CATALOGUE 96
PABUJI ITEM 90
INDEX
AFRICA 1,6,10,26,26,27,28,29,30,33,36,3 MANUSCRIPTS 7,38,39,40,41,48,50,51,87,113,11 11,12,40,41,75,85,90,91,101,103,1 7,120 04,105,106,110,111,112,114,118
ANTARCTIC 14 MIDDLE EAST 4,5,53,91,114,115 ARABIA 54,76 MAURITIUS / SEYCHELLES AUSTRALASIA PACIFIC 81,97,98 86,89,92 NAPOLEON 84,85 CHINA 9,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,3 PAPER, PRINTING, INK 1,34,43,44,52,80,83,93,94,102,11 55,94,116,119 6,119 RAILWAY STEPHENSON 101 DARWIN 34 SE ASIA 2,11,42,49,86,99,100,103,104,10 DOGGER BANK NAVAL 5,106,107,108,109,117,118 HERO 95 SLAVE TRADE 81 INDIA 45,46,47,56,57,58,59,60,61,62, SUNDIALS POCKET, 7,32 63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,7 3,74,75,79,82,90,96,110,117 WORLD WAR I 89
JAPAN 8,77,78 WORLD WAR II 49, 100
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EMIR OF KANO 1. AFRICA. Alhaji Sir Muhammadu Sanusi,. K.B.E (Emir of Kano 1954- 1963) A Fine Photographic Portrait of the seated Emir, 14½ x 10¾ ins. 37 x 27.5 cms.
Emir Sir Muhammadu Sanusi I, KBE was the Emir of Kano from 1954–1963. He was the eldest son of Emir Abdullahi Bayero. He was a powerful Emir who had substantial influence in Colonial Northern Nigeria. He hosted Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Kano in 1956. The power tussle between him and his distant cousin Sir Ahmadu Bello the Sardauna of Sokoto and accusations of financial malfeasance led to his abdication, and subsequent self exile in Azare 1963. His grandson, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria was Emir of Kano from 2014–2020. Sanusi belonged to the reformed Tijaniyya order of Ibrahim Niass.
[Stock ID: 14469 ] £250 2. ALLISTON (Cyril) In the Shadow of Kinabalu, map, illusts, foredge spotted, dw, Presentation Copy from the Author, signed on the fep tp “Dr. & Mrs. Rex Spalding”, 1961 The author was nine years in North Borneo as missionary, writer and traveller. [Stock ID: 11702 ] £15
3. ARMENIA. EL-GHUSEIN (Fâ’iz) Martyred Armenia, 56 pp. 8vo, original printed wrappers, dust marked, name on top right hand corner “C.T.Campion”, 1917 [Stock ID: 14340 ] £65
4. ARMENIA. FILIAN (Rev. George) Armenia and Her People or The Story of Armenia by An Armenian, map, and numerous plates, 8vo. original pictorial cloth, some slight wear, Hartford, Conn., American Publishing Corp. 1896 [Stock ID: 14107 ] £250
5. ARMENIA. Hovanessian (N) Araxe (Stories, and Comic Strips for Armenian Youth in Paris),Nos. 1 -59, 239 pp. some discolouration, bound together, folio, boards, cloth spine Paris N. Hovanessian, 14 Rue du Soleil, 1952- 1954
World Cat. records the title but with no details of dates or quantity, at the University of California Los Angeles. [Stock ID: 14283 ] £350
6. BAKER (Sir Samuel) Woodburytype Head and Shoulders Portrait, an oval 4½ x 3½ ins. within a printed decorative border, edges a little spotted, London, Lock
& Whitfield, 1877
Sir Samuel Baker (1821-1893) Traveller and Sportsman, Explorer of the Nile, also Superintendent of the construction of the railway connecting the Danube to the Black Sea [Stock ID: 13519 ] £175
TRAVELLING DIPTYCH SUNDIAL & COMPASS
7. [BERINGER (David, 1756-1821)] A Beringer Travelling Diptych Sundial and Compass, boxwood 2¾ x 1¾ ins opening up and secured at right angles, with a coloured cord or gnomon, which would in sunlight cast a shadow on the 2 printed decorative handcoloured dials, printed on the lid is a list of 48 cities in Europe, also New York in the United States, internally the colouring and definition is good, but the
list on the lid is dust soiled and stained, [Augsberg] c.1780
[Stock ID: 14476 ] £850
David Beringer is known to have been marketing these charming little compass sundials from the last quarter of the eighteenth century in Germany. Formerly these pieces were made in metal sometimes precious, as they were prestigious items to own. Beringer, in the Age of Enlightenment, aware of a larger market, used printing to get away from costly engraving of each item. Using bright colouring to take the eye, these delightful objects proved very popular, however by their very construction they were ephemeral. The cord, or gnomon could be adjusted depending on which city the user was in.
JAPANESE AMBASSADORS 8. BOWRING (Sir John, 1792-1872) Autograph Draft Presentation Speech, unsigned, to Their Excellencies the Ambassadors from Japan, a presenting “a few volumes that represent the views of a considerable number of thoughtful men both in the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland”,
from the British and Foreign Unitarian Association,2 sides, conjugate blank missing,
8vo, 178 Strand, 1870 [Stock ID: 14205 ] £200
9. BROOMHALL (Marshall editor) Martyred Missionaries of the China Inland Mission with a Record of the Perils & Sufferings of some who escaped, xxvi + 329 pp. 2 large folding maps, portrait and numerous plates, 8vo, original cloth, London, Morgan & Scott, 1901
[Stock ID: 14333 ] £95
10. BROWN (A. Sammler) Brown's Madeira Canary Islands and Azores, A Practical and Complete Guide for the use of Tourists and Invalids, Fourteenth and Revised Edition, 22 coloured maps and plans and numerous sectional and other diagrams, original pictorial cloth, crease in upper cover, slight wear, London, Simpkin, Marshall, Ltd., 1932 Apart from catering for the Tourist and Invalid, the historical side is not neglected. He gives a whole chapter to “The Sunken Continent of Atlantis”. [Stock ID: 13544 ] £50 FOR BUDDHIST MONK NOVITIATES
11. BURMA. KAMMAVACA. A Kammavaca Manuscript, 2 wooden decorated and gilt covers, 16 leaves of lacquered palm leaves each inscribed with square black
Pali script, 22½ x 5 ins. 55 x 12.5 cms. approx. 19th C.
Kammavaca manuscripts were presented to novice monks and typically contain the rules and instructions of the monastery. Kammavaca is a Pali term describing an assemblage of passages from the Tipitaka, the Theravada Buddhist canon, that relate to ordination. Commissioning and presenting such manuscripts earned the laity merit and often were presented to mark important life cycle events such as an important birthday, marriage or anniversary. For display purposes only this manuscript has been simply framed with covered metal brackets for support.
[Stock ID: 14479 ] £1650
MAP OF AFRICAN LAKES
12. BURTON (CAPT.SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON [1821-1890]) Miscellaneous Notes in ink in his typically minute hand, on Richard Henry Major’s Book on The Life of Prince Henry the Navigator (pub.1868), including a detailed map of the region of Africa covering Tanzania, Mozambique, the Congo and Kenya in which Burton has identified various lakes including Lake Albert, Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika,7 pp. 8vo. on blind embossed stationery of the Atheneum Club, c.1871
Burton notes that Prince Henry ‘declared that his object was to “acquire wealth, knowledge of the world and, if possible fame”’, he also records references to Santiago (that it was not discovered by Antonio de Nolle but by the Portuguese Ddiego Gomes), Sierra Leone, Cape of Good Hope, Venezuela, China, Ceylon, Germany and others, mentioning Hippopotamuses (described by Cadamosto as Horse Fish), the Pillars of Hercules and explorers Christopher Columbus (who had endured ‘twelve years hardship and fatigue’), Martin Behaim the cartographer and others.
It hard to date these notes exactly. Burton was appointed as the British Consul in Damascus in 1868, he was recalled in August 1871. He was reassigned in 1872 to his final post in Trieste. His time in Damascus was very full, including writing, Unexplored Syria with Tyrwhitt Drake , pub.1872. Burton may well have had a stock of Atheneum Club’s note paper and used them at anytime, but perhaps there was a moment in between his 2 appointments to settle in the Library to read Major’s book and compose these notes? Richard Henry Major was a geographer and map librarian who curated the map collection of the British Museum from 1844 until his retirement in 1880. The Life of Prince Henry the Navigator included Major's summary of 'new facts in the discovery of the Atlantic Islands, a refutation of French claims to priority in discovery, Portuguese knowledge (subsequently lost) of the Nile Lakes and the history of the naming of America' drawn from 'authentic contemporary documents'.
[Stock ID: 14406 ] £12,500 13. BURTON (SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON [1821-1890]) Portrait Photograph, Head and Shoulders, oval, 5 x 4 ins. with printed title and border, Woodbury Process 10¾ x 8 ins, together with the single page printed potted biography, [London] Lock & Whitfield, c.1880
[Stock ID: 14199 ] £350
VOYAGE OF THE POURQUOI-PAS
14. CHARCOT (Dr. Jean-Baptiste) Le Pourquoi-pas dans l'Antarctique, Journal De La Deuxième Expédition Au Pole Sud 1908-1910 Suivi Des Rapports Scientifiques De Membres De L’État-Major, Préface De M.Paul Doumer, FIRST EDITION, 3 folding maps, 1 double page plate, frontis and numerous other maps and illusts. roy.8vo. half morocco, spine gilt, some slight wear, original printed wrappers bound in, Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1910
After three years exploring the coast of Graham Land as leader of the Français Expedition 1903-07, Charcot was appointed to the Pourquoi-pas to chart and explore the Bellinghausen Sea, the Amundsen Sea and discovering Loubet Land and Charcot Island which was named after his father Jean-Martin Charcot the famous
Neurologist.
[Stock ID: 14270 ] £400
CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE
15. CHINA. An Archive of 600 Herbal Remedies carved on 60 wooden boards, five to each side used by Pharmacists for printing labels for the medicine they dispensed, 5 x 14½ max. some occasional light worming, some slight damage affecting the text of 3 boards, preserved in 4 clamshell boxes with leather spines and labels, Provincial Southern China, late 19th Century
These Receipts are headed with either the title Chung the Celestial at Chuan-Tuan, or Military General the Protector of the People at Chu-Ling- Shan. There are exactly 200 numbered (1-200) ‘labels’ each, for men, women and children, giving the ingredients and name of the remedy Pills or Powders to “Restore Youth” and suchlike. They use the Imperial Measures and not metric, used after the Revolution of 1911.
