Catalogue 36
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The Second Japanese Embassy to Europe
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AMATI, Scipione. Historia del regno di Voxu del Giapone, dell, antichita, nobilta, e valore del suo re Idate Masamune... Rome, Giacomo Mascardi, 1615.
Very rare FIRST EDITION of this critical source for THE SECOND JAPANESE MISSION TO EUROPE of 1614, a Franciscan public relations event that sought to repeat the success of the first mission of 1585, which had been brilliantly engineered by their rivals the Jesuits and to inspire financial and political support.
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Brazil Comes to France, 1550
The First Work on Brazil Written in French
The Fourth Known Copy Printed in Vellum
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Anonymous. Cest la dedvction du sumptueux ordre plaisantz spectacles et magnifiqves theatres dresses, et exhibes par les citoiens de Rouen ville Metropolitaine du pays de Normandie, A la sacree Maiest'u Treschristian Roy de France, Henry sec.. Rouen, Jean Le Prest for Robert Le Hoy and Jean du Gord, 1551.
Rare and one of two complete luxury copies, printed on vellum and illuminated, of this work describing the earliest festival exhibiting the European experience in the New World.
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Ten Centuries of Turkish History
With 41 Woodcut Figures
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[TURKEY/COSTUME] Anonymous. Neu er'etes Amphitheatrum Turcicum, worinnen der kern T'cher geschichten, von grundsetzung ihrer religion und reiches... biss auf die allerneueste und gegenwartige zeiten beschrieben... Erfurt, gedruckt und verlegt von Johann Michael Funcken, 1724.
Rare illustrated history of Turkey, featuring 41 charming woodcuts of costumed military, religious and artisanal figures. The wide-ranging history of the Ottoman Empire and its antecedents begins with the birth of the "devil prophet Muhamed" in the sixth century, and continues up until the date of the work's publication, 1724.
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The Mines and Mores of Eastern Europe
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BROWN[E], Edward. Relation de plusieurs Voyages faits en Hongrie, Servie, Bulgarie, Macedoine, Thesalie, Austriche, Styrie, Carinthie, Carniole & Friuli. . . Paris, Gervais Clouzier, 1674.
Scarce first French edition (expanded from the 1673 English original) of an early illustrated British travelogue to southeastern Europe and Greece
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The Siege of Rhodes
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CAO[U]RSIN, Guillaume. Obsidionis Rhodiae urbis descriptio. Rome, Eucharius Silber, 1482.
Rare early incunable edition of this eyewitness account of the first siege of Rhodes, a dramatic encounter in the summer of 1480 during which the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem successfully withstood a Turkish army of 70,000 for more than two months. The Obsidionis Rhodie, written by the vice-chancellor of the Order, ranks alongside the Columbus letter as one of the earliest incunable publications on a contemporary event.
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