MASSAJA (MASSAIA) GuglielmoMareMagnum
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In-4 gr. (mm. 340x245), 12 volumi in 6 tomi, mz. pergam. coeva (piatti con qualche abras.), tit. oro su tassello al dorso, pp. compl. 2.717, testo inquadrato in doppio filetto, ornato da elaborati grandi capilettera figur. a vignetta, testate e finali; con numerosiss. xilografie nel t., incluso il ritratto del Cardinal Massaja, e con 2 carte geografiche, a doppia pag., della part Nord e Sud dell’Etiopia. E' questa l'opera piu' importante sulla storia ed i costumi dell'impero etiopico, redatta (su istanza di Leone XIII) dal missionario ed esploratore astigiano Guglielmo Massaja (1809-1886), nominato cardinale nel 1884. Di grande interesse la parte iconografica (carte geografiche, vedute, costumi, ritratti, scene di vita del popolo, flora, fauna, ecc.). "Prima edizione". Cfr. CLIO,IV, p.2906. Solo un vol. con tracce d’uso e lievi arross., altrim. esemplare ben conservato.
1863réf. 162461Ethiopia: c. 1863. A duplicitous envoy at the heart of the Abyssinian court Two sketches attributed to M. Bardel a French diplomat who befriended Emperor Tewodros II in the build-up to the Abyssinia Expedition. They show an Ethiopian's head in profile as a mock-up for a cannon engraving and Bardel dressed in the emperor's armour. When Charles Cameron British consul to Abyssinia arrived in the country in 1862 he was accompanied by one Bardel a Frenchman who was assumed to be his secretary. A dispute led the the two to part ways after which Bardel entered the service of the emperor. Keen to deepen his European connections Tewodros entrusted Bardel to carry a letter to Napoleon III. However the Frenchman never received an audience and returned with a likely forged reply telling Tewodros that Napoleon did not approve of his erratic and often violent actions. He also informed Tewodros of uncomplimentary journal entries written by the Anglican missionary Henry Aaron Stern. This combined with the emperor's growing mistrust of Europeans and anger at being snubbed by their royal houses led him to order the arrest and torture of Cameron Stern and all other Europeans in 1864. The treatment of the prisoners resulted in the 1868 British expedition to Abyssinia led by Charles Napier. The captions on the first sketch read "Abyssian sic Head & the way they part their hair" and "This was done by Mr. Bardel for King Theodore & was a design of a warrior to be engraved on the celebrated big gun as per instructions in French he was rewarded by a present of 10 cows but the design was never carried out - June 1868". There are reports that Tewodros had the words "Theodore the Scourge of the Peverse" inscribed on his cannon. The captions on the second sketch read "Abyssian sic native prisoner being led to execution" and "Mr Bardel dressed in King Theodore's armour". Two ink sketches with brown watercolour on paper 89 x 65 mm and 133 x 70 mm each mounted on larger sheet 145 x 255 mm and 172 x 253 mm. Contemporary ink and pencil captions paper slip with contemporary manuscript ink caption affixed onto one sheet. Foxing and toning larger sheets chipped along one edge: very good. unknown
1790réf. 1211790 Hôtel de Thou puis Plassan [Panckoucke], Paris, 1790-1792. 6 volumes dont un d'atlas, 21 x 26 cm (R), in-4°, (I) 2 ffnc + viii pp. + 620 pp., (II) 2 ffnc + 784 pp., (III) 2 ffnc + 858 pp., (IV) 2 ffnc + 752 pp., (V) 2 ffnc + 328 pp. + clxiii pp., (Atlas) 2 ffnc (page de titre et liste des planches du tome V) + 3 grandes cartes repliées (sur 4) + 65 planches à simple page + 19 planches à double page, soit 87 planches sur les 88 que compte normalement l'ouvrage, reliure moderne en pleine basane prune, dos à nerfs ornés, toutes tranches rognées.
1857réf. PHO-1753Paris : Arthus Bertrand, 1857, 2 volumes sur 4, un Atlas in-folio, demi-veau blond, dos lisse orné, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Frottements au dos, fentes aux charnières, coiffes arrachées, coins émoussés. Première garde blanche déchirée. Petites rousseurs et mouillures claires en marge et 1 volume du texte de l’Histoire du Voyage, première partie (sur 2), brochage éditeur, xxiii-556pp., catalogue éditeur broché in fine, rousseurs, manque de papier aux coins (dernière de couv.)
