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A grammar of the Chinese colloquial language commonly called the Mandarin dialect. ... Second edition.Shanghai, Presbyterian Mission Press, 1864. 4to. Contemporary red half roan (sheepskin).

EDKINS, Joseph. · 1857 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)

[2 blank], [2], VIII, 297, [1] blank pp.Second edition of a handbook that was essential for English speaking persons who wished to obtain competence in Mandarin Chinese with the required knowledge of vocabulary and functional grammar and an awareness of the main types of verbal …

Clipperfregatschip met hulpstoomvermogen "Utrecht", kapitein A. Hoogenstraten.London, William Foster, 1869. Double-tinted lithograph, finished in colour (ca. 48 x 66.5 cm) in a passepartout and framed (ca. 67.5 x 88.5 cm).

[PRINT]. DUTTON, Thomas Goldsworth. · 1868 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)

Rare portrait of the ship Utrecht, a full-rigged clipper with auxiliary power and screw propellers, built in 1868 for the firm of Van Zeylen & Decker in Rotterdam and capable of carrying 2009 tons. During the subsequent years, the ship made several voyages between Rotterdam and …

Ph. Fr. von Siebold's letzte Reise nach Japan 1859-1862 ... von seinem ältesten Sohne.Berlin, Kisak Tamai, 1903. 8vo (22.5 x 14 cm). With the title page in Japanese and German, 2 half-tone plates showing photographic portraits of Philip von Siebold (1 with his son Alexander) and 3 photographic views in the text. Original publisher's printed cloth-covered paper wrappers, with publisher's advertisements printed on the pastedowns.

SIEBOLD, Alexander Freiherr von. · 1859 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,950.00 ($2,149.30 | £1,626.58 | ¥343,257)

IX, [1], 130, [4], [2 blank] pp.Rare first edition of the account of Siebold's second and final journey to, and stay in, Japan, from 1859 till 1861, written by his eldest son, Alexander von Siebold (1846-1911), who accompanied his father Philip Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) on t…

Vom Mittelmeer zum Persischen Golf durch den Hauran, die Syrische Wüste und Mesopotamien.Berlin, Dietrich Reimer, 1899-1900. 2 volumes. Large 8vo. With 2 (of 3) folding maps in pockets on the inside of the back board and numerous illustrations in the text and on photographic plates. Original illustrated green cloth.

OPPENHEIM, Max von. · 1893 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€8,500.00 ($9,368.76 | £7,090.23 | ¥1,496,249)

XV, [1], 334; [1], 434 pp.First edition of an account of travels through the Middle East in 1893, from Beirut and Damascus via Hauran (southwest Syria, then in Ottoman hands) including al-Harra and al-Safa to Palmyra and through the Syrian desert to Bagdad, the Gulf and Muscat, …

A souk in Cairo.Cairo, 1902. Signed and inscribed "C. Wuttke. Cairo. 1902". Oil on canvas board (20 x 28 cm). Unframed.

[CAIRO]. WUTTKE, Carl. · 1849 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)

Painting of a souk in Cairo, by the German orientalist Carl Wuttke (1849-1927). Paintings such as these were made to be reproduced as picture postcards, an archetypal consumer product from the early 20th century. Postcards, as a convenient alternative to the letter, had first ap…

Naerder bedenckingen, over de zee-vaerdt, coophandel ende neeringhe, als mede de versekeringhe vanden staet deser vereenichde landen, inde teghenwoordighe vrede-handelinghe met den Coninck van Spangnien ende de aerts-hertoghen.[Amsterdam], 1608 Small 4to (18.5 x 14 cm). With a woodcut arabesque ornament on the title-page and 1 woodcut decorated initial letter. Modern pink paper wrappers.

[USSELINCX, Willem]. · 1441 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)

[36] pp.First and only(?) edition of one of the most important and best argued pamphlets on the Dutch in America, written to promote the establishment of the West India Company and to warn of the dangers and disadvantages of making peace with Spain. Usselincx's writings "are mod…

De nieuwe versterkte facen en flancquen, of Verhandeling om de facen ... bestendiger ... te doen zyn ... Opgesteld ten nutte der krygsbouwkunde, en derzelver min of meer gevorderde bearbeiders.Amsterdam, printed for the author [by Izaak and Johannes Enschedé in Haarlem?], sold by Jan Punt junior, [1759]. Large 4to (23.5 x 20 cm). With 3 folding engraved plates with 14 numbered figures drawn by the author and executed by Jan Punt and 2 engravings in text. 19th-century half parchment.

REDELYKHEID, Cornelis. · 1728 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€4,500.00 ($4,959.93 | £3,753.65 | ¥792,132)

[16], 121, [1] pp.Rare first and only edition of a treatise on fortification by the Dutch engineer Cornelis Redelykheid (1728-1787). It centres on methods to improve the masonry and composition of strongholds against hostile artillery and mines, and on fortifying vaults against …

Pharmacopoeia Bateana, in qua octingenta circiter pharmaca, pleráque omnia è Praxi Georgii Batei …London, Samuel Smith, 1688. 8vo. Contemporary vellum.

