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The lot features an interesting and rare volume of the 'Liste Générale des Postes de France', dated July 1, 1764, which represents an authentic historical document of French communication and cartography of the Ancien Régime under the reign of Louis XV. This volume, drawn up by

Transportation, Europe, History, Politics, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Book

Estienne de Choiseul - Liste générale des postes de France - 1764

Discover a wonderful piece of nineteenth-century travel history! This is your chance to own a monumental masterwork about the Holy Land from 1847. While most copies on the market concern the French edition, this auction offers the significantly rarer Brussels first edition, at

Travels, Religion, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

J.A.L. (Jean-Guillaume-Antoine Luthereau) - Le Livre d'Or des Familles ou La Terre-Sainte Illustrée - 1847-1847

Rare edition of one of the most famous autobiographical accounts in French maritime literature, offering direct testimony from a great sailor, corsair and officer of the Royal Navy under the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV -

Written in a simple, vivid style imbued with

Biographies and memoirs, History, War history, Travels, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

René Duguay-Trouin - Mémoires de Monsieur Du Guay-Trouin - 1748

This is a collection of 17 volumes od "LA GRANDE REVUE" that has been in my family since 1898.
For the year 1898, I have volume 4 which was the first of the series, for the following years 1899, 1900, 1901 & 1902, I have the entire collection of 4 volumes for each year.

La

Literature, History, Philosophy, Travels - Quantity: 17 - Reference book

Fernand Labori - La Grande Revue [Affaire Dreyfus] - 1898-1903

Robinson Crusoé in 1 In-folio, publisher's ornate cardboard binding signed Engel, gilded edges. Illustrated with 33 black engravings in text including a frontispiece, undated (late 19th century), 336 pages - Fresh interior - Pleasant copy.

Fabliaux et Contes du Moyen-Age in 1

Children's books, Literature, Travels, Illustrated - Quantity: 2 - Book

Daniel Defoé; A. Robida; Engel - Robinson Crusoe ; Fabliaux et Contes du Moyen-Age - 1926

Marquis de Custine: Letters from Russia in 1 volume, 12mo paperback, 367 pages - Nice copy.

History of Russia from the most ancient times to the present day (from Paris) in 1 volume, 12mo, leather-bound, 1946, 482 pages - Wear and external soiling, a few light and scattered

History, Travels, Literature - Quantity: 2 - Book

Marquis de Custine - Lettres de Russie / Histoire de Russie depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours - 1861-1946

Rare two-volume set enriched with an engraved portrait of the author in the frontispiece and 3 full-page engravings of this famous travelogue by Jean de Thévenot, a scholar, naturalist and great French traveler of the 17th century, who undertook to roam for many years the

Travels, History, Sociology, Illustrated, Reference, Africa, Egypt - Quantity: 2 - Book

Jean De Thévenot - Relation du voyage du Levant / Suite du voyage de Levant - 1665-1674

Jules Verne: Five Weeks in Balloons. Printed by Bonaventure and Ducessois (first printer of Jules Verne-Hetzel). binding 'to the rose bouquets of the 1st type' in burgundy/wine color.

Paris, Hetzel, 1865. 364pp.

Very rare and superb original illustrated edition, in a small in-8

Travels - Quantity: 1 - Book

Jules Verne - [Très rare première édition illustrée] Cinq semaines en Ballon - 1865

Michelin Guides France 1953 and 1954 in an almost immaculate interior condition (see photos for a more precise idea), complete with all of their maps and with covers in very decent condition for their age.
This lot will be sent to you with care, insured and shipped promptly via

Travels - Quantity: 2 - Tour-book

Michelin - Guide Michelin France - 1953-1954

Good illustrated edition of 110 engravings and 1 folded color map of this extensive historical, geographical, political, and ethnographic study devoted to modern Greece, written by François Charles Hugues Laurent Pouqueville, a diplomat, physician, traveler, and philhellene -


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

François Charles Hugues Laurent Pouqueville - Grèce - 1835

Beautiful illustrated edition in its charming publisher's binding of this travel book, on local history and discovery devoted to the environs of the French capital, in which the author offers a series of excursions designed to reveal the landscapes, monuments, historical memories

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

Jules Levallois - Autour de Paris, promenades historiques - 1884

An excellent testament to the British Navy of the early 19th century.
Hall, Captain Basil.
Scenes of Maritime Life.
Paris: Hachette, 1858.
in-12 (18x12 cm); (2), 237 pp., (3). High-quality dark blue leather binding, with gilt spine, marbled endpapers and edges.

