Religion
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# 29073
HOWE, Robert (1795-1829) (printer and publisher); MANSFIELD, Ralph (1799-1880) (editor)
The Australian Magazine; or, Compendium of Religious, Literary, and Miscellaneous Intelligence. Volume 1. For 1821.
Sydney : Printed by Robert Howe, Government Printer, 1821. Volume 1, Number 1, May 1 1821, to Volume 1, Number 8, December 1, 1821 (i.e. the first eight issues). Octavo (190 x 125 mm), contemporary half calf over pink papered boards (heavily rubbed, with some surface loss), spine with contrasting red morocco title label lettered in …
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# 17466
AMATI, Scipione; HENDSCHEL, Tobias (translator); [SOTELO, Luis, 1574-1624]
Relation und gründtlicher Bericht von dess Königreichs Voxu im Japonischen Keyserthumb
gottseliger Bekehrung und dessentwegen außgefertigter Ambasciada : an Päbst. Heil. gen Rom Paulum den fünfften, und an die Cathol. May. Philip. den dritten König in Hispania etc. Anno 1615. durch Ludovicum Sotelum S. Francisci Ordens … und … Don: Rocuyemon Faxecura … … Ingolstadt: in der Ederischen Truckerey, bey Elisabeth Angermayrin, Wittib, 1617. Small quarto, recent …
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# 42443
Fróis, Luís (1532-1597) et al.
Lettere del Giappone dell’anno M. D. LXXVII. Scritte dalli Reverendi Padri della Compagnia di Giesù.
Rome : Francesco Za[n]netti, 1579. Octavo, later panelled red calf, boards with gilt central device and borders, spine with raised bands decorated and entered in gilt; gilt dentelles; pp. 72; title with woodcut device; first few leaves with small expert restoration at lower fore-edge, otherwise excellent throughout, a near fine copy. Very rare collection of …
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# 46553
Uḷḷamuḍaiyān (translator); HOISINGTON, Henry Richard (translator)
ேசாதிசாதீதிரம். [Sothi Sastra]. The Oriental astronomer : being a complete system of Hindu astronomy, accompanied with a translation and numerous explanatory notes. With an appendix
[Bound with] : A complete system of Hindu astronomy, being a translation of the foregoing work. Jaffna : American Mission Press, 1848. Octavo, original Ceylonese binding of half-roan over marbled papered boards (worn, joints rubbed with cords exposed, spine cracked, edges and boards rubbed), local binder’s ticket of Apaswamy, pp. [ii – title leaf]; 177; [3 …
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# 46580
MEDINA, Balthasar de
Vida martyrio, y beatificación del invicto proto-martyr de el Japan San Felipe de Jesús, patron de Mexico, su patria,
imperial corte de Nueva España en el Nuevo Mundo … Segunda Impressión … Madrid : en la imprenta de los Herederos de la Viuda de Juan García Infanzón, 1751. Quarto (205 x 145 mm), contemporary limp vellum (ties replaced); pp. [28], 176, with one engraved plate depicting the crucifixion of San Felipe; scattered light foxing, else contents very good; …
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# 46581
Anonymous.
Breve resumen de la vida y martyrio del inclyto mexicano y proto-martyr del Japón, el Beato San Felipe de Jesús.
Añadidas algunas obvias reflecciones en honor del mismo Héroe esclarecido, y de esta dichosísima Ciudad felize en ser su Patria. Por un Eclesiástico de este Arzobispado … … México : En la Oficina Madrileña de la Calle de Sto. Domingo y Esquina de Tacuba, 1802. Octavo (195 x 140 mm), contemporary full mottled calf (very good, with some minor staining and edge wear), spine with gilt decoration, …
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# 46405
Les Heures de la Cour, contenant la Ste. Messe, les Vêpres et l’Office des grandes fêtes en français et en latin en gros caractères ornées de 4 jolies figures
Paris : chez Saintin, libraire, rue de Bussy, no. 15, au premier, [c.1805]. Duodecimo (133 x 82 mm), contemporary red straight-grained morocco decorated in gilt (boards lightly marked; corners worn; spine ends softened; some wear along the outer hinges); all edges gilt; marbled endpapers, two separate title-pages (both bearing the same imprint), one with vignette …
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# 46515
DACHS, Fridericus Bernhardus (editor); CRAMER, Johann Jakob; MILL, David
Masekhet Sukah mi-Talmūd bavli Hoc est, Talmudis Babylonici Codex Succa, sive de tabernaculorum festo, ritus ejus atque ceremonias exponens Latinitate donavit,
notisque philologicis ex utroque Talmude, aliisque veterum ac modernorum rabbinorum scriptis illustravit Fridericus Bernhardus Dach … Accedit Cl. Joh. Jacobi Crameri … Cum praefatione viri clarissimi Davidis Millii. Utrecht : apud Gysbertum a Paddenburg, 1726. Small quarto (210 x 160 mm), expertly rebound in panelled navy leather sympathetically styled to the period, spine with raised bands and …
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# 46470
DIETRICH, Veit (1506-1549)
Der gantz Prophet Esaias
Außgelegt durch Vitum Dietrich. Zu disen schweren un[d] küm[m]erlichen zeyten allen Christen nütz unnd tröstlich zu lesen. Nürmberg [i.e. Nürnberg] : Johan vom Berg & Ulrich Newber [i.e. Neuber], M.D.VLXIII [in error: 1563?]. Small quarto (210 x 160 mm), contemporary panelled vellum over boards (scuffed and stained), spine with raised bands and early manuscript lettering ‘ESAIA’, …
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# 46207
McINTYRE, William (1805-1870); HOWE, Robert Charles (1820-1875), publisher
[SYDNEY] The prevalent forms and causes of Sabbath desecration.
