Catalogue 48

Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books

Travel, Language, Fashion, Design, Toys & Paper

PA RT I.  Travel & Language

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1. [A MERICA N COLON Y IN JERUSA LEM]

WHITING, JOHN D. / L ARSSON, HOL L ARS (later LEWIS) (Photogr.): Samaritanernas påskfest i ord och bild. Bibliska blods­ offer i våra dagar. Uppsala 1917. € 540 Tall 4to. Pp. 55, (3). With 80 photographic plates. Original paper-covered boards, calf spine with title label. Upper cov­ er decorated in gilt and with title label. Comprises illustra­ tions from Samaria including views, people and ceremonial scenes from the Holy Mountain of Gerissim photographed by Lewis Larsson, skilled Swedish photographer. The ac­ companying text is written by John Whiting. They both belonged to the utopian Christian sect called the Ameri­ can Colony formed by religious pilgrims who emigrated to Jerusalem from the US and Sweden. The text has been translated into Swedish from the author’s manuscript (in English) by Ernst Klein. Prefaces by Selma Lagerlöf and Sven Hedin. Published in a limited edition of 300 copies, of which this is no. 102.

2. BJÖRNSTÅHL, JACOB JONAS / TINGSTADIUS, JOHAN ADA M (Resp.): Decalogus hebraicus ex arabica dialecto illustratus. Primam partem. Upsala 1763. € 240 4to. Pp. (iv), 45, (1). Disbound. Björnståhl (1731–79), re­ nowned Swedish orientalist and linguist. He died in Thes­ saloniki in 1779. This is his doctoral thesis.

3. BÓRRI, CRISTOFORO: An Account of Cochin-China. Two parts in one vol­ ume. [London 1744]. € 700 Folio. Pp. 699–743, (1). Old half cloth on marbled paper boards, spine faded. This is an anonymous abridged Eng­ lish translation of Bórri’s popular account of Cochin-China, an extract from Churchill’s “Collection of Voyages and Travels” (first 1704). Originally published in Italian at Rome in 1631. The account comprises two parts; the first cover­ ing the current state of the kingdom including information about the name, climate, natural history, animals, customs

and manners, government, wars, and trade and ports. The second part is devoted to the spiritual state dealing with the conversion of Cochin-China’s elites, missionary activities and the “spiritual” needs of the people. Cristoforo Bórri, an Italian scientist, spent four years with the Jesuit mission in Cochin-China between 1616 and 1621. Cf Cordier BI 1918–19.

4. BOTERO, GIOVANNI: Le relationi universali di Giovanni Botero Benese, di­ vise in quattro parti. Venetia, Giorgio Angelieri, 1596.  € 4 800

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4to. Contains: Parts i:1–2; ii, iii and iv in one volume. Pp. (xxx), 192, 80, 193–240; (xvi), 152; 183, table (9); (xvi), 79. In our copy the second volume of part one (i:2) is bound be­ tween libros iii and iv of part one. The second part is print­ ed by Giacomo Vincenti and the third by Gio. Battista Us­ sio. With engraved vignettes on title pages and four double page engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The map of Africa is strengthened at inner margins, with a hole, and faded in a few places. The map of America is browned (due to paper quality), with tear at fold and an­ other small tear without any loss, frayed at outer margins. The other two maps are fine. Some old annotations and underlinings in ink in the first part. Some staining and age browning, more severe in places. Contemporary vellum, stained, with title in manuscript on spine. Bookplate. Early edition of Botero’s famous work; a political and geographi­ cal description of different countries around the known world at the time. First published at Rome in 1591–93, re­ issued many times and translated into several languages. Giovanni Botero (1533–1617), Jesuit and Italian ecclesiastic, was secretary to Bishop Carlo Borromeo, and later to Arch­ bishop Frederico Borromeo. He was considered to be one of the greatest economists of his time and this work has been considered the beginning of demographic studies. Borba de Moraes i, 101. Index Aurel. 122726. Cf Sabin ii, 3370.

5. BR A A M HOUCKGEEST, ANDREAS

EVER ARDUS VAN:

An Authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, of the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Years 1794 and 1795; (subsequent to that of the Earl of Macartney), Containing a Description of Several Parts of the Chinese Empire, unknown to Eu­ ropeans ... Two volumes. London, Printed for R. Phil­ lips, 1798. € 1 500

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Pp. lii, 288; (ii), 324. With one folding engraved map (foxed, two small tears, one restored at rear). Without the adver­ tising lvs. Contemporary tree calf, flat spines ruled in gilt and with red title labels, marbled edges, lightly rubbed. Old ownership signature on titles. Some minor browning in parts and/or spotting but overall a very pleasant copy.

Scarce first English edition translated from the second French edition by M.L. Moreau de Saint-Méry. The original manuscript was written in Dutch, translated into French and first published at Philadelphia in 1797–8. Braam Houck­ geest was a Dutch-American merchant who had served as supercargo of the Dutch East India Company in Canton and Macao. He accompanied the embassy to China in 1794–5 together with Isaac Titsingh and Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes. Of the three accounts treating the embassy, Braam Houckgeest’s work is considered the most compre­ hensive and also the most interesting. (Löwendahl). His account contains a detailed and accurate description of several parts of China not previously visited by Europeans. Cordier BS 2351. See Löwendahl 700.

6. [BURMA – MISSIONARY IMPRINT] Shan Spelling Book. ... Rangoon, American Mission Press, C. Bennett 1869. € 600 Tall 8vo. Pp. (24). Text printed within decorated printed border. Stitched as issued. English title page with woodcut vignette, otherwise printed in Burmese characters. First four leaves with small paper loss at outer edge (no text loss). First edition. A rare survival. Only one library copy found (British Library but dated 1889). Provenance: Colo­ nel Philip Vigors (1825–1903) who served in the XIX regi­ ment in Burma. With his signature on title, dated 19th Oct. 1870.

7. [BUTLER, WEEDEN]: The Indian Vocabulary. To which is Prefixed the Forms of Impreachments. London, Printed for the Stockdale, 1788. € 5 800 Small 8vo. Pp. xvi, 136. An interleaved copy with many ad­ ditional words in a contemporary hand. Without advertise­ ment (pp. 14) at end. Contemporary catspaw calf, flat spine with red morocco title label, rubbed, hinges restored. First edition of a rare work which was published to provide ex­ planations of Indian words for those interested in following the trial of the governor general of British India, Warren Hastings (1732–1818). Presumably many of the words were printed here for the first time. What makes this copy excep­ tional is that an insider, probably R. Gardner, an East India employee, has added numerous annotations – on more than 100 pages – including significant words and translations in his own hand. The Impeachment of Hastings was a failed attempt to bring down Hastings in the Parliament of Great Britain between 1788 and 1795. He was accused of miscon­ duct, particularly mismanagement and corruption, during his time in Calcutta. The case dragged on for seven years and the verdict was an overwhelming acquittal. This work was compiled by Rev. Weeden Butler the elder (1742–1823), author and for more than forty years master of a classical school at Chelsea. Provenance: R. Gardner (1795), inscrip­ tion to front free end paper.”The necessity of such a work ... for all gentlemen actually concerned in the affairs of India, or barely desirous to study the history and transactions of that country, has long been universally allowed. The list of words generally printed with publications which relate to the East-Indies, have always been so short and incomplete ... it is from this consideration, of the insufficiency of all vocabularies of Bengal words hitherto published, that the editor ... has been induced ... to collect into one series, all such terms (in whatever publications they lay scattered) as could, by their explanation, in any resepct tend to the elucidating and better understanding of East-India affairs”. (Preface). This vocabulary has an important place in the history of Anglo-Indian linguistics (see Schwarz). At the time the English language was being enriched with words introduced through the employees of the East India Com­ pany. See Schwarz: “Laissez-faire linguistics: grammar and the codes of Empire, in: Critical Enquiry” vol. 23, no. 3, Spring 1997, pp. 509.–35.

8. BUXTORF, JOHANNES AND JOHANNES FILIUS: Lexicon chaldaicum, talmudicum et rabbinicum, in quo omnes voces chaldaicae, talmudicae et rabbini­ cae. Basel, L. König, 1639 (1640).  € 850 Folio. (xii), columns 2680, index 32 lvs. Text in Latin with Roman, Italic, Greek, Hebrew and Gothic type faces. Ar­ ranged according to the Hebrew alphabet. With engraved extra title but issued without the portrait found in some

copies. Contemporary full vellum, title in manuscript on spine, some staining to the covers. Old inscriptions on title and front free endpaper. The first edition of this important dictionary which became a standard reference work for Christian scholars in Jewish studies up to the mid 19th cen­ tury. Johannes Buxtorf the elder (born 1564) devoted his life to the study of Hebrew and rabbinic literature. This dic­ tionary is his last work which he worked on for more than 20 years. After Buxtorf’s death in 1629 his son spent another ten years bringing the manuscript up to date, which result­ ed in an almost new work. Brunet 1432. De Sacy 2666. Fürst i, 138. Smitskamp PO 172. Steinschneider 329.

