Stockholm: Lars Salvius, 1758. 8vo. 187 x 115mm. A8 B2 = 20 pp. Disbound, likely extracted from a larger volume. Curiously, the binder missed trimming an outer portion of A2 which was folded, and so retains its original size. Collecting natural history specimens in China at the urging of Carl..... More
![Item #3933 [MANUSCRIPT SHIP'S LOG 1849 TOGETHER WITH CONTEMPORARY SPYGLASS]. "Journal of a Voyage...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3933.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1673918314)
Rio de Janeiro / Baltimore: 1849. Manuscript on paper. Folio (310 x 195 mm). Stitched in contemporary marbled stiff wrappers (worn and partially defective, shaken). 63 pp. numbered in MS. TOGETHER WITH: working collapsible brass spyglass (likely contemporary), three draws, lens cap no longer present, clearly damaged but FULLY FUNCTIONAL..... More
![Item #3609 [EUROPEAN AMERICANA 1681]. Recit de l’Estat present des celebres colonies. Charles...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3609.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1637016891)
Amsterdam: Reinier Leers, 1681. First Edition. [4], 5-43, [1] pp. (age toned, paper stock a little weak, some fraying to outer edges, lower gutter margin with evidence of dampstaining - SEE IMAGES). Preceded by two early binder's blanks (outer edge fraying, browned and brittle): blank fol. 1 (recto and verso)..... More
![Item #931 [KORAN / EGYPT / GREECE / VOYAGES AND TRAVELS]. Lettres sur l'EGYPTE (3 vols. printed...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/931.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1553284745)
Paris and Mecca: 1783-1799. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Together 6 volumes (collations below). Contemporary French red morocco, smooth spines lettered direct, all edges gilt (some wear to binding extremities, spines a little darkened). ¶ These volumes include all of Savary's accounts of his travels to Egypt and Greece, plus his very..... More
