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Missionary fragments. Second series. Reverend M. Wilkinson, missionary to North India.Cornhill, Ipswich, printed by Robert Root, [ca. 1840]. 16 x 10 cm. Original printed paper wrappers, side stitched through 3 holes.

WILKINSON, Rev. M.

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

[2], 33-64 [= 32] pp.A very rare pamphlet containing a missionary's essay by Reverend M. Wilkinson, in which he contrasts Hindu religious practices with those of Christianity. The study refers to the teachings of the Rigveda, and comments on the rituals of heathenism such as s...

Tent work in Palestine. A record of discovery and adventure.London, Richard Bentley & Son, New Burlington Street, 1879, 2 vols., Many half- and some full-page Illustrations and maps throughout. Contemporary green morocco, with gold-tooling to boards and spine.

CONDER, Claude Reignier. · 1872

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

XXVI, 381, [1]; VII, 352 pp.The Survey of Western Palestine began in January 1872 under the direction of Captain Stewart, who had to return home soon after due to illness. Lieutenant Claude Reignier Conder (1848-1910) took over and arrived in Palestine later that year. He retu...

Recept-boek voor genees- en heelkundigen; volgens de alphabetische orde van de oude klassieke namen der geneesmiddelen gerangschikt, met bijvoeging der nieuwe namen, die in de Pharmacopoea Batava en Belgica voorkomen; door C. van Elkik, Med. et Art. Obst, Doct. Stads-Geneesheer te Nijmegen, Provinciaal Onderwijzer in de Verloskunde, Secretaris der Provinciale en Plaatselijke Geneeskundige Commissioen en Lid van eenige geleerde Genootschappen. Tweede, veel vermeerde druk.Nijmegen, J. F. Thieme, 1834. In-12. Title page engraving with a portrait of Herman Boerhaave, cauldron, books and snake. Contemporary paper wrappers.

ELDIK, Cornelis van. · 1791

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

[4], III, [1], 423. [1] pp.Inteded as a practical handbook for physicians and pharmacists for their daily practice. The work provides an alphabetically sorted overview of current medicines and provides a synopsis of the terms and terminologies used in the official pharmacopies...

Grammatica liguae Thai, auctore D.J. Bapt. Pallegoix, episcopo mallensi vicario apostolico Siamensi.Bangkok, ex typographia collegii assumptionis B.M.V., 1850. 4to. Title in a frame built up from of typographic ornaments, the texts is set in Thai and Latin script and with one page (p. 36) of music notation. Contemporary half gold-tooled mottled sheepskin, decorated paper over boards, marbled endpapers.

PALLEGOIX, Denis-Jean-Baptiste. · 1805

€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)

[2], 241, [3] pp.Original extremely rare edition of the first Siamese grammar (Thai), one of the first works printed in the capital of present-day Thailand. According to Brunet, only twenty-seven copies of this precious grammar reached Europe.Pallegoix opens his book with a co...

Brachilogia de princepes, ...Lisbon, António Craesbeeck de Mello, printer to “Sua Alteza” [= Prince Regent and future King Dom Pedro II], 1671. Small 8vo (15 x 9.5 cm). With 2 woodcut decorated initials (2 series). Contemporary sheepskin parchment without boards.

DEOS (DEUS), Jacinto de. · 1946

€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)

[16], 299, [1 blank], [3], [1 blank] pp.Rare first (and until 1946 only) edition of a concise account of the qualities needed to be a good ruler and the best Christian manner of educating people to be rulers, by Jacinto de Deos or Deus (Macau 1612-Goa 1681), a Capuchin Francis...

Vocabulaire Français-Annamite et Annamite-Français, précédé d'un traité des particules annamites, rédigé par les sions de M. Aubaret lieutenant de Vaisseau, chevalier de la Legion d'honneur.Bangkok, Thailand, Imprimerie de la mission catholique, 1861. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary half-sheepskin, smooth back.

