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a Be l-r É m us at, J-p.Contes chinois. Three vols. Paris 1827. € 850

12mo. Pp. xii, 240; 225; 200, (4). With three fronts. Contemporary marbled boards, calf spines gilt. Small repair to volume three’s spine. First edition. Cordier BS 1761.

aCr e l i us, i .Beskrifning om de swenska församlingarnas forna och närwarande tilstånd, uti det så kallade Nya Swerige, … Stockholm 1759. € 1 500

4to. Pp. (xx), 533 (1). Pag. irregular. Contemporary half calf, restored. First edition of one of the most important works about the history of the Swedish settlements on the Delaware river. Howes A34. Larson 3.

[A M ERIC A] Några wälmenta råd och upplysningar för swenska utwandrare till Amerikanska staterna. Falun 1869. € 240

Small 8vo. Pp. 60. With one folding map. Original printed wrappers. A guide for Swedish emigrants to America.

[A M ERIC AN COLONY IN JERUSALEM]w h it inG, J. d. / l a r sson, h.l .(later l e w is) (Photogr.)Samaritanernas påskfest i ord och bild. Uppsala 1917. € 540

4to. Pp. 55, (3). Swedish text. With 80 photo plates with illustrations from Samaria including views, people and ceremonial scenes from the Holy Mountain of Geris-sim. Original paper-covered boards, calf spine. First, limited edition of 300 copies.

a nqu e t il-du per ron, a-h. (Transl.)Oupnek’hat (id est, secretum tegendum) opus ipsa in India rarissimum, continens antiquam et arcanam [ ... ] doctrinam, è quatuor sacris Indorum libris, Rak Beid, Djedjr Beid, Sam Beid, Athrban Beid, excerptam; Ad verbum, è persico idiomate, Samskreticis vocabulis intermixto, in Latinum conversum; Dissertationibus et Annotationibus, difficiliora explanantibus, illustratum. Two vols. Argentorati (Straßburg) 1801–2. € 4 500

4to. Pp. 24, cxi, 734, (2); xvi, 880, 36. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt. First edition of the first Western translation of the Upanishads, a collection of at least 200 sacred texts that contain some of the central philosophical concepts of Hinduism.This ver-sion of the Upanishads is based on a Persian translation from the Sanskrit commis-sioned by the Mogul Prince Dara Shikoh in 1656. Anquetil-Duperron, the famous traveller and discoverer of the Zend-Avesta, received two Persian manuscripts from which he made translations into French and Latin. (The French version was never published). Windisch, Geschichte der Sanskrit-Philologie, pp. 48–50.

av r il , p.Voyage en divers etats d’Europe et d’Asie, entrepris pour découvrir un nouveau chemin à la Chine. Contenant plusiers remarques curieses de physique, de geogra-phie, d’hydrographie & d’histoire. Avec une description de la grande Tartarie, & les differens peuples qui l ’habitent. Paris 1692. € 4 600

4to. Pp. (xx), 406, (ii), (24) table. With portrait, one map, 3 plates and 5 vignettes, all engraved. Contemporary calf, gilt. First edition of Avril’s narrative of his two journeys through Central Asia aiming to discover new overland routes to China between 1682 and 1690. Avril’s narrative is based on Jesuit reports but also on new information given to him by caravan travellers and rulers he met en route. Cordier BS 2088. Cf Walravens (1987) 55.

B a r Bier , G. (Ills.)Falbalas et fanfreluches. Almanach des modes présentes, passées & futures. Paris 1923. € 2 400

An elegant and sophisticated Art Deco calendar with lovely and sparkling po-choir illustrations. Comprises title with colour vignette + twelve pages of text and twelve pochoir colour plates by George Barbier. As issued loosely inserted in origi-nal publisher’s wrappers. “Falbala et Fanfreluches” was a series of annual pochoir print portfolios with a romantic theme, often in humorous terms, issued by Barbier between 1922–26.

B at Che l or , J.Ainu Life and Lore. Echoes of a Departing Race. Tokyo 1927. € 850

Pp. (xii), 448, (1). With front portrait, many plates and numerous textual illustra-tions. Original blue cloth, gilt. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Nipponalia (Kyoto 1972) 2274.

[BENGALI] [sherwo od, m.m. ]... The History of Little Henry and His Bearer, in Bengali. Calcutta 1859. € 300

Pp. (ii), (66). Original printed wrappers, spine chipped. A Bengali edition of Sher-wood’s popular children’s book written when the author lived in India in 1810.

BesCh i, C.G.A Grammar of the High Dialect of the Tamil Language, termed Shen-Tamil to which is Added an Introduction to Tamil Poetry. Translated from the original Latin, by Benjamin Guy Babington. Madras 1822. € 3 400

4to. Pp. (ii), xii, 117 + 5. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed. Library markings. Some leaves with small marginal wormholes (no text loss). Rare (in the trade) first printed edition, translated into English from the original Latin completed in man-

uscript form about 100 years earlier but was never printed at that time. “Beschi seems to have had a more perfect acquaintance with Tamil literature, than any foreigner who ever undertook the study; perhaps, than any native of modern times. His voluminous work, both in prose and poetry, composed in Tamil, as well as this translations from it, are held in great esteem; and it is a singular fact, that the one of the best original grammars of that language now extant, is the production of his pen” (Translator’s Preface). Vater p. 240.

[Bl iGh, w. / Bu r ne y, J.]Captainens vid engelske ammiralitetet William Bligh’s resa i Söderhafvet åren 1788, 1789, 1790. Hans half-årige vistande på ön O-Taheiti och hemresa från ön Timor till England. Part I. (all publ.). Nyköping 1795. € 900

Pp. xvi, 220. Modern boards. A Swedish version of Bligh’s famous “Voyage to the South Sea”. Du Rietz, Bibl. Polynesiana 96. Ferguson 216. Cf Howgego B107.

Bon F il s, r . (Ills.) & hou v il l e , G. deModes et Manières d’Aujourd’hui. Neuvième année 1920. Collection Pierre Corrard. Paris June 1922. € 1 600

4to. Lvs (4) + twelve pochoir plates + lvs (15). As issued loosely in original card portfolio, ties missing, some very light dust at outer margin. Limited edition of 300 copies. A fascinating French Art Deco magazine published between 1912–23. Each issue illustrate the height of French fashion at the time. Beautiful and stunning po-choir fashion plates supplemented with poems were presented by the most foremost French artists of the time. Colas 2099.

Br a a m houCkGe est, a .e . va nAn Authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, of the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Years 1794 and 1795; (subsequent to that of the Earl of Macartney), ... Two vols. London 1798. € 1 500

Pp. lii, 288; (ii), 324. With one folding engraved map (foxed, two small tears). With-out the advertising lvs. Contemporary tree calf, spines gilt. Some minor browning. Scarce first English edition translated from the second French edition by M.L. Moreau de Saint-Méry. This work contains a detailed and accurate description of several parts of China not previously visited by Europeans. Cordier BS 2351. See Löwendahl 700.

Br a sse y, l a dy a .Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople. Lon-don 1880. € 760

Pp. xx, (ii), 448. With two folding coloured maps, nine wood-engraved plates and more than 100 wood cut illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial cloth, richly gilt, de-signed by Gustave Doré. First edition. Blackmer 195. Robinson p. 203.

Br a sse y, l a dy a . Tahiti. A series of photographs taken by Colonel Stuart-Wortley. London 1882. € 1 050

Square 8vo. Pp. xii, 68. With 31 auto type illustrations, being beautiful photographs. Publisher’s pictorial cloth, gilt. First edition of this charming book about Tahiti which resulted from Stuart-Wortley’s visit to the island in 1880. The text is written by Annie Brassey who visited Tahiti in 1876. Robinson p.202. Theakstone p. 32–3.

Br en ner , h.Epitome commentariorum Moysis Armeni, de origine & regibus Armenorum et Pathorum, item series principum Iberiæ et Georgiæ, cum notis & observationi-bus. Accessit ejusdem epistola ad plur. reverend. & celeberrim… Stockholm 1723. € 1 100

4to. Pp. (iv), 108. Contemporary half calf, renewed paper covered boards. First edi-tion. Comprises two parts: 1. “Breve comment. de origine nationis Armenorum” based on the writings of Movses Khoernatzi, known as the father of Armenian literature; 2. “Series regum sive principum” mainly based on Georgian manuscripts. Brenner accompanied the Swedish envoy Ludvig Fabricius to Persia in 1697. Three years later on Brenner’s return journey he was imprisoned in Russia until 1721. He had the opportunity to study the languages and the cultures of Armenia, Dagest-an, Georgia and Circassia. Brenner’s extensive commentary of the “Epitome com. Moysis Armeni” indicates his broad knowledge of classical and oriental literature. Scarce. Zenker, BO ii, 2289.

[C ALEN DAR] Calendrier Perpétuel rendu sensible, et mis a la Portée de tout le Monde ou nou-veau et vrai Calendrier Perpetuel, dont chacun peut se servir comme d’un Alma-nach Ordinaire, & sans aucun calcul, précédé d’1un traité succinct de tout ce qui a rapport au Calendrier. Paris 1774. € 2 000

12mo. Pp. 110, (1) with 6 folding printed plates, one plate with three volvelles and the final calendar section “Table des fêtes mobiles” with 12 monthly moveable tables (lacking one movable part). Contemporary full red morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed. First edition thus. No copy in RLIN. Grand-Carteret p. 131.