BATE, George and James SHIPTON. · 1608 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€600.00 ($661.32 | £500.49 | ¥105,618)

[12], 130, 12, [2], 16 pp.The first edition of the famous and influential Pharmacopoeia Bateana a nationally as well as internationally authoritative pharmacology consisting of the medical recipes and prescriptions collected by the British physician George Bate (1608-1668). Bate…

La pharmacopée de Bauderon, revue, et exactement corrigée ... avec la réponse à l'Apologie de Mr. Jean Zwelfer ... & un examen des ingrediens de la confection d'Alkermes ...Lyon, Jean Girin & Barthelemy Riviere, 1672. 4to. Title-page in red and black, woodcut title-vignette, woodcut headpieces and initials. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine, red sprinkled edges.

BAUDERON, Brice, and François VERNY. · 1662 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€750.00 ($826.66 | £625.61 | ¥132,022)

[16], 534, [2], 416, [16] pp.Second edition of Bauderon’s pharmacopoeia to be edited by the pharmacist of the University of Montpellier François Verny, whose first edition of Bauderon appeared in 1662, and who added several other texts by Laurens Chatelan, Guillaume Sauvageon an…

Praxis medica.Amsterdam, Hendrick Laurensz. [printed by Jasper Tournay in Gouda], 1616.With: (2) DODOENS (DODONAEUS), Rembert. Medicinalium observationum exempla rara. ....Harderwijk, widow of Thomas Henricksz.; Amsterdam, Hendrik Laurensz., "M.D.XXI" [with a C added in manuscript to correct it to 1621]. 8vo. 2 editions in 1 volume. Contemporary vellum.

DODOENS (DODONAEUS), Rembert. · 1517 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,850.00 ($4,243.50 | £3,211.46 | ¥677,713)

[8], 618, [7], [1 blank] pp.Ad 1: Posthumously published first edition of Rembert Dodoens's 127 Latin lectures on medicine, edited and extensively annotated by Sebastian Egbertsz. de Vrij. Dodoens (1517-1585), the greatest botanist of his age, was appointed professor of medicine…

Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, door de vermaardste deelen van Klein Asia, de eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus, Metelino, Stanchio, &c. Mitsgaders de voornaamste steden van Aegypten, Syrien en Palestina. Delft, printed by Hendrik van Kroonevelt [engravings printed by Petrus Schenk and Gerard Valck?], 1698. Large folio (39.5x26 cm). With engraved frontispiece, engraved author's portrait, large engraved folding map of the Mediterranean Sea, 103 engraved plates (many double-page and folding) and 18 engravings in text. 18th-century, gold-tooled, tanned goatskin; rebacked, with original backstrip laid down and modern endpapers.

BRUYN (LE BRUN), Cornelis de. · 1652 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€25,000.00 ($27,555.18 | £20,853.62 | ¥4,400,731)

[20], 398, [8] pp.Large paper copy of the first edition of the beautifully illustrated account of De Bruyn's first journey, visiting Egypt, Syria, The Holy Land, Rhodes, Cyprus, Scio and Turkey. The Dutch traveller and painter Cornelis De Bruyn (1652-1726/28) left The Netherland…

Les palais impériaux de Pékin. Deux cent soixante-quartorze planches hors texte en héliotypie d'apres les photographies de l'auteur, douze dessins architectureaux et deux plans, avec une notice historique ...Paris & Brussels, G. Vanoest, 1926. 3 volumes. With 12 plans and 2 maps (mostly folding), and a total of 274 collotype plates. Publisher's original, printed, blue paper wrappers.

SIRÉN, Osvald. · 1879 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€15,000.00 ($16,533.10 | £12,512.18 | ¥2,640,439)

VI, 73, [3 blank]; [3], [1 blank]; [3], [1 blank] pp.First edition in French of a work on the imperial palaces of Beijing by the Finnish-born Swedish art historian and professor Osvald Sirén (1879-1966). Besides the Italian Renaissance, Sirén was very interested in Chinese art a…

Catalogue raisonné et historique des antiquités découvertes en Égypte ... contenant: 1. Le catalogue ... 2. Des notes et observations ... 3. Des notices et dissertationes scientifiques ...Paris, Galerie d’Antiquites Égyptiennes, 1826. 8vo. With 2 folding lithographic plates. Later paper-covered boards, rebacked in cloth.

PASSALACQUA, Giuseppe. · 1797 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)

XV, [1], 303, [1] pp.First edition of an important catalogue of a collection of antiquities formed by the Italian entrepreneur and dealer in ancient artifacts, Giuseppe Passalacqua (1797-1865) at Trieste. While it is neither an auction catalogue nor a priced sale catalogue, Pass…

Beschryving van het Oosten, en van eenige andere landen, …Utrecht, Gijsbert Tieme and Abraham van Paddenburg; Rotterdam, Jacobus Bosch and Reinier Arrenberg; Amsterdam, Martinus de Bruyn, 1776-1786. 3 volumes (in 6 parts) bound as 6. 4to. With 205 engraved folding plates (irregularly numbered I-CIII), including maps, plans, views and other illustrations, depicting temples, antiquities, plants, animals, etc. Contemporary half calf.

