Accompanied by a descendant of an ancient family of Nejd which had fled to Syria 100 years earlier, the Blunts crossed the great Nejud desert and ...

A nice example of an important work, finely coloured by hand and illustrated after drawings by Lavrov, showing Russian peasants and many atmospher...

First edition of this important aquatint book on Canada and the Great Lakes, often issued with the plates uncoloured. The plates depict the landma...

An attractive work depicting the costumes and architectural interests of northern France. The plates, engraved by D. Havell after drawings by Char...

An account of French involvement in Africa and Morocco, with the plates showing scenes and both civilian and military costumes.2 vols, large 8vo (...

An album of views that depicts the journey along the Göta Canal which had only been opened eleven years prior. The twenty four views show the loca...

Abbey copy with inscription. Abbey's copy of this rare work on the theatres of the United Kingdom in quintessential Georgian style. His inscription...

Scarce views of the Crimean War. Sixteen lively images of Crimea during the Crimean War including Sevastapol, the Baidar Valley, and Balaklava.Sir ...

A stark account of a journey from London to Peru through Brazil and Argentina that describes the greatly diminished city of Potosi, with costumes ...

A charming description of the road from London to Bath and Bristol with hand-coloured scenes showing manorial houses and architectural must-sees, ...

A sweet example of a Grand Tour souvenir album containing engravings of Pisa and the Vatican, and a small painting of the Gulf of Pozzuoli. The en...

A handsome set with 44 hand-coloured aquatints of the Netherlands and France, with three more plates than the first edition. Both the Abbey and Br...

Salm's Java is one of the rarest books on the island, and one of the most attractive. The present copy is an early printing with superior colour. ...

A translated abridgement of Mercurio Peruano, a biweekly newspaper published in Lima between 1791 and 1795, a clutch of which fell into the hands ...

Dampier in contemporary panelled calf. Dampier (1651-1715) was the first Englishman to explore parts of what is today Australia, and the first pers...

One of the first descriptions of Korea by a European containing several hand-coloured plates depicting Korean costumes and outfits.This expedition...

Napier describesl how Scinde became drawn into the sphere of influence of the government of British India, and the events, including the First Ang...

Popular account of Stein's second exploration to Central Asia between 1906 and 1909. From Khotan he surveyed eastwards to Loulan, and in 1907 he r...

The scarce first edition of Forbin's Voyage with text and plates together of which Brunet says only 325 copies were printed.Forbin's was one of th...

William Adams (1564-1620), better known in Japan as Miura Anjin, was an English navigator who was the first Englishman to reach Japan, and the fir...

Sir Henry Middleton (d. 1613) was an English captain and adventurer for the East-India Company, like his two brothers.Henry was taken on at the Wo...

An attractive copy of Friedrich Gerstäcker's account of his journey to San Fransisco in hopes of striking gold. He left Bremen in 1849, stopping a...

In 1807 the Portuguese royal family and government were forced to flee to their colony of Brazil following Napoleon's invasion of their country. I...

John Jourdain (d.1619) was a captain in the service of the English East India Company (EIC), and the first president of the EIC Council of India. ...