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Lithograph, 57 x 84 cm (22.4 x 33 inches) (soft folds with tiny tears, but overall in a good condition).

Mapka narodowościowa i polityczna obszarów b. W. Ks. Litewskiego [Title on the Map] [National and Political Map of the Areas of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, with a Statistical Table]   A demographic map of Lithuania, showcasing various population of the area, made by a member of Provisional Political Committee of Kaunas Land, which supported the union of historical…

  [Arşın mal alan. 3. tab'ı / The Cloth Peddlar. 3. Edition]   Lyrics to the legendary Azerbaijani early comic and romantic operetta by the first composer of an opera in the Islamic world, Uzeyir Hajibeyov.   8°. 53 pp. with portrait on the first page, rear wrappers with cover in Russian, later green cloth with title in small gold…

A large-format satirical pamphlet in Latin, written by German early art historian and author on scientific books on many subjects, including on the Jews in China, and Arabic and Chinese literature, Christoph Gottlieb von Murr (1733 - 1811).   Folio, [8 pp.] with 2 woodcuts, unbound (soft folds, repairs to the spine, tiny tears in margins, slightly dusty, sporadic annotations…

  A pair of rare ephemeral Iranian pulp magazines with stunning design was published by Mostafa Alamouti, who would become an esteemed journalist, politician and after the Revolution a valuable source of the recent history.  

[İncil-i Şerîf. Matta, Markus, Luka, Yuhanna / Sharif Bible. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John]   A translation of the Gospels in Uzbek from 1913.   8°, title page, 359 pp., later green cloth binding with gilt title on the spine, embossed gilt name of the collector on the cover, original “Printed in Leipzig” rubber stamp on the title page verso (minor…

8°. [4] titles, introduction and illustration, 155 pp., [5 pp.] original illustrated wrappers (wrappers with wear mostly to the spine and minor water staining in the lower part of the back cover, rear sheets with minor water-staining in the lower part, first page with minor foxing, otherwise in a good condition).

  8°. [2] title, 150 pp., [2] blank, original illustrated wrappers (wrappers with minor staining, minor water-staining in the margins in the first part, otherwise a seemingly unread copy).

The Artist and The Revolution. An Artist in The Russian Revolution: Notes by an Artist - A text on the role of the art and artists in Russia and the changes of their roles through the revolution was written by a Russian immigrant in Berlin, Georgy Kreskentievich Lukomsky (1884–1952).   12°. 95 pp., original wrapper with lettering (wrappers with light…

  Two volumes bound-in-one. 8°. 96 pp., 128 pp., contemporary marbled paper binding with a flap, Dark brown goat spines (age-toned and stained, small tears in marginsold annotations in black ink in margins, sporadic words underlined in red and black ink, old bookseller’s stamps, hand-written title in lower edge, binding scuffed, rubbed and with small loss of material, corners rubbed…

  [Pious and Christian Prayers with Other Prayers, First , Given to the Light by Many Precious, Serious, Learned Men, Endowed with Abundant Gifts by the Holy Spirit …]   A rare book of prayers in Czech language, written for the Protestant milieu of Bohemia, was published on the eve of the Battle of White Mountain, that sealed the future…

  The New Testament, The Book Attributed to Our Lord Jesus Christ     A stellar example of the first printed Ottoman translation of the New Testament, by a Polish musician Wojciech Bobowski, also known as Ali Ufki. Printed in Paris with Arabic types, previously used in Napoleon’s Cairo press. A fine example form the library of a French diplomat,…