POCOCKE, Richard. · 1733 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€15,000.00 ($16,533.10 | £12,512.18 | ¥2,640,439)

XXXVI, 219, [1 blank], [11], 224-491, [1 blank]; [12], 262, [2 blank], VIII, [3], 268-376, 397-519, [1 blank]; VIII, 262, [2 blank], VIII, [3], 268-403, [1 blank]; [4], 115, [1], 124 pp.First edition of the Dutch translation of Pococke's celebrated monograph on the Near and Midd…

Cérémonies usitées au Japon, pour les mariages, les funérailles, et les principals fêtes del'année; … Orné de 24 gravures, faites d'après des peintures japonaises.Paris, Nepveu (back of half-title: printed by d’Hautel), 1822. 3 volumes. 18mo. With 23 (of 24?) etched plates (including 3 as frontispiece, and 17 folding), all but one in contemporary hand-colouring. Late 19th-century, gold-tooled brown half morocco, gilt edges.

TITSINGH, Isaac. · 1745 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)

XXX, IV, 127, [1 blank]; [4], 139, [1 blank]; [4], 206 pp.The Dutch scholar Isaac Titsingh (1745-1812) was head of the Dutch trading post at Dejima and spent in total some 44 months in Japan (in the years 1779-1780, 1781-1783, and 1784). He collected material for a monumental wo…

[Short autograph note signed by La Pérouse].[At sea, ca. 1781-1785]. Short manuscript note in ink on a small sheet of laid paper (12 x 13.5 cm).

LA PÉROUSE, Jean-François de Galaup de. · 1781 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€18,500.00 ($20,390.83 | £15,431.68 | ¥3,256,541)

An exceptionally rare autograph note signed by the great French explorer La Pérouse. The extraordinary story and achievements of La Pérouse are well known, and recounted in the handsome official account of his expedition. However, because he was lost without trace mid-voyage, ma…

The commentaries of Messire Blaize de Montluc, Mareschal of France.London, Andrew Clark for Henry Brome, 1674. Folio. With engraved frontispiece full-length portrait of the author. Contemporary blind-tooled mottled calf. Expertly rebacked in similar blind-tooled calf.

MONLUC, Blaise, Seigneur de. · 1521 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)

[18], "404" [= 400], [12] pp. plus engr. frontispiece.First English edition of Blaise de Monluc's own detailed account of his career, beginning as a foot-soldier and finally becoming Marshal of France, providing a military history of France from 1521 to 1576. He also provides "d…

Iconologia, of uytbeeldingen des verstands: … Om uyt te drucken, en te vinden, 't begrip van alle sinnebeelden, invallen, devijsen of sinteykenen. …Amsterdam, Dirck Pietsz. Pers, 1644. 4to. With engraved allegorical frontispiece and 196 emblematic woodcut illustrations (ca. 8.5 x 6 cm) in the text by Jan Christoffel Jegher. Parchment (ca. 1725?).

RIPA, Cesare. · 1560 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,750.00 ($3,031.07 | £2,293.90 | ¥484,080)

[14], 636, [8] pp.First Dutch edition, newly and extensively illustrated, of a famous encyclopaedia of iconology, the Iconologia of Cesare Ripa (1560-1645). It describes about 650 symbolic human or semi-human figures, illustrates nearly 200, and was intended as a guide for all k…

Morale de Mahomet; ou recueil des plus pures maximes du Coran.Constantinople, [no publisher's name]; Paris, Lamy, 1784. 18mo in 2s. With a woodcut flower ornament on the title-page, a woodcut rococco headpiece, small decorated roman capitals used as initials, decorative rules. Brown goatskin morocco (ca. 1865?), gold-tooled spine in 6 compartments, chemical marbled sides, nonpareil marbled endpapers.

SAVARY, Claude-Etienne. · 1883 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)

[4], 91, [1 blank] pp.First edition of Savary's French summary of the ideas of Islamic religion, based on his 1883 French translation of the Qu'ran. In a certain sense it may be considered an epitone of the Qu'ran. While Savary's Qu'ran was published in Paris (by Knapen & fils a…

Commentario de le cose de' Turchi, …(Colophon: Rome, printed by Antonio Blado "in le case de" Gioanbatista di Massimi, 1535). 4to (20 x 14 cm). With Blado's woodcut device on title-page (repeated below the colophon). Modern blue-grey paper wrappers made with ca. 1750 materials.

GIOVIO, Paolo. · 1526 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€4,500.00 ($4,959.93 | £3,753.65 | ¥792,132)

[84] pp.Third edition of a treatise on the origins and nature of the power of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman victory at the battle of Mohács in Hungary (1526) spread panic through Christian Europe and the Ottoman siege of Vienna (1529), even though it finally failed, roused man…