BARTHÉLEMY-HADOT, MARIE ADELAIDE:

Les héritiers des Ducs de Bouillon ou les francais à Alger. Four volumes. Paris 1816.

. Small 8vo.Pp. (iv), 245; (iv), 260; (iv), 264; (iv), 286. Contemporary boards, flat calf spines, richly decorated and lettered in gilt. Binding slightly rubbed and some minor staining. Gay 793. Vicaire, Superchériés i, 385.

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Book number: 99140

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa, alger, africa, africana, afrique, afrika, travel, exploration, literature,

BARTHÉLEMY, CHARLES:

Histoire de Turquie depuis les temps les plus regules jusqu'a nos jours. Tours 1856.

. Pp. (iv), 411. With engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates. Contemporary blindstamped cloth with gilt decoration on covers, spine richly decorated in gilt ("Cartonnage Romantique").

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Book number: 28123

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, turkey, turkish, east , eastern, levant, ottoman, travel, travels, exploration, explore, asia, asie, asiatic, asien

BARTO, AGNIYA:

Bratishki: Stikhi (Brothers: Poems). Moscow, Detgiz, 1934.

. Square 8vo. Pp. 16 including covers. With many coloured illustrations by Georgiy Echeistov (leading Soviet graphic artist). Text in Russian. Original coloured paper wrappers, spine chipped. Loose in binding. First published in 1928, reprinted many times.A lovely example of Interknizhka by one of the most famous Russian children's book authors at this time, Agniya Barto (1906-81). A collection of lullaby poems focused on children from different parts of the world: Chinese, African, Indian and Soviet babies. It was published as part of Proletarian Internationalism which formed the core of the 1920s Communist pedagogical doctrine by showing troubled lives of those living outside the Soviet Union.

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Book number: 120992

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, russia, russian, russe, children, illustrated, propaganda, interknizhka,

BARZINI, LUIGI:

La Metà de Mondo vista da un' automobile. Da Pechino a Parigi in sessanta giorni. Milano, Ulrico Hoepli, 1908.

. Pp. xxx, (ii) adv, 523. With numerous illustrations, thirteen full page plates and one folding map in a pocket at rear. Publisher's green cloth printed in white with a photograph inserted on upper cover, lightly rubbed, small tear at upper back hinge. Some minor staining. First edition. A narrative of the spectacular motor race between Peking and Paris in 1907. Luigi Barzini, the renowned Italian journalist accompanied Prince Scipione Borghese on the adventurous journey. Borghese won convincingly.

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Book number: 120555

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, kina, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration,

BATCHELOR, JOHN:

An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary. (Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language). Two parts in one volume. Tokyo, Published by the Methodist Publishing House, Ginza,1905.

. Pp. (vi), 11, errata (1), 526; (ii), 159, errata (1), (1). Old Japanese inscription on front endpaper. Original blue cloth, a few stains to upper cover,slightly shaken, hinges weak. The second, much enlarged and improved edition of the first proper Ainu-English dictionary (first 1889). A grammar has been added to this edition. The Reverend John Batchelor (1854-1944) was a British missionary who lived among the Ainu people for more than sixty years. During this time he became close to the people and knowledgeable about their culture, religion and language. He was the first to write in Ainu, creating a writing system for the language. Cordier BJ 618-19.

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Book number: 121371

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Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, ainu, aino, ainus, language, linguistic, aborigines, travel, exploration, asia, asie, asien, hokkaido,

BATCHELOR, JOHN:

Sea-Girt Yezo. Glimpses at Missionary Work in North Japan. London, Church Missionary Society, 1902.

. Small 4to. Pp. viii, 120. With frontispiece and many illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's blue cloth with an Ainu fisherman blocked in gilt on the upper cover, g.e. Binding shaken, but a lovely copy. First edition, mainly written for young people. Not in Cordier. Nipponalia (Kyoto 1972) 2278.

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Book number: 100572

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, ainu, aino, ainus, japan, japon, japanese, hokkaido, travel, voyage, exploration, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, aborigines,

BAYERN, THERESE VON (PRINZESSIN):

Ueber den Polarkreis. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1889.

. Pp. x, 342. With one large folding coloured map and 5 plates. Contemporary marbled boards, cloth spine, gilt, slightly faded. Copy of the Fürstenberg's library. Princess Therese von Bayern (1850-1925) became early interested in natural science and at the age of 21 she started to travel around Europe. This narrative describes her journey to the Arctic regions of Norway, Finland and Lapland. One chapter is devoted to the flora and fauna of the arctic parts of Norway. In 1892 Therese von Bayern was appointed a honorary member of the Geographical Society and of the Academy of Sciences. Dinse 346. Schiötz 1058.

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Book number: 99152

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, arctic, arctica, norway, finland, lapland, nordic, scandinavia, travel, exploration, norwegian, polar, fauna, flora, natural history

BAZIN, ANTOINE PIERRE LOUIS:

Mémoire sur les principes généraux de chinois vulgaire. Extrait du Journal Asiatique. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1845.

. Pp. (iv), 120. Uncut and unopened copy in wrappers. First edition of this interesting work on idiomatic language with Chinese characters printed throughout. Bazin was professor in Chinese at Bibliothèque Royale. Cordier BS 1670.

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Book number: 38005

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chinese, kina, asia, asiatic, asien, asie, far east, east, language, langue, linguistic,

BAZIN, ANTOINE PIERRE LOUIS (Transl. & Ed.):

Théatre chinois ou choix de pièces de théatre composées sous les empereurs mongols. Paris, imprimé par autorisation du roi à l'Imprimerie Royale, 1838.

