Catalogue
Number 14
INDIAN OCEAN BOOKS, MAPS, AND
PRINTS
Specializing in Antiquarian Materials about
the Indian
Ocean Islands and Rim
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This
catalogue contains 63 books, 7 maps, and
35 prints. Many other items are
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BOOKS:
1. Ali, Shanti
Sadiq and R. R. Ramchandani,
eds, India and the Western Indian Ocean States: Towards Regional Cooperation in Development
(New Delhi, Allied Publishers, 1981). 1st edn, 8vo, 310 pp, map, dj. 23 essays focusing on historical contacts, cooperation in science
and technology, and issues and areas of potential cooperation. $15
2. Allen, Philip M. Madagascar: Conflicts of Authority in the Great Island (Boulder, CO, Westview, 1995). 1st edn, 8vo, 254 pp, 8
tables, 3 maps, 15 photos, dj, as new. $40
3. Armstrong, Richard. A History of Seafaring: The Merchantmen (New York, Praeger, 1969). 1st edn, 8vo, 128 pp, 13 maps,
69 illus, dj.
A history of seafaring trade from the 17th
to 19th centuries. $10
4. Bennett Norman R. and George E.
Brooks, Jr, eds., New England Merchants in Africa: A History through Documents 1802-1865
(Boston, Boston UP, 1965). 1st edn, 8vo, 576 pp, 9 illus,
3 maps. The emphasis of this work
and its documents is on East Africa and esp. Zanzibar. $45
5. Boxer, C. R. Portuguese Society in the Tropics: The Minicipal
Councils of Goa, Macao, Bahia, and Luanda 1510-1800 (Madison, Univ.
of Wisconsin Press, 1965). 1st edn,
8vo, 240 pp, 7 illus, 25 documents in an appendix. $75
6. Brebner, C. W. The New Handbook for the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, with miscellaneous subjects
for sail and steam, Mauritius Cyclones and Currents, Moon Observations, and
Sail-Making (Bombay, “Times
of India” Press, 1898). 1st edn, 8vo, 185 pp plus three pages of press opinion and
letters received, 7 illus, 3 maps (one folding), 9 plates on sails (6 folding),
gilt cover. This
is an extremely rare and wonderfully interesting book—the first and only copy I
have seen in 15 years. Brebner was a sea captain largely traveling between India and Mauritius and the book is focused
on the weather, currents, cyclones, nautical history, quarantine laws, and both
sailing directory and sailing history for the southwest Indian Ocean; there are chapters on Rodrigues and Seychelles as well. $1750
7. Coues,
Dr. Elliott, ed. “Birds of Kerguelen Island,” from Contributions
to the Natural History of Kerguelen Island made in
connection with the American Transit-of-Venus Expedition, 1874-75 by J. H.
Kidder, Bulletin of the United States National Museum no. 2 (Washington, DC, GPO, 1875). 1st edn,
8vo, ix, 51 pp plus index, largely uncut, paper cover. $20
8. D’Offay
Danielle and Guy Lionnet. Diksyonner kreol-franse;
Dictionnaire creole
Seychellois-francais (Hamburg, Helmut Buske Verlag, 1982). 1st edn, 8vo, 422 pp, pictorial hard cover. $75
9. Day, Beth. Joshua Slocum, Sailor (Boston, Houghtton Mifflin, 1953).
1st edn, 8vo, 249
pp, pictorial hard cover. A biography of the great circumnavigator. $10
10. Devereux, W. Cope. A Cruise in the “Gorgon;” or, Eighteen Months
on H.M.S. “Gorgon” engaged in the suppression of the slave trade on the East
Coast of Africa including a trip up the Zambesi with
Dr. Livingstone (London, Dawsons of Pall Mall,
1968). Reprint of 1869
1st edn, 12mo, 421 pp. Includes stops (or multiple
stops) at: Cape Town, Mozambique, Zanzibar, Seychelles, Bourbon, Mauritius, Madagascar,
Johanna, Lamoo, Melinda, and others. $75
11. Dossal, Mariam. Imperial Designs and Indian Realities: The Planning of Bombay City 1845-1875 (Bombay, Oxford
UP, 1991). 1st
edn, 8vo, 251 pp, 16 tables, 9 maps and plans, 22
plates, dj.
