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[KAWAURA, KEN-ICHI]
Album of Old Japanese Prints of the Ukiyo-ye School. Reproduced from the Collection of Ken-ichi Kawaura. Tokyo, Yoshizawa & Co, 1919.
. Folio. Pp. (iv), 6 "list of plates", 120 pages with 425 b/w illustrations, six wood engraved plates (five coloured) + pp. 15 "Biographical notes", one page with Japanese colophon. Original decorated silk-covered boards, title label on upper cover, silk ties. First edition, number 92 of 150 copies. Old ownership signature on title. An impressive collection with faithful reproductions of beautiful prints by many celebrated artists. Some minor staining but overall a very handsome copy.
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Book number: 120643
€  480.00 [Appr.: US$ 519.18 | £UK 411.5 | JP¥ 78578]
Catalogue: East Asia
Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, ukiyo-e, woodcuts, illustrated,

 [LEFéVRE-UTILE / ART NOUVEAU ALBUM / ], Album des célébrités contemporaine publié par Lefèvre-Utile Nantes [Title on front cover]. Nantes about 1905.
[LEFéVRE-UTILE / ART NOUVEAU ALBUM / ]
Album des célébrités contemporaine publié par Lefèvre-Utile Nantes [Title on front cover]. Nantes about 1905.
. Oblong 4to. (36.5 x 27 cm) Lvs. (11) With 48 inserted embossed chromolithograph autograph cards of famous actors, composers, authors, etc. placed in Art Nouveau decorated frames. One sheet with content. Last two leaves titled "Biscuites Levèvre-Utile" missing eight cards. Bound in publisher's decorated boards, printed in silver and gold.An exclusive promotional album produced to celebrate Levèvre-Utile winning the grand prize for making biscuits at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Lefèvre Utiel (LU) is a renowned French manufacturer of biscuits and chocolate based in Nantes (now part of Mondelez International). The lavishly decorated cards were included in packages of cookies and were intended as a collector's item. Each card has a colourful artistic scene associated with a contemporary celebrity, and includes a photographic portrait of the same. The artwork was created by leading French artists and photographers of the day.
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Book number: 121350
€  800.00 [Appr.: US$ 865.3 | £UK 685.5 | JP¥ 130963]
Catalogue: Design
Keywords: Design, French, france, advertisement, cookies, biscuits, promotional, album, art nouveau, jugend,

 
[KATE GREENAWAY]:
Almanach de Kate Greenaway pour 1889. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1889.
. 24mo. Lvs (12). With lovely colour illustrations throughout. Publisher's pictorial hard cover, somewhat rubbed, rebound with new endpapers. French ediiton, translated from the English. Printed by E. Evans.
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Book number: 100089
€  150.00 [Appr.: US$ 162.24 | £UK 128.75 | JP¥ 24555]
Catalogue: Europe
Keywords: Europe, almanac, almanack, illustrations, illustrated, colour, french,

 
[DE LA FOREST-MOUET, J.]:
Alphabet geographique des empires, royaumes, etats, pays, isles, villes, caps, ... que l'on trouve dans l'histoire ancienne, tant sainte, que profane. Paris, Jean Luc Nyon, 1710.
. 12mo. Pp. (x), 110, 8, 111 - 135, (3). Contemporary calf, spine with five raised bands richly gilt, rubbed. Second edition (first 1708). Useful alphabetical listing of Greek and Roman (as well as Biblical) countries and places, providing young students with correct names, locations, dates, etc. A charming copy of a scarce work. Cf Cioranescu 30706.
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Book number: 24028
€  1000.00 [Appr.: US$ 1081.63 | £UK 857 | JP¥ 163703]
Catalogue: Europe
Keywords: Europe, geography, juvenile, travel, exploration,

