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Bartoli's Asia
3 Volumes Devoted To Asia And Japan


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.
$18,500


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The 'Most Complete Edition'
With 49 Engraved Maps And Views


BEAUVAU, Henri de. Relation iournaliere du voyage du Levant faict & descrit par... Henry de Beauvau, Baron di dict lieu... Nancy, Iacob Garnich, 1619.

An 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.
$25,000


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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.
$22,000


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"The Prince of Travelers" With 31 Full-Page Engravings


VALLE, Pietro della. Reiss-Beschreibung in unterschiedliche Theile der Welt, nemlich in T, Egypten, Palestina, Persien, Ost-Indien und andere weit entlegene Landschaften. Geneva, Johann Herman Widerhold, 1674.

First German edition of Della Valle's account of his 11-year pilgrimage to Turkey, India and the Middle East, published as a series of 54 letters.
$5,850


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