30 LARGE HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHS BY CHAM
CHAM (pseudonym of NOÉ, Charles Amédée de). A la Guerre comme a la Guerre. BOUND WITH: Le Grand Magasin d’Images. Paris, 1880.
First edition of this suite of 30 full-page hand-colored lithographs of Cham caricatures documenting the French colonization of North Africa, bound with an intriguing publication of 790 French magazine illustrations. $2750.
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“A CLASSIC WORK ABOUT PARAGUAY”
CHARLEVOIX, Pierre Francis-Xavier de. History of Paraguay. London, 1769. Two volumes in one. First edition in English of this fascinating history of Paraguay and its colonization by the Jesuit missionaries, handsomely bound. $1200.
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"ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT FIELDS OF EXPLORATION IN THE WORLD"
(KARAKORAM) VISSER-HOOFT, Jenny. Among the Kara-Korum Glaciers. London, 1926.
First edition of Visser-Hooft's account of her and her husband's expedition to the Karakoram Mountains, richly illustrated with two maps (one folding), and 25 photographic plates. $950.
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