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THE MANDEVILLE OF HIS DAY
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[JAPAN] MENDES PINTO, Ferdinand / tr. FIGUIER, Bernard. Les Voyages Avantageux ... . Paris, Mathurin Henault, 1628.
Rare first French edition of the earliest written eyewitness account of Japan, by the adventurer, pirate, missionary and mercenary who was among the first Europeans to visit that country.
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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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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 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.
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Pay Me My £25,000
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[PHILIPPINES] DRAPER, Sir WILLIAM. Col.. Draper's answer to the Spanish Arguments, claiming the Galeon, and refusing payment of the ransom bills, for preserving Manila from pillage and destruction; in a letter addressed to the Earl of Halifax. London, J. Dodsley, 1764.
Scare first edition of this document relating to the British occupation of Manila during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1762-3, and an interesting case of international law.
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