First Edition; E.O. Un volume in 4to (25x33 cm) di XI-(4)-506-LXXV pagine. In barbe, quindi a larghi margini. 7 carte geografiche di cui 5 ripiegate (1 colorata a mano); 27 pagine ft di incisioni (con 28 tavole); 2 vignette incise. Completa quindi di tutte le carte e le incisioni. Bella legatura in mezza pelle moderna con dorso ornato e tassello di titolo. Sontuoso esemplare di questa prima edizione del più famoso libro illustrato di viaggi nel Corno d'Africa dell'Ottocento. (Extra postage cost is required for international shipping. Please email us for the new shipping cost).
1674réf. PHO-2243Paris, Louis Billaine, 1674, in-4 (228x164), basane postérieure (19eme), dos à nerfs avec titre, lieu et date, tranches marbrées, réparations au dos et aux coins, petite réparation au pli de la carte des Barbades, intérieur frais, illustré de 12 planches (13) et trois cartes dépliantes (Barbades, Jamaïque et Virginie, Maryland et la Nouvelle-Angleterre) manque la carte du Nil comme souvent et un faux titre
réf. PF66223 loose gelatin silver photos vast majority are ca. 8x12 cm 3 x 4 ½ in; nine smaller images are ca. 75x11 cm 3 x 4 ¼ in to ca. 65x10 cm 2 ½ x 3 ¾ in. No captions; most photos with period ink or pencil numbers on verso. Two photos with minor defects of negatives several with minor creases on the extremities a few photos mildly faded but overall a very good collection of interesting photos. Interesting extensive collection of 223 original gelatin silver snapshot photos taken during a mining survey expedition possibly prospecting for gold in Italian East Africa modern-day Eritrea and Ethiopia in the late 1930s. Possibly set up after the Second Italo-Ethiopian War 1935-1937 the photos follow a party consisting of a European civilian likely the Italian expedition leader several military officers native soldiers and military trucks driving across East African landscapes crossing bridges posing in front of various geological rock formations or caves looking for samples in streams &c. Over a dozen close-up images show a geologist’s hammer taken in the field next to different rock and earth formations. Four photos show the scenes with Africans performing artisanal gold panning in the streams; one image depicts miners operating a sluice box. There are also several photos of damaged or destroyed bridges and remnants of a tank in a field likely the echo of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Other photos show East African mountains and valleys rivers forests roads bridges villages cattle herds native people &c. There are also views of the Obelisk of Axum and Ethiopian megalithic stellae possibly in Tuto Fela Gedeo Zone of Ethiopia a military memorial with the Italian fascist eagle emblem and sign “Direzione Lavori … Eritrea” a gravestone for “Morts pour la Belgique” two Italian modernist buildings &c. Overall an interesting extensive collection of original snapshot photos of mineral surveys in Ethiopia and Eritrea during the Italian occupation in the 1930s. The colonial Mining Service in Italian Ethiopia commenced gold exploration in 1936 initially focusing on placer mining near Tulu Kapi in the south-west of the country. “The valorization of Western regions of Ethiopia was entrusted to S.A.P.I.E.-PRASSO and to the Societa Mineraria Italo-Tedesca S.M.I.T. <…> The operational infrastructure of S.A.P.I.E. had a clear military setting: the prospecting groups called “Colonne” corps reported to the General Directorate of Research with offices in Yubdo and were coordinated by a specialist engineer. In Yubdo there was also a laboratory for the analysis of samples collected during the various prospecting stages. Each corps was formed by 35/40 Italian and indigenous men often escorted by Ascari Eritrean soldiers embedded in the Italian colonial army and was dedicated to the exploration of a specific district <…>” Granitzio F. & others. Tulu Kapi Gold Project: a History of repeated discoveries in Western Ethiopia// KEFI Gold & Copper Co.; see more. unknown
1674réf. PHO-2032Paris, Louis Billaine, 1674. in-4 (228x164) , relié plein veau , filets sur les plats , dos à nerfs orné avec titre , auteur et date (reliure pastiche),tranches rouge. L'ouvrage est illustré de 12 planches hors texte, une carte de l'Éthiopie dans le texte, trois cartes dépliantes (Barbades, Jamaïque et Virginie, Maryland et la Nouvelle-Angleterre) manque la carte du Nil, mouillures, déchirure et réparation au pli (carte des Barbardes)
réf. 90642aaf19. Jh., auf braunem Lederriemchen aufgezogen sind 8 Pergamentschriftrollen, jede im eigens gefertigten ziselierten Lederetui, 6 Büchlein, ebenfalls in ziserlierten Lederetuis, 7 Schmuckelemente aus Messing, 1 Teil aus Knochen, 2 Elemente aus Holz, 14 kl. Perlen aus Metall und Glas. // pendentif sur fil de cuir brun avec 8 parchemins enroulés, chacun dans son étui en cuir ciselé fait sur mesure, 6 livres également dans leurs étuis, 7 pièces décoratives en cuivre jaune, un élément en os, 2 éléments en bois, 14 petits éléments (perles) en métal et en verre.
