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Classic in the field of Portuguese discoveries, settlements and sea-borne empire View picture(s) 1 ANDRADA, Francisco d'. Cronica do muyto alto e muito poderoso Rey destes Reynos de Portugal dom Ioão o III. deste nome. Dirigida ha C. R. M. del Rey dom Felipe o III. deste nome nosso senhor. Lisbon, Jorge Rodriguez for the author & Francesco Lopez livreiro, 1613. Folio. Contemporary vellum over boards, spine with four raised bands and two (later) red morocco labels lettered in gold, blind fillets and stamped centre-piece on both sides. Title in ornamental woodcut border with a vignette of the coat of arms of Portugal, many charming woodcut initials. (19), 113, 134, 131, 155 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  Brazil  India  Portugal  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the second Burmese war View picture(s) 2 BAKER, Thomas Turner. The recent operations of the British forces at Rangoon and Martaban. London, Harrison for Thomas Hatchard, 1852. 8vo. Original blindstamped cloth with gilt title on spine: "Rangoon", made by J. DEAN, at the Strand. Lithographed frontispiece in a beautiful colouring showing the Burmese deputation presenting the King of Ava's letter, one lithographed plate of a vessel which the Burmese gave th name "Yathunah-gee-mhou", meaning "Precious, Sleek, Excellent sailing ship" and two folding lithographed plates, one being a coastal view of the town of Rangoon and the other showing the attack of the Dunnoo Stockade, all platesd lithographed by Martin & Hood. VII, 78 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Burma  Colonial History  Colour Platebooks  England  India  Militaria  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Portuguese governorship in Goa View picture(s) 3 BARROS, João de. Vervolg der tien-jaarige dcheeps-togten en manhafte krygs-bedryven door Nuno da Cunha, als Gouverneur Generaal gedaan in Oost-Indien, zederd het jaar 1536 tot aan zyn dood ... Uit d'eyge berigten en order des Konings van Portugaal in't Portugys beschreven (...) Nu eerst uit d'oorspronkelyke taal in 't Nederduyts vertaald. Leyden, Pieter van der Aa, 1706. 8vo. Contemporary calf, marbled edges. With 7 maps and 6 plates, all engraved. [4], 431, [15] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Colonial History  India  Malacca  Portugal  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Most important work on the Jesuit missionary activities in Goa View picture(s) 4 BARTOLI, Danielle. Missione al Gran Mogor del P. Ridolfo Aquaviva della Compagnia di Giesu, Sua vita e morte, e d'altri quattro compagni uccisi in odio della fede in Salsete di Goa. Roma, Per il Varesi, 1663. 8vo. Contemporary vellum with title in ink on spine. 218, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  India  Italy  Japan  Jesuits  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Hindustan alphabet View picture(s) 5 BELIGATTI, Cassianus da Macerata & Giovani Cristoforo AMADUZZI. Alphabetum Brammhanicum seu Indostanum Universitatis kasi. Rome, Typis Sa. Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1771. 8vo. Contemporary half sprinkled calf, red gilt title label, blue sprinkled edges. Woodcut title vignet of the seal of the congregation, Nagari script throughout text. (4), XX, 152 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: India  Linguistics  Mission  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare travel account, mainly on India View picture(s) 6 BOHAN, Henry. Voyage aux Indes Orientales. Coup d'oeil sur leur importance politique et commerciale; recherches sur différentes origines. Paris, E. Thunot for Librairie Chamerot & Lauwereyns, 1866. 8vo. Modern half brown grained morocco, ribbed spine lettered in gold. With 12 full-page lithographed plates printed in two colours. [4], 262, 4 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: India  Indonesia  Japan  Malaysia  Mauritius  South Africa  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare first and only edition of an account of a voyage to India View picture(s) 7 BORGHESI, Giovanni. Lettera scritta da Pondisceri a' 10 di Febbraio 1704. Dal dottore Giovanni Borghesi medico della missione sepedita alla China dalla Santità di N.S. Papa Clemente XI. Nella quale si contengono, oltre a un pieno racconto del Viaggio da Roma fino alle Coste dell' Indie Orientali, varie nuove osservazioni mediche, anatomiche, bottaniche, naturali, e d'altri generi. Rome, Gaetano degli Zenobi, 1705. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, ribbed spine with title in ink: 'Historia dela China'. With folding engraved map, indicating the route to Pondicherry, a folding plate of a compass card, indicating the winds, and six small woodcuts in the text. (XIV), 245, (17) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  India  Mission  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Adventures in India View picture(s) 8 CAMPBELL, Donald. A narrative of the extraordinary adventures, and sufferings by shipwreck & Imprisonment of Donald Campbell, Esq. of Barbreck: With the singular humours of his tartar guide, Hassan Artaz: comprising the occurrences of four years and five days in an overland journey to India. London, Printed for Vernor and Hood, 1796. 8vo. 19th century cloth with black title label. Frontispiece. XI, 1 blank, 276 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  India  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With manuscript dedication by the author View picture(s) 9 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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Printed in Goa View picture(s) 10 COTTINEAU DE KLOGUEN, Denis Louis. Bosquejo historico de Goa escripto em inglez vertibo em Portuguez, e accrescentabo com algumas notas, e rectificações por Miguel Vicente d'Abreu. Nova-Goa, Impresa Nacional, 1858. 8vo. Half red morocco, spine with raised bands, title and imprint lettered in gold. With some tailpieces and a small illustration of one of the gates of Goa. VII, 5- 202, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Catholicism  History  India  Portugal  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Christianised Buddha Legend, illustrated by Romeyn de Hooghe View picture(s) 11 DAMASCENUS, Ioannes (SAINT JOHN OF DAMASCUS). Het Leven en bedrijf van Barlaäm den Heremijt, en Josaphat Koning van Indien, beschreven door den H. Oudvader, en nu in Nederduits vertaelt door F.v.H. Rotterdam, François van Hoogstraten, 1672. Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum. With etched frontispiece and 8 full-page etched plates by Romeyn de Hooghe. [16], 431, [1] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: India  Popular Books  Religion  Romeyn de Hooghe  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) 12 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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The natural history of India View picture(s) 13 DELESSERT, Adolphe. Souvenirs d´un voyage dans l´Inde exécuté de 1834 à 1839. Paris, Bétrune et Plon for Fortin, Masson et Cie & Langlois et Leclerq, 1843. Two parts in one volume. 4to. Modern half brown morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt, title lettered in gold, marbled endpapers. With 35 lithographed plates: 8 of landscapes and cities in India by V. Dollet in the first part, and 27 plates of mammals, birds and insects in the second part after the designs by J.G. Prêtre, Delahaye and Vaillant, of which 24 are beautifully coloured by hand by the famous 'coloriste' Gérard; one large folding map of Europe, Africa and Asia, indicating in red the traject of Delessert's journey. (6), III, 134; (4), 107 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colour Platebooks  India  Travel & Voyages  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Terrible executions by the Inquisition. With the coat of arms of Frédéric de Marselaer View picture(s) 14 DELLON, Charles. Aanmerkelijk historisch-verhaal van de inquisitie der Portugeesen in Goa, en andere gewesten van Oost-Indiën. Uyt het Frans vertaalt. Middelburg, Gillis Horthemels the Younger, 1688. 12mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum with two different gilt coat-of-arms of Frédéric de Marselaer on the front, resp. back cover. With engraved title vignette, 3 folding and 3 full-page engraved plates and a half-page plate at the beginning of the text. (12), 282, (17) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Bindings  India  Inquisition  Portugal  Provenance  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A British planter in India View picture(s) 15 ELLIOT, Robert Henry. The experiences of a planter in the jungles of Mysore. London, Chapman and Hall, 1871. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half red calf, gilt title on spines. With two tinted lithographed  frontispieces, a lithographed map of the region of Mysore and Coorg in India, 4 tinted lithographs, 1 lithograph with a.o. a cardamom plant, all lithographed by Vincent Brooks,  Day & Son, with leaf bound in with quotation in manuscript on cardamom, signed R.S. citing the Weekly Ceylon Observer, 21 June, 1881, p. 567. The lithographs are after photographs taken at the spot. X,(1), 327; XI, (2), 355 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Botany  Coffee & Tea  Colonial History  India  Trade  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare account of a Theatin monk in India View picture(s) 16 FABRI, Girolamo. Il missionario apostolico, overo relatione dell'operato dal Padre D. Francesco Manco chierico regolare, missionario apost. Nell'Indie Orientali. Rome, Lodovivo Grignani, 1649. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, red painted edges. (12), 232, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  India  Mission  Religious Orders  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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From India overland to London, by the son of the Duke of Clarence, afterwards William IV View picture(s) 17 FITZCLARENCE, George Augustus Frederick. Journal of a route across India, through Egypt, to England in the latter end of the year 1817, and the beginning of 1818. London, Thomas Davison for John Murray, 1819. 4to. Contemporary calf with blind-tooled border and gilt fillet along the edges, edges marbled, marbled endpapers. With a large folding partly coloured map of the seat of war in India, a full-page map of Egypt with the route through the desert and down the Nile taken by Fitzclarence to reach Alexandria, 12 full-page aquatints (9 coloured, 2 uncoloured) and 5 full-page plans (4 partly coloured plans of battlefields in India; 1 of a temple). XXIV, 502 [including p. 168-169*] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Discovery & Exploration  Egypt  England  India  Militaria  Piracy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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To the Himalaya Mountains View picture(s) 18 FRASER, James Baillie. Journal of a tour through part of the snowy range of the Himala mountains, and to the sources of the rivers Jumna and Ganges. London, Thomas Davison for Rodwell and Martin, 1820. Large 4to. Later half calf, spine blind-tooled with red morocco title-label lettered in gold, marbled edges. Large folding map (645 x 745 mm) of the Himalaya Mountains. XX, 548 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  India  Mountaineering  Tibet  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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From the library of Victor Emmanuel III View picture(s) 19 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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Bidpai fables in a beautiful binding View picture(s) 20 GALLAND, Antoine. Les contes et fables Indiennes, de Bidpai et de Lokman. Traduites D'Ali Tchelebi-Ben-Saleh, auteur Turc. Oeuvre posthume. Paris, Jacques Ribou, 1724. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary red morocco, spine ribbed and elaborously gilt with flowers and other figures, gilt calf title-labels, triple-fillet borders on both covers, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. 9 full-page engraved plates illustrating some of the fables. XL, (4), 390, (2); (2), 382, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Bindings  Fable Books  French  India  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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