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A Concise Introduction to the Study of the Malagasy Language as spoken in Imerina. By W.E. Cousins, missionary of the London Missionary Society. Antananarivo.
- 1,500.00€
- A very rare and important landmark of the study of the Malagasy language and early printing in Madagascar, being a comprehensive grammar of Malagasy made by the Reverend William Edward Cousins, who was one of the leading figures in the 1860s revival of Western and missionary and activity in Madagascar and one of the most prolific authors and connoisseurs of…
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ARMENIA / SOVIET ARMENIA / ATLAS: Հայկական Սովետական Սոցիալիստական Ռեսպուբլիկայի Ատլաս [Atlas of the Armenian Socialist Republic].
- 1,400.00€
- A Armenian language edition of the first thematic atlas of Armenia; one of the most impressive and engaging works of Soviet scientific cartography, featuring 97 full-page, full-colour plates of sophisticated maps plus diagrams covering virtually all aspects of the geography, geology, economy, transport and demographics of the Armenian SSR; predicated upon years of careful research and draughtsmanship by the Armenian…
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Armenian Manual on Sexuality for Men: ՄՏԵՐԻՄ ԶՐՈՒՅՑՆԵՐ ՍԵՌԱԿԱՆ ԿԵԱՆՔԻ ՄԱՍԻՆ.
- 750.00€
- [Confidential Conversations about Sexual Life]. A rare manual on sexuality and impotence, printed in the Armenian Language in Istanbul. 8°: 223 pp., original illustrated wrappers (good, wrappers with minor staining and small tears and tiny loss of paper to spine, minor old annotation in blalck ink on the cover).
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- Europe, Germany, Maps and Prints, Others
BATTLE OF ZORNDORF (1758): Карта положение медь между Город б. ландсберхомъ. [Map of the position between the city of Landsberg…]
- 2,800.00€
- An exquisitely rendered Russian manuscript map of the Battle of Zorndorf (August 25, 1758), a critical showdown of the Seven Years’ War, and one of the most ferocious altercations of the entire conflict, during which Frederick the Great’s forces narrowly prevented the Russians from marching upon Berlin; in beautiful bright hues of watercolour and wash, and with all text in…
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DATA VIZUALIZATION / GEORGIAN BRITAIN: Perspective Chronology of the Reign of George the Third.
- 1,800.00€
- A very rare and sophisticated work of data visualization celebrating the long and eventful reign of King George III, which saw Britain become the foremost global superpower, at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution; composed of series of centric circles that chronologically contextualize a vast amount of information, prepared by the London engraver Nathaniel Rogers Hewitt for the popular publisher…
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- Bible, Books, Others, Ottoman Books, Turkica
First Printed Bible in Ottoman Language: Kitab al-Ahd al-Atiq. Kitab al-Ahd al-Jedid. Also: Kitâbü’l-ahde’l-cedide’l-mensub ilâ Rabbina İsa El-Mesih… also: Kitāb al-Ahd al-Atīq ; Kitab ül-ahd ül-cedid also: Kitâb-ı Mukaddes / The Bible [lit. The Holy Book] also: Biblia Turcica
- 2,800.00€
- The first printed translation of the Bible into Ottoman language and the basics for all the later Turkish translations of the text. Printed in Paris with 17th century Arabic types, previously used in Napoleon’s Cairo press and one of the most elegant types made in the West. Two volumes in one. 4°. [4 pp.], 7 pp., 984 pp. [2…
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- Americas, Maps and Prints, Others, South America
Guyana – Georgetown Urban Masterplan: DIRECTORATE OF OVERSEAS SURVEYS (GREAT BRITAIN). Greater Georgetown / Guyana. / North Sheet [and] South Sheet.
- 1,200.00€
- An exceedingly detailed, very large masterplan of Georgetown, then the capital of British Guiana (today Guyana), amazingly defining every property lot, outlining and labeling every major building, depicting all parks and recreational facilities, and delineating every street and alleyway, being one of the most ‘panoptic’ of all West Indian city maps of its era; created by the Directorate of Overseas…
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Hydrotherapy: Kaplica Risalesi / Pamphlet on Hot Springs
- 1,400.00€
- 8°: 98 pp., (some leaves mispaginated, but complete) lithographed text written in Nastaliq, 1 folding lithographed view, 1 folding lithographed map, original green printed boards (boards slightly scuffed, stained and with small loss of paper, small wormholes in the inner margins, otherwise in a good, clean condition).
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JAPANESE MEIJI WORLD MAP: 萬國明細全圖 / 改訂新版. [Kaisei shinpan bankoku meisai zenzu / Detailed Map of the World / Revised New Edition].
- 1,200.00€
- A rare and highly decorative Meiji Era World Map, an important landmark in the Japanese adoption of Western cartographic methods, as it one of the first Japanese maps to feature charts showing the comparative heights of the world’s main mountains and the lengths of its longest rivers, clearly used for pedagogic purposes, fulfilling the major Meiji changes to the Japanese…
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Kızıl Pilot [Red Pilot: Memoirs of a Soviet Airman]
- 140.00€
- 12°. 160 pp., contemporary red patterned boards, original cover mounted on the front board (old signature on the title page, otherwise in a good condition).
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