Asia
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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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# 42374
SPILBERGEN, Joris van (1568-1620)
Speculum orientalis occidentalisque Indiae navigationum.
Lugduni Batavorum [i.e. Leiden] : Nicolaus van Geelkercken, 1619. Small oblong quarto (190 x 250 mm), contemporary limp vellum with early manuscript title and collection number to spine; title with large engraved vignette (early ownership signature to upper margin); pp. [4] (blank), 175, [5] (blank); with folding engraved world map and a further 24 engraved …
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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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# 46365
ALBUQUERQUE, Alfonso de (c. 1453 - 1515)
Commentarios do grande Afonso Dalboquerque, capitão geral que foi das Indias Orientaes em tempo do muito poderoso rey D. Manuel, o primeiro deste nome.
Lisbon : Regia Officina Typografica, 1774. Four volumes, octavo, finely bound in contemporary speckled calf, ruled in blind, spines with gilt rule and contrasting morocco title labels, lettered in gilt, edges speckled red, marbled endpapers, private ex-libris book labels to pastedowns, engraved portrait frontispiece, pp. [viii]; xliv; 343; large folding map of the Indian Ocean; …
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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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# 46820
BESLEY, Richard Bradfield (1912-1990)
Photograph album documenting experiences at a hydroelectric plant on the Swat River in Malakand District, Northwest Frontier Province, India, 1937-38.
Small oblong quarto album (200 x 270 mm), original brown cloth over boards with string ties, containing 116 b/w photographs in corner mounts, 113 being in 60 x 60 mm format, with 3 in larger 115 x 160 mm format; the majority are captioned in ink below the image; very good condition throughout. This album …
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# 46600
MALAYSIAN AIRLINE SYSTEMS
This is our Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur : Malaysian Airline Systems, circa 1975. Tourist brochure, DL size, printed in colour, pp. [12], folding central pages with map, includes features on Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak, Malacca etc.
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# 46595
Bureau Officiel du Tourisme Indochinois
French Indochina
Saigon : Bureau Officiel du Tourisme Indochinois, circa 1930. Tourisme brochure, DL size, singe; sheet folded, pp. [8], illustrated, some light foxing and wear along folds, wet stamp for Cook’s travel agent in Shanghai to upper panel.
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# 42469
Moraes, Wenceslau de (1854-1929)
Relance da historia do Japão.
Porto : Maranus, 1924. First edition. Octavo, later half red calf over marbled papered boards, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration and lettering; later silk endpapers and bookplate of Fernando Alves Barata; original wrappers bound in, the upper wrapper with tipped-on photographic illustration; pp. 299, [6], with one map; fine copy.
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# 42471
Moraes, Wenceslau de (1854-1929)
Relance da alma japoneza. (Special edition limited to 200 copies)
Lisbon : Portugal-Brasil and Arthur Brandão (1925 or 1926). Octavo, later half red calf over marbled papered boards, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration and lettering; later silk endpapers and bookplate of Fernando Alves Barata; original wrappers bound in, the upper wrapper with illustration, the lower with publisher’s ads.; pp. 256, [4]; edition limited to …
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# 42462
Moraes, Wenceslau de (1854-1929)
Relance da alma japoneza.
Lisbon : Portugal-Brasil and Arthur Brandão (1925 or 1926). Octavo, later half calf, spine with gilt decoration and contrasting leather title-piece lettered in gilt; original wrappers bound in, the upper wrapper with illustration, the lower with publisher’s ads.; pp. 256, [4]; half-title with early ownership signature; fine copy.
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# 46318
[Maker unknown]
A hand-embroidered silk shawl with peacock and roses design. Hong Kong, 1958.
Dimensions: 40 x 92 cm; embroidered lettering in yellow above and below the central peacock motif reads: ‘To Mum and Dad from Bob / Hong Kong 1957-58’; very good condition. Provenance: commissioned by Robert Hayes, a British soldier stationed in Hong Kong, as a souvenir for his parents; thence by descent to the previous owner.
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# 46721
Robert ASHTON (1950- )
Thin Air : a portfolio of 12 copperplate photogravure prints of Ladakh.
[Ladakh and Melbourne : the artist, 2013]. Complete suite of twelve copperplate photogravures, printed in an edition of 5; 290 x 390 mm (plate size), 395 x 485 mm (sheet size); all titled and dated 2013 by the artist lower left, and signed by the artist lower right in 2023; very fine, loosely housed in …
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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’; …