9. C ANTEMIR, DEMETRIUS: Geschichte des osmanischen Reichs nach seinem An­ wachse und Abnehmen, beschrieben von Demetrie Kantemir, ehemaligen Fürsten in Moldau. Nebst den Bildern der türkischen Kaiser, die ursprünglich von den Gemälden in dem Serai durch des Sultans hof­ maler find abgenommen worden. Aus dem englischen übersetzet. Hamburg, Christian Herold, 1745. € 3 600 4to. Pp. (ii), 64, 1–852, errata (1) + (1). With engraved por­ trait, 22 engraved plates of Sultans by C. Dubosc and one folding engraved map of Constantinople. Title page printed in red and black and with engraved vignette. Contempo­ rary half calf, expertly restored by Bernard Middleton.First German edition of this important work on the Ottoman

Empire. Cantemir became Ottoman governor of Moldavia in 1710. He joined Peter the Great in his campaign against the Turks in 1711 and lived in Russia until his death in 1723. The original Latin manuscript of this work was brought to London after Cantemir’s death by his son Antiochus. It was translated into English and published by Nicolas Tindal in 1734. Atabey 192. Cf Blackmer 281.

10. C AREY, WILLIA M: Adventures in Tibet. Including the Diary of Miss An­ nie R. Taylor’s Remarkable Journey from Tau-Chau to Ta-Chien-Lu through the Heart of the “Forbidden Land”. Boston and Chicago, United Society of Chris­ tian Endeavor, 1901. € 280 Pp. 285. With 75 illustrations of which many made from photographs. Original decorated cloth, lightly stained. First edition. Annie Taylor was a missionary who came to China in 1884 and her mission was to go to Lhasa and save its soul. Disguised as a pilgrim nun she travelled for about seven months but just before reaching Lhasa she was betrayed and had to return. In 1899 William Carey visited Annie who was then running a shop in Yatung. Robinson p. 172. Yakushi C 35a. Middleton, Victorian Lady Travellers, pp. 107–127.

11. ENEM AN, MICHAEL: Resa i Orienten 1711–1712. Two parts in one volume. Upsala, W. Schultz, 1889.  € 320 Pp. (xii), xxii, 246; (ii), 294, (1). Publisher’s blue cloth with gilt lettering, a small restored notch at upper edge on front cover, minor scratch on the back cover. Bookplate (Dr. H.J. Lundgren). Inscription on rear pastedown. First edition of a scarce work. Eneman (1676–1714) was a Swedish oriental­ ist who served as chaplain in King Karl XII’s army. He ac­ companied the king to Poltava and Bender in 1709 and was later sent to Constantinople as legation preacher. For a few years he travelled extensively in the Near and Middle East. He visited Egypt, Arabia, Palestine and Syria, studying mainly the ecclesiastical and political conditions in those countries. Almost 200 years later Uno Nylander published this work based on the manuscripts, for the International Congress of Orientalists in Stockholm 1889. Eneman wrote journals and letters now stored at Upsala University Library and the National Archives. Callmer, in Orientem pp. 23–31.

12. HEDENBORG, JOHAN: Turkiska nationens seder, bruk och klädedrägter. Stockholm, L. J. Hjerta, 1839 (–42). € 900 4to. Pp. 216, content (2). With one lithographed map by Schultén and 47 lithographed plates of which 46 are beau­ tiful hand-coloured costume plates. Two plates slightly smaller in size, probably added from another copy. This copy is without the portrait, which was published separate­

ly and only sometimes bound together with the work. Beau­ tiful contemporary half calf on marbled boards, flat spine decorated in gilt. Bookplate (Tidö). First edition of this very attractive work on Turkey and its customs and manners. It was originally published in twelve separate parts, lim­ ited to about 525 copies. Compiled by Johan Hedenborg, a Swedish natural historian who in 1825 was appointed medi­ cal adviser to the Swedish Ambassador C.G. Löwenhielm in Constantinople. Atabey 567. Blackmer 800. Not in Colas or Lipperheide.

13. HERBELOT, BARTHELEMY D’: Bibliotheque orientale, ou dictionnaire universel con­ tenant généralement tout ce qui regarde la connois­ sance des peuples de l’Orient. Leurs histoires et tradi­ tions veritables ou fabuleuses. Leurs religions, sectes et politique .... Paris, par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1697.  € 1 650 Folio. Pp. (xxxvi), 1059, (1). With title printed in red and black. Woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary full calf, spine with six raised bands, richly decorated in gilt and with title label, worn and hinges cracked, spine ends and corners chipped. Bookplates (of Edouard Montet, French orientalist and Patrick Lort-Phillips) and old inscriptions on front paste down. With some staining. Tiny marginal wormholes in the beginning of the book. First edition of one of the major European works on Orientalism compiled by d’Herbelot and completed by orientalist Antoine Gal­ land after d’Herbelot’s death. D’Herbelot spent thirty years working on this alphabeticallly arranged encyclopaedia of the Orient including much information about Arabic, Per­ sian and Turkish literature and history. It is partly based on the extensive Arabic bibliography (the Kashf al-Zunun) of Hadji Khalfa. A second edition, was published in 1776 and a supplement by Claude de Visdelou in 1780. Cf Atabey 572. Graesse 1216. Zenker i, 1735.

14. IGNATIUS À SANCTO JESUS [LEONELLI, CARLO]: Grammatica linguae persicae. Rome, Sacrae Congre­ gationis de Propaganda Fide, 1661. € 3 000 4to. Pp. (ii), 60. With large engraved vignette on title. Some age browning. Later half calf (about 1790). First edition of this scarce, early grammar of the Persian language. Carlo Leonelli (1596–1667) was an Italian Carmelite missionary who compiled this work during his extensive travels in the Near East, Armenia and Persia. Contains four pages with the Persian alphabet which is printed with the ta’liq types, a cursive form of the common naskhi type, first published in 1633. “It might be one of the four Persian founts which Rai­ mondi is said to have had available at the Medicean Press” (Smitskamp) See PO 196. Diba p. 76. Schwab 863. Vater p. 280. Zenker BO i, 268.

15. [JAPAN – MUSIC]

SAWADA, R.:

Genroku hanami odori. Nagauta – music. Piano solo. AND: YA M ADA, KOSC AK: Rokudan (Koto music) Transcribed for piano. Two volumes. Published by Jujiya Gakkiten, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, 1928 & 1930.  € 380 Folio. (30 x 22.5 cm). Pp. 8 + 8. As issued loose leaves in original coloured pictorial wrappers. Jujiya Gakki-Ten was founded in 1874 as Japan’s first western musical instrument shop, today operating as a flute and harp salon in Ginza, Tokyo.

16. [ JUDSON, ADONIR A M]. WAYL AND, FR ANCIS: A Memoir of the Life and Labors of the Rev. Adoniram Judson. Two volumes. Boston, Phillips, sampson, and Cincinnati: Moore, Anderson, 1853. € 380 Pp. 544; (ii), 522. With one portrait. Publisher’s brown cloth, covers blindstamped and spines lettered in gilt, light wear to spine ends, a few small chips to upper cover of volume two. Armorial bookplate and signatures (Rowland Haz­ ard). Partly with some staining. First edition. Judson was an American Protestant missionary who served in Burma for almost forty years. He published the first Burmese book in Burma in 1818 (Gospel of Matthew) and translated the Bible into Burmese (1835). This biography is based on let­ ters and official correspondence sent to America. Cordier BI 302.

17. KINGDON-WARD, FR ANK (FR ANCIS): The Land of the Blue Poppy. Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet. Cambridge, University Press, 1913.  € 2 200 Pp. xii, 283, (1). With frontispiece, 5 maps and 39 plates with many photographs taken by the author. Publisher’s cloth, somewhat faded. First edition. Frank Kingdon-Ward (1885– 1958) was a British botanist and explorer who participated in about 25 expeditions to Tibet, China, Burma and Assam during a period of nearly 50 years, mainly to collect new species to bring back to England. This work is a narrative of Kingdon-Ward’s expedition in 1911 to the north of Yun­ nan and South-Eastern Tibet to collect plants for the horti­ cultural firm Bees Ltd of Liverpool. He brought back about 200 different specimens of which some proved new to sci­ ence. Unfortunately many of the seeds he introduced were unsuccessful and refused to flower. Among his successful plants were the first viable seed of Meconopsis betonicifolia (Himalayan blue poppy), Primula florindae (giant cowslip) and Rhododendron wardii (a yellow-flowered species). Yakushi (1984) K70.

