[JESUITS].

Risposta ad alcune lettere scritte alcuni giorni addietro e sparse per l'Italia. Genova (Most likely Venice) 1759.

. Pp. (ii), 52. Beautiful coloured floral end papers. Contemporary vellum, title in mss on spine, r.e. Old library markings. First edition. At least three different variants (with different pagination) have been published. A collection of letters relating to the suppression of the Jesuits in the Portuguese empire in 1759. Includes references to the Portuguese colonies in South America. Bravetti & Granzotto, False Date, 349c.

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Book number: 120366

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, jesuits, travel, exploration, portugal, portugese,

[SCHORBING, C.M.]:

Samling af de aeldsta folkslagens religions-urkunder oefver deras religionsbegrepp och mysterier. 2 volumes. Stockholm 1820.

. Pp. (xii), 693, (3) + 3-730. Contemporary half calf, gilt lettering on spines, (different bindings). Some staining. A Swedish translation of this collection treating different ancient concept of religion. The first part deals mainly with the old Persian religions a/o mysticism and the second part with the Egyptian, the Chinese, the Hindoos and the Brahmins, the Scandinavian, the Jewish, Islam, etc.

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Book number: 14257

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, near east, middle east, arabia, arabic, asia, asie, asiatica, asien, east, orient, arab, persia, egypt, religion, china, hindu, islam, naher osten

[COOK, JAMES]:

Sammandrag af Capitain James Cooks åren 1772, 73, 74 och 1775 omkring Södra Polen förrättade resa, hwarwid herrar Forsters och Furneaux journaler blifwit jämnförde och nyttjade: innehållande det hufwudsakeligaste af de på denna resa gjorda nya uptäckter i Söderhafwet, rörande Södra Polens Ishaf, ... Upsala, Johan Edman, 1783.

. Pp. (xxiv), 366, (10). Contemporary half calf, spine with five raised bands and title label, rubbed, spine ends chipped. Old ownership signature on title. Occasionally some staining. First Swedish translation, anonymously translated, of the official account of Cook's second voyage towards the South Pole. Du Rietz, James Cook, 9. Kroepelien 1136.

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Book number: 100512

Catalogue: Oceania incl. Pacific

Keywords: Oceania incl. Pacific, pacific, söderhavet, travel, exploration, oceania, south pole.

[RENAUDOT, EUSéBE (Transl.)]:

SAVIO, PIETRO: Il Giappone al giorno d'oggi nella sua vita pubblica e privata, politica e commerciale. Viaggio nell'interno dell'isola e nei centri sericoli eseguito nell'anno 1874. Milano, Fratelli Treves, 1876.

. Pp. (vi), 216, (2). With four maps and 31 plates, of which several double page. Text with staining. Cloth, faded. Original front wrapper bound in. Second edition enlarged with plates not found in the first edition (1875).Cavalier Pietro Savio of Alessandria (1838-1904) was a member of the Italian Geographic Society and participated in the first official Italian expedition to Japan in 1869. This was a later expedition which visited Yanagawa, Yonezawa, Aizu-Wakamatzu, Nikko, Tokyo and Yokohama. Savio's vividly account describes the country and its people, their manners and customs. The beautiful plates depict views from the countryside, houses, family scenes, various ceremonies and gatherings. Cordier BJ 604.

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Book number: 100428

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, voyage,

[MIYAJIMA, JAPAN].

A Short Guide to Miyajima and Neighbourhood. Third edition. Hiroshima, Miyajima Hotel, 1918.

. Pp. (ii), 32, (6). With illustrations. Staples, with some rust. Original printed colour wrappers. A charming small guide to Miyajima, a small island in Hiroshima Bay in western Japan. It has been a Shinto holy place for centuries with many ancient shrines and temples. Rare.

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Book number: 120912

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, guide, tourist, itzukushima

[MONTUCCI, ANTONIO]:

SINOLOGUS BEROLINENSIS (Pseud.): Remarques philologiques sur les voyages en Chine de M. De Guignes. Berlin, aux frais de l'auteur et se trouve chez H.J. Hitzig [and others], Printed by Jean Frédéric Starcke, 1809.

