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1.AUBARET, LOUIS GABRIEL GALDERICVocabulaire français-annamite et annamite-fran-çais, précédé d’un traité des particules annamites, rédigéparlessoinsdeM.Aubaret...,imprimésurordredeM.leVice-AmiralCharnerCommandantenChefdes forcesnavales françaisesdans l’Indo-Chine.Twoparts inonevolume.Bangkok,Impri-meriedelaMissionCatholique,1861. €1600

Pp.(iv),xcv,(1)96,1blankleaf+pp.(ii),157.Copywithwidemargins.Contemporarymarbledboards,calfspine,papertitlelabelonspine,lightlyrubbed.Oldbooklabelpartlyerasedonfrontpastedown.FirsteditionofthefirstpublishedbilingualVietnamesedictionary in awesternlanguage. Louis Gabriel Aubaret (1825–94) was the firstFrenchconsul serving inBangkok,buthis realmissionwas to negotiatewith theCourt ofHue.He signed theTreatyofHuéin1864.CordierBI774&2287–88.

2.BAUER , JOHNTroll. Tio original litografier. (Ten original litho-graphs). Göteborg, Ernst Bauers Förlag, [1915]. €32004to.Pp.(6)andtenlithographs(9.5x12–13cm)pastedonstrongpaper.Originalillustratedwrappers,spinerestored.Only edition, limited number published. The beautifuland detailed plates illustrate Bauer’s well-known fairytaleworldwiththesweetlittleprincessandthekind,butfearsome-looking trolls. Foreword by Carl Larsson, anda loose advertisement leafwith the same text included.Housedinaclothbox.JohnBauer(1882–1918),renownedSwedishpainterandillustratormainlyknownforhisil-lustrationsof“BlandTomtarochTroll”(AmongGnomesandTrolls),acollectionoffairytaleswrittenbySwedishauthors.Hedevelopedauniquestylewithimagessetindarkandsecretiveenvironmentsclearly inspiredbyhischildhoodforests.NaturewashisgreatestteacherbuthewasalsoinfluencedbyhisjourneystoLapland,GermanyandItaly.Hediedattheageofonly36whenheandhisfamilydrownedinashipwreckinLakeVättern.Raretofindacompleteset.

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3.[BENGALI]YATES , WILLIAM (Transl.)ThePsalmsofDavid,TranslatedintotheBengaleeLanguagefromtheOriginalHebrew.Duderagta:ibrbhshhaitentanatarjjam.PublishedbyandfortheCalcuttaAuxiliaryBibleSociety.Calcutta,Bap-tistMissionPress,1826. €560

Pp.(ii),178.Contemporarypanelledcalf,flatspineruledin gilt, worn and hinges cracked. Library stamps andmarkings(a.o.BristolBaptistCollege).Firstedition,reis-suedin1832and1840,ofthisnewversionofthePsalmsbyWilliamYates,BritishBaptistmissionaryandlinguistwhoservedinIndia.BengaliisanIndo-AryanlanguagespokeninBangladeshandIndia.Darlow&Moule2060.Provenance:Bookplate:“ThegiftofEstherCarey,widowofRev.EustacheCarey”.EustacheCarey,nephewofWil-liamCarey,studentofBristolCollegeandmissionarytoIndia1814–25.

4.[BLOMFIELD, SARAH LOUISA & SHOGHI EFFENDI RABBANI]The Passing of ‘Abdu’l-Baha. [Haifa, Palestine,RosenfeldBros.,1922]. €980SPp.36.As issuedinoriginalprintedwrappers (titleonfrontcover),stapled,somebrowningtocoversandspinechipped.Frontcoverwith inscription “LibraryofBahaibooksGenèveOctober1922”.Firstedition.

Ararebookletaboutthecelebrationofthelife,teachingsanddeathof ‘Abd’ul-Bahá,theleaderoftheBahá’í faithbetween1892and1921.TheBahá’ífaithteachestheessen-tialworthofallreligions,andtheunityandequalityofallpeople.Itwasfoundedin1863byaPersian(Iranian)aris-tocratnamedBahá’u’lláhwhowasbanishedfromPersiaspendingoveradecadeintheprisoncityofAkkainSyria(todayIsrael).Whenhediedin1892,hisson‘Abd’ul-Bahátookover the leadershipuntilhisdeath in1921.During

thattimethefaithspreadworld-wideandhisfuneralinHaifawasattendedbyover10,000mournersandfollow-ers.SarahLouiseBlomfield,bornRyaninIreland,becameaninternationallyactivephilanthropistandpromoteroftheBahá’ífaith.Sheconvertedtothefaithin1907(tak-ingtheBahá’ínameSitárihKhánum)andsheaccompa-niedShoghiEffenditoHaifainDecember1921whenhelearnedaboutthedeathofhisgrandfather.ShoghiEffendibecametheGuardianandheadof theBahá’í faith from1921untilhisdeathin1957.

5.CANNECATTIM (CANICATTÌ), BERNARDO MARIA DEDiccionarioda linguaBundaouAngolense,expli-cada na Portugueza, e Latina. Lisboa, Impressao Regia,1804. €950Small4to.Pp.(vi),ix,(1),720,(2)errata.Withtextinthreecolumns:Bunda,PortugeseandLatin.Contemporarytreecalf,flatspinedecoratedingiltandwithtitlelabel,lightlyrubbed.BlindstampofBritishandForeignBibleSocietyonfrontendpaper,andlibrarymarkingsonspine.FirsteditionofthefirstessentialprintedworkdevotedtotheBundalanguage.FraBernardoMariadaCanicattì,Portu-gueseCapuchinmissionarywhoservedforabouttwenty-twoyearsinthemissionsofAngolaandtheCongo.UponhisreturntoLisbonhepublishedthisdictionaryandthefollowingyearagrammaroftheBundalanguage.Vaterp.22.Zaunmüller36.

6.CARTWRIGHT, CHARLESAnAbstractof theOrdersandRegulationsof theHonourable Court of Directors of the East-IndiaCompany,andofotherdocumentsrelatingtothePainsandPenaltiestheCommandersandOfficersofShipsintheCompany’sserviceareliableto,forbreachoforders, illicit trade,&c.+AnAppendix,... and a list of the duties payable to theKing onallgoodsimportedfromtheEast-IndiesandChina.Noplace(London1788). €2000Pp.(viii),lxxx,appendix56.Occasionalminorspotting,one small marginal wormhole repaired. Modern greenmorocco,ruledingilt,spineletteredingilt.Firstedition.AmanualforEastIndiaCompanyofficers,mainlyfocusedontheirprivatetradecompiledbyCartwright,theDeputyAccountant-General.TheextentoftheAbstractsuggestsaremarkablerangeofillicitcommerce.TheattachedlistofdutiestobepaidonimportedgoodsfromtheEastIn-diesandChina includesarrack, coffee,elephants’ teeth,variousfabrics,dragon’sblood,tea,rum,etc.Officersareremindednot to landgoodsonSark, Jersey, or Ireland.Anorderprohibitingdockersfromenteringships’holds

suggestsarecognisedrouteforsmuggledcargo.Thenu-merousnotesregulatingbullionandbillsofexchangein-dicateyetanotherareaofillegitimateactivity.Command-ers are reminded that passengers, unless authorised byappropriateCompanyofficials,ormembersoftheships’company,areprohibited,withdetailsofchargesdepend-ingonnationality.Scarce.

7.[CASPAR , MARIE-ANTOINE-LOUIS]TuViAnnam-PhaLangsa.Dictionnaireannamite-français.J.M.J.TànDinh[Saigon],ImprimeriedelaMission,1877. €1200

Pp. xvi, 916. Rebound in blue cloth, red title label onspine.Partlyfoxed.Last15lvswithmarginalwaterstain-ing. First edition,which seemsvery rare. “Unexcellentpetitdictionnaireannamite-françaissanscaractères,dontl’auteur,Mgr.Caspar,évêqueetvicaireapostoliquedelamissiondeHué,étaitalorssimplemissionaireàSaigon”.(Cordier).LouisCaspar,Frenchpriestandmissionary,ar-rived inCochinchina in 1865 and stayeduntil 1907.HewasappointedBishopofCanathein1880.Hepublishedalargenumberofworksaboutlanguageandspirituality.Asecondenlarged(andtotallyrevised)editionwaspub-lishedatSaigonin1898byJ.F.M.Génibrel.CordierBI228.

8.[CEYLON–SINHALESECIRCUSPROGRAM]HAGENBECK, JOHN (Ed.)Singhaleserna. Innevånare påÖnCeylon. (Sinha-lese. Inhabitants of the island of Ceylon). Stock-holm1890. €220Pp. 15. Text in Swedish. As issued in original printedwrappers with black illustrations. Spine strengthened.AninformativepamphletonCeylon(SriLanka)issuedinconnectionwithaSinhalesecircusperformanceinStock-holm,perhapsatTivoli(Skansen),arrangedbyJohnHal-lenbeck.Hewasthehalf-brotherofthefamousGerman

animaltraderCarlHagenbeckwhostarted“ethnographi-calshows”in1875featuringanimalsandpeoplefromre-moteregionsoftheworld.