18. [KOREA] Guide to Keijyo (Seoul) Chosen. April, 1917. [Tokyo], Japan Tourist Branch, Chosen Branch, 1917. € 500 4to. Size: 21 x 23.2 cm. Columns 1–16, two coloured maps, columns 23–32 + one page. Text richly illustrated with pho­ tos. As issued in original pictorial paper wrappers printed in bright colours. Two small marginal tears to lower cover. An informative guide to Keijyo (Seoul), Jinsen, Suigen and Kaijyo with information about hotels, restaurants, markets, museums and places to visit. Korea was under Japanese rule between 1910 and 1945.

19. [L ABROSSE, JOSEPH].

ANGELO (ANGELUS) À S. JOSEPH: ... Gazophylacium linguae Persarum, triplici linguar­ um clavi italicae, latinae, gallicae, nec non specialibus praeceptis ejusdem linguae reseratum. Amsterdam, Ex Officina Janson-Waesberg, 1684. € 3 800

Folio. Pp. (xviii), 18, 473, (1), index (38). With engraved front or extra title, title printed in red and black. Some mi­ nor staining. Uncut copy in contemporary boards, red calf spine. worn. Preserved in a modern blue cloth box. The first proper Persian dictionary to be published. Only preceded by Ravius’ Specimen lexici arabico-persico-latini (Lugd. Bat. 1645) and the Persian section by Golius in Castell’s Lexicon heptaglotton (London 1669). Includes an introduc­ tion mainly based on De Dieu. The dictionary entries are in Italian followed by translations into Latin, French and Persian respectively. Labrosse composed this work during a stay in the Levant between 1664 and 1679. He tried to have his work published in Paris without success but a few years later he arranged the printing himself in Amsterdam. La­ brosse bought the small Arabic types used in this work at the Elzevier sale in 1681. The large Arabic types found on the title page and eight times within the text were cut by Guillaume Le Bé in Paris 1599. These types were used only occasionally in Paris until the end of the 18th century and it seems that this is the only time they were used outside France (Smitskamp). Schwab 672. Smitskamp PO 345. Vater 279.

20. L AWRENCE, THOM AS EDWARD: Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph. London, Jona­ than Cape, 1935. € 2 900 Large 4to. Pp. 672. With four folding maps, 51 full page plates, of which 4 coloured and 3 facsimile manuscripts. Publisher’s quarter morocco on buckram covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, gilt vignette on upper cover, marbled endpapers. Upper edges gilt, others uncut. A few small scratches on upper cover, some spots to outer edges. Origi­ nal dust jacket, with tears and spine partly gone. Housed in a specially made cloth box. First published edition,

limited to 750 copies, of which this is no. 68. The famous autobiographical account by T.E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) of his legendary part in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Turks between the years 1916–18. Lawrence did not believe the text would be of interest to the public in general and at first only allowed limited publications for friends (in 1922) and subscribers (in 1926). Lawrence was very involved in the production of the Seven Pillars. To fi­ nance the project he authorised Jonathan Cape to publish a heavily abridged and simplified version called “Revolt in the Desert” in 1927. The Seven Pillars is lavishly illustrated with photographic plates and portraits from sketches, and folding maps. The illustrators were the best British artists of the day: Wadsworth, Nash, Roberts, Blair Hughes-Stan­ ton, Dobson, William Nicholson and others. Also included a copy of the Times from May 1935 with two pages of edi­ torial about Lawrence, and testimonials from friends and colleagues including David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill. A handsome copy of this noted work, called by Churchill “one of the greatest books ever written in the English language”. O’Brien A041.

21. LEUNCL AVIUS (LÖWENKL AU), JOHANNES: Annales sultanorum othmanidarum, a turcis sua lin­ gua scripti: Hieronymi Beck a Leopoldstorf, Marci fil. studio & diligentia Constantinopoli aduecti MDLI, diuo Ferdinando cæs. opt. max. d.d. iussuque cæs. a. Joanne Gaudier dicto Spiegel, interprete turcico ger­ manice translati... Editio altera. Franckfurt, Andreæ Wecheli heredes, Claudium Marnium, & Ioan. Aubri­ um, 1596. € 4 200 Folio. Pp. 260, index (26) + one blank leaf. With one folding table. Later (beginning of 18th century) full calf, gilt spine with six raised bands, worn, spine ends chipped and hinges cracked. Old inscription on front paste down. Second edi­ tion (first 1588) of this important work on the Ottoman empire, one of the few sources to be available to Europe­ ans of the time. Löwenklau travelled throughout Turkey for about three years from 1582, learned Turkish and later established himself in Vienna. The original manuscript of this history called “Saadeddin” by Muhammed ibn Hasan­ han was brought from Constantinople by Hieronymus Beck in 1551. It was translated into German by Joannes Gaudier or Spiegel and from that version Löwenklau made the Latin translation. Atabey 715. Blackmer 1014. Göllner ii, 2203. BOUND WITH: CURIO, C AELIUS AUGUSTINUS: Sarraceni­ cae historiae libris tres, ab autore innumeris locis emen­ dati atque expoliti. In quibus sarracenorum, turcarum, aliarumque gentium origines & res per annos septingen­ tos gestæ continentur. His accessere Wolfgangi Drechsleri earundem rerum chronicon, sive breviarium. Item, Cæl. August. Curionis Marochensis regni Mauritania nobilis­ simi à Sarracenis conditi, descriptio, nunquam antea edita.

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Cælii Secundi Curionis, de bello Melitensi à turcis gesto, historia nova. Cum rerum & verborum in hisce praecipuè memorabilium copioso indice. Franckfurt, Andrae Wecheli heredes, Claudium Marnium, & Ioan. Aubrium, 1596. Pp. 171, (9). Third edition of Curio’s account of Saracen (Mus­ lim) history, first published in 1567. This edition is enlarged with Curio’s account of the Moorish kingdom of Maurita­ nia; his brother’s account of the siege and capture of Malta by the Turks in 1565; and Drechsler’s Chronicle of the Sara­ cens and Turks. Blackmer 431. Göllner ii, 2190.

22. LORR AIN, JA MES HERBERT: Aro Ishor-ke Doying-e. (“The Story of the True God”, in the Abor-Miri Language). Published conjointly by the American Baptist Missionary Union and the Cal­ cutta Christian Tract and Book Society. [Calcutta, Printed in Madras] 1908. € 450 Small 8vo. Pp. (ii), xiv, 402. Includes a long preface in Eng­ lish. Original black goatskin binding, spine and upper cover gilt-lettered, spine ends worn with small loss at bottom and upper joint, two corners chipped. With the binder’s ticket of the S.P.C.K. Press, Madras on front paste-down. First edi­ tion compiled by Herbert Lorrain who together with his col­ league William Savidge were the first missionaries to the hill tribes of the Abors and Miris who lives in the Himalayas between Upper Assam and Tibet. The dialects of Abor and Miri have very much in common and collectively they form what may be termed the Abor-Miri language. This work comprises parts of the Bible translated into their language, followed by a comparative Glossary for both Abor and Miri dialects. Lorrain left Sadiya, Assam in 1903 and this work was later finalized with the help of another missionary Rev. L.W.B. Jackson who also wrote the Abor-Miri preface. Rare.

23. M ACFARL ANE, W. (Ed.): Sketches in the Foreign Settlements and Native City of Shanghai. Reprinted from the “ Shanghai Mercury”. Shanghai 1881. € 1 750 4to. Pp. (iv), 113. Contemporary half navy blue morocco on orange cloth covered boards, gilt. Copy of Mrs. S.H Dan­ forth, Shanghai. With dedication from her husband A.W. Danforth. First edition. Comprises several articles on for­ eign-Chinese relations, the city of Shanghai, Chinese cus­ toms, theatre, and a journey on the Yang-Tsze-Kiang from Shanghai to Hankow. Scarce. Cordier BS 2218.Provenance: A.W. Danforth (together with his wife) came to China in 1882. He was an expert and advisor to the Shanghai Cotton Cloth Mill, China’s first factory producing cloth with mod­ ern machinery, and the founder of the Xinwenbao newspa­ per in Shanghai in 1893.

