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ALVARES, Francisco. Historia de las Cosas de Etiopia, en la qual se Cuenta muy copiosamente, el estado y potécia del Emperador della, (que es el que muchos an pesado ser el Preste Juan)... Antwerp, Juan Steelsius, 1557.
Rare first Spanish language edition of one of the earliest detailed reports on Ethiopia available to Europeans: “incomparably more detailed than any earlier account of Ethiopia that has survived, it is also a very important source for Ethiopian history, for it was written just before the country was devastated by the Moslem Somali and pagan Galla invasions of the second quarter of the 16th century.” -- Hakluyt Society I., p. 12.
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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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Eye-Witness Account Of Missionary Work In The American South
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BADIN, Stephen Theodore (attributed). Origine et Progrde la Mission du Kentucky, (ats-Unis d'Amque); par un Temoin Oculaire. Paris, Le Cl, 1821.
Second edition, appearing the same year as the first, of this eye-witness account of missionary work in the American south.
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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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