 [MISSIONARY GAME]., The American Baptist Missionary Union. Copyright, 1885, by Fred T. Bailey. No place (about 1885).
[MISSIONARY GAME].
The American Baptist Missionary Union. Copyright, 1885, by Fred T. Bailey. No place (about 1885).
. The game consists of twelve books with four cards each. Size: 6.2 x 10.6 cm. An extra card with information about the Missionary Union and a folded sheet with instructions about the game (reinforced at folds). Each card indicates the name among whom the mission started, the location, the year and the name of the Pioneer missionary. Including four from Burma, four from India, one from Siam, one from Macao, one from Japan and one from Congo. With text in English and on the back of the card is "The Lord's Prayer" printed in Burmese characters. Some staining to thecards. "The American Baptist Missionary Union was first founded in 1814. Missionary work started among the Burmese in Rangoon and gradually extended to other tribes and nations. At this time (1885) there were fourteen stations in Burma: six in Assam, twelve among the Telugus, five among the Chinese, and four in Japan", according to the introduction. Comprises: 1. Burmese, Rangoon, Adoniram Judson 1814. 2. Karens, Tavoy, Geo D. Boardman 1828. 3. Shans, Toungoo, Moses H. Bixy 1861. 4. Ka-Chins, Bhamo (Burma), W.H, Roberts 1877. 5. Assamese, Sadiya, Nathan Brown 1836. 6. Garos, Gowalpara (Assam), I.J. Stoddard 1863. 7. Nagas, Haimoung (Assam), E.W. Clark 1876. 8. Telugus, Chicacole (Andhra Pradesh), Samuel S. Day 1836. 9. Chinese in Siam, Bangkok, William Dean 1833. 10. Chinese in China, Macao, J.L. Shuck 1836. 11. Japanese, Yokohama, Nathan Brown 1872. 12. Congo, Palaballa, Henry Craven 1878. The game is complete and housed in a specially made cloth box. Some staining but a very good copy of this fascinating game, which must be extremely rare to find complete.
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Book number: 99434
€  2600.00 [Appr.: US$ 2812.24 | £UK 2227.75 | JP¥ 425629]
Catalogue: Southeast Asia
Keywords: Southeast Asia, burma, burmese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, game, exploration, missionary, missionaries, myanmar,

 
[CHOFFIN, DAVID ÉSTIENNE]:
Amusemens philologiques: ou mélange agréable de diverses pieces, Concernant l'histoire des personnes célébres, les evènemens mémorables, les usages & les monumens des anciens, la morale, la mythologie, & l'histoire naturelle. Two volumes. Halle 1755 & 1757.
. Pp. (xxx), 480; (xxii), 448, table (30). With titles printed in red and black, 2 engraved frontispieces and 9 engraved plates. Including plates of the coffee, tea and cacao plants. Contemporary half calf, worn, joints cracked. Choffin (1703-73) was a French linguist and professor at Halle. This work was repinted many times. Barbier i,160. Cf Cioranescu 19541.
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Book number: 18024
€  220.00 [Appr.: US$ 237.96 | £UK 188.5 | JP¥ 36015]
Catalogue: Language
Keywords: Language, natural history, coffee, tea, cacao, ethnography, language, langue, linguistic

 
[JAPAN - SCHOOLBOOK].
Anec-Dote. A Book of Lessons for the Use of Schools. Published by Permission of the School Kaiseijo. Second edition. Numadz, Itiro W.N. & Co., Meiji 4th (1871).
. Small 8vo. (ii), 42. Text in English. With Japanese title and Japanese list of content printed on pastedowns. Sewn as issued in original wrappers, printed title label on front cover, stained, internally fine. With some red chop stamps. Comprises short essays about Columbus' discoveries of America; Peter the Great; Isaac Newton; the astronomer James Ferguson; and the French Revolution. At this time the school of Kaiseijo was the main institution of Western learning sponsored by the shogunate. Seems scarce.
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Book number: 121083
€  480.00 [Appr.: US$ 519.18 | £UK 411.5 | JP¥ 78578]
Catalogue: East Asia
Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japnese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, language, linguistic, langue, schoolbook, literature,

 
[ARVIEUX, LAURENT DE]:
Arabernas seder och lefnadssätt. Upsala, J. Edman, 1783.
. 12mo. Pp. xii, 203. Wrappers. Some minor staining. An abridged Swedish edition of d'Arvieux's description of the customs of the bedouins. (First Paris 1717). Translated and published by Samuel Ödmann and with additional comments by him. Laurent d'Arvieux was a French diplomat who travelled extensively in the Middle East.
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Book number: 99488
€  220.00 [Appr.: US$ 237.96 | £UK 188.5 | JP¥ 36015]
Catalogue: Near East
Keywords: Near East, arabia, arabic, near east, middle east, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, orient, oriental, islam