Chinese Medicine is of great antiquity and devoid of any outside influence. Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor, Huang Ti, wrote the first treatise on Chinese Medicine in 300B.C. But in its present form, the Nei Ching, on which most Chinese Medical Literature is founded, is thought to date from the third century A.D. It was the Nei ching which says that “the blood current flows continously in a circle and never stops,” anticipating Harvey by centuries. The Chinese materia medica has always been extensive and consists of vegetable, animal, including human, and mineral remedies. There were famous herbals from ancient times, but these, about 1000 were collected by Li Shih-chen in the Pen-ts’ao kang-mu or Great Pharmacopia of the 16th Century. In 52 volumes it was revised and reprinted many times and is still authorative. The use of drugs is to restore the harmony of the ying and yang, related to the five organs, five planets, and five colours. Western influences did not occur until the 19th century, but now, with the revival of Taoist temples for healing which began to be tolerated again in the 1970s, and the profusion Chinese Chemists, Acupuncturists and Hydrotherapists in the West, the Chinese can
be said to have redressed the balance. The troubled history of the 20th Century in China has made the survival of such ephemeral documents, and in such quantity, quite remarkable. [Stock ID: 14338 ] £12,500
16. CHINA. China Postal Atlas showing the Postal Establishments and Postal Routes in Each Province,title + 8 pp. Index map and 29 maps of the provinces, marginal staining, some edges expertly repaired, folds strengthened, Chinese index 12pp. English Index 3 pp. folio, 62 x 39 cms. original cloth binding, recased, Nanking,
Directorate of General Posts, 1933
Chinese provinces: 1. Hopeh, 2. Jehol, 3. Shansi, 4. Shiyüan, 5. Chahar, 6. Shensi, 7. Kansu and Ningsia, 8. Sinkiang, 9. Manchuria, 10. Manchuria Central Section, 11. Manchuria South Section, 12. Shantung, 13. Honan, 14. Hupeh, 15. Szechwan, 16. Kiangsu, 17. Kiangsu South Section, 18. Anhwei, 19. Chekiang, 20. Kiangsi, 21. Hunan, 22. Fukien, 23. Kwangtung, 24. Kwangtung Central Section, 25. Kwangsi, 26. Kweichow, 27. Yünnan, 28. Mongolia, 29. Tibet, Tsinghai and Sikang. Charles Jacot-Guillarmod (1868-1925) the Swiss mapmaker and topographer, worked at the Federal Office of Topography from 1890 to 1914. He was recruited by the Chinese government to teach Geodesy and Topography at the Beijing Military School from 1916 to 1922, and was contracted to revise and produce the 1919 edition of the Postal Atlas. The first issue was produced in 1906. This third edition based on Jacot-Guillarmod revisions, claims the work “with the exception of the printing, has been carried out by the staff of the Chinese Post Office.” [Stock ID: 14335 ] £2500
CHINESE CATHOLIC MISSION 17. CHINA. Chinese Mother of Pearl Inlaid Rosewood Cross, grapes and vines and with sprays stemming from an urn at the base, the reverse plain, 14 in x 9¾ ins. 35.5 x 25 cms. small fragments missing of the outline edging of the 2 arms, C.1850 After the arrival of the Portuguese in the sixteenth century Macau became a diocese of the Catholic Church. The Diocese of Macau was given a wide jurisdiction over various ecclesiastical territories in the Far East, such as China, Japan, Vietnam and Malaysia. Macau became a major training and departure point for Catholic missionaries to different countries in Asia and crosses such as this example would have served in the ministry of the Bible. The three upper terminals corresponding to
a cross botonée, used in Western heraldry as well as religious art, where the three
trefoils represent the Trinity.
[Stock ID: 14462 ] £1500 18. CHINA. LETTERA D'INFORMAZIONE In cui si spiegano i sentimenti d’ PP. GESUITI Sopra le controversie DELLA CINA, 31pp. title page restored not affecting letters sm.8vo. modern
marbled boards, np. [1710] OCLC give 2 entries recording 5 copies. Under Entry 9734666 - 1.Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek - Niedersa ächsische Landesbibliothek, Hanover Germany. 2. Universitätsbibliothek München Germany. 3. University of Wisconsin U.S.A. 4. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis U.S.A. Under entry 16566440 - 5. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich Germany. It also give a link to an online copy. [6] Universitätsbibliothek München Germany. [Stock ID: 14481 ] £350
A WESTERN FAMILY BY A CHINESE ARTIST 19. CHINA. Reverse Painting on Glass of Five American or European Women, their Chaperon and Two Children, 19 x 28¾ ins. 48 x 73 cm. in original Chinese Frame, there are two broken corners of the glass without loss, top right and bottom left,
[Canton c 1870]
An unusual subject possibly commissioned by a Western Trader to the Far East as a memento of his family in Europe or the United States. [Stock ID: 14240 ] £4500
CELEBRATORY PAPER BANNERS
20. CHINA. A Wooden Block for Printing a New Year or Celebratory Banner depicting a Mandala or Wheel of Life with Two Warriors one with a tiger under foot, the other with a pig, 26¾ x 12 ins. 68 x 30.5 cms. worn at the edges, with text on reverse, C.1900
[Stock ID: 14197 ] £550
ONE HUNDRED LUOHAN
21. CHINA. Wu Bai Luo Han Ying Zhen Tu, One of the Five Volumes of the Five Hundred Luohan from the Hall of Ying Zhen18 pages of text, 100 full page Rubbings of Luohan, Buddhist Holy Men, from the Hall of Ying Zhen, each interleaved, 7 x 11 ins. 17.5 x 28 cm. some fraying at edges, frayed wrappers, stitched, preserved in a solander case, 19th century.
The Lama Temple in Beijing (Yonghe Gong) was formerly the residence of Count Yin Zhen, the fourth son of the Emperor Kangxi, who became Emperor Yongzheng in 1723, his residence became known as Yonghe Palace. After Yongzheng's death in 1735, his coffin was placed in the temple. The Qianlong Emperor, Yongzheng's successor, gave the temple imperial status signified by having its turquoise tiles replaced with yellow tiles which were reserved for the emperor. Subsequently, the monastery became a residence for large numbers of Tibetan Buddhist monks from Mongolia and Tibet, and so the Yonghe Lamasery became the national centre of Lama administration. The temple contains a golden vase which is used in the lottery to choose the Panchen Lama. Yonghe Gong is the most renowned Tibetan Buddhist temple in China outside Tibet and holds treasures of both the Han and Tibetan cultures. (Chinese 雍和宮, pinyin Yōng hé gōng, Palace of Peace and Harmony).
[Stock ID: 13612 ] £1250
22. CHINA - YAO PEOPLE A Manuscript Book of Rituals title strengthened with some wear affecting 2 letters, and 16 pp. 8vo. cord bound, 23×17×23 cm. preserved in an acid free clamshell box,
These books were used by Yao priests for ceremonials. Written in Chinese, they are only understood by the literate tribe members. Handcrafted on rice or mulberry paper, they contain various invocations regarding a wide range of issues: healing, protection of the souls of the departed, etc. [Stock ID: 14322 ] £650
CHINESE PIRATES
23. CHINA. ANDRADE (José Ignacio) Memoria dos feitos macaenses contra os pirates da China: e sa entrada violenta dos inglezes na cidade de Macao,Second Revised and Enlarged Edition, woodcut vignette on title, 161 pp.+ 2 leaves of errata, small library stamp on lower margin of title, sm.8vo, calf spine, Lisbon, Typografia
Lisbonese, 1835 “Invasao das tropas inglezas em Macao e sua retirada” pp. 89-161. In September 1808 Lord Minto Governor of Bengal, had ordered Admiral Drury to proceed to Macao and to ensure that the city could be properly defended against possible attacks by the French. However the Chinese declined, maintaining that they could defend their own coasts, and the Portuguese Governor resisted the interference. Andrade led a seafaring life from an early age and made several Voyages to India and China. He later became a director of the Bank of Portugal. Cordier III, 1900. [Stock ID: 14275 ] £650
FIRST PRINTED ACCOUNT 24. CHINA. BAJKOV (Féodor) Land-Reys Van Saedor Jacowits Boicoof, Uyrgefonden voor Ambassadeur vand den Czaar van Moscovien, Na China; Gedaan in het Jaar 1653, Behelsende den Aart der Tarters en Cathayers; als mede hunne Woon- plaatsen, Kleedingen, &c. Nu aldeerst uyt sijn Oorspronkelijke Taal overgeset, Met
noodig Register verrijkt, title + 14 pp. some light staining at edges, 8vo, wrapper,
Leyden, Pieter Vander Aa, 1707 Worldcat records 3 copies. The first printed account of this Mission to China, later translated and reprinted in the Churchill Collection of Voyages in 1744. [Stock ID: 13256 ] £250
25. CONGO. As Parabolas e os Miragres do Senhor Jesus, Yingana Yo Masivi Ma Yisu,Nova Ediçao, 96 pp. text illusts. cr.8vo, original cloth, Lisbon & London, Imprensa Limitada, B.T. and L.A. Baptist Missionary Society, 1924
[Stock ID: 14461 ] £50
BELGIAN ROYAL INSCRIPTION 26. CONGO. Nkand’a Nzambi I Sia Vo Luwawanu Luankulu Y’olu Luampa, The Bible in Kongo (San Salvador)8vo, original morocco style cloth, aeg, London, British and Foreign Bible Society, 1926
The first issue of this Bible was in 1905.
Inscribed in the front free endpaper “To the Revd. George Thomas with the Auxiliarie’s best wishes and Grateful thanks Robert Glennie 17 May 1927.” Reverend Robert Glennie was the Secretary to The Baptist Missionary Society’s Bible Translation and Literature Auxilliary. Inscribed on the rear free endpaper are the signatures of “Albert & Elizabeth, Thysville, June 1928” - King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium. In June 1928, the Royal Couple visited Leopoldville, which had been selected to replace Boma as the Official Capital of the Belgian Congo. They had flown from Boma to Thysville (Mbanza Ngungu) to avoid a Yellow Fever epidemic at the railhead in Matadi. From there, they continued by rail to visit the Botanical Gardens at Kisantu and then on to Leopoldville. Mbanza-Ngungu, formerly known as Thysville or Thysstad, named after Albert Thys, is a city and territory in Kongo Central Province in the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on a short branch off the Matadi-Kinshasa Railway. [Stock ID: 12697 ] £350
27. CONGO. Nkunga Ye Ngana: I Nkanda Miole Mia Luwawanu Luankulu, Misekwelo Muna Kikongo, (Psalms and Proverbs in the Congo language),212 pp. some occasional pencil notes, cr.8vo, original cloth, a little worn, London, Bible Translation
Society, 1907
[Stock ID: 12631 ] £85
28. CONGO. Ukulayana Kwa Wukomo, The New Testament in the Lamba Language, FIRST EDITION IN LAMBA, (iv) + 626 pp. library crayon mark on title, cr.8vo, original cloth, slight wear, London, The Bible Translation and Literature Auxiliary of the
Baptist Missionary Society, 1921 Translated by Missionaries at Kafulafuta in North Eastern Rhodesia, this first edition was funded by the Industrialist Sir Charles and Lady Jane Barrie, in an edition of 2500 copies. Barrie served during the First World War in an advisory capacity at the Transport Department of the Admiralty, and latterly in the Ministry of Shipping. He was the Minister of Munitions representative in Paris during the Peace Conference, and was a Member of the Supreme Economic Council. He was knighted in 1921.
