BOECK, KURT:

Indische Gletscherfahrten. Reisen und erlebnisse im Himalaja. Stuttgart & Lpz 1900.

. Large 8vo. Pp. xii, 470, adv. (2). With 2 folding maps, 4 panoramic views and 50 plates. Further more textual ills. Contemporary half Japon vellum on boards with title-label on spine, slightly rubbed, one corner knocked. First edition of Dr. Boeck's travels in Sikkim and Nanda Devi. Aschoff 220. Yakushi (1984) B197.

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Book number: 20053

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, asia, asie, asien, orient, east, asiatica, india, central asia, east india, south asia, indien, himalaya, travel, travels, exploration

BOEHTLINGK (von BÖHTLINGK), OTTO:

Ein erster Versuch ueber den Accent im Sanskrit. St. Petersburg, Der Kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1845.

. 4to. Pp. (ii), 114. Contemporary boards, extremities worn. Old dedication on front endpaper. The author examines for the first time the three accents of Sanskrit. ("Mémoires de l'Academie Impériale des Sciences de St. Petersburg, Sciences politiques etc., vi série, t. vii"). Vater p. 333.

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Book number: 25018

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, asia, asie, asien, orient, east, asiatica, india, central asia, east india, south asia, indien, sanskrit, languages, linguistic,

BOERO, GIUSEPPE:

Vita del Beato Giovanni de Britto martire della Compagina di Gesú. Two parts in one volume. Roma, 1853.

. 4to. Pp. 135. Some queries loose or starting. With engraved frontispiece. Contemporary marbled boards, calf spine printed in gilt, corners and foot of spine chipped. First edition of this biographical work of Jo‹o de Brito, a Portugese Jesuit missionary and martyr. It's a comprehensive study of Brito's missionary life including interesting information of India and it's people at the time.Brito travelled to the mission of Madurai (Tamil Nadu) in 1673 and except for a period of three years he stayed in Southern India until he was executed there in 1693. He learned the native languages and successfully taught the Catholic faith in concepts that would make sense to the inhabitants. However, when he converted a Marava prince who had many wives a serious problem arose. The prince was forced to give up all his wifes but one which he didn't accept and this led to a general persecution of Christians and Brito was executed. He was beatified by Pope Pius IX on August 21, 1853 and canonized by Pope Pius XII on June 22, 1947. De Backer-Sommervogel i, 1576, no.25.

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Book number: 100767

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, india, inde, indian, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, martyr, religion, religious, jesuit, travel, exploration, bibliography

BOKUYA MIZUSHIMA, ETC.

[A manuscript copy] "Ogasawara ryû shorei no shiki" (The Ogasawara School of Etiquette). Nine volumes. Late Edo period (ca 1800).

. Comprises nine volumes of hand-written text and hand-drawn illustrations, of which several coloured. Ink on fine paper, bound in the fukuro-toji style in original blue wrappers with title labels. Stamps of Nihon Budo Bunka Kyokai (Japan Martial Arts Culture Association) on front covers. Volumes vary slightly in size between 22.8 x 17.1 cm and 24.5 x 18.3 cm. Some staining to the covers and some minor worming to a few volumes but overall a very good set. Housed in a specially made decorated paper box.The Ogasawara School originated in the Kamakura period (12th century) and laid the foundations of etiquette for the samurai class in Japan. It specialised in teaching archery techniques and horse training. The school developed over centuries and from its rich past of warrior martial techniques the Ogasawara-ryû tradition of etiquette evolved. The etiquette teaches proper behaviour in different life situations and in ceremonial rituals, such as performing a bow, arrangements of banquets, serving manners, making gift boxes, wedding preparations, instructions for noshi, clothing and make-up, etc. etc.Mizushima Bokuya (1607-94) was a teacher of etiquette and his written Ogasawara work mainly circulated in manuscript form in the second half of the 17th century. See: Michael Kinshi, Basic Japan Etiquette Rules and Their Popularization" Japonica Humboldtiana Band 5 (2001).

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Book number: 121185

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, JAPAN, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, ceremony, rituals, manners, educational, samurai, art, history, historical,

BOLDÉNYI (BOLDENYI), J. (Ed.):

Ungern i pittoreskt, historiskt, litteraert, artisktiskt och monumentalt haenseende. Stockholm, P.G. Berg, 1852.

. 4to. Pp. 197; 132. With 33 plates, of which 8 are coloured costume plates. Occasionally some minor staining. Contemporary half calf, gilt, rubbed. A Swedish translation of "Hongrie ancienne et moderne". Boldényi is a pseudonym for Pâl Szab—. Not in Colas or Lipperheide.

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Book number: 13129

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, europa, europe, hungary, history, literature, hongrie, ungarn, travel, exploration, costumes

BONACOSSI, ALEXANDRE COMTE:

La Chine et les chinois. Paris 1847.

