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VOLTAIRE]. TABRIZI, Mirza Reza (translator). Tarikh’i Pitr’i Kabir [and] Tarikh’i Sharl’i Davazdahhum, Histories of Charles XII and Peter the Great, translated from Voltaire's ‘Histoire de l'empire de Russie sous Pierre-le-Grand’.

Qajar Persia, dated 10 Dhu'l Qa'da 1290 AH (30 December 1873). Single volume, illuminated manuscript on paper with fine marbled paper borders, in Farsi, 141 leaves, complete, 323 x 215 mm; single column, 11 lines to the page written in neat nasta'liq script in black ink, occasional headings and significant words in blue, inner margins ruled in gold and blue, outer borders throughout decorated with fine marbling, one fine illuminated opening headpiece, later ink inscription to recto of first leaf, else very clean and bright condition; contemporary leather over pasteboards, covers and extremities a little scuffed and rubbed. 232 by 215mm (9¼ by 8½ inches).

30.07.2026 - 15:59

45000,- EUR

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Kisch, Egon Erwin

Egon Erwin Kisch beehrt sich darzubieten: Paradies Amerika. Berlin, Erich Reiss, 1930. Gr.-8vo 347 S., 2 Bl. Unbeschnittene OBrosch. m. Orig.-Schutzumschlag von Georg Salter.

Sachgebiete: Amerika, Literatur ab ca. 1900, Reisen/Reiseliteratur

30.07.2026 - 15:39

380,- EUR

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BRANCA, Giovanni. Le Machine. Volume nuovo et di molto artificio de fare effetti marauigliosi tanto Spiritali quanto di Animale Operatione arichito di bellissime figure conle dichiarationi a ciascuna di esse in lingua vulgare et latina.

Rome, Iacomo Mascardi, 1629. First edition; 4to (22 x 16.5 cm); engraved title within architectural border with figures of Archimedes and Vitruvius, 77 full-page woodcuts within the text, decorative initials, 19th-century bookplates of W.C. Mylne, near-contemporary ownership signatures and ink spots to the title, small paper repairs to title, a few short splits to the fore-edge of the title and following leaf, uneven tanning and spotting to contents; contemporary vellum, double blind fillets, remnants of old ink shelf number to spine, boards bowed, dampstain to the lower boards, short split at the head of the spine. Provenance: W.C. Mylne (bookplates).

Sachgebiete: Technik

30.07.2026 - 15:36

7200,- EUR

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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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