. Pp. (ii), 168. With engraved frontispiece. Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, spine split. Bookplate (G.M. La Fragette).A work written by Montucci under his pseudonym which identifies more than two hundred linguistic errors in de Guignes' Voyages (1808). This was part of Montucci's maneuvre to persuade the French government to remove de Guignes from the editorship of the planned Chinese dictionary in favour of himself. Montucci, a renowned Italian sinologist, was obsessed with the idea of writing a Chinese dictionary. He had over 20 000 characters cut at his own expense which were subsequently bought by the Vatican, together with his collection of Chinese books. At one time Montucci was considered for editorship of the French-Chinese dictionary, but in the end preference was given to de Guignes. The work is preceded by a laudatory letter addressed to Antonio Montucci written by himself (under his pseudonym). In a postscript, the author provides information about the Chinese characters used in his work which is repeated at the end of a checklist. Scarce. Cordier BS 1711. Lust 994. Löwendahl 744. Vater p. 66.

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Book number: 121386

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china. kina, chinese, chine, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, language, langue, lingusitic,

[NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA / MENUS].

Six woodblock-printed cruise ship menus for the Nippon Yusen Company]. Harozaki Maru and Taiyo Maru, July and August 1936.

. Six dinner menus wrapped in beautiful decorated paper covers for the two ships Harozaki Maru and Taiyo Maru, ocean liners owned by the Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). Size of covers: ca 13.5 x 19 cm. Text in English. The wrappers are beautifully printed in vivid colours depicting Enryakuji Temple, a Kago (palanquin), Mount Fuji, Kegon Fall, a Maru vessel, and a couple of ducks. The contents of the menus would have been printed on board the ships, only the wrappers being woodblock-printed ashore before departure.

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Book number: 121284

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, shipping, travel, exploration, cruise, cruising, menu,

[COLOMBO].

The Sixth Report of the Colombo Auxiliary Bible Society M.DCCC.XVIII: With an Appendix, and a list of subscribers and benefactors. Colombo, printed at the Wesleyan Mission Press, 1818.

. Pp. 92. Partly with some loss to outer margins. Modern papercovered boards. The Ceylon Bible Society was formed in 1812 and it's main task was to translate the Bible into Cingalese (Sinhala) and making it accessible to the natives. The Wesleyan Press was established in 1815. This is an annual report of the Society's transactions of the year 1817 including information about the translation of the scriptures and religious treatises, and the state of the Society's funds. The appendix comprises many letters about the missionary work in the island.

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Book number: 100656

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, ceylon, sri lanka, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, religious,

[JAPANESE TEXTILE SILK SAMPLES].

Some Orimono Hyohon. (Dyed fabric samples). Types no. 6. Nihon Senshohoku Hyohonsha (Japan Fabric Dyeing Sample Co.). Kyoto, 1927 - 35.

. Oblong folio (47.5 x 24.9 cm). Pp. (77). A large-format ledger with 97 samples of Japanese silk for kimonos mounted on thick paper. With printed descriptive Japanese text. Original string binding with blue cloth covers, upper cover with white text. The swatches are dated between 1927 and 1935 so it seems that samples were added year by year as the string binding can be untied and retied.A collection of beautiful coloured silk samples which used to belong to a Japanese manufacturer of high-quality silk. Comprises sixty-three swatches measuring 16.5 x 18.5 cm, twenty-three larger (27.4 x 17.2 cm), five even larger (34 x 24.5 cm) and further six small at the end. Thirteen empty leaves. An impressive well-preserved album with a beautiful collection of stylish textile samples.

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Book number: 120894

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, textile, fabrics, sample, design, kimono, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,

[DOTY, ELIHU]:

Some thoughts on the Proper Term, to be Employed to Translate Elohim and Theos, into Chinese: By an American Missionary in China. Shanghai, the Mission Press, 1850.

. Pp. 28. With printed Chinese characters. Original printed wrappers, soiled. This paper is a contribution to the contemporary missionary debate about the translation of the Christian concept of God into the Chinese language. Elihu Doty identifies the characters shang and ti most suitable for this. "Among the many intriguing episodes of the early Protestant missionary experience in China, none attracted as much attention or generated as much controversy as the 'Term Question'. Beginning as a simple difference of opinion over the most appropriate Chinese expressions to use for the English words 'God' and 'spirit' in translation of the Bible, the issue eventually split the missionary community into contending factions and brought a dramatic end to the united theological front that had hitherto shaped Protestant efforts to win the final victory for Christianity in China". Lazich (2000), p. 253.Elihu Doty (1809-64) was an American missionary who served in Singapore and Pontianak before moving to Amoy, where he remained from 1844 to 1858. Cordier BS 1283. Lust 951. Not in Löwendahl.