24. [M AILL ARD DE TOURNON, C ARLO

TOMM ASO]:

Relazione della preziosa morte dell’eminentiss. e re­ verendiss. Carlo Tomaso Maillard di Tournon. Com­ missario, e Visitatore Apostolico Generale, con le fa­

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coltà di Legato a latere nell’Impero della Cina, e Regni dell’Indie Orientali, seguita nella Città di Macao lì 8. del mese di giugno dell’anno 1710. E di ciò, che gli avenne negli ultimi cinque mesi della sua vita. Roma, per Francesco Gonzaga, 1711. € 2 200 Small 4to. Pp. 70 and one folding engraved portrait. Con­ temporary vellum, “relazione” in ms on spine. First edition of a biographical study comprising three works of cardinal Maillard de Tournon who was the first papal legate sent to the Imperial court of China, on behalf of the Pope Clem­ ent XI. He was born in Turin in 1668 of a noble family of Savoy.Tournon and his party sailed by way of Pondichery, Manila and Canton, arriving at Beijing in December 1705. At first Emperor Kangxi received him kindly, but upon real­ izing that he had come to abolish the Chinese rites among the native Christians he had Tournon imprisoned at Macau where he later on died, shortly after being informed that he had been created cardinal on August 1, 1707. Maillard de Tournon’s mission is considered one of the crucial turning points in the modern history of the Chinese church. The two additional works are: “Verba per ... Clementem Papam XI. Habita in consistorio secreto fer. IV.14. Octobris 1711 (pp. 39–47); and Carlo Majelli’s “Oratio habita in sacello pontif­ ico V. Kal. Decembris A.D. M.DCC.XI” (pp. 48–70). Cordier BS 913–14. Backer & Sommervogel xi, 1285–6, no. 206 (who calls for 38 pages only = the first part).

25. M ARTINI, M ARTINO: Histoire de la Chine, traduite de Latin. Two volumes. Paris, Claude Barbin & Arnoul Seneuze, 1692. € 4 500 12mo. Pp. (xxii) (probably one blank leaf missing), 527 with one engraved frontispiece and nine engraved plates; pp. (ii), 462 with five engraved plates. Contemporary full calf, richly gilt spines with five raised bands and red title labels, rubbed, weak joints, volume one’s head of spine slightly chipped. Old ownership signature on front endpapers. Some minor spotting to the first volume but overall a very handsome copy.Rare first French edition of this important early European work on Chinese ancient history mainly based on Chinese sources. First published in Latin in 1658. It treats Chinese rulers from the beginning of Chinese his­ tory (about 3000 BC) until the Christian era (Han dynasty). Martini intended a continuation but he fell ill and died within a few years after this first part was published. “One of the first works to outline the problem posed on Chinese history to the biblically-based chronology of Europeans and especially to that based on the Vulgate” (Mungello).Mar­ tini (1614–61) was an Italian born Jesuit, historian and car­ tographer who went to China when he was young and be­ came a successful missionary ending his career as superior at the Hangzhou mission. Cordier BS 187. See Löwendahl 120 (Latin edition). Mungello (1989) pp. 124–33. Walravens (1987) p. 17.

26. M AYERS, SALOMON F.: Report on a Journey from Peking to Shanghai over­ land by way of Honan by Mr. S.F. Mayers of Her Maj­ esty’s Consular Service in China. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, June, 1898. London, Harrison and Sons, 1898. € 520 Pp. 16. Original blue printed wrappers, string tie. A report of a journey from Peking to Shanghai partly on horseback and partly by boat. The party travelled along a route which they assumed in the future would have a railway connec­ tion between Peking and the cities in the central and south­ ern provinces. The account is mainly devoted to agriculture and trade in the various districts. (Diplomatic and Consu­ lar Reports. No. 466 Miscellaneous Series). Scarce. Not in Cordier.

27. NORDEM ANN, EDMOND: ... Hai cham mu’oi bôn bô chu nho de lam tâp dô. Les 214 radicaux chinois. En modèle d’écriture... Accom­ pagnés de deux gravures et de divers index. Hanoi 1898. € 500 Lvs. (35), double folded in the Oriental fashion. Text in French, Chinese and Annamese (Quoc-ngu script) printed in red and black. Original printed wrappers, sewn as is­ sued, upper front right corner cut off, small stain to lower cover. Old ownership signature on title. Comprises differ­ ent indexes devoted to Chinese characters; how to write; pronunciation of Annamese; etc. Edmond Nordemann, French linguist and founder of “La Société tonkinoise d’Enseignement mutuel”. Not in Cordier.

28. NORRIS, ROBERT: Resa på Neger-kusten til kongl. hofvet i Dahomej af ängelske handels agenten Norris år 1772. Götheborg, Sam. Norberg, 1792. € 400 Pp. 60. Modern paperboards. An abridged Swedish ver­ sion of “Memoirs of the Reign of Bossa Ahadee, King of Dahomej, ...” (London 1789). Translated from a German edition by Samuel Ödmann, with a preface and interesting comments by him. Robert Norris was a slave trader who vis­ ited the court of Dahomey (West Guinea) in 1772. His work is a defence of slavery. Cf Cox i, p. 388. Cf Gay 2881.

29. OGAWA, K A ZUM ASA (Ed.): The Hanami (Flower-Picnic) described by S. Takashi­ ma. Reproduced and Published by K. Ogawa. Yokoha­ ma, Hongkong, Shanghai & Singapore, Kelly & Walsh 1897. € 1 300 Oblong folio. Pp. (iv), (i) and 25 coloured collotypes, of which 24 made from photographs with captions in Eng­

lish. Including title and introduction in English by Suteta Takashima, and at rear a Japanese colophon. Original silk covered boards, g.e., extremities with light wear and cov­ ers slightly dusty. Title label on front cover. Scarce work with lovely colour illustrations of sakura or cherry blossom in Tokyo including pictures from three well-known flower resorts: Ueno Park, Mukojima and Koganei. Kazumasa Ogawa (1860–1929), renowned Japanese photographer opened the first photographic studio in Tokyo in 1882. He published this type of collotype album to promote Japanese culture to westerners at the end of the 19th century.

30. OGAWA, K A ZUM ASA (Photogr.): Souvenirs de Yézo. Août – Septembre 1897. Phototypie K. Ogawa. Tokyo (1897). € 3 800 Oblong 8vo. (25,8 x 17 cm). Title page and 37 plates with photo collotypes. Protected by tissue guards with descrip­ tive text in English. Original coloured decorated covers highlighted in silver, silk ties. Some very tiny spots on a few tissue guards, and at outer edge of a few plates. Otherwise in mint condition. A very rare album of Hokkaido with pho­ tos taken by Kazumasa Ogawa, famous photographer in Ja­ pan at this time. He published this kind of collotype album to promote Japanese culture among foreigners. The photos depict scenes from Hakodate, Sapporo, Muroran, Nagay­ ama, the Prison of Kabato and twelve pictures are devoted to the Ainu village of Piratori. These photos show families, housing, costumes, arms and accessories of the Ainu peo­ ple. Ogawa joined the (American) Amherst Eclipse Expedi­ tion at Esashi, Katami in Northern Hokkaido in 1896.

31. [OLDENDORP, CHRISTIAN GEORG ANDREAS]: Tillförlåtlig underrättelse om negrerne på Guinea kusten, samt de derifrån hämtade slafvarnas närva­ rande belägenhet, medfart, seder och sinnelag. Under deras träldom på de christnas nybyggen i Vestindien. Jämte bihang om Caribiske nationen, sockerbered­ ningen, m.m. Two parts in one volume. Upsala, Johan Edman, på egen bekostnad, 1784.  € 1 200 12mo. Pp. 187, (5). Modern boards. Rare Swedish work on slavery, including information about the geography and political situation in African countries; their customs, re­ ligion; the origin of slavery; the transfer of slaves to Amer­ ica; and their living conditions in the West Indies. Mainly based on Oldendorp’s account of the mission history of the Virgin Islands (“Geschichte der Mission der evangelischen Brüder auf dem caribischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix, und S.Jan”). Oldendorp was a German minister in the Moravian Church who was sent to the Danish West Indies in 1767–68. Not in Sabin.