AUBARET, Louis Gabriel Galdéric. · 1825

€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)

[4], XCVI, 157 pp.First and rare edition of the first French-Vietnamese (Annamese) vocabulary. Louis Aubaret (1825-1894), a naval officer, orientalist, and diplomat, authored this significant early dictionary for the Vietnamese language, which was then known as Annamese. The p...

Delle cose de Turchi. Libri tre. ...(Colophon:) Venice, Bernardino Bindoni, 1541. 8vo. With a small typographical ornament on the title-page. Modern vellum, sewn on 4 tapes, laced through the joints.

RAMBERTI, Benedetto. · 1533

€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)

37, [1], [2 blank] ll.Second edition of Ramberti's description of his journey to Constantinople in 1533. The scholar Benedetto Ramberti (1503-1546), later librarian of the Nicena, a friend of Aretino and the "figlioli di Aldo", joined his cousin Daniele de'Lodovici on 4 Januar...

Q.B.V. Dissertatio academica, de constructione et usu mapparum hydrographicarum, quam consentiente ampliss. senatu philosoph. in regia academia Upsaliensi, publico eruditorum examini modeste submittunt auctor Olavus Friberg et respondens Olavus Herwech. ad. fil. Vermelandi, In auditorio Carolino Marjori die III. Maji Anno MDCCXLIV.Uppsala, 1744. 4to. With 4 woodcut geometrical illustrations in the text, a large woodcut headpiece (with the words "constantia coronatur" in it) and one large woodcut decorated initial. Modern stiff (marbled?) paper boards with the title in gold on the spine.

FRIBERG, Olavus and Olavus HERWECH.

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

16 pp.Hydrography pertains to the applied sciences that encompass the assessment and depiction of the natural characteristics of bodies of water, such as oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, and coastal regions. It also involves forecasting changes over time to guarantee safe navigati...

Opera omnia medico-practica, et anatomica. Editio septima.Lugduni [= Lyon], Anisson & Joannis Posuel, 1710. 4to. With 3 engraved plates, including the famous one showing two tarantulas, 3 woodcut illustrations in the text, numerous woodcut decorated initials, some headpieces built up from typographic ornaments and some floral woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary brown sprinkled calf.

BAGLIVI, Giorgio. · 1668

€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)

[6], XXXIX, [11], 854, [2] pp.New quarto edition of the complete works of the famous Italian physician, Giorgio Baglivi (1668-1707). Contains in particular his dissertation illustrated with a plate on "The anatomy, the bite and the effects of the tarantula", published in 1696....

[Manuscript letter from George Malcolm Thomson to Alphonse Milne-Edwards].High school, Dunedin, New Zealand, 30 August 1882. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. Written in a neat cursive in brown ink on laid paper made in Scotland watermarked "A Cowan & Sons Ivory". Folded.

THOMSON, George Malcolm. · 1848

€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)

[2], [2 blank] pp.Autograph letter by the New Zealand scientist George Malcolm Thomson, addressed to the French zoologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards. Thomson (1848-1933) was a New Zealand scientist, teacher, educationalist, and politician. He was born in Calcutta, India, and grew ...

[Suitte du journal depuis le départ de Manille NIII 1755].1755. Manuscript of 24 pages, 6 printed maps on cardboard.

[MANUSCRIPT - MAPS - INDONESIA - ISLANDS in the PACIFIC OCEAN]. · 1755

€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)

[24] pp.This wonderful logbook details the journey of a French captain from Manila to the Maluku Islands in today’s Indonesia. The journey took place during the months of March to May of 1755. The captain of the ship recounted with great detail the events of every day of the j...

