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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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PRISONER EXCHANGE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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[AMERICAN REVOLUTION / LOUIS XVI] Anonymous. Cartel pour l’échange général de tous les prisonniers pris en mer, entre la France & la Grande-Bretagne, & amenés en Europe. Paris, L’Impremerie Royale, 1780.
First edition of this list of maritime prisoners exchanged between France and England during the American Revolution.
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[TOBACCO] GAVELLI, Niccolo. Storia distinta e curiosa del tabacco; concernente la sua scoperta, la introduzione in Europa, e la maniera de coltivarlo, conservarlo, e prepararlo, ec. Per servirsene, con alter ottime, ed utili osservazioni sopra il medesimo. Pesaro, Stamperia Gavelliana, 1759.
First edition, second state, of this rare work on growing, curing, packaging and selling tobacco, written for the benefit of farmers in the Papal States who had two years earlier been given permission to cultivate it.
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“A Son Honoreth His Father” (Malachi 1:6)
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MATHER, Samuel. The Life of the Very Reverend & Learned Cotton Mather. Boston, for Samuel A. Gerish, 1729.
First edition of this classic of American hagiography, the life of the most celebrated and prolific New England pastor, Cotton Mather, by his son Samuel.
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MEDINA’S MANUAL OF COMPASS-NAVIGATION, IN FRENCH
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MEDINA, Pedro (de) / NICOLAI, Nicolas (de). L'art de nauiguer de Maistre Pierre de Medine, Espaignol : contenant toutes les reigles, secrets, & enseignemens necessaire, à la bonne nauigation, traduict de castillan en Françoys…. Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1554.
Very rare first edition of the first significant practical treatise on trans-Atlantic navigation in French.
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