32. SCHWEITZER, CHRISTOPH: Wurttemb. Journal- und Tage-Buch seiner sechsjährigen Ost-Indianischen Reise. Angefangen den 1. Decembr. Anno 1675, und vollendet den 2. Septemb. Anno 1682. Darinnen er diese Länder und deroselben Einwohner, sonderlich der Singulesen, (Zyngalesen) Malabaren, Ambonesen, und anderer Nationen sitten und gebräuch, als auch der in diesen Landen befind­ lichen Städte, Thier, Gewächs, Edelgestein, [et]c. ne­ benst anderen curieusen Materien und Begebnüßen beschreibet. Tübingen, Verlegts Johann Georg Cotta, Gedrucktden Martin Rommey, 1688.  € 5 800 Small 4to. Pp. (iv), 136, (12) Register. With engraved fron­ tispiece and five engraved plates (outer edge narrrowly cut of last plate). Later (20th century) half vellum on marbled boards, red speckled edges. First edition. A rare work of one of the most important accounts of Ceylon in the 17th cen­ tury. Schweitzer was employed by the East India Company and accompanied this VOC voyage between 1676 and 1682. After a brief stay in Java he was assigned to Ceylon where he first served at the fort at Sitavaka and later as secretary to the Dutch commander at Colombo. He also commanded contingents of troops during a mission to Kandy, and along the Malabar coast. Schweitzer’s accurate account written in Dutch but translated into German for publication is based on his own experiences and observations. He makes inter­ esting comparison between the Sinhalese and the Tamil regions. Schweitzer, an amateur artist, made the drawings of the engraved plates. Howgego S71. Lach, Asia in the Mak­ ing of Europe, III p. 955. VD17 39:131565C.

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33. [SPITSBERGEN – PHOTOGRAPHS]

DE GEER, GER ARD & HALLDIN, OSCAR (Photogr.): Spetsbergen i bilder. 1–8. Stockholm, Centraltrycke­ riet, 1909. € 1 500 4to. Pp. (2) and 8 original photographs (23,5 x 30,5 cm). Housed in original paper folder with red lettering on up­ per cover. Dedication dated 1924 from Gerard and Ebba De Geer to Anders and Gunhild Cederström (Anders, Swedish Baron on Riksten). The pictures were taken by Oscar Hall­ din during the Swedish expedition to Spitsbergen (Sval­ bard) 1908 headed by Gerard De Geer. The eight impressive photographs are copied from enlarged negatives and depict seabirds (fulmars), drift ice from glaciers, a harpooned whale, arctic plants, views from Safe Bay, Wahlenberg Gla­ cier and Nordenskiöld Glacier. They are accompanied by text by Gerard De Geer. Seems very rare.

34. [TAJ MAHAL] To be open for a short Time the Taj Mahal, One of the Wonders of the East. ... This Work of Art may be Viewed at No. 5, Haymarket, (Opposite the King’s Theatre). [London]. Printed at the Philanthropic Soci­ ety, St. George’s Fields, [1823]. € 750 4to. Size: 19 x 23 cm). This handbill advertises the exhibi­ tion in 1823 in London of a model of the Taj Mahal. “The Model is on a large and grand scale, entirely composed of Ivory, beautifully inlaid, and a complete fac simile of the original building”. On the reverse contemporary manu­ script notes with details (height, length etc) of the building. Further it refers to James Forbes’ “Oriental Memoirs” with a quote: “estimates the cost at 1,225,000 [GBP] and occu­ pied the space of 16 years 4 months and 21 days in its con­ struction. He gives a fac simile of the elegant and splendid inlaid work employed on the tomb”.

35. TAPIA ZENTENO, C ARLOS DE: Arte novissima de lengua mexicana. Mexico, por la Viude de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, 1753. € 2 900 4to. Pp. xxii, 58. With engraved arms of Archbishop Alilmo S.D.D. Manuel Rubio Salinas. Contemporary limp vellum, ties missing, worn. Stamp of “Collection E.Eng. Goupil à Paris” on upper cover and in margin of three pages, a small stamp of “Baset, Versailles” at lower outer corner of three pages. Tears to margins of some leaves, some stain­ ing and soiling. First edition of this important work on the ancient language of Mexico. Carlos de Tapia Zenteno was an ecclesiastical judge and chief professor of the Mexican language at the Royal University and Pontifical Seminary College. Later on he was appointed professor of the Nahuat­ lan language at the University of Mexico, and this work was published in connection with his appointment. Rare. Palau 327485. Sabin 94353. Vater p. 252. 33

36. TATSNOSK AY (TATSUNOSUKE), HORI & HORI-

KOSI K A MENOSK AY:

A Pocket Dictionary of the English and Japanese Lan­ guage. Ei-Wa taiyaku shuchin jisho. Second and re­ vised edition. Yedo (Tokyo) 1867. € 4 800 Thick oblong 8vo. Size: 15 x 22 cm. Pp. (iv) with title and pref­ ace + lexicon double folded lvs (499), arranged alphabeti­ cally, ending with a Japanese title. Japanese red stamps on title. Leaves folded in the oriental manner. Title with brown staining. Original blue cloth, worn and soiled, internally in good condition. Housed in a specially made cloth box. Orig­ inally compiled by Tatsunosuke in 1862 (200 printed copies) and here revised by Kamenoskay. This is probably a second issue of the second edition. Cordier gives the date 1866 and the preface is also dated 1866. This dictionary is the first substantial English-Japanese vocabulary, the first edition of which predates Hepburn’s Japanese-English dictionary by five years. According to the preface the first edition con­ tained a number of errors regarding the Japanese and Chi­ nese names of animals, plants and minerals that needed to be corrected. This has been done in the second edition with the assistance of Yanagawa Sunsam, Tanaka Yosiwo and others. Cordier BJ 672 (states 1866). Not in Astor Catalogue, Collison, the Trubner Catalogue, or Zaunmüller.

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37. TAVERNIER, JOHN BAPTISTE: The Six Voyages ... Through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies. Finished in the Year 1670. Giving an Ac­ count of the State of those Countries. Together with a New Relation of the Present Grand Seignor’s Seraglio. London, Printed for R.L. and M.P. and are to be sold by John Starkey, and Moses Pitt, 1678. TOGETHER WITH: A Collection of Several Relations & Treatises Singular and Curious, ... Not Printed among his first Six Voyages. London, A.Godbid and J. Playford, for Moses Pitt, 1680.  € 8 500 Folio. Two works bound in one volume. First work: Pp. (ii), 2, (xviii), 184, pp. 195–264 + pp. (ii), 214, 1 blank leaf + pp. (vi), 97, (viii), 107–119, (3). With 24 engraved plates and some text illustrations. Second work: Pp. (xx), (2), 14, (3),15–46, (2), 47–87 + pp. 66, (2). With two maps (of Japan and Tonkin) on one folded leaf and 8 engraved plates. Con­ temporary calf, rebacked new calf spine with five raised bands and title label, marbled edges. Bookplate (Donald George Mackenzie) on front paste-down. First English edi­ tions of Tavernier’s celebrated work “Six Voyages” and the Supplement, originally published in 1676–77 and 1679 re­ spectively. John Baptiste Tavernier (1605–89) was a French

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gem merchant who spent 30 years travelling in the East. His famous work covers his travels to Turkey, Persia, India and the East Indies. Including information about Caucasus, Ar­ menia, Constantinople, Baghdad, Ispahan, Aleppo, Agra, Goa, Surat, Bhutan, Ceylon, Batavia, South East Asia, etc. The plates depict city views of Yerevan, Baghdad, Canda­ har, Island of Ormus, two of Arabic script and several of Oriental coins and gems, reflecting the author’s commer­ cial interest. One chapter is devoted to the Ottoman court’s Seraglio (Harem).The Voyages “are rich in materials on routes, traveling conditions, trading practices, the mines of Golcondia [in India], and the Dutch and English activi­ ties in the East” (Lach). The supplement contains descrip­ tions of Japan and Tonkin (today north Vietnam); French negotiations in Persia and India which resulted in the foundation of the French East India company; commerce in the East Indies; and Tavernier’s highly critical remarks on how the Dutch manage their affairs in Asia. The eight plates are devoted to Tonkin including ceremonial proces­ sions, pagodas, official costumes and a theatre scene. Small tear to inner fold of map, occasionally some minor marginal staining, one leaf with small burn hole, but overall a very handsome and bright copy. Howgego T14. Lach, Asia in the Making of Europe III, pp. 416–8. Wing T256.

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38. TSUNENOBU, K ANO & FUKUI, GESSAI (Ed.): Sadaie-kyo Junikagetsu kai. (Prints of Birds and Flowers). [Title in Japanese on envelope]. Kyoto, Un­ sodo, [About 1890]. € 1 500 Comprises a set with twelve exquisite coloured woodblock prints of birds and flowers by Kano Tsunenobu. Size: 27 x 21 cm. Housed in original paper envelope with coloured woodblock print of a flowerbasket and Japanese text print­ ed in black on upper side. Each picture with printed signa­ ture, seal and a number with matching description on back of envelope. Tsunenobu Kano (1636–1713) was one of the most significant painters of the Kano school in the 17th cen­ tury. He was only 15 years old when he succeeded his father (Kano Hisanobu) as the head of the Kobikicho Kano school. He served the Tokugawa Shogunate and was ordained with the honorary rank of “Hõin” rank in 1709. These wonder­ ful very delicate woodcuts of birds and flowers have been reproduced and edited by Gessai Fukui. An exceptional pristine copy.

