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60th Anniversary New York International Antiquarian Book Fair Park Avenue Armory Park Avenue & 67th Street, NYC March 5-8, 2020 Booth C30 [ART DECO FUR FASHION CATALOGUE] FOURRERES M., LEROY & SCHMID / LE PAPE, G. / MARTIN, C. / LHUER, V. [Head titles] Ce qu’on peut faire. Quelques projets de manteau et mantelets … / Ce que dit le journal Le Temps en ses colonnes … Paris, Draeger, ca 1920. € 750

Small 4to. Three leaflets of four pages each with pochoir-coloured illustrations, four coloured fashion plates and eight half-tone photographic plates. As issued loose in original ivory colour paper folder printed in black, purple and gold. A very stylish Art Deco catalogue published in a limited number. Ref. Pages d’or de l’édition publicitaire, 16, p. 70.

AVRIL, P. Voyage en divers etats d’Europe et d’Asie, entrepris pour découvrir un nouveau chemin à la Chine. Contenant plusiers remarques curieses de physique, de geo- graphie, d’hydrographie & d’histoire. Avec une description de la grande Tartarie, & les differens peuples qui l’habitent. Paris 1692. € 4 000

4to. Pp. (xx), 406, (ii), (24) table. With engraved portrait, one folding engraved map, three engraved plates and five large engraved vignettes. Contemporary calf, gilt.

First edition of Avril’s narrative of his two journeys through Central Asia aim- ing to discover new overland routes to China. Philippe Avril, Jesuit professor of philosophy and mathematics at Paris, was summoned by Father Ferdinand Verbi- est in Peking to join the mission there. For eight years, from 1682 to 1690, Avril travelled overland reaching North and Northwest China but ultimately failing to reach Peking. This narrative covers both journeys; the first by caravan through Syria, Kurdistan, Armenia, Persia and across the Caspian to Astrakan where he had to turn back, and the second about his attempt to cross Siberia from Moscow to China, with his return to the West through Constantinople, Moldavia, Poland and Lithuania. Cordier BS 2088. Cf Walravens (1987) 55.

BATCHELOR, J. (Transl. & Ed.) Uwepekere or Ainu Stories. As told by one of themselves. Tokyo [1924]. € 340

Small 8vo. Pp. (iv), 2, 104, (1). With illustrations. Parallel text of romanised Ainu and English. Original paper covered boards, spine restored. A collection of tradi- tional Ainu stories translated into English by Batchelor. Rare. BATCHELOR, J. Ainu Life and Lore. Echoes of a Departing Race. Tokyo 1927. € 600

Pp. (xii), 448, (1). With front portrait, many plates and textual illustrations. Origi- nal blue gilt cloth. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Reverend Batchelor came to Hokkaido in 1877 where he lived as a methodist missionary amongst the Ainu In Japan for more than 60 years. Nipponalia (Kyoto 1972) 2274.

[BEARDSLEY, A. / BERCHMANS, E. / GASSET, E. / MEUNIER, H. / TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, H., etc.] Les Affiches Étrangères Illustrées. Paris 1897. € 2 000

Large 4to. Pp. (iv), iv, 206, (1). With 68 coloured lithographed plates, 22 black and white full-page plates and numerous illustrations. Later red cloth, spine faded). Limited edition, this is number 394 of 1000 copies on “papier velin” (of total 1050).

A very good copy of this impressive work dealing with posters of the Belle Époque from different countries: Germany, England, Austria, Belgium, America and Japan. Illustrated by the most prominent artists of this time. It was published in a series of three, the other two volumes “Les Affiches Illustrées” are devoted to works by French artists.

BENSON, R. Sketches of Corsica; or, a Journal Written During a Visit to that Island, in 1823. With an Outline of its History, and Specimens of the Language and Poetry of the People. London 1825. € 500

Pp. (vi), 195, (5). With wood engraved vignette, four engraved plates and one hand- coloured aquatint. Some light offsetting. Contemporary half calf, joints expertly restored. First edition. Abbey Travel 76. Lowndes i, p.156.

[BIBA FASHION CATALOGUES] HULANICKI, B. Complete set of six BIBA mail order catalogues. London 1968–9. € 3 000

The collection comprises six stunning mail-order catalogues issued by BIBA, the trendy London fashion shop in the 1960s. Each catalogue contains 12 pages with duo-tone photo illustrations. Narrow elongated 4to. Original printed paper wrap- pers with gilt logo.

Barbara Hulanicki is a fashion designer mainly known as the founder of the iconic clothes store BIBA in London. Photographed by Helmut Newton, Hans Feuer, Don- ald Silverstein, Sarah Moon and Harri Peccinotti. Ref: Barbara Hulanicki & Martin Pel, The BIBA Years 1963–75, pp. 90–105. BIBA FASHION CATALOGUES BIRD, I.L. (Mrs. Bishop) The Yangtze Valley and Beyond. An Account of Journeys in China, Chiefly in the Province of Sze Chuan and Among the Man-Tze of the Somo Territory. Two vols. New York & London 1900. € 800

Complete with two fronts, one folding coloured map and numerous illustrations. Publisher’s decorated gilt cloth. First American edition. Isabella Bird, probably the most loved Victorian lady traveller, became the first woman inducted into the Roy- al Geographical Society. Cordier BS 355. Robinson pp. 81–83. Yakushi (1984) B170.

[BLIGH, W. / BURNEY, J.] Captainens vid engelske ammiralitetet William Bligh’s resa i Söderhafvet åren 1788, 1789, 1790. Hans half-årige vistande på ön O-Taheiti och hemresa från ön Timor till England. Part I. (all published). Nyköping 1795. € 1 200

Pp. xvi, 220. Modern boards. A Swedish version of Bligh’s famous “Voyage to the South Sea”, translated from the German edition, including the Forster introduc- tion. Rare. Du Rietz, Bibliotheca Polynesiana 96. Ferguson 216. Kroepelien 96. Not in Hill.

BORN, I. DE Voyage minéralogique fait en Hongrie et en Transilvanie. Traduit de l’allemand, avec quelques notes, par M. Monnet, Inspecteur-Général des Mines de France, des Académies Royales des Scienes de Stockholm, de Turin, &c. &c. Paris 1780. € 880

12mo. Pp. xvi, (iv), 406. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt. An account, in the form of letters describing the mines and mountains in the Bannat of Temeswar, Transilvania and Hungary. Poggendorff i,242.

BRAAM HOUCKGEEST, A.E. VAN: An Authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, of the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Years 1794 and 1795; (subsequent to that of the Earl of Macartney), … Two vols. London 1798. € 1 500

Pp. lii, 288; (ii), 324. With one folding engraved map (foxed, two small tears, one restored at rear). Contemporary tree calf. Old ownership signature on titles.

Scarce first English edition. The original manuscript was written in Dutch. Braam Houckgeest was a Dutch-American merchant who had served as supercargo of the Dutch East India Company in Canton and Macao. He accompanied the embassy to China in 1794–5 together with Isaac Titsingh and Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guig- nes. Cordier BS 2351. See Löwendahl 700. BRAND, A. Relation du voyage de Mr. Evert Isbrand envoyé de sa majesté czarienne a l’empereur de la Chine, en 1692,93 & 94. Avec une lettre de Monsieur …, sur l’etat présent de la Moscovie. Amsterdam 1699. € 2 800

Small 8vo. Pp. (ii), 249, (1). With engraved front and one large folding engraved map. Contemporary calf, spine expertly restored. First French edition (orig. in German 1698). It treats the Russian embassy headed by Everard Isbrand Ides which went over land from Moscow to Peking, written by the secretary of the embassy, Adam Brand. The journal describes the Siberian tribes encountered along the route and vividly writes about the visit in China including the embassy’s reception in Peking. The map only to be found in this edition. Chadenat 5335. Cordier BS 2469. Lust 506. Löwendahl 230. Walravens, China Illustrata 70.