$25
12. Dukhira,
Chit G. Mauritius and Local Government Management (Bombay, All India Institute
of Local Self-Government, 1992). 1st edn, 8vo, 374 pp, 4 illus,
pictorial soft cover. $25
13. Durrell,
Gerald. The Aye-Aye and I: A Rescue Mission in Madagascar (New York, Touchstone,
1994). 1st paperback edn,
8vo, 175 pp, map, pictorial soft cover. $10
14. Embree,
Edwin R., M. S. Simon and W. B. Mumford. Island India Goes to School (Chicago, UChicago Press, 1934).
1st edn, 8vo, 120
pp, 20 illus, endpaper maps, pictorial hard cover. On
education policy in the Dutch East Indies. $15
15. Findlay, Alexander George. A Directory for the Navigation of the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of its
coasts, islands, etc., from the Cape of Good Hope to the Strait of Sunda and Western Australia, including also the Red Sea and
the Persian Gulf; the winds, monsoons, and currents, and the passages from
Europe to its various ports (London, Richard Holmes, Laurie, 1897. Fourth addition with addenda to 1897, 8vo,
169 pp addenda, xxxviii, Table of the
Geographical Positions and Magnetic Variations of the Indian Ocean, 1304 pp,
two folding maps, clean and tight original gilt binding. The book is 3 ½ inches thick. $325
16. Foster, Sir William. John Company (London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926).
1st edn, 8vo, 286 pp, 24 illus,
ads, dj,. A fine early history. $35
17. Furber,
Holden. Rival Empires
of Trade in the Orient, 1600-1800 (Minneapolis, Univ.
of Minnesota Press, 1976). 1st edn, 8vo, 408 pp, 13
illus, 4 maps, dj. A classic study of European
trading rivalries in the East.
$35
18. Gajeelee, Rajendradev, and others.
National Monuments of Mauritius, vol. 1, Port Louis District (Rose Hill, EOI
& Mauritius Institute, 1988). 1st
edn, 8vo, 65 full-page photos, pictorial soft cover, $15
19. Hachisuka, Masauji. The Dodo and Kindred Birds; or The Extinct Birds of the Mascarene Islands (London, H. F. & G. Witherby, Led, 1953).
1st edn, 4to, 250
pp, 22 full-page plates, 10 in color; 35 drawings, teg,
gilted dodo on cover and gilt lettering on spine, dj. A celebrated work on the dodos of Mauritius and Reunion, the
solitaire of Rodrigues and Reunion, and
various other extinct birds of the Mascarenes. This is one of the three
great books on the dodo (the others Strickland, 1848; and Owen, 1866) and is
coveted collectors and research institutions.
The book was published in a limited edition of 485; this copy is
unnumbered. $2750
20. Harvey-Brain, V. C. Seychelles
Saga: The Story of Two Small Boats and a
Dream Which Came True (Perth, V.C. Harvey-Brain, 1982). 1st edn, 8vo, 172 pp, 31 illus, SIGNED by the author. $100
21. Heseltine, Nigel. Madagascar (New
York, Praeger, 1971). 1st edn, 8vo, 344 pp, 4 maps, 3 figs. $10
22. Jessett, Montagne George. The
Key to South Africa: Delagoa Bay (London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1894). 1st
edn, 12mo, 178 pp, 12 illus, ads, gilt cover with
pictorial spine, presentation copy INSCRIBED by the author. $75
23. Joint Economic Committee. Proceedings of the JEC Seminar held at Le Touessrok Sun 9-10-September 1985 (Port Louis, Quick Print,
1985). 1st edn, 8vo, 107 pp, some underlining, paper cover. Nine articles by distinguished leaders of the Mauritian economy. $5
24. Jolly, Allison. Lemur Behavior: A Madagascar Field Study (Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press,
1966). 1st edn, 8vo, xiv, 187 pp, 20 plates, 7 figs, endpaper maps, dj. $50
25. Joyce, R. B. Sir William MacGregor (Melbourne, Oxford UP, 1971).
1st edn, 8vo, 484
pp, 14 illus, 7 maps, dj. A biography of a Scottish doctor who began
his career in Mauritius and Seychelles (primarily
as a medical officer on Praslin) from 1872-1875 and
went on to Fiji, New Guinea, Lagos, Newfoundland, and Queensland during 42 years
of colonial service. $40
26. Karlsson, Elis. Cruising off Mozambique
(London, Oxford UP, 1969). 1st edn, 8vo, 189 pp, 8
plates, dj.