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39. [ART DECO FUR FASHION CATALOGUE] Fourreres Max, Leroy & Schmid: [Head titles] Ce qu’on peut faire. Quelques projets de manteau et mantelets ... / Ce que dit le journal Le Temps en ses colonnes ... Paris, Draeger, ca 1920. € 1 400 4to ( 22 x 27 cm). Three leaflets of four pages each with col­ our pochoir illustrations and four loose coloured fashion plates by Charles Martin and Georges Lepape, and eight half tone photographic plates by Talbot depicting women in various elegant fur outfits. As issued loose in original ivory colour paper folder printed in black, purple and gold with an embossed golden vase on front cover. A very stylish cata­ logue of the renowned Parisian furrier Leroy & Schmid. In lovely condition. Ref. Pages d’or de l’édition publicitaire, 16.

40. [CHINESE CIGARETTE CARDS] [A set of eight pictorial advertising cards for ciga­ rettes]. Ca 1910.  € 850 A rare collection of eight cigarette cards (each 13.5 x 20.2 cm) decorated with colourful scenes from old Chinese tales. Text in Chinese on the reverse. The set comprises four “Pin Head” cigarette cards issued by the American To­ bacco Company; three “Pirate” cards issued by the British company W.D. & H.O. Wills; and one “Peacock” card by the Japanese based Murai Brothers Tobacco Co. Cigarette cards were introduced in the latter part of the 19th century when the manufacturers inserted cards into paper cigarette pack­ ages in order to stiffen the packaging. Due to competition the suppliers began to decorate the cards to promote their brands, and eventually these cards became collectables.

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41. [CHRISTIAN DIOR, NINA RICCI,

GUY L AROUCHE, Etc. / TR ADE C ATALOGUE] Winter 1959/60. Wir haben in den Kollektionen der Pariser Haute Couture eine Auswahl unter den aus unseren Stoffen geschaffenen Modellen getroffen und freuen uns, Ihnen die Photographien dieser Kleider überreichen zu können. Zürich, LAC, [1959].  € 950 4to. (26.7 x 20 cm). An exclusive portfolio with 17 photo­ graphs (two coloured) of latest Parisian haute couture from Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, Nina Ricci, Guy Laroche, Jacques Heim, etc. The classy creations (dresses, coats, etc) are made of materials from the Swiss company L. Abraham & Cie. Soieries S.A. (LAC). As issued loose in original port­ folio made of beautiful purple patterned silk with original silk ties. The photos were taken by Kublin in Zurich. A rare survival of a very graceful fashion catalogue in lovely con­ dition.

42. [CHRISTIAN DIOR] Booklet produced under the direction of Genevieve Perreau. Portrait of Christian Dior by Nora Auric. Engravings by Decaris. General Presentation by P. Praquin. [Titled at rear]. Paris, Printed by Helpé, De­ cember 20th 1953. € 550

4to. Size: 22.5 x 27.6 cm. Lvs (20). Printed in black and brown. Richly illustrated throughout with photos, sketch­ es, diagrams and a map. Original paper folder, lettered in white on upper cover, slightly faded along spine and edges. An impressive and informative guide presenting the fa­ mous fashion house of Christian Dior. It was opened in 1947 at 30 avenue Montaigne in Paris. Six years later the House had expanded and achieved international status with 8 companies and 16 associated enterprises around the world. Translated into English by Rosette Hargrove.

43. [FOURRURES M A X – ART DECO C ATALOGUE] Almanach de la Gazelle. Paris, Crété, au dépens de Madame A. Leroy, Fourrures Max, 1925.  € 1 250 Tall 12mo. Pp. 85, (1). With four pochoir coloured plates protected by tissue guards. Publisher’s decorated boards, embellished in gilt with a stylized gazelle on upper cover, u.e.g., doublure and endpapers with elaborate gilt Art Deco design. With text printed in black and red. An exquisite women’s calender published by the famous French fashion house Fourrures Max (with the gazelle as logo) to distrib­ ute to their customers. Text by Michel Georges-Michel, Robert de Montesquiou and others. Illustrated headpieces in shades of black, one facsimile plate and four lovely po­ choir images highlighted in gold and silver representing the four seasons. First and only edition of this very chic Art Deco trade catalogue.

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44. [FRENCH FASHION] La Mode Illustrée Journal de la Famille. Seven vol­ umes. Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1862–68. € 1 400 Folio. A collection of seven volumes issued between the years 1862 to 1868 of this famous French magazine. With 22 coloured engraved plates (some missing) and numer­ ous woodcut illustrations throughout the text depicting clothes, accessories, hairstyles, patterns, etc. Pp. iv, 424; iv, 416; iv, 416; iv, 416; iv, 440; iv, 416; iv, 416. Uniformly bound in contemporary quarter cloth on marbled paper boards, somewhat rubbed. The journal was first published in 1859 and became one of the most important French magazines at the later half of the 19th century. Distributed on a weekly basis, each issue featured a description of women’s fashion and hair styles of the day, accompanied by numerous illus­ trations as well as inserted hand-coloured prints.

45. HAR A, HIROMU & SEKI, YOSHIKUNI: Tesuki Washi (Handmade Japanese Paper). Tokyo, Takeo Yoshiten, dated Showa 44, 1969. € 1 500 Oblong folio. Size: 39 x 28 cm. Pp. 69 Japanese text, (14) English text and errata laid in. With 208 paper samples accompanied by tissue guards with descriptive text. Title page with illustration by Munakata Shiko. Original Japa­ nese style crepe paper binding in cloth chitsu, kept in origi­ nal cardboard box. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. A mint copy of this attractive book and excellent monograph on Washi. Yoshikuni Seki was a celebrated scholar and au­ thor on Japanese papermaking. Hiromu Hara was a famous Japanese graphic designer, called the founder of Japanese modern design, who in 1933 participated in the founding of Nihon Kobo (Japan Studio). At end an essay in English by Bunsho Jugaku (also an expert and promoter of Japanese Washi) about the history of papermaking in Japan, differ­ ent materials used and various methods.

46. HUNTER, DARD: Papermaking by Hand in India. New York, Pynson Printers, 1939.  € 950 4to. Pp. 129 + two leaves. Uncut. With 84 illustrations con­ sisting of photographs and 27 samples of various papers. The plates are printed by Photogravure & Color Co. and the binding by Gerhard Gerlach. Original hand-blocked India print cotton binding, black calf spine lettered in gilt, foot of spine chipped. Original cardboard folder with edge wear. Housed in a modern cloth box. First edition limited to 370 copies, of which this is no. 305. Signed by Hunter and the publisher Elmer Adler. A thorough study of handmade pa­ pers of various Indian provinces. The author visited Kash­ mir, Sailkot, Delhi, Agra, Kalpi, Wardha, Hyderabad and Dacca. Includes sections on early writing materials, paper­ making materials and moulds.

47. [JAPAN – CHILDREN’S TOYS]

GOHACHI, YA M ANOUCHI:

Suzu: Jou Jou. Two volumes. Kyoto, Unsodo, 1918.  € 1 500 Large 8vo. The two volumes comprise 100 pages of impres­ sive coloured woodblock prints. Original printed wrappers, title labels on upper cover, with minor wear. Occasionally some light browning but overall a very good and bright copy. First edition. Deals with toys from all over the world including Chinese papier-mâché items, shadow puppets from Indonesia, Parisian carnival masks, etc. Very rare.

48. JOUM ARD, G.P. (Ed.).: Les Idées Nouvelles De La Mode et Des Arts. Direction Artistique. No. 3.1924.  € 950 4to. Pp. (iv). With two text illustrations and 16 full page hand-coloured pochoir plates (with mutiple images) on Chinese paper tipped-in on thick paper. As issued loose in original wrappers with pochoir illustration on upper cover, silk ties (two missing). Some wear at outer edge but overall a very good copy with stunning and beautiful fash­ ion plates. The art deco journal “Les Idées Nouvelles de la Mode” was published by Joumard between 1922 and 1932 illustrating the height of French fashion at the time.

49. JOUM ARD, G.P. (Ed.).: Les Idées Nouvelles De La Mode et Des Arts. Direction Artistique. No. 4.1924.  € 950 4to. Pp. (iv). With two text illustrations and 16 full page beautiful hand-coloured pochoir plates (with mutiple im­ ages) on Chinese paper tipped-in on thick paper. As issued loose in original wrappers with colour pochoir illustration on upper cover, silk ties, lightly chipped at outer edge. The art deco journal “Les Idées Nouvelles de la Mode” was pub­ lished by Joumard between 1922 and 1932 illustrating the heigth of French fashion at the time.