. Pp. (iv), lxiii, 410, table (1). Contemporary quarter calf on marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt. Partly with some minor staining. The four plays are: "Zhou meixiang" by Zheng Guangzu; "He han shan" by Zhang Guobin; "Huo lang dan" anonymous; and "Dou e yuan" by Guan Hanqing. Cordier BS 1784. Löwendahl 923. Lust 1110. Zenker BOii, 6819.

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Book number: 100559

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, kina, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, theatre, theater, exploration

DE BEAUREGARD, CRÉPIN B.:

Nouveau vocabulaire francais - tonkinois et tonkinois - francais. Deuxième édition. Paris, Augustin Challamel, 1907.

. Small 8vo. Pp. (viii), 192, (1). Publiser's cloth with gilt lettering. Cordier BI 2293.

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Book number: 23107

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, tonkin, vietnam, far east, southeast asia, indochina, indochine, asia, asian, asiatic, asien, language, langue, asie

BEAVER, CAPTAIN PHILIP:

African Memoranda: Relative to an Attempt to Establish a British Settlement on the Island of Bulama, on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Year 1792. With a Brief Notice of the Neighbouring Tribes, Soil, Productions, &c. London, C. & R. Baldwin, 1805.

. 4to. Pp. (viii), xvi, 500. With one large folding map "Nautical map intended for the use of colonial undertakings" (with small tear at fold) and two engraved plates of Beaver's "Block House" on the island of Bulama. Contemporary calf, rebacked with original red title label, front hinge cracking, lower hinge loose. With some minor staining and a few leaves with dust-soiling. First edition. Beaver participated in this British mission aiming for a colonization of the island of Bulama near Sierra Leone. The expedition was badly executed and a failure. Beaver stayed on for 18 months to make settlement a success but many of the colonists died and the remaining abandoned the colony. The large map was orginally composed by C.B. Wadström, but here revised by Beaver. Gay 3196.

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Book number: 40039

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa, africa, afrika, african, travel, voyage, exploration, explore, guinea, sierra leone, slavery, afrique, bulama, sierra leone,

KUBOTA BEISEN (Ed.):

Bijutsu H›ko (The Art Treasury). Eleven volumes. Tokyo, Matsui Eikichi, Gahakudo,1895.

. A complete set of this early refined Japanese art magazine. Size: 26 x 16 cm. With high-quality woodblock printed reproductions of ukiyo-e prints and paintings by famous artists such as Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, Shibata Zeshin, Sakai Hoitsu, Ogata Korin, Mauyama Okyo, Kawanabe Kyosai, Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, etc. Includes several folded prints of hashira-e (long and narrow pillar prints), nagaban (large print) and long surimono (exclusive prints for special occasions). Printed in lovely rich colours several highlighted with lacquer and mica. Bound in the traditional Japanese fashion, as issued within coloured decorated wrappers. A few volumes loose in binding and one volume has a few leaves affected by a small marginal wormhole, otherwise in splendid condition. Housed in a modern cloth folder. The editor Kubota Beisen was a renowned Japanese artist and art instructor. He founded the Kyoto Fine Art Association together with Kono Bairei. A stunning collection which seems extremely rare to find complete.

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Book number: 121008

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Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, art, illustrated, woodblock-prints, ukiyo-e, woodcut, paintings

BEL, ALFRED:

Guide illustré du touriste Tlemcen et ses environs. Oran, L. Fouque, no date (1910).

. Pp. (iv), iv, 170. With many photographical illustrations. With one large folding map in pocket at rear. Publisher's cloth, rubbed. Minor marginal stain to first ten leaves. First edition of this guide to the Algerian Islamic town of Tlemcen.

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Book number: 35174

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa, tlemcen, algier, algere, north africa, africa, afrique, afrika, guide, travels, travel, exploration,

BELL, SIR CHARLES ALFRED:

Grammar of colloquial Tibetan. Second edition. Calcutta, The Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1919.

. Small 8vo. Pp. xiv, 224. With 3 folding tables. One large folding map in pocket at rear, repaired in outer margin, without any loss. Publisher's cloth. Bell (1870-1945) served the Indian Civil Service from 1891 and was later in charge of the diplomatic relations of the British Government with Tibet and Bhutan. This edition is enlarged and revised, first 1905 "Manual of Colloquial Tibean". Cf Cordier BS 2940. Cf Yakushi (1984) B108.

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Book number: 99255

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, tibet, tibetan, asia, asi, asien, asiatic, language, langue, linguistic, travel, exploration,

BELL'HAVER, THOMASO:

Dottrina facile et breve per ridurre l'Hebreo a conoscimento del vero Messia, e Salvator del Mondo ... Divisa in otto trattati. Venetia, Farri, 1608.

. Small 4to. Pp. (xii), 200, (4). Woodcut vignette on title page and woodcut initials. Text in Italian with Biblical quotations and Latin translation. Contemporary limp vellum, stained and worn, internally fine. Old inscriptions. First edition. The "Dottrina Facile", divided into eight parts, is an attempt to explain in a straightforward way, the justness of Christianity to the Jewish people. The different parts contain: the Trinity; the human nature of God; the virginity of Mary; the coming of Messiah; Christ; the incorrectness of Jewish beliefs; an explanation of the rules introduced after the arrival of Jesus and; the mystery of transubstantiation. In this work Bell'Haver gives quotations in Hebrew from the Holy Scriptures, translates them into Latin, and finally adds his own comments. Rare.

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Book number: 99456

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, hebrew, holy land, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, language, langue, bible, jewish, religion, religious, judaism,