NORBERG, MATTHIAS / GESTRICH, JONAS SAMUEL (Resp.):

Quid indiani de diluvio sentiant. Lund, Berlingianis, 1800.

. 4to. p. 12. Disbound. A dissertation about the great flood among the Indians. Marklin 96.

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OLAN (OLçN), E.:

Ostindiska Compagniets saga. Historien om Sveriges maerkligaste handelsfoeretag. Goeteborg 1920.

. Pp. 192. With 120 illustrations. Sewn as issued in original printed wrappers, somewhat worn. First edition.

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OSBECK, PEHR:

Dagbok öfwer en ostindisk resa åren 1750, 1751, 1752. Med anmärkningar uti naturkunnigheten, främmande folkslags språk, seder, hushållning, m.m. AND: TORÉN, OLOF: En ostindisk resa til Suratte, China &c. Från 1750 April 1. til 1752 Jun. 26. Stockholm, Lor. Ludv. Grefing, 1757.

. Pp. (viii), 376, (16). With twelve engraved botanical plates (one of a fish). Contemporary half calf, worn. Hinges weak and partly split, spine ends worn. Partly with some browning. First edition. Comprises reports by two Swedish naturalists and disciples of Carl von Linné about their voyages to China between 1750 and 1752.Pehr Osbeck served as a chaplain on a Swedish East India voyage to Canton where he spent about four months in 1751. The expedition sailed by way of Spain, the Canary Islands, the Cape of Good Hope and Java. Osbeck's account includes detailed and accurate information about plants, fish, insects, birds and other animals along the route. A large collection of newly discovered plants in China and Java was brought back and given to Linné. Osbeck's diary also includes accurate and interesting details about the people in China and their manners, language, food, religion, agriculture, commerce, etc.The second work comprises TorénÕs narrative of an East India voyage via Surat to China which was published posthumously by Linné. Torén writes about his visit to Madagascar with descriptions of the people and different kinds of fruits, trees, plants, lemurs, etc. Many pages are devoted to the stay in Surat, the important Indian seaport at this time. Including valuable descriptions of the inhabitants, housing, customs, religion, language, clothing and also much about trade and merchandise. The voyage continues to Malacca before reaching Macao and Canton. Torén vividly describes life and trade at the factories at Guangzhou (Canton) which then was the centre of Chinese trade for the outside world. Ekeberg's separately printed account of an East India voyage to China, sometimes with bound, is not present here.Cordier BS 2097. Löwendahl 491. Pritzel 6865. Schildt, Linnés lärjungar, pp. 99-144. Soulsby 3599.

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OSBECK, PEHR / TORÉEN, OLOF / EKEBERG, CARL GUSTAV:

A Voyage to China and the East Indies by Pehr Osbeck. Together with a voyage to Suratte by Olof Toreen. And an Account of the Chinese husbandry by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg, translated from the German, by John Reinhold Forster. To which are added, a faunula and flora sinenses. Two volumes. London, printed for B. White, 1771.

. Pp. xx, 396; (ii), 367, (1) + index (32). With 13 engraved plates of which 11 of plants. Contemporary full calf, spines gilt with red title labels (one with loss), rubbed and hinges cracked, hinges restored. Old ownership signature, traces of bookplates on front pastedown. Partly with some minor staining. First English edition of Osbeck's and Torén's travels, originally published in Swedish in 1757. Additionally included an account by Carl Gustav Ekeberg who made several voyages in the service of the Swedish East India Company between the years 1742 and 1778. Ekeberg's account covers a voyage to China in 1770-71 on the ship Finland and includes interesting descriptions of Canton, Whampoa, Hainan and Sumatra. Cordier BS 2098. Lust 350. Löwendahl 491 & 569. Soulsby 3601.

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[NORTH ASIA]. PALMBLAD, VILHELM FREDRIK: (Editor):

Handbok i physiska och politiska, äldre och nyare geographien. 1:1-2. Inledning till Asien. Hög Asien + Inledning till Hög-Asien (slutet). Korea. Mantschuriet. Mongoliet. Turfan eller Lilla Bukhariet. Tibet. Two volumes. Upsala, Palmblad & Co., 1826-27.