. Pp. xvi, 376. With engraved frontispiece and ond folding map. Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, spine chipped. Binding starting to loosen. Foxing mainly in the beginning and end. First edition. Informative work on China dealing with the history, geography, religions, government, agriculture, commerce, industry, etc. One chapter treats the Jesuit mission in China. Cordier BS 84.

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Book number: 99228

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, asia, asie, asian, asiatic, travel, voyages, exploration, jesuit, east, far east,

BONVALOT, GABRIEL:

De Paris au Tonkin a travers le Tibet inconnu. Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1892.

. Large 8vo. Pp. (iv), 507. Three pages at end with contents missing. With one large folding map and 108 illustrations (of which some full page) after photographs taken by Prince Henri d'Orleans. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, e.g. Bookplate. A narrative of a journey taken from Jarkent to Chamdo through the Tien Shan and Tibet in the winter of 1889-90. Bonvalot travelled together with Prince d'Orleans. Cordier BI 2436. Yakushi (1984) B220.

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Book number: 777045

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, asia, asie, asien, orient, east, asiatica, india, central asia, east india, south asia, indien, tibet, tibetan, himalaya, travel, voyage, exploration

BOPP, FRANZ: [

Sanskrit title]. Ardschuna's Reise zu Indra's Himmel, nebst anderen Episoden des Maha-Bharata; in der Ursprache zum erstenmal herausgegeben, metrisch übersetzt, und mit kritischen Anmerkungen versehen. Berlin, Druckerei der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1824.

. 4to. Pp. xxviii, (80), (ii), 122. Contemporary boards, r.e., worn. Old inscription on front endpaper. Partly some minor browning. First edition. Contains the original Sanskrit text of five episodes from the Maha-Bharata: Ardshuna's Himmelsreise; Hidminba's Tod; Des Brahmanen Wehklage; Sundas und Upasundas; Nalas und Damjanti, complemented with a German translation and comments. Zenker BO ii, 3196.

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Book number: 34090

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, sanskrit, india, indian, inde, sanskrit, language, langue, linguistic, asia, asie, asiatic, asien, exploration,

BOPP, FRANZ / WINDISCHMANN, K.J. (Ed.):

Über das Conjugationssystem der Sanskritsprache in Vergleichung mit jenem der griechischen, lateinischen, persischen und germanischen Sprache. Nebst Episoden des Ramajan und Mahabharat in genauen metrischen Uebersetzungen aus dem Originaltexte und einigen Abschnitten aus den Veda's. Frankfurt am Main, in der Andräischen Buchhandlung, 1816.

. Small 8vo. Pp. (ii), xxxxvi, 312. Includes a long introduction by the editor. Contemporary paper-covered boards, flat spine ruled in gilt and with title label, r.e., rubbed. Old ownership signature on front paste down. Scarce first edition of this pioneering work to trace the common origin of the grammatical forms of Sanskrit, Greek, Latin and German. Concentrating on a historical analysis of the verb, he furnished the first trustworthy materials for a history of the languages compared. "He thereby established the science of comparative linguistics [...] Bopp's importance lies in the fact that he was no mere grammarian but considered philology to be an essential part of the history of civilization: out of their vocabulary he drew an accurate picture of the material and intellectual life of the earliest Indo-European people" (PMM). Zenker ii, 2810. Printing and the Mind of Man 275.

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Book number: 100946

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: Language, sanskrit, german, latin, persian, indian, inde, language. langue, linguistic, philology, asie, asien, asiatic, exploration,

BOPP, FRANZ:

Über die Verwandtschaft der malayisch-polynesischen Sprachen mit den indisch-europäischen. Berlin, bei Ferdinand Dümmler, 1841.

. 4to. Pp. 164. Some foxing. Contemporary half cloth, rubbed. First edition. BOUND WITH: Die kaukaschichen Glieder des Indoeuropäischen Sprachstamms. Berlin, in der Drümmlerischen Buchhandlung, 1847. 4to. Pp. 84. Some foxing. First edition.

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Book number: 100947

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: Language, language, linguistic, langue, sprachwissenschaft, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, malay, polynesian, kaukasia, caucasia,

BOPP, FRANZ:

Vergleichende Grammatik des sanskrit, send, armenischen, griechischen, lateinischen, litauischen, altslavischen, gothischen und deutschen. Parts I-III:1-2. Berlin 1857-60. AND: ARENDT, CARL: Ausführliches Sach- und Wortregister zur zweiten Auflage von Franz Bopp's vergleichender Grammatik. Berlin 1863.

