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Plantin edition of an early Christian classic

IGNATIUS of ANTIOCH. [In Greek:] Toi en agiois ieromartiros ignatioi archiepiskopioi antiocheias, epistolai. (In Greek).- Antiochiae, & martyris epistolae, prosus apostolicae. (In Latin).
Antwerp, Christoffel Plantin (ad 1 colophon: 8 August), 1566. Small 8vo. With Plantins woodcut compasses device on each title-page and a couple decorated woodcut initials. Set in italic and Greek type.
With: IDEM. Antiochiae, & martyris epistolae, prorsus apostolicae.
Antwerp, Christoffel Plantin, 1566. Contemporary calf. 69, [1 blank]; 78 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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First and only edition of a radical political pamphlet built around an imaginary voyage.
A spin-off from Neville's 1668 "Isle of Pines"

[IMAGINARY VOYAGE]. Verhael van den wonderlijken oproer, voorgevallen in de provincie van Mallanbruino, gelegen een graed bezuiden het eyland Pines: ende hoe de zelve is gestilt. t'Samenspraek tusschen drie persoonen te wacht zijnde, Arent, Gijsbert, Dirck.
[Holland?], 1672. 4to. Later blue/grey paper wrappers. 8 pp. Full description
€ 6,850
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The official narrative of proceedings in the Home Department of the Viceroy of India,
Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, 1894-1898

[INDIA]. Summary of the principal measures of the Viceroyalty of the Earl of Elgin in the Home Department, January 1894 to December 1898.
Calcutta, Office of the Superintendent of Government printing, India, 1898. Folio. With armorial vignette on the title page. Blind-stamped blue cloth, title in gold on spine, blue decorated endpapers. [2], IV, [2], 84 pp. Full description
€ 650
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"Confidential"

[INDIA – ARMY, GENERAL STAFF BRANCH]. Operations in Waziristan 1919-1920. Confidential. Compiled by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, 1921.
Calcutta, Superintendent of Government Printing, 1921. 8vo. With frontispiece, 31 plates, 7 maps (3 in pocket on inside of back board), and 8 panoramas, mostly folding.Contemporary half calf, green cloth sides, gold-stamped red spine labels. X, 187, [1] pp. Full description
€ 2,800
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Critical survey of Dutch mercantile activities in Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka

[INDONESIA - INDIA - SRI LANKA]. Nederlandsch India, in haaren tegenwoordigen toestand beschouwd; of waar en gronding berigt van haare regeering, derzelver bestier en handelingen; haare bezittingen; haare militie; haar kwijnenden handel, zeevaart, enz.
Batavia [= Amsterdam?], [1780?]. 8vo. With a decoration on the title page, headpiece and factotum all built up from rococo typographic ornaments. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. 80 pp. Full description
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Very rare Italian edition of a famous text on asceticism

INNOCENT III (Pope) and Pietro LAURO. Il disprezzo del mondo opera bellissima & utile e necessaria a cadauno Christiano. Novamente di Latino in volgar tradotta per Pietro Lauro Modonese. Con la tavola de tuute le materie e capitoli che sono ne lopera[!].
Venice, Comin de Trino di Monferrato, 1543. 8vo. With a woodcut illustration on the title page, which is repeated at the end, and 12 decorated woodcut initials. Modern gold tooled half red morocco. 29, [1], [2 blank] ll. Full description
€ 4,500
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Rare publications from the 1970s, criticising Israel

[ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT]. [7 publications about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict].
Beirut, Bern, New York and Moscow, [various publishers], 1968-1983.
Comprising (in chronological order):
(1) ARAB INFORMATION CENTER. Israeli expansionism. New York, [ca 1970].
(2) L'AGENCE DE PRESSE NOVOSTI. Proche-orient: la voie d'une paix juste. Moscow, 1970.
(3) PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION. Israel's policy towards Palestinians, 25 years of terrorism. Beirut, [ca. 1973].
(4) ARAB INFORMATION CENTER. The Arab-Israeli conflict. A brief presentation. New York, 1974.
(5) ASSOCIATION SUISSE-ARABE. Israel et la torture. Bern, 1977.
(6) ADAMS, Michael. Israel's treatment of the Arabs in the occupied areas (2x). New York, [1977].
(7) UNITED NATIONS. Commitee on the exercise of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. New York, 1983.
8 volumes (7 publications). Varying from 16.5 x 9.5 cm to ca. 23 x 15.5 cm. With maps and black-and-white photographic illustrations in some of the publications. All in their original printed paper wrappers. Full description
€ 600
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1970s Palestine support

[ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT]. [Collection of publications from organisations around the world who support Palestine, from the 1970s]
Beirut, Paris, and San Francisco, [various publishers], 1968-1975.
Comprising (in chronological order):
(1) LE COMITÉ D'INFORMATION DES FEMMES ARABES DES "AMIS DE JERUSALEM". Faits et réalités. Le problème Palestinien, No. 2, Avril 1968.
(2) THE LEBANESE ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION ON PALESTINE. Facts. Today in the Middle East, No. 5, June-July 1974. Beirut, 1974.
(3) IDEM. Facts. Today in the Middle East, No. 6, August 1974. Beirut, 1974.
(4) IDEM. Facts. Today in the Middle East, No. 7, October 1974. Beirut, 1974.
(5) CALIFORNIA MIDDLE EAST PEACE COALITION. The Middle East peace organizer April 1975. San Francisco, 1975.
(6) IDEM. The Middle East peace organizer June 1975. San Francisco, 1975.
(7) IDEM. The Middle East peace organizer August 1975. San Francisco, 1975.
(8) IDEM. The Middle East peace organizer Sept. - Oct. 1975. San Francisco, 1975.
(9) EUROPEAN COORDINATING COMMITEE OF FRIENDSHIP WITH THE ARAB WORLD. Eurabia, no. 3, October 1975. Paris, 1975.
9 volumes (4 publications). All approximately A4-sized (ca. 28 x 22 cm). Original printed paper wrappers, stapled. Full description
€ 750
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An overview of the history of Zionism throughout the 20th century

[ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT - ZIONISM]. [Collection of publications concerning Zionism].
London and New York, [various publishers], 1936-1983.
Comprising (in chronological order):
(1) HECHALUTZ ORGANISATION OF ENGLAND. Palestine, its pioneers, its problems. London, 1936.
(2) THE LEAGUE FOR LABOR PALESTINE. [Call to the American Jewish community] (2x). New York, [1930s].
(3) AMERICAN ZIONIST COUNCIL. Israel and the Arab refugees. New York, [1951].
(4) CECIL, John. Israel, Palestine and the Middle East: fact not fancy. New York, 1960s.
(5) UNITED NATIONS. Israeli settlements in Gaza and the West Bank (including Jerusalem). Their nature and purpose. New York, 1982.
6 volumes (5 publications). The United Nations publication contains 2 maps of Israeli settlements in Gaza and the West Bank. All in their original printed paper wrappers. Full description
€ 950
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