50. [KABUKI] Programme of Entertainment in Honour of H.I.H. Prince Pu Lun. Given by Baron S. Goto at the Kabukiza on December 11th, 1907. Tokyo 1907. € 1 250 Tall 8vo (15 x 22,5 cm). Pp. 28 lvs double folded in the Japa­ nese fashion and two colour woodcut prints highlighted with gold. Text in English, Japanese and Chinese. Original coloured pictorial wrappers highlighted, silk ties. A very at­ tractive programme of a Kabuki play “The Battle of Yashi­ ma”. The play was arranged in connection with a visit by Prince Pu Lun, the nephew of the Chinese emperor and heir to the throne at the time. Count Gotõ Shinpei (1857–1929) was a prominent Japanese statesman and cabinet minister. A rare survival in lovely condition.

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51. K ANDINSK Y, WASSILY: Kandinsky. Om konstnären (About the Artist). Stock­ holm, Gummesons Konsthandel, 1916. € 1 600 12mo. Pp. 29. Original wrappers with an original colour lithograph on the front cover created by Kandinsky for the exhibition at the Gummeson Gallery in Stockholm in Feb­ ruary 1916. This essay by Kandinsky was published in con­ nection with the exhibition and he dedicated it to Gabriele Münter who had a separate exhibition at Gummesons in March the same year.

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52. KOOPS, M AT THIAS: Historical Account of the Substances which have been used to Describe Events, and to Convey Ideas, from the Earliest Date to the Invention of Paper. London, Printed by Jaques & Co., 1801. € 2 900 Pp. 274. With engraved frontispiece of an Egyptian papy­ rus. Old ownership signature on title. Contemporary calf on marbled boards, expertly rebacked to style, with title label. The second, revised and much enlarged edition (first 1800). This edition was printed on remanufactured white paper and became the first book printed on recycled paper in the West! The appendix (pp. 259–274) is printed on paper made from wood pulp. Matthias Koops was a pioneer of me­ chanical paper production with great experience of man­ ufacturing from waste paper at Neckinger mill in South London. He invented new processes for making paper from wood pulp rather than from rags, and for recycling paper it­ self so it could be used for printing. Between 1800 and 1801 Koops was granted three patents for making paper from a number of unusual substances. The first edition of this work was printed entirely on yellow paper made from straw. This version of the second edition was printed on recycled paper with the exception of the frontispiece which was printed on

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straw paper. It includes much statistical information about the paper industry in Britain and elsewhere in Europe at the time. Dard Hunter (1947), pp. 332–40, 375–6, & p. 523. Cf. Bigmore & Wyman p. 399.

53. KUME, YASUIO: Tesuki Washi Shuho. Fine Handmade Papers of Japan. Three volumes. Tokyo, Yushodo, 1980. € 1 600 4to. Pp. xii, 118, xxiii, 263; iv, 104; iv 105–207. With 207 origi­ nal samples of Japanese papers, of which 106 in white and the rest coloured. Leaves folded in the Fukuro-toji style. As issued in three volumes bound in original decorated paper wrappers and protected in the original folding chemise with two clasps. Housed in original cardboard box with printed title label. First edition limited to 200 copies of the English edition.A very attractive work devoted to handmade papers produced in Japan at this time. The account deals with dif­ ferent paper producers in each prefecture throughout the country. Each handmade paper sample is fully described in both English and Japanese, accompanied by names and ad­ dresses of the actual papermaker. A mint copy.

54. M AIER, HER M ANN: Vorbilder zur Schildermalerei. Muster: Blätter, Mod­ erner, Firmenschilder, Etiquetten und Kartuschen [Title on cover]. Ravensburg, Otto Maier, (1907).  € 800 Oblong 4to. Size: 22 x 30 cm. With 24 plates, loose as issued in original clothbacked paper portfolio with green orna­ mental design and red and black lettering. Minor loss of pa­ per of inner joint. A rare and attractive collection of designs for commercial signboards etc. The illustrations comprise six plates with ca 35 colour renderings of signboards, eight plates with ca 50 black or monocolour examples of com­ pany signs, five plates with ca 40 designs of various sign shapes, and five plates with lettering styles printed in red­ dish brown or black. Ravensburg is a well-known German game and toy company which was established in 1883. The Ravensburger triangle trademark is printed below the illus­ trations on each leaf.

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ly chipped. An exhibition catalogue containing art objects from Persia, Turkey and Egypt which belonged to Fredrik Martin, a noted Swedish expert on Oriental art. Martin travelled for several years in Russia, the Caucasus and Cen­ tral Asia in the 1890s and gathered an extensive collection of oriental art. Part of the collection was presented at the grand art-industrial exhibition (Allmäna konst- och indus­ triutställningen) in Stockholm 1897.

57. PFISTER, RODOPLHE: Tissus Coptes du Musée du Louvre. Paris, Ernst Henri, 1932. € 480

55. M ALMÉN, PER: Mönster för marmormålning (Patterns of faux mar­ bling painting). Part one (all published). Stockholm, Gustaf Chelius, 1895. € 2 000 Large folio. (39 x 54 cm). Pp. (4). With ten lithographed plates of different kinds of marbles. Text leaves with some marginal tears and some plates with a few spots in margins and some plates with tears at the outer margins but overall a very good copy. Original half cloth on grey boards, cotton ties, lightly rubbed. Title in German (“Marmormalereien”) printed in black on upper cover. (We have not been able to find any other copy with German titled wrappers). First and only edition of this scarce book, the first of its kind in Sweden. Per Malmén (1852–1926) studied at the Académie Bertillion in Paris in the 1870s and became a prominent faux marbling painter. According to rumours, he conducted several marbleizing works at the Louvre but it has not been proven mainly because the artists did not sign their works at that time. This impressive manual was used at the Tech­ nical School in Stockholm where Malmén taught for many years. The plates depict several kinds of marbles titled: Vert de Mer; Jaune de Sienne; Chateau-Landon, Rance; St. Anne; Marbre de Kolmården, Granit; Portor; Bleu Fleurl, Rance and; Breche Violette. The text explains methods of creating the various stone patterns. Ref.: Fredrik Thörn­ qvist: “Marmoristen & Målarmästaren Per Malmén” 2011. See illustrations inside cover.

56. M ARTIN, FREDRIK ROBERT: Vägledning genom F.R. Martins samlingar från Ori­ enten utställda på Allmänna konst- och industriut­ ställningen i Stockholm 1897. Stockholm, P.A. Nor­ stedt & Söner, 1897. € 240 16mo. Pp. 28. Original printed wrappers, front wrappers lower corner and title with small loss and spine ends slight­

Large folio. Pp. (16). With 48 pochoir coloured plates (with multiple images) pasted on brown cardboard, protected by tissue guards with description in French. As issued with loose leaves in original decorated half cloth portfolio, cloth ties. First edition. An impressive collection of more than 300 Coptic textile fragments dating from the 4th – 7th cen­ tury. Most of the fragments were found during excavations by the French archeologist Albert Gayet at the Coptic necro­ polis in Antinoplis between 1896 and 1911. In lovely condi­ tion.

58. SÉGUY, EUGÈNE AL AN: Papillons. Paris, Tolmer editeur 13 Quai d’Anjou, ca 1928. € 12 800 Folio (33 x 45 cm). Pp. (4) and 20 pochoir plates including 16 of butterflies (depicting 80 different varieties) and 4 with decorative abstract patterns. As issued loose in origi­ nal cloth backed white boards with cloth ties. Upper cover decorated with a large coloured butterfly in pochoir and lettered in silver and black. First and only edition of this spectacular Art Nouveau design album. The plates depict exotic and intensely coloured butterflies from India, Africa, the Himalayas, South-East Asia, China, New Zealand and South America, enlarged in size, but reproduced faithfully in form and colour in a mixed technique of collotype and stencil in watercolour or gouache. Eugène Séguy (1889– 1985) was one of the foremost French designers at the be­ ginning of the 20th century, working both in the Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles. He produced eleven albums of il­ lustrations and designs, of which this portfolio is consid­ ered the most magnificent. Besides being an artist Séguy was trained as an entomologist, eventually becoming Di­ rector of the Laboratory for General and Applied Entomoloy at the Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris. In the Papillon collection he presents images of exotic butterflies in a very sensitive as well as artistic way. The pochoir tech­ nique is especially suited to the subject, allowing the artist to convey the intensity of colour in the butterflies’ wings. The four last plates depict 16 decorative abstract designs derived from the butterflies’ shimmering patterns. A most wonderful copy.

