Religion
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![[TONGA; FIJI] Chez les Meridionaux du Pacifique](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2016/11/22030016/2011_DSFB_2945-188x300.jpg)
# 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 …
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# 46646
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Minute of the Committee of the Church Missionary Society on the present state and future prospects of China
[London] : Church Missionary Society, 1853. T. C. Johns, Printer. Octavo, pamphlet, self-wrappers (lightly foxed), pp. 15; [blank]. An appeal for additional resources (funds and missionaries) to extend the work of the Church Missionary Society into the interior of China, with greater access now granted to the missionaries. It notes ‘We have never had more …
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# 42856
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Mission to Western Australia, commonly called the Swan River settlement.
[London : s.n., 1835]. Quarto (250 x 200 mm), [3] pp; printed on letterpress; fourth side docketed ‘Mission to Western Australia’, and with Webster Collection stamp with number 2621 in ms.; original vertical and horizontal folds, some toning, else very well preserved. The foundation document for the Western Australian Missionary Society, recording the resolution for …
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# 45904
FARNDELL, Edward; DURYEA, Townsend; MARCHANT, E. W.; VON HARTITZSCH, Otto; RUSHTON & JUST; STUMP & CO., et al.
Alma Plains and Adelaide, South Australia : an important pioneer settlers’ photograph album with portraits of members of families associated with the Church of Christ. 1860s-80s.
Quarto (290 x 230 mm), embossed green leather decorated in gilt (upper board detached and lacking backstrip); title leaf with later family member’s inscription identifying the original owners of the album as ‘Janet and William Howard, Alma Plains – Dalkey’; containing a total of [82] albumen print photographs – [73] in carte de visite format, …
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# 46472
[DEFOE, Daniel 1660-1731, attributed]
The History of the Devil, Ancient and Modern.
In two parts. Part First containing, a state of the Devil’s circumstances, from his expulsion out of heaven, to the creation; with remarks on the several mistakes concerning his fall. Part Second containing his more private conduct down to the present times; his government, his appearances, his manner of working, and the tools he works …
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![[MADAGASCAR] Ohabolana, or Malagasy proverbs, illustrating the wit and wisdom of the Hova of Madagascar. Parts I and II](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2025/02/2025_DSFB_1013-300x300.jpg)
# 46391
HOULDER, J. A.
[MADAGASCAR] Ohabolana, or Malagasy proverbs, illustrating the wit and wisdom of the Hova of Madagascar. Parts I and II
/ collected, translated, and arranged by J.A. Houlder ; with translations into French by Henri Noyer ; edited by James Sibree. Faravohitra, Antananarivo : Printed and published at the press of the Friends’ Foreign Missionary Association, 1915-1916. First edition (first printing). Two volumes bound in one, octavo (220 x 145 mm), red cloth over red papered …
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# 46050
CEYLON & INDIA GENERAL MISSION
Ceylon & India General Mission collection box, circa 1920.
[London : CIGM, c.1920]. Wooden box, 152 x 80 x 70 mm, with chromolithographic label on five sides (one illustrated); surface wear commensurate with extensive use. The Ceylon and India General Mission (CIGM) was a non-denominational organisation founded in 1892. Initially its evangelical work was carried out among Ceylon’s Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus, but …
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# 45876
EDEN SOCIETY STUDIOS
Studio portrait of a man in Salvation Army uniform, posed with his tuba. Sydney, late 1890s.
Sepia-tone gelatin silver print photograph, cabinet card format, 168 x 107 mm (mount); recto with the imprint of ‘Eden Society Studios’; the print is in very good condition; the mount has a couple of spots of foxing.
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# 45877
THE CROWN STUDIOS
Studio portrait of a couple in Salvation Army uniform. Sydney, late 1890s.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 163 x 106 mm (mount); recto with the imprint of ‘The Crown Studios, George and Market Streets, Sydney’; the print is in very good condition; the mount has some toning.
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# 45878
PEEL'S MODERN STUDIOS
Studio portrait of Master Laban Rixon in Salvation Army uniform, posed with his tuba. Sydney, 1909-10.
Sepia-tone gelatin silver print photograph, cabinet card format, 165 x 106 mm (mount); recto with the imprint of ‘Peel’s Modern Studios, 482 George St., Sydney’; verso with a fully contemporary inscription in pencil ‘Mr. Laban Rixon’; the print has a few light marks, and the mount is toned. We believe the young sitter is Laban …
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# 41812
FABER, Ernst
Introduction to the science of Chinese religion.
A critique of Max Müller and other authors. Hong Kong : Lane, Crawford & Co. and Shanghai : Kelly & Walsh, [1879]. Printed at the “China Mail” office in Hong Kong. Octavo, lettered card wrappers (expert repairs to spine, some chips and marks), pp. [iv]; xii; 151. A rare tract by the German missionary Ernst …
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![[MELBOURNE; LA TROBE FAMILY] Martha Browne, wife of colonial merchant Octavius Browne : entire letter to Henrietta Macartney, daughter of the Dean of Melbourne. Isle of Wight, September 1855.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_DSFB_5584-300x300.jpg)
# 44961
BROWNE, Martha Sweet (Cummins) (1816-1893)
[MELBOURNE; LA TROBE FAMILY] Martha Browne, wife of colonial merchant Octavius Browne : entire letter to Henrietta Macartney, daughter of the Dean of Melbourne. Isle of Wight, September 1855.
Manuscript in ink, [6] pp. duodecimo (130 x 90 mm); headed ‘Orchard Leigh, Bonchurch, Sept. 29’, the letter is addressed ‘My dear Henrietta’, and is signed at the foot ‘your very affectionate friend, Mrs Browne’; original folds, clean and crisp; accompanied by its original mailing envelope, addressed to ‘Miss Macartney, care of Revd. John Brougham, …
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# 45869
MATHEWSON & CO.
Studio portrait of a young woman in Salvation Army uniform. Brisbane, circa 1895.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 168 x 108 mm (mount); recto with the imprint in silver of ‘Mathewson & Co., Next Royal Bank only, Brisbane’; both the print and the mount are in good condition.