Asia
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# 38365
POMPE VAN MEERDERVOORT, Johannes Lijdius Catharinus (1829-1908)
Beknopte handleiding tot de geneesmiddelleer : ten gebruike van de Keizerlijke Japansche Geneeskundige School te Nagasaki.
Desima [Nagasaki] : ter Nederlandsche Drukkerij, 1862. Octavo (190 mm), contemporary Japanese binding of half calf over marbled papered boards, mauve endpapers, the front free-endpaper with early inscription in Japanese and straight-line stamp of the Deutsche Jesuiten-Mission Japan e. V. Köln, half title with circular stamp of the same library and early Japanese owner’s seal stamp …
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# 39126
CAIRNS, John; STRACHAN, Robert
Sammelband of Hong Kong newspapers, 1845-54
A Sammelband of fifty-four individual issues of newspapers published in Hong Kong between 1845 and 1854, comprising twenty issues of the Overland Register, and Price Current and thirty-four issues of The Hongkong Register; together with two issues of newspapers published in India in 1852 and 1853. Large folio (510 x 340 mm), custom modern binding of …
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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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# 46887
MACMILLAN, Allister (compiler)
Seaports of the Far East
Historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial facts, figures & resources. London : W. H. & L. Collingridge 1925. Second edition. Quarto, gilt-decorated green cloth (slightly discoloured, lightly rubbed), edges speckled blue, pp. 530, extensively illustrate with black and white photographs, colour map, a fine copy. A highly detailed guide to commercial businesses in East Asia during …
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# 46886
HAMER, Heather (1885 - 1962)
Old Sinhalese nursery rhymes and folk songs
Collected and illustrated by Heather Hamer. With a Foreword by Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, K.C.M.G. Ceylon : The Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd., 1935. Quarto, gilt-lettered diced road, lightly scuffed and worn, pp. [36], illustrated with twelve full page black and white illustrations by Hamer, with tissue guards, illustrating in modernist style the nursery rhymes. Heather …
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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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# 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 …