Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards

Date:
1937
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/5/46
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE EAST BEFORE 1750—continued. DESCRIPTION OF TIBET, 1625-26. 227 Veiga (Manoel da) Retacam geral do estado da CHRISTANDADE de Eruiop1a . . . & do que de novo socedeo no descobrimeto do Thybet, a que chamam, gram catayo, FIRST EDITION, sm. 4to., orzgznal vellum, Lisbon, 1628 L9 IMPORTANT FOR THE FACT THAT THIS WORK CONTAINS THE EARLIEST AUTHENTIC INFORMATION ABOUT TIBET, 1625-26. The account of Tibet is based on reports sent home by Father Antonio Andrade and consists of forty-four pages. 228 Vincent (William) Peripius of the EryTHREAN Sea, containing an Account of the Navigation of the Ancients, maps and portrait, 2 vols in one, 4to., hf. calf, 1800-05 229 The VoyacE of Nrarcuvs, from the Indus to the Euphrates. . . con- taining an Account of the First Navigation attempted by Europeans in the Indian Ocean, front. and 6 maps, 4to., calf, rebacked, 1797 18s 230 Xavier.—La Vie du Pere FRANCOIS XAVIER, Premier de la Compagnie de Jesus qui a porte l’Evangile aux Indes et au Jappon, par H. Turselin, thk. sm. 8vo., vellum, Douat, 1608 £2 The Lirk of St. FRANCIS XAVIER, of the Socruty of Jesus, Apostle of the Indies and of Japan, written in French by Father Dominick Bohours . . trans. into English, by Mr. [John] Dryden, FIRST EDITION, with a portrait and folding map, sm. 8vo., calf, rebacked, 1688 £2 10s 231 232 Ziegler (Jacob) TERRAE SANCTAE, quam Palaestinam nominant, Syriae, Arabiae, Aegypti Schondiae doctissima descriptio, etc., with 8 interesting double-page maps, folio, vellum, Strassburg, 1536 416 233 Zuallardo (Giovanni) Il pEvorisstmo Viaccio di GERUSALEMME.. . 1586, FIRST EDITION, finely engraved title, portrait and 50 fine vignette views, includ- ang Venice, Cyprus, Jaffu, Jerusalem, the Holy Sepulchre Church, d&c., sm. 4to., contemporary vellum, Rome, 1587 £2 10s GENERAL WORKS. 234 Alexander (Lieut. J. E.) Travers from Inp1a to ENGLAND, comprehending a Visit to the Burman Empire and a Journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, &c., 1825-26, portrait, maps and plates, those of costume COLOURED, 4to., calf, rebacked, 1827 £1 5s 235 ‘‘ Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, ' China and Australasia,” New Serizs, Vols. 1 to 11, 8vo., Af. calf (two joints weak), 1830-33 £1 10s Includes many interesting articles on Oriental languages, customs, &c., most of which have not been reprinted. 236 Asiatic Researches, or TRANSACTIONS of the Society InsTITUTED in BENGAL for InqurrRInG into the History of ANTIQUITIES, ARTS, SCIENCES and LITERATURE of ASIA, numerous plates, Vols. 1 to 6, 4to., hf. calf, 1799-1801 £1 4s ‘Asiatic Review,” from 1908 to 1926, in 92 parts, 8vo., wrappers, as issued, 1908-26 (pub. £23) 45 238 Beaumont (R.) Carrets and Rues, diagrams, illusts. in the text, and 14 co- loured plates, roy. 8vo., cl., 1924 £1
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