 
[SIONITA, GABRIEL & JOANNES HESRONITA etc.]:
Arabia, seu Arabum vicina: rumqz gentium orientalium leges, ritus, sacri et profani mores, instituta et historia: Accedunt praeterea varia per Arabiam itinera, in quibus multa notatu digna, enarrantur. Amsterdam, J. Jansson, 1633.
. 16mo. Pp. 297 (pages 270-79 omitted in pag. but text is complete). With engraved title. Old annotation on title. Some light waterstain to last few leaves. Contemporary vellum, slightly rubbed and one corner chipped. First edition of this charming pocket guide to the Arabic world. It covers Mecca, Baghdad, Aleppo, Damascus and Jerusalem. It's a compilation of various acccounts devoted to geograhy, history, culture, science, etc. Includes at end "Historia Arabum" by Wolfgang Drechsler and an appendix about the Arabic calender. De la Faye p. 10. Gay 3452. Smitskamp PO 188.
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Book number: 20007
€  550.00 [Appr.: US$ 594.9 | £UK 471.25 | JP¥ 90037]
Catalogue: Near East
Keywords: Near East, arabia, arabic, arabien, travel, exploration, explore, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, east, eastern,

 
[KERTEN, A.F.W.]:
Auszug aus dem Tagebuch eines Russen auf seiner Reise nach Riga. (Riga) 1783.
. Pp.192. St.o.t. Contemporary boards, worn. Bibl. Russica K372.
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Book number: 20047
€  550.00 [Appr.: US$ 594.9 | £UK 471.25 | JP¥ 90037]
Catalogue: Europe
Keywords: Europe, europe, russia, riga, europa, russie, russland

 
[WALLIN, GEORG AUGUST (Ed.) / IBN MALIK / BADR AL-DIN IBN MALIK]:
Badr al-Din Muhammad & Jamal al-Din Muhammad Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn Malik Sharh Badr al-Din 'ala qasida walidihi al-'ulama Ibn Malik al-mashura bi-lamiyat al-af'al. Helinski, F. Liewendal, 1851.
. 12mo. Pp. (1), 41. With lithographed naskh script, 17 lines on each page within a black border. Stab-sewn as issued. A rare edition of the Lamiyat al-Af'al' by the renowned Arab grammarian Ibn Malik together with a commentary by his son Badr al-Din. Edited by Georg Wallin, acclaimed Finnish orientalist and Arabian scholar. Lamiyat al-Af'al' is a metrical work of ilm al-sarf (the science of morphology) in Arabic grammar. Ibn Malik (Abu 'Abd Allah Jamal al-Din Muhammad) (1204-74) was born in Andalusia and moved East to study in Aleppo. He finally settled in Damascus where he taught language, literature, Koranic recitation etc. He is mainly known for his versification of textbooks, the most famous being a poem titled al-Alfiya. Ibn Malik's grammatical works were core texts in a traditional Islamic curriculum, particularly in Egypt, where Wallin spent eighteen months living as a Muslim in 1844-5. This text was presumably lithographed because of lack of Arabic types in Helsinki. We have only found one listed library copy, at British Library. See Encyclopedia of Arabic literature, p. 347. Zenker BO II, 121.
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Book number: 121116
€  2000.00 [Appr.: US$ 2163.26 | £UK 1713.75 | JP¥ 327407]
Catalogue: Near East
Keywords: Near East, Arabic, syria, syrian, grammar, language langue, literature, prose,

 
[SCHNITZKER (SCHNITSCHER), JOHAN CHRISTOPHER]:
Berättelse om Ajuckiniska Calmuckiet, eller om detta folkets ursprung, huru de kommit under ryssarnas lydno, deras gudar, gudsdyrkan och prester, huru de stiftas uti 4 uluffer eller folkhopar, deras politique och philosophie, med flera deras lefwernes sätt och seder så wid bröllop som begrafningar. Stockholm, Lars Salvius, 1744.
. Small 8vo. Pp. (x), 68. Modern half vellum on marbled paper boards, title label on upper cover. Rare first edition. Contains the first printed ethnographical description of the land of the Kalmucks. Schnitzker, a Swedish born captain in the Russian Army, accompanied a Chinese embassy to the Kalmyk Aiuk Khan in 1714. His comprehensive account of the Kalmyks comprises information about the life, customs, and beleifs of the people, as well as on the Russo-Kalmyk and Russo-Chinese relations at the time. Includes notes by Johan Gustaf Renat, an officer who lived in this area for 17 years. Printed by Lars Salvius and includes a preface by him. A German translation was issued in 1760 and an abridged Russian edition appeared in 1764. Cordier BS 637. Jarring (1981) pp 69-70. Löwendahl 430.
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Book number: 24042
€  1200.00 [Appr.: US$ 1297.95 | £UK 1028.25 | JP¥ 196444]
Catalogue: South Asia
Keywords: South Asia, asia, asie, asien, orient, east, asiatica, india, central asia, east india, south asia, indien, kalmyk, kalmucks