9.[CHINESEPAPER-CUTS]THE ART SERVICE DEPARTMENT, UNION OF CHINESE ARTISTS (Compiler)Paper-cutsofWeihsien,HopeiProvince.Twoparts.Peking1956. €500Two portfolios: The first set covers paper-cuts depict-ingbirdsandflowers.With22hand-colouredpaper-cutsmountedonivorycolouredpaper(22.7x15.8cm).Togeth-erwitha3-pagedescriptionprintedinChinese,English,French and German, and a 5-page booklet on Chinese paper-cuts in general. The second set covers paper-cutsdepicting characters in classical Chinese operas. With17 (of 20) hand-coloured paper-cutsmounted on strongbrownpaper.Bothsetsarehousedinoriginaldecoratedpaper folders with ivory clasps. Paper-cutting is a verypopular folk art in China, each region having its owncharacteristicstyle.Mostofthemarehandmadebypeas-antsandfolkartiststodecoratetheirownhomesandpa-perlanterns,andothersusedforembroiderypatternsetc.

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10.[CHINESEPAPER-CUTS]THE ART SERVICE DEPARTMENT, UNION OF CHINESE ARTISTS (Compiler)Paper-cuts of Shantung Province. Peking 1956. €300With 20mounted hand-coloured red paper-cuts (22.7 x15.8cm).Togetherwitha3-pagedescriptiontextprintedin Chinese, English, French and German, and a 5-pagebooklet on Chinese paper-cuts in general. (Complete).Housed in original decorated paper folders with ivoryclasps.Paper-cuttingisaverypopularfolkartinChina,eachregionhaving itsowncharacteristic style.This setcomprisestwodifferentstylesofShantungpaper-cuts.

11.COSTUMESFOR“WALZERAUSWIEN”THEATERKUNST HERMANN J . KAUFMANN[A collection of 26water colour drawings depict-ingcostumesforthepasticcio“WalzeraudWien”].About1930–6. €2000Comprises26plates(26x22cm)with31costumedraw-ings painted in water colours with notes and numbersinpencil.Thenotesrefertotheoperettacharactersandpossibly Swedish artistswhowere famous at that time.Alabel“TheaterkunstHermannJ.Kaufmann”pastedonthereverseoftheplates.Housedinaspecially-madebox.

Thepasticcio“WalzerausWien”arrangedbyErichWolf-gangKorngoldandwithmusicbyJohannStrauss(fatherandson)wasfirstperformedat theViennaStadttheaterin 1930. The following year it was restaged in Londonas “Waltzes fromVienna” andaFrenchversionentitled“Valses deVienne”was produced in Paris. The success-fuloperettawasbasedontherivalrybetweenStraussthe elderandStrausstheyounger.Wehavenotbeenabletofind any Swedish performance but this set of drawingslistingSwedishartistsindicatesthatsuchaplanexisted,even if itwas never implemented.We don’t knowwhomadethedrawingsbuttheKaufmannlabelssuggestthatthey used to belong to them. Theaterkunst HermannKaufmann, founded in Berlin 1907, became theworld’sbiggest costumehouse for theatre, opera, and later alsofilmproductions.Inthe1930sthecompanyexpandedin-ternationallybutin1936HermannKaufmannhadtosellitduetopoliticalpressure.

12. DANBY, HOPE & HAVERS , GLADYS MARY (Ill.)InCharmingPeking.ADiaryofSevenDaysspentintheoldChineseCapital.(Peking),NorthChinaStandard,1930. €480Small4to.Pp.(x),44.ForewordbyL.C.Arlington.Withtwelve hand-coloured tipped-in illustrations byHavers.

Originaldecoratedyellowsilkcoveredboardswithorigi-nalsilktassel,titlelabel,brightyellowsilkpaste-downs.Inscribedbytheauthor.Bindingwornandfadedbutin-ternallycrispandclean.Firstedition,probablyprintedinasmallnumber.

13.DEMIDOFF, PAUL GRIGORYEVICH & FORST-ER , JOHANN REINHOLD[Two papers about Tartar Antiquities read at the SocietyofAntiquaries,London].London1767. €2200Comprises:I.SomeAccountofcertainTartarianAntiqui-ties. In a letter fromPaulDemidoff, Esquire, at Peters-burg, toMr. Peter Collinson, dated September 17, 1764.Readat theSocietyofAntiquaries,Feb. 5, 1767.4to.Pp.222–6. With one large folding engraved plate of Tartarsepulchres (burial chambers) and four engraved platesdepictingdifferentobjectsfoundinthetombs.AND:II:ObservationsonsomeTartarianAntiquities,DescribedintheprecedingArticle.ByReinholdForster,F.A.S.ReadattheSocietyofAntiquaries.Feb.26,1767.4to.Pp.227–35.With two engravedplatesdepictingTartar idols.Boundinmodernquartercalfonmarbledpapercoveredboards.Someminorbrowning.Paperisbrittle,sometearsatmar-

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gins,andinnermarginsoftheplateshavebeenstrength-ened. First edition of these scarce papers about the tu-mulior tombsof theTartars.Demidoff’s letterrefers totheworksbyStrahlenbergandBellandfurtherdescribesthediscoveriesmadebyaRussianexpeditionsentouttoopensomeofthetombs.Thefiveplatesareengravedafteroriginaldrawingsmadeduringtheexpeditionandpub-lishedhereforthefirsttime.Forster’saccountisdevotedtothewritingandliteratureoftheTartars;differentfu-neralceremonies;datingofthegraves,etc.PaulDemidoffwasaRussiantravellerandpatronofscientificeducation.JohannForsterwasaGermanexplorerandscientist.

14.EKBOHRN, CARL M .(Ed.)Loggboks-anteckningar under en jordomseglingmedfregattenEugenieåren1851–53,gjordaochfä-derneslandets ungdom tillegnade af en Jungman.Stockholm,P.A.HuldbergsBokhandel,1856. €580Pp. (iv), 256. With eight hand coloured lithographedplates, one folding map (foxed) and many woodcut il-lustrationsinthetext.Originalprintedpictorialboards,nicelyrebacked,extremitieslightlyrubbed.Firsteditionofthepopular,abridgededitionofthefirstSwedishcir-cumnavigation.(Skogmanpublishedthefirstofficialac-countin1854–55).ThecolouredplatesdepictviewsfromBuenosAires,Lima,SanFrancisco,Guayaquil,TahitiandHonolulu,someofinhabitantsfromTonga,Hawaii,TahitiandNiue(SavageIsland),andaChinesetheatre.DuRietz,Bibl.Polynesiana395.Larson222.

15.FORBES , M.C .ToKuluandBack.WithTwomaps.ListofRoutes,ShootingRegulations,andRulesRegardingCoolies,Supplies,Rest-Houses,&c.Simla,Thacker,Spink&Co.,1911. €580

Small8vo.Pp.(iv),160,xxviii.Withonefoldingfrontis-piecemapandonelargefoldingmapatrear(tearsatfoldandsomewormholes). Somesmallwormholes through-outandsomeslightwaterstaining.Originalgreenclothwithgiltlettering,worn.Bookplate.Firstedition.Anear-lyguidebookabout journeying intheHimalayasat thebeginningofthe20thcenturyincludingdifferentroutestoKulufromthedirectionofSimla.Yakushi(1984)F87.

16.FOSTER , AMY (MrsArnold)AnEnglishandChinesePocketDictionary,intheMandarinDialect.Thirdedition.PublishedbyKel-ly&Walsh, Ltd. Shanghai, thePresbyterianMis-sionPress,1903. €30012mo.Pp.(ii),viii,184,errata(2).PrintedinRomanandChinese characters. Contemporary half morocco overpatterned cloth, front cover lettered in gilt, somewhatrubbed, topofspinechipped.Ausefulmanual for trad-ersandadministratorsinSouthernChina,firstpublishedin1893.AmyFosterwasamissionaryservinginHankowforseveralyears.InscriptionbymissionaryH.C.Burrows.CordierBS1622.

17.[FRENCHTEXTILESAMPLES]Analbumwithcolouredcottonsamples.Noplace(France)around1825–30. €4800Alargeformatledgercomprising1484cottonswatches(ca110x 72mm)mountedonbluecoarsepaper,numberedconsecutively in ink by a contemporary hand. Twenty-five swatches aremissing. The fabric is beautifully roll-er-printedand/orblock-printedincolourfulfloralandgeometricdesigns.Analbumwhichused tobelong toaFrench cotton mill for upholstery, curtain and apparelfabrics.Contemporarymarbledboardswithclothspine,

printedpaper label “Coton 1825–30” to spine (partly re-moved),bindingrubbed.TheWesterntextileindustrywasdeveloped in theearly 18thcenturywhen theadvancedtechniquesofprinting andpaintingclothwere import-edfromIndia.Bythebeginningofthe1800’sEuropeanmillswereproducingtensofthousandsofpatternsayearusing the roller-printing process. In France (after 1760)factoriesfortheproductionofprintedcottonsopenedinNantes,Rouen,andLyonsbutthemostfamouscentrewasatJouy-en-JosasnearParis(“ToiledeJouy”).Thiskindofledgerorpatternbookisanannualorseasonalrecordofatextilemill’sproduction.Wedon’tknowwhoownedthisparticularbookbutweknowithasbelongedtoaFrenchcottonmanufacturer.First two leaves creased and somesampleshavedarkspotsinthecornersduetothepaste,otherwiseinverygoodcondition.Thisspectacularalbumcomprisingavarietyofcolourfuloriginalcottonsamplesisaninvaluablerecordofdesignhistoryaswellasasourceofinspiration.

