‎ELENA DI FRANCIA (Principessa) Duchessa d'Aosta‎
‎VIAGGI IN AFRICA.‎

‎VIAGGI DI ALI BEY EL-ABBASSI IN AFRICA ED IN ASIA.‎

‎Dall'anno 1803 a tutto il 1807. Tradotti da Stefano Ticozzi. Sonzogno Milano, 1816. In-16 p. (mm. 151x90), 4 volumi, mz.pelle coeva, fregi e tit. oro al dorso, pp. XVI,260,(2); 281; 293,(3); 211,(3); illustrati, come da Indice, da 16 deliziose tavole inc. in rame e colorate a mano relative a vedute e monumenti. Scritte da un colto Principe Mammelucco egiziano, queste memorie fanno parte della "Raccolta di Viaggi dopo quelli di Cook" (tomi XXIX-XXXII). Esempl. con fioriture intercalate nel t., ma complessivamente ben conservato.‎

‎VIAGGI DI ALI BEY EL-ABBASSI IN AFRICA ED IN ASIA.‎

‎Dall'anno 1803 a tutto il 1807. Tradotti da Stefano Ticozzi. Sonzogno, Milano, 1816. In-16 p. (mm. 154x98), primi 2 volumi (su 4), mz.pelle coeva (lieve manc. al dorso), fregi e tit. oro al dorso, pp. XVI,260,(2); 281; illustrati, come da Indice, da 8 deliziose tavole inc. in rame e colorate a mano. Scritte da un colto Principe Mammelucco egiziano, queste memorie fanno parte della "Raccolta di Viaggi dopo quelli di Cook" (tomi XXIX-XXX). Mancano i due occhietti. Esempl. molto ben conservato.‎

‎Delle Navigationi et Viaggi in molti luoghi corretta, et ampliata, nella quale si contengono la descrittione dell’africa, & del paese del Prete Ianni, con varii viaggi, dalla Citta di Lisbona, & dal Mar Rosso à Calicut, & infin’all’isole Molucche, dove nascono le Spetierie, Et la Navigatione attorno il *mondo... Précieuse collection qui mérite d’être très recherchée par les collectionneurs de voyages.‎

‎Remarquable exemplaire en vélin uniforme du XVIIIe siècle provenant des bibliothèques comtales Francis de Astolphy et Comtesse de Clercy. Venetia, Stamperia de Giunti. 1563, 1559, (1558 au colophon) & 1606. 3 volumes in-folio p. d. t. au dos, [4], 34 ff., 3 cartes à double page, (num. 394); [2], 28 ff., 156 ff.; [6], 36 ff., 430 ff., 7 cartes à double page [396]; les feuillets 108 et 109 du tome premier calligraphiés au xviiiè siècle remplacent les feuillets d’origine manquants. Plein vélin ivoire, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre en lettres plein or, tranches bleutées. Reliure ancienne vers 1740. 335 x 223 mm.‎

