[KING OSCAR II]:

Reseminnen från skilda tider. (Travel memories of different periods). Stockholm 1888.

. Pp. (viii), 227, (1). Text in Swedish. Elegant half calf, spine decorated in gilt and with red title label. Gilt floral end papers. First edition.Oscar II was king of Sweden between 1872 and 1907, and also king of Norway until 1905 when the union was dissolved. This work, printed in a small number (150 copies), was meant for family and friends only. Includes the king's travels to Venice, Nice, Paris, Egypt, Turkey, North Africa, Seville, Alhambra etc.

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Book number: 121166

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, sweden, swedish, travel, exploiration, europe, egypt, spain,

CLARIS DE FLORIAN, JEAN PIERRE:

Historiskt utkast om morerne i Spanien. Stockholm, A. Nordström, 1814.

. Pp. 152. Uncut copy in contemporary wrappers. Some spotting. A Swedish translation of "Précis historique sur les Maures d'Espagne". Scarce.

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Book number: 27054

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, europe, europa, spain, morer, Maures, mores

ESTORCH Y SIQUÉS, PABLO:

Gramâtica de la lengua catalana. Barcelona 1857.

. Small 8vo. Pp. 312, 34. Contemporary or slightly later boards, red morocco spine, gilt. Not in Vater. Palau 84288.

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Book number: 34038

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, spain, catalan, europe, europa, linguistics, languages

GONZALO JIMÉNEZ DE LA ESPADA (Transl.) / HASEGAWA,TAKEJIRÍ (Ed.):

Leyendas y Narraciones Japonesas. [A Collection of Japanese Fairy Tales in Spanish]. Ten volumes. Tokyo, Hasegawa, Taisho 3 (1914).

. A remarkably well-preserved crêpe paper book collection of Japanese fairy tales translated into Spanish. Hasegawa published two Spanish sets each of ten volumes. This set titled "Leyendas y Narraciones Japonesas" contains following works: 1. La Boda De los Ratones; 2. La Sierpe de Ocho Cabezas; 3. La Liebre de Inaba; 4. El Espejo de Matsuyama; 5. La Medusa Candida; 6. El Principe Brillante; 7. La Olla Mâgica; 8. Sippeitaro; 9. El Brazo del Ogro; 10. La Cascada Maravillosa.Small 18mo (15.2 x 10.3 cm). Fukuro-toji bound, spine covered, silk ties. Each book contains about 9 -11 lvs including covers. Beautifully illustrated with woodcuts throughout. As issued, kept in its original paper box, original tissue wraps preserved (two sets). A rare set, unique in mint condition (first volume has a very light mark from a paper band holding the books together). Takejir› Hasegawa (1853-1938) was a Tokyo-based publisher who specialised in Japanese books translated into European languages. He employed renowned foreign residents as translators and noted Japanese artists as illustrators. Gonzalo Jiménez de la Espada (1874-1938), a Spanish orientalist and teacher who resided in Tokyo between 1907 and 1917.

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Book number: 121225

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, fairy tales, spanish, spain, stories, woodcut, crepe paper, illustrated, illustrations

TOWNSEND JOSEPH:

Resa genom Spanien åren 1786 och 1787, med tilläggningar utur Herr Bourgoings resa genom samma rike. Sammandrag af Samuel Ödmann. Stockholm, Johan A. Carlbohm, 1794.

. Pp. (viii), 408. Partly with some maginal staining. Small repair to upper part of right corner of half title. Later (19th century) half cloth on marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, corners worn, small tear to spine. Bookplates. A Swedish abridged edition of Townsends' narrative about Spain translated from the German edition published at Leipzig in 1792. Valuable account of Spanish customs, literature, theater, character, etc., based on Jean Francois Bourgoing's work on Spain (1789). Cf Cox i, p. 160.

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Book number: 32091

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, spain, spanish, europe, european, travel, travels, exploration

TOWNSEND JOSEPH:

Resa genom Spanien åren 1786 och 1787, med tilläggningar utur Herr Bourgoings resa genom samma rike. Sammandrag af Samuel Ödmann. Stockholm, Johan A. Carlbohm, 1794.

. Pp. (viii), 408. Contemporary half calf, spine with five rasied bands and title label, slightly rubbed. Copy of Ericsberg. A Swedish abridged edition of Townsends' narrative about Spain translated from the German edition published at Leipzig in 1792. Valuable account of Spanish customs, literature, theatre, character, etc., based on Jean Francois Bourgoing's work on Spain (1789). Cf Cox i, p. 160.

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Book number: 99779

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, spain, spanish, europe, european, travel, travels, exploration, espagne, voyage,

KERNELL, PER ULRIK / STENHAMMAR, CHR. (Editor):

Anteckningar under en resa i det sydliga Europa. Utur hans bref och efterlemnade dagbok. Linköping, Axel Petre, 1825.

. Pp. (x), 280 (2). Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, chipped. Old signature on title. Posthumously published letters and diary notes written during an early Swedish journey to southern Europe. Places visited are Gibraltar, Marseille, Nizza, Genua, Rome, Munich, Augsburg, Nürnberg, etc. First edition.

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Book number: 22033

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, spain, france, italy, germany, europe, european, travel, travels, exploration, explore

LARDIZABAL, FRANCISCO IGNACIO DE:

Gramatica Vasconcada. San Sebastian, Imprenta de Ignacio Ramon Baroja, 1856.

. Small Folio. Pp. (ii), iv, 87; 52, (2). Old wrappers. Inscription on front end paper. First edition of this grammatical work for the Basque language (or Euskara) posthumously published to be used at primary schools when teaching Euskara. De Lardizabal (1806-55) was a priest, writer and Spanish philologist. Not in Vater.

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Book number: 100434

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, spain, spanish, europe, euroepan, language, langue, linguistic, vascongado, vascongada, vasca, vasco, basque, baskiska, la lengua vasca, euskara

MARTI, FRANCISCO DE PAULA:

Tachigraf’a castellana — Arte de Escribir con tanta velocidad como se habla, con la misma claridad que la escritura comun. Madrid, En la imprenta sita Calle de Capellanes, 1803.

. Small 4to. Pp. xvi, 75. With one engraved frontispiece (or decorated extra title) and 16 engraved plates, all cut to the plate and mounted as leporellos on two folded paper strokes. Some staining. Last leaf with marginal paperflaw without any loss of text. Old signature on title. 19th century half vellum. First illustrated edition of an early work on stenography, mainly devoted to the Spanish phonetics. The author, a member of the Economical Society of Madrid and of the Academy of San Fernando, here recommends a syllabic system of transcription, wheras the systems previously elaborated were literal. In the introduction he discusses in detail the stenographic methods elaborated in England and France and their drawbacks concerning the application to the Spanish language. Palau v,70 (states this to be the second edition, preceded by an earlier in 1800 without ills. (?)).

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Book number: 28109

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: Language, language, langue, linguistic, stenography, spain, spanish, castellana,

WACHTMEISTER, HANS:

Turistminnen. Dagboksanteckningar under resor i Egypten, Algier, Spanien, Canariska Öarne, Madeira. Stockholm, Norstedt & Söner, 1885.

. Pp. (vi), 354. Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, starting to split. Spine slightly chipped at head and foot. Contains the author's diary during his travels to Egypt in 1876; Spain and Algier in 1878 &1880 and; the Canary Islands in 1882. An attractive copy.

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Book number: 37047

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa, africa, africana, north africa, egypt, algier, spain, canary islands, madeiram, travel, voyage, exploration,