18.[FRENCHWALLPAPERPATTERNS]ETABLISSEMENTS GILLET & FILSDessins nouveauté. Rongeant et application. LyonVilleurbanne1925–26. €2200Oblong 4to (16.5 x 24.5 cm). A catalogue with 196 full-page stencilledwallpaper samples comprising about 166brightly coloured and 30black andwhitepatternswithgeometrical, botanical and ornamental designs. Samplenumbersandnumberofcoloursstampedonverso.Pub-lisher’sgreenhalfclothwithgiltletteringonuppercover,somewhatrubbed.

Alovelyandimpressivewallpapercataloguefortheseason1925/26with striking patterns in contemporary Frenchstyle.IncludesboldgeometricalandstylisedpatternsintypicalArtDecostylebutalsosomemoretraditionalflo-ralandornamentalpatterns.The1920sareknownastheGoldenAgeofWallpaper.DuringtheArts&Craftsmove-ment, led byWilliamMorris, wallpaper became an af-fordable,mass-producedalternativetoexclusivesilkandtapestrywallcoverings.Departmentstoressetupstudioswhichemployedthebestartistsanddesignerswhocre-atedcustomerpatternbooks,ofwhichthisisagoodex-ample.ThecompanyGillet&Filswasfoundedin1920andchangeditsnametoGillet-Thaonin1935.

19.GESSAI , FUKUI (Ed.)ChukoShomeikaGafu (PictureBookofMedievalMasters).Osaka,AokiSuzando,ca1890–1900.€550Acollectionofsixdoublepageexquisitecolouredwood-blockprints(size:21x53cm)afterpaintingsbyMatsumu-raGoshun,MaruyamaOkyo,NagasawaRosetsuandothercelebratedartists.Theprintsareallinmintconditionand

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depictbirds,flowers,etc.Eachwithprintedsignature,sealandnumber.Housedintheoriginalpaperenvelopewithcoloureddecorationandtextprintedinblack(withsometears). This set is included in a seriesofworksby greatmastersreproducedandeditedbyFukuiGessai.

20.[GINGKOTREE]GOUAN, ANTOINEDescriptionduGingkoBiloba,ditnoyerduJapon.Montepelier,Delmas,1812. €580Pp.(ii),12.Withoneengravedplate.Sewn,unboundanduncut.Somestaining.Firsteditionofthisraremonographdevoted to theGingko tree, alsocalled theTemple tree.Includes references to Kaempfer, Thunberg, Smith andLinné.Gingko is theworld’soldest treespeciesandhasexistedformorethan200millionyears.AntoineGouan(1733–1821)wasarenownedFrenchnaturalistwhoplant-edthefirstgingkotreeinFrance.OnlyonecopylistedatOCLC.CordierBJ462.

21.GOSHUN, MATSUMURA (Artist) / SHOKEI , YAMADAGoshun Sansui Gafu (Picture Book of LandscapePaintings by Goshun). Osaka, Aoki Suzando, ca1890–1900. €550Acollectionofsixdoublepageexquisitecolouredwood-blockprints(size:21x53cm)afterpaintingsbyMatsumu-raGoshun, repaintedbyYamada Shokei. Theprints areall inmint condition, each with printed signature andseal.Housedintheoriginalpaperenvelopewithcoloureddecorationandtextprintedinblack.MatsumuraGoshun(1752–1811)wasapainterof theEdoperiod,pupilof thepainter and poet Yosa Buson and founder of the Shijôschoolofpainting.

22.HAMILTON, ROBERT-CLIFTONAnOutlineGrammaroftheDaflaLanguageasSpo-ken by the Tribes immediately South of the ApaTanang Country. Shillong, The Assam SecretariatPrintingOffice,1900. €480

Tall8vo.Pp.(iv),6,127,(1).Smalldamagetoupperrightcorner in parts (no loss). Original blue printed boards,cloth spine. Presentation copy to Ralph Lilley Turner(BritishOrientalistandlinguist).Firsteditionofagram-maroftheDaflaorNishilanguage.ThisisaTibetan-Bur-manlanguagespokenbygroupsinAssamontheNorth-East frontier of British India. The author describes theEasternratherthantheWesterndialectoftheDaflalan-guage.Alimitededitionof300copies.

23.HAMMER-PURGSTALL , JOSEPH VONGeschichtederschönenRedekünstePersiens,miteinerBlüthenleseauszweyhundertpersischenDi-chtern.Wien,HerbnerundVolke,1818. €17504to.Pp.xii,(iv),432.Withoneengravedfrontportraitandoneengravedmusicplate.Contemporarycalf,flat spinerichly decorated in gilt and with red label (Hammer),marbled endpapers,m.e. Somewear along edgeswith afewnotches.FirsteditionofHammer-Purgstall’simpor-tantworkdevotedtothehistoryofPersianliterature.ItislargelyacollectionofworksbyPersianpoetsbasedonthe 15th century book Tadkerat al-so ara (Memorial ofpoets), a biographicalwork of Persian poets byDawlat-sah Samarqandi.Hammer-Purgstall (1774–1856)was the

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renowned Austrian orientalist who played amajor roleinacquaintingtheGermanswiththeEasternworld.HewasaprolificwriteraboutArabic,PersianandTurkishlit-eratureandhistory.Hecompiledvastanthologiesaswellastranslationsofspecificworksbymajorpoets.Goethe’sWest-östlicher Divan was clearly inspired byHammer-Purgstall’s translation of Divan-i-Hafiz. F.Diba, p. 74.Schwab840.Wilsonp.90.

24.[HOWISON, JAMES]AGrammaroftheMalayTongue,asSpokeninthePeninsulaofMalacca,theIslandsofSumatra,Java,Borneo,PuloPinang,&c.&c.CompiledfromBow-rey’sDictionary,andOtherAuthenticDocuments,Manuscript and Printed. London, Printed at theArabic and Persian Press, by S. Rousseau, WoodStreet,SpaFields,1800. €14004to. Pp. 40.Malaywords printed inArabic andRomanscript.WithonedoublepageengravedmappublishedbyJ.SewellCornhillandengravedbyA.Arrowfinith.Dis-bound, leaves loose within original boards, new spine.Bookplates of Peabody Institute Library (partly erased)andofJohnLawson,bothonfrontpastedown.Firstedi-tion,scarce.AccordingtotheprefacethemainreasonforpublicationofthisworkwastheextensivetradecarriedoutbyBritishmerchantstoseveralpartsofMalaccaandtheadjacent islands.Themapindicatesthepassagesbe-tween theIndianandPacificOceansand is “essentiallynecessaryforeveryOfficerNavigatingthoseSeas,astheSoundingsarealllaiddown”.Asecondeditionwaspub-lishedin1804.Vaterp.244.

25.[HUNGARIANAVANT-GARDE]MEDGYES , LÁSZLÓFigurák.Tizeredetiszineslitográfia.(Figures.Tencoloured lithographs). Budapest,DickManó, 1917. €2200Aportfoliowithtencolouredlithographs,eachsignedinpencilbytheartist,andoneprintedtitlepage.Protectedbybluetissuepaper.Afewplateswithtraceoffoldingcor-ners,occasionallysome lightstaining,butoverallafineset.Compositionsize:158x208mm.Originalfolderwithtitlelabelonuppercover,somewhatsoiled,spineexpertlyrepaired.Firstedition,limitedto120copies.Thisisnum-ber65(of85)onHollandpaper.

A set of attractive lithographs in Art Nouveau and ArtDecostylebyacelebratedHungarianavant-gardeartist.Medgyes(1892–?)wasraisedandeducatedinBudapest.HemovedtoParisinthe1920swhereheestablishedaschoolteaching theatre scenic design. He worked throughoutEuropeandtheStateswithdecorativedesign,advertisingandinteriordesign.

26.HUNTER , GEORGE W.ExamplesoftheVariousTurkiDialects.TurkiTextwithEnglishTranslation.Fourpartsinonevolume.[Sianking,ChinaInlandMission,1918]. €2200Small4to.Pp.Title+pp.preface(ii)+pp.(i),70;(i),19;(i), 23; 8.With text onone sideonly, as issued sewn inChinese fashion, in originalwrappers. The general titleiswritteninmanuscriptonrectooffirstblankleafasis-sued.Dampstainedthroughout.Awormholetobackcov-erandlastblankleaf.Comprisesfourparts:

i.QazaqTurkiTextwithEnglishtranslation.

ii.TartarTurkiTextwithEnglishtranslation.

iii.UzBekTurkiTextwithEnglishtranslation.

iv.AnExampleofStanbulTurkish[Headtitle].

