Search Results: Titles starting with V from Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints

A nice Victorian travel book of twenty-four original watercolour drawings dated 1898–1902.
Description: Original beige cloth binding, titled on front cover Ilfracombe 1898, Scotland 1901 and Wales 1902. Bookbinder's label on the front paste-down. Obl. octavo: 14 Ă— 24 cm; pp. 24ll., [1 loosely inserted]. 24 watercolour drawings on Whatman's handmade drawing paper.
Provenance: Owner's name written in pencil on the front endpaper: G E Ruffles, Yooven Hill Cottage, Felixstowe, Suffolk.
Condition: Slight bow to front board, slightly soiled and showing some marks. Of the original 30 sheets of the sketchbook, 24 sheets with 23 drawings have been preserved. The loosely inserted watercolour drawing was painted on a different watercolour paper. The drawings, as well as the binding in very good condition.
Notes: This is a fine example of a travel journal from a period when people still recorded their impressions of their journeys by painting with brushes and watercolours. The watercolours by G.E. Ruffles of… Read More

First edition of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's account of his famous circumnavigation between 1766 and 1769.
Description: Near contemp. green and brown morocco, separated with gilt fillet; spine with 4 raised bands decorated with gilt fillets; gilt titling on spine. Brown marbled endpapers. Quarto: 27 Ă— 20 cm; [4] ll., 417, [3] pp. With 20 maps (17 fold-outs, incl. the large world map) and 3 engraved plates.
Ref.: Brunet i, 1167; Hill p.31; Sabin ii, 6864
Condition: Boards somewhat rubbed and bumped. Pages slightly yellowed with age, occasional light mainly marginal spotting, some maps slightly tanned.
Notes: French Navy admiral and diplomat Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811) was commissioned by Louis XV in 1766 to circle the Earth in a voyage of exploration with the frigates La Boudeuse and L'Etoile. The purpose of this expedition was to explore the Pacific, especially the Australian coast and New Guinea, to examine the geographical and ecological conditions for economic benefit and… Read More

Second edition of the French translation by M. Gauthier de La Peyronie in 8 text vols. and 1 atlas.
Description: Contemporary marbled calf, sides with gilt frames, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels lettered in gilt. 8 text vols., octavo: 20 Ă— 13 cm; 1 atlas, folio: 33,5 Ă— 25 cm. pp. (vol.1): xl, 422; (vol.2): [2]ll., viii, 490; (vol.3): [2]ll., 492; (vol.4): [2]ll., 499; (vol.5): 443; (vol.6): 455; (vol.7): 448; (vol.8): [2]ll., 463; (atlas): 108 pl. Atlas with 108 plates, including four large folding plates (including the large general map of the Russian Empire) and 104 plates (several folding) on ethnology, archaeology, flora and fauna (complete).
Ref.: Brunet: IV, 325
Condition: The boards of the atlas are in very good condition, with only minor signs of wear, such as light rubbing and a few small chips. The bindings of the text volumes are generally in good condition, although they do show some chipping, scratches and washed-out areas on the covers. The gilt frames are partly… Read More