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59. [STAND-UP PAPER TOYS] Le Jardin d’Acclimatation. Constructions Enfantines. Offert par les Magasins du Bon Marché Paris. About 1920s. € 750

61. [SWEDISH BOARD GAME] “Sahap”. Nya Indiska Ormspelet (New Indian snake game). Stockholm, Adolf Johnsons Förlag, (1900).  € 220

A collection of three sets of coloured stand-up toys featur­ ing zoo animals at Jardin d’Acclimatation in Paris. Housed in the original printed envelopes (15 x 19.5 cm). Comprises: 1. Lion du Sahara. Containing four pieces; the background, the cage, a male lion and a lionness with small cubs. 2. Tigres du Bengale. Containing four pieces; the cage, the lower part of the background (missing the upper part), and two with tigers. 3. Girafes. Containing three pieces; the background, the cage and one giraffe. One giraffe is miss­ ing (supplied in facsimile). A charming collection, in very good condition.

Colour printed folding sheet (62 x 47 cm) and one page with instructions. As issued in original colour printed folder, with some tears. A Swedish adventure game for children called Sahap which originates from India. Educational and meant to symbolise good (ladders) and evil (snakes). The board is printed in blue and yellow following a path from 1 to 100.

60. [STAND-UP PAPER TOYS] Au Jardin d’Acclimatation. Les Anes & Les Zébres. Paris. About 1900.  € 750 Two sets of coloured stand-up toys made of cardboard. Housed in original printed envelopes, with minor tears, one with some waterstaining. Comprises: Two dolls riding donkeys assembled with paper strips (lower parts of legs restored on reverse), and two zebras led by handlers, also assembled. Possibly made in connection with the Paris Ex­ position Universelle in 1900. See front cover.

62 [SWEDISH BOARD GAME] Labyrint-spelet. (Labyrinth board game). Stockholm, Adolf Johnsons förlag, Central-tryckeriet, 1903. € 220 Colour printed sheet (72 x 62 cm). Printed in green, black and orange. Rules and instructions printed outside the labyrinth. Original envelope with a coloured lithograph pasted on front cover. A Swedish game in the form of a laby­ rinth. The players have to get through the maze lined with nasty animals to reach the beautiful maiden at the centre. With three small almost invisible holes but overall in very good condition.

63. [TEXTILE CATA LOGUE] 1923–1924 Simplex Buyer’s Guide of Standard Mer­ chandise. Compiled and Distributed by Simplex Sam­ pling Association Inc. Eleventh Ave. & 25th Street, New York (1923).  € 1 000 4to. (Size: 23 x 31 cm). Pp. (96). With about 1155 tipped-in original colour textile samples. (One small cloth sample pasted on opposite page).Publisher’s light green printed wrappers with cotton tie, embossed colour illustration on front cover. Minor restoration to wrappers. A very attrac­ tive and impressive catalogue lavishly illustrated including samples of cloth in various qualities and colours. According to the preface this sample book represents “the very back­ bone of the American Textile Industry and behind them are the unqualified guarantees of responsible manufacturers and merchants”. A handsome copy of a rare survival.

64. [THEATRE CALENDAR / PHOTOGRAPHY] BJÖRKLUND, F.M . (Ed.): Svensk Teater-Kalender för 1870. Med 5 porträtter i fotografi och 1 musikbilaga. Stockholm, AssociationsBoktryckeriet, 1869. € 150 16mo. pp. (iv), 124. With photographic frontispiece depict­ ing five Swedish celebrated artists of that time. Original pictorial pink paper boards printed in blue, extremities lightly rubbed. An early Swedish theatre calendar (second year) mainly focused on Stockholm. A charming work that represents an early Swedish example of a book with origi­ nal photo inserted.

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65. [ T R A DE C ATA LOGU E – Stylish H ats ] London, Debenham & Freebody, Wigmore Street W1, 1920s.  € 380 Size: 14.2 x 21.6 cm. Pp. (8). Eight full page b/w illustrations of fashionable hats with description and price below. Pub­ lisher’s white paper wrappers with black and gold illustra­ tion on front cover. Sales brochure of various trendy hats by the renowned British store established by 1778.

66. [TR ADE CATA LOGUE OF LUXURY FURS] Revillon Frères Fourrures Hiver 1913–1914. Paris, New York, London, Moscou. Paris, 77,79,81 Rue de Rivoli, 1913. € 3 000

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Revillon in 1839, successfully developed with establish­ ment of new fur boutiques in London, New York and Mon­ treal in the 1860s. Their success encouraged the creation of a profitable fur industry in Europe and North America. In the early 1900s, French fashion designers such as Mad­ ame Isidore Paquin and Paul Poiret introduced stylish fur garments in their regular fashion collections. Mme Paquin had developed a method of processing fur so that it would be softer and more comfortable to wear. Her fur coats and other fur decorated clothing were in great demand by the socially prominent women of that period (Hansen, 1956, Costume cavalcade, p. 100). A superb specimen of an ex­ traordinary work.

67. [TR ADE CATA LOGUE WA LL PAPER] Décors. Paris, Draeger, 1931.

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Oblong 4to. (27 x 21.5 cm). Pp. (6) with “composition des planches” and pricelist. With 27 coloured interior plates, some highlighted with silver or gold (numbered 155–181).

Publisher’s spiral-bound black paper wrappers with gold design on front cover. A striking catalogue promoting the latest wallpaper designs with vivid and flamboyant interi­ ors. Produced by Draeger graphic studio in Paris possibly for Studio Pomone or department store Le Printemps. Faint foxing to first and last leaves and one plate with traces of fold but overall a very good copy.

68. TZ AR A, TRISTAN / DEL AUNAY, SONIA (Ills.): Le coeur à gaz: costumes de Sonia Delaunay. [Paris], Jacques Damase, [1977]. € 5 800 Narrow folio portfolio. Size: 21 x 45 cm. As issued on heavy paper. With 51 numbered pages printed on recto only on (17) folded sheets + 2 pages and one blank. Comprising the text of the play “Le coeur à gaz” by Dadaist writer Tristan Tzara. Accompanied by twelve lithographs by Sonia Dela­ nay. Comprising seven theatre costumes by Sonia Delaunay which are colour reproductions of the gouache maquettes made for the performance at Théâtre Michel in 1923, two

more double page lithographs (one issued as extra title page and one with two costumes) and three lithographed decorations in the text. Original card covers with striking design in black, red and cream. Housed in specially made plexiglas slipcase. Limited edition of 150 copies, of which this is no. XXI (of XXV reserved for collaborators) on this publication and signed by S. Delanuay on the colophon. (The first 25 copies in the series were accompanied by a supplementary suite of 7 signed lithographs). A gorgeous copy of this beautiful and rare work. Tristan Tzara (1896– 1963) was the renowned Roman born writer and artist who was known for being one of the central figures of the antiestablishment Dada movement. His noted play “Le cœur à gaz” was first staged as part of the 1921 “Dada Salon” at the Galerie Montaigne in Paris. It was written as a parody of classical drama in the form of an absurd dialogue between characters named after human body parts; mouth, ear, eye, nose, neck and eyebrow (Tzara himself). The second stage production, also titled “Le Cœur à barbe” was performed at Théâtre Michel in July 1923. Sonia Delaunay, the famous Ukrainian-born French artist, designed and costumed the production, creating bright coloured eccentric geomet­ rically-shaped costumes of thick cardboard. The play has been viewed as the final event in the evolution of Dada as a cultural movement.

69. TZ AR A, TRISTAN / DEL AUNAY, SONIA (Ills.): [Two original lithographs of costumes for “Le coeur à gaz” signed in pencil by Delaunay]. [Paris, Jacques Damase, 1977]. € 850 One lithograph (20.5 x 44 cm) depicting the famous dadaist writer Tristan Tzara (1896–1963) with his monocle in a geo­ metrically-designed costume rendered in green, red and beige. The other lithograph (21.5 x 44 cm) depicting Jac­ queline Chaumont in an eccentric trapezoid costume ren­ dered in black, white and yellow. Both the costumes were designed by Sonia Delaunay for the performance of “Le cœur á gaz” (the second staging titled “Le cœur à barbe”) in 1923 at théâtre Michel. The original watercolour designs are held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1977 Paris gallerist Jacques Damase published a limited edition of the play (125 copies) accompanied by 12 original litho­ graphs by Delaunay, seven of which reproduce her original costume designs. At the same time a special collector’s edi­ tion of another 25 copies was issued, together with a suite of seven signed lithographs, including these two striking examples. Sonia Delaunay was a Ukrainian born artist who spent most of her working life in Paris. In 1964 she was the first living female artist to have a retrospective exhibition at the Louvre.

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