Religion
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![[MELBOURNE] Consecration and solemn opening of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, October 31st 1897. The Archbishop of Melbourne requests the favour of the presence of Mr. & Mrs. O'Connor ...](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/06/2026_DSFB_3593-300x300.jpg)
# 50433
[ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF MELBOURNE.
[MELBOURNE] Consecration and solemn opening of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne, October 31st 1897. The Archbishop of Melbourne requests the favour of the presence of Mr. & Mrs. O’Connor …
[Melbourne : s.n.], 1897. Folding card, 125 x 160 mm, printed on [4] sides, lithograph printed, front with embossed episcopal coat of arms, second side with invitation including the names of the O’Connors in manuscript, third side with lithographed illustration of the cathedral; laid down on section of card cut from a nineteenth-century album leaf; …
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![Chronicas de la Apostolica Provincia de S. Gregorio de religiosos descalzos de N.S.P.S. Francisco en las Islas Philipinas, China, Japon, &c. Parte Prima [Parte Segunda / Parte Tercera]](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/02/2026_DSFB_1195-300x300.jpg)
# 49560
San Antonio, Juan Francisco de
Chronicas de la Apostolica Provincia de S. Gregorio de religiosos descalzos de N.S.P.S. Francisco en las Islas Philipinas, China, Japon, &c. Parte Prima [Parte Segunda / Parte Tercera]
Manila : Impressa en la imprenta del uso de la propria provincia, síta en el Convento de Nr̄a. Señora de Loreto del Pueblo de Sampaloc, Extra-muros de la Ciudad de Manila; por fr. Juan del Sotillo, 1738, 1741, 1744. Three volumes, folio, contemporary vellum, spines lettered in black ink with fleuron decoration, shelf marks to …
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![Historia de la Provincia del Sancto Rosario de la orden de Predicadores en Philippinas, Iapon, y China. [Libro Primero / Libro Segundo]](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2017/11/28141521/2017_DSFB_3252-300x300.jpg)
# 15197
Aduarte, Diego; González, Domingo
Historia de la Provincia del Sancto Rosario de la orden de Predicadores en Philippinas, Iapon, y China. [Libro Primero / Libro Segundo]
En Manila : en el Colegio de Santo Thomas, por Luis Beltran impressor de libros, 1640. First edition. Two volumes in one, folio, contemporary limp vellum (a little stained, lacking ties), spine with manuscript title in ink; front pastedown with old ex libris of the Bibliotheca Magni Mexicani Conventus S. P.N. S. Francisco (early Convent …
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# 49520
Coelho, Gaspar (c.1529-1590); Valignano, Alessandro (1539-1606)
Lettera annale delle cose del Giapone del M. D. LXXXII.
Rome : Francesco Zannetti, 1585. Octavo, early full vellum,, spine with raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; pp. 118; title with woodcut Jesuit device; stamp from the Casa Professa to title leaf a fine copy. A slightly expanded edition of the Lettera annale, the annual report from Japan on missionary progress during the year …
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![[TENSHŌ EMBASSY] Acta consistorii publice exhibiti a S.D.N. Gregorio Papa XIII. regum Iaponiorum legatis Romae,](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/01/2026_DSFB_0644-300x300.jpg)
# 49503
Gonsalves, Gaspar, 1540-1590; Boccapaduli, Antonio, 1530-1593
[TENSHŌ EMBASSY] Acta consistorii publice exhibiti a S.D.N. Gregorio Papa XIII. regum Iaponiorum legatis Romae,
die XXIII. Martii, M.D. LXXXV. Mediolani [Milan] : Apud Paulum Gottardum Pontium, & Besutios fratres, 1585. Quarto, later blue crushed morocco, upper board lettered and decorated in gilt, spine in compartments with gilt tooling, gilt dentelles; pp. 16; title with woodcut Jesuit device; woodcut initials; a superb copy. The very rare Milan edition of the …
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# 48752
Fróis, Luís et al.
Brevis Iapaniae insulae descriptio,
à Patribus Societatis Iesu nuper gestarum, succincta narratio : item, insigne quoddam martyrium, quod in Aphrica quidam pro Christiana religione Catholica inuicta constantia subijt. Coloniae Agrippinae [i.e. Köln] : Birckmann, 1582. Duodecimo (157 x 100 mm), modern gilt-panelled red morocco with gilt dentelles; title leaf with woodcut device, and with early ownership inscriptions; [2], 46 leaves; …
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# 48834
AMATI, Scipio
Historia del Regno di Voxu del Giapone,
dell antichita, nobilita, e valore del suo re Idate Masamune, delli favori, c’ha fatti alla Christianita … Rome : Giacomo Mascardi, 1615. Small quarto, contemporary limp vellum (worn); original endpapers, title with woodcut coat of arms of Pope Paul V, pp. [16], 76, decorated initials and headpiece; text in Latin; occasional browning and light foxing, an …
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# 49752
FROÍS [FROES], Luís; [SAILLY, Thomas, translator]
Annales Indiques, contenantes la vraye narration et avis de ce qu’est advenu & succedé en Iapon, & autres lieux voisins des Indes,
envoyez par les Peres de la Socieré de IESUS au R.P. Claude Aquaviva GVeneral de la dicte Compagnie, en l’an 1588. Nouvellement traduictes en François. A Anvers : En l’Imprimerie Plantinienns, Chez la Vefue, & Jean Mourentorf, 1590. First Antwerp edition. Dudecimo, later quarter calf over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with gilt rule …
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![[TENSHŌ EMBASSY] Oratione fatta in Roma alla presenza del sommo Pontefice Gregorio XIII. Dal molto R. P. Guasparri Consalvi Portughese, Sacerdote Theatino, à stanzia delli Re, & Legati Giapponesi.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/01/2026_DSFB_0403-300x300.jpg)
# 49441
GONÇALVES, Gaspar; GHETTINI, Agostini (translator)
[TENSHŌ EMBASSY] Oratione fatta in Roma alla presenza del sommo Pontefice Gregorio XIII. Dal molto R. P. Guasparri Consalvi Portughese, Sacerdote Theatino, à stanzia delli Re, & Legati Giapponesi.