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Book number: 120923

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chinese, kina, chine, language, linguistic, langue, asia, asie, asie, asiatic, religion, religious

[JAPAN - SALES CATALOGUE].

Straw Hats Catalogue. New Fashion 1922. Full Fasihoned (sic) and Hand Tinished (sic). Y. Watanabe & Co., Bakudocho, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo 1922.

. A sales pamphlet comprising 10 pages folded with front cover printed in red and black and with a straw hat illustration. Size 13 x 18.5 cm. Title in English otherwise Japanese text. The catalogue offers various kinds of hats with illustrations and prices. Some minor staining.

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Book number: 120665

Catalogue: Fashion

Keywords: Fashion, hat, hats, fashion, design, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, comemrce, sales,

[BUREUS, ANDREAS & SOTERUS, HENRIK (editor)]:

Svecia, siue de suecorum regis dominiis et opibus. Lugd. Bat., ex officina Elzeviriana, 1633.

. 16mo. Pp. (vi), 306 including engraved title. Second edition (first 1631). Willems 394. BOUND WITH: [STEPHANIUS, STEPHAN HANSEN (editor)]: De regno Daniae et Norwegiae. Lugd. Bat., ex officina Elzeviriana, 1629. 16mo. Pp. (xvi), 176, 167-447, (5) including engraved title. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript on spine, some staining to binding. Bookplate. Copy of Ericsberg. Second edition. Berghman 1802. Willems 320.

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Book number: 99692

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, europe, scandinavia, sweden, suede, schweden, sverige, denmark, danmark, danish, norway, norge, travel, exploration

[IHRE, JOHAN]:

Swenskt dialect lexicon. Hvarutinnan uppteknade finnas the ord och talesätt, som uti åtskilliga Svea Rikes landsorter äro brukelige, men ifrån allmäna talesättet afvika. Upsala 1766.

. 4to. Pp. (xii), 200. Uncut and partly unopened copy in old wrappers, spine with small tear. First edition of the first dictionary of Swedish dialects, based on Benzelius' important collections of dialect vocabularies. Johan Ihre was professor of rhetoric and politics at Upsala in the 1750's.

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Book number: 35035

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, swedish, sweden, dialects, language, langue, linguistic, nordic, europe, european,

[TAMIL].

Tankavittuk katai (Our Father's Work). Madras, The Religious Tract and Book Society, Printed by H.W. Lauri, Knowledge Society's Press, No. 18, Church Street, Vepery, 1870.

. Small 16mo. Pp. 16. Text in Tamil. Original printed blue wrappers. Old signature on front wrapper. First edition. No copy in OCLC, British Library has one copy of the fifth edition 1870. (M.R.T. & B.S. Children series no. 35).

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Book number: 120686

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, india, inde, indien, religious, religion, tamil, language, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, exploration,

[ZIEGENBALG, BARTHOLOMAEUS & GRÜNDLER, JOHANN ERNST]:

Thirty Four Conferences Between the Danish Missionaries and the Malabarian Bramans (or Heathen Priests) in the East Indies, Concerning the Truth of the Christian Religion: Together with Some Letters Written by the Heathens to the Said Missionaries. Translated out of High Dutch by Mr. Phillips. London, H. Clemens, 1719.

. Pp. (vi), xxii, (ii), 352. Partly with some light marginal staining. Brown morocco. First English edition of the famous account by two German missionaries about their religious discussions in Tranquebar with Hindu heathens. Ziegenbalg and Gründler, German Lutherans, spent many years as missionaries in Tranquebar, a small Danish colony on the south-east coast of India. Mission stations were found in Srirangam, Tanjore, Madura, Kanchi, Chidambram and Tirupathi. The missionaries travelled extensively and established contacts with the Brahmans.

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Book number: 99418

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, india, indian, inde, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, tamil, missionary, hindus,