[Stock ID: 12657 ] £125
29. CONGO. [HOLMAN (Rev W. trans.)] I Nsangu Zambote Zasoneka Yowani, (Gospel of John in the Congo language) interleaved with blank pages, cr.8vo, original cloth, gilt lettering, spine dulled, Exhibition Copy labelled on front cover.
London, Baptist Misionary Society 1892
[Stock ID: 14459 ] £150
MISSIONARY CHILDREN’S BOOK
30. CONGO. KIRBY (Elizabeth) Molenga La Molenga La Lohoto Lo Munga, Lihiolani La Liohi Li Baso La Elizabeth Kirby,96 pp.coloured frontis. 8vo, original cloth, London, RTS for the Baptist Missionary Society, 1917
Children’s Stories from the Old Testament.
[Stock ID: 13469 ] £40
31. COOK (Thos & Son) Peking, North China, South Manchuria and Korea, iv + 161 pp + xii pp. of adverts. 3 folding maps, 3 text maps, and numerous illusts. sm.8vo, original cloth, London, 1920
[Stock ID: 14290 ] £125
TRAVELLING DIPTYCH SUNDIAL & COMPASS 32. COX (Frederick ) A Travelling Boxwood Diptych Sundial and Compass, printed dial, arabic numerals branded onto the boxwood surround, original printed instructions on the inside of the lid, 3 x 2¼ ins. 1 stud missing, F. Cox, Newgate Street London stamped to the lid, some slight soiling, Cox of Newgate Street London, c.1840
[Stock ID: 14063 ] £650 FIRST AFRICAN BISHOP 33. CROWTHER (Samuel Ajayi Crowther 1809-1891, First African Bishop in Nigeria & in the Entire Anglican Communion) Carte de Viste Full Length Portrait in Bishops robes, 4 x 2½ ins. 10.2 x 6.4 cm. small
marks to the right margin of the image, c.1870 Samuel Ajayi Crowther was a Yoruba linguist and the first African Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Born in Osoogun, he and his family were captured by Fulani slave raiders when he was twelve. They were freed from slavery at a coastal port by the Royal Navy, which was enforcing the ban against the Atlantic slave trade. The liberated peoples were resettled in Sierra Leone. There Ajayi adopted an English name of Samuel Crowther, and began his education in English. He adopted Christianity and also identified with Sierra Leone's ascendant Creole ethnic group. He studied languages and was ordained as a minister in England, where he later received a doctoral degree from Oxford University. He prepared a Yoruba grammar and translation of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer into Yoruba, also working on a Yoruba version of the Bible, as well as other language projects. [Stock ID: 14323 ] £350
34. D’OLLONE (Vicomt e H.) In Forbidden China, The D’Ollone Mission 1906- 1909 China - Tibet - Mongolia, second impression, folding map, plates, some
occasional spotting, 8vo. original cloth, London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1912
[Stock ID: 10265 ] £135
35. DARWIN (CHARLES ROBERT [1809-1882]) Portrait Photograph Head and Shoulders, oval 5 x 4 ins. with printed title and border, Woodbury Process, “Men of Mark” Series, (London) Lock & Whitfield, c.1880
[Stock ID: 14200 ] £450
36. ELMSLIE (W.A.) Among The Wild Ngoni, Being some Chapters in the History of the Livingstonia Mission in British Central Africa, Second Edition, frontis, plates, 8vo. original pictorial buckram slightly soiled, Sunday School inscription on blank verso of dedication leaf, 1901 [Stock ID: 14473 ] £50
A MIRACLE DELIVERANCE 37. ETHIOPIA. EX VOTO, a painted image depicting a Survivor of the Battle of Adwa in 1896, titled “Abba Carinia, 1 Marzo 1896 Marcango Bartolome” showing an Italian Soldier surrounded by 4 Ethiopians brandishing spears, with an image of the Madonna and Child protecting that soldier, oil on card, 10 x 11½ ins. 255 x 293 mm. some superficial scratches, and discolouration, Italy, 1896
The Battle of Adwa was fought on the 1st March 1896 and was the climactic battle of the first Italo-Ethiopian war. It was a complete rout of the Italians under General Oreste Baratieri, by the Ethiopians under Emperor Menelik II, in Tigray. The strength of the two forces was 17,700 Italians with modern firearms, and 100,000 Ethiopians with antiquated firearms and spears. Their retribution on captured survivors was harsh, amputation of the right hand and left foot, and in some cases castration. When the news hit Italy there were demonstrations in the major cities. The question posed later is why Menelik II didn’t use his advantage, and get rid of the Italians in Ethiopia. The direct result of the battle was the Treaty of Addis Abba when the Italians recognised Ethiopia as an independent state. The battle was a beacon to the rest of Africa oppressed by Empire Builders. The retribution came under Mussolini nearly 40 years later, which held Ethiopia for five years from 1936- 1941.
The full term is “Ex Voto Suscepto” literally translated - "from the vow made" or in gratitude or devotion. The European Ex Voto tradition can be traced back to ancient Greece and can be seen though various European cultures over the centuries. With the dominance of Christianity they took on Christian themes. Ex Voto paintings began as artworks commissioned by wealthy patrons as a result of an answered prayer or recovery from illness. These have their origins in 15th century Italy, and spread over Europe quickly and eventually were painted or commissioned by various levels of society. Ex Voto paintings started as two types, the one of a static image of a saint or other personage and the other with a depiction of the miracle. The static images came first and vary little. By the 16th century, the narrative version had been established.
[Stock ID: 14250 ] £750
COPTIC CHRISTIANITY 38. ETHIOPIA. A Fine Christian Coptic Openwork Processional Cross angular close strapwork decoration, with open rings for threading scarves or loose banners at the base, 17½ ins. x 12½ ins. 44.5 x 32 cms. Ethiopia, 19th Century,
From the time of the adoption of Christianity in Ethiopia -- around 330 A.D. -- crosses have been omnipresent not only as liturgical objects in the region's churches and monasteries, but also in popular devotion and everyday life. Functioning as apotropaic objects to ward off evil spirits and as spiritual emblems of the entire community. In Ethiopia the Cross is perceived of as an emblem of triumph rather than of death. As such it is not only a symbol of the Passion but an instrument by which God affords health to mankind and reestablishes the life of the spirit as well as
that of the body. [Stock ID: 14472 ] £1100 39. ETHIOPIA. A Fine Coptic Christian Openwork Processional Crucifix in the shape of Cross Patonce, decorated with the iconography of the Virgin and Child in the centre, surrounded by the Archangels Gabriel and Michael, two roundels with ducks below them, on the base a line of figures shoulder to shoulder breaking the bread
(Eucharist), 17½ ins. 44.5cms. x 14 ins. high 35.5 cms. Early 20th Century.
Ethiopian crosses were for the most part cast in brass using the lost-wax casting technique. This allows for only one of each object to be created at a time, which may have contributed to the innumerable diversity of Ethiopian metal crosses.
[Stock ID: 14463 ] £1250
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT GOSPEL 40. ETHIOPIA. Illuminated Manuscript of St. Johns Gospel in Ge’ez, 144 vellum pages, including 6 full page miniatures, Christ crucified with Mary and St. John, Christ
on the Via Dolorosa, Christ Risen from the dead, Christ swaddled by the Virgin, the Virgin holding the infant Christ, St. John surrounded by the symbols of the Four Gospellers, 4 blank pages at front and 4 at the back, sm.4to, 17.5 x 13.5 cms. 7 x 5¼ ins. original full blind stamped coptic leather binding, with little wear, 19th century,
[Stock ID: 14441 ] £1200
ETHIOPIAN MAGIC SCROLL 41. ETHIOPIA. A Magic Scroll on Vellum, 3 illustrations, the first of 5 heads in cruciform design, 4 looking in at the central head, which is looking straight out, one at the bottom of the cross looking in the same direction, the other two of haloed angels,
the text in Geez in red and black ink like the illustrations, 56 x 3 ins. some slight wear, 3 stitched pieces of vellum, c.1800 Magic Scrolls were drawn up by a priest and tailored to the individual requirements, almost literally as the length of the piece, 4ft 7ins. was the height of the person who ordered it There were prayers to protect the individual. There are certain prayers or incantations included which were supposed to confuse the devils and demons. [Stock ID: 12751 ] £650
42. FARQUHAR (William) Natural History Drawings The Complete William Farquhar Collection Malay Peninsula 1803 - 1818, with Essays by John Bastin and Kwa Chong Guan and captions by Hassan Ibrahim and Morten Strange, numerous coloured illusts. sm.4to, original papered boards, dw, Singapore Edition Didier Millet and the National Museum of Singapore, 2010 “This book brings together all 477 pieces in Colonel William Farquhar’s collection of natural history drawings, commissioned during his time as British Resident and Commandant of Malacca from 1803 to 1818. Covering a wide spectrum of flora and fauna, the evocative paintings were rendered in brilliant watercolour by Chinese artists who employed both Chinese and Western painting techniques. In an era when photography was non-existent, the only means of recording nature and wildlife was through painting. Accompanied by authoritative essays and detailed captions, Natural History Drawings: The Complete William Farquhar Collection is a valuable addition to the art or nature lover’s library, and indispensable to those with an interest in the region. It showcases some fascinating wildlife still present in the region today and is also an important record of species that have been lost or are diminished in number.” [Stock ID: 14183 ] £60
43. FARRER (Reginald) On the Eaves of the World, folding map, 62 plates, 2 vols, 8vo. original cloth, spines a little sunned, London, Edward Arnold, 1917 North West China and Tibet. [Stock ID: 14236 ] £250
44. FLOW (K.) The Chinese Encounter with Opium 426 pp. numerous coloured and black and white illustrations, note, glossary, bibliographical references, 4to, 29 x 22 cm. dw. Taipei, SMC Publishing, 2009 An extraordinarily detailed work on Opium, its culture, paraphernalia and artifacts. “The smoking of opium was a very large subject in the past centuries both in international context and for the Chinese as a nation. This work does not focus on the purely political role opium played, but indicates the impact on daily life and the genesis of a narcotic culture which soon evolved. There was an almost hypnotic, irresistible attraction which the exotic fragrance of smoking this narcotic yet benevolent substance had over large parts of the Chinese population both in China and abroad. The general healing and life- enhancing properties of opium combined with the leisurely ritual using the beautiful, symbol-adorned smoking paraphernalia. Only toward the mid twentieth century did the smoking of opium finally fade away under strong political pressure, but also giving way to a faster, less leisurely lifestyle. During almost three centuries, from smoking tobacco with opium to the final sublimely refined mode of smoking pure opium in a peculiar, Chinese- designed pipe, the transformation from medicine to antimalarial fumes to a heavenly fragrance widening perceptions of existence, opium smoking captivated a huge number of people. It initiated capital accumulation to start new ways of economic development, it aided countless artists (singers, actors, artisans) to perform their skills, it improved memory and alertness to pass examinations, it supported the poor to withstand backbreaking work. The list of opium's benefit is long and it touched all strata of society. The arts and craft illustrated and described are now rare witness to the enormous fascination opium smoking held over many millions of people for such a long period. The book serves as a visual guide to the material culture of opium smoking as well as the underlying fabrics of its integration into Chinese daily life.” Publisher.
