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Convent of San Francisco, Manila
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Anonymous. CONVENT OF SAN FRANCISCO, MANILA. Manila, 18th century..
Handsomely executed painting of the Franciscan convent of San Francisco in Manila, with a view of what was very likely a medicinal garden, with nuns strolling about.
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Bartoli's Asia
3 Volumes Devoted To Asia And Japan
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BARTOLI, Daniello. Dell Istoria della Compagnia di Giesu. L'Asia descritta dal P. Daniello Bartoli della medesima Compagnia. Parte Prima; Il Giappone. Seconda Parte dell'Asia; La Cina. Terza Parte dell'Asia. Rome, Varese, 1660 1663 1667.
The very rare third, enlarged, and best edition of Bartoli's L'Asia descritta.
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The 'Most Complete Edition'
With 49 Engraved Maps And Views
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BEAUVAU, Henri de. Relation iournaliere du voyage du Levant. Nancy, Iacob Garnich, 1619.
A genuine and attractive copy of Beauvau's 1605 expedition through Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine and Egypt, one of the most substantially illustrated French travelogues of the first half of the 17th century relating to the Near East.
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16th-Century Merchant's Account
Of Japan, China, The Philippines
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CARLETTI, Francesco. Ragionament i... sopra le cose da lui vedute ne' suoi viaggi si dell'Indie Occidentali, e Orientali Come d'altri Paesi. Florence, Stamperia di Giuseppe Manni, 1701.
Scarce first edition and fine copy of this belatedly published account of a circumnavigation made by a Florentine merchant in 1594-1602 and of great interest as a 16th-century eyewitness account of Japan, China, the Philippines and sundry parts of southern Asia.
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GUERREIRO, Fernao. Relaçam annual das cosas que fizeram os padres da Companhia de Iesus na India, & Japão nos annos de 600. & 601, & do processo da conversão…tirada das cartas geraes que de la vierão pello padre Fernão Guerreiro. Evora, Manoel de Lyra, 1603.
Rare first edition and the first and rarest of this series of Portuguese-language reports from missions overseas, with a decided emphasis on Asia.
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