BRASSEY, LADY ANNA Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople. Lon- don 1880. € 760

Pp. xx, (ii), 448. With two folding coloured maps, nine full page plates and more than 100 illustrations throughout the text. Publisher’s pictorial cloth, richly gilt, designed by Gustave Doré. First edition. Annie Brassey and her husband travelled the world for many years in their private yacht “Sunbeam”. Blackmer 195. Robin- son p. 203.

BRASSEY, LADY ANNA Tahiti. A series of photographs taken by Colonel Stuart-Wortley. London 1882. € 950

Square 8vo. Pp. xii, 68. With 31 photographic illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial cloth, Binding lightly shaken but firm. First edition of this charming book about Tahiti based on Stuart-Wortley’s visit to the island in 1880. (The same year as the Kingdom of Tahiti became of French colony). The main text is written by Annie Brassey who visited Tahiti in 1876. Robinson p.202. Theakstone p. 32–3.

BRETON DE LA MARTINIÈRE, J.B.J. La Chine en miniature ou choix de costumes, arts et métiers de cet Empire. Four vols. Paris 1811. € 2 800

18mo. With 80 hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary calf, gilt, a few small wormholes on covers. First edition of Breton’s charming work devoted to China and its people, crafts and arts. The lovely plates are based on original drawings by Chinese artists kept in the collection of Henri Léonard Bertin, French statesman Cf. Abbey Travel 535. Cordier BS 64. Lipperheide 1524. Löwendahl 757. [BURMA – PHOTOGRAPHS] A collection of Original Gelatin Silver Photographs. About 1895. € 1 200

Twenty-five photographs with images of Rangoon and Mandalay, including two of Penang Island and the Bridge of Penta Kõta. Each photo measures about 15 x 23 cm, four are slightly smaller. The photographs are pasted on grey thick paper with manuscript caption labels in French.

CARRICK, W. (Photogr.) Types Russes. (An album of eleven carte-de-visite). St. Petersburg ca 1880. € 850

Small 12mo. A small leporello-folded album with eleven prints after William Car- rick, mounted on card. The prints depict peasants and hawkers of St Petersburg. Original red cloth album, rebacked.

William Carrick was a Scottish-born photographer who lived and worked in Rus- sia most of his life. He opened a study in St. Petersburg. CARROTHERS, J. D. Japan’s Year. Illustrated by Japanese Artists. Tokyo Meiji 38 (1905). € 1 500

Large 8vo. Pp. 76, double folded in the Japanese fashion. With 16 full-page colour woodcuts and three crepe paper woodcut prints tipped in, and more illustrations. Original decorated stiff paper wrappers, string bound. Housed in the original card- board box. First edition of a charming and informative work about Japan.

Julia Carrothers served as a Presbyterian missionary in Japan between 1869 and 1877. She returned to Japan in 1903 and then provided Hasegawa with the manu- script for this book.

CARTWRIGHT, C. An Abstract of the Orders and Regulations of the Honourable Court of Directors of the East-India Company, and of other documents relating to the Pains and Penalties the Commanders and Officers of Ships in the Company’s service are liable to, for breach of orders, illicit trade, &c. + An Appendix, … and a list of the duties payable to the King on all goods imported from the East-Indies and China. No place (London 1788). € 2 000

Pp. (viii), lxxx, 56. Modern green morocco, gilt. First edition. A manual for East India Company officers, mainly focused on their private trade compiled by Cart- wright, the Deputy Accountant-General. The extent of the Abstract suggests a remarkable range of illicit commerce. The attached list of duties to be paid on imported goods from the East Indies and China includes arrack, coffee, elephants’ teeth, various fabrics, dragon’s blood, tea, rum, etc. Officers are reminded not to land goods on Sark, Jersey, or Ireland. An order prohibiting dockers from entering ships’ holds suggests a recognised route for smuggled cargo. The numerous notes regulating bullion and bills of exchange indicate yet another area of illegitimate activity. Scarce.

[CHITOSE-ZA THEATRE] [A coloured moveable copper engraved plate]. Tokyo 1884. € 2 600

Comprises a two-page print (50.5 x 36.8 cm) with one upper part depicting the exterior of the Chitose-za Theatre and a lower part showing its interior. Printed in bold and bright colours. With original colourful printed sleeve (a few small holes).

The Chitose-za Theatre in the district of Hisamatsu-chõ in Tokyo was first opened in 1873 as the Kisho-za Theatre, renamed in 1885 when Kato Ichitaro saved the theatre from bankruptcy. It burned down in 1890 but has been rebuilt more than once over the years. Since 1893 it has been known as the Meiji-za Theater which still holds kabuki and other performances. [COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION] KAKUZÕ, O. & OGAWA, K. (Publ.) The Hõ-õ-den (Phoenix Hall). An Illustrated Description of the Buildings Erected by the Japanese Government at the World’s Columbian Exposition, Jackson Park, Chicago. Tokyo [Chicago] 1893. € 320

Pp. 43. Text in English. With many illustrations made from photographs. Stapled. Original colour decorated wrappers.

A charming guide to the Japanese Pavilion (Hõ-õ-den) at the Columbian Exposi- tion at Chicago in 1893. The different rooms of the Pavilion including furniture, art and other objects are here described and accompanied by photos. The compiler Okakura Kakuzõ was at the time the Director of Tokyo Fine Arts Academy, and later on appointed the Asian Arts Curator at the museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

[COMMERCE] GUÉRIN, A. Kiao-yi tch’ang-t’an … Dialogues chinois. Guide de la conversation a l’usage des commerçants. (Shanghai 1910–1). € 900

Oblong folio. Lvs (v), 114. The text is printed in four columns starting with Chi- nese characters, followed by Chinese phonetics, the proper French, and finally the “traduction littérale” (pinyin version). Original half green cloth on cardboard. In- scribed by the author.

First edition. The dictionary comprises twenty chapters of which some are de- voted to different trade items such as silk and cotton, furs, drugs, pharmaceutics, art objects etc. Other chapters include conversation about commodities from dif- ferent countries. In 1883 Guerin came to Peking as interpreter, and he stayed for more than twenty years in China including the last six as French consul at Tchefou (Yantai). Bensacq-Tixier, 276–78.

DALZEL, A. The History of Dahomy, an Inland Kingdom of Africa. Compiled from Authentic Memoirs. London 1793. € 1 200

4to. pp. xxxii, xxvi, (iv), 230. With folding engraved front map and six engraved plates. Contemporary full calf, rebacked. First edition of a scarce account of Da- homey (Benin).

Archibald Dalzel, Scottish born, spent seven years in Western Africa, part of which he held the position of Governor of Whydah (now Quidah, Benin). He was involved in the slave trade which he meant saved the slaves from greater evil of being human sacrifices. EDWARDS, A. A Thousand Miles Up the Nile. London 1889. € 225

Large 8vo. Pp. xxviii, 499. With many illustrations after drawings made on the spot by the author. Publisher’s pictorial cloth. Second revised edition (first 1877) of this popular account of Egypt. It was the first general archaeological survey of Egypt’s ruins. Robinson p. 13.

EKBOHRN, C. M. (Ed.) Loggboks-anteckningar under en jordomsegling med fregatten Eugenie åren 1851–53, gjorda och fäderneslandets ungdom tillegnade af en Jungman. Stock- holm 1856. € 580

Pp. (iv), 256. With eight hand-coloured lithographed plates, one folding map and many woodcut illustrations. Original printed pictorial boards, nicely rebacked.

First edition of the popular, abridged edition of the first Swedish circumnaviga- tion. The coloured plates depict views from Buenos Aires, Lima, San Francisco, Guayaquil, Tahiti and Honolulu, some of inhabitants from Tonga, Hawaii, Tahiti and Niue (Savage Island), and a Chinese theatre. Du Rietz, Bibl. Polynesiana 395. Larson 222.