Sydney : R. Howe, “Gazette” office, Lower George-street, [1841]. At head of title: Lecture III. Duodecimo, original plain blue wrappers, hand-sewn, 24 pp; a fine copy. Ferguson, 3244. The third in the series Lectures on the Sabbath, which was also published, along with lectures by John Dunmore Lang, M.T. Adam, James Fullerton, and John Tait, in …
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# 46657
KEYSSER, Christian, 1877-1961 / Lutheran Mission, New Guinea
[MISSIONARIES] Bai, the sorcerer
[Series : Lutheran Mission Tract, no. 1]. Brisbane : Lutheran Mission, New Guinea, 1925. Octavo, illutrated wrappers, 22 pp, illustrated with black and white photographic plates. A fine, clean copy. Written by German Lutheran missionary Christian Keysser, a member of the Neuendettelsau Mission in New Guinea and brother-in-law of South Australian missionary Carl Strehlow, this …
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# 46659
MONFAT, P.A.
[PACIFICA] Les Samoa, ou, Archipel des Navigateurs : etude historique & religieuse
Lyon : E. Vitte, 1890. Troisieme edition. Octavo, decorative wrappers (spine cracked, front wrapper neatly detached), decorative spine somewhat brittle and sunned, xv, 414 pp (scattered spotting throughout), [7] leaves of plates, map. A detailed study of Samoan culture, together with a history of French Catholic missions to this island group.
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# 46658
SOANE MALIA, P.
[TONGA; FIJI] Chez les Meridionaux du Pacifique
Lyon : Librairie Catholique Emmanuel Vitte, 1910. Octavo, printed paper wrappers, xv, 321 pp, illustrated with black and white photographic plates. A very good copy. Cultural history of Tonga and Fiji written from the perspective of a Catholic missionary. Includes much information on missionary activity in the islands.
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# 45888
HUC, Évariste Régis, Abbé (1813-1860)
Manuscript letter written by Abbé Huc, sent from Macau in November 1846, addressed to his parents in Toulouse and reporting on his just-completed epic journey through Tartary and Tibet.
Macao, 1er. Novembre 1846. Entire letter, manuscript in ink on a single folio sheet of Chinese paper, folded to form 4 pages, written on 3½ pages; the panel on the outer side addressed to ‘Monsieur Huc, Rue Pargaminières 73, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne’, circular postal markings in black ‘Paris 8 Janv. 47’ and ‘Toulouse 11 Janv. 47’; …
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# 46761
ADUARTE, Diego Francisco (1569-1636)
Tomo primero de la historia de la provincia del Santo Rosario de Filipinas, Iapon, y China, de la Sagrada Orden de Predicadores.
Zaragoça : Domingo Gascon, Infançon, Impressor del Santo Hospital Real, y General de Nuestra Señora de Gracia, 1693. Folio, contemporary limp vellum (lacking ties), spine with early ms. title and decoration in black ink; hinges cracked; pp [viii], 767, [53 index]; title page with engraved vignette coat of arms; woodcut initials and tail-pieces; last section of main …
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# 46811
WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The Orient Missionary Exhibition, in the Central Hall, Academy Street, Cork, March 25th to 29th, 1912.
Cork [Ireland] : Eagle Printing Works, 1912. Octavo (220 x 145 mm), original pictorial wrappers (chipped at corner and spine ends, mild edge wear) pp. 28; with b/w photographic illustrations, advertisements; internally clean, a very good copy. The title is somewhat misleading, since as well as exhibits from China, India and Ceylon, the exhibition included …