. Pp. xii, (x), 300, (2); (xii), 301-686, (2). With one coloured folding map taken from Stieler's Handatlas. Uncut copy in original wrappers, labels and title in manuscript on spines. With some staining throughout. A Swedish manual of geography. The first part deals with the introduction to Asia and the second covers North Asia including Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan and Tibet. Palmblad planned to publish at least twenty volumes covering the whole world. However, only five volumes were published. SWIM 27:450 & 27:463. Holmberg p. 98-99.

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PARISOT, PIERRE CUREL [or PéRE NORBERT and later as ABBÉ PLATEL]:

Memoires utiles et necessaires, tristes et consolans, sur les missions des Indes Orientales, &c. Memoriali utili e necessariiaflittui e consonlanti, rispetto alle missione delle Indie orientali, &c. Luques (but Avignon?), de l'imprimerie d'Antoine Rossi, 1742.

. Pp. xxxiv, 377, (1). With parallel text in French and Italian. Contemporary vellum, rubbed, slight loss to corner of upper cover. Wormholes running through margin. Rare first edition of this serious critique of the Jesuits in India by Père Norbert, Capuchin missionary in Pondichery. The work explains the priority of the Capuchin mission in the area and criticises the conduct and actions of the Jesuits claiming that they infringed on Capuchin territory, jurisdiction etc. Two years later he published another better known work "Mémoires historiques sur les missions des Indes". Both his works caused scandals.

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PARISOT, PIERRE CUREL [or PéRE NORBERT and later ABBÉ PLATEL]:

Memoires utiles et necessaires, tristes et consolans, sur les missions des Indes Orientales, &c. Memoriali utili e necessariiaflittui e consonlanti, rispetto alle missione delle Indie orientali, &c. Luques (but Avignon?), de l'imprimerie d'Antoine Rossi, 1742.

. Pp. xxxiv, 377, (1). With parallel text in French and Italian. Contemporary calf, spine with five raised bands richly gilt, slightly rubbed. Old inscription on title. First edition of this serious critique of the Jesuits in India by Père Norbert, a Capuchin missionary who served in Pondichery. The work explains the priority of the Capuchin mission in the area and criticises the conduct and actions of the Jesuits claiming that they infringed on Capuchin territory, jurisdiction etc. Two years later Parisot published a better known work titled "Mémoires historiques sur les missions des Indes". Both his works caused scandals.

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PARISOT, PIERRE CUREL [or PéRE NORBERT and later as ABBE PLATEL]:

Memoires historiques presentes au souverain pontife Benoit XIV. Sur les missions des Indes Orientales. Four volumes. Luques (probably Avignon) 1745.

. Pp. (xxiv), 419; (ii), 510; (ii), 460, (7); (ii), 342. Contemporary red morocco, gilt floral dentelles on covers, spines decorated in gilt, g.e., worn, hinges cracked, spine ends chipped. Second French edition (first 1744) of this critical account of the Jesuit mission in India which caused a scandal. Père Norbert (1697-1769), which is a pseydonym for Abbé Platel, became a Capuchin in 1716. He went to Pondicherry as Attorney General of Foreign Missions in 1736. This work is a very detailed account of the Jesuit mission at Malabar between 1660 and 1744. It is criticizing the conduct and actions of the Jesuit throughout. Includes much information about the Indians, their customs etc. "Describes the proceeedings of the Jesuits in the Malabar Mission, where they authorized the most blasphemous mixture of the Christian and Pagan rites" (Sabin). Cf Chadenat 5259 (French ed. 1744). Cordier BS 923. Quérard vi, 446. Cf Sabin 55451. Streit vi, 448.

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PARISOT, PIERRE CUREL [or PéRE NORBERT and later ABBÉ PLATEL]:

Memorie istoriche presentate al sommo pontefice Benedetto xiv, intoro alle missioni dell'Indie Orientale. Opera del R. Norberto Cappucino Lorenese. Three volumes in two. Lucca, Salvatore & Gian-Domenico Marescandoli, 1744.