[Stock ID: 14163 ] £125
45. FORBES (Rosita) Conflict Angora to Afghanistan, with a Foreword by Brig.- Gen. Sir Percy Sykes,numerous plates, some occasional foxing, lib. stamp of the Yokohama Seamen’s Club on fep, small label on spine, Presentation Inscription tipped in “To Sir Robert & Lady Clive with so many thanks for so many things - all of them nice - including my days in a Persian Garden. Rosita Forbes”, 1931 Sir Robert Clive was British Minister in Tehran at the time of Rosita Forbes visit. With this is a critical notice by Harold Nicholson from the Observer, typed on the Tehran Embassy headed paper, “Rosita Forbes is not a frivolous traveller... just unobservant.” [Stock ID: 11105 ] £130
46. FORBES (Rosita) These are Real People, portrait frontis, 8vo. original cloth, 1937 Sumatra, Central Asia, Persia, the Red Sea, New Guinea, Mexico, etc. [Stock ID: 11045 ] £35
47. FORMAN (Harrison) Through Forbidden Tibet, An Adventure in the Unknown,xi + 288 pp. numerous plates, thk.8vo. original cloth, dw. London, Jarrolds, 1936 [Stock ID: 14329 ] £150
Forman, American Journalist and Photographer, travelled to the Tibetan Plateau in 1932 and filmed the Panchen Lama at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu province, served as the Tibetan technical expert on Frank Capra's Lost Horizon film of 1937
FIRST FEMALE F.R.G.S. 48. FRENCH SHELDON (May) Sultan to Sultan. Adventure among the Masai and other Tribes of East Africa, map and numerous illusts. roy.8vo, original cloth, head of spine restored, a little wear, Boston, Arena Publishing, 1892 May French-Sheldon, “Bébé Bwana”, was the first woman to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society because of the pioneering work on the previously unexplored Lake Chala. She was a scientist with medical training and her book is crammed full of facts laced with her own eccentric conceits. She travelled with 153 porters, an enormous cushioned wickerwork Palanquin, many thousands of rings engraved with her name that she presented to the natives, and not least her alpen stock which she brandished, with the pendant proclaiming “Noli me tangere”. [Stock ID: 14313 ] £275
FASHION FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR 49. G & S LTD. Ladies Cloths A Sales Portfolio Album of Eight Women’s Fashion Plates and Eighteen Pages with 182 Cloth Samples,28 pp. on card, oblong folio, 11½ x 15½ ins. original cloth, titled on front cover, some marginal dust
staining, one small snippet taken from one of the samples, London, G & S Ltd. Piccadilly, 1940 The Cloth Samples pages have printed titles, “Light Weight ‘Mandalam’”, “Somerset Tweed West of England” 5 pages, “Saxony Suitings” 2 pages, “Flannel Suitings”, “Fancy Worsteds” 2 pages, “New Moordale”, “Worsted Suitings” 2 pages, “Bouclé Dress Coatings”, “Chalkalin”, “Botany Worsted Suiting, Brown, Blues,& Blacks”. [Stock ID: 13801 ] £250
50. GORDIMER (Nadine) A World of Strangers, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, original bright cloth, dw. spine sunned, small marginal tears with no loss, signed on the front free endpaper by Benjamin Pogrund, the campaigning journalist of the Rand Daily Mail, London, 1958
Gordimer’s second novel, banned in South Africa for 12 years. [Stock ID: 8034 ] £95
KHARTOUM SIEGE CURRENCY 51. [GORDON (Gen. Charles, 1833-1885)] Khartoum 5 Piatres Banknote signed in ink by Gordon,on card, some slight discolouration, 2½ x 4 ins. from the Collection of Field Marshall Wallace Grenfell, Ist Baron Grenfell (1841-1925), 25 April, 1884 In the top left hand corner “20 ps” has been marked in ink in error. There were 10 different notes issued during the siege from 1 piastre to 50 Egyptian pounds, each with a distinctive central motif. This example with a “rising sun with teeth”,is the 5
piatres note.
During the siege of the city of Khartoum from the 13 March 1884 to 26 January 1885, emergency paper money was issued by General Charles Gordon the Governor, for payment of troops and for the purchase of supplies. Gordon signed the early issues, but the later ones were signed hectographically. After the fall of Khartoum and the general massacre by the Madhi’s forces, the notes were burnt and owning any was punishable by death. [Stock ID: 14243 ] £650 52. GOULD (Sir Basil) & Hugh Edwards. Tibetan Word Book... with a Foreword by Sir Aurel Stein, xiii + 447 pp. names on title, small printed leaf of consonants stuck down on front endpaper, 4to. original cloth, original dust wrapper
and end papers of paper hand made in Bhutan, some slight wear and spotting, [Oxford], Oxford University Press, 1943 [Stock ID: 14330 ] £275
53. HAMLEY (Lt.-Col.E.Bruce) The Story of the Campaign of Sebastopol Written in the Camp,folding map, 9 tinted lithograph plates including 2 folding, some pages caressly opened, 8vo, binders cloth, leather label, a little rubbed and soiled, 1855 [Stock ID: 10715 ] £145
54. HARRIS (Walter B.) A Journey Through the Yemen And Some General Remarks Upon that Country,I folding map, 2 others, frontis & 23 plates, text illusts. 8vo, original cloth, slight wear, label removed from spine, with the library stamps and plate of the E.T.C Staff Library, Gibraltar, Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1893 [Stock ID: 14263 ] £300
55. HUNTER (Dard) Papermaking The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft,Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, xxiv + 611 + xxxvii pp. folding map, 317 illusts. thk.8vo, original cloth, slight wear, London, Pleiades Books, 1947 [Stock ID: 13633 ] £85
BASILICA OF OUR LADY OF GRACES 56. INDIA. “Begum Samru's Church Sirdhana [sic]” Company School Watercolour, inscribed on the mount, 5½ x 8½ ins. mounted on coloured paper, [1822] Begum Samru (1753 - 1836) was the widow of the colourful Walter Reinhardt Sumru, a European mercenary. On his death in 1778 his she took over his Mercenary Army and succeeded to the rule of Sardhana, a town and a municipal board in Meerut district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. In 1781 she converted to Catholicism taking the name Joanna. During her lifetime she supported financially many charitable and religious institutions. She also obtained from the Holy See, the promotion of Father Giulio Cesare, one of the members of the Agra Mission, to the episcopal dignity. Later Pope Gregory XVI wrote to her, and sent her tokens of his paternal approbation. Her maintenance of this army and her governance of Sardhana was remarkable. Though only 4½ feet tall, she wore a turban and rode on horseback as she led her troops to battle. She was also regarded as the only Catholic ruler in India. Begum Sumru died immensely rich. Her extraordinary church was built in 1822 facing west with a main entrance on the north side and contains her remains and magnificent tomb. In 1961 Pope John XXIII conferred the dignity of Minor Basilica to the church, now known as Basilica of Our Lady of Graces. [Stock ID: 14245 ] £450
57. INDIA. Nineteenth Century image of Khali with Trident, Scythe and Severed Head, within a fine decorative floral border, on paper,13½ x 8 ins c.1850 [Stock ID: 13785 ] £450
BUDDHA OF LIMITLESS LIFE 58. INDIA. Tibetan Thanka “Buddha Amitayus”, coloured in red with a vessel holding the elixir of life, with 2 Buddhas above and 2 Godesses below,18½ x 13 ins. on cloth with a silk veil covering, stitched onto a larger piece 38½ x 18 ins. 19th Century Buddha Amitayus or Buddha of Limitless Life is a Buddha aspect or a deity associated with meditations and mantras for a long life. Buddha Amitayus is depicted seated in a meditation posture with a vase (kalasha) in his hands, which contains the elixir of immortality (amrita) and leaves of the Ashoka tree. It symbolizes “a long life without the misery (shoka) of disease”. [Stock ID: 14470 ] £350
59. INDIA. BREEKPOT (Commanader Cornelius) Memoir of the Departing Commander Cornelius Breekpot Delivered To His Successor The Worshipful Titular Governor and Director-Elect Chrisitan Lodewijk Senff on the Last Day of February 1769, {title again in Dutch], Selections from the Records of the Madras Government, title +44 pp. text all in Dutch, folio, original printed boards, canvas spine, soiled, Madras, Government Press, 1909 Selections from the Records of the Madras Government. Dutch Records, No.7. [Stock ID: 14468 ] £50
ST. JOAO DE BRITTO OF THE MADURAI MISSION 60. INDIA. BRITO (Fernando Pereira de) Historia Do Nasciemento, Vida, E Martyrio Do Ven. Padre Joao de Britto Da Companhia De Jesu, Martyr Da Azia, E Protomartyr Da Missao De Madurey, FIRST EDITION, (52) + 250 pp. title in red and black folio, contemporary calf, spine worn, lacking label, corners bumped, lower joint splitting at head, Coimbra, No Real Collegio das Artes da Comp. de Jesu, 1722 One of the outstanding Jesuit Missionaries and known as the Second Francis Xavier or the John the Baptist of India. Father Joao de Brito(1647-1693) had in his youth been a page to the Infante Pedro, later Pedro II of Portugal. At the age of 26 he sailed for Goa, and was to spend nearly all the rest of his life in India. Having been expelled, he was recalled to Rome and visited Portugal en route to Italy. Pedro II tried unsuccessfully to persuade him to become tutor to his son, the future Joao V, then showered him with donations for the mission in India. The Madurai Mission was a bold attempt to establish an Indian Catholic Church that was relatively free of European cultural domination. As such, Britto learned the native languages, went about dressed in yellow cotton, and lived like Thuravi/Sanyaasi, abstaining from every kind of animal food and from wine. St John de Britto tried to teach the Catholic faith in categories and concepts that would make sense to the people he taught. This method, proposed and practiced by Roberto de Nobili, met with remarkable success. Britto remained a strict vegan until the end of his life, rejecting meat, fish, eggs and alcohol, and living only on legumes, fruits and herbs. Joao de Britto's preaching led to the conversion of Thadiyathevan, a Marava prince who had several wives. When Thadiyathevan was required to dismiss all his wives but one, a serious problem arose. One of the wives was a niece of the neighbouring king, Sethupathi, the King of Ramnad (Ramanathapuram), who took up her quarrel and began a general persecution of Christians. He was martyred in 1693, and beatified in 1853 and canonized in 1947. Scholberg Bibliography of Goa and the Portuguese in India, DB3.
