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How to defeat the Ottoman army

VALENTINI, Georg Wilhelm von. Précis des dernières guerres des Russes contre les Turcs...
Paris, Firmin Didot, Anseling & Pochard, Ponthieu, 1825. 8vo. With 5 irregularly numbered maps with battle and siege plans on 4 folding engraved plates and several diagrams in the text showing troop formations. Contemporary tan half calf, the spine alternating areas of blind-tooled tan and gold-tooled dark brown, one including the title, marbled sides, light gray endpapers, turquoise sprinkled edges. VI, [2], 240, [2] pp. Full description
€ 650
Balkan & Greece Eastern Europe Military History (19th Century) Russia (incl. Siberia) Turkey & Ottoman Empire
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In search of a northeast passage

VEER, Gerrit de. Tre navigationi fatte dagli Olandesi, e Zelandesi al settentrione nella Norvegia, Moscovia, e Tartaria verso il Catai, e regno de' Sini, doue scopersero il Mare di Veygatz, la Nuova Zembla.
Venice, Giovanni Battista Ciotti, 1599. 4to. With an engraved plate on title-page, full-page engraving of a compass and 31 half-page engraved maps and plates in text. Later vellum. [4] 79 ll. Full description
€ 8,500
Charts & Maps Early Printing - 16th century Eastern Europe Russia (incl. Siberia) Scandinavia Travel & Voyages Europe
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In search of a northeast passage

VEER, Gerrit de (et al.). Verhael van de eerste schip-vaert der Hollandische ende Zeeusche schepen door 't Way-gat, by Noorden Noorwegen, Moscovien ende Tartarien, na de coninckrijcken Cathay ende China. Met drie schepen, uyt Texel gezeylt in den jare 1594. Hier achter is by-ghevoeght de beschrijvinghe van de landen Siberien, Samoyeda, ende Tingoesa. Seer vreemt en vermaackelijck om lesen.
Amsterdam, for Joost Hartgers, 1648. 4to. With woodcut illustration on title-page and a double-page engraved plate with 6 illustrations. Old marbled wrappers. [2], 57, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 3,950
Eastern Europe Russia (incl. Siberia) Scandinavia Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages Europe
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Russia, Germany and the Netherlands revolting against the yoke of Napoleon

VENTURINI, Karl Heinrich Georg (Martinus Gerardus ENGELMAN, transl.). Geschiedenis van den oorlog, in de jaren 1812-1815.
Amsterdam, C. & H. Timmer, 1816-1819. 8 parts in 4 volumes. 8vo. Each volume with an engraved vignette showing a different scene from the Northern Liberation War, by P. Velijn. Contemporary half calf. [2], IV, 313; [4], 310; [2], 342; [4], 346; [2], 312; [4], 318; [2], 334; [4], 333 pp. Full description
€ 1,750
France Germany Military History (19th Century) Netherlands
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Famous Dutch voyages of discovery, with 2 maps, 1 plan and 61 plates

[VOC - WIC]. Nederlandsche reizen, tot bevordering van den koophandel, na de meest afgelegene gewesten des aardkloots. ... Met plaaten. Eerste[-veertiende of laatste] deel.
Amsterdam, Peterus Conradi; Harlingen, W. van der Plaats, 1784-1787. 14 volumes bound as 6. 8vo. With 2 engraved folding maps, 1 engraved folding city plan and 61 engraved plates (56 folding) including many topographic views. Uniform half tree calf (ca. 1820?), gold-tooled spines. Full description
€ 9,500
Australia China Eastern Europe Japan & Far East Mutiny, Piracy & Shipwrecks Pacific Islands Russia (incl. Siberia) Scandinavia South America Southeast Asia Southern Africa Surinam Travel & Voyages Africa Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages East Asia Travel & Voyages South America VOC WIC
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The Siberian prison camps in the 18th century and the rights of a people living under occupation

WAGNER, Johann Ludwig. Mémoires de M. Wagner, sur la Russie, la Sibérie et le royaume de Cassan.
Bern, Emanuel Haller, 1790. 8vo. With an engraved portrait of the author and 2 engraved plates. Contemporary boards covered with sprinkled paper, paper title label on spine. [4], 254, [2 blank] pp. Full description
€ 750
Central Asia Eastern Europe Law & Politics Military History (18th Century) Russia (incl. Siberia) Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages Europe
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One of the earliest descriptions of Siberia

WITSEN, Nicolaas. Noord en Oost Tartaryen: behelzende eene beschryving van verscheidene Tartersche en nabuurige gewesten; in de noorder en oostelykste deelen van Aziën en Europa; zedert naauwkeurig onderzoek van veele jaaren, en eigen ondervinding ontworpen, beschreven, geteekent, en in 't licht gegeven ... Tweede druk, nieuwe uitgaaf, verrykt met eene inleiding tot het werk, en met eene meenigte afbeeldingen versierd.
Amsterdam, M. Schalekamp, 1785. 2 volumes. Folio. With 2 richly engraved allegorical frontispieces, title-page printed in red and black, 8 double-page engraved maps, 93 full-page engraved maps, views, portraits and plates.
Uniform contemporary half calf and paper over boards. Vol. 1: [18], XXV, [1 blank], 503 pp; vol. 2: [503]-968, [18] pp. Full description
€ 50,000
Anthropology & Ethnography Charts & Maps Russia (incl. Siberia)
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