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  Exceedingly rare – 1 of only 3 known examples - the first edition of the first book of poetry published in Mozambique, featuring verses written by Arthur Serrano, one of Mozambique’s leading early journalists, the Deputy Mayor of Lourenço Marques (Maputo) and a protégé of José da Silva Campos de Oliveira, the colony’s ‘first poet’; printed in the Ilha…

  Very rare – the definitive report on the Central Provinces and Berar Cholera Epidemic of 1868, written by Dr. Stephen Townsend, the region’s top medical officer; this outbreak of cholera drew great attention as it occurred in the Nagpur-Jubbulpore corridor on the eve of India’s first trans-peninsular railway being completed the area, while the epidemic was unusual as it…

  Extremely rare – the foundational modern map of Burma, being the first realistic general map of the country, as well as a monument of early lithography in India; the very large format work was published in Calcutta by the Asiatic Lithographic Press during the height of the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-6), it served as an invaluable strategic aid for…

A fine example of the first edition of a magnificent, illustrated work on time and astronomy by one of the greatest Ottoman military leaders Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Paşa, printed in Cairo by the Bulaq Press.

  A thick manual on the Islamic law by Muhammed Seid Serdarević (1882 -1918), a Müderris (teacher) at the Sultan Ahmed's Madrasa in Zenica, is one of the first such books, written in Arebica. I was written in Zenica in 1917 and published after the author’s death with an epilogue by the editor Džemaluddin Čaušević.  

  An amazing survivor - a large format working manuscript sea chart of Brazil’s Rio Pará Estuary, leading to the port of Belém, a great trading port of tropical cash crops that was the gateway to the Amazon; the chart was obviously drafted by one of the many British merchant mariners who frequented Belém during the 1820s, during the heady…

  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.  

  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.  

  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.  

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

  A charming and ephemeral Portuguese lunisolar calendar, which form has survived until today in a modern publication called Borda d'Água, named after the alleged first author of this work.  

A rare book of the Octoechos and other hymns for Arabic-speaking members of the Greek Orthodox Church, printed early at the Patriarchal Press of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.