GeorgeHunterwasoneofthelastgreatpioneermission-aries.He got to knowTurkestan as no otherWesterneratthattime.HetranslatedtheScripturesintodialectsofremote tribes.We believe thisworkwas only issued inasmallnumber.“Thecoarsepaperwasmadefromlocalmaterial,oftenfromleavesofthedesertiris,andthefor-matwastheusualstyleofChinesebook,witheachsheetwrittenononesideonlyandfoldedbacktoback...GeorgeHunterhadsucceededinbuyingasecond-orthird-handduplicating machine, and a skilled writer transcribedtheTurki texton thewaxed stencil sheetwhileHunterwroteouttheEnglishtranslationbelow.”(Cable&French,George Hunter, Apostle of Turkestan (1948) pp. 58–9).CordierBS4272.

27.[JAPAN–PAPERPRODUCTION]EISHIRO, ABEWashi Junreki (Chronicle of Hand Made Paper).Tokyo,Mokujisha,Showa50(1975). €1100Folio.Pp.(viii),133.Signedbytheauthor,includingonepageofcalligraphybyhim.With57samplesofhandmadepaper tipped in togetherwith information andpicturesof the factories where the papers were made, arrangedbyprefecture.Twosampleshaveonesmallcornercutoff(perhapsasissued).Originalbrowncloth,titleingiltonupper cover and spine.Housed in original cloth folderandoriginalcardbox(lightlystained).Firstandonlyedi-tion,limitedto300copies,ofwhichthisisno.191.

Abe Eishiro (1902–84) had an instrumental role in thepreservationof traditional Japanesepaper-making tech-niquesandwasthefirstJapanesepaper-makertobedes-ignatedasaNationalLivingTreasure.Hewasalsoanearlyfollower of YanagiMuneyoshi’s Japanese Arts & CraftsMovement.ThisworkincludestwopiecesofpapermadebyAbeEishiro,andonemoresampleofhandmadepaperbyIchibeiIwano,anotherNationalLivingTreasureartist.OnlyonecopyinOCLC(atSOAS).

28.[JAPAN–PAPERPRODUCTION]YAGIHASHI , SHIN (Text) & OOHORI , KAZUHIKO (Photogr.)Ganpi-shi(Ganpipaper).Tokyo,ArrowArtWorks,Showa52(1977). €800Oblongfolio(42x29.5cm).Compriseseightfolderswithfourteenpapersampleswithaccompanyingtextandpic-tures.Asissuedinoriginaldecoratedsoft-coverwrappers.Includes an introductory folder with text and one col-ourplate,andafacsimileofapamphletonGanpipaperoriginallyprintedintheMeijiperiod.Originalcardfold-er (with some light foxing) andoriginal card box. Firstedition, limitedto500copies,ofwhichthis isno.116.Abeautiful presentation ofGanpi handmade paper, a tra-ditional high quality Japanese paper made from the fibreof theplantspeciesDiplomorphasikokiana. Ithasasmooth,shinysurfacewhichisresistanttoinsectsandageing,usedforartworksandofficialdocuments.ThissetincludesfourpapershandmadebyAbeEishiro(1902–84),thefirstJapanesepaper-makertobedesignatedasaNa-tionalLivingTreasure(1968)andanearlyfollowerofYan-agiMuneyoshi’sJapaneseArts&CraftsMovement.Scarce(NocopiesinOCLC).

29.[JAPAN–SALESCATALOGUE]StrawHatsCatalogue.NewFashion1922.FullFasih-oned(sic)andHandTinished(sic).Y.Watanabe&Co.,Bakudocho,Nihombashi,Tokyo,Japan.Tokyo1922. €260Asalespamphlet comprising 10pages foldedwith frontcoverprintedinredandblackandwithastrawhatillus-tration.Size13x18.5cm.TitleinEnglishotherwiseJapa-nesetext.Thecatalogueoffersvariouskindsofhatswithillustrationsandprices.Someminorstaining.

30.[JAPANESEINROBOXES]TOMKINSON, MICHAELAPaperonInro:ReadbeforetheJapanSociety,Feb.13th,1895. €17504to.(25x32cm).Pp.(ii),13.Withfivephotogravureplateswithmultipleimages,protectedbyfinedecoratedtissueguards.ContemporaryfullcalfembossedwithaJapanese-styledesign including leaves,berriesand insects, some-whatrubbed,rebacked.Japaneseryendpapersincorporat-ingtheauthor’sinitials.InscribedpresentationcopyfromtheauthortoDouglasCockerell,Britishbookbinder.

First edition of Tomkinson’s informative work on theInro.Accompaniedbybeautiful illustrationsofhisowncollection. Inro (“seal-cage”) are small traditional Japa-nesecontainersforholdingsmallobjectsthathangfrom

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thewaist.TheInrocameintofashionintheKeichope-riod(1596–1615)usedasportablemedicineboxesmadeoflacquerandmainlydecoratedwithmythologicalmotives.Lateronothermaterialswereused,suchasvariousmet-als, faience,porcelain, ivory,etc.Bytheeighteenthcen-turytheyhadbecomedecorativeaccessoriesmainlyusedbythemerchantclassandsamurai.MichaelTomkinson(1841–1921)wasacollectorofJapaneseart.

31.[JAPANESEKIMONODESIGNS]SEKKA , KAMISAKAKoromogae.Twovolumes.Kyoto,YamadaUnsodo,Meiji34(1901). €6800First edition, first printing of this stunning collectionof100woodcutprintedkimonodesigns,allsparselybutverysophisticatedlydecorated.Theimposingdyeingandweavingpatternsarerenderedinbrightcoloursandme-tallic inks. Size: 18.3x 23.6 cm.Original colouredpaperboards, bound in the fukuro-toji style, lightly rubbed.Ex-ownershipstamps.Partlysomeverylightstainingbutoverallaveryfinecopyofararework.

Kamisaka Sekka (1866–1942)was one of Japan’s leadingartistsanddesignersintheearly20thcentury.Hebecamefamousforhiscourageousandvisuallydynamicdesigns.HeinitiallyworkedinthetraditionalRinpastyle,aJapa-nesegenrebasedonnaturewhichoriginatedintheearly17th century, and in thebeginningof the 20th centurydevelopedintotheNeo-Rinpastyle.In1901hewassenttoEuropeaspartofJapan’s“modernisationscheme”andasaresulthebecameheavilyinfluencedbytheArtNouveaustyle.Many of hisworks display a fusion of traditionalJapanese and contemporary Western design concepts.Ref.:KamisakaSekka:DawnofmodernJapaneseDesign,2012.

32.JEFFERSON, ROBERT LOUISAwheeltoMoscowandBack.TheRecordofaRe-cordCycleRide.WithaPrefacebyA.R.Savile.Lon-don,SampsonLow,1895. €500Pp.xii,172,adv2+16.Including17plates.Originalpicto-rialpaper-coveredboards,clothspine,minorwear,slight-lyshaken.Halftitleandlastpagebrownedbutotherwisefine.Firstedition.JeffersonwasaBritishjournalistwhomadethiscuriousbicycleridetoMoscowandbackinun-derfiftydays.Scarce.

33.JESSUP, HENRY HARRISTheWomenoftheArabs.NewYork(1873). €1600Pp.(ii),x,372.Withfrontispieceandthirteenwooden-gravedplatesprotectedbytissueguards.Publisher’sdeco-ratedbrownclothprintedingoldandblack,withsomevery lightwear.Oldownershipsignatureonfrontpastedown.Afewpagesandtheplateswithsomefoxing.Firstedition,extremelyrare.ThisworkdealingwiththeroleofwomeninsocietyandfemaleeducationinLebanonandSyriaisoneoftheearliestofitskind.

Jessup (1832–1910) was an American missionary whocametoSyria(nowLebanon)in1855wherehestayedandworkeduntilhisdeath.HeservedasactingpastoroftheSyrianChurchofBeirut formore than thirtyyears.HefunctionedassecretaryoftheAsfuriyehHospitalfortheInsane from its establishment and also becomingmis-sionary editor of the Arabic Journal, El Nesrah. JessupwritesaboutthesituationforwomenintheMohammed-anworldingeneralbuthealsodescribestheDruzereli-gionandDruzewomen;theextremeShi’itegroupNusay-riyyah;differentmissionaryschoolsforgirlsinSyria(andLebanon);BeduinArabs;thecitiesofHomsandAleppo;andatlastachapterwrittenforchildren.SmithJ21.