[EXCEPTIONAL PANORAMA OF CONSTANTINOPLE] BERGGREN, G. (Photogr.) (Attractive grand panorama view composed of fourteen photographic sections). Constantinople ca 1874–5. € 12 000

An impressive large-scale panorama about 480 cm long. Fourteen sepia-toned pho- tographs, each ca 34 x 26 cm, are joined together and mounted on a heavy paper made by the renowned French paper manufacturer Canson & Montgolfier. Re- cently the paper has been professionally restored and the whole has been laid on an Aero linen made of natural fibres and neutral p.h. (The total size is about 500 cm x 53 cm).

The panorama shows a view of approximately 270 degrees taken from the Galata Tower. Superb quality of the prints. Berggren has signed by hand at the right hand corner of the paper (no printed signatures on the photos as it usually is). We as- sume this is a special issue, perhaps made before the commercial smaller folded versions. Guillaume Berggren was born in Stockholm but lived most of his life in Constantinople, where he arrived in 1866 and stayed until his death in 1920. He opened a photographic studio in the fashionable area of Pera. Leif Wigh, Photo- graphic Views of the Bosporus and Constantinople, Fotografiska Museet 1984. FAVRE, P.F. Lettres edifiantes et curieuses sur la visite apostolique de M. de La-Baume evêque d’Halicarnasse, a la Cochinchine en l’année 1740, où l’on voit les voyages & les travaux de ce zèlé prelat, la conduite des missionnaires jesuites & de quelques autres, avec de nouvelles observations &c. pour servir de continuation aux mem- oires historiques du R.P. Norbert Capucin. Venise (actually Neuchatel) 1746. € 2 000

4to. Pp. viii, 380. Contemporary calf, nicely rebacked. First edition. An important work containing letters with impressions and experiences of French missionaries in Indochina, opposing themselves to the Jesuit missions. Favre, a Swiss priest, heavily criticised the practices of Jesuit missionaries established in the area espe- cially their tolerance of certain pagan rites practiced by the Christians. As a result this work was put on the Index and publicly burned in Fribourg in 1746. Brebion, Bibl. de voyages en Cochin-Chine p. 186. Chadenat 2873. Cordier BI 923–24. Streit vi,1658.

[FRENCH FASHION] KERDYK, R./ ARNOUX, G. (Ill.) Les Femmes de ce temps. Paris 1920. € 1 400

4to. Lvs (32) including ten watercolour plates by Arnoux accompanied by ten pages of humorous text by René Kerdyk. Publisher’s decorated beige boards. The strik- ing and vivid plates represent different types of women and how they dressed at the time. Occasionally some light staining but overall a very good copy.

GALLOIS, É. Costumes japonais et indonesiens. Paris [about 1955]. € 500

Folio. Pp. (8) and 48 pochoir-coloured plates, some highlighted with gold and sil- ver. As issued with loose leaves in original decorated folder, cotton ties. Appealing work with striking colourful costumes, of which 38 devoted to Japan and 10 to Indonesia. Émile Gallois was a French Art Deco artist who issued a series of works with different national costumes.

GILLES, P. (GYLLIUS) De Bosporo thracio. Lib. iii. Lugd. Bat., apud Elzevirios, 1632. € 470

16mo. Pp. 379, (1), (4). With a beautiful engraved title by Duysend. Contemporary vellum, covers with some stain.

Gilles, sent to the Levant by Francis I, was usually called the founder of Byzantine archaeology and gives in this work a circumstantial account of the antiquities of Constantinople. Blackmer 686. Berghman 1895. Cox i, p. 222. Willems 366. GOSHUN, M. (Artist) / SHOKEI, Y. Goshun Sansui Gafu (Picture Book of Landscape Paintings by Goshun). Osaka ca 1890–1900. € 550

A collection of six double page exquisite coloured woodblock prints after paint- ings by Matsumura Goshun, repainted by Yamada Shokei. Housed in the original decorated paper envelope. Matsumura Goshun (1752–1811) was a painter of the Edo period, pupil of the painter and poet Yosa Buson and founder of the Shijô school of painting.

[HAIBARA / HANDMADE JAPANESE FANS] Two hand-painted round fans (uchiwa) in original wood block-printed covers. Tokyo, Haibara Naojiro, ca 1890. € 2 800

A beautiful pair of round hand fans painted in ink, colour and gofun on paper with handles of lacquer decorated with gold, and silk tasselled cords. The fans are deco- rated in rinpa style with a landscape scene and flowers, on the reverse one has a view of Mount Fuji and the other a bamboo scene highlighted with gold. Mounted in the original paper folders woodblock-printed in colours.Haibara, established in 1806, is one of Japan’s oldest paper merchant and still operating in Nihonbashi in Tokyo. During the Edo period Haibara became famous for the decorated round fans (uchiwa) produced as a typical souvenir at that time. A delightful pair.

[HAMMARSKJÖLD, D. / PHOTOGRAPHS] A collection of original photographs from the United Nations Press De- partment documenting Hammarskjöld’s time as General Secretary. (New York) 1953–1961. € 1 400

Dag Hammarskjöld, a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the sec- ond Secretary-General of the United Nations 1953–61. He died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia on his way to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis. He was awarded a posthumous Nobel Prize.

This collection contains 22 photos (25.4 x 20.5 cm) of Hammarskjöld’s time in office including photos from different UN Security Council meetings, press conferences and assemblies, and others from his official visits to Burma, Thailand, Congo and India. The photos have printed captions on the reverse. Another 29 photos were taken at his New York suite at the UN headquarters just days after his plane crash. The photos illustrate the conference room, his office, the social areas and a pri- vate area, all elegantly decorated with contemporary furniture, notable pieces of art, and his collection of books. Provenance: Count Wilhelm Hans Fredrik Wacht- meister (1923–2012), who served as the Swedish ambassador to the United States between 1974 and 1989. HASEGAWA, T. (Publ.) The Months of Japanese Children. Calendar for 1903. Tokyo 1903. € 680

Small 8vo. Crêpe paper book with colourful woodblock-printed illustrations. As issued, bound in the Japanese style, silk ties. A very charming calendar illustrating different monthly celebrations or activities for children.

HENDERSON, A. A Grammar of the Moskito language. Belize, Honduras. New York 1846. € 450

Pp. 47. Original cloth-backed boards. Blind stamp and shelf marks of British and Foreign Bible Society. Presentation inscription from the author. First edition. The Miskito (Moskito) language is spoken among the Miskito people in Honduras and Nicaragua, and first reduced to writing in this work by Henderson. Rare. Not in Vater. See Darlow & Moule 6851.

HERSCHEL, SIR J.F.W. / WYLIE, A. (Transl.) [Outlines of Astronomy]. Tan tian (Talking about heaven). [Shanghai 1874]. € 6 000

Tall 8vo. Three leaves comprising Chinese title, English preface by Wylie and a list of technical terms, followed by 331 leaves with Chinese text. Printed on double leaves folded in the oriental fashion. With one wood-cut portrait, nine plates and many illustrations. Contemporary full calf in the western style.

Second enlarged and revised Chinese edition (first 1859) of Herschel’s famous “Outlines of Astronomy”, originally published at London in 1849. Herschel was an English mathematician, astronomer, chemist and experimental photographer. His work “Outlines of Astronomy” was an enormous success and became the standard text book on astronomy during the second half of the 19th century. Alexander Wylie (1815–87) was a British missionary who arrived at Shanghai in 1847 where he became in charge of the printing press.

HESSLER, F. (Transl.) Susrutas. Ayurvédas. Id est Medicae Systema a venerabili d’Hanvantare demon- stratum, a Susruta discipulo compositum. Nunc primum ex Sanskrita in Latinum sermonem vertit, introductionem, annotationes et rerum indicem adjecit. Three volumes in one. Erlangen 1844–50. € 1 600

Tall 8vo. With Latin text. Contemporary green cloth. This is the first Western translation of the Susruta Samhitâ, which is one of the most important ancient medical treatises, and considered a foundational text of Ayurveda. Susruta was an Indian physician and is recognised as the father of Indian surgery. Includes a Sanskrit-Latin index of plants and trees. Two more parts titled “fasciculi” compris- ing comments and annotations were published in 1852 and 1855. Ref. Garrison & Morton, no. 11. HOBHOUSE, SIR J.C. A Journey through Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810. London 1813. € 6 000

Thick 4to. Pp. (xix), (1), 1152 + (8) including two pages of facsimile letters, two en- graved plates of music, directions to the binder and publisher’s adv. With engraved front, two folding engraved maps, seventeen hand-coloured aquatints and one plan. Contemporary full calf, expertly rebacked to style. A handsome copy of the first edition with a remarkable provenance.