[Autograph letters by Hyacinthe de Bougainville].[France], 18[35?], 1837, 18[38], and 1845. (1) 17.7 x 12 cm; (2) 17.7 x 12 cm; (3) 15.6 x 10 cm; (4) 20.4 x 13.2 cm. All four letters written in French, in an early 19th century cursive in brown ink. With the blind-stamped initials "H.B" in the top right corner of each letter. Including:(1) [Autograph letter from Hyacinthe de Bougainville to Gaspar, baron Gourgaud].[France], Saturday 26 September 18[35?].(2) [Autograph letter from Hyacinthe de Bougainville to Madame Delpeche].[France], 25 March 1837.(3) [Autograph letter from Hyacinthe de Bougainville to a "Cher Ami"].[France], 13 April 18[38?].(4) [Autograph letter from Hyacinthe de Bougainville to a "Cher Ami" and his best "Comrade"].[France], 16 December 1845.Folded.

BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Pottentien, baron de. · 1781

€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)

[1], [1 blank]; [2], [1 blank] [1]; [3], [1 blank]; [2], [2 blank] pp.Hyacinthe Bougainville (1781-1846) was a French naval officer, son of the famous French Admiral and explorer Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) who had circumnavigated the world in 1766-1779. H...

[Autograph letter from Dumont D'Urville to Pierre Adolphe Lesson].Paris, 19 September 1829. 13 x 10.2 cm.With:(2) DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César. [Autograph letter from Dumont D'Urville to Mr. Rousset].Paris, 14 December 1841. 21 x 13 cm.(3) [DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César]. [Autograph note by Dumont D'Urville].[France?, first half of the 19th century?]. 8 x 10 cm.Written in French, in a neat early 19th century cursive in brown ink. Folded.

DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César. · 1890

€6,000.00 ($6,613.09 | £5,005.60 | ¥1,056,025)

Ad 1: [1], [2 blank], [1]; ad 2: [1], [2 blank], [1]; ad 3: [1], [1 blank] pp.Ad 1: Autograph letter, signed, by the great French explorer Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville (1890-1842) written a half year after he returned from his famous second journey of exploration wit...

Red Sea and Gulf of Aden pilot comprising the Suez canal, the Gulfs of Suez and 'aqaba, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the South-east coast of Arabia from Ras Baghashwa to Ras al Hadd, the coast of Africa from Ras Asir to Ras Hafun, Socotra and its adjacent islands. Tenth edition.London, Published for the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, 1955. With: [NAVIGATION - RED SEA - PILOT GUIDE]. Supplement no. 1-1957 relating to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden pilot, tenth edition, 1955, corrected to 17th July, 1957, whenever reference is made to the pilot, this supplement must be consulted.London, published for the Hydrographic Department, 1957. 8vo. With a folding map (printed on both sides), 2 coloured plates with diagrams (printed on both sides), 28 plates showing coastlines and occasionally a map (many printed on both sides), and many some illustrations in text. Original blue cloth with yellow lettering on the spine and the front board, the supplement is loosely inserted at the end of the volume: original printed paper wrappers, stapled.

[NAVIGATION - RED SEA - PILOT GUIDE]. · 1955

€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)

[2], LI (= LIII: II plus [1], [1 blank]), [1 blank], 518, [1], [1 blank] pp; Supplement: 20 pp.The essential standard sailing directions for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, corresponding with zone NP64 on the official Admiralty charts. These nautical works - pilot guides and cha...

Ganjína-i-muhárawát. The Wazír-i-Lankurán and a selection from the diary of Násiru-d-dín Sháh containig [!] an account of the journey of the Sháh of Persia from Tehrán to Russia. Being a text book for the lower standard examination in Persian.Calcutta, "published by authority", 1909. 8vo. With a floral ornament on page 3. The text is set in Persian script. Original quarter purple cloth and blue printed paper over boards, with the title in Persian on the front board and in English on the back board.

[TEXTBOOK - PERSIAN]. · 1831

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

[1], [1 blank], 80, [1 blank], [1] pp.A rare textbook for students of Persian. It was specifically intended for members of the Indian government, so they could learn to understand the locals. These locals would have been the ethnoreligious group known as the Parsis, the descen...