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34.[JUVENALIAILLUSTRATED–WWII]MARIETTEMon album. No place or date but France 1944. €400Small 8vo (13.3 x 16.5 cm). Lvs. (16) including the cov-ers. Calligraphic textwith colour illustrations through-out. Staples, with some rust. Probably issued in a verysmall edition. A rare little bookwritten and illustratedbyayoungFrenchgirlMarietteduringtheSecondWorldWar.Thecoverdepictscostumesfromaroundtheworldbutinternallyit’sdevotedtotheWarpresentingthekeyleaders:Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, JosephStalin,ChiangKai-shek,D.Eisenhower,M.-P-Koenig,B.Montgomery,A. JuinandG.Zhukov.FurthersometextabouttheArmy,theNavyandtheAirForce.Allnaivelyillustrated.Averytouchingbookletendingwithfollow-ingwording:“C’estdesgrandespersonnesquedépendlavictoire.Maisnoussavonsbienquec’estdesenfantsquedépendl’avenir.Etlemondepeutcomptersureux.Jelesais”.

35.KAWANISHI HIDE (Artist)OneHundredScenesofKobe.KobeHyakkei.To-kyo1962. €750Large4to(32.5x34cm).Pp.(vi),(ii)andonetippedinmapatend.With100colouredwoodblockprintspastedonyellowpaper,withdescriptionsinJapaneseandEng-lishprintedonoppositepage.Originaldecoratedboards

protectedby glassinedustwrapper. Innerhingespartlycracking.Firstedition,limitedto1500copies.

A fascinatingpictorial albumofKobewithpopular andfamiliarscenesofthecityprintedinvividcoloursbytheKobe-bornartistHideKawanishi.Hewasasosaku hanga (=creative) printmaker and became known for his eye-catchingpicturesusing intensecoloursandtheabsenceof black outlines defining the shapes (which is foundon classical ukiyo-e). The sosaku hanga artists distanced themselvesfromWesternfineartandwantedtorestoreJapanesetraditions.Theydrew,carvedandprintedeachprintthemselves.Ref.SeeHelenMerritt:“ModernJapa-nesewoodblockPrints–TheEarlyYears”(1990).

36.[KAWAURA , KEN- ICHI]Album of Old Japanese Prints of the Ukiyo-yeSchool. Reproduced from the Collection of Ken-ichiKawaura.Tokyo,Yoshizawa&Co,1919. €480Folio. Pp. (iv), 6 “list of plates”, 120pageswith 425 b/willustrations, sixwoodengravedplates (five coloured)+pp.15“Biographicalnotes”,onepagewithJapanesecolo-phon.Originaldecoratedsilk-coveredboards, title labelonuppercover,silkties.Firstedition,number92of150copies.Oldownership signatureon title.An impressivecollectionwithfaithfulreproductionsofbeautifulprintsbymanycelebratedartists.Someminorstainingbutover-allaveryhandsomecopy.

37.KLAPROTH, HEINRICH JULIUS VONChrestomathie mandchou, ou recueil de textesmandchoudestinéauxpersonnesquiveulents’oc-cuperdel’étudedecettelangue.Paris,àl’imprime-rieRoyale,1828. €2200Pp.xii,24,(2),25–100,(2),101–273,errata(1).TextinMan-chu and French. Contemporary half calf on marbledboards,flatspinegiltwithtitlelabel.Firstedition.

Klaproth(1783–1835)wasaGermanorientalistandtravel-lerwhodevotedhislifetothestudyofAsianlanguages.He invented anewmethodof classifyingdifferent lan-guagesanddialects.ThisworkconsistsofManchutrans-lations of various famous Chinese texts including thepopularTaoisttractfromthe12thcenturyTaiShangYingPianwhichisattributedtotheConfucianscholarLaoTse.Followedby“ÉlogedelavilledeMoukden”bytheemper-orCh’ienLungwhichhewroteafterhisvisittoMukden(Shenyang)in1743tohonourthetombofhisancestors.Includedisthe“PeaceTreatybetweenChinaandRussia”ratifiedin1728,andachapterabouttheMongolempire.Manchu,oneoftheofficiallanguagesoftheQingdynasty(1636–1911),isanendangeredTungusiclanguage(Tungus)spoken inNortheastChina.CordierBS 2755. Lust 1074.ZenkerBOii,6926.

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38.LES BALLETS SUÉDOIS DE ROLFMARÉ 1920–1924. Créations & Tournées des Ballets Suédois. [Abookletabouttheworld-tourofBalletSuédoisin1920–23].Paris(1920). €2204to.(24x32cm).Pp.(40).Withmanyb/wphoto-illustra-tionsinthetext.Asissued,stapledinoriginalwrapperswithcolourdesignonfrontcover.Asolidpresentationofthe ballet troupe and its performances accompanied bymany illustrations. Rolf de Maré’s Ballets Suédois wasactivebetween1920and1925.WithJeanBörlinaschiefchoreographer,thecompanycreated24balletsincollabo-ration with well-knownmodern artists and composerswhichresultedinsomeofthemostinnovativeandgenre-crossingworksoftheearly20thcentury.

39.[LIBERTY–FASHIONSALESCATALOGUE]Dress andDecoration.London&Paris,publishedbyLiberty&Co.,nodatebutabout1905. €1600Folio.Pp.(32).Withthirteenlargetipped-incolourplates,including eleven of ladies in elaborate dresses and twosmaller plates of children’s clothing. As issued, stapled,withsomerustatinnermarginoffirstfewleaves.Origi-nalfloraldecoratedgreenboardsbyAtelierDevauchelle,titlelabelonuppercover.

First and only edition of this glamorous catalogue bythe prominent Liberty company. Including plates withwomeninfashionabledressessetagainstbackgroundsofsophisticatedArts&Craftsinteriors.Eachdesignwithadetaileddescription.ForewordbyArthurFish,renownedBritishartspecialist.ArthurLasenbyLiberty(1843–1917)openedthefirstshop“TheEastIndiaHouse”in1875onRegent street inLondonandsoldmany items fromtheOrientincludingfabrics.Withinafewyearstheorientalfabricsbecameverypopularand tomeet the increasingdemand the shop (now named Liberty) started to im-port un-dyed silk, cashmere and cotton fabrics, whichwerethenhand-printedinEngland, inEasternstyle.In1884,Libertyestablishedacostumedepartment,inwhichclothingwasdesignedandmadefromLibertyfabrics.Thegoalwasnot tomake clothing that followed fashion; itwastomakeclothingbasedonhistoricalcostume,rein-terpretedforthemodernweareraspartoftheAestheticMovement. Libertywas one of thefirst to embrace thenewArtNouveau style in themid 1890s. They becameknownfortheirtextilesinthisstyle,someofwhicharestillproducedtoday(VintageFashionGuild).

40.[MAILLARD DE TOURNON, CARLO TOMMASO]Relazione della preziosa morte dell’eminentiss. ereverendiss. Carlo Tomaso Maillard di Tournon.

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Commissario, e Visitatore Apostolico Generale,con le facoltàdiLegato a laterenell’ImperodellaCina,eRegnidell’IndieOrientali,seguitanellaCit-tàdiMacaolì8.delmesedigiugnodell’anno1710.E di ciò, che gli avenne negli ultimi cinquemesidellasuavita.Roma,perFrancescoGonzaga, 1711. €2000Small4to.Pp.70andonefoldingengravedportrait.Con-temporaryvellum,“relazione”inmsonspine.Firstedi-tion of a biographical study comprising three works ofcardinal Maillard de Tournon who was the first papallegatesent to theImperialcourtofChina,onbehalfofthePopeClementXI.Hewasborn inTurin in 1668ofanoblefamilyofSavoy.TournonandhispartysailedbywayofPondicherry,ManilaandCanton,arrivingatBei-jinginDecember1705.AtfirstEmperorKangxireceivedhimkindly,butuponrealisingthathehadcometoabol-ishtheChineseritesamongthenativeChristianshehadTournonimprisonedatMacauwherehelaterdied,shortlyafter being informed thathehadbeen created cardinalonAugust1,1707.MaillarddeTournon’smissioniscon-sideredoneofthecrucialturningpointsinthemodernhistoryoftheChinesechurch.Thetwoadditionalworksare:“Verbaper…ClementemPapamXI.Habitaincon-sistoriosecretofer.IV.14.Octobris1711”(pp.39–47);andCarloMajelli’s“OratiohabitainsacellopontificoV.Kal.DecembrisA.D.M.DCC.XI”(pp.48–70).CordierBS913–14.Backer&Sommervogelxi,1285–6,no.206(whocallsfor38pagesonly=thefirstpart).

41.[MALACCA]HistoricalGuideofMalacca(PublishedbytheMa-laccaHistoricalSociety).Singapore1936. €280Pp. (viii), 91, (4) adv.With 16 illustrations, one foldingsketchmap,onefoldingcolouredmapofMalaccatown,andonefoldingplate.Originalblueclothwithgiltdeco-rationsoncovers,rebacked.SecondrevisededitionofthisguidebookofMalaccafirstpublishedin1924tocommem-oratetheCentenaryoftheBritishoccupationofMalacca.