[Stock ID: 14342 ] £1450
JOURNAL OF THE SIEGE OF MADRAS 1758-59 61. INDIA. [DU PRÉ (Josias)] Records of Fort St. George. Sundry Book, Public Department, 1758-59, title + 289 +14 pp. slight discolouration, Madras Record Office Library Stamp on title and front board, folio, original printed boards, some soiling, canvas spine rebacked, Madras, Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1915
This contains the First Printing of the Manuscript Journal kept during the Siege of the Fort by the French, 12th December 1758 to 17th February 1759, by Josias Du Pré, Secretary, Governor Pigot & Stringer Lawrence in Command. Josias Du Pre (1721–1780) was born in Carolina, and after becoming a successful London merchant, joined the East India Company in 1752. Du Pré was later Governor of Madras from 1770 to 1773.
[Stock ID: 14458 ] £750
62. INDIA. LORRAINE (J. Herbert) Aro Ishor-ke Doying-e “The Story of the True God,” in the Arbor-Miri Language,cr.8vo, original leather, worn and spine defective, The American Baptist Missionary Union, and the Calcutta Christian Tract and Book Society, Madras, 1908 Lorraine is described on the title as “One of the Pioneer Missionaries to the Lushais and Abors”, hill tribes, the former living in the land between Burma and Bengal, the latter in part of the Himalayas between Upper Assam and Tibet. [Stock ID: 14460 ] £95
63. INDIA. Records of Fort St. George. Diary and Consultation Book of 1680- 1681, title+1+97 pp. Madras Record Office Library Stamp on title and front board, little worming at margins, folio, original printed boards, slight wear, canvas spine, Madras, Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1916
The fourth volume of the series of “Public Consultations”. It contains the proceedings of the third year of the administration of Streysham Master. Sir Streynsham Master (28 October 1640 – 28 April 1724) was one of the 17th-century pioneers of the English East India Company. He served as the Agent of Madras from 27 January 1678 to 3 July 1681, and is credited with having introduced the first administrative reforms in the Madras Government. He banned sati and prohibited the burning of a Hindu widow in 1680 in what is the first official British response to sati. He made English the sole official language and language of court in the Madras Presidency, replacing the Portuguese, Tamil and Malayalam languages. Wikipedia. [Stock ID: 14455 ] £125
64. INDIA. Records of Fort St. George. Diary and Consultation Book of 1681 (11th January to 29th December 1681),title+1+76 pp. Madras Record Office Library Stamp on title and front board, little worming at margins, folio, original printed boards, slight worm marks and wear, canvas spine, Madras, Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1913 The fifth and sixth volumes of the “Diary and Consultation Books”. Containing the last six months of Streynsham Master’s administration and the first six months of William Gyfford’s.
[Stock ID: 14457 ] £95
65. INDIA. Records of Fort St. George. Diary and Consultation Book of 1689, title+1+101+iv pp. Madras Record Office Library Stamp on title and front board, little worming at margins, folio, original printed boards, slight wear, canvas spine, Madras, Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1916 The fifteenth volume of the series of “Public Consultations”. [Stock ID: 14456 ] £95 ELIHU YALE 66. INDIA. Records of Fort St. George. Diary and Consultation Book of 1690, title+1+94 +iv pp. Madras Record Office Library Stamp on title and front board, little worming at margins, folio, original printed boards, superficial worming, canvas spine, Madras, Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1917 “This volume, which contains the proceedings of Elihu Yale and his Council at Fort St. George for the year 1692, is the eighteenth of the series of “Public Consultations.” .” H. Dodwell. Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British- American merchant and a slave trader, President of the East India Company settlement in Fort St. George, at Madras, and a benefactor of the Yale College in his honour. [Stock ID: 14454 ] £135
67. INDIA. Records of Fort St. George. Diary and Consultation Book of 1692, title+1+54 +iii pp. Madras Record Office Library Stamp on title and front board, worming at margins, folio, original printed boards, superficial worming, canvas spine, worn at head, Madras, Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1917 “This volume, which contains the proceedings of Elihu Yale and his Council at Fort St. George for the year 1692, is the eighteenth of the series of “Public Consultations.” .” H. Dodwell. Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British-American merchant and a slave trader, President of the East India Company settlement in Fort St. George, at Madras, and a benefactor of the Yale College in his honour. [Stock ID: 14453 ] £95
68. INDIA. Records of Fort St. George. Letters to Fort St. George for 1688 (Public Sundries No. 3) title + ix + 112 pp. discoloured, folio original printed boards with library stamp of the Madras Record Office also in title, cloth spine, worn, signs of worming to the cover, Madras, Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1915 “It contains copies of the letters received from other factories during 1688, including correspondence with Francis Martin at Pondichery. There are also come curious details regarding events at Surat, where the English were at war with the Moghal authorities as well as in Bengal” - H. Didwell Curator, Madras Record Office. [Stock ID: 14450 ] £100
69. INDIA. Records of Fort St. George. Masulipatam Consultation Book of 1682-83, title+1+71+2 pp. Madras Record Office Library Stamp on title and front board, worming at margins, folio, original printed boards, superficial worming, canvas spine, Madras, Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1916 Consultations from 14th August 1682 to 31st December 1683. Forming an isolated volume in the series. [Stock ID: 14465 ] £75
70. INDIA. Records of Fort St. George. Minutes of Proceedings in the Mayor’s Court of Madraspatam (June to December 1689 and July 1716 to March 1719,title +1+xii+79 pp. Madras Record Office Library Stamp on title and front board, slight worming at margins, folio, original printed boards wormed, canvas spine, worn, Madras Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1915 “They show that the Corporation continued to exercise other than merely judicial duties, as for instance in the matter of paving Gloucester Alley; the lists of burgesses and aldermen show that the Corporation continued to represent the various ‘casts’ as Josiah Child had at first intended - the system which was abolished under the Charter of 1726.” H. Dodwell. [Stock ID: 14452 ] £75
71. INDIA. Records of Fort St. George. Selections from Fort St. David Consultations, 1741 title+1+26 pp. Madras Record Office Library Stamp on title and front board, worming at margins, folio, original printed boards, canvas spine, Madras, Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1916 [Stock ID: 14467 ] £55
72. INDIA. Records of Fort St. George. Selections from Public Consultations, Letters from Fort St. George, and Fort St. David Consultations, 1740 title+1+71+2 pp. Madras Record Office Library Stamp on title and front board, worming at margins, folio, original printed boards, canvas spine, Madras, Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1916 [Stock ID: 14466 ] £75
73. INDIA. Records of Fort St. George. Sundry Book of 1677-78 ii + 121 pp. Madras Record Office Library Stamp on title and front board, some worming thoughout, folio, original printed boards, wormed, canvas spine, worn, Madras, Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1919 In his Handbook to the Madras Records Tallboys Wheeler states “These Sundry Books are chiefly curious of their age, The correspondence is generally of a commercial character, though some information may be obtained illustrative of the attitude of the Factories towards the Native powers, and towards French and English interlopers.” [Stock ID: 14451 ] £75
74. INDIA. Records of Fort St. George. Sundry Book of 1686 Affairs in Bengal, title+1+16 pp. Madras Record Office Library Stamp on title and front board, little worming at margins, folio, original printed boards, superficial worming, canvas spine, Madras, Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1913 Public Sundry Book Volume 2, relating to the Proceedings of a Committee on the Affairs of Bengal July to November 1686. [Stock ID: 14464 ] £50
BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPT 75. INDIA -SRI LANKA. SATIPATTHANA SUTTA or The Arousing of Mindfulness ('sati') Discourse, from the Digha-nikaya, followed by its translation into Sinhala, manuscript in Pali in Sinhala script, on palm leaves between wooden boards decorated with scrolls and flower heads in red, yellow and dark green, pierced with string, title label on a portion of palm leaf threaded below the string boss, repeated in ink on paper label on top board, leaves 'etched' with a stylus and inked on both sides, rectos numbered at the left using the Sinhala syllabary, each letter (ka to jha, omitting cha) appearing plain, then with vowel strokes and finally with two circles to make groups of 16 leaves, patterns of overlapping circles enclose the text on f. 1 (ka), f. 48v (ga:) blank between the two portions, together 124 leaves of 7 lines 2½" x 18", roughly 900 characters to a leaf, n.p. but Sri Lanka, covers slightly little rubbed, left hand string
defective, right hand string boss replaced with a metal ring, text in very good condition,
Sri Lanka, 2330 Buddhist era, [1787 A.D.] The discourse was delivered by the Buddha in 'a hamlet named Kamassadhamma in the Kuru country'. It is the classic approach to self-awareness and much admired for its practical value. Insight and practice go hand in hand, instead of insisting on insight first. Between the short introduction and conclusion the Buddha shows the monks how to be aware of one's body, one's feelings, one's mind, and of one's mental qualities.
[Stock ID: 12635 ] £1500
76. INLIBRIS. One Thousand Books, Manuscripts and Collections Relating to Arabia and the Middle East, [Catalogue 16] illustrated in colour, 4to. original cloth Vienna Antiquariat Inlibris Gilhofer Nachf., 2014 [Stock ID: 14195 ] £95
77. JAMES (Col. Lionel) Times of Stress, plates, some occasional spotting, 1929 The author was a Times War Correspondent, from the Russo Japanese War, the Naval Mutiny at Sebastapol, to the War in Thrace. [Stock ID: 5163 ] £25
SINO JAPANESE WAR PROPAGANDA 78. JAPAN. Wooden Engraved Printing Block depicting 10 Scenes from the Sino - Japanese War for the Popular Press, showing encounters on land and sea, severally and separately captioned,17 x 11 x ¾ ins. made up of 4 blocks of hard wood framed together, 1894-95
The Sino-Japanese War (1894–95) was primarily over the control of Korea. The outcome demonstrated the failure of the Qing Empire's attempts to modernize its military and fend off threats to its sovereignty, especially when compared with Japan's successful Meiji Restoration.
