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MÜNSTER, Sebastian. Cosmographiae Universalis Lib. VI. in quibus, iuxta certorius fiedei scriptorum traditionem des cribuntur...

Basel, Henrichum Petri, 1550. First Latin edition; folio in 8s (33 x 22.5 cm); illustrated woodcut title H. R. Manuel, woodcut portrait to verso of title, 14 double-page woodcut maps, 39 woodcut double-page town views, one double-page woodcut of ‘sea and land monsters’, 75 maps and views in text as well as over 900 (partly repeated) in-text woodcut illustrations, two library stamps to verso of title, contemporary manuscript annotations to title and margins, occasional marginal staining; later marbled calf heavily restored, with most of the gilt spine laid down, all edges red, a little worn, still a very good healthily margined copy; [24], 472, [2], 475-480, [2], 481-1162, [2] pp.

Sachgebiete: Vermessungswesen , Landkarten

30.07.2026 - 15:28

36000,- EUR

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RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford. The History of Java. [and] Antiquarian, Architectural, and Landscape Illustrations of the History of Java.

London, John Murray; Henry G. Bohn, 1830; 1844. Second edition of text volumes, 2 vols 8vo (23 x 15 cm), third edition of atlas, 4to (33 x 26 cm); large folding map, 92 engraved plates including 10 hand-coloured, these and many of the other plates after William Daniell, exceptionally clean and fresh; uniformly bound in later half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in six compartments with gilt black morocco lettering pieces, a fine set.

Sachgebiete: Asien

30.07.2026 - 15:10

6000,- EUR

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FLEMING, Ian. Live and Let Die.

First edition, first impression, first state; 8vo; publisher’s black cloth with gilt titles and vignette, in the original unclipped printed first state dustjacket (without two line credit on front flap); a fine copy in a fine dustjacket, exceptionally crisp and bright.

Sachgebiete: Erstausgaben, Literatur ab ca. 1900

30.07.2026 - 15:06

36000,- EUR

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JUNKER, Dr Wilhelm. Travels in Africa during the years 1875-1878 [and] 1879-1883 [and] 1882-1886.

First English edition; 3 vols, 8vo (23 x 16 cm); 128 full page engraved illustrations including 3 frontispieces, title-page vignettes, many further illustrations in text, 3 folding colour maps, a touch of spotting; publisher’s original pictorial green cloth, gilt lettering to spines, a near-fine set; viii, 582; viii, 477; vii, 586 pp.

Sachgebiete: Reisen/Reiseliteratur

30.07.2026 - 15:04

2400,- EUR

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HAYEK, Friedrich August von. Law, Legislation and Liberty.

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973; 1976; 1979. First editions, first impressions; 3 vols, 8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm); ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto of each vol., underlining and annotations in pencil throughout; publisher’s black cloth, spines lettered in gilt on blue ground, typographic dust-jackets, spines faded, particularly affective vol. II, vol. I price-clipped, slight spotting to top-edges and inner-flaps, a little frayed with minor wear, very good; xi, [1], 184; xiv, 195, [1]; xv, [1], 244pp. Provenance: G.W. Clerk, Hollins House (ownership inscriptions dated February 1977 to vols II & II; December 1979 to vol. III).

Sachgebiete: Jura, Politik

30.07.2026 - 15:00

2700,- EUR

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FRANK, Robert. The Americans. Photographs by Robert Frank. Introduction by Jack Kerouac.

New York, An Aperture Book, Grossman Publishers, 1969. Robert Frank / Nov. 1970 / New York.’Motomura Kazuhiko (presentation inscription). Second edition, revised and enlarged, inscribed in black ink; oblong 8vo (183 x 208 mm, 7¼ x 8¼ in); black & white photographs printed in ‘stonetone’ offset by Rapoport Printing Corp., New York, introduction by Jack Kerouac, afterword by Robert Frank with details of the four films he made 1959-68, occasional light spotting, light marking to edges, printer’s ink mark to one page; plain endpapers, light spotting, black cloth-covered boards, titles to spine in gold, photo-illustrated dust-jacket, white, text in black, minor toning, lightly marked, a very good copy in Motomura Kazuhiko’s card sleeve titled in black ink on upper side; [iv], vi, [182]pp. A presentation copy inscribed to Frank’s friend and publisher Motomura Kazuhiko

Sachgebiete: Architektur, Photographie

30.07.2026 - 14:55

10500,- EUR

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KINNEIR, John MacDonald. A Geographical Memoir of the Persian Empire, accompanied by a map. [Map title]: Map of the countries lying between the Euphrates and Indus on the East and West, and the Oxus and Terek and Indian Ocean on the North and South.

London, Arrowsmith, 1813. First edition; 2 vols, 4to (31 x 25 cm); contemporary diced calf, rebacked to style with gilt spine in six compartments, gilt arms to boards, and small shelf mark and inscription to front endpaper, a little toning, engraved folding map opening to 96 x 128 cm with some expert restoration, in separate cloth slipcase with leather mouth and gilt lettering piece, a very good copy; viii, 486, [2] (errata and ads) pp. ’Provenance: The Signet Library copy (arms, inscriptions)

Sachgebiete: Reisen/Reiseliteratur

30.07.2026 - 14:29

10200,- EUR

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[QUR'AN]. A Fine Illuminated Qur'an,

Qajar Persia, circa 1830. Single volume, illuminated manuscript on paper, in Arabic, complete, 218 leaves, 143 x 90 mm; single volume, 17 lines delicate black naskh, surahs in red thuluth, verses marked with gilt dots, catch-words, opening and closing double-page openings with gilt polychrome head-pieces and borders, double-page of gilt and white checkered patterned table and additional double-page opening of gilt medallion carpet-pages preceeding the first text-page (possibly to include a fihrist and dedication to the manuscript that were never completed), text-leaves ruled in gilt and blue, important divisions of the noted in the margins in red and sometimes black, a few small closed nicks and tears to margins, some light finger-soiling and rubbing in places; housed in contemporary lacquered boards, covers with decorative floral displayed framed within gilt decorated borders, corners rubbed and worn, spine skillfully repaired. 142 by 90mm (5½ by 3½ inches).

Sachgebiete: Koran, Handschriften, Religion

30.07.2026 - 14:18

12000,- EUR

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