Et novamente posta in luce ridotta dal latino in lingua volgare da Agostino Ghettini studente in Fiorenza. In Firenze : A stanza di Francesco Dini da Colle, [1585]. Quarto (210 x 140 mm), old full calf with gilt lettering to upper board, spine with raised bands; [6] leaves; title with woodcut coat of arms of …
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# 49683
Sande, Duarte de; d'Almeyda, Antonio; Coelho, Gaspar; Fróis, Luís, et al.
Lettere del Giapone, et della Cina de gl’anni M. D. LXXXIX & M. D. XC.
Scritte al R. P. Generale della Compagnia di GIESV. Milan : Pacifico Pontio, 1592. Duodecimo, later papered card covers; early manuscript title to bottom edge ‘Lettere del Giapone’; pp. 214 (last three pages misnumbered 112-113-114); title with woodcut Jesuit device and early ownership inscription; decorated initials; contents crisp and clean, a very good example.. A …
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![[TENSHŌ EMBASSY] Breve relatione del consistoro publico, dato àgli Ambasciadori Giapponesi : dalla buona memoria](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2017/02/04225714/2016_DSFB_1996-202x300.jpg)
# 13684
Gonsalves, Gaspar, 1540-1590; Boccapaduli, Antonio, 1530-1593
[TENSHŌ EMBASSY] Breve relatione del consistoro publico, dato àgli Ambasciadori Giapponesi : dalla buona memoria
della Santità di Papa Greg. XIIIj. in Roma, il dì 23. di Marzo 1585 : con l’arriuo fatto in Pisa, & la riceuuta fattagli da S.A.S. per tutto il suo felicissimo stato : et di nuouo baciati li piedi alla Santità di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V. In Firenze : Dalle scalee di Badia, 1585. …
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# 13319
LUCENA, João de (1550-1600)
Historia da vida do Padre Francisco de Xavier, e doque fizerão na India os mais Religiosos da Companhia de Iesu.
Lisboa [Lisbon] : Impresso per Pedro Crasbeeck, 1600. Small folio, contemporary vellum; engraved title-page, pp [vi], 908, [38]; [2] copperplate engraved portraits of Francis Xavier, and a copperplate of Francis Xavier’s tomb; woodcut initials; text in double columns; loss to margins of pp 183-86, a few light stains; housed in a magnificent custom clamshell box by …
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# 50248
LOUIS XV, King of France
Lettres patentes concernant les Missions Étrangères.
[France, c.1773]. Manuscript in ink, [5] pp., folio; extremely well preserved; bound in modern papered boards with gilt-lettered red leather title label to the front; ex libris label of H. P. Kraus to front pastedown. One of the most important institutions in the history of evangelisation in Asia, the Missions Étrangères de Paris (MEP), or …
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# 49562
BATCHELOR, John
An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary and Grammar.
By the Rev. John Batchelor, Church Missionary Society, Hakodate. Tokyo : Printed for the Hokkaido Cho by Y. Kumata, 1889. Large octavo (240 x 165 mm), quarter black morocco over blind-blocked black cloth (expertly recased with new spine replicating the original), upper board with gilt lettering and device, spine in compartments with gilt lettering and …
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# 48798
António Francisco Cardim (1596-1659)
Relation de la province du Japon,
ecrite en Portugais par le Pere François Cardim de la Compagnie de IESUS, Procureur de cette province … A Tournay : De l’Imprimerie d’Adrien Quinqué, 1645. Duodecimo, contemporary calf, spine in compartments with gilt decoration and contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt; edges stained red; marbled endpapers, front pastedown with ex libris label of …
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# 49572
BATCHELOR, John
Ainu Karisia Eiwange Gusu an Inonno-itak oma kambi. The Book of Common Prayer, translated into Ainu, by the Rev. John Batchelor (Church Missionary Society). 1896 (signed copy)
[Yokohama? : Bible Societles’ Committee for Japan?], 1896. Large octavo (215 x 150 mm), original blind-blocked black cloth, upper board with gilt lettering; speckled edges; front pastedown with previous Japanese owner’s bookplate; recto of first blank inscribed and signed by the author ‘J. M. Batchelor, March 9th 1940’; title-leaf in English; pp. [2], 417, [1] …