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First Italian Edition
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ACOSTA, Jose.. Historia Naturale, e Morale Delle Indie; Scritta Dal R.P... Della Compagnia del Giesu; Nella quale si trattano le cose notabili del Cielo, & de gli Elementi, Metalli, Piante, & Animali di quelle: ... Venice, Bernardo Basa, 1596.
First Italian edition of Acosta's most important book (Spanish editio princeps Seville, 1590).
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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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First Edition Bordone
With The First Appearance Of The First Separate Map Of Japan
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BORDONE, Benedetto di. ISOLARIO di Benedetto Bordone Nel qual si ragiona di tutte l'Isole del mondo, con li lor nomi antichi & moderni, historie, favole, & modi del loro vivere... Venice, [Niccolo Zoppino], 1528.
Rare first edition of the second isolario to be printed and the first to give prominence to the transatlantic discoveries.
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The Most Influential Travel Book Of All Time
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POLO, Marco. Delle merauiglie del mondo. per lui vedute. Del costume di varij paesi, & dello stranio viuer di quelli. Della descrittione de diuersi animali. Del trouar dell'oro, & dell'argento. Venice, Ghirardo & Iseppo Imberti, 1626.
Rare Italian-language edition of Marco Polo's 'Il Milione' -"the most widely rea" version of this classic travelogue.
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The French Take Notice of Indochina
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RHODES, Alexandre de. Relation des progrez de la foy au royaume de la cochinchine vers les derniers quartiers du levant. Paris, Sebastien et Gabriel Cramoisy, 1652.
First French edition of this first-hand account of 17th-century Vietnam (first Italian ed. 1650), which played an important role in fostering French interest in the region.
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