[Stock ID: 14177 ] £350 79. KNIGHT (E.F.) Where Three Empires Meet, A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the Adjoining Countries, new edition, viii +520 pp + 32 pp adverts. folding map, frontis. 26 plates, text illusts. some occasional spotting, 8vo, cloth, spine faded, London Longmans, Green & Brown, 1897 [Stock ID: 3854 ] £85
FROM THE FORBIDDEN CITY 80. LOTI (Pierre. pseud de Louis Marie-Julien Viaud 1850-1923 Writer) A Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Princess Letizia Maria Bonaparte ‘Madame’, from inside the Dowager Empress of China’s Palace in Peking, he reports that he had been living “depuis une semaine, dans un luxe féerie” on the edge of a Lotus lake under the guard of a few soldiers “dans solitude exquisite”, solitude a little funereal at night, because of the ruins and dead bodies, “Je suis dans un grand lit fantastique,...”4 pp. foredge of the first page strengthened without loss of text, [with] Derniers Jours de Pékin, First Edition, name on title, cr.8vo. contemporary half vellum, Paris, Calmann Levy, [1901] Pékin Palais de l’Impèratrice, 26 Octbre, 1900
During the autumn of 1900, from the 20th October until the 3rd November, Pierre Loti resided in the Forbidden City. He went to China as part of the International Expedition sent to clear up after the Boxer Rebellion, which he describes in Les Derniers Jours de Pékin, Paris 1901. In this elegant letter he touches lightly on his experiences in the Palace, “Je suis là, sous la garde d’un petit poste de soldats, dans une solitude exquisite, - solitude un peu funèbre la nuit, à cause de tout de ruines et de cadavres abattant”. In his book he devotes over 200 pages to describing the Forbidden City after the ravages of War and plunder, his fascination with the place, his appreciation of Chinese Art through opium, and the macabre sights of drained moats and lotus pools, the richness of bibelots, artifacts and fine clothing, contrasting it with the death and decay of the unburied, and the rotting architecture.
[Stock ID: 14312 ] £750 81. MAURITIUS. Slave Trade. Papers Relating to the Slave Trade, 4 pp folio, disbound, London, 1813 Included are extracts of 2 reports from Captain Lynne, of H.M.S. Lynn, Senior Officer in Mauritius, and Vice Admiral Stopford, on H.M.S. Lion in Table Bay. [Stock ID: 13679 ] £40
82. MAYO (Katherine) Slaves of the Gods, First Edition, cr.8vo, original cloth, unclipped dust wrapper, London, Jonathan Cape, 1929
"[It] portrays in fiction form exactly what it means, worked out in flesh and blood to be in Hindu India, a child-wife, a Temple prostitute, a Suttee, a child-widow, an Untouchable or a Sacred Cow" dust wrapper. This book was written following the consternation her earlier book “Mother India”
had produced 3 years’ earlier. “It created a sensation on three continents. Written against the demands for self-rule and Indian independence from the British Raj, Mayo alluded to the treatment of India's women, the Dalits, the animals, the dirt and the character of its nationalistic politicians. Mayo singled out the "rampant" and fatally weakening sexuality of its males to be at the core of all problems, leading to masturbation, rape, homosexuality, prostitution and venereal diseases and, most importantly, to too early sexual intercourse and premature maternity. Mayo's claims were supported by British Indian authorities as a countermeasure to growing sympathies for the Indian Independence Movement against British rule in the region. It was criticized by Mahatma Gandhi, who wrote in response: “This book is cleverly and powerfully written. The carefully chosen quotations give it the false appearance of a truthful book. But the impression it leaves on my mind is that it is the report of a drain inspector sent out with the one purpose of opening and examining the drains of the country to be reported upon, or to give a graphic description of the stench exuded by the opened drains. If Miss Mayo had confessed that she had come to India merely to open out and examine the drains of India, there would perhaps be little to complain about her compilation. But she declared her abominable and patently wrong conclusion with a certain amount of triumph: 'the drains are India'.”
[Stock ID: 14235 ] £150 83. MOULE (Rev. Arthur E.) The Story of the Cheh-Kiang Mission of the Church Missionary Society, Second Edition, revised and enlarged, vi + 169 pp. folding map, numerous illusts. cr.8vo, original illustrated cloth gilt, London, Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 1879
[Stock ID: 14331 ] £125
84. NAPOLÉON. Code Napoléon Nouvelle Édition, Conforme à l'édition originale de l'imprimerie de l’impériale ; à laquelle on a ajouté Les Lois Transitoires et une table analytique et raisonnée des matières,half title, title, + ii + 489 pp. sm.8vo, contemporary sheep, edges worn, 19th century manuscript label in upper cover, spine
gilt in compartments, base chipped, title label chipped, worn, Paris, 1807 The Napoleonic Code was drafted by a commission of four eminent jurists and came into force on 21 March 1804. The Code, with its stress on clearly written and accessible law, was a major step in replacing the previous patchwork of feudal laws. It was the first modern legal code to be adopted with a pan-European scope, and it strongly influenced the law of many of the countries formed during and after the Napoleonic Wars. The Code also influenced developing countries outside Europe, especially in Latin America and the Middle East, attempting to modernize and defeudalize their countries through legal reforms. The Napoleonic Code made the authority of men over their families stronger, deprived women of any individual rights, and reduced the rights of illegitimate children. All male citizens were also granted equal rights under the law and the right to religious dissent, but colonial slavery was reintroduced. [Stock ID: 14482 ] £675
“ORGANIZE ITALY” 85. NAPOLÉON IST (Emperor 1769-1821) Fine Letter Signed "Np" to his step son Eugène de Beauharnais "Prince Vice Roi", concerning Italy, 11 lines 7¼ x 9 ins, 18.5 x 23 cms. St. Cloud, April 14, 1812
This letter was written as Napoleon was manoeuvering his army before his invasion of Russia. “My Son, organize Italy as you did it for your absence during the last Campaign, either by charging Melzi to preside over the ministers, or by taking any other measures which will seem most useful to you. Carry on for May and June after which go to Paris, the soonest possible. You will remain there three or four days during which, after hearing from you, I shall take definitive measures for Italy: and from there proceed with speed to Glogu to rejoin your army corps.”
Eugène ruled Italy from 1805, when he was 24, until his abdication after the defeat of Napoleon, in 1814. The French Grande Armée began its invasion of Russia on June 16, 1812 and Eugène distinguished himself at the Battle of Borodino in September that year. [Stock ID: 13955 ] £2700 86. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Nephrite Jade “Kapak” or Axe head used, 1¼ x 3 x 9 ins. 3×7.5×23.5 cm, pattern of light green spots in a dark green/black background, the blade or foredge shows little sign of wear, from Umuru Village Humboldt Bay, West-Papua (former Irian Jaya) collected by the Anthropologists Paula van den Berg and Koos Tuber, in the 1970's,
These remarkable artefacts were used mainly in commerce and as part of a Bride Price. Although their use in agriculture and war would seem more appropriate, this particular piece is sharp and shows little wear apart from meticulous smoothing. [Stock ID: 14471 ] £550
87. PEARCE (Maj. F.B.) Zanzibar, The Island Metropolis of Eastern Africa,xii+421 pp. photographic frontispiece portrait of His Highness Seyyid Khalifa-Bin-Harub, Sultan of Zanzibar, large folding map, and 2 others, 49 plats thk.roy.8vo, rebound, blue morocco spine, library stamp of Nathuram Ramnarain, Zanzibar on a few plates, London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1920 [Stock ID: 14299 ] £300
THE FORMATION OF THE ROYAL PHILIPPINE COMPANY
88. PHILIPPINES. Real Cédula de Ereccion de la Compania de Filipinas de 10 de marzo de 1785Royal Coat of Arms engraved frontispiece, title + 57 pp. washed, ownership signature on frontis. faded, folio, contemporary style half red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1785
Palau XV.249957, STC S662. “In the latter part of the 18th century the Bourbon kings in Madrid and their reformist advisers acknowledged that Spain’s indifference to the development of her farthest possession had become anachronistic and economically insupportable. the Royal Philippine Company, established in 1785, was one of a series of initiatives designed to stimulate Philippine Agriculture and industry and to transform Manila from a modest, tightly restricted enterpôt for the Acapulco galleon into a thriving emporium from where Philippine and other Asian products would be shipped directly to the Peninsula in exchange for imports from Spain and Europe. In its Charter the Company was awarded a 25 year monopoly of the direct Cadiz - Manila traffic... until) its demise in 1834, the year in which the port of Manila was formerly opened to foreign vessels” - Richardson Philippine [World Bib. Series v. 106] p.53. “The shock to Manila was terrible the announcement of the formation of the Compaña was received with enormous hostility” O.H.K.Spate, Monopolists and Freebooters, p.287.
[Stock ID: 14272 ] £1600
SWAYING DESTINY WITH A PENCIL
89. RAEMAEKERS (Louis) The Great War A Neutral’s Indictment, One Hundred Cartoons, [with] The Great War in 1916 A Neutrals Indictment, Sixty Cartoons [with] The Great War Victory Volume The Final Phase from the Entry of America to the Conclusion of Peace 92 Cartoons, [each volume with] An Appreciation by H. Perry Robinson, with Descriptive Notes by Edward Garnet, M. B. Huish & Historical Notes Cecil Roberts, Photographic Portrait, 152 plates mostly in colour, together 3 volumes large folio, original half white buckram 2 with red leather labels the last in black, 18 x 14½ ins. Limited to 1000 copies, each signed in Pencil by Raemaekers, London, The Fine Art Society, 1916, 1917 & 1919
Louis Raemaekers 1869-1956, the Dutch Cartoonist and Satirist, produced some of the most influential propaganda ever seen during the First World War. His influence towards the American involvement in the war the cannot be overstated. The American Press syndicated his work and exhibitions of his work were shown in major cities.
[Stock ID: 14217 ] £1650
THE EPIC OF PABUJI - RAJASTHANI SCROLL PAINTING
90. RAJASTHAN. The Legend of Pabuji, Phad Narrative Painting on Handwoven Cotton Cloth or Khadi,tempura on cotton cloth, 50 x 150 ins. 127 x 381 cms. rolled, hand-sewn on to a backing of unbleached calico. Rahjasthan, c1935
Pabuji Ki Phad is a religious Scroll Painting of folk deities, which is used for a musical rendition of the only surviving ancient traditional folk art form in the world of the epic of Pabuji, the Rathod Rajput chief. Bhopas of Pabusar are the bards and also priests who are the traditional narrators of this art form. The Phad is also spelt as “Par.” This art form is popular in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Literally, “Pabuji Ki Phad” translates into two versions namely, “The Screen of Pabuji” or “O, Read of Pabuji!”. Pabuji is also known as "the Ascetic Deity of Sand Desert".
