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Macao imprint View picture(s) 1 BASTOS JR, Antonio Joaquim. O futuro de Macau ou as vantagens que hao de resultar da admissao d'uma delegaçao da Alfandega Chineza em Macau. Macau, Typographia Mercantil, 1873. 8vo. Original yellow wrappers. IX, (5) - 68 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: China  Colonial History  Portugal  Trade  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Marquis de Beauvoir in East Asia View picture(s) 2 BEAUVOIR, Ludovic. Java, Siam, Canton. Voyage autour du monde. Quatrième édition. Paris, Henri Plon, 1870. 8vo. Contemporary half light brown pigskin, spine gilt. With a large folding coloured map, 13 full page plates, of which 3 folding. [4], 452 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  China  Circumnavigation  East Indies  Indonesia  Java  Thailand  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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To the Pacific coast of South America View picture(s) 3 BELCHER, Edward. Narrative of a voyage round the world, performed in Her Majesty's ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the naval operations in China, from Dec. 1840 to Nov. 1841. London, Henry Colburn, 1843. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, gilt spine with title lettered in gold. Folding map of the Canton river, folding map with the tracks of the H.M.S. Sulphur,  large world chart also showing the course of the Sulphur, 19 steelengravings with views on Panama (2), on Honolulu, Mount Elias, Sitka at New Archangel, the volcano of Consequina, Fort George at Astoria, Port Anna Maria, attack on the war junks, Thoka-nauta or Phillips, natives of Port Victoria, native of New Guinea, bow of a state canoe, Prahu of Geby, native of Celebes, native women of Celebes, attacks on first bar battery, Chinese soldiers with gingals, Chinese soldiers at great guns and several illustrations in text. XXII, 387; VI, 474 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  China  Circumnavigation  England  Indonesia  Maritime History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dedication copy by the author View picture(s) 4 BORGET, Auguste. Fragments d'un voyage autour du monde. Moulins, P.A. Desrosiers, (1850). Oblong 4to. Original boards with lithographed title on front cover. Lithographed title page, 12 full-page tinted lithographs by A. Borget. 11 text lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [South]  America, North  China  Lithographs  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Chinese art and costume: work sought after on account of the quantity and quality of its beautiful illustrations. View picture(s) 5 BRETON de la Martinière, Jean-Baptiste Joseph. La Chine en miniature, ou choix de costumes, arts et métiers de cet empire, repréntés par 74 (sic) gravures, la plupart d'après les originaux inédits du cabinet de feu M. Bertin, ministre; accompagnés de notices explicatives, historiques et littéraires. Paris, Demonville for Nepveu, 1811. 6 parts in 2 vols. 18mo. Contemporary dark green grained morocco, spines richly gilt in compartments, elegant gilt borders on sides with fleurons, vases, and other ornaments, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (CHILLIAT). 100 full-page and 8 folding engraved plates in beautiful contemporary hand colouring. XXXVI, 144; (4), 172; 188; (4), 220; (4), XXIII, 236; (4), 234, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Book History  Cartography  China  Printing  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Fascinating description of the Hawaiian Islands View picture(s) 6 CAMPBELL, Archibald. A Voyage round the World from 1806 to 1812; in which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian Islands, and the Sandwich  Islands, were visited. Including a Narrative of the author's shipwreck on the Island of Sannack, and his  subsequent wreck in the ship's long boat. With an account of the present state of the Sandwich Islands and a vocabulary of their language. Edinburgh, for A. Constable, etc., 1816. 8vo. Original half calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with title-label. With folding engraved map. 288 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  China  Hawaii  Japan  Pacific  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With manuscript dedication by the author View picture(s) 7 CHASSIRON, Charles de. Notes sur le Japon, la Chine et l'Inde. 1885-1859-1860. Paris, E. Dentu & Ch. Reinwald, 1861. 8vo. Contemporary half brown shagreen, spine gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold, marbled endpapers. 