An unusual book focused on the little known islands off of Mozambique. $20
27. Kirkman,
James. Fort Jesus: A Portuguese Fortress on the East African Coast (Oxford, Clarendon Press,
1974). 1st edn, 8vo, 327 pp, 86 figs, 44 plates, dj. The classic study of the
history, architecture, and archaeological findings at the most famous fortress
on the East African coast. $40
28. Layton, Thomas N. The Voyage of the Frolic: New England Merchants and the Opium
Trade (Stanford, Stanford UP, 1997). 1st edn, 8vo, 227 pp, 39
illus, dj, new. $25
29. Le Clezio,
J. M. G. Voyage a Rodrigues
journal (Paris, Gallimard, 1986). 1st edn, 8vo, 136 pp, soft cover. This
fine Mauritian writer travel to Rodrigues in search
of traces of his grandfather. $10
30. Le Geyt,
Margaret. Seychelles Verses (Mahe, In
Aid of the Seychelles Red Cross & Tuberculosis Funds, 1966). 1st edn, 8vo, 37 pp, paper
cover. The book consists of 17
poems by the author, and two word pictures by her husband, Capt. P. S. Le Geyt. INSCRIBED: “For Tom Clarkson, Whose expert, unfailing
help has been my constant privilege & encouragement, In gratitude—From
Margaret Le Geyt” $175
31. Malleson, Colonel G. B. Dupliex and the Struggle for India by the European Nations
(Oxford, Clarendon,1899). 1st edn, 12mo, 188 pp, folding
map, a little underlining. $30
32. Malleson,
Colonel G. B. Lord
Clive and the Establishment of the English in India (Oxford,
Clarendon Press, 1907). 1st edn, 12mo, 229 pp, folding
map, largely uncut. $30
33. Malleret,
Louis. Pierre Poivre
(Paris, Ecole Francaise d’Extreme-Orient, 1974). 1st edn, 4to, 723 pp, 4 plates, maps, bibliog. Elegantly bound in red
half-cloth with beautiful marbled boards and endpapers, as new. $300
34. Metais,
Jean. Croisiere
en Ocean Indien a bord de l’Aviso-Colonial “Bougainville” 1938-1939 (Paris, Vigot
Freres, Editeurs,
1947). 1st edn, 12mo, 304 pp, decorative soft cover, largely uncut.
$40
35. Moseley, H. N. Notes by a Naturalist. An Account of Observations made during the
voyage of H. M. S. Challenger Round the world in the Years 1872-1876 (London,
John Murray, 1892). A
new and revised edition, with map, portrait, and woodcuts, and a brief memoir
of the author, 540 pp, 8vo. Pages 119-221 and
316-340 in the Indian Ocean: Cape of Good Hope, Prince Edward and Crozet Islands, Kerguelen,