 
[WICHSELL, JÖRAN]:
Beskrifning om Rysslands belägenhet / gränssor / landskaper / städer / styrelse / macht / klädseder och andra beskaffenheter nu för tiden. Stockholm, Olof Enaeo, Kongl. Antiq. Arch. Boktr. Åhr 1706.
. Pp. (iv), 92. Boards. Bookplate (Carl Jedvard Bonde). Copy of Ericsberg. Scarce Swedish work dealing with Russia and its provinces, towns, borders, government, inhabitants, army, laws, commerce etc. Wichsell was secretary to Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, chancellor to Queen Christina. This work is probably a compilation of various foreign works. Cat. Russica 708. Åhlén & Åhlén 17.22.
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Book number: 99651
€  540.00 [Appr.: US$ 584.08 | £UK 462.75 | JP¥ 88400]
Catalogue: Europe
Keywords: Europe, russia, russian, russe, europe, european, travel, exploration, history,

 [LIGHTHOUSES - SWEDEN].,  Beskrifning öfver svenska fyrarne, med kort underrättelse om fyrväsendets uppkomst och utveckling.+ Tillägg till den år 1872 utgifna beskifning öfver svenska fyrarne. 1:a häftet (all publ.). Stockholm, P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1872 & 1875.
[LIGHTHOUSES - SWEDEN].
Beskrifning öfver svenska fyrarne, med kort underrättelse om fyrväsendets uppkomst och utveckling.+ Tillägg till den år 1872 utgifna beskifning öfver svenska fyrarne. 1:a häftet (all publ.). Stockholm, P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1872 & 1875.
. Oblong 8vo. Pp. 163 + add. (ii), 12, (2). With one large folding coloured map and 97 plates (of which 5 in the addendum). Contemporary marbled boards, calf spine, rebacked. Recased with new end papers. Private stamps. First edition. This thorough study on Swedish lighthouses gives an historical background and some general information about regulations and schedules, etc. It's followed by a detailed account of 87 lighthouses giving information about their location, appearance and shape, postition, light range, etc., and with an illustration of each lighthouse. A charming and comprehensive work, the first of its kind in Sweden. Scarce, especially with the addendum.
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Book number: 99738
€  1400.00 [Appr.: US$ 1514.28 | £UK 1199.75 | JP¥ 229185]
Catalogue: Europe
Keywords: Europe, sweden, swedish, suede, schweden, fyr, fyrtorn,

 
[FREYGANG, FREDERIKA & WILHELM VON]:
Bref om Caucasus och Georgien, jemte beskrifning öfwer en resa till Persien år 1812. Stockholm 1818.
. Pp. (vi), 288. Contemporary half calf on marbled boards, spine gilt, slightly rubbed. Neat old hand-written notes on front endpaper. Scarce Swedish version of "Lettres sur le Caucase et la Géorgie" (1816). Frederika Afanasyevna von Freygang (1790-1863) was born in Vienna and in 1808 married Wilhelm von Freygang, Russian diplomat and linguist. This work contains Frederika's letters to a friend in St. Petersburg written during her journey to Moscow, Caucasia and Georgia. Followed by Wilhelm von Freygang's account of his journey from Georgia to Tauris in Persia in 1812 and an Appendix with an abridgement of the history of Persia from the time of Nadir-Schack. Cat Russica F761. Cf Atabey 464. Cf Diba p. 32 (Danish ed.).
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Book number: 100867
€  350.00 [Appr.: US$ 378.57 | £UK 300 | JP¥ 57296]
Catalogue: Near East
Keywords: Near East, persia, perse, persien, caucasia, russia, russian, georgien, georgia, asi, asie, asie, asiatic, travel, exploration, lady traveller

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