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ONE OF THE GREATEST LITHOGRAPHIC WORKS EVER PRINTED
ROBERTS, David. Holy Land, Syria, Idemea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia—Volume III (only). London, 1849. First edition of Volume III (Idumea) of one of the greatest lithographic works ever printed, complete with lithographed title page and 34 (of 36) beautiful tinted lithographic plates in excellent condition featuring the fabulous ruins at Petra, the Convent of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai, Mount Horeb and Suez, all finely hand-colored. Very handsomely bound in contemporary morocco-gilt by Riviere. $25,000.
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THE TOMBS AT THEBES
DAVIES, Norman de Garis. Robb de Peyster Tytus Memorial Series. New York, 1917-27. Five volumes. Limited first edition of this catalogue of the tombs at Thebes published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1917-27, one of 500 atlas folio sets beautifully printed on handmade Van Gelder paper, with five frontispieces (four in color), 178 plates (21 in color), and numerous figures. A magnificent uncut set. $17,500.
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“ONE OF THE MOST SPLENDID NARRATIVES IN THE LITERATURE OF AFRICAN TRAVEL”
BRUCE, James. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh, 1790. Five volumes. Best edition of this illustrated classic of African exploration, published the same year as the first, magnificently embellished with engraved vignette title pages, three large engraved folding maps, and 58 engraved plates of scenery, antiquities, battle plans and natural history by James Heath. $15,000.
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MAYER’S RENOWNED VIEWS IN EGYPT, WITH 48 SPLENDID HAND-COLORED FOLIO AQUATINTS
MAYER, Luigi. Views in Egypt. London, 1801. First edition, first issue of this esteemed volume of 48 superb hand-colored folio aquatint plates engraved after Mayer’s drawings of views, monuments, tombs and costumes of Egypt. Attractively bound. $13,500.
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WITH 19 LOVELY HAND-COLORED FOLIO AQUATINT VIEWS OF THE HOLY LAND
SPILSBURY, Francis B. Picturesque Scenery in the Holy Land and Syria. London, 1819. Second folio edition of English naval surgeon Francis Spilsbury’s account of his travels in the Holy Land and Syria during the Napoleonic campaigns there, with 19 finely hand-colored folio aquatint views. $13,500.
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“ONE OF THE MOST SPLENDID NARRATIVES IN THE LITERATURE OF AFRICAN TRAVEL”
BRUCE, James. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh, 1790. Five volumes. Best edition of this illustrated classic of African exploration, published the same year as the first, magnificently embellished with engraved vignette title pages, three large engraved folding maps, and 58 engraved plates of scenery, antiquities, battle plans and natural history by James Heath. $10,000.
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FIRST EDITION OF CHURCHILL’S IMPORTANT SECOND BOOK, THE RIVER WAR, IN SCARCE ORIGINAL CLOTH
CHURCHILL, Winston. The River War. London, 1899. Two volumes. First edition, first printing of Churchill’s scarce second book, one of only 2000 copies printed, in scarce original cloth. $10,000.
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LEAKEY’S “THIRD ANGEL,” BIRUTE GALDIKAS:
IMPORTANT ARCHIVE OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LEAKEY,
GALDIKAS AND WILKIE REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF AN ORANGUTAN RESEARCH PROJECT IN INDONESIA AND THE PROGRESS OF GALDIKAS’ RESEARCH THERE
LEAKEY, Louis S.B. and GALDIKAS, Birute. Archive of documents concerning Louis Leakey and Birute Galdikas’ Orangutan research. Nairobi; Los Angeles; Burnaby, British Columbia; Indonesia, 1969-1984. Three Louis Leakey letters to Leighton Wilkie regarding the establishment of an orangutan project, together with his typed manuscript signed (“L.S.B. Leakey”) describing his proposal for Galdikas’ orangutan research project. With seven typed letters signed by Birute Galdikas, also to the Wilkie brothers, describing the progress of her research—including her discovery that orangutans are not exclusively arboreal—along with black-and-white and color photographs of Galdikas at Camp Leakey, Camp Wilkie and among the orangutans she studied. $9200.
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DOUVILLE’S CONGO, 1832, WITH THE SCARCE ATLAS CONTAINING 20 PLATES AND LARGE MAP OF THE REGION
DOUVILLE, Jean-Baptiste. Voyage au Congo. Paris, 1832. Three volumes and Atlas. First edition of this early description of the Congo and the far interior of Angola, with the rare Atlas containing an engraved title page, list of plates, 20 full-page lithographs of inhabitants and their way of life, and a large engraved folding map of the African interior by Brué. $8500.
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EXPLORER JAMES BRUCE’S COPY
PATERSON, William. A Narrative of Four Journeys in to the Country of the Hottentots and Caffraria. London, 1789. First edition of this fascinating South African travel narrative, with 17 copper engravings of plants, animals (including a giraffe), people, and views, as well as a large folding map of the southern cape of Africa, handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf. An excellent association copy: from the library of renowned African explorer James Bruce—discoverer of the source of the Blue Nile, “the last of the great 18th-century travelers in Egypt”—with his engraved Kinnaird bookplate. $8500.
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