The three basic features associated with this art form are: the epic story of Pabuji, the Rathod chief of Rajasthan in the 14th century, who is extolled as an incarnation of a Hindu God, and worshipped by the Rabari tribals of Rajasthan; the Phad or Par, which is a long scroll painting made on cloth, with the martial heroics of Pabuji richly displayed for worship; and the bard priests, known as the Bhopas (who belong to the cult of Pabhuji) of the nomadic tribe of Nayakas and specialists in narrating the story of the Pabuji in their sartorial best through the medium of the Phads used as a portable temple, all over the desert lands of the Thar in Rajasthan. There is a modern study, transcription and translation of this oral epic, by John D. Smith in blank verse, The Epic of Pabuji, Katha, New Delhi 2005. Pabuji is still performed in Rajathan, but since his original field work in the 1970’s, Smith found that on later visits the performances were much rarer, and the Bhopas that were left were entertaining tourists with incomplete renditions of the Epic.. PROVENANCE. From the Collection of the late David Cripps, Photographer, collected in the late 1950’s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pabuji_Ki_Phad
[Stock ID: 13577 ] £3500
THE RELIEF OF KUT-AL-AMARA 1916-17 91. RETTER (Gerald, Private Soldier) Autograph Letter Signed in ink “My Dear Uncle and Aunt”, on “Army Y.M.C.A. of India Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force” headed notepaper, describing the conditions around after the Siege of Kut-al-Amara [Iraq], 4 sides, creased with a little wear, sm.4to. “B. Coy. Regiment as usual”, Mesopotamia, 12.3.17 “We were in a lot of work from 18th Dec. till the 3rd. Feb. & the last date was very hot with us & the enemy, we went over the top taking three lines of the Turkish trenches & held them well but sorry to say our casualties was very heavy, t’was only a matter of luck in going through alright with the Shrapnel & “live stock” we went through & in their trenches they knew the range so well with the guns & made it like “Fair Hell” all the time anyway I am not at all anxious to see such a time like it again. We was very near to Kut-el-Amara then ?.... Glad to say we have been relieved & come back to .....[deleted] about 150 miles from Kut. We march some of the journey & did the rest on boats on the River Tigris.... Xmas 1916 was anything but a pleasant one with us. We could have done with a little warning back there were getting very cold & wet weather, & was in the opened or trenches all the time. Couldn’t even get the tent to go in. I did well the first couple of weeks in January with the parcels intended for Xmas coming out, & glad to say they were none the worst for the journey out, Could hardly realised we were so near to the Turks with the luxuries & Xmas Cakes & pudding which was such a treat out here.... I should very much like to have the thoughts of helping with the haying this year think I shall soon get used to the work when I get the luck of starting on again.” He finishes “PS Sorry I cant put name of Regt. but latest are we must not do so, but its the same & alright for you to do so. Good bye”. [Stock ID: 14221 ] £175
92. ROUTLEDGE (Mrs. Scoresby) The Mystery of Easter Island The Story of an Expedition,Second Edition, xxiv + 404 pp. maps, plans, panoramas, plates, text illusts. thk.8vo, original pictorial cloth, edges bumped, London, Sifton, Praed & Co. 1920 [Stock ID: 13751 ] £175
93. ROY (M.N.) Revolution and Counter-Revolution in China, FIRST EDITION, ix + 689 pp. thk.8vo, original cloth, spine a little sunned, dust wrapper frayed, Calcutta, 1946 An edition of this work came out in German in 1931. Inspite of the clamour for an English Edition, the original manuscript had been dispersed and the author rewrote, revised and augmented the original German text. Roy was an International Indian Philosopher, Revolutionary and collegue of Lenin. He escaped from India in 1915 to secure arms for an uprising against the British Rule in India. From 1922 he was closely connected with politics in China “I contributed to the formation of the policy of the Communists joining the Kuo Min Tang with the purpose of promoting the cause of the outstanding burgeois democratic revolution”. After terms in prison and the period of the Second World War, this long awaited work illumine the “Chinese Counter Revolution” with which he was bound. [Stock ID: 13076 ] £500
94. RUDOLPH (Richard C.) A Chinese Printing Manual, Translated from the Chinese with notes and introduction,xxvi + 24 pp. 16 pp of illustrations, sm.8vo, original cloth, Los Angeles, Ward Ritchie Press for the Typophiles, 1954 [Stock ID: 13651 ] £75
NAVAL SURGEON AT THE BATTLE OF DOGGER BANK
95. RUST, Five Portraits in oil, 2 of Chirurgeon Major Pieter Rust, His Wife Maria Judith Laporte and their Two Sons David Rust, and Antoni Robert Rust, Rust, 1. Rust seated ¾ length 21 x 17½ ins. relined,19th c. label on verso “Pieter Rust op oudere leeftijd Chirurgijn Major”, old frame, 27 x 23½ ins. 2. Rust, head and shoulders in an oval, 22½ x 18 ins. relined, restorers label dated 1966 stating “Hij was chirurgijn bij de slag bij de Doggerbank”, 3. Judith Rust, companion portrait, head and shoulders, 22½ x 18 ins. signed in the margin by the artist H. van Waagerde, relined, restorers label dated 1966, 4. David Rust, head and shoulders, 13 x 10½ ins. relined, restorers label dated 1967, old frame,16½ x 13¾ ins. 5.Anthoni Robert Rust 13 x 10½
ins. relined, restorers label dated 1967, old frame, 16½x13¾ ins,
The records held in the Rotterdam City Archive show that Pieter Rust was born in 1745 at Scherpenzeel in 1745 and his Wife Maria Judith Laporte at Voorburg in 1752. They married in 1780, and their two sons, Antoni Robert and David Rust, were born in 1786 and 1788. In the early years of their marriage Pieter was away in service with the Navy. The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle that took place on 5 August 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, contemporaneously related to the American Revolutionary War, in the North Sea. It was a bloody encounter between a British squadron under Vice Admiral Sir Hyde Parker and a Dutch squadron under Vice Admiral Johan Zoutman, both of which were escorting convoys. In December 1780, Great Britain declared war on the Dutch Republic, drawing it militarily into the American War of Independence. The Dutch had for several years been supplying the Americans and shipping French supplies to the Americans, in support of the American war effort, and the reason behind the British declaration of war. The opening of hostilities with the Dutch meant that Britain's trade with countries on the Baltic Sea—where key supplies of lumber for naval construction were purchased—was potentially at risk, and that the British had to increase protection of their shipping in the North Sea. In order to accomplish this, the British
began blockading the Dutch coast to monitor and intercept any significant attempts to send shipping into or out of Dutch ports, and began to protect merchant shipping convoys with armed vessels. Casualties on both sides were high, considering the number of ships involved. The British reported their losses at 104 killed and 339 wounded, while the Dutch reported their losses at 142 killed and 403 wounded. Both sides claimed victory, although it was a tactical draw given that no ships were lost on either side (with the exception of the Holland) and both convoys escaped. However strategically the battle was a British victory as the Dutch fleet retreated to Texel.
[Stock ID: 14434 ] £4500
96. SASTRI (K.N. Venkatasubba) The Administration of Mysore Under Sir Mark Cubbon (1834- 1861),plates, 8vo, cloth dw, London 1932 [Stock ID: 4917 ] £20
97. SEYCHELLES. Colonial Reports - Annual No. 801 Report for 1913,map, 21 pp. library stamp on title, folio, stitched as issued, London, 1914 [Stock ID: 12551 ] £40
98. SEYCHELLES. Colonial Reports - Annual No. 964 Seychelles Report for 1917,10 pp. library stamp on title, folio, London, 1918 [Stock ID: 12552 ] £30
99. SIAM. BLOFELD (John) King Maha Mongkut of Siam, second edition, portrait frontis. plates, cr.8vo. original cloth, dw, Bangkok, The Siam Society, 1987 A King known to the West through Anna Leonowen’s book. He was a remarkable King who managed to set his nation on the paths of modernisation and in doing so saved it from colonization. [Stock ID: 6800 ] £30
THE HISTORY OF BRITISH / AMERICAN INVASION IN SOUTH ASIA 100. SOUTH EAST ASIA. World War II Japanese Propaganda War Map Showing their Conquests in South Asia and in the North Pacific Region near the Aleutian Islands, with supposed numbers of the troops and warships involved in the Theatre, 10 x 14 ins. 26 x 36.5 cm. printed in colours, the text in Japanese, and illustrations on
the verso relate to American and UK aggression, [1942]
The Japanese invasion of Singapore culminated with the Battle of Singapore 16th February 1942 when the British force of 60,000 troops surrendered. It was renamed Syonan-to or Light of the South. It was not retaken until after the Japanese surrender
in September 1945. [Stock ID: 14193 ] £350 THE NORTHAMPTON TO PETERBOROUGH LINE 101. STEPHENSON (Robert 1805-1859 Railway and Civil Engineer) Fine Letter Signed “Rob. Stephenson”,to R. Creed [Secretary of the London and Birmingham Railway Company], concerning the Survey of the Northampton to Peterborough line, “The survey of the Northampton to Peterborough Line of Railway having considerably progressed and having had an opportunity of carefully inspecting the country to be traversed, I proceed to make a few remarks on the general features which characterise the proposed undertaking”,5 pp. 4to. fold marks, some dust staining, London, 9th November, 1842
In this letter Robert Stephenson breaks the Northampton and Peterborough line in to 4 sections, detailing the specific difficulties, and gives the engineering costs for each. “The Northampton and Peterborough Railway was an early railway promoted by the London and Birmingham Railway to run from a junction at Blisworth to Northampton and Peterborough. The engineer was Robert Stephenson. The line would be relatively easy to build, following the valley of the River Nene to Peterborough, with only a small tunnel to the west of Wansford. Stations would be provided wherever the line crossed a turnpike where there would be level crossings. Most of the line was raised on embankments because of the likelihood of flooding. In spite of this it occurred from time to time. The Northampton and Peterborough Railway Act received the Royal Assent in 1843 and the line opened in 1845. In 1846, it became part of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).” Butler, P., A History of the Railways of Northamptonshire. 2007
[Stock ID: 14303 ] £650
102. STOCK (Eugene) The Story of the Fuh-Kien Mission of the Church Missionary Society, viii + 272 pp. folding map, numerous illusts. cr.8vo, original pictorial cloth gilt, slight wear, London, Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 1877 [Stock ID: 14332 ] £145
103. THAILAND. Illustrated Manuscript Parabik “Pillow Book”, 152 pp. in total plus 2 covers, which includes 12 double paged illustrations, 128 pages of text + 2
covers, some worming and soiling, folded 4½ x 14 ins. extended 351 ins. preserved in a solander box, 20th century, [Stock ID: 14175 ] £2500
THREE ILLUMINATED THAI MANUSCRIPT Phra Malai, the Buddhist Saint known for his legendary travels to heaven and hell, has long figured prominently in Thai religious treatises, works of art, and rituals – particularly those associated with the afterlife. The legend describes Phra Malai’s visits to heaven and hell by the powers he achieved through meditation and great merits. Afterwards he teaches the laity and fellow monks about the karmic effects of human actions, which he learned about when meeting Buddha Maitreya in heaven. It was through these narratives that the Buddha’s message of hope for a better rebirth and for attaining nirvana was conveyed. Phra Malai manuscripts were frequently produced and donated to Buddhist monasteries as acts of merit. See Bonnie Pascal Brereton Thai Tellings of Phra Malai, Arizona 1995.