réf. 005460Paris, Louis Billaine, 1674. Cinq parties reliées en un volume in-quarto (180 X 250 mm) basane fauve marbrée, dos brun à nerfs orné de fers dorés, titre doré, tranches mouchetées en rouge (Reliure de l’époque) ; (8) ff. de titre, avis au lecteur, extrait du privilège, 262 pages, 14 planches h.-t. (dont 7 dépliantes) - 23 pages - 49 pages, 3 planches h.-t. - 83 pages [et non 81 pages, il y a en effet deux pages 54/55], 1 planche dépliante h.-t. - 35 pages, 1 planche dépliante h.-t. Discrètes et habiles restaurations à la reliure, épidermures sur les plats, infime travail de ver en fond de cahier sans atteinte au texte du premier tiers de l'ouvrage. SANS le faux titre "Colonies Anglaises" ni la CARTE de la "Description Topographique et mesure de l'Isle des Barbades aux Indes Occidentales" qui manque souvent.
réf. 34710Datation: d'après la paléographie XIXéme ou début XXéme siècle - Langue: Ge'ez - Codicologie: Parchemin; in-folio 43 x37 x8 cm - 3 col.; 31 lg.; 122 folios qui sont numérotés avec un tampon en chiffre arabe à l'encre noire, au centre de la marge infèrieure de chaque recto - Reliure : Ais de bois - Le second plat à été brisé dans sa longueur et recollé - Bon état de conservation - Les feuillets ont été abimés anciennement par un liquide dans le coin inférieur et externe -
2 volumi in 4, cm 21 x 30, pp. (32) + 396 + (42). Con frontespizio inciso e 11 tavole fuori testo ripiegate incise all'acquaforte, 1 incisione e 9 illustrazioni xilografiche nel testo; (8) + 968 + (2). Con frontespizio inciso e 6 ( su 8) tavole fuori testo in xilografia ripiegate, 1 incisione e 19 xilografie nel testo a piena pagina. Firme di proprieta' ottocentesche ai frontespizi. Mezza pelle ottocentesca con alcuni segni d'uso, fregi oro e nervature al dorso. Edizione originale dei primi 2 volumi pubblicati nel 1666 (per Valente de Oliveira) e nel 1674 (per Antonio Craesbeeck). Successivamente, nel 1675, usci' un terzo volume (sempre per Craesbeeck). Rarissima opera dedicata ai rapporti commerciali, militari e amministrativi con i paesi dell'Asia da parte del Regno di Portogallo. L'opera fu pubblicata postuma (Faria y Sousa era morto nel 1649) a cura del figlio che aveva ereditato libri e materiali manoscritti e rappresenta una importantissima fonte di informazioni relative a Goa e alle Indie portoghesi (governo di Don Garcia de Norona, di Estevan De Gama, Martin Alfonso de Sousa, Francisco Barreto, ecc), all'Etiopia, all'opera missionaria ivi operata da Padre Manuel de la Vega, Padre Iacinto Francisco ecc. e alle erbe, piante, animali, leggi, costumi e vicende militari. Tratta poi del Giappone e dei suoi usi e costumi, dei frequenti terremoti, descrive la Cina, la divisione amministrativa, i cibi e le produzioni agricole, la cultura cinese, la religione, i tribunali e le carceri ecc. L'isola di Ceylon, lo stretto di Ormutz ecc. Le tavole fuori testo raffigurano: L'isola di S. Elena; Cochim (Kerala); Quiloa (Tanzania); Fortaleza de Cananor (Kerala); Fortaleza (Brasile); Goa; Fortaleza de Malaca (Malesia); Fortaleza de Ormutz (Golfo Persico); Fortaleza de Chaul (Maharhasta, India); Fortaleza de Bacaim (Maharhasta, India); Fortaleza de Dio (Costa Ovest dell'India); Fortaleza de Mocambique (Monzambico); Fortaleza de Daman (Costa Ovest dell'India); Fortaleza de Manar (India); Fortaleza de Mangalor (India); Fortaleza De Onor (Karnataka, India); Barcalor. Sousa, importante storico, erudico e scrittore portoghese, scrisse gran parte della sua opera in spagnolo. Oltre a varie opere storiche dedicate al Portogallo, scrisse i Comentarios dos Lusiadas e i Comentarios das rimas varias de Luis De Camoes, considerati tra le piu' importanti fonti storiche su Luis De Camoes. Cordier, Sinica, 2039. Sabin, 28001. Palau, 86692