. Tall 8vo. Five parts in two volumes. Pp. xxiv, 552, adv, 32; (ii), 562,(2), adv.8; (ii), 272, (2); 271-534 + Index pp. xii, 272. (The index is bound in the first volume). Contemporary marbled boards, calf spines ruled in gilt and with title printed in gilt, slightly rubbed. Second completely revised edition of Bopp's important work on the major Indo-European languages. In this work Bopp tries to describe the original grammatical structure of languages, discover their phonetic laws, and investigate the origin of their grammatical forms. "Bopp's importance lies in the fact that he was no mere grammarian but considered philology to be an essential part of the history of civilization: out of their vocabulary he drew an accurate picture of the material and intellectual life of the earliest Indo-European people." Printing and the Mind of Man 275. Thonnelier 1038. Vater p. 333.

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Book number: 28120

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, sanskrit, armenian, greek, latin, litauen, language, sprchwissenschaft, langue, india, indian, inde, indo-european, grammar,

BORN, INIGO (IGNAZ) DE:

Voyage minéralogique fait en Hongrie et en Transilvanie. Traduit de l'allemand, avec quelques notes, par M. Monnet, Inspecteur-Général des Mines de France, des Académies Royales des Scienes de Stockholm, de Turin, &c. &c. Paris 1780.

. 12mo. Pp. xvi, (iv), 406. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt with five raised bands and title-label. A description, in the form of letters, of mines and mountains in the Bannat of Temeswar, Transilvania and Hungary. The author, a famous mineralogist, was born in Transilvania. Poggendorff i,242.

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Book number: 26029

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, hungary, transilvania, hungarian, travel, exploration, explore, europe, european, mineral,

BOSKOVI'C [BOSCOVICH], RUDJER JOSIB:

Giornale di un viaggio da Constantinopoli in Polonia. Con una sua relazione delle Rovina de Troja. Bassano, a spese remondini di Venezia, 1784.

. Pp. xxiv, 231. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, rubbed, red edges. Bookplate (Library of Ericsberg castle, Sweden). First Italian edition of a travel account devoted to Turkey, Bulgaria and Moldavia, and includes a chapter about Troy based on Pietro Correr's report from his visit in 1761. Originally published in French at Lausanne in 1772, translated from Boscovich's manuscript by Pierre Henin. Rudjer Josib Boscovi'c was born in 1711 in Ragusa (Dalmatia) and became a Jesuit diplomat and polymath who made several scientific and diplomatic missions around the world. He joined the British Ambassador Sir James Porter to Constantinople in 1746. On his return journey he travelled through Bulgaria and Moldavia before he reached Warsaw where he stayed for several months. It's possible that his ms was translated during the time in Warsaw since his friend Pierre Henin served at the French embassy there. Cf Atabey 137. Whyte p. 220.

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Book number: 99695

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, turque, turkey, turkish, levant, poland, polish, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, jesuits, moldavia, bulgaria

BOTERO, GIOVANNI:

Le relationi universali di Giovanni Botero Benese, divise in quattro parti. Venetia, Giorgio Angelieri, 1596.

. 4to. Contains: Parts i:1-2; ii, iii and iv in one volume. Pp. (xxx), 192, 80, 193-240; (xvi), 152; 183, table (9); (xvi), 79. In our copy the second volume of part one (i:2) is bound between libros iii and iv of part one. The second part is printed by Giacomo Vincenti and the third by Gio. Battista Ussio. With engraved vignettes on title pages and four double page engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The map of Africa is strengthened at inner margins, with a hole, and faded in a few places. The map of America is browned (due to paper quality), with tear at fold and another small tear without any loss, frayed at outer margins. The other two maps are fine. Some old annotations and underlinings in ink in the first part. Some staining and age browning, more severe in places. Contemporary vellum, stained, with title in manuscript on spine. Bookplate. Early edition of Botero's famous work; a political and geographical description of different countries around the known world at the time. First published at Rome in 1591-93, reissued many times and translated into several languages. Giovanni Botero (1533-1617), Jesuit and Italian ecclesiastic, was secretary to Bishop Carlo Borromeo, and later to Archbishop Frederico Borromeo. He was considered to be one of the greatest economists of his time and this work has been considered the beginning of demographic studies. Borba de Moraes i, 101. Index Aurel. 122726. Cf Sabin ii, 3370.

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Book number: 37039

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, geography, europe, asia, africa, america, travel, exploration, voyage, maps,

BOTVED, A.P.:

Köbenhavn - Tokio - Köpenhavn. Copenhagen, Gyldendals Forlagstrykkeri, 1926.

. Large 8vo. 157, (3). With many illustrations from photographs in the text. Contemporary or slightly later half calf, spine lettered in gilt. A travel account by Botved, a Danish military pilot, of his adventurous flight in a Fokker C.V. from Copenhagen to Tokyo and back. The journey took 10 weeks and went via Bagdad, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Bangkok, Hanoi, Canton, Peking, Osaka to Tokyo and the return via Irkutsk, Ornsk and Moscow.

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Book number: 99450

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japon, japan, japanese, china, chinese, denmark, danish, travel, exploration, voyage, flying