John Cam Hobhouse known as Lord Broughton was a close friend of Lord Byron with whom he made this journey to Albania, Greece and Turkey, in particular to Janina (Ioannina). Atabey 584. Blackmer 821. Navari Greek Civilization, 330. Cf Abbey Travel 202 (2nd ed.)Provenance: Mary Hamilton Bruce (née Nisbet, 1777– 1855), was the first wife of British diplomat Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin dur- ing his term as Ambassador extraordinary to the Ottoman Empire. Bruce became famous for the “Elgin marbles”, a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures which were removed from the Parthenon and other places in Athens, and brought to Britain. (today kept at the British Museum). HOISINGTON, H. R. (Ed. & Transl.) [Tamil title]. The Oriental Astronomer: Being a Complete System of Hindu As- tronomy, accompanied with a Translation and Numerous Explanatory Notes. With an Appendix. Two parts in one volume. Jaffna, American Mission Press, 1848. € 2 000

Pp. (iv), 177, (blank); (ii), 2, 145, (1). Text in Tamil (first part) and English (second part). Contemporary red half roan. Bound by M. Winslow, binder at the American Mission in Jaffna. Presentation inscription from Hoisington. First edition.

The Oriental Astronomer is a collection of works originally published as “Par- ahitam” in Sanskrit which have been translated into Tamil by Ullamudeian (or Ullamudaiyãn) and from which the English translation was made by Hoisington. Scarce.Henry Richard Hoisington was an American missionary who resided and worked in Ceylon for many years. Inscribed to Prof. A. Hopkins, presumably Albert Hopkins, professor of astronomy at Williams College from 1838 to 1872. Houzeau & Lancaster 496. Rhodes, The Spread of Printing, p. 78.

[HUNGARIAN ART DECO] KOVÁCS, J. AND KOVÁCS, L. Keckskeméti sablongiár mintái (Kecskemét painting stencils factory). Erste un- garische Malerschablonen-Fabrik. Kecskemét ca 1925. € 1 250

Folio. Comprises twenty colour-printed leaves with 44 different striking designs. Original linen portfolio with colourful decorated front cover.

Rare portfolio with colourful patterns in the typical Hungarian Art Deco style clearly inspired by the country’s traditional folk art. Issued by József and Lajos Kovács who founded the first Hungarian painting template factory. Printed price list enclosed. Only one known library copy at WorldCat. (Metropolitan Museum, NY). Not in Schneider-Henn.

[HUNGARIAN ART NOUVEAU] LIPPICH, E.K. Koronghi Lippich, Elek Költeményei. 1880–1902. Kriesch Aladár és Nagy Sándor Rajzaival. [Budapest] 1903. € 900

Small 4to. Pp. 307, (1). With numerous illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial burgundy cloth, gilt.

First edition of this early and scarce Hungarian Art Nouveau illustrated book of poems. Koronghi Lippich was an early propagator of Art Nouveau as well as the Arts and Crafts movement in Hungary as the head of the Fine Arts Department at the Ministry of Education and Religion. The two illustrators of this work, Sán- dor Nagy and Aladár (Körösfõi-) Kriesch, were the founders of the art colony at Gödöllõ, the cradle of Hungarian Art Nouveau. [HUNGARIAN ART NOUVEAU] MEDGYES, L. Aranyfüst (Gold Leaf). Budapest 1913. € 2 200

Pp. 88, (4) incl. two blank lvs. With title and twenty full-page drawings by Medgyes. Publisher’s decorated paper boards, vellum spine. First edition, limited to 250 cop- ies. This is number 69 of 200 printed on hand made paper.

László Medgyes, was a Hungarian avant-garde artist who moved to Paris in 1920. There he provided scenic design for opera and theatre productions. He estab- lished a school “École Medgyes pour la Technique du Thêatre” together with the famous Hungarian architect Ernö Goldfinger. Provenance: Rezsõ Szij (1915–2006) renowned Hungarian art historian. He was the chief librarian of the Hungarian National Library, the founder of the Hungarian Association of Bibliophiles.

[HUNGARIAN AVANT-GARDE] MEDGYES, L. Figurák. Tiz eredeti szines litográfia. (Figures. Ten coloured lithographs). Bu- dapest 1917. € 2 200

A portfolio with ten coloured lithographs, each signed in pencil by the artist, and one printed title page. Original folder, spine expertly repaired. First edition, lim- ited to 120 copies. This is number 65 (of 85) on Holland paper.A set of attractive lithographs in Art Nouveau and Art Deco style by a celebrated Hungarian avant- garde artist. Medgyes moved to Paris in the 1920s where he established a school teaching theatre scenic design. He worked throughout Europe and the States with decorative design, advertising and interior design.

HUNTER, G. W. Examples of the Various Turki Dialects. Turki Text with English Translation. Four parts in one volume. [Sianking, China Inland Mission, 1918]. € 2 200

Small 4to. Pp. Title + pp (ii), (i), 70; (i), 19; (i), 23; 8. With text on one side only, as issued sewn in Chinese fashion, in original wrappers. The general title is written in manuscript on recto of first blank leaf as issued. Damp stained throughout. A wormhole to back cover and last blank leaf. Comprises four parts: i. Qazaq Turki Text with English translation. ii. Tartar Turki Text with English translation. iii. Uz Bek Turki Text with English translation. iv. An Example of Stanbul Turkish [Head title].

George Hunter was one of the last great pioneer missionaries. He got to know Turkestan as no other Westerner at that time. He translated the Scriptures into dialects of remote tribes. We believe this work was only issued in a small number. Cordier BS 4272. [JAPAN – PAPER PRODUCTION] EISHIRO, A. Washi Junreki (Chronicle of Hand Made Paper). Tokyo Showa 50 (1975). € 1 100

Folio. Pp. (viii), 133. Signed by the author, including one page of calligraphy by him. With 57 samples of handmade paper tipped in together with information and pictures of the factories where the papers were made, arranged by prefecture. Original brown cloth. Housed in original cloth folder and original card box. First and only edition, limited to 300 copies.

Abe Eishiro had an instrumental role in the preservation of traditional Japanese paper-making techniques and was the first Japanese paper-maker to be designated as a National Living Treasure. He was also an early follower of Yanagi Muneyoshi’s Japanese Arts & Crafts Movement. This work includes two pieces of paper made by Abe Eishiro, and one more sample of handmade paper by Ichibei Iwano, another National Living Treasure artist. Only one copy in OCLC (at SOAS).

[JAPANESE INRO BOXES] TOMKINSON, M. A Paper on Inro: Read before the Japan Society, Feb. 13th, 1895. € 1 750

4to. Pp. (ii), 13. With five photogravure plates with multiple images. Contemporary full calf embossed with a Japanese-style design, rebacked. Inscribed presentation copy from the author to Douglas Cockerell, British bookbinder.

First edition of Tomkinson’s informative work on the Inro. Accompanied by beau- tiful illustrations of his own collection. Inro (“seal-cage”) are small traditional Japanese containers for holding small objects that hang from the waist. The Inro came into fashion in the Keicho period (1596–1615) used as portable medicine boxes made of lacquer and mainly decorated with mythological motives. Later on other materials were used, such as various metals, faience, porcelain, ivory, etc. By the eighteenth century they had become decorative accessories mainly used by the merchant class and samurai.

[JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY] MIZUNO, T. (Ill.) Cha no yu Nichinichigusa. (A Day’s Tea Ceremony). Tokyo Meiji 29–30 (1896–7). € 4 500

Accordion-folding album with sixteen double-page woodblock-prints by Toshikata Mizuno, renowned ukiyo-e artist during the Meiji period. Original silk-covered boards.

First edition. The beautiful printed illustrations are devoted to the preparation and performance of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony, which is an art form used for more than six hundred years in Japan. The basic idea of tea ceremony is exem- plified in the expression of harmony, reverence, purity and tranquility. The prints present the rituals including how to arrange and clean the utensils, prepare the tea (matcha), arrange flowers and making sweets, and also how to receive the guests. Performed by gorgeous women in various delicate kimono outfits in fine settings, all rendered in exquisite colours. Descriptive text in Japanese.

[JAPANESE TEXTILE SAMPLES] Some Orimono Hyohon. (Dyed fabric samples). Types no. 6. Nihon Senshohoku Hyohonsha (Japan Fabric Dyeing Sample Co.). Kyoto 1927–35. € 2 000

Oblong folio. Pp. (77). A large-format ledger with 97 samples of Japanese silk for kimonos mounted on thick paper. With printed descriptive Japanese text. Original string binding with blue cloth covers. The swatches are dated between 1927 and 1935 so it seems that samples were added year by year as the string binding can be untied and tied. A collection of beautiful coloured silk samples which used to belong to a Japanese manufacturer of high-quality silk.

KALIDASA / CHÉZY, A.-L. (Ed.) […] La reconnaissance de Sacountala, drama sanskrit et practit de Calidasa, pub- lié pour la première fois, en original, sur un manuscrit unique de la Bibliothèque du roi. Accompagné d’une traduction française, de notes philologiques, critiques et littéraires, et suivi d’un appendice. Paris 1830. € 2 000

4to. Pp. (iv), xxxii, 268 with Sanskrit text pp. (iv) + 166, 122, 100 with French text. With one folding lithographed plate in sepia. Engraved dedication to Le Baron Sil- vestre de Sacy (Chézy’s teacher). Contemporary silk covered boards.

Chézy’s magnus opus and editio princeps of Shakuntala (in the Bengali recension) with a French translation together with the correspondence episode from the Ma- habharata in the appendix. The Hindu story of Shakuntala is told in the epic Ma- habharata, considered the best of Kalidasa’s works. Kalidasa was a Sanskrit poet and dramatist widely regarded as the greatest Indian writer of any epoch. Antoine- Leónard de Chézy was a French orientalist, pupil of Silvestre de Sacy, who became a pioneer of Sanskrit in Europe. Ref: G. Pollet: “Indian Epic Values: Ramayana and its Impact” Leuven 1995. Pp. 117.

K ALM, P. En resa til Norra America, på Kongl. Swenska Wetenskaps Academiens befalln- ing, och publici kostnad, förrättad. Three vols. Stockholm 1753–61. € 6 000

Text complete with woodcuts in the text and one folding view of Cohoes Falls. Contemporary half calf rubbed. Scarce first edition of this early Swedish valuable account on American natural history. Pehr Kalm, Finnish-Swedish botanist and economist, was sent by Linné to North America between 1748–51 to study the flora and collect specimens of plants and seeds to bring back to Sweden and Finland. Unfortunately many of the seeds and plants died on the way home. He visited Dela- ware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Montreal, Quebec and Lo- rette. Howes K5 “b”. Larsson 329. Sabin 36986, Schiötz Itineraria Norvegica 511a.

KAWARASAKI K. Shiki Moyô Hyakushu (Hundred designs of the four seasons). Four vols. Kyoto, Uchida Bijutsu, Shôwa 13–4 (1938–9). € 1 750

Folio. Lvs. 53 folded in the Japanese fashion. Comprising 192 beautiful woodcut illustrations. Original decorated paper covered boards, rear cover to last volume replaced.

Rare, interesting album with so many different designs, all executed in brilliant colours, several highlighted with metallic pigments. The great diversity of motifs varies from everyday subjects to more fancy themes, several with humorous ele- ments. Fine impression, in lovely condition. The artist Kawarasak Kôtô was a a renowned Kyoto-based designer and illustrator at this time. No copies found in OCLC.

KERGUELEN TRÉMAREC, Y.-J. DE Relation d’un voyage dans la mer du Nord, aux côtes d’Islande, du Groenland, de Ferro, de Schettland, des Orcades & de Norwége; fait en 1767 & 1768. Paris 1771. € 3 000

4to. Pp. (vii), (2), 220. With 18 engraved maps and plates, many folding. Contem- porary marbled calf. First edition. Account by the French naval officer Kerguelen Trémarec of a voyage in the North Sea visiting the coasts of Iceland, Greenland and Norway. The purpose of the expedition was to “give protection and encour- agement to the cod fishermen on the coast of Iceland, and to preserve order among the French fishermen” (Cox). Cox ii, 21. Sabin 37616. Schiötz 527a.

KHAYYAM, O. / GALAMBOS, M. (Ill.) Rubáiyát of Omár Khayyám. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. (Budapest 1922). € 750

Oblong 8vo. Lvs (14). With printed calligraphic English text. Each page with ara- besque illustration printed in red and yellow. Original decorated wrappers, yellow silk ties. Hungarian edition limited to 500 copies. Comprises eighteen quatrains from the Rubaiyat. With design and calligraphy by Margit Galambos, Hungarian graphic artist and painter. [KIMONO DESIGNS] TABAKA, S. (Artist) Tsuya Koromo (or Tsuyagoromo) (Elegant costumes). Three vols (complete). Kyoto, Honda Unkindo, Meiji 39 (1906). € 6 800

Folio. A collection of 150 wonderful woodblock-printed designs for kimonos, all rendered in rich and vivid colours, some heightened with metallic inks, protected by tissue guards. Bound in the traditional Japanese style. Original decorated paper wrappers, ribbon ties. The volumes are subtitled: tsuki (moon), hana (flower) and yuki (snow) respectively. An impressive large-size design book with motifs clearly inspired by nature which was common at this time. This particular set of kimono designs seems very rare. We haven’t been able to find any complete set in a western institution.

[KIMONO DESIGNS] GOSHÛKAI (TAKAHASHI, T.) (Ed.) Hatsune. Kyoto, Unsôdô, Meiji 39 (1906). € 1 750

An album with thirty wonderful textile designs for “kosode” (short-sleeved ki- mono), woodblock-printed in vivid colours, some highlighted with metallic inks. Pp. 17 lvs. Original boards, worn.

According to the title and preface it seems that the designs were intended for ki- mono to be made for the beginning of spring. The lovely and colourful designs are mainly influenced by nature, including images of flowers, trees, birds, butterflies, etc. We believe it was made as a customer catalogue at a kimono store in Kyoto. It was published by the famous publishing house Unsôdô but we haven’t been able to find any information about the editor Goshûkai. A rare work, with no copies in OCLC or the Japanese database. (Uns).

LENGYEL, M. (LEBOVICS, M.) Taifun (Typhoon). Budapest 1909. € 900

Pp. 147. Printed on Japanese style paper. Original brown stiff wrappers. The bind- ing is designed by Elek Falus, renowned Hungarian graphic artist.

First rare edition of Lengyel’s drama Typhoon which became a worldwide success with performances in Berlin, Paris and New York. Lengyel moved to the United States, became a screenwriter and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing with Ninotchka (1939). He also wrote the scripts for the cult film Blue An- gel (with Marlene Dietrich) and the American comedy To Be or Not to Be (1942). LESSEPS, J.B.B. BARON DE Voyage de M. de Lesseps au Kamtschatka, en quittant M. de la Pérouse. Two vols. Paris 1791. € 1 500

Pp. (vi), viii, 280; (iv), 380, vi, (1). With two folding engraved maps and one en- graved plate by Choffard. Contemporary calf, gilt. First published in Paris 1790.