Heard
Island, and the East Indies (Banda, Amboina, Ternate). $75
36. Nambiar, O.
K. Portuguese Pirates and Indian Seaman (Mysore,
Hindustan Press, 1955). 1st edn, 8vo, 212 pp, 4 maps
and illus, ragged dj, foxing on some pages. Warmly INSCRIBED by the
author to his mentor, K. M. Panikkar, another fine
scholar of the Indian Ocean. $75
37. Nicolle,
David. “Shipping in Islamic Art: Seventh
Through Sixteenth Cengtury
AD,” from American Neptune, XLIX, no. 3 (Summer 1989), 168-197, including over 100
illustrations. A remarkable scholarly piece. The full issue is supplied. $20
38. Northrup,
David. Indentured
Labor in the Age of Imperialsim, 1834-1922
(Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 1955). 1st edn, 8vo, 186 pp, 7 maps,
24 figures and tables, decorative soft cover. $15
39. Oodiah, Mallenn D. Histoire du Syndicalisme Mauricien (Port Louis, Federation des Travailleurs Unis, 1988). 1st edn, 8vo, 42 pp, pictorial paper cover. $15
40. Oliver, Captain Pasfield,
translated and edited by. The Voyages
Made by the Sieur D. B. to the Islands Dauphine or
Madagascar & Bourbon or Mascarenne in the years
1669-70-71 & 72 (London, Printed for David Nutt, 1897). 1st edn,
8vo, pp. xxxvi, <iv>, 160, large folding map, two other maps (one
folding), 20 plates, 14 illus, bibliography, chronology, notes appendices,
index. Slight worming to margins only of first and last few
pages. Described
on the half-title as Supplement to the Voyage of Francois Leguat
Issued by the Hakluyt Society Nos. LXXXII &
LXXXIII. MDCCC.XCI. Extremely rare;
this is the only copy I have ever seen. $1650
41. Oliver, William Dudley. Crags and Craters Rambles on the Island of Reunion (London, Longmans, Green
& Co, 1896). 1st
edn, 8vo, 213 pp, 27 illus, folding map. One of the very few books
on Reunion in English. $300
42. Panikkar,
K. M. India and the Indian Ocean: An Essay on the Influence
of Sea Power on Indian History (London, George Allen & Unwin,
1951). 2nd edn, 12 mo, 99 pp, plates of Ormus,
Canonor, Madras, and
others, ads, dj. $20
43. Parkinson, C. Northcote,
ed. The Trade
Winds: A Study of British Overseas Trade
during the French Wars 1793-1815 (London, George Allen & Unwin, 1948). 1st edn, 8vo, 336 pp, 19
plates, endpaper maps, dj. Twelve chapters by eight
different scholars. SIGNED by the author of chapter nine, Herbert Heaton. $35
44. Peters, A. J. and J. F. C. Lionnet, eds. Central Western Indian Ocean Bibliography, Atoll Research
Bulletin No. 165 (Washington DC, Smithsonian Institution, 1973). 1st edn, 8vo, 322 pp,
decorative paper cover. $35
45. Phillips, James Duncan. Pepper and Pirates: Adventures in the Sumatra Pepper Trade of Salem (Boston, Houghton
Mifflin, 1949). 1st
edn, 8vo, 141 pp, 17 illus, endpaper maps, dj. $25
46. Piddington,
Henry. The Sailor’s Horn-Book for the
Law of Storms being a practical exposition of the theory of the law of storms,
and its uses to mariners of all classes, in all parts of the world, shewn by transparent storm cards and useful lessons
(London, Frederick Norgate, 1889). 7th edn,
8vo, 408 pp, gilt
pictorial cover, binding cracking but intact. The book includes wind charts for
both the northern and southern hemispheres in endpaper pockets, and four large
folding charts: average tracks of over fifty cyclones in the Southern Indian
Ocean to 1850; cyclones in the Bay of
Bengal and part of the Arabia Sea 1800-1848; cyclones in the China Sea and
adjacent Pacific Ocean from 1780-1847; and tracks of cyclones in the West
Indies, Atlantic, and European Seas from 1800-1849. Piddington was a
British-Indian scientist and meteorologist, the President of the Marine Courts,
Calcutta, a pioneering scholar of Indian Ocean storms; and the
individual who coined the name ‘cyclone’ for these whirling storms. His
Horn-Books, first published in 1843, were the standard work for mariners
traveling to the East into the twentieth century. $200
47. Prins, A.
H. J. Sailing from Lamu: A Study of Maritime Culture in Islamic East Africa (Assen,
Van Gorcum, 1965).
1st edn, 8vo, 320 pp, 58 plates, 6 maps,
26 tables, 28 diagrams, endpaper maps, dj. This is an
extraordinary scholarly work, already very scarce. $150
48. Reid, C. Lestock. Commerce and Conquest: The Story of the Honourable
East India Company (Port Washington, NY, Kennikat
Press, 1971). Reprint
of 1947 1st edn, 8vo, 256 pp, 19 illus. $20
49. Ricketson,
Annie Holmes. The
Journal of Annie Holmes Ricketson on the Whaleship A. R. Tucker 1871-1874 (New Bedford, MA, The Old
Dartmouth Historical Society, 1958).
