India

  • The Naojote ceremony of the Parsees

    # 49153

    MODI, Jivanji Jamshedji

    The Naojote ceremony of the Parsees

    Bombay : Jehangir B. Karani’s Sons, 1936. Third edition. Octavo, lettered flush cut cards, cloth spine (some silver fishing), pp. [vi]; 17; (1), internally fine. Loosely enclosed is an invitation to a Navjote ceremony from 1969. The Navjote ceremony is the sacred initiation for Parsi (Indian Zoroastrian) children, marking their formal entry into the faith, …

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  • The Bostan of Shaikh Sadi

    # 48881

    MUNSHI, Ziauddin Gulam Moheiddin

    The Bostan of Shaikh Sadi

    Translated into English by Ziauddin Gulam Moheiddin Munshi, Second English Teacher Military Norman School, Poona. Revised by Rochfort Davies, Esquire. Bombay : Messrs. Home, Sorab & Co., 1889. Tall octavo, purple cloth (edges a little sunned and rubbed), pp. [iv]; 282; (2 – adverts), preliminaries lightly foxed, a fine copy. The Bostan (Bustan, or orchard) …

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  • The Cyclopedia of India. Biographical - Historical - Administrative - Commercial.

    # 50089

    Anon

    The Cyclopedia of India. Biographical – Historical – Administrative – Commercial.

    Calcutta : The Cyclopedia Publishing Company, 1907 – 1909. Three volumes, complete, quarto, publisher’s half leather over buckram, edges rubbed and a little marked, gilt emblems to upper boards, gilt lettered on spine, marbled endpapers, colour frontispieces; pp. 400; (5); 390; (5); 502; (3), extensively illustrated with black and white photographs, a very good set. …

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  • The Lusiad; or, the Discovery of India.

    # 49330

    CAMÖENS, Luis de; MICKLE, William Julius (editor)

    The Lusiad; or, the Discovery of India.

    An epic poem. Translated from the original Portuguese of Luis de Camoëns. Oxford : printed by Jackson and Lister for J. New [and others], 1778. Second English edition. Quarto, recent half crushed burgundy morocco, spine in compartments with raised bands, ornamental gilt tooling, contrasting title label to spine, new endpapers, preliminary blank, etched frontispiece by …

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  • Epistolae Indicae : de praeclaris et stupendis rebus, quas divina bonitas in India & variis insulis, per Societatē nominis Iesu operari dignata est, in tam copiosa Gentium ad fidem conversione

    # 48558

    Joannes Rutilius Sombergius

    Epistolae Indicae : de praeclaris et stupendis rebus, quas divina bonitas in India & variis insulis, per Societatē nominis Iesu operari dignata est, in tam copiosa Gentium ad fidem conversione

    in tam copiosa Gentium ad fidem conversione. Apud R. Velpium, Lovanii, 1566. Second edition. Duodecimo, seventeenth century speckled calf, bookplate to front pastedown, speckled edges, early owner’s name to title page, pp. [xxiv]; 418; (20); (woodcut on final blank), woodcut initials, very pale water stain, overall clean. Important Jesuit letters dating from 1544 to 1560, …

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  • Lettere dell' India Orientale,

    # 48836

    CABRAL, Francisco, et al.

    Lettere dell’ India Orientale,

    scritte a’reverendi Padri della Compagnia di Giesù. Nelle quali si scopre la grande arte usata da gli istessi, per liberar l’anime de gli infideli Indiani dalla potesta del nimico infernale, & ridurle alla nostra sant fede. Novamente stampate, & ampliate in molti luoghi, & ricorrette con diligenza. Venice : Antonio Ferrari, 1580. Duodecimo, contemporary limp vellum; …

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  • Copia d'una [lettera] del P. Nicolo Pimenta visitatore della provincia d'India Orientale.

    # 48538

    Pimenta, Nicolau (1546-1614)

    Copia d’una [lettera] del P. Nicolo Pimenta visitatore della provincia d’India Orientale.

    Al molto rerendo P. Claudio Acquaviva… del primo Decembre 1600. Venice : Giovanni Battista Ciotti, 1602. Duodecimo, modern panelled red calf, spine in compartments with gilt decoration; edges speckled red; pp. 86; title with woodcut Jesuit device, decorated initial; scattered light foxing, a very good example. First Italian translation (from the Portuguese) of the annual …

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  • [PROTESTANT CATECHISM IN TAMIL] Tamil series, No. III. Sweet savours of divine truth. Vetopateca parimaḷam.

    # 48800

    SCUDDER, Henry Martyn (1822-1895)

    [PROTESTANT CATECHISM IN TAMIL] Tamil series, No. III. Sweet savours of divine truth. Vetopateca parimaḷam.

