Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 25

 
Peter Dietrich Wilhelm Tonnies - Darst. d. Barbaresken-Staaten. 1826


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Peter Dietrich Wilhelm Tonnies
Darst. d. Barbaresken-Staaten. 1826
Estimate:
€ 350 / $ 385
Sold:
€ 336 / $ 369

(incl. surcharge)
Tonnies, P. D. W., Merkantilisch-geschichtliche Darstellung der Barbaresken-Staaten und ihrer Verhältnisse zu den Europäischen und Vereinigten Nord-Americanischen Staaten. Mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die frei Hanse-Stadt Hamburg. With 1 lithographed folding of of the Mediterranean region. Hamburg, F. H. Nestler for the author 1826. XII, 228 S. - Bound in: Idem, Chronik des Hamburger See-Assecuranz-Geschäftes im Jahr 1825. With 1 lithographed folding map of the mouth of the Elbe and 2 lithographed plates and 1 folding chart. Ibidem. 1826. 2 ll., 84 pp. - New calf with old gilt edges using the old gilt-stamped leather covering. 8vo.
Kress C 1803-04. - Humpert 5194 and 7238. - Sabin 96170 (just I). - Schröder 4061, 6 & 7. - First edition. - Very interesting report, written by the Hamburg insurance director Tonnies, about the economic and historical-political circumstances in Moroco, Algier, Tunis and Tripolis, in which he also mentions the treaties between North American and European countries against piracy in the Mediterranean Sea. - The added (annually published) report comprises a lot of details on maritime trade, especially as far as Hamburg is concerned. - The map of the Mediterranean Sea foxed in places and slightly waterstained. All in all fine copy on strong paper.
First edition of the very interesting report about the economic and historical-political circumstances in Northern Africa and piracy in the Mediterranean Sea. Bound in is an annually published report regarding maritime trade. One with 1 lithographed folding of of the Mediterranean region, the other with 1 lithographed folding map of the mouth of the Elbe and 2 lithographed plates and 1 folding chart. New calf with old gilt edges using the old gilt-stamped leather covering. - The map of the Mediterranean Sea foxed in places and slightly waterstained. All in all fine copy on strong paper.




25
Peter Dietrich Wilhelm Tonnies
Darst. d. Barbaresken-Staaten. 1826
Estimate:
€ 350 / $ 385
Sold:
€ 336 / $ 369

(incl. surcharge)