Auction 126
Highlights:
Lot 1: Verhoeff (Pieter Willemszoon)
INDIAE ORIENTALIS PARS IX. HISTORICAM DESCRIPTIONEM.
Frankfurt, 1612. First Edition.
An important early account of the East Indies, richly documenting trade, encounters, and exploration during the Dutch expansion into Asia.
Lot 2: Leo Africanus (Johannes)
DE TOTIUS AFRICAE DESCRIPTIONE LIBRI IX.
Tiguri, 1559. Latin Edition.
For centuries, Leo Africanus’ Description of Africa stood as the most authoritative reference on the continent for European scholars, profoundly shaping Renaissance and early modern perceptions of Africa.
Lot 3: Camoëns (Luis de)
THE LUSIAD; OR THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA. AN EPIC POEM.
Translated by William Julius Mickle. London, 1776.
Translated from the original Portuguese of Luis de Camoëns. By William Julius Mickle. London, 1776.
Lot 9: Harris (William Cornwallis)
PORTRAITS OF THE GAME AND WILD ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.
London, 1840. First Edition.
A magnificent folio of hand-colored lithographs depicting African wildlife in their natural habitats, based on Harris’s hunting expedition from the Cape Colony to the Tropic of Capricorn (1836–1837). One of the most celebrated works of early African big-game illustration.
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