De Lesseps accompanied as Interpreter on La Perousse circumnavigation which was designed to follow up on the voyage of Bougainville in establishing a French presence in the South Pacific. In 1787 De Lesspes left the expedition at Kamchatka to return to Paris and thus became the only survivor of the ill-fated expedition. Cf Du Rietz, Bibl. Polynesia 723 (first ed.). Cf Ferguson 87. Cf Sabin 40208.(”Abrégé de l’histoire générale des voyages”. Tomes 24–25)

[LIBERTY – FASHION SALES CATALOGUE] Dress and Decoration. London & Paris, published by Liberty & Co., about 1905. € 1 600

Folio. Pp. (32). With thirteen large tipped-in colour plates, including eleven of la- dies in elaborate dresses and two smaller plates of children’s clothing. As issued, stapled. Original floral decorated green boards by Atelier Devauchelle.

First and only edition of this glamorous catalogue by the prominent Liberty com- pany. Foreword by Arthur Fish, renowned British art specialist. Arthur Lasenby Liberty (1843–1917) opened the first shop “The East India House” in 1875 on Regent street in London and sold many items from the Orient including fabrics. Within a few years the oriental fabrics became very popular and to meet the increasing demand the shop (now named Liberty) started to import un-dyed silk, cashmere and cotton fabrics, which were then hand-printed in England, in Eastern style. In 1884, Liberty established a costume department, in which clothing was designed and made from Liberty fabrics. The goal was not to make clothing that followed fashion; it was to make clothing based on historical costume, reinterpreted for the modern wearer as part of the Aesthetic Movement.

LOEFLING, P. / LINNÉ, C. VON (Ed.) Iter hispanicum, eller resa til spanska länderna uti Europa och America, förrät- tad ifrån år 1751 til år 1756, med beskrifningar och rön öfver de märkvärdigaste växter, utgiven efter dess frånfälle af Carl Linnaeus. Stockholm 1758. € 1 800

Pp. (xx), 316. With two folding engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine preserved. First edition of Loefling’s travel account describing the flora in Spain and South America, posthumously published by his teacher Carl von Linné. The main part of the work comprises “Plantae hispanicae and plantae americanae” with descriptions of 52 Spanish plants and 75 American plants. Hulth p.110. Pritzel 6213. Sabin 41772. Soulsby 3588. Stafleu & Cowan 4921. LYDIS, M. (Ill.) / GODOY, A. Les Litanies de la Vierge. Paris 1934. € 1 600

Large 4to. Comprises 48 exquisite lithographs by Mariette Lydis illustrating the poems by Armand Godoy. As issued in loose folded sheets. Original folder and pa- per box, both covered with gold paper. Limited edition of 130 copies, of which this is no. 55 of 115 printed on “papier de Rives au filigrane de la Vierge”. The beautiful and delicate lithographs are pochoir-coloured and heightened with gold by Jean Saudé. Mariette Lydis illustrations in this work have been highly praised and the lithographs were exhibited at an exhibition at the Salon d’Automne in 1930. Cart- eret IV, 187.

[MAGHREB] COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE (Auto-Circuits Nord-Africains) Le Grand Tourisme en Afrique du Nord. Maroc, Algérie, Tunisie. L’islam, les ru- ines antiques le désert. Paris (ca 1920). € 520

Folio. Pp. 20. with many illustrations taken from photographs in the text. Origi- nal printed wrappers in black and orange. Unrecorded. A striking large-format pamphlet advertising motoring tours all over the French-controlled Maghreb. The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique was a French shipping company which in 1919 introduced the first tourist motor car circuit in North Africa.

[MAHJONG] TAM WING KWONG The Game of Sparrow as played in China. With the history of Maa Jong appen- dixed. Second revised edition. Hong Kong 1925. € 350

12mo. Pp. 71. With many illustrations. Original stapled cloth-backed printed boards, new spine. An informative guide to the popular Chinese game, explicitly written for foreign players. Second, revised and enlarged edition, first 1923.

[MAILLARD DE TOURNON, C.T.] Relazione della preziosa morte dell’eminentiss. e reverendiss. Carlo Tomaso Mail- lard di Tournon. Commissario, e Visitatore Apostolico Generale, con le facoltà di Legato a latere nell’Impero della Cina, e Regni dell’Indie Orientali, seguita nella Città di Macao lì 8. del mese di giugno dell’anno 1710. … Roma 1711. € 2 000

Small 4to. Pp. 70 and one folding engraved portrait. Contemporary vellum. First edition of a biographical study comprising three works of cardinal Maillard de Tournon who was the first papal legate sent to the Imperial court of China, on behalf of the Pope Clement XI. He was born in Turin in 1668 of a noble family of Savoy.Tournon arrived at Beijing in December 1705. At first Emperor Kangxi re- ceived him kindly, but upon realising that he had come to abolish the Chinese rites among the native Christians he had Tournon imprisoned at Macau where he later died, shortly after being informed that he had been created cardinal on August 1, 1707. Maillard de Tournon’s mission is considered one of the crucial turning points in the modern history of the Chinese church. Cordier BS 913–14. Backer & Som- mervogel xi, 1285–6, no. 206 (first part).

MAIRAN, J.J.D. DE Dissertation sur la glace, ou explication physique de la formation de la glace, & de ses divers phénomènes. Paris 1749. € 1 000

12mo. Pp. xl, 384, xx. With engraved front and five engraved plates. Contemporary calf, gilt. Originally published in 1716, this is the first illustrated edition. Duveen p. 386. The Herbert Clark Hoover Collection, 554.

MARTINI, M. De bello tartarico historia. Antverpiæ 1654. € 2 900

Small 8vo. Pp. 156, (3). With one folding map “Situs provinciarum imperii sinici 1654”. Contemporary or near contemporary full calf, top of spine chipped.

Scarce first edition of this important work about the history of the Manchu inva- sion and conquest of the Chinese empire in the first half of the 17th century. This work became enormously popular at the time, printed and translated many times. Martini was an Italian born Jesuit, historian and cartographer who spent many years in China during which time he travelled extensively throughout the country. Martini is considered to be the first European to study the history and geography of China with accurate scientific objectivity. Cordier BS 623. De Backer & Som- mervogel V, 647. Lust 440. Löwendahl 107. Streit (1929) 2232. Walravens (1897) 101.

[MORAVIAN TEXTILE SAMPLES] GRÖGER, MIKULASCHEK & CO. Bettzeuge no. III (Bedclothes). Sternberg, Mähren, (ca 1890). € 850

Oblong 8vo. Leporello comprising 24 leaves with 232 tipped-in woven cotton sam- ples, mostly striped and check patterns in red and blue. Original bordeaux col- oured cloth. A very neat and well-preserved pattern book belonging to the weav- ing manufacturer Gröger, Mikulaschek & Co., from Sternberg in Moravia, today Sternberk in Czech Republic. MORRISON, R. A Memoir of the Principal Occurrences during an Embassy from the British Gov- ernment to the Court of China in the year 1816. London 1819. € 1 400

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

OKAMURA, K. Hon Takakuma shoshi denbun (Book about paper making in Takakuma). To- kyo, Showa 30, 1955. € 1 500

Tall 8vo. Pp. (32) with illustrations made in the katazome stencil dyeing technique on hand made paper. The leaves folded in the oriental manner. Original paper wrappers. Edition limited to 100 copies. Signed by the artist.

A charming work about paper production in Takakuma (Kagoshima) with lovely coloured illustrations. Okamura Kichiemon (1916–2002) was a pupil of Serizawa Keisuke, a renowned Japanese textile designer who was promoted by the Japanese government for his unique katazome method.

[OPIUM] EDKINS, J. Opium: Historical Note, or the Poppy in China. Shanghai, American Presbyte- rian Mission Press, 1898. € 2 500

Pp.(ii), viii, 3–69 + Chinese text pp. xxxvi. With one plate. Original printed boards, cloth spine. First edition in book form. Comprises chapters about the poppy among Greeks, Romans and Arabs followed by the history of Chinese usage, the medical use, cultivation, duties, prohibition, preparation, opium shops, etc. The Chinese text covers the historical notes. Joseph Edkins was a British Protestant missionary who spent 57 years in China. Scarce. Not in Cordier.

