial history, War history, Regional interest, Illustrated, Collected works, Politics, Reference, Topography, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Book

E. Albertini, G. Marçais, G. Yver - L'Afrique du Nord Française dans l'Histoire - 1937

Fascinating illustrated edition of 20 wood engravings of this travel narrative tracing more than twenty years of journeys undertaken by Livingstone across regions still largely unknown to Europeans in southern Africa and in the vast Zambezi basin -

The work relates the

Travels, Illustrated, Africa, Geography, Anthropology, Sociology, Cartography - Quantity: 1 - Book

David & Charles Livingstone, Henriette Loreau - Explorations dans l'Afrique Australe et dans le bassin du Zambèse depuis 1840 jusqu'à 1864 - 1885

Charming illustrated edition in its magnificent binding with a superb front plate illustrated in color and gold, signed A. Souze of this work by Paul Bory, a French savant and educator who wished to share his passion for Africa with young readers -

He wrote this book drawing

Travels, Illustrated, Africa, Geography, Colonial history, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Paul Bory - Les explorateurs de l'Afrique : Nachtigal, Gallieni, Stanley, de Brazza, Samuel Baker, Georges - 1889

Paul de Musset. Picturesque Voyage in Italy. Northern Part. Paris, Belin-Leprieur, Morizot, 1855, 544 pp.

A volume in 4to (270x180 mm), blue morocco, decorated with gold on the first cover and spine, gilt edges (binding of the period). Small wear on the hinges of the second

Travels - Quantity: 1 - Book

Paul de Musset - Voyage pittoresque en Italie. Partie septentrionale - 1855

Rare edition of this detailed account of the last expedition of the famous British navigator, undertaken to explore the southern seas, verify the existence of the austral continent and study the islands and peoples of the Pacific -

The text describes with precision the routes

Travels, Ships and seafaring, Geography, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Capitaine James Cook - Troisième voyage de Cook ou voyage a l'océan Pacifique ordonné par le Roi d'Angleterre - 1785

Florian Pharaon. Voyage en Algérie de Sa Majesté Napoléon III. Paris, Henri Plon, 1865, 96 pp.

An oblong volume (320 x 440 mm), half morocco with corners, spine with raised bands (binding of the period). Wear and rubbing on the boards and the spine. Very sparing pale foxing.


Travels, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Florian Pharaon - Voyage en Algérie de Sa Majesté Napoléon III - 1865

Dick de Lonlay. In Tonkin 1883-1885. Anecdotal accounts. Paris, Garnier, 1886, viii-597 pp.

A volume in 8vo (240x160 mm), red cloth binding, gilt edges (publisher's binding signed by Charles Magnier). Wear and rubbing on the boards, worn headbands. Occasional foxing.


History, Colonial history, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Book

Dick de Lonlay - Au Tonkin 1883-1885. Récits anecdotiques - 1886

6 volumes, in-16, half calf, smooth, 200; 195; 337; 211; 209; 225 pages - Interior fresh - External wear, interior fresh - Very good condition.
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6 volumes in-16 half smooth calf 200; 195; 337; 211; 209; 225 pages - Fresh interior - External wear, fresh interior - Very

Travels, Illustrated - Quantity: 6 - Book

Campe - Bibliothèque géographique et instructive des jeunes gens - 1805

Guide Michelin Belgium – Luxembourg – Rhine Provinces – South of the Netherlands 1934-1935.
20th edition – Antiquarian travel and road guide.
Authentic Michelin guide from the interwar period, 1934-1935 edition, devoted to Belgium, Luxembourg, the Rhine Provinces and the south of

Cars and motorsport, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Tour-book

Guide Michelin - Guide Michelin. Belgique - 1934-1935

Superb illustrated set of 107 watercolor cards + 335 engravings of this vast encyclopedic monumental work composed of thirteen volumes, aimed at drawing up a complete portrait of France re-organized into departments after the Revolution -

Each volume gathers detailed

Travels, Geography, History, Cartography, Illustrated - Quantity: 13 - Book

Joseph La Vallée - Voyage dans les départemens de la France par une société d'artistes et gens de lettres - 1792

A Year of Travel in Central Arabia (1862-1863) by William Gifford Palgrave in 2 volumes.
Portrait of the author on the frontispiece.
William Palgrave (1826-1888) served in the Army of the Indies. Becoming a Jesuit, he lived in the Indies and then in Palestine.
This journey in

Travels - Quantity: 2 - Fold out maps or plates - Book

William Gifford Palgrave - Une année de voyage dans l’Arabie Centrale - 1866

Superb richly illustrated edition with 44 superb plates as well as a map of Arabia and a note on this map by Mr. Jomard of this scholarly work, the fruit of the collaboration between Noël Desvergers and Mr. Jomard, which is part of the Orientalist movement of the 19th century and

Travels, History, Geography, Cartography, Architecture, Sociology, Literature, Regional interest - Quantity: 1 - Book

M. Noël Desvergers / M. Jomard - Arabie - 1847

Fine copy of the reference work devoted to the Alps and the history of the great Alpine ascents.

Publisher's binding in red percaline with original gilding.
An especially interesting copy as it was attributed as a Municipal Prize for Gymnastics of the City of Paris, with its

Geography, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Book

Emile Levasseur - Les Alpes et les Grandes Ascensions - 1907

Picturesque voyage around the World. General summary of the voyages of discovery. Paris, Furne and Cie, 1846,

2 volumes in quarto, half brown leather.
277 steel-engraved plates (most featuring several figures) and 6 folded maps also engraved on steel. This is the general summary

Travels - Quantity: 2 - Book

M. Dumont d'Urville - Voyage pittoresque autour du monde - 1846-1846

A Journey through late 18th-century India – written by an eyewitness who lived on the subcontinent for more than two decades and whose descriptions remain among the liveliest travel accounts of the colonial era to this day.
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Travels, Fine Bindings - Quantity: 2 - Fold out maps or plates - Book

Haafner - Voyages dans la Péninsule Occidentale de l'Inde - 1811

Superb numbered edition 213 on laid vellum and illustrated with 13 hors-texte engravings including a very beautiful frontispiece by Robida, in one of the towns he illustrated -

Robida develops there a description that is at once picturesque, erudite and imaginative of the town,

Travels, Architecture, Illustrated, History, Geography, Reference, Sociology - Quantity: 1 - Book

Albert Robida - Rothenburg, Une ville du passé - 1910

Marco Polo - Head Copy No. XV with original signed engraving - Éditions du Cadran (1987)

A very remarkable luxury bibliophile edition of the “Book of Marco Polo,” published by Éditions du Cadran in Paris in 1987.

Superbly crafted head copy no. XV, coming from a strictly limited

Travels - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

Alain Thomas - Le livre de Marco Polo [Exemplaire de tête XV avec gravure originale signée] - 1987

Title: Voyages and Adventures of Miss Friquette — Louis Boussenard — Original Edition 1897.
Author: Louis Boussenard (1847–1910)
Publisher: Ernest Flammarion, Paris.
Year: Around 1897.
Collection: The Great Adventures.
Binding: Full red morocco-like boards, signed Engel, with a

Illustrated, Travels, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Louis Boussenard; G. Clerice - Voyages & Aventures de Mademoiselle Friquette - 1897-1899

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