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Polyanthea medicinal. Noticias galenicas, e chymicas, repartidas em tres tratados [...] Quarta vez impressa […].
by João Curvo Semedo (1635-1719).
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Introducing drugs from around the world
João Curvo Semedo (1635-1719).
Polyanthea medicinal. Noticias galenicas, e chymicas, repartidas em tres tratados [...] Quarta vez impressa […].
Lisboa Occidental, Na Officina de Antonio Pedrozo Galram, 1727.
Folio in 6s. [60], 312, 317-879, [1 blank], 32, [4], 11, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank] pp. = complete with the advertisement leaf at the end and the 3 plates:… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beschreibung des gantzen Welt-Kreises, darinnen I. […] V.
by Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706).
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- 1719
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Description of the world with 645 plates: a rare complete copy
Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706).
Beschreibung des gantzen Welt-Kreises, darinnen I. […] V.
Frankfurt, Anton Heinscheidt for Johann Adam Jung, 1719.
5 volumes in 2. 8°. (IX), (VIII), (IV), 263, (1); 276, (24); 170 (22); 519, (1 blank), (XLV), (1 blank); 418, (LXXXIV) pp. = complete with errata leaves.
With 645 plates (618 numbered, 5… Read more about this item Item Price
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Circular, que dirige el Senor Gobernador de la Sagrada Mitra á los Parrocos, Eclesiasticos y Fieles Cristianos del Arzobispado de Mexico, sobre Ereccion de Cementerios fuera de las Poblaciones.
by Isidoro Sainz de Alfaro y Beaumont; Pedro Ocón.
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- 1809
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Indigenous burial rites prohibited
Isidoro Sainz de Alfaro y Beaumont; Pedro Ocón.
Circular, que dirige el Senor Gobernador de la Sagrada Mitra á los Parrocos, Eclesiasticos y Fieles Cristianos del Arzobispado de Mexico, sobre Ereccion de Cementerios fuera de las Poblaciones.
México City, Oficina de Doña María Fernández de Jaúregui, 1809.
8°. [2], 36 pp.
Contemporary marbled paper wrappers.
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Autograph manuscript
by Guillaume-Thomas François “Abbé” Raynal
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- 1777-1796
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Raynal on Central American colonial history
[Guillaume-Thomas François "Abbé" Raynal (1713-1796)].
Autograph manuscript.
No place, [after 1777-1796].
4°. 1 p. on laid paper with fleur-de-lis watermark. With a loose engraved portrait of Raynal.
Extensive autograph notes in French by Abbé Raynal on William Robertson's history of Central America in The History of America (1777), particularly discussing Mexican early colonial history. This autograph is not signed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Prospect van het eyland, en de rheede van St. Iago. Geteekend van Johann Christian Friderici / Verbeelding van de inwoonders op St Iago.
by Johann Christian Friderici [= Frederici] (Heldburg 1766 - Cape Town 1804).
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- 1783
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Large VOC watercolour view of Porto Praia, Cape Verde
Johann Christian Friderici [= Frederici] (Heldburg 1766 - Cape Town 1804).
Prospect van het eyland, en de rheede van St. Iago. Geteekend van Johann Christian Friderici / Verbeelding van de inwoonders op St Iago.
Porto Praia, Cape Verde, 1783.
Watercolour with ruled black ink border on laid paper, watermarked Pro Patria with Maid of Dort.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ordenanzas de la Real renta de la polvora para este Reyno de Nueva España, y Provincias de su comprension, que se administra de cuenta de su Magestad.
by José de Gálvez y Gallardo (1720-1787); Marques Carlos Francisco de Croix (1699-1786).
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- 1777
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Royal colonial decree to improve the vital gunpowder production in New Spain
José de Gálvez y Gallardo (1720-1787); Marques Carlos Francisco de Croix (1699-1786).
Ordenanzas de la Real renta de la polvora para este Reyno de Nueva España, y Provincias de su comprension, que se administra de cuenta de su Magestad.
Reimpresas en Mexico, en la Imprenta Nueva Madrileña de Don Felipe de… Read more about this item Item Price
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Constitucion de la Republica de Colombia.
by Simón Bolívar (1783-1830).
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- 1821
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Founding document and constitution of the Republic of Colombia
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830).
Constitucion de la Republica de Colombia.
Rosario de Cucuta [but Bogotá], Bruno Espinosa, Impresor de Gob. Gral., 1821.- 11°.
4°. 66 pp. (lacks V pp. preliminaries). Collates: π, B-I4, [K1].
Later half calf with decorated paper sides.
