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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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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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Jesuits Weather the Manchu Invasion
Unpublished Letters From China
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[CHINA] CANEVARI, P. / ALENI, G./ GOUVEA, A. de / Emperor Zhu Yujian. Manila, n.d. after 1647.
Manuscript of THREE EVIDENTLY UNPUBLISHED JESUIT LETTERS, written by members in Fujian province to the Provincial of the Province of the Philippines in the first half of the year 1647, firsthand reports from the volatile period of dynastic transition that saw the weakened Ming dynasty supplanted by invading Manchus.
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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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