17 plates outside text of which 15  coloured by hand: 2 full-page maps (one of Japan and of Korea, and one of Northern China), 2 large folding plates (400 x 520 mm) of a beautiful view on the city of Yeddo and a plan of Nagha-Saki (380 x 460 mm), both 'reproductions' of Japanese woodcuts, and 13 plates (of which 3 folding) with reproductions of Japanese woodblock prints with plants and animals. XI, 356, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: China  India  Japan  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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To convert the Siamese king View picture(s) 8 CHOISY, L'Abbe François-Timoléon de. Journal du Voyage de Siam fait en 1685 & 1686. Second edition. Paris, Sebastien Mabre-Cramoist, 1687. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt. (4), 651, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  China  Mission  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First translation of Confucius, with appendix on I-ching View picture(s) 9 CONFUCIUS. Le Chou-King, un des livres sacrés des Chinois, ... traduit & enrichi de notes, par feu le P. Gaubil, ... Revu & corrigé ..., accompagné de nouvelles notes, de planches gravées en taille-douce & d'additions ... par M. de Guignes, ... On y joint un discours ... & une notice de l'Y-King, ... Paris, N.M. Tillard, 1770. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine, marbled edges and endpapers, green ribbon marker. With 4 engraved plates, a part-title to the appendix on the I-Ching, about 20 woodcut head- and tailpieces (plus repeats) and headpieces built up from cast fleurons. [3], [1 blank], CXLIV, 474, [2] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: China  History  Philosophy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia depicted in fine coloured aquatints View picture(s) 10 DANIELL, Thomas and William. A picturesque voyage to India by the way of China. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme at Paternoster-Row, William Daniell, Thomas Davison, 1810. Folio. Original half calf portfolio, with red gilt title label on gilt spine, green ties. With 44 (of 50) full-page coloured aquatints. Lacking title, introduction, explanatory text leaves and 6 plates. Full description >> Related Subjects: Aquatints  China  Colour Platebooks  India  Indochina  Indonesia  Malacca  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the first European plans of Peking View picture(s) 11 DE L'ISLE (or DELISLE), Joseph-Nicolas & PINGRÉ. Description de la ville Peking, pour servir à l'intelligence du Plan de cette Ville, gravé par les soins de M. de l'Isle. Paris, 1765. 4to. Half brown morocco, spine gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold. With woodcut vignette on title, a large woodcut headpiece on first page, 6 folding plates of which the largest (485 x 250 mm) is a "plan de la ville tartare de Peking" and is signed Dheulland graveur du Roi, the first (235 x 195 mm) is a "plan general des deux villes qui composent Peking", the third (185 x 100 mm) a "plan du Ti-ouang-miao, the fourth (185 x 105 mm) a "plan du koue-tse-kien-ouen-miao", the fifth (185 x 150 mm) a "plan du Tien-Kan, ou temple dédié au souverain Seigneur du Ciel", and the sixth (160 x 120), "plan du Ti-Tan ou du Temple dédié au souverain Seigneur de la Terre", all five signed Lattré. (2), 44, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Astronomy & Cosmography  Cartography  China  Geography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Macao imprint View picture(s) 12 FERREIRA, Leoncio A. Um brado pela verdade ou a questao dos Professores Jesuitas em Macao e a instruccao dos Macaenses. Macao, Typographia Mercantil, 1872. 8vo. Original green wrappers. IX, 100 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  China  Colonial History  Education  Portugal  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An encyclopaedic survey of exotic cultures, with 50 plates View picture(s) 13 FRANCISCI (VON FINX), Erasmus. Neu-polirter Geschicht- Kunst- und Sitten-Spiegel ausländischer Völker: fürnemlich der Sineser, Japaner, Indostaner, Javaner, Malabaren, Peguaner, Siammer, Peruaner, Mexicaner, Brasilianer, ... und theils anderer Nationen mehr. Nuremberg, Johann Andreas Endters & the hiers of Wolfgang the Younger, 1670. Folio. Contemporary vellum. With title-page printed in red & black, engraved frontispiece, full-page engraved coat of arms, engraved dedication, and 50 plates (of which 2 double-page) by Cornelis Nicolai Schurtz. [28], 1550, [30] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [Central]  America [South]  America, North  Brazil  China  Japan  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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From the library of Victor Emmanuel III View picture(s) 14 GABRIAC, Alexis Comte DE. Course humoristique autour du monde. Indes, Chine, Japon. Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1872. Large 8vo. Original blue wrappers. With 8 wood engravings. (8), 308 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  China  India  Japan  New York  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Exploring Central Asia View picture(s) 15 GARNIER, Francis. Voyage dans la Chine centrale, Vallée du Yang-Tzu, fait de mai à aout 1873. Paris, E. Martinet for Ch. Delagrave, 1874. 8vo. Original printed yellow wrappers. With a large folding map and several full-page tables. 39 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Asia  Asia [Far East]  China  Exploration  Spain  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Astronomical and geographical information on regions in China and India View picture(s) 16 GOUYE, (Thomas). Observations physiques et mathematiques, pour servir a l'histoire naturelle & à la perfection de l'astronomie & de la geographie: envoyées des Indes et de la Chine à l'Académie Royale des Sciences à Paris, par les Peres Jesuites. Paris, Jean Anisson, Imprimerie Royale, 1692. 4to. Contemporary calf with gilt spine. Woodcut coat-of-arms on title, 2 double-page engraved maps, one depicting a part of India with the course of the river Ganges and the other one with the course of the river Ava, one engraved plate with the alphabet of Bengalen and the people of Baramas. (4), 114 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Astronomy & Cosmography  Cartography  China  India  Jesuits  Mathematics  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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To increase the production of oil: first edition of a rare and interesting work on the oil-bearing Chinese radish View picture(s) 17 GRANDI, Francesco de'. Istruzione sulla coltura del rafano oleifero Cinese e relative manifatture dell' olio. Torino, Dalla Stamperia Fea, 1793. 8vo. Original wrappers charmingly decorated in pink. With engraved folding plate of a machine for the production of oil (19 x 27 cm). 70, (2 + 4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  China  Gastronomy  Italy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First original French edition of a magnificent work on travels to, and history of China and the Philippines View picture(s) 18 GUIGNES, Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de. Voyages à Peking, Manille et l'Ile de France, faits dans l'intervalle des années 1784 a 1801. Paris, L'Imprimerie impériale (J.J. Marcel), for sale at MM. Treuttel & Würtz, 1808. 4 volumes: 3 text volumes and 1 atlas volume. 8vo (text) and folio (atlas).. Text volumes in19th-century half calf, atlas volume in contemporary half calf. The atlas with 92 engraved illustrations on 61 leaves by De Guines after Deserve and 5 engraved maps of which folding, by D'Houdan. [4], LXIII, 439; [4] 476; [4], 488 pp.; atlas: 4 pp. text (title and index). Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  China  Engravings  Philippines  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the conversion of heathens View picture(s) 19 HOORNBEEK, Johannis. De conversatione Indorum & gentilium. Libri duo. Accessit Ejusdem Vita ab amico edita. Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius à Waesberge & the widow of Elizaeus Weterstraet, 1669. 4to. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, spine with red morocco title-label lettered in gold, red sprinkled edges. Title printed in red and black. (56, including last blank), 259, (13) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Americana  China  India  Indochina  Indonesia  Japan  Mission  Protestantism  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Piracy in the South Seas View picture(s) 20 KEPPEL, Henry. A visit to the Indian Archipelago, in H.M. ship Maender with portions of the private journal of Sir James Brooke, K.C.R. London, Richard Bentley, 1853. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary purple cloth. With a large folding engraved chart of the Indian Archipelago showing the track of H.S. ship Maender by J. & C. Walker, 8 coloured lithographed plates by Oswald W. Brierley. XV, 301; VIII, 286 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  China  Discovery & Exploration  Exploration  Piracy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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