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26. BIGELOW, POULTNEY. The Borderland of Czar and Kaiser. Notes from both sides of The Russian Frontier. New York, Harper & Brothers, [1894]. First edition. $100

Small 8vo; f, pp. vi, 343; numerous illustrations by Frederic Remington, many full-page; original decorated beige and black cloth little dulled; overall, a very good copy.

The author and the artist travelled together through the Russian and German empires, reporting on and portraying the various populations and the problems of russification, anti-semitism, militarism, etc. This is the true first edition, with no date on the title, and with the list of books by Bigelow printed on verso of the title.

27. BIGSBY, JOHN J., M.D. The Shoe and Canoe or Pictures of Travel in the Canadas illustrative of their Scenery and of Colonial Life; with facts and opinions of emigration, state policy, and other points of public interest. London, Chapman and Hall, 1850. Two volumes. First edition.

8vo; pp, xv, [1] (Directions to the Binder), 352; pp. viii, 346; 4 engraved maps (2 folding) and 21 engraved plates (including frontispieces), all coloured by hand; original gilt-stamped blue cloth fine and bright, with expert restoration to the spine and hinges strengthened; sporadic light foxing; as fine a copy as one could wish for, with signature on endpapers dated "Gananoque, Upper Canada, October, 1855".

TPL 1426; Lande 1582 and Sabin 5360 (no plate count and the latter with incorrect collation and date). The author was a British army surgeon and geologist who came to Lower Canada in 1818. In 1819 he went on a geological expedition, touring the Canadas to investigate the resources of the various areas, and, upon his return, was appointed medical officer and secretary to the British Boundary commission which, at that time, was involved in determining the boundaries in the Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie areas, the surveying of the northern areas of Lake Huron, and the surveying also of the immense wild area of Fort William and the Lake of the Woods. This account of his experiences of these ventures, which took place between 1819 and 1822, is written by an educated man with an acute eye, who describes the fauna, flora, landscapes and natives with whom he comes into contact.

28. BOUGAINVILLE, LEWIS de. [LOUIS-ANTOINE, comte de]. A Voyage round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, In the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. Translated from the French By John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. London, Printed for J. Nourse,... and T. Davies..., 1772. First edition in English. $8,250

4to; pp. xxviii, 476; 5 engraved folding maps; 1 engraved folding plate; later half-calf and paper over boards; marbled endpapers and fore-edges; eighteenth-century notation at head of title: "John Campbell given by his brother Robert"; text lightly age-toned throughout; few spots of foxing; small holes in margins of [R3) and [Dd3] (paper flaws) not affecting text; text-block cracked at initial and final leaves but very tight and secure.

Hill, p. 32; O'Reilly & Reitman 285; vide Borba de Moraes I, pp. 115-116 (Dublin ed.); Sabin [6869] (no mention of plate); Kroepelien 113; Dunmore, French Explorers in the Pacific I, pp, 57-113. "This account confirmed ... Rousseau's 'noble savage' concept, and inspired Denis Diderot to pen his denunciation of European contact with indigenous peoples." -(Hill) Sailing with the Étoile and the Boudeuse, de Bougainville's expedition was the first successful attempt by the French to sail around the world. After delivering the Falklands to Spain, as ordered by his government, he proceeded across the Pacific to the East Indies, visited Tahiti, Samoa, the New Hebrides, the Solomon Islands, etc., and returned to France three years later. The translation into English, as specified on the title, was by Johann Reinhold Forster, who was naturalist on Cook's second voyage, but there is thought to be the possibility that it was, in fact, done by his son, Georg Forster. An important work, "not only for its discoveries in the Pacific, but also for having been organized with true scientific precision." -(Borba de Moraes).

29. BRESSANI, FRANCESCO GIOSEPPE. Breve Relatione d'Alcune Missione de' P.P. della Compagnia di Giesunella Nuova Francia. .. Macerata, the Heirs of Agostino Grisei, 1653. First edition. $16,250

Small 4to; 2 ff, pp. 127 (i.e. 129), (1); woodcut device on title. Later full Italian crushed morocco; signed binding; inner dentelles ornately gilt; leaves generally age-browned throughout; minimal spotting; few old neat repairs to lower corner or lower margin. A very good copy, with the extra leaf inserted between B1 and B2.

Church III: 524; JCB II, p. 428; McCoy 82; Lande 57; Vlach 123; TPL 44; Sabin 7734; vide Gagnon I: 565 (note). Bressani was an Italian Jesuit who came to Canada in 1642 and, save for a brief return to Italy in 1644, remained in the New World until 1650. His relation was written to stimulate interest, within the Italian order, in the missions of Canada, as most of the Jesuits who came here were from France, and their reports, or relations, were scarcely known in Italy. Bressani first worked among the natives of Québec and Trois-Rivières, and then proceeded to the Huron missions at what is now Georgian Bay. Attacked on the way, Bressani was captured and tortured, and later sold to the Dutch by his captors. Sent home to Italy, he quickly returned to New France, and after participating in a peace conference with the Iroquois at Trois-Rivières, he again set out for the Huron missions. This time he was successful in reaching his goal, and he remained there until the missions were devastated by the Iroquois in 1649, returning home to Italy in 1650. A scarce, and most important, work on the early days of New France.

30. BROWN[E], EDWARD. A Brief Account of some Travels in divers Parts of Europe, Viz. Hungaria, Servia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Thessaly, Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Friuli. Through a great part of Germany, and The Low-Countries. Through Marca Trevisana, and Lombardy on both sides the Po. With some Observations on the Gold, Silver, Copper, Quick-silver Mines, and the Baths and Mineral Waters in those Parts. As also, The Description of many Antiquities, Habits, Fortifications and Remarkable Places. London, Printed for Benj. Tooke, at the Sign of the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard, MDCLXXXV [1685]. Second edition, "with many Additions". $1,500

Folio; pp [4], 222, [4] (Index), [2] (Publisher's adverts); title within double-ruled border; 16 engraved plates, several of which are folding; numerous engravings in the text; decorated initials; recent half-calf and marbled paper over boards; one plate slightly cropped; some staining and dampstaining, mainly in the margins; expert restoration to bottom corners of first few leaves; crude repair to one leaf (no loss) and residue from wax (?); edges of pages somewhat friable; tear at fold of one plate; p. 219 erroneously numbered 191.

Wing B5111; Goldsmiths' 2575; Osler 4410; Cox I, p. 88; Hoover Catalogue 173. Edward Browne was born in Norwich, the son of physician and bibliophile Sir Thomas Browne. He was educated at Cambridge and followed his father's profession, becoming physician to Charles II. Between his studies he travelled with several friends to the continent and reported on European life, geography and culture. A Brief Account was first published in 1673; this 1685 edition includes all of Browne's travels.