. 4to. Pp. (ii), xix, xxvi, (1), 592; 321, (1); (ii), 224. With two titles in red and black (vols i and iii). Contemporary vellum, rubbed and miscoloured, with a few small wormholes. A few small wormholes running through the first and last leaves, only affecting the margins. Occasionally some minor browning. First Italian edition, translated from the original French, anonymously published at Avignon in the same year.Père Norbert (1697-1770), which is a pseydonym for Abbé Platel, was an adventurer and became a Capuchin in 1716. This is a very detailed account of the Jesuit mission at Malabar between 1660 and 1744. It is criticizing the conduct and actions of the Jesuit throughout. Further more includes interesting information about the native Indians, their customs etc. Cf Chadenat 5259 (French ed. Lucca 1744). Cordier BS 923. Cf Sabin 55451. Streit vi, 448.

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PAULINUS A S. BARTHOLOMAEO, [WERDIN, JOHANN PHILIP]:

Centum Adagia Malabarica, cum textu originali et versione latina nunc primum in lucem edita. Rome, Antonium Fulgonium, 1791.

. 4to. Pp. 12. With woodcut vignette on title. Parallel text of Malayalam and Latin. Attractive contemporary patterned wrappers. First edition of this Latin translation of Malayalam proverbs. Scarce.

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PEARSON, JOHN DORKING:

A Grammar of the English Language; for the Use of Natives in Bengal. (Im reji bh sh ra by karan a). Calcutta, Printed for the Calcutta School-Book Society, at the School-Press, Dhurumtula, 1820.

. Pp. vi, 103, (1). With one engraved plate. Modern half calf, bound with original printed green wrappers. Some staining to a few leaves but overall a very good copy. First edition. One of the earliest books explicitly intended for the inhabitants of Bengal wishing to learn English, preceded by John Miller's "The tutor, or a new English & Bengalee work, well adapted to teach the natives English" (Calcutta 1797). It is one of the first books commissioned by the Calcutta School Book Society, specifically for use in schools. Pearson was in charge of East India Company's schools in Bengal between 1818 and 1823. Scarce.

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CONCORDIA PIA

CONCORDIA PIA ... in Tamil (Meyi visu varasa). Madras 1856.

. Pp. 94. Cloth, worn. Old marginal annotations. Text in Tamil script. Printed in the 150th year of the Tranquebar mission at the American Mission Press.

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PIRY, A. THÉOPHILE:

Paraphrase du Saint Edit dans le dialecte de Péking par Théophile Piry. No place 1882.

. Small folio. Lvs (60). Contemporary quarter calf, red title label lettered in gilt on upper cover, worn. Front end papers loose. A paraphrase of the "Sacred Edict" (Sheng-yü kuang-hsün), a set of moral and governmental instructions executed in the 17th century. It comprises 16 moral maxims which can be regarded as the basic laws of China during the Ch'ing dynasty. Originally written by the Kang-hsi emperor (1662-1722) and later on extended by his son and successor the Yung-cheng emperor (1723-1735). Théophile Piry (1880-1915) arrived in China in 1870 and is mainly known for having introduced the modern postal service in China in 1911. Not in Cordier.

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PIRY, A. THÉOPHILE:

Le Saint Edit. étude de littérature chinoise préparée par A. Théophile Piry, du Service des Douanes Maritimes de Chine. Shanghai, Bureau des Statistiques, Inspectorat Général des Douanes, 1879.

. 4to. Pp. xx, 317, (3) + one folding table "Caracteres du Saint Edit" (loose). Publisher's blue full calico on boards, blindstamped decorated frames, gilt-stamped title in Chinese characters on upper cover. A French edition of the revised version of the "Sacred Edict" (Sheng-yü kuang-hsün), a popular text book for the improvement of manners in China. It contains 16 moral maxims which can be regarded as the basic laws of China during the Ch'ing dynasty. Originally written by the Kang-hsi emperor and later on extended by his successor the Yung-cheng emperor. Cordier BS 1427.

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PISCHEL, RICHARD (Ed.):

Kálidása's ‚akuntalá. With Bengal recension. With critical notes. Kiel, Schwers, printed by E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1877.

. Pp. xi, 140, 40. Text in Sanskrit and Bengali. Title and preface in English. Half title partly loose. Contemporary marbled boards, cloth spine, hand-written title label on spine. Loss of corner on rear cover. Library stamp. First edition. Kalid‹s‹'s famous drama Abhij–‹nas‹kuntalam ("Of the recognition of Sakuntala") was one of the first works of Indian literature to become known in Europe. It was translated into English by W. Jones in 1789.

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