    Madras : printed and published by P. R. Hunt, at the American Mission Press for the American Madura Mission, 1862. Third edition. Duodecimo, original publisher’s printed silk-bound flush-cut cards (lightly marked), spine with handwritten title Telugu text (in error, as this text is in Tamil – another major Dravidian language – but indeed a catechism …

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  • Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean [together with] Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas

    # 49394

    BECHER, A. B.

    Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean [together with] Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas

    Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean, containing a brief account of the winds, weather, and currents prevailing therein. With charts. London : J. D. Potter, 1859. Second edition. [Together with] : Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas, with an account of the winds, weather, and currents found therein throughout the year. London : …

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  • The classical dance poses of India (Yvonne Audette’s copy)

    # 49462

    GOPINATH & S. V. RAMANA RAO

    The classical dance poses of India (Yvonne Audette’s copy)

    Madras : Natana Niketan Publications, 1955. Second edition. Quarto, plain papered boards, cloth spine, in illustrated dustjacket (silverfished and foxed), unpaginated, illustrated with the Mudras (the twenty four basic hand gestures) and 105 classical dance poses. Provenance: Australian artist Yvonne Audette (born 1930), her wet stamp to the endpaper, acquired in 2025.  

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  • Indian miniatures (Yvonne Audette's copy)

    # 49492

    ARCHER, W. G.

    Indian miniatures (Yvonne Audette’s copy)

    Greenwich, CT : New York Graphic Society, 1960. Folio, gilt-lettered cloth in illustrated dustjacket (a couple of short tears), offsetting and tape marks to endpapers, pp. 16, 100 plates (mostly tipped-in colour plates) with adjacent leaves of descriptive text, a very good copy. Includes Indian manuscripts. Provenance: Australian artist Yvonne Audette (born 1930), her wetstamp …

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  • The Tibetan anatomical system

    # 49228

    WALSH, E. H. C.

    The Tibetan anatomical system

    Hertford : printed by Stephen Austin and Sons for the Royal Asiatic Society, 1910. Octavo, lettered wrappers, pp. 1215 – 1245, unopened, text in English with some words in Sanskrit, large folding anatomical diagram, a fine copy. Offprint from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, October, 1910

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  • Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886. Her Majesty's Colonies.

    # 49242

    TRENDELL, A. J. R.

    Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886. Her Majesty’s Colonies.

    A series of original papers issued under the authority of the Royal Commission. London : William Clowes and Sons, 1886. Octavo, presentation binding of full crushed morocco over bevelled boards, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with gilt rule and lettering (edges a little rubbed), all edges gilt, gilt-lettered morocco presentation label to front pastedown to …

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  • Oraçaō funebre da muito alta, e muito poderoza Senhora D. Maria, 1ª. Rainha fidelissima de Portugal, Brazil, e Algarves, &c.

    # 48934

    São Tomás de Aquino, Paulo de

    Oraçaō funebre da muito alta, e muito poderoza Senhora D. Maria, 1ª. Rainha fidelissima de Portugal, Brazil, e Algarves, &c.

    Pronunciada por Fr. Paulo de SM. Thomas de Aquino, Arcebispo Eleito de Cranganor ; no dia 7 de Maio, de 1817, nas solemnes exequias, que o leal Senado de Macao, fez celebrar na Cathedral da mesma cidade. [Macao?] : [s.n.], [1817?]. Small octavo, later half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt; title-leaf with early …

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  • Wood's Royal Southern Kalendar, Tasmanian Register, and General Australasian & East Indian Official Directory. 1850 :

    # 48517

    WOOD, James

    Wood’s Royal Southern Kalendar, Tasmanian Register, and General Australasian & East Indian Official Directory. 1850 :

    Launceston : Henry Dowling, 1850. Small octavo (180 x 110 mm), early purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt (sunned); recased with new pastedowns, retaining Walch & Sons binder’s ticket; pp. xiv, [1-25 Kalendar], 26-252, [40 advertisements]; colour plates of Hobart Town and Launceston Signals on pp. 26-7; very clean throughout. Ferguson, 5587

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  • The Portugues Asia : or, the history of the discovery and conquest of India by the Portugues;

    # 48770

    FARIA Y SOUSA, Manuel de

    The Portugues Asia : or, the history of the discovery and conquest of India by the Portugues;

    containing all their discoveries from the coast of Africk, to the farthest parts of China and Japan; all their battles by sea and land, sieges, and other memorable actions; a description of those countries, and many particulars of the religion, government and customs of the natives, &c. In three tomes. Written in Spanish by Manuel …

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