1st edn, 8vo, 79
pp, 8 full-page photos, map. The voyage from New Bedford was to whale in the Indian Ocean including St. Paul, Celebes,
Ternate, Salibaboo, Singapore, Madagascar. $50
50. Riviere,
Lindsay. Historical
Dictionary of Mauritius
(Metuchen, NJ, The Scarecrow Press, 1982). 1st
edn, 8vo, 172 pp, considerable underlining and notes
on pages. $10
51. Russell-Wood, A. J. R. Seamen Ashore and Afloat: the Social Environment of the Carreira da India, 1570-1750,
from The Mariner’s Mirror, 69, 1 (Feb. 1983), 35-52. This is a fascinating piece of the often
brutal conditions and class conflicts on the Lisbon to Goa run. The entire issue is supplied and also
includes A. De Buoy, The Discovery of
Australia’s North-West Coast and an Incident at Macassar
in 1616, 21-33, on a Dutch East-Indies
fleet and its troubles. $15
52. The Sarawak Museum Journal. Vol VIII, no. 11 (new series); no. 26 (old series) ( Kuching, Sarawak, June
1958). xxii, pp. 267-544, 24 plates including one in color or Borneo
birds, 17 maps and figures, decorative paper cover. The journal was edited by Tom Harrisson, Curator of the Sarawak Museum, and includes 33 widely
diversified scholarly articles on Borneo including: coins, ceramics, pollen, clothing, temples,
fishing, boar hunting, megaliths, recent writing about Borneo, 13 pieces on
Borneo plants and animals, and a long
article on the Sarawak climate. $50
53. Sheriff, Abdul, ed.
The History & Conservation of Zanzibar Stone Town (Zanzibar, Dept. of
Archives, Museums & Antiquities; London, James Currey, 1995).
1st edn, 8vo, 151
pp, 12 chapters, richly illustrated, decorative soft cover. $25
54. Smith, J. L. B., Old Fourlegs: The Story
of the Coelacanth (London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1956). 1st edn, 8vo, 260 pp, 5 appendices, 7 maps and figures, 12
photos, worn dj. SIGNED by BOTH the author
and by Marge Courtney-Latimer who identified the first coelacanth in 1938 and
to whom the book is dedicated. $125
55. Stoddart,
D. R, ed. . Biogeography and Ecology
of the Seychelles Islands (The
Hague, Dr. W. Junk Publishers, 1984). 1st edn, 8vo, 691 pp, 33
chapters with tables, illus, and maps.
$250
56. Tinker, Hugh. The Banyan Tree: Overseas Emigrants from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh (Oxford UP, 1977). 1st edn, 8vo, 204 pp, dj. $50
57. Toussaint, Auguste. “Avant
–Surcouf” Corsaires en
Ocean Indien au 18eme siecle
(Aix en Provence, Publications de L’Universite
de Provence, 1989). 1st edn, 8vo, 309 pp, illus, map, decorative paper cover, new.
$75
58. Toussaint, Auguste.
Histoire de L’Ocean indien (Paris, Presses Universitaires
de France, 1981). 1st edn, 12 mo, 128 pp, 7
maps, decorative soft cover. $50
59. Virahsawmy,
Dev, translation. Enn Ta Senn Dan Vid (Much Ado About
Nothing) by William Shakespeare Port Louis, LPT, 1995). 1st
edn, 12 mo, 79 pp, pictorial soft cover, gift
inscription, new. A translation into Kreol by Mauritius’s best
known playwright. $35
60. Vogel, Karl. Aloha Around the
World (New York, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1922). 1st edn,
8vo, 274 pp, 95 illus, gilt embossed cover, endpaper map, worn dj. An around the
world cruise, 1921-22; from January-April 1922 (pages 147-248) in the IO: Borneo, Java, Singapore, Malaysia, Burma, India, Ceylon. Aden. $25
61. Waterfield,
Gordon. Sultans of Aden
(London, John Murray, 1968). 1st edn, 8vo, 267 pp, 51
illus, 3 maps, dj. The story of Captain
Stafford Bettesworth Haines of the Indian Navy who
governed Aden from
1839-1854. $30
62. Wilbur, M. E. The East India Company and the British Empire in the Far East (Stanford, Stanford UP, 1945). 1st edn, 8vo, 477 pp, 15 illus, 2 maps, endpaper map, dj. The book
is about India and the East Indies, and not what we
conventionally consider the Far East (China, Japan). $35
63. Wise, Rosemary, author and
illustrator. A Fragile Eden: Portraits of the Endemic Flowering Plants of
the Granitic Seychelles (Princeton, PUP,
1998). 1st edn,
tall 8vo, 216 pp, 78 full-page color plates, plus other drawings,
dj, as new.
