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  A rare separately published collection of a punk poetry by a Slovenian poet of Bosnian-Croatian origins Esad Babačić.   Long 4°. [24 pp.] copied typescript with black and white illustrations, text starting on the inner side of the wrappers, original card wrappers with illustrated covers, stapled (Very Good, wrappers with minor staining).  

An early lithographed Quran of the Qajar period with striking hand-made illumination, giving the book appearance of a traditional manuscript.   [Persia:] 1267 [1850/51, 1851, commentaries, dated on the last page], 1268 [1851/52, 1852, hand-written date in red ink on the bottom of the last page, next to illuminator’s name], 1278 and 1285 [1862 and 1869, hand written dates of…

  Translations of Chinese poems involving motifs of spring by Richard Wilhelm, with handsome original silk binding with Chinese floral pattern.  

  A collection of 20 poems was translated from Chinese to German by Richard Wilhelm. The images included in the book were sourced from various publications and were likely mounted by the author himself or by his circle. The illustrations and their number vary (we could trace between 3 and 6 illustrations) among the different examples of the title.  

  This text, translated from a Chinese source, focuses on personal development, inner peace, understanding one’s life goals, and fostering love for humanity. It emphasizes the importance of organized thoughts, a tidy home, and an orderly environment around our living spaces.  

  Two volumes of rare pamphlets, likely given as gifts to the members of Christ's Church in Tsingtao after World War I, reflect a significant period for the German community in China. During uncertain times, especially with thousands of men still imprisoned in Japanese POW camps, the evangelical church served as a vital center for support.  

  An attractive pictorial map of Québec and the Gaspé Peninsula was published by the Québec-Gaspé Péninsula Hotel-Motel Association for the summer holidays of 1966. 

  [Tercüman-ı Hakikat ve Musavver Servet-i Fünûn / Interpreter of Truth and Servet-i Fünun] A special edition of a cultural magazine with a first modern Ottoman article on the quarantine by a prominent author Ahmet Mithat Small Folio, 158 pp., [2 pp.] index, [8 pp.] with portraits printed recto only, original green boards with imperial insignia, later black cloth spine…

Samuel HOLLAND (1728 - 1801). London: William Faden, April 12th, 1813.   Copper engraving with original outline hand colour, dissected into 21 sections and mounted upon original linen, Faden’s printed pastedown label to verso, folding into original marbled card slipcase with printed pastedown title label to upper cover (Good, some toning and staining, slipcase worn with some old stains from…

  An important, gargantuan map of Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula, predicated on the surveys of the Bahamian-born cartographer Gerald George Dunlevie, published in Toronto for the Canada’s Crown Land Office, serving as the official blueprint for the administration of the region during a generation of transformative change.  

  The first comprehensive printed scientific survey of the Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac St. Jean Region, taken during a time of transformative change, commissioned by Canada’s Crown Land Office, printed in Toronto in 1857.

  A historically important, gargantuan map of Canada East (Quebec), commissioned by the Canada’s Crown Land Office as a strategic blueprint to manage the government’s numerous infrastructure, settlement and economic development.