First edition of the first constitution of Gran Colombia, known as the Constitution of Cúcuta. A monument… Read more about this item Item Price
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Reglamento formado para el cuerpo de invalidos de Nueva España por el Excmo. Sr. Bailio Fr. D. Antonio Maria Bucareli y Ursua Virrey Governador y Capitan General de ella, aprobado por S. M. en Real Orden de trece de Junio de 1773.
by Antonio Maria Bucareli y Ursua (1717-1779, Viceroy of New Spain).
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- 1774
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Founding Royal ordinance for the Corps of Invalids of New Spain
Antonio Maria Bucareli y Ursua (1717-1779, Viceroy of New Spain).
Reglamento formado para el cuerpo de invalidos de Nueva España por el Excmo. Sr. Bailio Fr. D. Antonio Maria Bucareli y Ursua Virrey Governador y Capitan General de ella, aprobado por S. M. en Real Orden de trece de Junio de… Read more about this item Item Price
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Primera parte de la historia general del Mundo, de XVII. años del tiempo del señor Rey don Felipe II. el Prudente, desde el año de M.D.LIII. hasta el de M.D.LXX.
by Antonio Herrera de Tordesillas (1549-1626)
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- 1606
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Amongst the greatest histories of the New World
This copy a rare complete second edition
Antonio Herrera de Tordesillas (1549-1626).
Primera parte de la historia general del Mundo, de XVII. años del tiempo del señor Rey don Felipe II. el Prudente, desde el año de M.D.LIII. hasta el de M.D.LXX.
Valladolid, Juan Godinez de Millis, 1606 (colophon: Valladolid, Juan Godinez de Millis, 1605).
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Rare study on monkeys and other mammals of Paraguay
by Johann Rudolf Rengger (1795-1832).
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- 1830
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Rare study on monkeys and other mammals of Paraguay: important influence on Darwin
Johann Rudolf Rengger (1795-1832).
Naturgeschichte der Saeugethiere von Paraguay.
Basel, Schweighauser, 1830.
8vo. XVI, 394 pp. 19,5 x 12 cm.
Contemporary half calf with gold-tooled spine.
First and only edition of Johann Rudolf Rengger's study on mammals of Paraguay, in which he first describes the giant otter and makes important behavioural observations on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Annuaire de la République Française, calculé pour le méridien du Kaire, l'an VIII de l'ere Française.
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- an VIII [1799/1800]
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The rarest book from the first printing press in the Arab World
Annuaire de la République Française, calculé pour le méridien du Kaire, l'an VIII de l'ere Française.
Cairo, de l'Imprimerie Nationale, an VIII [1799/1800].
4⁰. 119 pp. With a woodcut printer's device on title. Contemporary red painted paper wrappers.
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Annuaire de la République Française, calculé pour le méridien du Kaire, l’an IX de l’ère Française.
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- an IX [1800/1801]
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Almanac from the first printing press in the Arab world
Annuaire de la République Française, calculé pour le méridien du Kaire, l'an IX de l'ère Française.
Cairo, de l'Imprimerie Nationale, an IX [1800/1801].
4⁰. 1-58, [4], 61- 68 pp., [2], 48 pp. With a woodcut printer's device on title.
Contemporary blank paper covers.
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[Autograph letter signed]
by Guillermo Lobé (1785-1883)
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- June 18, 1827
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Confidential diplomatic letter,
laying out the opportunities for a new Dutch-Cuban sugar trade company
Guillermo Lobé (1785-1883).
[Autograph letter signed].
Havana, June 18, 1827.
4to. 13, [3 blank] pp. Ink on laid paper, with a watercolour drawing on a larger 4to loose wove paper sheet dated 1827.
Important confidential manuscript letter by the Dutch-Spanish diplomat Guillermo Lobé, in which he lays out the commercial and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Megha Duta, or Cloud Messenger, a poem, in the Sanscrit language.
by Kālidāsa (c. 4th–5th century CE); Horace Hayman Wilson (1786-1860, trans.).
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- 1814
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Wilson's first published Sanskrit translation, the first publication of the Meghadūta in the West
Kālidāsa (c. 4th–5th century CE); Horace Hayman Wilson (1786-1860, trans.).
The Megha Duta, or Cloud Messenger, a poem, in the Sanscrit language.
Calcutta printed: London reprinted, Black, Parry, and Co., 1814.
8°. XXII, 23-175 pp. Later half calf, marbled sides.First English translation of the Meghadūta, the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Early anti-colonialist and anti-missionary treatise
by Jacob Haafner (1754-1809).
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- 1807
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- Modern red cloth.
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Rage against missions: a landmark anti-colonialist treatise
Haarlem, Joh. Enschedé en Zoonen & J. van Walré, 1807.
4°. [4], X, [2], 27, [1 blank], 296 pp. With two engraved medallions on the first title-page.
First edition of a landmark Dutch anti-colonialist and anti-missionary treatise. This controversial and heavily criticized work marks a shift in thinking about the Western influence around the world. It… Read more about this item Item Price
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