‎[video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://www.camillesourget.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/RAMUSIO.mp4"][/video] Première édition du volume II, troisième édition augmentée des volumes I et III, rare en reliure ancienne uniforme. les voyages de Ramusio sont toujours ou presque composés de volumes d’édition différentes. Ainsi l’exemplaire proposé dans le catalogue 180 de l’une des principales librairies internationales paru le 18 juin 2019 au prix de $95,000 était-il décrit ainsi : «First editions of volumes II and II, third edition of volume I. Folio. Three volumes. 3 folding plates in volume i, 7 double-page maps in vol. III, numerous woodcut illustrations, maps, and plans. vol. I title and last leaf stained and repaired, e5-6 supplied ; volume II quire H supplied. early blind-paneled calf, Minor restoration, early manuscript paper label at foot of spine. some browning, staining, and spotting, some dampstaining, minor worning. Lower portion of western hemisphere map trimmed and supplied in manuscript. An especially handsome and frest set.» « Précieuse collection qui mérite d’être très recherchée par les collectionneurs de voyages » (Leclerc 484, pour un exemplaire de 1554-83-65). Sabin 67731 pour le tome I, 67737 pour le tome II et 67740 pour le tome III ; Harrisse 304 ; Church 99. Cette œuvre phare de la littérature de voyage du XVIe siècle est sans doute la plus importante collection de voyages et d’expéditions jamais publiée. Elle ouvrit une nouvelle ère dans la littérature de voyage. « This is one of the earliest and most important collections of voyages and travels, and may be said to have opened a new era in the literary history of voyages and navigation. This work… was the first great systematic collection that had so far appeared ». (Hill 1418). « Ramusio, who truly earned the sobriquet of the italian hakluyt, was preeminent as an editor ; he handled his material with great skill and produced a collection of unique value. » (Penrose, Travel and discovery in the Renaissance, 140-1620, p. 306). Le premier volume a principalement trait à l'Afrique et à l’Asie du sud, le second explore l’Asie centrale et la Russie tandis que l'auteur consacre l'intégralité du 3ème volume à une description détaillée de l’Amérique en intégrant des récits de Peter Martyr ; Oviedo, Cortes, Cabeza de vaca, Guzman, Ulloa, Coronado, Fray marcos di niza, Xerez et Verrazano. la dernière partie comporte la première publication des découvertes de Jacques Cartier au Canada. Les 10 superbes cartes sur double-page illustrant cette collection représentent l’Amérique, la Nouvelle-Angleterre, le Canada, le Brésil, l’Afrique, le Japon... et sont de la plus grande importance. This classic in the History of exploration includes : the first printings of the description of present‑day New York by Verrazzano, the first european to see the harbor ; Cartier's account of his pioneering inland exploration of the continent ; numerous maps and views of fundamental importance in the cartography of the new world ; and most important, the most complete and most influential text of Marco Polo's book of his travels. Ramusio (1485-1557), the great venetian humanist, began corresponding with fellow humanist scholars, explorers, and travelers and travelers as early as 1525 in order to gather accounts of the age of exploration. in 1548 he began to assemble the work, which was first printed in 1550 (vol. I), 1556 (vol. III) and 1559 (the delayed vol. II). Numerous revisions and reprints followed, and Ramusio spawned countless imitators and successors such as Hakluyt, POurchas, de Bry, and others. John locke declared that « Ramusio's collection of voyages and travels [is] the most perfect work of that nature extant in any language whatsoever : containing all the discoveries to the east, west, north, and south ; with full descriptions of all the countries discovered ; judiciously compiled, and free from that great mass of useless matter, which swells our english Hackluyt and Purchas ; much more complete and full than the latin de Brye, and in fine, the noblest work of this nature. » « The publication of Ramusio may be said to open an era in the literary history of voyages and navigation. instead of accounts carelessly copied and translated from previous collections, perpetuating errors and anachronisms, we find in this valuable work, original narratives which betray the hand of a scholar of great critical acumen. Nor should we forger that we are indebted to ramusio for the preservation of accounts of voyages of the utmost importance to the student of american history ; and did his work contain only the « relatione d'un gentilhuomo del sig. fernando cortese, » and the first voyage of Jacques Cartier to Canada, the two capital relations would entitle the raccolta to a prominent place in any american library » (Harrisse, Bibliotheca americana vetustissima). Les cartes ont été attribuées au grand cartographe italien Giacomo Gastaldi, le tuteur des enfants de Ramusio. Burden 34 : universale della parte del mondo movamente ritrovata : «this is the first american map to include any of the names from the travels of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, the first european to travel extensively the south-western part of north America » ; Burden 35 : la nuova francia : «the first map devoted to new england and new france, the latter name being used here for the first time» ; Betz 4 : « it is the first printed map of africa in a book to show a southbound river ; the zembere ... [it] also shows for the first time on a printed map of the entire continent, the island of Madagascar ». L'ouvrage est en outre orné d'initiales historiées et de gravures dans le texte et à pleine page montrant la faune et la flore du nouveau monde, ainsi que les coutumes des indiens. Borba de Moraes (ii : 698-99) : « we are indebted to ramusio for the preservation of accounts of... great importance to the history 0f brazilian navigation ». Précieux exemplaire à grandes marges (hauteur : 328 mm) conservé dans ses élégantes reliures uniformes du XVIIe siècle à provenance comtale : Francis de Astolphy et Comtesse de Clercy au château de Baromesnil près d’Eu.‎

‎VIAGGI DEL PRINCIPE PERSIANO... IN ASIA, AFRICA ED EUROPA.‎

‎Scritti da lui medesimo. Pubblicati la prima volta in francese dal sig. Charles Malo. Sonzogno, Milano, 1820. In-16 p. (mm. 163x97), 2 volumi in 1 tomo, mz. pelle coeva, fregi e tit. oro al dorso su due tasselli (con picc. mancanza, abrasioni ai piatti), pp. XV,235; 259; con un bel ritratto dell'Autore ed illustrati, come da Indice, da 2 (su 7) tavole di vedute di importanti monumenti, inc. in rame e colorate d'epoca. Interessante resoconto sui viaggi effettuati in Inghilterra (cui è dedicato il primo volume), Francia, Italia (fino a Livorno), Malta, quindi Costantinopoli, Bagdad, Bombay e ritorno a Calcutta (1803), durati più di quattro anni.L'opera fa parte della Raccolta di viaggi dopo quelli di Cook, eseguiti tanto per mare quanto per terra e non pubblicati finora in lingua italiana (volumi XXX-XXXI).Con qualche lieve fiorit. ma buon esemplare. .‎