PFEIFFER, I A Lady’s Second Journey round the World. From London to the Cape of Good Hope, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Ceram, the Moluccas, etc. California, Pan- ama, Peru, Equador, and the United States. Two vols. London 1855. € 860

Pp. xii, 451; viii, 423, adv. 24. Publisher’s green blind-stamped cloth. First English edition which preceded the first German edition (Vienna 1856). Ida Pfeiffer was the very first full-time woman traveller. Robinson p. 25. PISO, W. / MARCGRAVE, G. / DE BONDT, J. Indiæ utriusque re naturali et medica. Libri quatuordecim. Quorum contenta pa- gina sequens exhibet. Three parts in one volume. Amsterdam, apud Elzevi- rios, 1658. € 6 800

Folio. Pp. (xxii), 248, 247–327,(5); 40; 226,(2). With engraved title and numerous woodcut illustrations throughout the text. Contemporary goatskin, small repair to back cover, rebacked.

A revised and much enlarged edition of Piso’s “Historiæ naturalis Brasiliæ” (1648), which provides the most extensive documentation of Brazilian flora and fauna in the 17th century. Enlarged with Jacob de Bondt’s “Historiæ naturalis & medicæ Indiæ Orientalis libri sex”, edited by Willem Piso. The first four parts on tropical medicine were originally published in 1642 entitled “De medicina indorum lib. iv”. This edition has additional two parts on Asian fauna and flora, supplied with a large number of woodcuts of animals. Parts two and six contain descriptions of tea and tea culture. Jacob de Bondt was physician to the Dutch East India Company in Batavia 1627–31. Borba de Moraes 676. Lach &Van Kley (1993:1) p. 457. Landwehr (1991) 828. Löwendahl, Supplement, 1566. Nissen 1533. Willems 1236.

RICCI, M. / TRIGAULT, N. (Ed.) Histoire de l’expedition chrestienne au royaume de la Chine entreprinse par les peres de la Compagnie de Iesus, comprinse en cinq livres, esquels est traicté fort exactement et fidelement des moeurs, loix, & coustumes du pays, & des commence- mens tres-difficiles de l’Eglise naissante en ce Royaume. Lille 1617. € 4 000

Small 4to. Pp. (xxiv), 423, 428–559, (5). Narrow margins. Rebound with old paper boards, new calf spine. Text partly browned.

Second French edition, first published in Latin titled “De Christiana expeditione apud sinas suspecta ab Societate Jesu”, Augsburg 1615. This important work on China is based on the journal kept by the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci during the time he served in the country (1582–1610). When Ricci arrived in 1582 in Macau, China was still closed to outsiders, but he learned the language, acquired knowl- edge about the country, and was able to go beyond cultural barriers which gave him entrance to the interior of country. Ricci’s manuscript was brought back to Europe by his successor Trigault, who translated it into Latin and also changed many passages of the journal and augmented it with information based on several Portuguese missionary reports. Cordier BS 810. Löwendahl Supplement, 1558.

SEKKA, K. Kokkei Zuan, A Collection of Humorous Designs by Sekka Kamisaka, the author of “Kairo”. Kyoto, Yamada Unsodo, Meiji 36 (1903). € 5 800

Lvs (16) folded in the Japanese manner. With 46 coloured woodblock-printed comical patterns in 31 full page plates. With descriptive text in Japanese. Original printed paper boards.

First edition of this rare album comprising a collection of humorous colourful de- signs by Kamisaka Sekka, who is considered the father of Japanese modern design. Sekka became famous for his courageous and visually dynamic designs. In 1901 he was sent to Europe as part of Japan’s “modernisation scheme” and as a result he became heavily influenced by the Art Nouveau style. Many of his works display a fusion of traditional Japanese and contemporary Western design concepts. A striking and unusual album which is rare to find complete as it is often broken up to be sold plate-by-plate.

SHIMOMURA, G. (TAMAHIRO) Nishiki Fukuro Cho (Brocade Bag Designs). Kyoto, Unsodo, Taisho 10 (1920). € 1 600

A design book for small pouches made for tea caddies. Comprises twenty coloured wood cut plates, a Japanese introduction and a colophon at end. Folded in the Ori- ental fashion. Original silk covers, worn. Some tears at fold.

A charming work with thirty-five different beautiful brocade tea caddie bags, in various sizes and shapes, wood-cut printed in lovely colours and with good impres- sions. Shimomura, a protege of Kamisaka Sekka and master designer in his own right. The printing was made by Honda Ichijiro. Scarce.

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

16mo. Pp. 297. With engraved title. Contemporary vellum. First edition of this charming pocket guide to the Arabic world. It covers Mecca, Baghdad, Aleppo, Damascus and Jerusalem. It’s a compilation of various accounts devoted to geog- raphy, history, culture, science, etc. De la Faye p. 10. Gay 3452. Smitskamp PO 188.

SMITHES, M. F. Children of the Desert. With Photographs by W.H. Edgar. Kensington 1910. € 500

Pp. (viii), 56. Missing front endpaper. With eight plates. Original brown paper boards, cloth spine. First edition. A very charming work, probably privately print- ed, which tells us stories about life among the Arabs and Berbers around Biskra in the Algerian Sahara. Rare. [SYRIA] JESSUP, H.H. The Women of the Arabs. New York (1873). € 1 600

Pp. (ii), x, 372. With front and thirteen wood-engraved plates. Publisher’s deco- rated brown cloth. First edition, extremely rare.

This work dealing with the role of women in society and female education in Leba- non and Syria is one of the earliest of its kind. Henry Harris Jessup was an Ameri- can missionary who came to Syria (now Lebanon) in 1855 where he stayed and worked until his death. Jessup writes about the situation for women in the Moham- medan world in general but he also explains about the Druze religion; the extreme Shi’ite group Nusayriyyah; missionary schools for girls in Syria (and Lebanon); Druze women; Beduin Arabs; the cities of Homs and Aleppo; etc. Smith J21.

TAGORE, R. The Parrot’s Training. (Translated by the author from its original Bengali). Calcutta and Simla 1918. € 4 800

4to. Pp. (12). With eight full page plates. Original pictorial paper wrappers designed by Nanda Lal Bose, one of Tagore’s most famous pupils.

Rare first English edition. The Bengali original “Totakahini” was published earlier the same year in the famous journal Sabujapatra. Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), renowned Bengali poet, novelist, educator and composer has been considered to be the greatest writer in modern Indian literature. Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 as the first Asian recipient. This work is Tagore’s famous satire on the futility of education through rote-learning from books – ’parrot-fashion’ – then prevalent in India. He was a pioneer of creative education in India and started the school Patha Bhavana at Santiniketan in 1901 with a philosophy of learning with the heart in closeness to nature as opposed to the strict, repetitive and the rote learning system that was common during Tagore’s childhood. The humorous drawings are by Tagore’s artist nephew Abanindranath Tagore, the founder of the Bengal School of Art.

TAGORE, S.M. (Compiler) Hindu Music from Various Authors. Part I. [For Private Circulation only]. Calcutta, Babu Punchanun Mekerjea, 1875. € 650

Pp. (xii), x, 315. With many ills. Contemporary red morocco, gilt. First edition. A second part was issued in 1882 to accompany the second edition. Sourindo Mohun Tagore was a famous Indian musicologist, having trained in his youth both West- ern and Indian classical traditions. He founded two institutions, the Bengal Music School in 1871 and the Bengal Academy of Music in 1882. S. M. TAGORE: Hindu Music from Various Authors. TANAKA, Y. Kogei Shinzu (New Designs for Applied Arts). Two vols. Kyoto, Yamada Naosaburo, Meiji 25 (1892). € 2 000

Complete set with forty leaves of colour woodblock-printed patterns depicting plants, birds, flowers, etc. With eight text leaves comprising title, preliminary leaves and colophon. Text in Japanese. The leaves are folded in the Japanese man- ner. Original decorated wrappers. First edition. A beautiful collection with pat- terns based on traditional Japanese motifs and nature scenes clearly inspired by the Art Nouveau ornamental style that became so popular at the time. The designs were created for use in decorative art including textiles, metalwork and ceramics. The printer Yamada Naosaburo was the founder of Unsodo publishing company in Kyoto, known for high quality pattern books.