$60
MAPS:
Scans of most of these maps
can be provided upon request.
64. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. Plan de Pondicheri en 1741 (Paris, c. 1750). 7 ½ x 6 inches, b/w. Includes a key to 21 sites in Pondichery. $100
65. Bertius, Petrus. Abissinorum Imperium (Paris,
c. 1610). 5 ½ x 3 ¾ inches, later hand
color. A miniature map of Southern Arabia, Red Sea, the Western Indian
Ocean south to the tip of Madagascar, the East African Coast (Lamon, Melinde, Pemba, Zanzibar), and the entire middle section of
Africa. $175
66. Brion de la Tour, M. Carte de la Partie
Meridionale de la Presqu’ile
de L’Inde en deca du Gange (Paris, c. 1760). 13 ½
x 9 ½ inches, later hand color. A fine map of southern India, Ceylon, and the Laccadives. $125
67. Kitchin, Thomas. A Map of the Countries
Round Surat and Bombay in the East
Indies with the adjacent
Provinces and Settlements, &c., from The London Magazine (October 1769). 9 ¼ x 7 ¼ inches, nice cartouche and compass
rose, and later hand coloring. $100
68. Mallet,
Alain Manesson.
Isle de Ceylan, from his
Description de l’Univers (Paris, 1683). 6 x 4
inches, later hand coloring. Map shows all of Ceylon,
southern India,
and four ships. $175
69. Mallet,
Alain Manesson.
Isle de Zocotora, from his
Description de l’Univers (Paris 1683). A fine copperplate engraving featuring a bird’s eye view of Socotra with hills, dwellings and trees on the island, two naval battles with
cannons firing at sea, and coastal Arabia and Africa in the far distance. 5 ¾ x 3 ¾ inches, later hand coloring. $125
70. Region
Around the South Pole Giving the Records of the
Different Explorers (New York, C. S. Hammond, The World Book, 1929). 12 ½ x 8 ½ inches, full color, with inset of West
Antarctica. Traces the routes of all the major explorers from Captain Cook,
1772-1775 to Byrd 1928-1929. $35
PRINTS:
Scans of most of these prints
can be supplied upon request.
Antarctica and sub-Antarctic Islands:
71. Island
of St. Paul—Taken
from the North-East, from
Elisee Reclus, The Earth and its Inhabitants, Oceanica (New York, D. Appleton, 1890). A wood engraving drawn by Taylor and engraved by Hildibrand. 7 ½ x 5 ¼ inches, b/w. A facsimile of the title page is
included. $50
72. Possession Island (One of the Crozet Group), Southern
Indian Ocean,
Where the Strathmore was Wrecked; and Hog Island (One of the Crozet Group), from The Illustrated London News (April 8,
1876). Two views
from sketches by Captain Ashby, Late of the Ship City of
Auckland, each 8 ½ x 6 ½, b/w, on a
single sheet with text overleaf. $30
Ceylon and Maldives:
73. Arabi in Exile—The Arrival at Colombo, Ceylon,
from The Graphic (Feb. 24, 1883). Six
views on a single sheet, 13 x 9 ½ inches, b/w, with accompanying text
overleaf. $30
74. The
Ceylon
Pearl Fishery, from The Saturday Magazine (May 9,
1835). This is the full front page, 10 x
6 inches, b/w with masthead and accompanying text overleaf. $40
75. Point
de Galle, Ceylon. Drawn by Wm. Heine;
engraved by J. W. Orr. From Commodore
Mathew Perry,
Narrative of an Expedition….(1856). Perry coaled in Ceylon on
his way to Japan. 6 x 4 ½ inches with text on rear, sepia color. $40
76. Sketches
in the Maldive Islands, from Harper’s Weekly (May 7,
1881) Nine sketches with text on a
single sheet, 14 ½ x 9 ½ inches, b/w, with accompanying text. The sketches are all on Male Island
and include the harbor, the Sultan’s palace, the chief mosque, and the fort, as
well as several figures. $35
Dodos and Lemurs:
77. Dodo with Ostrich (London, Longman
Hurst Rees & Orme, 1805), published in Abraham
Rees, Cyclopaedia; or Universal Dictionary of Arts,
Sciences, and Literature, Vol. VI (London 1820).