42.[MOZAMBIQUEIMPRINT]SARMENTO, AUGUSTO CESAR RODRIQUES (Signed)/(MACHADO, JOAQUIM JOSÉ]

OGovernadorGeraldaProvinciadeMoçambiqueeasconferenciasdoengenheiroMachadonaSocie-dadedeGeographiadeLisboa.Mocambique,Imp-rensaNacional,1881. €360Pp. 29, xxii. Loose in binding. Original printed wrap-pers, chipped at edges, a small hole on front wrapperwithoutanylossoftext.Oldinscriptiononfrontwrap-per.JoaquimJoséMachado(1857–1925),amilitaryofficer,engineerandaPortuguesepoliticianwhowasappointedDirectorofPublicWorksinMoZambique1877.

43.MOLESWORTH, CAPTAIN JAMES THOMAS A .DictionaryMurat,hee&English,CompiledfortheGovernmentofBombay,…AssistedbyLieutenantsThomas and George Candy. Bombay, June, 1831. €2000

Thick4to.Pp. xviii, (ii), 1162, errata (3). Two leaves (pp727/8and743/44)withtearrepairs.Later19thcenturytanhalfcalfoverclothboards, spinewithfiveraisedbandsandredtitlelabel,specklededges.Cornersandjointsex-pertlyrepaired.WithgiltcrestofUniversityClubofEd-inburghonuppercover,itsbookplateonfrontpastedownandablind-stamptotheversooftitle.Rarefirstedition,asecondwaspublishedin1857,ofthiscomprehensivedic-tionarycomprisingabout40000words.

JamesThomasMolesworth(1795–1871)wasamilitaryof-ficerintheserviceoftheBritishEastIndiaCompany,andoneofthemostprominentlexicographeroftheMarathilanguage.In1825hewasstationedinBombayandinitiat-edtheworkonaMarathi-Englishdictionarywiththeas-sistanceofthetwinbrothersGeorgeandThomasCandy,andateamofnativeMarathispeakingBrahmins.Vaterp.237.Zaunmüller269(2nded.).

44.[NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA][A collection of woodblock-printed cruise shipmenusandpictorialpostcardsfortheNipponYus-enCompany].FushimiMaru&KatoriMaru1937. €1850The collection comprises eighteen woodblock-printedcovers formenus including printedmenus for the twoshipsFushimi Maru and Katori Maru,linersoftheNipponYusenKabushikiKaisha(NYK),andeightcolouredpost-cards.Themenuwrappersarebeautifullyprintedinvivid

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coloursdepicting famous sites inKyoto,Nikko andTo-kyo,andotherswith typical Japanese traditionalmotifsillustratingcranes,teaceremony,geishas,samurai,Hago-romoscene(Nohdrama),Maru(ship),Kago(palanquin)etc.Thecontentsofthemenuswouldhavebeenprintedonboardtheships,onlythewrappersbeingwoodblock-printed ashore before departure. The menus present agreatvarietyofJapaneseandEuropeanmeals.(Oneprint-edmenumissing).Thepostcardsillustratedifferentareasoftheship:lounge,swimmingpool,children’sroom,sundeck,andtwoofthecruiseships.NipponYusenKaisha(NYK), founded in 1885, isnow Japan’s largest shippingcompany.

45.[NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA]Nitta Maru, Yawata Maru, Kasuga Maru. N.Y.K.Line.Tokyo,Dai-NipponPrintingCo.,about1940. €600Large folding pamphlet, printed in bright colours. Size:89.5x60.5cm(folded22.7x20.4cm).TextinEnglish.AninformativeleafletaboutthethreedifferentJapaneseves-selsshowingdeckplansoftheships,photosoftheinteri-orsandacolourfulstylisedroutemap.NipponYusenKai-sha (NYK), today Japan’s largest shipping companywasfoundedin1885.ThethreeluxurypassengerlinersNitta Maru, Yawata Maru and Kasuga Maruwerebuiltduringthelate1930sbyMitsubishiatNagasaki.HowevertheywereconfiscatedbytheImperialJapaneseNavyinlate1941andconvertedintoescortcarriersin1942.AllthreewerelostduringWorldWarII.

46.OSBECK , PEHR / TORÉEN, OLOF / EKEBERG, CARL GUSTAVA Voyage to China and the East Indies by PehrOsbeck.TogetherwithavoyagetoSurattebyOlofToreen.AndanAccountof theChinesehusband-ry by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg, trans-latedfromtheGerman,byJohnReinholdForster.Towhich are added, a faunula andflora sinenses.Twovolumes. London, printed forB.White, 1771. €1800Pp. xx, 396; (ii), 367, (1) + index (32).With 13 engravedplatesofwhich11ofplants.Contemporaryfullcalf,spinesgiltwithredtitlelabels(onewithloss),rubbedandhingescracked,hingesrestored.Oldownershipsignature,tracesofbookplatesonfrontpastedown.Partlywithsomemi-norstaining.FirstEnglisheditionofOsbeck’sandTorén’stravels,originallypublishedinSwedishin1757.Addition-ally included an account by Carl Gustav Ekeberg whomadeseveralvoyagesintheserviceoftheSwedishEastIndia Company between the years 1742 and 1778. Eke-

berg’saccountcoversavoyagetoChinain1770–71ontheshipFinlandandincludesinterestingdescriptionsofCan-ton,Whampoa, Hainan and Sumatra. Cordier BS 2098.Lust350.Löwendahl491&569.Soulsby3601.

47.[OTTOMAN TRADE OF ALUM IN THE 15THCENTURY]ZILBERTI , FRANCESCO[TwoautographletterssignedtoMarcoBemboinConstantinople, concerning Venetian trading ofTurkish alummined at Foça in Anatolia]. Pera&Foça,March1480. €5000Twohand-writtenletters(22x30cm)writteninItalian(mercantesca),inkonpaper.ThefirstisdatedPera,March1480(duplicatinglettersentfrom[FoçaFebruary29,1480?]) comprising one and a quarter pages. The second isdatedFoçaMarch5,1480comprisingonepage.Bothonsinglesheetswithmanuscriptaddresspanelspennedonverso,oldfolds,wellpreserved.

Both letters were sent to Constantinople addressed toMarcoBembo,aVenetiannoblemanandmerchantwhoatthetimewasbasedinPera,byhisbusinesspartnerFranc-escoZilberti. The letterswerewritten at Foça (close totoday’s Izmir) on theAegean coast ofAnatolia. Zilbertireportsaboutthenegotiationsforpurchasingacargoofalum, a valuable commodity used as amordant for tex-tile dyes which for centuries had been imported intoEuropefromtheByzantineEmpire.AftertheTurkscap-turedConstantinoplein1453,alumbecamemoredifficultto acquire.A decade later large quantities of alumwerefoundinthevicinityofTolfa,asmalltownnotfarfromRome.ThemineswereownedbythePapacywhichwasdeterminedtoensuremaximumprofitsfromthissource.ThePapacy formed cartels ofminers, bankers, refiners,and traders, and thereby tried to create amonopoly onaluminEurope.However,theVenetians,havingsignedapeacetreatywithMehmetIIin1479,continuedtotradeinTurkishalum,ignoringthreatsofdeportation.

In the first letter Zilberti explains that a dispatch of acargoofalumhasbeendelayedbecausethelocalpashaisawayobservinga local religiousholidaybayram.Zilbertidescribes in detail the negotiations concerning his dif-ferencesofopinionwiththepashaandvariousnotarieson theweighingof the cargo,noting the variationsbe-tweentheTurkish,VenetianandGenoesecantara(aunitofweight).FurtherheinformsBemboaboutthequalitiesofsacksbestsuitedfortransportingalum,observingthatthose they brought with themwere considered unsuit-able,smallerhalf-sizesacksoftight-wovencottonbeingbetter to prevent leakage through the cloth. He writesabout the locusts having ruined the cotton crop in the

threepreviousyears,barterisbeingpossibleinthevillagebelowas there isnocurrency incirculation,etc. In thesecond letterZilberti reportsabout thedifficultieswithdeliveringtherequireddocumentationtoGallipoli,withsomefurtherdetailsaboutthecargoofalum,andthathehassoldsomescarletyarnfromPaduatothepilotoftheship,Nochin,whouseditforthepurposeofransomingalocalslave,etc.ThepapersprovideagoodinsightintoVenetiantradecommunicationduringthelate15thcen-tury, especiallywith regard toOttomanalum importedfromAnatolia.

48.SEKKA , KAMISAKAKokkei Zuan, A Collection ofHumorousDesignsby SekkaKamisaka, the author of “Kairo”. Kyoto,YamadaUnsodo,Meiji36(1903). €5800Lvs(16)foldedintheJapanesemanner.With46colouredwoodblock-printedcomicalpatternsin31fullpageplates.With descriptive text in Japanese. Size: 25.3 x 17.8 cm.Originalprintedpaperboards,withtitlesinJapaneseandEnglishoncovers,withsomelightwear.

FirsteditionofthisrarealbumcomprisingacollectionofhumorouscolourfuldesignsbyKamisakaSekka,who isconsideredthefatherofJapanesemoderndesign.Sekkabecamefamousforhiscourageousandvisuallydynamicdesigns.In1901hewassenttoEuropeaspartofJapan’s“modernisationscheme”andasaresulthebecameheavilyinfluencedbytheArtNouveaustyle.ManyofhisworksdisplayafusionoftraditionalJapaneseandcontemporaryWesterndesignconcepts.Astrikingandunusualalbumwhichisraretofindcompleteasitisoftenbrokenuptobesoldplate-by-plate.