Good condition:

War history, Ships and seafaring, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Book

Hall, Captain Basil - Scènes de la Vie Maritime - 1858

3 works grouping 4 volumes devoted to Belgians overseas, the great discoveries and expansion efforts around the world.
Volume 1: Colonization of the Azores Islands, the age of adventurers, the epic of the Ostende Company - 60 pages.
Volume 2: from Brabant Island to the Emerald

Colonial history, Travels - Quantity: 3 - Fold out maps or plates, Dust jacket - Book

G. H. Dumont / James Thiriar - Belges d’Outremer - 1960

Successive discoveries, conquests, and explorations of its various regions in 1 volume, in-8, full percaline binding, 240 pages, undated (circa 1880) - External wear, wear to the bottom of the two hinges (on the exterior, binding still solid), fresh interior, a few light and

History, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Book

A. Driou - Histoire de l'Amérique - 1880

Rare illustrated edition of 64 drawings by Roux, including 12 large chromotypography plates, in its superb Hetzel publisher’s binding signed by Engel, known as “to the fan and to an elephant with the title in the fan,” of this posthumous novel set in the heart of the gold rush

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

Jules Verne / George Roux - Le Volcan d'Or - 1907

Fascinating illustrated edition of this work, which constitutes the final part of the account of the explorations undertaken by Paul Lucas, antiquary and traveler of King Louis XIV, in the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire, in Egypt, in Syria, in Palestine, in Asia Minor,

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

Paul Lucas - Troisième Voyage du Sieur Paul Lucas - 1719

General History of Travels, or, New Collection of all travel accounts by sea and by land, which have up to now been published in the various languages of all known nations: containing what is most remarkable, most useful and best established in the countries where travels have

Travels, Illustrated, Botany, Natural History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Antoine François Prévost - Histoire générale des voyages - Centraal-Azië, Tibet, China, Tartarije - 11 gravures/kaarten - 1759

The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century.
Jules Verne.
Hetzel, 1879. First edition.
SD, Catalogue AB.
28 × 19 cm.
464 pages.
1.6 kg.
Very rare copy of Jules Verne's work, The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century, in its publisher's binding known as "A la sphère

Travels, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Jules Verne - Les grands navigateurs du XVIIIe siècle [rare percaline chagrinée à grains Longs prune] - 1879

Michelin Tire Guide 1938.
Inherited, kept in an old wardrobe in the attic. Cover in good condition, corners slightly bumped. Inside, one page with foxing and a pen annotation cross. No pages missing.
1157 pages.
Dimensions:
19.7 cm x 11.3 cm x 4 cm.
Weight 618 g.
Careful

Travels, Cartography, Regional interest - Quantity: 1 - Book

Michelin - Guide Michelin - 1938

Rare guide du Paris de Napoléon III.
Guides-Cicerone.
Paris Illustré, édition originale Hachette, 1855.
Son histoire, ses monuments, ses musées, son administration, son commerce et ses plaisirs.
Auteur non mentionné, Adolphe Joanne.
Nouveau guide des voyageurs avec 18 plans et

Travels, Geography, History, Regional interest, Illustrated, Cartography - Quantity: 1 - Reference book

Adolphe Joanne - Paris illustré - 1855

Wonderful five-volume set enriched with 35 plates and 4 maps (some folded) engraved by J. B. P. Tardieu in chiaroscuro on copper. This travel narrative recounts a British diplomatic mission to China at the end of the 18th century -

The text details the ambassadorial journey

Travels, Illustrated, Cartography, Geography, China, Architecture, History, Sociology, Reference - Quantity: 5 - Book

Lord Macartney & J. Castéra / J. B. P. Tardieu - Voyage dans l'intérieur de la Chine, et en Tartarie - 1798

1 volume in-12 demi chagrin et percaline, 191 pages - External wear and tear, 1 tear at the top of the page with false title, fresh interior - Nice copy.
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L'Indo-Chine et la Chine – Récits de voyages is the French translation of a book by the Scottish traveler and

J. Thomson - L'Indo-Chine et la Chine - Récits de voyages - 1885

Beautiful work from the 'The Universe' collection, dealing with the history and description of all peoples, their religions, customs and manners. Red morocco half-binding, spine with raised bands and gilded lines and title. 440 pages + 32 engravings. Copy in very good condition

Travels, Europe, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Ferdinand Denis - Portugal. Collection l'Univers, histoire et description de tous les peuples. - 1846-1846

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