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Reade, Sir Thomas (1785-1849). Official Decree by the Bey of Tunis Appointing George William Crowe His Plenipotentiary in Order to Compile a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce with the City of Hamburg; With: Separate Document Containing the Italian Translation of the Decree Signed by Hassuna Morali, First Interpreter of the Court of Basha Bey of Tunis; Both Documents are Certified as Genuine by the British Consul General, Sir Thomas Reade (on verso of the leaf with the Italian text). Two documents, both Tunis, 1828.
$ 6250.00
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[Joubert, Léon, Attributed to] (1851-1928, fl. ca. 1876-1920). Historically Significant Elephant Folio Album with Extensive Manuscript Passages and ca. 220 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Documenting a Travel around Tunisia in 1914, with Interesting Views of Tunis (Dar el Bey Palace, Al-Zaytuna Mosque, Sidi Youssed Dey Mosque, Rue d’Italie, Rue Dard el-Djed, Boulevard Bab Menara, Bab Jedid Gate, Souk des Femmes, Souk el Kachachine, Souk des Meubles, Alaoui Museum in Bardo, Musée Saint-Louis in Carthage), Kairouan, Madhia, El Jem Amphitheatre, Sfax, Thyna, Gabes, Menzel, Djerba Island, Matmata Hills, Beni Zeiten Village, Medenine, Zarzis, Gafsa, Deggache, Tozeur Nefta, Chebika Oasis, Tamerza, Mides, Redeyef, Metlaoui, Railway Tracks, Station at Henchir Souatir, Sbeitla, El Kef, Ruins of Dougga and Bulla Regia Archaeological Sites, &c., the Album is Titled: A Travers la Tunisie. Notes et Impressions de Voyage. 1914 [Across Tunisia. Notes and Impressions of the Travel. 1914]. Ca. 1914-1915.
Leroux, Alexandre (1836-1912); Rhomaïdès Frères (fl. ca. 1868-1910s); Neurdien Frères (fl. ca. 1850s-1900s). Album of 93 Original Studio and Amateur Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Countries in the Mediterranean, Including Greece (Acropolis of Athens, Mycenae, Panorama of Nafplio), and Turkey (Izmir, Ephesus, Honaz), and Algeria (Algiers, Biskra, Roman Ruins, Portraits of Algerians), etc. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
$ 6500.00
[Gordon, Charles George CB] (1833-1885); Watson, Charles Moore, Lt., RE (1844-1916). Collection of Three Original Autograph Letters and a Manuscript Map by the Governor of Equatoria Charles Gordon during his White Nile Expedition of 1874-1876 and Reporting on His Steaming up the River from the Mouth of the Sobat River to Gondokoro; WITH: Three Original Autograph Signed Letters by Gordon’s Subordinate Lt. Watson, also Written during the Expedition. Gordon’s manuscripts: Three original autograph letters signed and addressed to Col. Nugent. Saubat, 21 August 1874; Entrance Bahr el Abiad from Bahr Gazal, 25 August 1874; Bahr el Abiad, 26 August – [8 September] [1874].
$ 3250.00
Album with 76 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of London Missionary Society Stations in North-Eastern Rhodesia (Zambia); Including Portraits of Missionaries and their Families (W. Draper, H.E. Wareham, Rev. R.S. Wright, Rev. J.A. Ross, Rev. H.C. Nutter, W. Freshwater, B.R. Turner, Rev. W.G. Robertson, Rev. E.H. Clark), British Civil Servants (H.C. Marshall, G.M.E. Leyer, J. McNeil), Views of “Spirit Huts, Mambwe,” “Mrs. McNeil’s Grave, Kawimbe,” Kalambo Falls, Luena River, Lake Malawi, Mount Waller, Mombasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Zanzibar, Portraits of Maasai, Kikuyu People, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 9500.00
Weatherley, Captain Cecil Poulett (1860-1932). Historically Significant Content-Rich Original Manuscript Notebook Documenting the Exploration and Survey of Lake Bangweulu in British Central Africa (Soon to Become North-Eastern Rhodesia, Now – Zambia), With Detailed Notes on the Local Chiefs, Customs, Methods and Styles of Tattoos, Teeth Filing and Its Negative Impact on the Teeth Health, &c., Illustrated with Over Forty Pencil and Watercolour Maps and Sketches of the Lake Shores, Islands, Marshes, the Course of the Luapula River, Native Hairstyles, &c. Ca. 1898-1899.