Services guide to Iraq.[Baghdad?, PAI force G. H. Q. Welfare Committee, ca. 1942]. 14.5 x 11 cm. With two full-page maps of Iraq and Baghdad on page 24 and 25, and a full-page map of the "Baghdad Amenities area" on the back wrapper. Further with 6 pages of advertisements, serving as endleaves. Original publisher's beige printed paper wrappers.

[WWII - IRAQ - BRITISH MILITARY GUIDE]. · 1902

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

46, [2] pp.A very rare guide intended for British armed forces stationed in Iraq during the Second World War. It was probably handed to the soldiers soon after arrival. Works like these were often discarded when they were no longer needed. As such, there are usually few of the...

[In Arabic script:] Filistin hezimeti: Ceneral Allenbi'nin raporu [Palestine defeat: the report of general Allenby].Istanbul, Matbaa-yi Orhaniye, 1335 AH [= 1919 CE]. 8vo (ca. 18.5 x 12.5 cm). With the Turkish text printed using Arabic script. Original publisher's orange printed paper wrappers.

[WWI - PALESTINE CAMPAIGN], HIKMET, Mülazim-i Evvel (translator). · 1915

€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)

48 pp.First and only edition of a report about the Sinai and Palestine campaign (1915-1918), in Ottoman Turkish translation. This second half of this campaign was led by General Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861-1936). He commanded the Egyptian Expedition...

Les fables d'Esope phrigien, avec celles de Philelphe. Traduction nouvelle, enriche de discours moraux & historiques, & de quatrains a` la fin de chaque discours. On a joint a` cette nouvelle traduction les Fables diverses de Gabrias, d'Avienus, & Les contes d'Esope.A Amsterdam, Chez Pierre Mortier, 1708. Two parts in one volume, 12mo. With an engraved frontispiece showing Aesop standing on a gallery holding an armillary sphere, hunting horn and spear, surrounded by a mixed crowd (including children), with a group of wild and domestic animals standing and lying below, 117 half-page engravings (6,5 x 8 cm) for the 117 numbered Aesop fables, initials, endpieces. Marbled half-morocco binding.

AESOP · 1481

€395.00 ($435.36 | £329.54 | ¥69,522)

[12], 297, [7], [4], 287, [5] pp.Rare and beautifully illustrated edition of 117 Aesop's fables in French, each with an extensive discussion of the moral followed by a four-line verse, by Jean Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde. He adds French prose translations of further fables w...

Souvenirs d'un voyage aux Iles Philippines.Antwerp, Imprimerie Stockmans & Moerincx, 1875. 8vo (22 x 15 cm). With 8 albumen prints, including 3 reproductions of drawings, representing the local population, mounted within printed frames on separate leaves with printed captions below. Original publisher's gold- and blind stamped red pebble-grained cloth, yellow endpapers.

MAN, Jules de. · 1870

€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)

268 pp.Very rare first (and only?) edition of a detailed description of a journey from Marseille to Manila, undertaken in 1870-1871. The author travelled through Aden, Ceylon, Singapore and Hong-Kong. Written by the author Jules de Man (1824-?) with the purpose of amusing his ...

Nizam's territory. Return to an order of the honourable the House of Commons, dated 6th April 1854; - for, copy “[!] of all papers relative to territory ceded by His Highness the Nizam, in liquidation of debts alleged to have been due by His Highness to the British Government.Secunderabad (near Hyderabad), Robert Hudson, Columbian Press, [1854]. 33 x 22 cm. Contemporary half calf, orange and blue marbled sides over paper-boards, gold-tooled double fillets on the spine, red sprinkled edges.

[HYDERABAD PRINTING - BRITISH GOVERNMENT PAPERS regarding Nizam's territory]. · 1854

€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)

IV, 162 pp.The extremely rare Hyderabad edition of the official British papers relating to the so-called Hyderabad debt crisis, during which Lord Dalhousie, the Governor-General of India, and General James Stuart Fraser, the British Resident in Hyderabad, orchestrated a "shake...