104. THAILAND. A Phra Malai Illuminated Manuscript 22 illustrations, on 11 double pages, 96 ll. with two black covers, 26¼ x 5¾ ins. parabaik style, on khoi paper, approx. 46 ft. long, some occasional staining not affecting images, preserved in
a clam shell box, 19th century, Stock ID: 14122 ] £9500
VISIONS OF HEAVEN AND HELL 105. THAILAND. A Phra Malai Manuscript 12 illustrations, some rubbing and wear, occasional stains, 92 leaves.parabaik style on khoi paper, 25 x 5 ins. without covers, approx 38 ft. long, preserved in a clam shell box, 19th century, [Stock ID: 14117 ] £4500
106. THAILAND. A Phra Malai Manuscript 14 illustrations, some rubbing, wear and occasional stains78 ll. 27 x 5½ ins. parabaik style, khoi paper, with two black covers, approx 38 ft. long,. preserved in a clam shell box, 19th century, The first pair of illustrations of Phra Malai preaching to villagers is an unusual
appearance in these manuscripts. [Stock ID: 14121 ] £5500
These three Manuscripts are from the Collection of Dr. Konrad Bekker (1911-1981) 1st secretary American embassy, Rangoon, Burma, 1958- 1962. Counselor for economic affairs American Embassy, Bern, Switzerland, 1962- 1964. 1st secretary American embassy, Bangkok, Thailand, 1964-1981, and his wife
Dr.Sarah Bekker (1923-2013).
107. THAILAND. “TRISHULA”, The Trident of Shiva,an elaborately carved teak panel depicting the trident mounted on a lotus, surrounded by foliage, 17½ x 11¼ X 3 ins. drilled for fixing, with a modern wooden plinth, South Asia, nineteenth century,
The Trishula is part of the Emblem of the Chakri Dynasty, the Royal House of Thailand founded in 1782. The emblem of the dynasty is composed of the discus (Chakra) and the trident (Trishula), the celestial weapons of god Vishnu and Shiva, whom the Thai sovereign is seen as an incarnation.
The trishula is wielded by the god Shiva and is said to have been used to sever the original head of Ganesha. Durga also holds a trishula, as one of her many weapons. The three points have various meanings and significance, and, common to Hindu religion. They are commonly said to represent various trinities— creation, maintenance and destruction; past, present and future. When looked upon as a weapon of Shiva, the trishula is said to destroy the three worlds: the physical world, the world of the forefathers and the world of the mind . In the human body, the trishula also represents the place where the three main energy channels meet at the brow. [Stock ID: 14167 ] £450
VESSANTARA JATAKA 108. THAILAND. Two Large Scenes from the Vessantara Jataka, the last of the Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha, The Gift of the White Elephant, Giving Alms to a beggar with Indra king of the Gods looking on,painted in gouash on cloth mounted on zinc, with titles in old Cambodian script underneath the image, 21½ x 32 ins. and
30 x 20 ins. c.1900 In his book History of Burmese Paintings Andrew Ranard mentions paintings done on Zinc in the early 20th century. These were for use as Pyre Decorations and
removed afterwards.
The Vessantara Jātaka tells the story of one of Gautama Buddha's past lives, about a compassionate prince, Vessantara, who gives away everything he owns, including his children, thereby displaying the virtue of perfect generosity. It is also known as the Great Birth Sermon. The story is not considered central to modern Buddhism, but it plays a role in modern Kingship. The use of merit-making by the Thai Monarchy and Government to solidify their position and create unity in society still continues. [Stock ID: 14178 ] £1250 109. THAILAND. O’CONNOR (Stanley J. intro.) The Archaeology of Peninsular Siam, Collected articles from The Journal of the Siam Society 1905-1983,folding map, plates, 8vo, cloth dw, Bangkok, The Siam Society, 1986
[Stock ID: 14478 ] £50
110. TIBET. A Thanka depicting the Twenty-one Taras, with a Green Tara at the centre, and a black Mahakala Panjaranatha seated on a Golden Horse at the basegouash on cloth heightened with gold, 28¼ x 21¼ ins. 72 x 54 cms. c.1950
[Stock ID: 14302 ] £450
111. TIBET. TIBETAN LAMELLAR ARMOUR, (Byang Bu’i Khrab) Iron Helmet with moon and crescent design, with neck and cheek defences of lamellar iron plates, 18 ins high to the finial, with lamellar iron plate coat upper body to thigh defences, original leather stitching, 48 ins. long, supported on an iron frame,
Tibet, 19th Century
The style of this Armour has varied little throughout the ages. Lamellar Armour is seen throughout the Far East. Lamellar plates of varying sizes, made of small pieces of metal or leather, in some cases lacquered, “stitched” together to produce an articulated armour similar to chain mail in the West. [Stock ID: 13533 ] £2850
112. TIBET. Watercolour of a Tibetan Lama with prayer wheel, signed with initials, inscribed on the reverse “ITINERANT LAMA”, on separate piece of board the name
“A Hanham”,13 x 10 ins. 33 x 25.5 cms. c1910 European interest in Tibet had been aroused during the Younghusband Expedition of 1903-1904 during the Sikkim Tibet Border Disputes. He exceeded his instructions from London and de facto invaded the country with a series of bloody skirmishes against ill equipped monks.
[Stock ID: 14196 ] £350
113. TREATT (Stella Court) Cape To Cairo, The Record of a Historic Motor Journey, with a Foreword by the Earl of Clarendon,folding map, 64 plates, 8vo. original cloth, slight wear London, George G. Harrop & Company Ltd. 1927
[Stock ID: 7341 ] £55
18TH CENTURY TROMPE L’OEIL OF OTTOMAN LETTERS
114. TURKEY. An Ottoman Trompe l’Oeil Illuminated Calligraphic Panel signed Muhammad Amin Riza Al-Tawfiqi (Mehmet Amin Ricai Tevfik), Manuscript on paper, with 17 lines of black diwani and naskh written in three blocks on the diagonal gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, small floral flourishes around, panels of gold and polychrome illumination between, 37.5 x 24.7cm.
1190AH/1776-77AD
The panel comprises two letters in Ottoman Turkish. The first is addressed to the writer's brother, a certain Sultanim Efendi and accompanied a gift of a rose sherbet. The lower panel which is signed conveys wishes for the restoration of the health of the recipient. In the bottom right corner are samples of chancery hand, including one mentioning the Defterdar Efendi (the Head of the Imperial Chancery).
[Stock ID: 14286 ] £900
115. TURKEY. HOBART PASHA. Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden (1822 – 1886) Oval Woodburytype Portrait Head and Shoulders,4½ x 3½ ins within a decorative printed border, letterpress, 11 x 8 ins. London, Lock & Whitfield, c1875
Hobart-Hampden retired from the British Navy in 1862, however his sense of adventure found him Blockade Running during the American Civil War. In 1867 he joined the Ottoman Service where he commanded the fleet with the title of "Bahriye Livasi" (rear-admiral). He was successful in helping the suppression of the Crete insurrection, and was awarded the title of Pasha in 1869 by the Sultan. He was again in service during the Russo-Turkish War. In command of the Ottoman squadron he completely dominated the Black Sea, blockading the ports of South Russia and the mouths of the Danube, and paralysing the action of the Russian fleet. On the conclusion of peace Hobart still remained in the Ottoman service, and in 1881 was appointed Mushir, or marshal, being the first Christian to hold that high office.
[Stock ID: 13561 ] £75
116. TWITCHETT (Denis) Printing and Publishing in Medieval China, numerous illusts. 94 pp. 8vo. printed wrapper, New York, 1983
[Stock ID: 13649 ] £65
MODERN CLASSIC.
117. VETTIER (Jacques) Big Game Hunting in Asia, Africa and Elsewhere, illustrated with over 325 photos, 400 pp. 4to, gilt embossed binding, Limited to 1000 copies Numbered, and Signed by the Author, Trophy Room Books, Agoura, 1993 This is the first English Language Edition of this classic work. It contains 10 additional chapters and a third more photographs than the French edition.
“Jacques Vettier is a member of a generation that has seen Big Game Hunting paradises close the world. Although a veteran of more hunts than most Weatherby Award winners, he is not a man of royalty, nor is he a billionaire industrialist. Simply put, he is a man who sought worldwide adventure as a big game hunter, as a man who through knowledge and experience has grown to respect and admire the trophies he sought. Jacques has met the world’s big game animals on their own terms and in their own domain, in their own forests and jungles and on their own mountains.” [Stock ID: 14447 ] £125
THE SCROLL SINGERS AND PAINTERS OF PATUA
118. INDIA. WEST BENGAL. A Fine Hand-painted Scroll Depicting Five Brightly Coloured Scenes relating to the Hindu Pantheon, on 4 sheets of paper mounted on cloth, 15 x 86 ins. on 2 bamboo sticks, some slight wear, but generally bright, 20th Century,
In the first scene Durga with ten arms and a trident, is surrounded by handmaids, an Owl, a Lion trampling a Cow, two Warriors one with a Cutlass, the other with Bow and Arrow, and a four armed Elephant Headed Ganesha. The second scene under a Baobab tree are three women and a baby. The first turbaned figure carries a yoke with 4 pots, a mother and child are seated in a hut, whilst the third remains outside with another pot. The third scene shows a Goddess, Pavarti, cradling a baby Ganesh, seated on a lotus
flower on water, and attendant on a waterbird on the background.
The fourth depicts a Lord on a throne in an elaborate pavilion, with two attendants male and female.
The fifth is of a half naked man with a scimitar running off with an alarmed woman. In the fifth scene Durga with ten arms, is presiding over a captured girl about to be sacrificed.
For generations Patua (Chitrakar) communities of West Bengal have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. Although Muslims they tell the stories and sing of the Muslim Saints as well as Hindu Gods and Goddesses. In the past they wandered from village to village receiving food and coins for their recitals. Over time there has been an erosion of this Art and way of life from other media forms. Recently a group have formed a cooperative to preserve and promote this ancient tradition, and as well as the ancient themes more secular subjects are often chosen for this Art Form. [13393] £450.00
119. WIBORG (Frank B.) Printing Ink A History With a Modern Treatise on Modern Methods of Manufacture and Use,xx + 299 pp. 10 plates, 8vo. original cloth, spine a little lighter, Presentation Inscription from the Author on fep, London & New York, Harper Bros. 1926 [Stock ID: 13650 ] £125
120. ZANZIBAR. A Guide to Zanzibar A detailed account of Zanzibar Town and Island, including general information about the Protectorate, and a description of Itineraries for the use of visitors,2 folding maps, spotted, 80 pp.8vo, original printed wrappers, faded at edges, Zanzibar, 1939 The first edition of this Guide was compiled By G.H. Shelswell-White an Administative Officer, and this was revised “in order to bring fact up to date”. [Stock ID: 13112 ] £85