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  • Watercolour Album.

    [CHINA.
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    China under the Qing dynasty. A remarkable collection of sixty-four fine large-format Chinese watercolours with subjects depicting tradesmen, flowe...

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  • Illustrations of China and its People.

    THOMSON, John.
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    Thomson's most significant work. Thomson's most significant work, made as he travelled through China between 1868 and 1872.Richard Ovenden has argu...

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  • Inscriptions on the Seikh Guns Captured by the Army of the Sutledge 1845-46.

    [FIRST SIKH WAR].
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    First Sikh War. Scarce. The title-page gives the name of C. Gomeze as the designer and lithographer - probably the Christopher Gomez, of the H.C. L...

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  • Royal Navy Master's logbook recording the tour of HMS Amazon

    [RENAUD, Benjamin].
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    Watercolours of Singapore and the West Indies. A richly illustrated record of service in the Royal Navy at the height of British maritime supremacy...

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  • The Holy Land

    ROBERTS, David.
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    Earliest issue of one of the greatest of 19th-century illustrated books. Roberts' Holy Land, was one of the most elaborate ventures of 19th-century...

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  • Description de toutes les nations de l'empire de Russie,

    GEORGI, Johan Gottlieb.
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    Fine complete copy of the first edition. The captions for the engravings were printed in three languages, so that it could be placed with the text ...

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  • Exploration of Kina Balu.

    WHITEHEAD, John.
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    Unique author's presentation copy to his parents with all plates and text illustrations specially hand-coloured. A unique copy of Whitehead's Kina ...

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  • An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China [...]

    STAUNTON, Sir George Leonard.
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    The first British embassy to China. The most celebrated and finely illustrated account of the first British embassy to China, which was to lead to ...

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  • Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie.

    PAULY, Theodore de.
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    Magnificent in size and scope. First edition of this striking work: 'l'ouvrage est tres rare et c'est l'un des plus beaux sur les differents costum...

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  • Dessins et peintures d'Asie.

    IACOVLEFF, Alexandre [YAKOVLEV, Aleksandr].
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    Beiruit to Beijing - the Citroen Central Asia Expedition. Finely produced portfolio of illustrations by the official artist of the Citroen Central ...

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  • Allerneuester Geographisch- und Topographischer

    HEYDT [aka HEIJDT], Johann Wolfgang.
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    Important early iconography of Jakarta. Heydt's Ost-Indien provides us with an extensive and important work with regard to the town planning and ge...

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  • Reizen over Moskovië door Persië en Indië:

    BRUIN [BRUYN], Cornelis de.
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    With superb engraved plates. An exceptionally fresh copy of Le Brun's account of his trans-Asia expedition, noteworthy in particular for its superb...

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  • Journal of an Embassy

    CRAWFURD, John
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    The narrative of Crawfurd's Embassy to Burma. In 1827, following the First Anglo-Burmese War, John Crawfurd was chosen to travel to Burma (now Mya...

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  • Narrative of a journey in the interior of China:

    ABEL, Clarke.
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    Rothschild copy with arms. A finely bound copy of Abel's China with Rothschild provenance, bound by the Royal bookbinder, Simier.Abel was the natur...

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  • A Journey from London to Persepolis;

    USSHER, John.
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    An account of Ussher's travels through Russian Dagestan at the time of the Shami uprising, and thence south to view the antiquities of Mesopotamia...

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  • Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China;

    WATHEN, James.
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    With 24 finely coloured aquatints. A very good first edition copy of Wathen's Voyage to Madras, richly illustrated with 24 finely coloured aquatint...

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  • The Chater collection

    ORANGE, James.
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    A fine copy of James Orange's catalogue of the Chater collection. Originally formed by Wyndham Law, the collection was acquired by Sir Catchick Ch...

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  • Rambles and recollections of an Indian official.

    SLEEMAN, William Henry (Lieut-Col.)
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    Sleeman (1788-1856), an officer in the East India Company, achieved some renown for his part in the anti-Thugee campaign in the 1830's and 40's, b...

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