49.[SHEERE , HENRY S IR]ADiscourseTouchingTangier:inaLettertoaPer-sonofQuality.TowhichisAdded,theInterestofTangier:byAnotherHand.London,1680. €1250Pp. (ii), 5–40. Uncut copy bound in half calf to periodstyle,giltspinewithredgiltmoroccolabel.Firstedition.For several centuries, Tangier was an important tradepostduetoitspositionattheStraitofGibraltarwheretheMediterraneanmeetstheAtlanticOcean.ItwasaBritishcolonyfrom1661whenitwasgiventoCharlesIIbyPortu-galaspartofthedowryofhisbrideCatherineofBragan-za.Thefirstpartofthisworkcontainsaletteraboutthecolony,itscontributionsinthepastandwhatopportuni-tiesmayexistforthefuture,andinadditionsomegeneralinformationregardingtrade.Thesecondpart,ascribedtoHenrySheere,ismainlyaboutthelocalBritishresidents’situationandtheirprospects.However,theBritishwereforcedtowithdrawanddestroyedthecityanditsportbe-foretheyleftin1684.Kress1517.Playfair,Morocco,271.

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50.[SHOEFASHION–VIENNA]ATELIER MODEL & MAYER[TwentyEightoriginaldesignsforwomen’sshoes].Copyright by Robert Mayer & Sohn. Vienna. Ca1930. €1750Asetoftwenty-eightshoedesigndrawingsfromAtelierMayer inVienna.Pencil and colour crayonon thinpa-per (150 x 212mm). Eachwith a printed stock numberandAtelierMayer’snameandaddress.Housedinaspe-cially-made cardboard box. An interesting collection ofshoe design showing the fashion at this time. A coupleofdrawingswithfewsmallmarksotherwiseinexcellentcondition.

51.SMITH, JOHN MACDONALDA Practical Handbook of the Khond Language.Cuttack,PrintedattheOrissaMissionPress,1876. €950

Pp. iv,130.Contemporaryhalfcalfoverpebbledboards,ruledandletteredingilt,cornerslightlyrubbed.Contem-porary inscription“fromthecompiler” to frontend-pa-per.Smith’snamebeneathinanotherhand.Firstedition.

Thisworkcomprisesagrammar,dialogues, fablesandavocabularywithparalleltextsinEnglishandKhondi.ItisthefirstofitskindtouseRomancharacterstoexpressthelanguageinwriting.TheKhondi(orKui)languageisaSouth-CentralDravidianlanguagespokenbytheKhonds,hunter-gatherers livingmainly inOdisha (Orissa). JohnMacDonaldSmithwasamajorontheMadrasStaffCorps,andappointedspecialassistantoftheGovernorofFortSt.GeorgeatGamjaminOrissa.

52.SMITHES , MARION F.ChildrenoftheDesert.WithPhotographsbyW.H.Edgar.Kensington,Curtis&Davidson,1910. €500Pp.(viii),56.Witheightplates,ofwhichsevenmadefromphotographs.Original brownpaper boards, cloth spine,printedinblack,andanimageofacamelonuppercover.Initiallyandatendalittlebrowned.Firstedition.Averycharming work, probably privately printed, which tellsusstoriesaboutlifeamongtheArabsandBerbersaroundBiskraintheAlgerianSahara.Rare.

53.STARK , FREYA MADELINELetters from Syria. London, John Murray, 1946. €320Pp. (x), 194.With frontportrait, onemap and 24platesmadefromphotographs.Publisher’sgreenclothinpicto-rial dust jacket, not price-clipped, chipped along edges.Thirdedition(first1942).DameFreyaStarkwasaAnglo-Italianexplorerandtravelwriter.ThisbookincludesherlettersfromherfirstvisittoSyriain1928includingBru-mana,Baalbek,Damascus,BosraandShahba.

54.TAGORE, RABINDRANATH[AcollectionofHungariantranslationsofTagore’spoeticalworks].Budapest,1921&1922. €1850Comprisesfollowingworks:

1.Apostahivatal.Aletétemény.Szerencséthozopillanat.Èlövagyhalott?(ThePostOffice.TheTrustProperty.TheAuspiciousVision.LivingorDead?).TranslatedbyZoltánBartosandMártonSármay.Budapest,Világirodalom(Ot-thon)1921.Pp.190,(2).Uncutinoriginaldecoratedwrap-pers,slightlyworn.

2.ÉhesKövek(TheHungryStone).TranslatedbyZoltánBartos. Budapest, Pantheon Irodalmi Intézet (Globus),1922.Pp.243.Originaldecoratedwrappers,spineslightlyworn.

3.Szüret (Fruit-Gathering).TranslatedbyZoltánBartos.Budapest,PantheonIrodalmiIntézet,1922.Pp.133.Origi-naldecoratedwrappers.

4.Mashi (Mashi). Translated byMárton Sármay. Buda-pest,PantheonIrodalmiIntézet(Globus),1922.Pp.17,(3).Originaldecoratedwrappers,slightlyworn.

5. Eltévedtmadarak. (Stray Birds). Translated by ZoltánBartos. Budapest, Pantheon Irodalmi Intézet (Global),1922.Pp.94,(2).Originaldecoratedwrappers.

6.SzerelmiAjándék.(Lover’sGiftandCrossing).Translat-edbyZoltánBartos.Budapest,PantheonIrodalmiIntézet(Global),1922.Pp.90,(2).Originaldecoratedwrappers.

7.NövekvöHold. (Sisu:TheCrescentMoon).Translatedby Benõ Zsoldos. Budapest, Pantheon Iradalmi Intézet,1922. Pp. 112, (4). Original decorated wrappers, spinelightlyworn.

8.Hazatérés.(TheHome-Coming).TranslatedbyMártonSármay. Budapest, Pantheon Irodalmi Intézet (Otthon),1922.Pp.125,(3).Originaldecoratedwrappers,withlightwear.

RabindranathTagore(1861–1941),renownedBengalipoet,novelist,educatorandcomposerhasbeenconsideredtobethegreatestwriterinmodernIndianliterature.Tagorewon the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 as the firstAsian recipient. A charming decorative set of Tagore’sBengalipoetry,thefirsttranslationsintoHungarian.ThebeautifulcoverswithIndian-styleornamentationarede-signedbyÁlmosJaschik(1885–1950),arenownedHungar-iangraphicartistandscenicdesigner.

55.[TAMIL]Tankavittukkatai(OurFather’sWork).Madras,TheReligiousTractandBookSociety,PrintedbyH.W.Lauri, Knowledge Society’s Press, No. 18, ChurchStreet,Vepery,1870. €280Small16mo.Pp.16.TextinTamil.Originalprintedbluewrappers.Oldsignatureonfrontwrapper.Firstedition.No copy inOCLC, British Library has one copy of thefifthedition1870.(M.R.T.&B.S.Childrenseriesno.35).

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56.TANAKA , YUHOKogei Shinzu (New Designs forAppliedArts).Twovolumes.Kyo-to, Yamada Naosaburo, Meiji 25(1892). €2000Complete set with forty leaves ofcolour woodblock-printed patternsdepicting plants, birds, flowers, etc.Witheight text leavescomprising ti-tle,preliminaryleavesandcolophon.TextinJapanese.TheleavesarefoldedintheJapanesemanner.Originaldec-oratedwrappers,titleandbluefiguresprinted on white background, silkties,withminorwear. Ex-ownershipstamps.Firstedition.

A beautiful collection with patternsbased on traditional Japanesemotifsand nature scenes clearly inspiredbytheArtNouveauornamentalstylethat became so popular at the time.The designs were created for use indecorative art including textiles,metalwork and ceramics. Occasion-ally some light offsetting but overalla very good set. The printer YamadaNaosaburowasthefounderofUnsodopublishingcompanyinKyoto,knownforhighqualitypatternbooks.

57.TOM SMITHTomSmith’sCrackers.“Espanola”Spanishcrackers.Bykindcourte-syof“TheTatler”.No490.Londonnodate(ca1904). €2000A set of twelve stunning Christmascrackers in original colourful deco-rated wrappers, housed in the origi-naldecoratedpaperbox(24.5x31cm)withalabelonuppercoverfeaturinga Spanish-style “clown”. The crack-ers are wrapped in red glossy paperwithlabelsdepictingdifferentfestivecostumes and have frilled decoratedpaper ends. A few with small papercracksbutoverallinverygoodcondi-tion.Aprinted labelpastedonversoof upper cover reads: “By Appoint-ments to theirMajesties theKing&Queen. Tom Smith’s Espanola Span-ish Crackers. The crackers contain

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SpanishHead-dresses, includingToreadors, anda selec-tionofNoveltiesinToys,Jewels,andCurios,alsoSpanishLoveVersesandtranslations”.