THOM, R. (Transl.) … Wang Keaou Lwan Pih Neen Chang Han or The Lasting Resentment of Miss Keaou Lwan Wang, a Chinese Tale: Founded on Fact. Translated from the Origi- nal by Sloth. Canton, Canton Press Office, 1839. € 2 500

Small 4to. Pp. viii, 66. With one plate “lithographed at Canton 1839” reproducing a Chinese woodcut. Title page with repair but no loss of text. Rebound in paper-cov- ered boards. First edition in English. A translation of a tale from the Ming anthol- ogy “Jingu Qiguan” (astonishing things from past and present) published around 1640. Includes an interesting introduction by the translator. Robert Thom came to China in 1834 and worked for some years with Jardine Matheson & Co. at Canton. He dedicates this work to William Jardine, James Matheson and Henry Wright. Thom was the official linguist during the First Opium war and participated as translator through the treaty negotiations at Nanking. In 1843 he was appointed British consul at Ningbo. Cordier BS 1768. Löwendahl 1752. Lust 1103.

TSUNENOBU, K. / GESSAI, F. Kacho Gafu (Picture Book of Bird and Flower Paintings). Osaka, Aoki Su- zando, about 1890–1900. € 850

A collection of twelve coloured wood-cut plates by Fukui Gessai after paintings by Kanõ Tsunenobu (1636–1713), one of the most significant artists of the Kanõ school. The delicate paintings depict birds and flowers in their natural milieu at different seasons. Housed in the original decorated envelope.

[TURKEY] Turcici imperii status. Seu discurses varii de rebus turcarum. Lugd. Bat., Elze­ viriana, 1630. € 580

16mo. Pp. (viii) including engraved title, 314, (5). Slightly later half calf. First edi- tion. A collection of excerpts and short works by several writers such as Busbecq, Soranzo, Montalbano, Malaguzzi, etc. It’s covering the historical and military state of the Ottoman Empire and includes much information about Constantinople at the time. Berghman 1903. Willems 340. WAFER, L. Dagbok och beskrifning af americanska näset, dess invånare och physiska märkvärdigheter. Upsala 1788. € 600

12mo. (iv), 128. A Swedish edition of Wafer’s important account of the Isthmus of America, translated from the English by Samuel Ödmann and with his comments.

BOUND WITH: PAGÈS, P.M. F. DE: Franska Sjö-Capitainens de Page’s resa genom öde Arabien, emellan Bassora och Damas, år 1770. Upsala 1788. Pp. 72. A Swedish version of the Arabian section of de Pagès’s “Voyage autour du monde …” (Paris 1784).

AND: SONNERAT, P.: Sammandrag af Herr Sonnerats resa till Nya Guinea, gjord åren 1771 och 1772. Upsala 1786. Pp. 64, (8) adv. A Swedish abridgement of Sonnerat’s “Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinée” (Paris 1776). Original boards, stained and worn.

VANCOUVER, G. / SPARRMAN, A. En upptäckts-resa till Norra Stilla Hafvet, och kring jordklotet, … förrättad åhren 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795. Two parts in one volume. Stockholm 1800–01. € 2 600

Pp. (vi), 184; (viii), 192. With one folding map and eight engraved plates. Contem- porary half calf.

Scarce Swedish version by Anders Sparrman of Vancouver’s important account (London in 1798). Anders Sparrman sailed with Vancouver on Cook’s second voy- age and gives here some personal impressions of that voyage (pp. 3–4 of part one). The appendix in the second part (pp. 166–192) contains an account of the Patago- nians by Sparrman. The interesting map of the North Pacific and the northwest coast of America is drawn and engraved by Sparrman himself based on a map pub- lished in 1781. The beautiful plates depict natives from Tasmania, the Tonga Islands and Alaska. Du Rietz 1314. Cf Ferguson 339. Cf Sabin 98444.

WESLEY, J. Instructions for Children. And the Lord’s Prayer, Creed, and Ten Command- ments. English & Cingalese. Colombo, Wesleyan Mission Press, 1818. € 1 100

Small 8vo. Pp. 29. Parallel text in English and Sinhalese. Original wrappers, chipped along edges and small piece of lower rear wrapper missing. The paper is very brit- tle. Original envelope as presented with inscription.

Early imprint from the Wesleyan Mission Press (which started in 1817). The Brit- ish Methodist Mission to Ceylon was initiated by Dr. Thomas Coke. Together with seven other missionaries he left Portsmouth in December 1813. Coke himself died on board the ship but in June 1814 the other missionaries arriving at Galle (southern tip of Ceylon). The Wesleyans acquired the presses and equipment of the Colombo Auxiliary Bible Society in 1816 and started to print publications under William Martin Harvard’s supervision. (Ref. Nigel Seeley). Ref.: Colin Clair, The Spread of Printing, Eastern Hemisphere India, Burmam, Ceylon, p.73–5. Nigel Seeley, Bibli- ography of Ceylon Imprints. [VIETNAM] [FERREIRA, M.] Noticias summarias das perseguicoes da missam de Cochinchina, principiada, & continuada pelos Padres da Companhia de Jesu: offerecidas pelos mesmos mis- sionarios a el rey nosso senhor Dom Pedro II. Lisboa 1700. € 4 200

Folio. Pp. (xii), 460, (2). Pagination irregular. Contemporary calf, worn.

First edi­tion of an important account of the Portuguese mission in Cochinchina and Tonkin, today’s Vietnam. The Jesuit mission in Vietnam commenced in 1615 and was active until the suppression of the Jesuits by Pope Clement in 1733. Manuel Ferreira was a Portuguese Jesuit who served for many years in Vietnam at the end of the 17th century, of which several spent in prison. This work commences with a description of Tonkin including information about the people, the history and customs, geography, flora and fauna etc. It’s followed by information about the es- tablishment of the Jesuit mission in Cochinchina in 1627; it’s difficulties, imprison- ment and persecution of the missionaries, etc. Barbosa Machado iii, 265. Brebion 242. Cordier BI 1924. De Backer-Sommervogel ii, 1258. Innocêncio v, 423. Palau 194164. Streit vi, 1460.

VINCENT, W. (Ed.) The Voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates, Collected from the Original Journal Preserved by Arrian, and Illustrated by Authorities Ancient and Modern; Containing an Account of the First Navigation Attempted by Euro- peans in the Indian Ocean. London 1797. € 1 800

4to. Pp. xv, 530, (2). With engraved front (small marginal loss of outer front cor- ner) and six engraved maps and charts. Contemporary full calf, rubbed and spine restored.

First edition. This work comprises an English version of Arrian’s account of the celebrated voyage of Nearchus of Crete from the Indus to the Tigris in 325 B.C. Arrian, a Greek historian and statesman during the Roman period, wrote about events that had occurred several hundred years before his time. “My purpose was not to translate Arrian, but to make him intelligible to an English reader, and to in- vestigate a variety of subjects, historical, geographical and commercial” (preface). Howgego N10.

YANAGI C. Shõzoku Zushiki. (Clothes of the Japanese Imperial Court). Two vols. [Kyoto] Tomikura Tahe Kanko, 1692. € 1 500

Lvs 32 + 31. With numerous woodblock-printed illustrations throughout. As is- sued with double pages folded in the Japanese manner. Original blue blind pressed paper wrappers, worn. An important study of the history of the Japanese court costumes. First edition. Provenance: Belonged to Tanak Chiyo (1906–99), a famous fashion designer.