C a ron, F. & sChou ten, J. & h a m e l , h. e t C.Wahrhaftige Beschreibungen dreyer mächtigen Königreiche Japan, Siam und Corea. Benebenst noch vielen andern im Vorberiche vermeldten Sachen So mit neuen Anmerkungen und schönen Kupferblättern von Christoph Arnold. Denen noch beygefüget Johann Jacob Merkleins von Winsheim Ost-Indianische Reise ... Nürnberg 1672. € 9 800

Pp. xxii, 1148, Register (36). With engraved front, engraved folding map and eight-een engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, lightly rubbed. Browning to text in parts (due to poor paper quality). German edition of the famous works by François Caron, Joost Schouten and Hendrick Hamel devoted to Japan, Siam and Korea respectively. (Furthermore accounts of East India by H. Hagenaer, M. Martini, Oldenburg, J.J. Merklein, R. Gisbertz, C. Kramer, are included). Previ-ously issued German edition was titled “Wahrhaftige Beschreibungen en zweywer mächtigen Königreiche Japan und Siam” and didn’t include Hamel’s work. This edition seems very rare, we haven’t been able to find any auction record. François Caron (1600–73) was a French Huguenot who served the Dutch and French interests in the Far East in the 17th century. He spent more than twenty years in Japan and had a good understanding of the country’s culture and customs. Joost Schouten (ca 1600–53) was a Dutch merchant and diplomat to Siam. He spent several years in Siam where he was serving king Prasat Thong and established trade relations between the countries. Hendrick Hamel (1630–92) served in the Dutch East India Company and spent many years imprisoned in Korea. He was the first westerner to provide a first hand account of Korea. Cordier BJ 341–2. Cordier BI 718–9. Alt Japan Katalog 621 (Hamel). Howgego C48 & H12 & S64.

C a r ro t her s, J. d.Japan’s Year. Illustrated by Japanese Artists. Tokyo Meiji 38 (1905). € 1 750

Large 8vo. Pp. 76. With 16 full page colour woodcuts and three single sheet crepe paper woodcut prints tipped in. Further more illustrations. With English text. Original decorated stiff paper wrappers. A lovely copy of the first edition.

C a rter , t.F.The Invention of Printing in China and Its Spread Westward. New York 1925. € 480

Small 4to. Pp. (ii), xviii, (ii), 282. With one folding chart, one folding map and 39 photo illustrations. Original black cloth in orange dust jacket, chipped. Rare first edition of this important study of the early printing in China and its relation to the invention of printing in Europe.

C atrou, F. / [m a n uCCi, n.]The General History of the Mogol Empire, from it’s Foundation by Tamerlane, to the late Emperor Orangzeb. Extracted from the Memoirs of M. Manouchi. London 1709. € 900

Pp. xii, 366, adv. (2). With one map. Contemporary panelled calf, expertly rebacked. First English edition translated from the French. Catrou mainly based this history on Manucci’s work “Storia de Mogor” which was lost for a long time and not pub-lished until 1907 (!). Cox i, p. 285. Cf De Backer-S. ii, 883.

[CE YLON] e lv i us, p. the elder (præses) / B aCk m a r k , p. (resp.)Disputatio gradualis de Taprobana. Uppsala 1713. € 400

Small 8vo. Pp. (ii), 32, (2). Text in Latin. Later half calf. A rare Swedish dissertation about Ceylon or Taprobana as it was called earlier. The name Taprobana became known in Europe through Ptolemy’s “Geographia” but was sometimes confused with Sumatra on the early maps.

[CH INA] a l e X a nder , w. (Ill.)Costumes et vues de la Chine + Vues de la Chine et de la Tartarie. Two vols. Paris 1815. € 2 800

16mo. Pp. 77; (iv), 62. With 54 beautiful col. aquatint plates. Contemporary red paper covered boards gilt. First edition. Colas 74. Cordier BS 1859. Cf. Lipperheide 1528.

[CH INA & IN DIA] Regni chinensis descriptio ex variis authoribus. Lugd.Bat. 1639. € 980

24mo. Pp. (viii), 365, index (9). With engraved title and two woodcut plates. Bergh-man 1925. Cordier BS 23. Willems 486. Bound with [LAET, J. DE] De Imperio Magni Mogolis, sive, India vera commentarius e variis auctoribus congestus. Lugd. Bat 1631. Pp. (viii) 285, index (16). Including en-graved title and one woodcut. First edition, first issue. Berghman 1918. Willems 354. Contemporary vellum with bevelled edges.

[CH IN ESE CIGARET TE C ARDS] [A set of eight pictorial advertising cards for cigarettes]. Ca 1910. € 850

Each card (13.5 x 20.2 cm) is decorated with colourful scenes from old Chinese tales. Text in Chinese on the reverse. Cigarette cards were introduced in the latter part of the 19th century when the manufacturers inserted cards into paper cigarette pack-ages in order to stiffen the packaging.

[CH IN ESE WATERCOLOUR MUSICIANS] [An album with Chinese Court Lady Musicians on pith]. About 1840’s. € 4 800

Oblong small folio. A collection of twelve water colours on pith depicting ladies playing various musical instruments, held within blue silk frames. Original silk brocade covered boards, ties. Some foxing to the plates. A few of the images with marginal tears. A beautiful set with exquisite paintings in bright colours.

Chou nav e l , C.A Grammar of the Sinhalese Language for the Use of European Students. Co-lombo 1886. € 900

Pp. xvi, 231, (1). Contemporary marbled paper boards, rebacked. Some leaves mend-ed with scotch tape. First edition, rare. Chounavel born and educated in France, arrived in Ceylon in 1852 where he lived and served until his death in 1923 in Borella almost 100 years old. Not in Vater.

[Chr ist i a n dior , n ina r iCCi, Gu y l a rouChe , Etc. / Trade Catalogue] Winter 1959/60. Wir haben in den Kollektionen der Pariser Haute Couture eine Auswahl unter den aus unseren Stoffen geschaffenen Modellen getroffen und freuen uns, Ihnen die Photographien dieser Kleider überreichen zu können. Zürich, LAC, [1959]. € 950

4to. An exclusive portfolio with 17 photographs (two coloured) of latest Parisi-an haute couture from Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, Nina Ricci, Guy Laroche, Jacques Heim, etc. The classy creations are made of materials from the Swiss com-pany L. Abraham & Cie. Soieries S.A. (LAC). As issued loose in original portfolio made of beautiful purple patterned silk with original silk ties.

[Chr ist i a n dior] Booklet produced under the direction of Genevieve Perreau. Paris Decem-ber 20th 1953. € 550

4to. Lvs (20). Richly illustrated throughout with photos, sketches, diagrams and a map. Original paper folder. An impressive and informative guide presenting the famous fashion house of Christian Dior. Translated into English by Rosette Har-grove.

Ch u rCh, p. w.Chinese Turkestan with Caravan and Rifle. London 1901. € 700

Pp. xii, 207. With engraved front, one folding map and 24 photo illustrations. Publisher’s decorated cloth. A narrative of Church’s travels through Turkestan in 1899–90 together with his friend J.V. Phelps. Cordier BS 2863. Yakushi (1984) C115.

Com m e l in, C.Flora Malabarica sive Horti Malabarici catalogus exhibens omnium eiusdem Plantarum nomina, quæ è variis, tum veteribus tum recentioribus Botanicis col-legit, & in ordinem Alphabeticum digessit. Lugd. Bat. 1696. € 1 600

Small 8vo. Pp. (xvi), 284, errata (1). Mid 18th century half calf. First edition. It’s a rare index work to “Hortus Malabaricus” which was published between 1678 and

1693 by Hendrik Rheede tot Drakestein. The “Garden of Malabar” is a compre-hensive work in 12 volumes describing 742 different plants (including engravings of each) of the flora in the state of Kerala. Apart from Latin, the names of the plants have been recorded in Konkani and Malayam. This present index facilitates access to the large work. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1184. Wijnands, The Botany of the Com-melins, p. 10.

[Co ok , J.]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 ... Upsala 1783. € 750

Pp. (xxiv), 366, (10). Contemporary half calf, rubbed. First Swedish translation of the official account of Cook’s second voyage towards the South Pole. Du Rietz, James Cook, 9.

dav id-ne e l , a .Tibetan Journey. London 1936. € 320

Pp. xii, 276. With front, one map and 15 plates. Publisher’s red cloth. First edition.

[de Be nh a m & F r e e Body – Trade Catalogue] [Stylish hats]. London 1920s. € 380

Size 14.2 x 21.6 cm. Pp. (8). Eight full page b/w illustrations of fashionable hats. Publisher’s white paper wrappers with coloured ills. Sales brochure by the renowned British store established by 1778.

[de l isl e de s a l e , J.B.C.]Histoire d’Assyrie, ou histoire des monarchies de Ninive, de Babylone, et d’Ecba-tane; avec des vues sur la population de l ’Asie. Two vols. Paris 1780. € 1 800

Pp. xlviii, 332, (4); 300. With one folding engraved map, four engraved plates and two engraved tables. Contemporary full calf, rubbed. Rare first edition. Delisle de Sale was a controversial French philosopher renowned for his “De la philosophie de la nature” (1770–1804). He was even imprisoned for his radical ideas and inter-pretations of Enlightenment writings. A beautiful copy with attractive engravings of Babylon and the Kaaba in Mecca. Barbier i, 655.

de m id oF F, p.G. & F or ster , J.r .[Two papers about Tartarian Antiquities read at the Society of Antiquaries, London]. London 1767. € 2 200

ComprisesI. Some Account of certain Tartarian Antiquities. In a letter from Paul Demidoff, Esquire, at Petersburg, to Mr. Peter Collinson, dated 1764. 4to. Pp. 222–226. With one large folding engraved plate of Tartarian Sepulchres (burial chambers) and four engraved plates. AND II. Observations on some Tartarian Antiquities, Described in the Preceeding Article. By R. Forster. 4to. Pp. 227–235. With two engraved plates depicting Tartarian idols. Bound in modern quarter calf on marbled paper covered boards. Paper is brittle and inner margins of plates have been strengthened. First edition of these scarce papers about the tumuli or tombs of the Calmuc Tartars.

d ouGl in, p.h.A Reading Book in the Soso Language. London 1887. € 350

Small 8vo. Pp. viii, 120. Original cloth, rubbed. A scarce little work about the Soso or Susu language. Not in Vater.

[DUALL A L ANGUAGE] s a k er , a .J.l . (Transl.)Iyala Ya Bwam, e Tatilabe Na Mattiyu Boambu bo Dualla. (Gospel of St. Mat-thew). Bethel, Cameroons, 1848. € 1 250

16mo. Pp. 132. Contemporary half calf. Rare early imprint, one of the very first works printed at this press. Alfred Saker (1814–80) was a renowned British mission-ary who worked in Western Africa for 37 years. Darlow & Moule 3255. Coldham 560.

e Ge de , p.Dictionarum grönlandico-danico-latinum, complectens primitiva cum suis deri-vatis, qvibus interjectae sunt voces primariae è Kirendo Angekkutorum. Hafniae (Copenhagen) 1750. € 3 000

Pp. (xvi), 312. Later cloth, worn. First scarce edition of the first separate dictionary of the Inuits of Greenland. With translations into Danish and Latin. Paul Egede son of the first Danish colonist of Greenland, became just as his father a mission-ary in Greenland. Bibl. Danica iv, 84. Lauridsen, Bibl. Groenlandica 200:7. Pilling, Bibliography of the Eskimo language, pp.28–29. Vater p.114.

Fau Ja s de s a in t-F ond, B.Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier, et de celles auxquelles cette découverte a donné lieu; ... Paris 1784. € 1 200

Pp. xl, 302, (2). With engraved front, 8 engraved plates and one folding table. Con-temporary marbled calf, rubbed, hinges weak. Second edition of the first account of the Montgolfier brothers’ pioneering balloon flight in 1783. Brockett 4377. Gibbs-Smith, History of Flying, pp. 125. PMM 229. Tissandier 21.

[F er r e ir a , m a n u e l]Noticias summarias das perseguicoes da missam de Cochinchina, principiada, & continuada pelos Padres da Companhia de Jesu offerecidas pelos mesmos mission-arios a el rey nosso senhor Dom Pedro II. Lisboa 1700. € 4 200

Folio. Pp. (xii), 460, (2). Contemporary calf, worn. First edition of an important account of the Portuguese mission in Vietnam (Cochinchina and Tonkin) by a Portuguese Jesuit. It is considered one of the most important European works on the area at this time. Barbosa Machado iii, 265. Brebion 242. Cordier BI 1924. De Backer-Sommervogel ii, 1258. Innocêncio v, 423. Palau 194164. Streit vi, 1460.

F er r ier es-s au v e Boeu F, l .F. Comte deMémoires historiques, politiques et géographiques des voyages. Faits en Turquie, en Perse, et en Arabie, depuis 1782, jusqu’en 1789; Avec les observations sur la re-ligion, les moeurs, le caractère & le commerce de ces trois nations. Two vols. Paris 1790. € 2 600

Pp. (ii), xxiv, 298, (1) ; (ii), x, 303, (1). Contemporary sprinkled calf. First edition. Ferrieres-Sauveboeuf was a French diplomat who for many years travelled through-out the Levant, Persia, Arabia and Caucasia including several visits to Constan-tinople. His detailed account is based on his own observations. Atabey 428 (second ed.). Blackmer 590. Weber ii, 598.

[F ou r r er es m a X , l eroy & sCh m id][Head titles] Ce qu’on peut faire. Quelques projets de manteau et mantelets ... Paris, Draeger, ca 1920. € 1 400

4to. Three leaflets of four pages each with colour pochoir illustrations, four loose coloured fashion plates and eight half tone photographic plates. As issued loose in original decorated ivory colour paper folder. A very stylish Art Deco catalogue of the renowned Parisian furrier Leroy & Schmid. Ref. Pages d’or de l’édition pub-licitaire, 16.

[F ou r ru r es m a X] Almanach de la Gazelle. Paris, Crété, au dépens de Madame A. Leroy, Fourrures Max, 1925. € 1 250

Tall 12mo. Pp. 85, (1). With four pochoir coloured plates. Publisher’s decorated boards, embellished in gilt. An exquisite women’s calendar published by the famous French fashion house Fourrures Max (with the gazelle as logo) to distribute to their customers. Illustrated headpieces, one facsimile plate and four lovely pochoir im-ages highlighted in gold and silver representing the four seasons. A chic Art Deco trade catalogue in lovely condition.

Fro Ger , F.Relation d’un voyage fait en 1695, 1696 & 1697 aux Côtes d’Afrique, Détroit de Magellan, Brezil, Cayenne, & Ilses Antilles, par une escadre des Vaisseaux du Roy, commandée par Monsieur de Gennes. Paris 1700. € 2 000

Small 8vo. Pp. (xii), 219, (1). With engraved front and 29 engraved plates and maps. Contemporary full calf, rubbed, spine expertly restored. Some minor staining. A popular account which was first published in 1698 and reissued many times. The voyage was led by Captain Jean Baptiste de Gennes and sailed from La Rochelle in 1695 to visit the Ascension Island, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape Virgines and Tierra del Fuego. Borba de Moraes p. 333. Gay, l’Afrique 232. Howgego p. 426.

F u k uok a Gyok usenHõõka. (Designs of traditional Japanese winter coats). Two volumes. Kyoto, Unsodo, Taisho (1921). € 1 600

Lvs. 26 + 25. The second volume with some tiny wormholes in margins but other-wise a very good copy. Original decorated wrappers, some wear. First edition. Con-taining one hundred coloured woodcuts depicting different patterns of traditional Japanese short winter coats (Hanten) used by fire-fighters and warriors, also named Jin-Haori (Jinbaori).

G ol ov n in, v.m.Voyage de M. Golovnin, Capitaine de Vaisseau de la Marine Imperiale de Russe, contenant le récit de sa captivité chez les japons, pendant les années 1811, 1812 et 1813, et ses observations sur l ’empire du Japon, ... Two vols. Paris 1818. € 2 000

Pp. (iv), vi, adv. iv, pp. 5–396; (iv), 452. With one engraved front and one engraved map. Uncut copy, as issued in original sprinkled wrappers. Scarce French edition, originally published in Russian in 1815–6. Golovnin was a Russian naval officer who was commissioned by the government to survey the coasts of Kamchatka and the Kuril islands. In 1811 he was captured by the Japanese and imprisoned for two years in Matsumae on the island of Hokkaido. His famous work contains an honest and accurate description of the Japan and its people during a time when the country was closed to foreigners (except for the Dutch traders at Deshima in Nagasaki). Chadenat 3761. Cordier BJ 464–5. Howgego G15. Nipponalia 1909.

G or d on Cu m m inG, C.F.Fire Mountains. The Kingdom of Hawaii. Its Volcanoes, and the History of the Missions. Two vols. Edinburgh & London 1883. € 800

Pp. x, 297, (4); vii, 279 + 24. With two maps and eight auto type plates. Original pictorial cloth, slightly soiled. First edition. The author arrived in Hilo, Hawaii in October 1879 and made an ascent to the crater of the volcano Mauna Loa. She was among the first artists to paint the active volcanoes. Robinson p. 94. Theakstone p. 167.

Gr a ndpr É , l .m. J. o’h. Comte deA Voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, Undertaken in the Years 1789 and 1790 Containing an Account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale; the Charac-ter and Arts of the people of India; with some Remarkable Religious Rites of the Inhabitants of Bengal. To which is Added, a Voyage in the Red Sea; ... Two vols in one. London 1803. € 1 800

Pp. (ii), 273, (1); (ii), 303. With six engraved plates. Without half titles. Contem-porary marbled calf, skill fully rebacked. First English edition translated from the French original. Grandpré travelled via the Maldives to the Seychelles, India, Cochin China, Yemen and Ceylon. This informative account describes the customs of the people along the route, commerce and navigation, the Arabic influence in India, a description of Mocha, the Aarbi trade in Yemen etc. Cf. Chadenat 555. Hünersdorff, Coffee Bibliography, i, p. 600.

Gr e l l m a n n, h.m.G. Histoire des Bohémiens, ou tableau des moeurs, usages et coutumes de ce peuple no-made; suivi des recherches historiques sur leur origine, leur langage et leur premi-ère apparition en Europe. Paris 1810. € 800

Pp. (iv), 354. Contemporary calf, rubbed. First French edition of one of the earli-est scholarly works on Gypsies, originally published in German (1783). Includes a trilingual glossary of Romany, Hindi and French. Black, Gypsy (1914), 1719. Caillet 4766.

h a r k ness, h.A Description of a Singular Aboriginal Race Inhabiting the Summit of the Neil-gherry Hills, or Blue Mountains of Coimbatoor, in the Southern Peninsula of India. London 1832. € 1 100

Pp. viii, 176. With engraved front and 3 engraved plates. Contemporary full calf, rubbed and hinges starting. With gilt crest of Signet Library on covers. First edi-tion. A narrative about the Nilgiris or Blue Mountains, bordering the Karnataka and Kerala states in southern India.

he den BorG, J.Turkiska nationens seder, bruk och klädedrägter. Stockholm 1839 (–42). € 900

4to. Pp. 216, (2). With one map and 47 lithographed plates of which 46 are beautiful hand-coloured costume plates. (Two plates slightly smaller in size). Contemporary half calf on marbled boards, top of spine with some minor repair. First edition of this very attractive Swedish work on Turkey and its customs and manners. Atabey 567. Blackmer 800. Not in Colas or Lipperheide.

[HUNGARY – ART NOUVE AU]l ippiCh, e .k . Koronghi Lippich, Elek Költeményei. 1880–1902. Kriesch Aladár és Nagy Sándor Rajzaival. [Budapest] 1903. € 900

Small 4to. Large 8vo. Pp. 307, (1). With numerous illustrations and text printed within decorated borders in various colours. Publisher’s pictorial burgundy cloth, gilt. First edition of this early and scarce Hungarian Art Nouveau illustrated book of poems. Koronghi Lippich and the two illustrators Sándor Nagy and Aladár (Körösfõi-) Kriesch, were the founders of the art colony at Gödöllõ, the cradle of Hungarian Art Nouveau. They formed an unique Hungarian style in modern art, of which this is a beautiful example.

[HUNGARY – ART DECO CH ILDREN BOOK ] Benes, k . / r e iter , l . (Ill.)A nevetó ember. Mesekönyv. (The laughing man. Storybook). Budapest 1928. € 1 100

4to. Pp. 78, (2). With six coloured plates. Publisher’s half cloth on coloured geomet-ric lithographed paper boards, rubbed. First edition of a striking Art Deco Hun-garian children’s book. Typography and illustrations by László Reiter, a celebrated Hungarian graphic artist and book designer.

[HUNGARY – CH ILDREN BOOK ] B a l Á zs, BÉ l aTestvérország. A jó gyerekeknek mesélte karácsonyra (Sister country. Told for the good children). Gyoma, Kner Izidor, 1918. € 550

16mo. Pp. 59. With six full page coloured plates. Publisher’s pictorial boards,rubbed. Some leaves with small corner loss. First edition of this unusual Hungarian chil-dren book illustrated by Lajos Kozma in a characteristic Art Nouveau style. The book was issued by Kner Publishing House as one of a series of three small children books, of which another one is Anna Lezsnai’s “Mese a bútorokól” (see below). Béla Balázs (1884–1949) was a Hungarian – Jewish film critic, writer and poet.

[HUNGARY – CH ILDREN BOOK ] l esz na i, a .A kis pillangó utazása Lesznán és a szomszédos tündérországban. (The Journey of the Little Butterfly to Leszna and the Neighbouring Fairy-Land). Wien-Leipzig (1913). € 2 400

Folio. Pp. (32). Text in Hungarian. With nine coloured lithograph illustrations. Publisher’s half cloth on colour decorated paper boards, some staining and ex-pertly restored. Illustrated endpapers. First edition of Lesznai’s first children book illustrated in her unique Art Nouveau style partly influenced by the Hungarian folk art. It’s considered Hungarian’s most beautiful children book during the 20th century. Rare. Anna Lesznai (Amália J. Moskowitz) was born in Budapest in 1885. She became one of the most prominent Hungarian poets of the 20th century, as well as a celebrated painter, graphic artist and designer. She was a key figure in the Hungarian avant-garde, a member of the art movement “The Eight” (A Nyolcak). Her painting and embroideries drew much of their inspiration from Hungarian folklore and folk art. In 1939 she emigrated to the United States where she contin-ued her work in art education and opened her own school of painting. She died in New York City in 1966.

[HUNGARY – CH ILDREN BOOK ] l esz na i, aMese a bútorokról és a kis fiúról. Ezt a mesét az én fiamnak anándékozom. (A story about the furniture and the little boy. I give this tale to my son). Gyo-ma 1918. € 680

16mo. Pp. 43, (1). With decorated coloured title, eight coloured plates and two text illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial red boards, slightly rubbed. First scarce edition of this charming children book illustrated in Lesznai’s unique Hungarian Art Nou-veau style. Published as a series of three children’s book (see Balázs for another title).

iGnat i us À s a nC t o J esus [l e one l l i, C .]Grammatica linguae persicae. Rome 1661. € 3 000

4to. Pp. (ii), 60. With large engraved vignette on title. Some age browning. Later half calf (about 1790). First edition of this scarce, early grammar of the Persian language by an Italian Carmelite missionary who compiled this work during his extensive travels in the Near East, Armenia and Persia. Diba p. 76. Schwab 863. Vater p. 280. Zenker BO i, 268.

[ JAPAN ESE CREPE PAPER BOOK ] Flower Arrangements Calendar for 1929. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, 1929. € 1 200

Diamond shaped (13,5 x 13,5 cm). Comprises seven double page leaves including the covers. With twelve colour woodblock printed illustrations of different flower arrangements. With English text. Original decorated covers, silk thread bound, lightly stained. A very charming calendar beautifully printed throughout.

[ JAPAN ESE KIMONO DESIGN ALBUM]“Masae-cho”. (Kyoto) 1861 – [?]. € 3 200

Large album. Size 41 x 31 cm. Comprising 100 leaves with more than 500 hand-painted samples of patterns for Japanese kimonos, most of them pasted in. A few are painted on cloth. Original paper covers, rubbed, contemporary hand writing on covers “Masae-cho” and 1861. This impressive album, exceptionally large, comprises specially made designs for customers at this particular kimono shop. A well pre-served Japanese customer book from the end of the Edo period.

[ JESUIT REL ATIONS]l e G oBien, C.. The Travels of Several Learned Missioners of the Society of Jesus, into Divers Parts of the Archipelago, India, China, and America. Containing a General De-scription of the Most Remarkable Towns; with a Particular Account of the Cus-toms, Manners, and Religion of Those Several Nations, ... London 1714. € 2 000

Pp. (xiv), 336, index (12), adv. (4). With two folding engraved plates. Modern half calf. Some marginal water staining. Foredge chipped and soiled at beginning and end. Some small wormholes. The first English translation of the Jesuit letters. Comprises 22 letters selected from Father Le Gobien’s “Lettres Édifiantes et Cu-rieuses” (volumes 9 & 10, Paris 1711–13). The first ten letters deal with various parts of India, seven letters are devoted to China, two to Canada, one to South America, one to the Philippines, Japan and the Nicobar islands and finally one to Greece. Sabin 40707. De Backer-S. III, 1514.

[ JESUITS] Risposta ad alcune lettere scritte alcuni giorni addietro e sparse per l’Italia. Genova 1759. € 480

Pp. (ii), 52. Beautiful coloured floral end papers. Contemporary vellum. Old library markings. First edition, likely printed in Venice. A collection of letters relating to the suppression of the Jesuits in the Portuguese empire in 1759. Bravetti & Gran-zotto, False Date, 349c.

[ J IGSAW PUZ ZLE M APS] .“Cartes géographique”. France about 1860’s. € 1 300

Size 29,8 x 23, 6 cm. A set of three coloured jigsaw puzzle maps, laid on wood, ar-ranged on three levels. Depicting the world; Europe; and France with it’s depart-ments. Housed in it’s original “Klein-blue” paper box richly gilt. Published by Aug. Logerot in Paris. In lovely condition.

[ Jones, sir w.] (Ed.)Asiatick Researches or, Transactions of the Society, Instituted in Bengal, for In-quiring into History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia. Volumes I–II. Calcutta 1788 [–89] – 1790 [–91]. € 6 000

4to. Pp. xvi, 465, (1) with 34 engraved plates pp. (iv), 502, (1) with 11 engraved plates and two folding tables. Some browning and some minor staining in parts. Half calf on marbled paper boards. Beautifully rebound to period style by B. Middleton. First edition. First two volumes of the scarce Calcutta edition supervised by Sir William Jones who also contributed with several important papers. The Asiatick Researches was the original journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal founded in 1784 by Sir William Jones under the patronage of Warren Hastings. Graham Shaw, Printing in Calcutta to 1800, nr. 128 & 172. PMM 235 (“On the Hindus”).

k a l m, p.En resa til Norra America, på Kongl. Swenska Wetenskaps Academiens befalln-ing, och publici kostnad, förrättad. Three vols. Stockholm 1753–1761. € 6 800

Pp. (xxiv), 484, (20); (ii), 526, (22); (ii), 538, (14). With woodcuts in the text and one folding view. Contemporary half calf, rubbed. Volume three’s spine ends expertly restored. First edition of this early Swedish valuable account on American natural history. Pehr Kalm was sent by Linné to North America between 1748–51 to study the flora and collect specimens of plants and seeds to bring back to Sweden and Finland. His narrative comprises the stay in England, the Atlantic voyage, the vis-its to Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and also his travels within Canada (to Montreal, Quebec and Lorette). Streeter ii, 823“One of the most important and reliable 18th century accounts of Amercian natural history, social organization, and political situation”. Howes K5 “b”. Larsson 329. Sabin 36986, Schiötz Itineraria Norvegica 511a.

k awa s a k i, k .Omacha-e shu (Toy pictorial collection). Five vols. Osaka 1919. € 3 800

Folio. A complete set comprising twenty parts bound in five volumes. Pp. 22 with Japanese text and 122 plates with woodcut images, all printed in bright, fresh col-ours some heightened with silver or gold. Publisher’s paper decorated covers, some staining along the edges. Housed in original brown cloth slip case. First edition of this monumental and fascinating work devoted to traditional Japanese toys and an-tique folk crafts. The illustrator is Kawasaki Koysen (1877–1942), renowned Osaka woodblock print artist who specialised in pictures of traditional Japanese toys and characters. A rare and impressive work in very good condition.

k erGu e l en tr É m a r e C, y.-J. deRelation d’un voyage dans la mer du Nord, aux côtes d’Islande, du Groenland, de Ferro, de Schettland, des Orcades & de Norwége; fait en 1767 & 1768. Paris 1771. € 3 000

4to. Pp. (vii), (2), 220. As often the leaf “avis and list of plates” is missing. With 18 engraved maps and plates. Contemporary marbled calf, rubbed. First edition. An account by the French naval officer Kerguelen Trémarec of a voyage in the North Sea visiting the coasts of Iceland, Geenland and Norway. (Cox). Cox ii, 21. Sabin 37616. Schiötz 527a.

k iCh iG oro, m. / u m es a Bu ro, t. (Ed.)Forty Seven Ronin. Yokahama Meiji 26 (1893). € 1 250

Small 16mo. Lvs. (33) and one large folding coloured woodcut plate of the dramatic revenge scene (tear at fold, no loss). As issued with original coloured pictorial crepe paper wrappers, silk ties, rubbed. Text in English. Comprises a preface (one page), “A short account” (11 pages) and 54 coloured woodcut illustrations with accompa-nied text. The story known as “Chushingura” is based on a real historical incident that took place in 1703. It’s about how the forty-seven loyal samurai revenged the death of their master Lord Asano.

k iÖpinG, n.m. / w il l m a n, o.e . / [C a ron, F.]… Een kort beskrffning uppå trenne reesor och peregrinationer, sampt konun-garijket Japan I. Beskrifwes een reesa / som genom Asia / Africa och många andra hedniska konungarijken /... förrättat aff Nils Matson Kiöping... II. Beskriwes een reesa till OstIndien / China och Japan III. ... om förbenembde stoora och mächta konungarijketz Japan tillstånd /... förrättat och beskrefwen aff Oloff Erickson Willman... IV. Uthföres een reesa ifrån Muszcow till China, genom Mongul och Cataja... Wiisindzborg 1674. € 4 800

4to. Pp. (iv), 176, 178–304. Half calf on marbled paper boards. Some minor brown-ing. Second edition, first published (Kiöping) in 1667 in only 500 copies. A scarce Swedish collection printed at the private press of Count Brahe in Wisingsborg by the German bookprinter Johan Kankel. They are the first proper travel accounts published in Sweden.Comprises:I. Nils Matson Kiöping s narrative of his voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, Ara-bia, Persia, and further on to the Far East. His story became enormously popular at the time. II. Olof Eriksson Willman’s account of a voyage on a Dutch East India ship to East India, China and Japan between 1648–53. III. Willman’s interesting and accurate account of Japan (with separate title page dated 1673) which he visited in August 1651 for some months. His account of Tokai-do, the “East Sea Route”, is one of the earliest known in European literature. Also includes a translation of Francois Caron’s account of Japan. IV. An account of a journey from Moscow to China.

k l e en, t.Tempeldanser och musikinstrument på Bali. Stockholm 1951. € 1 600

Folio. Pp. 24. With 53 mounted plates, of which 21 are coloured. Publisher’s calf decorated in gilt. First edition, limited to 200 copies. Tyra Kleen was a Swedish artist and author who travelled the world. She illustrated her own travel accounts. This work devoted to temple dancers in Bali describes the different kinds of dances, the costumes, music, etc. Accompanied with beautiful and striking plates.

ko ops, m.Historical Account of the Substances which have been used to Describe Events, and to Convey Ideas, from the Earliest Date to the Invention of Paper. London 1801. € 2 900

Pp. 274. With engraved front of an Egyptian papyrus. Contemporary calf, expert-ly rebacked to style. The second, revised and much enlarged edition (first 1800). This edition was printed on remanufactured white paper and became the first book printed on recycled paper in the West! The appendix (pp. 259–274) is printed on paper made from wood pulp. Dard Hunter (1947), pp. 332–40, 375–6, & p. 523. Cf. Bigmore & Wyman p. 399.

[k rusinsk i, J.t.] / Cl odi us, J.C.... Hoc est Chronicon peregrinantis seu historia ultimi belli Persarum cum Agh-wanis gesti, a tempore primæ eorum in regnum Persicum irruptionis ejusque oc-cupationis, usque ad Eschrefum Aghwanum, Persiæ regem continuata, ex codice turcicio, ... cum tabula imperatorum familiæ othmanicæ, ex codice manuscripto turcico, in fine adjecta. Studio et opera Chr.,Clodii. Lpz 1731. € 1 800

Small 4to. Pp. (xx), 108, (12). Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked. Occasionally some browning. This work about the war in Afghanistan and its reoccupation by the Persians under Nadir Shah was originally published in Turkish at Constantino-ple in 1729, made from a Latin work by Krusinski and edited by Ibrahim Efendi. Bibl. de Baron Silvestre de Sacy, iii, 5310. Ebert, Allg. Bibl. Lexicon, no. 4844.

l a Biss aChÈr e , p.J. l . deEtat actuel du Tunkin, de la Cochinchine, et des royaumes de Camboge, Laos et Lac-Tho. Three parts in one volume. Paris 1812. € 1 250

Pp. (iv), ii, 325; (iv), 342. Includes the two half titles but maybe one leaf (blank?) missing at end. Later full calf. Second edition of a missionary work which to a large extent is based on Antoine du Montyon’s work “Exposé statistique du Tunkin, de la Cochinchine, ... sur la relation de M. La Bissachère”. La Bissachère was a French missionary who arrived in Tonkin in 1790 where he remained for 17 years and trav-elled extensively in the area. Cordier BI 998.

[l a F or est-mou e t, J.de]Alphabet geographique des empires, royaumes, etats, pays, isles, villes, caps, ... que l ’on trouve dans l ’histoire ancienne, tant sainte, que profane. Paris 1710. € 1 000

12mo. Pp. (x), 110, 8, 111–135, (3). Contemporary calf, rubbed. Second edition (first 1708). Useful alphabetical listing of Greek and Roman (as well as Biblical) countries and places, providing young students with correct names, locations, dates, etc. Cf Cioranescu 30706.

l e a k e , w.m.Journal of a Tour in Asia Minor with Comparative Remarks on the Ancient and Modern Geography of that Country. London 1824. € 950

Pp. xxx, 362. With one engraved plate, two engraved plans of the Troad and one large folding linen-backed map (foxed). Contemporary full calf, rubbed. First edi-tion of the first systematic description of Asia Minor. Leake was a British topog-rapher and diplomat who was sent to Constantinople in 1799 and served with the Ottoman army in Egypt. He kept an accurate journal of his travels through the central parts of Asia Minor (Anatolia or Asian Turkey). The map is very interest-ing as it traces earlier traveller’s routes. Atabey 690. Blackmer 972. Navari, Greek civilzation, 388.

l enGy e l (l e Bov iCs), m. Taifun (Typhoon). Budapest 1909. € 900

Pp. 147. Printed on Japanese style paper. Original brown stiff decorated wrappers. The binding is designed by Elek Falus, renowned Hungarian graphic artist, famous for his book cover designs in Art Nouveau style. First rare edition of Menyhért Lengyel’s drama Typhoon which became a worldwide success.

l enGy e l (l e Bov iCs), m. Taifun (Typhoon). Budapest 1910. € 500

Pp. 135, (1). Original green cloth, upper cover with abstract coloured design. The binding is designed by Elek Falus, renowned for his book covers in Art Nouveau style. Second edition of Lengyel’s famous drama Typhoon (first 1909).

l esseps, J.B. B. B a ron deVoyage de M. de Lesseps au Kamtschatka, en quittant M. de la Pérouse. (“Abré-gé de l’histoire générale des voyages. Tomes 24–25”). Two vols. Paris 1791. € 1 500

Pp. (vi), viii, 280; (iv), 380, vi, (1). With two engraved maps and one engraved plate. Contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, small repair (expertly) to one rear cover. First published in Paris 1790. De Lesseps accompanied as Interpreter on La Perousse circumnavigation which was designed to follow up on the voyage of Bougainville in

establishing a French presence in the South Pacific. The expedition sailed through the South Pacific, and then up the coast of China to Kamchatka. In 1787 De Lesseps left the expedition at Kamchatka to return to Paris overland through Siberia with documents, views and maps of the first two years of the voyage. He thus became the only survivor of the ill-fated expedition. Cf Du Rietz, Bibl. Polynesia 723 (first ed.). Cf Ferguson 87. Cf Sabin 40208.

l oeFl inG, p. / l in nÉ , C. von (Ed.)Iter hispanicum, eller resa til spanska länderna uti Europa och America, förrät-tad ifrån år 1751 til år 1756, med beskrifningar och rön öfver de märkvärdigaste växter. Stockholm 1758. € 1 800

Pp. (xx), 316. With two engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed. First edition of Loefling’s travel account describing the flora in Spain and South America, posthumously published by his teacher Carl von Linné. The main part of the work comprises “Plantae hispanicae and plantae americanae” with descriptions of 52 Spanish plants and 75 American plants. Hulth p.110. Pritzel 6213. Sabin 41772. Soulsby 3588. Stafleu & Cowan 4921.

m aCl e a n, J.A Compendium of Kafir Laws and Customs, Including Genealogical Tables of Kafir Chiefs and Various Tribal Census Returns. Mount Coke 1858. € 500

Pp. viii, 168. With three folding tables. Original cloth. First edition. Colonel John Maclean was Chief Commissioner of the province known as “British Kaffraria” in South Africa. This work is a comprehensive account of the natives. Mendelssohn i, 960.

[m a il l a r d de t ou r non, C.t.]Relazione della preziosa morte dell ’eminentiss. e reverendiss. Carlo Tomaso Mail-lard di Tournon. Commissario, e Visitatore Apostolico Generale, con le facoltà di Legato a latere nell ’Impero della Cina, e Regni dell ’Indie Orientali, seguita nella Città di Macao lì 8. del mese di giugno dell ’anno 1710. Roma 1711. € 2 200

Small 4to. Pp. 70 and one engraved portrait. Contemporary vellum. First edition of a biographical study comprising three works of cardinal Maillard de Tournon who was the first papal legate sent to the Imperial court of China, on behalf of the Pope Clement XI. He arrived at Beijing in 1705. At first Emperor Kangxi received him kindly, but upon realizing that he had come to abolish the Chinese rites among the native Christians he had Tournon imprisoned at Macau where he later on died, shortly after being informed that he had been created cardinal on August 1, 1707. Maillard de Tournon’s mission is considered one of the crucial turning points in the modern history of the Chinese church. Cordier BS 913–14. Backer & Sommervogel xi, 1285–6, no. 206 (first part).

m a rt in i, m.Histoire de la Chine, traduite de Latin. Two vols. Paris 1692. € 4 500

12mo. Pp. (xxii) (probably one blank leaf missing), 527 with one engraved front (arms of de Beauvillier) and nine engraved plates; pp. (ii), 462 with five engraved plates. Contemporary full calf, rubbed, weak joints. Some minor spotting to the first volume but overall a very handsome copy. Rare first French edition of this important early European work on Chinese ancient history mainly based on Chi-nese sources. First published in Latin in 1658. Cordier BS 187. See Löwendahl 120. Mungello (1989) pp. 124–33. Walravens (1987) p. 17.

mor r ison, r .A Memoir of the Principal Occurrences during an Embassy from the British Government to the Court of China in the year 1816. London 1819. € 1 400

Pp. 68. (pp. 139–206). Contemporary half calf on marbled boards. Original edition of Morrison’s account which was first published in the periodical “The Pamphlet-eer” (15). The following year it was published as a separate work in London (edited by John Morton).Reverend Robert Morrison was the first protestant missionary to China where he served for 27 years. He became famous for his linguistic abilities and served as Secretary and interpreter on Lord Amherst’s embassy to Peking in 1816. Cordier BS 2396. Cf Löwendahl 821. Cf Lust 530.

[m u rta da iBn a l-’a F iF] / vat t ier , p. (Transl.)L’Egypte de Murtadi fils du Gaphiphe, ou il est traité des pyramides, du déborde-ment du Nil, & des autres merueilles de cette province, selon les opinions & tradi-tions des Arabes. Paris 1666. € 1 000

12mo. Pp. (lvi), 304. Modern quarter calf, upper part of front hinge cracked. Ti-tle with small burn hole and some browning in parts. First edition. Murtada ibn al-’Afif was an Islamic historian from Cairo who lived between 1154 and 1237. His account covers the history, antiquities, legends, etc of Egypt and includes the sto-ries of Noah, Joseph and Moses. The original Arabic manuscript (or a copy) was found by the French Arabist Pierre Vattier (1623–67) who translated it into French. Ibrahim-Hilmy II, p. 54.

m usta Fa s  m i eF endiAvrupa Risalesi (Pamphlet of Europe). Istanbul, Takvimhane-i Amire, 1256 H (1840). € 1 200

Small 8vo. Pp. 40. Text in Turkish. Contemporary blue wrappers. Copy of Alix Desgranges (1793–1854). First edition. Early Turkish attempt to explain the causes of things to be admired in the civilization of Europe. Mustafa Sâmi travelled ex-tensively within Europe and participated as a member of a Turkish legation to Paris in 1838. He felt that the advanced state of Europe stemmed from its excellence in science. See Niyazo Berkes, The development of secularism in Turkey, 1999 p. 129. Özege 1323.

[ol de nd or p, C.G. a .]Tillförlåtlig underrättelse om negrerne på Guinea kusten, samt de derifrån hämtade slafvarnas närvarande belägenhet, medfart, seder och sinnelag. Under deras träldom på de christnas nybyggen i Vestindien. Jämte bihang om Caribiske nationen, sockerberedningen, m.m. Two parts in one volume. Upsala 1784. € 1 200

12mo. Pp. 187, (5). Modern boards. Rare Swedish work on slavery. Mainly based on Oldendorp’s account of the mission history of the Virgin Islands (“Geschichte der Mission der evangelischen Brüder auf dem caribischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix, und S.Jan”). Oldendorp was sent to the Danish West Indies in 1767–68. Not in Sabin.

[OPIUM ] The Chinese Opium-Smoker. Twelve Illustrations; Facsimiles of Native Draw-ings. With a Translation of the Original Chinese Text Accompanying them, and Appendixes. London (ca 1881). € 1 500

Pp. 44. Including 12 coloured lithographed illustrations with descriptive text. Orig-inal printed wrappers, spine ends chipped. A couple of leaves with rusty staple marks at inner margin. Second, enlarged edition (first 1875?) of this anti-opium pamphlet. The illustrations depict the gradual downfall of a opium smoker. This enlarged edition includes a.o. a letter by Commissioner Lin to the Queen of Eng-land.

[OPIUM]l in nÉ , C. von & Ge orGi i, G.e .Opium, quod, dissertatione medica, venia experient. Fac. Medicæ in Reg. Acad. Upsaliensi, præside ... Carolo à Linné. ... In audit. Carol. Majori, die XV. Nov. MDCCLXXV. Upsala [1775]. € 1 600

4to. Pp. (ii), 17, (1). Contemporary wrappers, worn. Rare dissertation about the opium plant “Papaver somniferum”, the manufacturing process and it’s use in med-icine. Georgii was a Swedish court pharmacist. Soulsby no. 2444. Lidén p. 319.

or l É a ns, p.J. d’Histoire des deux conquérans tartares qui ont subjugué la Chine. Paris 1688. € 1 400

Pp. xxx, 320 + 37. (Half title not present). Contemporary calf, rubbed. First edition, first issue. An historical account of the Manchu conquest based on the works of Martini and Schall, and including the Flemish Jesuit Verbiest’s two journeys to-gether with the emperor K’ang-hsi (to Manchuria in 1682 and to Mongolia in 1683). Cordier BS 629. Löwendahl 190. Streit (1929) 2596.

pa r iso t, p.C. [or pÈ r e nor Be r t and later a BBÉ pl ate l]Memoires utiles et necessaires, tristes et consolans, sur les missions des Indes Ori-entales, &c. Memoriali utili e necessariiaflittui e consonlanti, rispetto alle mis-sione delle Indie orientali, &c. Luques (but Avignon?) 1742. € 2 500

Pp. xxxiv, 377, (1). With parallel text in French and Italian. Contemporary calf. First edition of this serious critique of the Jesuits in India by Père Norbert, a Capu-chin missionary. The work explains the priority of the Capuchin mission in the area and criticizes the conduct and actions of the Jesuits claiming that they infringed on Capuchin territory, jurisdiction etc.

r iBou d, k . (Ed.)Le motif floral dans les tissus Moghols inde XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Paris 1995. € 220

Folio. Pp. (12). With 26 plates depicting lovely pieces of fabrics. Parallel text in French and English. As issued with loose leaves in the original decorated paper portfolio. First edition. A study about textiles from the collection at AEDTA (As-sociation pour l’Etude et la Documentation des Textiles d’Asie).

r iBou d, k . (Ed.)Soieries bouddhiques chinoises XIVe – XVIIIe siecle / Chinese Buddhist Silks. Paris 1996. € 450

Folio. Pp. 23 + 4 with bibliograhical ref. With 28 coloured plates depicting exquisite pieces and fragments of textiles. Parallel text in French and English. As issued with loose leaves in original decorated paper portfolio. First edition. A beautiful research work about Chinese religious textiles published by AEDTA (Association pour l’Etude et la Documentation des Textiles d’Asie).

r iC au t (ryC au t), p.Histoire de l ’état present de l ’Empire Ottoman Contenant les maximes politiques des turcs; les principaux points de la religion mahometane, ses sectes, ses héresies, & ses diverses sortes de religieux; leur discipline militaire, avec une supputation exacte de leurs forces par mer & par terre, & du revenu de l ’etat. Paris 1670. € 3 000

4to. Pp. (xii), 382, (2). With engraved decorated extra title and 21 engraved ills by Sébastien Le Clerc. Contemporary full calf, rubbed. First French edition of this famous work of the Ottoman empire mainly based on Rycaut’s personal experi-ences. Rycaut was secretary to the British Ambassador in Constantinople from 1661 to 1667, and later on appointed consul at Smyrna. This work is an analysis of the structure of the Ottoman government and society but also includes information about the Mahometan religion, the maritime and land forces of Turkey. Cf Atabey 1069. Cf Blackmer 1464. Willems 1872.

r in-Chen l h a-moWe Tibetans. An Intimate Picture, by a Woman of Tibet, of an Interesting and Distinctive People, in which it is Shown how they Live, their Beliefs, their Out-look, their Work & Play, & how they Regard themselves and others. London 1926. € 360

Pp. 228, (iv) adv. With portrait front and 28 full page plates made from photographs. Some light offsetting. Publisher’s orange cloth in a printed dust jacket with small wear. This is the first published work in English by a woman of Tibet. Includes an historical introduction by her husband Louis King, the British consul at Tatsienlu (Kangding). Yakushi (1984) R120.

rosser , r .h.[Drop-head title]. A Journey to Shipki. A Frontier Village of Chinese Thibet. 1872. No place or date, ca 1875. € 4 500

Small 4to. Pp. 24. Numerous corrections and deletions in ink to the text. With three hand drawn maps (on three pages) rendered in black, red and blue ink. In ad-dition there is a hand written list (1,5 pages) titled “Voyages to & from, Marches, & Travels in India” made between 1866 and 1875. Contemporary half calf over pebble grained cloth.Presumably a printed proof of an unpublished travel account, maybe an article for a journal, annotated by the author and provided with interesting cartographic mate-rial. This travel journal describes Rosser’s journey into Himachal Pradesh which started out on April 12th,1872 from Mian-Mir (close to Lahore) into the Himalayas across mountains, through remote lands and beautiful valleys, by faraway villages and carried on right up to the Tibetan border. Parts of the journey became quite dangerous and difficult especially when crossing frozen snow drifts. Rosser came to Lama settlements in the Himalayas (Murung and Nisung) which previously had not been visited by any Europeans. After 450 miles mainly on foot crossing seven snow passes of between 12500 and 15000 feet the journey ended in Simla on June 5, the same year. At Simla he met with Robert Shaw who just had been appointed British Minister at Lek in Ladak. The journal describes the route with detailed in-formation about the scenery, wildlife, flora and fauna, the villages, what the people look like, their dresses, food, the camps, etc. Rosser is a curious observer and he writes about the landscape and the natives in a very expressive and humble way. Captain Richard Henry Rosser served between early 1872 and 1875 at the British Army Fort at Lahore, during which time he made this journey. We haven’t been able to find any published work by him.

ry er , a . du (Transl.)L’Alcoran de Mahomet. Traduit de l ’arabe. Nouvelle edition revüe & corrigé. Two vols in one. Amsterdam 1734. € 700

Pp. xviii, 282, ii, 288. With two fronts. Contemporary quarter calf on marbled paper boards, lightly rubbed. This is a well known translation of the Qur’an by du Ryer, a renowned orientalist who served at the consulate in Alexandria in the 1620’s and later served as interpreter to the French ambassador in Istanbul. Cf Zenker BO i, 1390 (no this ed.).

s a’di (m ush a r r iF a l-din iBn m usl ih a l-din)Iqd-I-Manzûm. A Selection from the Bustân of Shaykh Saadi of Shirâz. Text-book for the Higher Standard Examination in Persian held by the Board of Ex-aminers Fort Willam, and for the entrance course Calcutta University. Edited by Major H.S. Jarrett and Mawlawi Kabir Uddin Ahmad. Calcutta 1880. € 1 600

Lvs 77 with text in Persian + one page with English title. Contemporary half calf. This examination book comprises an extract of the famous poetry book Bustan by Sa’di, the renowned Persian poet of the 13th century. Not in Diba nor in Wilson.

s a k a i, s. (Ed. & Publ.)Self Guide for Travellers in Japan. Published by Shuseido, Tokyo Meiji 20 (1887). € 900

Size 70 x 60.5 cm. A large folding map printed in colours covering the middle part of Japan (from Tsu in Mie prefecture to Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture). Names printed in Japanese but towns also printed in English. Some small repairs on verso, nicely done. Housed in original printed folder with a tie, lightly rubbed. An easily accessible map done for tourists.

[SNAKE SKIN BIN DING] s a str i, n.Hindu Feasts Fasts & Ceremonies. With an Introduction by Henry K. Beau-champ. Madras 1903. € 260

Small 8vo. Pp. (viii), 154. With a portrait front. Black cloth with real snake skin spine, title hand painted in white ink on upper cover, corners rubbed.

sCheF F erus, J.The History of Lapland wherein are Shewed the Original Manners, Habits, Marriages, Conjurations, &c of that People. Written by John Scheffer, Professor of Law and Rhetoric at Upsal in Sweden. Oxford 1674. € 2 200

Small folio. Pp. (iv), 147, (1). With one engraved extra title, one engraved map and many woodcut illustrations. Contemporary full calf with gilt armorial stamps on covers and gilt stamp of “the Society of Writers to the Signet” on both boards, expertly rebacked. Some minor staining to the first part of the book. First English edition of this early work on Lapland and the Lapps, translated from the original Latin by Anton Cremer. Collijn 828. Cox I, p. 178. Warmholtz 705 not. Wing S851.

[sChn it zk er (sChn itsCher), J.C.]Berättelse om Ajuckiniska Calmuckiet, eller om detta folkets ursprung, huru de kommit under ryssarnas lydno, deras gudar, gudsdyrkan och prester, huru de stiftas uti 4 uluffer eller folkhopar, deras politique och philosophie, … Stockholm 1744. € 1 200

Small 8vo. Pp. (x), 68. Modern half vellum. Rare first edition. Contains the first printed ethnographical description of the land of the Kalmucks. Schnitzker, a Swedish born captain in the Russian Army, accompanied a Chinese embassy to the Kalmyk Aiuk Khan in 1714. His comprehensive account of the Kalmucks com-prises information about the life, customs, and beleifs of the people, as well as on the Russo-Kalmyk and Russo-Chinese relations at the time. Cordier BS 637. Jar-ring (1981) pp 69–70. Löwendahl 430.

sÉ Gu y, e . a .Papillons. Paris, Tolmer editeur 13 Quai d’Anjou, ca 1928. € 12 800

Folio (33 x 45 cm). Pp. (4) and twenty pochoir plates including sixteen of butter-flies (depicting 80 different varieties) and four with decorative abstract patterns. As issued loose in original cloth backed white boards with cloth ties. Upper cover decorated with a large coloured butterfly in pochoir and lettered in silver and black. First and only edition of this spectacular Art Nouveau design album. The plates depict exotic and intensely coloured butterflies from India, Africa, the Himalayas, South-East Asia, China, New Zealand and South America, enlarged in size, but reproduced faithfully in form and colour in a mixed technique of collotype and stencil in watercolour or gouache. Eugène Séguy was one of the foremost French designers at the beginning of the 20th century, working both in the Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles. Besides being an artist Séguy was trained as an entomologist, eventually becoming Director of the Laboratory for General and Applied Ento-moloy at the Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris. A most wonderful copy.

[she er e , h. sir]A Discourse Touching Tangier in a Letter to a Person of Quality. To which is Added, the Interest of Tangier by Another Hand. London, 1680. € 1 500

Pp. (ii), 5–40. Uncut copy bound in half calf. First edition. For several centuries Tangier has been an important trade post due to it’s position at the Strait of Gi-braltar where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic Ocean. It was a British colony from 1661 when it was given to Charles II as part of the dowry from the Portuguese, until 1684. Kress 1517. Playfair, Morocco, 271.

sh i m i z u, s. (Ill.) & n ish i z awa , t.Unai no Tomo (The Child’s Friends). Ten vols. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 24-Taisho (1891–1923). € 3 600

A complete set comprising ten volumes devoted to Japanese traditional children’s toys. Comprises more than 420 pages with numerous coloured woodcuts of toys with printed captions in Japanese. Bound in original decorated paper wrappers. One volume with some minor marginal stain but otherwise an excellent copy. First edition of this highly artistic and important work sometimes considered “the Bible for all serious toy amateurs”. Seifu Shimizu was a student of Hiroshige III and studied poetry with Kozando Sangetsu. He was the leading Meiji collector of omo-cha, toys handmade from common materials. Shimizu died during the publication of this work, and the four additional volumes were published by Tekiho Nishizawa. The woodcuts are of very high quality and printed in bright, intense colours. Some are highlighted with gold and silver. Uncommon, especially complete in first edi-tion.

[sion ita , G. & Joa n nes h. etc.]Arabia, seu Arabum vicina rumqz gentium orientalium leges, ritus, sacri et pro-fani mores, instituta et historia Accedunt praeterea varia per Arabiam itinera, in quibus multa notatu digna, enarrantur. Amsterdam 1633. € 550

16mo. Pp. 297. With engraved title. Some light waterstain to last few leaves. Con-temporary vellum, slightly rubbed. First edition of this charming pocket guide to the Arabic world. It covers Mecca, Baghdad, Aleppo, Damascus and Jerusalem. De la Faye p. 10. Gay 3452. Smitskamp PO 188.

spe e l m a n, C.J.Journal, oder Kurtze Erzehlung des Anfangs, Fort- und Außgangs des Krieges, welcher zwischen dem König und mehrerer Regierunge des Reichs Macassar und der Oost-Indischen Compagnie der vereinigten Niederlanden in den Jahren 1666, 1667, 1668 und 1669, geführet worden. Hamburg 1670. € 1 200

4to. Pp. (36). Title printed in red and black. Without the map. Modern boards. A German edition, originally published in Dutch 1669, of this early account of Makassar (Sulawesi Island) at that time when the Dutch took over as colonial masters in the area.Cornelis Speelman was born in Rotterdam 1628 but resided

for about forty years in the East Indies. Since the beginning of the 16th century Makassar was the major trading center of eastern Indonesia where Chinese, Indi-ans, Arabs, Siamese, Javanese and Malays came to exchange commodities (spices, metal goods, textiles, gold, copper, pearls, etc). The Dutch arrived in the beginning of the 17th century with the aim of establishing a hegemony over the spice trade in the area. In 1666 Speelman headed a Dutch expedition to Makassar, aided by Bugis soldiers, and managed to destroy the strongholds of the Sultanate of Gowa. The Treaty of Bongaja was signed in 1667 between Sultan Hasanudin of Gowa and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) which meant that all traders from Gowa had to apply for license in order to do business in regions controlled by VOC. Scarce. A few library copies found in Germany, one at Cornell and one in the Netherlands. Not in Cordier. See Howgego p. 987.

spit z e l , G. (spi z e l , t.)De re literaria sinensium commentarius. Lugd. Bat. 1660. € 800

12mo. Pp. xxiv, 306, (20). With engraved extra title, two engraved plates and one more plate. Small tear to title expertly repaired on verso. Contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed. First edition. Cordier BS 1412. Lust 77 (no plates). Löwendahl 123. Walravens (1987) 163.

tav er n ier , J.B.The Six Voyages ... Through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies. Finished in the Year 1670. Giving an Account of the State of those Countries. Together with a New Relation of the Present Grand Seignor’s Seraglio. London 1678. TOGETHER WITHA Collection of Several Relations & Treatises Singular and Curious, ... Not Printed among his first Six Voyages. London 1680. € 8 500

Folio. Two works bound in one volume. First work Pp. (ii), 2, (xviii), 184, pp. 195–264 + pp. (ii), 214, 1 blank leaf + pp. (vi), 97, (viii), 107–119, (3). With 24 engraved plates and some text illustrations. Second work Pp. (xx), (2), 14, (3), 15–46, (2), 47–87 + pp. 66, (2). With two maps (one with small tear) on one folded leaf and 8 engraved plates. Contemporary calf, rebacked. First English editions of Tavernier’s celebrated work “Six Voyages” and the Supple-ment, originally published in 1676–77 and 1679 respectively. John Baptiste Taverni-er (1605–89) was a French gem merchant who spent 30 years travelling in the East. His famous work covers his travels to Turkey, Persia, India and the East Indies. The Voyages “are rich in materials on routes, traveling conditions, trading practices, the mines of Golcondia [in India], and the Dutch and English activities in the East” (Lach). The supplement contains descriptions of Japan and Tonkin (today north Vietnam); French negotiations in Persia and India which resulted in the foundation of the French East India company; commerce in the East Indies; etc. Some minor marginal staining, one leaf with small burn hole, but overall a very handsome copy. Howgego T14. Lach, Asia in the Making of Europe III, pp. 416–8. Wing T256.

[ TE X TILE C ATALOGUE – S IM PLE X ]1923–1924 Simplex Buyer’s Guide of Standard Merchandise. Compiled and Distributed by Simplex Sampling Association Inc. Eleventh Ave. & 25th Street, New York (1923). € 1 000

4to. (Size 23 x 31 cm). Pp. (96). With about 1155 tipped-in original colour textile samples. Publisher’s printed wrappers with cotton tie. Minor restoration to wrap-pers. A very attractive and impressive catalogue lavishly illustrated including sam-ples of cloth in various qualities and colours. According to the preface this sample book represents “the very backbone of the American Textile Industry and behind them are the unqualified guarantees of responsible manufacturers and merchants”.

t hom, r . (Transl.)... Wang Keaou Lwan Pih Neen Chang Han or The Lasting Resentment of Miss Keaou Lwan Wang, a Chinese Tale Founded on Fact. Translated from the Origi-nal by Sloth. Canton 1839. € 3 800

Small 4to. Pp. viii, 68. (Last leaf blank). With one plate “lithographed at Canton 1839” reproducing a Chinese woodcut. Author’s presentation inscription on title partly erased. Contemporary quarter calf, joints cracked, upper part of spine re-stored. First edition in English of a tale from the Ming anthology “Jingu Qiguan” published sometime around 1640. Includes an interesting introduction by the trans-lator. Robert Thom became the official linguist during the First Opium war and participated as translator in the Treaty Negotiations at Nanking. In 1843 he was appointed British consul at Ningbo. Cordier BS 1768. Löwendahl 1752. Lust 1103.

[t hom, r .]... Yishi Yuyan. Esop’s Fables Written in Chinese by the Learned Mun Mooy Seen-Shang, and Compiled in their Present Form (With a free and literal trans-lation) by His Pupil Sloth. Macao, Canton Press Office, 1840. € 14 000

Folio. Pp. (ix), xxi, (iv), 104. With one lithographed plate of Chinese characters. Text in English, Chinese and romanizations in the Nanking and Cantonese dia-lects. Early 20th century cloth with original wrappers bound in. Small marginal repair to title (no loss). Rare first edition of Thom’s translation of the Aesop’s Fables into Chinese. It comprises 81 fables preceded by a long preface and an introduction about the written character of the Chinese. The short stories are printed in Chinese characters (wood block) accompanied by the pronounciation in Nanking (Roman letters) and Canton (italics) dialects respectively. Both according to Dr. Morrison’s orthography. In another column a free English translation is given and beneath an English sense of the Chinese character. Robert Thom was the official linguist dur-ing the First Opium war and participated as translator in the Treaty negotiations at Nanking. In 1843 he was appointed British consul at Ningbo. Cordier BS 1683. Lust 1065.

t homs, p.p.A Dissertation on the Ancient Chinese Vases of the Shang Dynasty, from 1743 to 1496, B.C. London 1851. € 600

Small 40. Pp. 63. With 42 woodcut illustrations. Contemporary half red morocco, gilt. First edition. Thoms was a sinologist living in Canton and Macau from 1814 to 1825. He is mainly known for the printing of Robert Morrison’s Chinese dictionary. This work is based on the ancient celebrated Chinese work “Bogo Tulu”. Cordier BS 695. Löwendahl 1122.

tsu nenoBu, k . & F u k u i, G. (Ed.)Sadaie-kyo Junikagetsu kai. (Prints of Birds and Flowers). [Title in Japanese on envelope]. Kyoto, Unsodo, [About 1890]. € 1 500

Comprises a set with twelve exquisite coloured woodblock prints of birds and flow-ers by Kano Tsunenobu. Housed in original paper envelope with coloured wood-block print on upper side. Each picture with printed signature, seal and a number with matching description on back of envelope. Tsunenobu (1636–1713) was one of the most significant painters of the Kano school in the 17th century. Reproduced and edited by Gessai Fukui.

[ TURKE Y ] Turcici imperii status. Seu discurses varii de rebus turcarum. Lugd. Bat. 1630. € 580

16mo. Pp. (viii) incl. engraved title, 314, index (5). Slightly later half calf, somewhat rubbed. First edition. A collection of excerpts and short works about the Ottoman empire by several writers such as Busbecq, Soranzo, Montalbano, Malaguzzi, etc. Berghman 1903. Willems 340.

t z a r a , t. / de l au nay, s. (Ills.)Le coeur à gaz costumes de Sonia Delaunay. [Paris], Jacques Damase, [1977]. € 5 800

Narrow folio portfolio. Size 21 x 45 cm. As issued on heavy paper. With 51 num-bered pages printed on recto only on (17) folded sheets + 2 pages and one blank. Comprising the text of the play “Le coeur à gaz” by Dadaist writer Tristan Tzara. Accompanied by twelve lithographs by Sonia Delaunay. Comprising seven theatre costumes by Sonia Delaunay which are colour reproductions of the gouache ma-quettes made for the performance at Théâtre Michel in 1923, two more double page lithographs (one issued as extra title page and one with two costumes) and three lithographed decorations in the text. Original card covers with striking design in black, red and cream. Housed in specially made plexiglas slipcase. Limited edi-tion of 150 copies, of which this is no. XXI (of XXV reserved for collaborators) on this publication and signed by S. Delaunay on the colophon. (The first 25 copies in the series were accompanied by a supplementary suite of 7 signed lithographs). A

gorgeous copy of this beautiful and rare work. Tristan Tzara (1896–1963) was the renowned Roman born writer and artist who was known for being one of the cen-tral figures of the anti-establishment Dada movement. His noted play “Le cœur à gaz” was first staged as part of the 1921 “Dada Salon” at the Galerie Montaigne in Paris. It was written as a parody of classical drama in the form of an absurd dia-logue between characters named after human body parts; mouth, ear, eye, nose, neck and eyebrow (Tzara himself). The second stage production, also titled “Le Cœur à barbe” was performed at Théâtre Michel in July 1923. Sonia Delaunay, the famous Ukrainian-born French artist, designed and costumed the production, cre-ating bright coloured eccentric geometrically-shaped costumes of thick cardboard. The play has been viewed as the final event in the evolution of Dada as a cultural movement.

t z a r a , t. / de l au nay, s. (Ills.)[Two original lithographs of costumes for “Le coeur à gaz” signed in pencil by Delaunay]. [Paris, Jacques Damase, 1977]. € 850

One lithograph (20.5 x 44 cm) depicting the famous dadaist writer Tristan Tzara (1896–1963) with his monocle in a geometrically-designed costume rendered in green, red and beige. The other lithograph (21.5 x 44 cm) depicting Jacqueline Chaumont in an eccentric trapezoid costume rendered in black, white and yellow. Both the costumes were designed by Sonia Delaunay for the performance of “Le cœur á gaz” (the second staging titled “Le cœur à barbe”) in 1923 at théâtre Michel. The original watercolour designs are held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1977 Paris gallerist Jacques Damase published a limited edition of the play (125 copies) accompanied by 12 original lithographs by Delaunay, seven of which re-produce her original costume designs. At the same time a special collector’s edition of another 25 copies was issued, together with a suite of seven signed lithographs, including these two striking examples.

[wa l Ck ena er , C. a .]Le monde maritime ou tablèau géographique et historique de l ’Archipel d’Orient, de la Polynésie, et del ’ Australie; ... Four volumes. Paris 1818. € 2 800

12mo. Pp. xliv, 170; (iv), 251; (iv), 212; (iv), 234. With four fronts, one folding map and 33 engraved plates, of which six folding aquatints. Uncut copy in original pink mar-bled wrappers, rubbed. Two plates with small marginal tear, a few leaves with light minor staining but overall a fine and unsophisticated set. Scarce first edition. The book is devoted to the islands of Indonesia; Sumatra, Java, Sumbava, Flores and Timur. The description of Polynesia and Australia, announced in the title, is not included. Baron Charles A. Walckenaer was a French civil servant and scientist. Not in Ferguson or Du Rietz. Cf Brunet vi, 19731 (second edition). Cf Chadenat 206.

va nCou v er , G. / spa r r m a n, a .En upptäckts-resa till Norra Stilla Hafvet, och kring jordklotet, ... förrättad åhren 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795. Two parts in one volume. Stockholm 1800–01. € 2 600

Pp. (vi), 184; (viii), 192. With one folding map (small loss at joint) and eight en-graved plates. Contemporary half calf. Scarce Swedish version by Anders Spar-rman of Vancouver’s important account. Anders Sparrman sailed together with Vancouver on Cook’s second voyage and gives here some personal impressions (pp. 3–4 of part one). The appendix in the second part (pp. 166–192) contains an account of the Patagonians by Sparrman. The map of the North Pacific and the northwest coast of America is drawn and engraved by Sparrman himself based on a map published in 1781. The beautiful plates depict natives from Tasmania, the Tonga Islands and Alaska. As usual the series title page called “Utvalda allmänt nyttiga och merendels nyare rön och samlingar” is not present. Du Rietz 1314. Cf Ferguson 339. Cf Sabin 98444.

wa nsl e Ben [va nsl e B], J.m.Nouvelle relation en forme de journal, un voyage fait en Egypte. En 1672 & 1673. Paris 1677. € 2 000

Small 8vo. Pp. (xvi) including one blank leaf, 423, (17). Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked. First edition of Wansleben’s narrative of his second journey to Egypt. Wansleben was a German theologian and linguist. His account is one of the earli-est of Upper Egypt. Blackmer 1769. Gay 2269. Howgego W10. Ibrahim-Hilmy ii, 303.

[ VAR ANA SI – Photoalbum]Views of Benares from the River Side. Presented by the Maharaja of Benares. [Varanasi about early 1900’s]. € 1 250

A small black sheep album with twenty photographs in very good condition. The front cover is lettered in gilt. The photos (9,5 x 7cm )are pasted on turquoise paper covered boards within red ruled border and with English printed captions below. The first photo is a portrait of Maharaja Prabhu Narayan Singh who ruled between 1889 and 1931. The remaining photos illustrate various ghats and important sites on the river Ganges at Varanasi. A charming album, probably issued as a gift to prominent guests.

[ WOLOF L ANGUAGE] Guide de la conversation français-volof. Dakar (Sénégal), Saint Joseph de Ngasobil, Mission Catholique, 1907. € 950

24mo. Pp. xvi, 167, (1). Original printed boards. Faint stamp. A scarce small guide treating the Wolof language, the most common language spoken in Senegal, but also spoken in the Gambia and Mauritania. Includes a dictionary, a small treatise on conjugation and a selection of basic phrases. Not in Vater.