TomSmith,basedinLondon,inventedcrackersin1847asadevelopmentofhisbob-bonsweets.SincethenChrist-mas crackers have been a traditional part of ChristmasfestivitiesintheUK.Auniqueandwell-preserved1904scrackerboxinitsoriginalstate.

58. TSUDA , SE IFÛ (Ill.)Kamonfu:HananoMaki&KaedenoMaki.(Acol-lectionoforiginaldesignswithpatternsofflowersandmaples).Twovolumes.Kyoto,HondaUnkindo,Meji32–33(1899–1900). €3200

Firstedition.Acollectionof80colourwoodcutprintsofmultiplebeautifuldesignpatterns,manyhighlighted inmetallicpigments.Withpreliminary leaves, titles, colo-phoninJapanese.Size:25.5x18cm.Boundinthetradi-tionalJapanesestyleinoriginaldecoratedwrappers,silkties. Some light wear and ex-ownership stamps. Rarecompletework of this albumwith delicate patterns fortextilesbyTsudaSeifu(1880–1978),averyinfluentialart-ist at this time in Japan.He ismainly remembered forhis“JapaneseArtNouveaustyle”whichwascreatedafterseveral years inParis (1907–11).Togetherwithhis artistcolleagueIshiiHakuteiandthewriterArishimaIkuma,TsudafoundedtheNikakaiExhibitionforOilPaintingin1914.Ref.KenichiroYokoya:ZuanchoinKyoto(Trujillo&Mitsui,StanfordUniv.Libraries,2008),pp.20–1.

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59.WALLIN, GEORG AUGUSTFörsta resa från Cairo till Arabiska öknen i april1845.Fragment.Helsingfors,J.Simelii,1853. €750Pp. viii, 126, (2) blank.Withone lithographedmap. In-cludesArabicnotestotheSwedishtext.Marbledboards,title label on upper cover. Bookplate (Victor Procopé,Finnishbookcollector).

ThisscarceandimportantworkcomprisesWallin’smanu-scriptofhisfirstjourneythroughArabiain1845toreportonthepoliticaldevelopmentsatatimewhentheregionwas seeking independence fromEgyptian rule. Posthu-mouslypublished.GeorgWallintravelleddisguisedasahorse-dealeracrossthewastelandsoftheNafudDeserttoJubbahandHa’il.FromtherehejoinedagroupofPersianpilgrims toMecca. By 1850Wallin had returned to Eu-rope,wheretheRoyalGeographicalSocietypublishedhis“NotestakenduringaJourneythroughpartofNorthernArabia”andawardedhimtheFounder’sMedalinrecogni-tionofhisground-breaking research.Aaltop. 38.How-gegoW12.NotinHilmy.

60.WALLIN, GEORG AUGUST / TALLQVIST, KNUT (Ed.)Bref och dagboksanteckningar af Georg AugustWallin.Utgifnajämteenlefnadsteckning.Helsing-fors1905. €400Pp.(x),cxxxiv,366.Withonefrontportraitandonefold-ingmap.Text inSwedish.Contemporary cloth, gilt let-tered calf spine, slightly faded. First edition. ThisworkcomprisesacollectionofWallin’slettersanddiarynotesaswellasabiography.(Includedin“Sv.Litteratursällska-petiFinland.LXX”).

61.WALLIN, GEORG AUGUSTG.A.WallinsLefnadochResorberättadeförung-dom.Helsingfors,G.W.EdlundsFörlag,1872. €260Small 8vo. Pp. vi, 377. With one lithographed portrait.Originalcolouredpictorialpaperboards,clothspine.

AbiographyaboutWallinandhis travels to theMiddleEastwrittenforayoungaudience.Inlovelycondition.

Hisfirstjourneywasmadein1845andtookhimtoJub-bahandHail,andfurthertoMecca.Wallin’ssecondjour-neytookhimacrosstheHijazmountainstoTabukinthenorth-easternpartofArabia,continuingontoTaimaontheedgeofWahhabiterritoryandhebecamethefirstEu-ropeantosetfootthere.In1850hereturnedtoFinlandwherehewasappointedprofessorofOriental languagesatHelsinkiUniversity.

62.[WATERCOLOUR WOMAN PORTRAIT WITHCUTOUTCARDS][BEARD, M.A .]Acharmingsetof transformationcards.NoplacebutprobablyBritain,1855. €980Awatercolourportraitofayoungwomantogetherwithsixcut-outcards inwatercolourdepictingdifferentcos-tumestodressthewoman.Size:11.5x13cm.Someslightagetoningtothepaperandafewminorspotsbutoverallinverygoodcondition.Housedinamodernpaperfolder.There are two contemporary signatures on the verso ofthe portrait: E.M.Gulland 1855 (thewoman?) andM.A.Beard(theartist?).Fiveofthesixcut-outcardshavecon-temporaryannotationsontheback:Gypsy,RomanPeas-ant, Aragon, Swiss and Turkish respectively. The cardwithout annotation depicts a queenwith a crown (per-hapsMaryStuart?).

63.WESLEY, JOHNInstructions for Children. And the Lord’s Prayer,Creed,andTenCommandments.English&Cinga-lese.Colombo,WesleyanMissionPress,1818. €1100Small8vo(10.1x14.7cm).Pp.29.ParalleltextinEnglishand Sinhalese. Original wrappers, chipped along edgesand small piece of lower rearwrappermissing. Thepa-perisverybrittle.Originalenvelopeaspresented.Early

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imprint from theWesleyanMission Press. The BritishMethodistMissiontoCeylonwasinitiatedbyDr.Thom-asCoke.Togetherwith sevenothermissionarieshe leftPortsmouth in December 1813. Coke himself died onboardtheshipbutinJune1814theothermissionariesar-rivingatGalle(southerntipofCeylon).TheWesleyansac-quiredthepressesandequipmentoftheColomboAuxil-iaryBibleSocietyin1816andstartedtoprintpublicationsunderWilliamMartinHarvard’ssupervision.(Ref.NigelSeeley).Theoriginalenvelopehasan inscription (inanearly20thcenturyhand)reading:“ForMrs.H.W.Hill’sMuseumwithP.W.Robert’s compliments. The enclosedisinallprobabilitythefirstspecimenofprintingdoneattheWesleyanMissionPressColomboandisexceedinglyrare”.HoweverthefirstknownworksprintedbytheWes-leyanMissionPress are dated 1817 (seeClair). Itmeansthatthislittlebookcannotbetheveryfirstspecimenbutoneoftheearliestpiecesprintedatthepress.Ref.:ColinClair,TheSpreadofPrinting,EasternHemisphereIndia,Burmam, Ceylon, p.73–5. Nigel Seeley, Bibliography ofCeylonImprints.

64.WILKINSON, RICHARD JAMESAMalay-EnglishDictionary.Threepartsinonevol-ume.Singapore,Kelly&WalshLtd.,&Hongkong,

ShanghaiandYokohama,1901–1903. €950Large 4to. Pp. (ii), 355; (ii), 357–700; (ii), preface ix, (1),703–717,(1).Index(ii),liv,Addenda(ii),v.Textintwocol-umns.Firstedition,completewiththeprefaceboundinthelastpart.Smalllossoflowermarginofthefirstpart’stitle page without any loss of text. Modern Bordeauxcloth,titlelabelsonspine.Firsteditionofthismonumen-talwork,andstillthemostusefuldictionaryforJawiMa-lay.WilkinsonwasaBritishColonialadministratorandlinguistwhoserved in theStraitsSettlements forabout16years.CordierBI1399.Zaunmüller265(latereditions).Cheeseman,BibliographyofMalaya(1959),p.121.

65.WILLIAMS, CHARLES ALFRED SPEEDOutlines of Chinese Symbolism, an AlphabeticalCompendium of Antique legends and beliefs, asReflectedintheMannersandCustomsoftheChi-nese.Beijing,CustomsCollegePress,1931. €9804to. Lvs (iv), xxv, 423 printed on rectos only.With 200illustrations includingwoodcuts, lithographs, photogra-vures,colouredplatesandhand-colouredprints.Originalblueclothprintedinblack,slightlyrubbed,spinefaded.Scarcefirstedition, limited to250copies, signedby theauthor.

This comprehensive and useful handbook of symbol-isminChineseartandculturehasbeenreprintedmanytimes.Itisorganisedalphabeticallyandaccessibleacrossavarietyoffieldswiththoroughexplanationsofeachsym-bolbythehistoricaloriginsfromwhichtheyarose.

66.[ZULU]SCHREUDER , HANS PALUDAN SMITHGrammatik for Zulu-sproget. Med fortale og an-maerkningar af Christoph Andreas Holmboe.Christiania,W.C.Fabritius,1850. €400Pp.viii,88.TextinNorwegian.Modernboards.Thepaperisverybrittleandthreeleavesarestrengthened.Firstedi-tionofthefirstcompletegrammaroftheZululanguage.Schreuderwas thefirst permanentmissionary inZulu-land in South Africa where he startedNorwegianmis-sionstationsinthemid19thcentury.Mendelssohnii,pp.286–87.NotinVater.

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