Engraved by Syd Edwards, 10
¾ x 8 inches, b/w. A facsimile of
the Cyclopaedia title page is included. $200
78. Le Dronte ou Dodo, from Magasin Pittoreque (Paris, c. 1850s). 5 ½ x 4 ½ inches, b/w, with accompanying text. The print is identical to that published in
The Penny Magazine (1833). $25
79. L’Aye-Aye,
from Magasin Pittoresque (Paris,
March 1839). 6 x 5
inches, b/w, with accompanying French text front and overleaf. $35
80. A Pair of Lemurs in an elaborate
forest drawing by Aug. Specht, from Das Buch fur Alle (c. 1860s). 13 x 9 ½ inches, b/w. $100
East Africa and Zanzibar:
81. The
Blockade of the East Coast of Africa,
from The Graphic (March 16, 1889). Five views including: Domestic Female Slaves who Coaled H.M.S.
“Agamemnon” at Zanzibar; an
Italian Vessel joins H. M. S. “Boadicea”; and Mombasa
from the Anchorage,
on a single sheet, 14 x 9 inches, b/w.
$25
82. Dar-es-Salaam. Bilder aus Das-es-Salaam,
from Das Bund fur Alle
(late 19th c). Six etchings from
photos by C. Jacobi including: the Gouverneursvilla, the Hotel Furst Bismarck, and Wali Seliman ben Rasr. 13 x 9 ½ inches, b/w. $25
83. The
Germans in East Africa,
from The Illustrated London
News (1890). Two views: The Corvette Carola
Shelling Kilwa Kivinje, May
1; and The Carola and Schwalbe
Bombarding Kilwa, May 9. The sketches are by E. H. Edwards, R. N., Midshipman H.M.S. Turquoise.
Each sketch is 9 ½ x 4 inches, b/w, with accompanying text
overleaf. $35
84. Mayotte,
on the East Coast, with Dar-es-Salaam, from The Pictorial Life of David Livingstone (c. 1880). Each waterfront drawing is 8 ¾ x 2 ¾ inches
on a single sheet, b/w. $15
85. Moguedouchou. Five
engravings of Moguedouchou: Le grand marche,
Le grand Lab, Moguedouchou ou
Mogadixo,
Notre boutre entrant dans
la rade de Moguedouchou,
and Notre depart de Moguedouchou, from Le Tour du Monde (Paris 1882).
Each engraving is 9 ½ x 6 ½ inches, b/w, with very elaborate detail of buildings
and people. All five
for $75.
86. Vessels
Used in the Zanzibar
Slave Trade, from The Illustrated London
News (March 1, 1873). Sketches
of five different types of vessels on a single sheet, 15 x 10 inches, b/w, with
accompanying text. $35
India
and the East Indies:
87. Andaman Islands. The Late Earl of Mayo, and Port Blair,
Andaman Islands Where the Earl of Mayo was Murdered,
from Harper’s Weekly (April 6, 1872).
Two views on a single page with accompanying text, 14 ½ x 9 ½ inches,
b/w. $35
88. Bellin,
Jacques Nicolas. Vue de Cananor
(Paris 1751). 10 ½ x 7 inches, b/w.
A detailed copperplate engraving of this settlement on
the Malabar Coast with many
ships in the foreground. $125
89. Madras. A Perspective View of Fort St. George on the Coromandel Coast belonging to the East India
Company (London, C. 1750). Printed for J. Hinton at the King’s Arms in Newgate Street, 9 x 7 inches,
b/w, with some offsetting. A fine engraving of the fort from the sea with ships in the
foreground. $50
90. Nicobar Islands. The Nicobar Islands, in the Indian Ocean, from The
Illustrated London News (Jan. 15, 1870). Two full pages, 14 x 9 inches each, with
various views and accompanying text. $40
Madagascar and Comoros: