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1679ref. PHO-2525A Paris, Chez Louis Billaine, 1679. In-4° ; 5ff.-1 carte h.-t.-repl.-327 pp.-218 pp.-144 pp.-12ff., veau époque, dos à nerfs orné avec titre. Manque au dos et charnières, coins usé, travail de ver sur les 17 premiers et 30 derniers feuillets, petite mouillure angulaire, titre bruni, feuillet « Au lecteur » déchiré sans manque, brunissures. L’une des meilleures descriptions des Maldives et une importante description de Goa.
1807ref. 41521ABLondon, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. 4to. XII, 445, (2); VI, 360, (8)pp. With 23 (15 aquatints; 2 fold.) engr. plates, 1 engr. map and 1 engr. plan. Contemp. full calf with 2 red labels, richly gilt, a.e.g. (signed: Simier).
1798ref. PHO-1110Paris, F. Buisson, An 6 de la République (1798). Cinq volumes in-8 (21x13,5cm) , relié plein cuir époque , dos lisse orné avec pièces de titre et de tomaison , filet en torsade sur les plats, coins et coiffes usés , charnières frottées (fente sur le tome 1) , (4) viij, 515pp. et (4) 412pp. et (4) 399pp. et (4) 326pp. et (4) ij, 402pp. ; (2) , illustré de 29 gravures (32) , 4 frontispices et 3 grandes cartes dépliantes gravés par Tardieu l’Ainé , pages de titre brunis . Édition originale du voyage de Macartney avec le 5eme volume ,en seconde édition, contenant le précis de l’histoire de Chine par Huttner (1-184) et la relation de son voyage (187-358) dans une reliure uniforme .
1725ref. PHO-1468Rouen & Amsterdam, Jean Baptiste Machuel le jeune , (T1, Étienne Roger,T2&8 Pierre le Boucher, Rouen) 1725 . 10 volumes in-12, ,relié plein veau époque , dos orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison rouges, tranches rouges , reliures tome 1 et 2 légèrement différentes, défauts d’usures, illustré de 5 frontispices et 42 gravures , la plupart dépliantes ,quelques défauts d’usages.
1782ref. PHO-2291A Paris, chez l'Auteur, Froulé, Nyon, Barrois, 1782.- 2 volumes in-4 (26x20,5cm) de XV, (8), 317, (1) pp., 80 pl. h.t. pour le tome 1 ; VIII, 298 pp., 60 pl. h.t. pour le tome 2 ; basane époque, dos lisse orné avec pièces de titre et tomaison vertes, frises aux plats. Frottements et épidermures, début de fentes (3cm) tome 2, coins et coupes usés, vieille mouillure claire, rousseurs et brunissures, 2 feuillets détachés, page 145 déchirée sans manque.
ref. Z1-F-061-00165Nabu Press. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Nabu Press unknown
1806ref. PHO-2636Paris, Dentu, 1806. 5 Volumes, 4 volumes de texte in-8 et 1 atlas in-4. Texte : 4 vol. in-8 (20x13cm), demi reliure et coins époque, dos lisse orné avec pièces de titre rouges et de tomaison vertes, frottements, coiffes usées ou arasées. Atlas : 1 vol. in-4 (29,5x22cm), titre, liste des planches et 140 gravures, demi reliure aubergine, dos à nerfs avec titre et tomaison, quelques frottements, coins usés.
1800ref. ABC_47410Ceylon Sri Lanka and the Netherlands 1800. Contemporary decorated paper wrappers. 8vo 16.5 x 10.5 cm. Written in a late 18th-century or early 19th-century cursive in French and Dutch. With: 2 MANUSCRIPT - FRENCH & DUTCH POEMS AND SONGS. Quelques Chansons. Ad 1: An interesting manuscript probably written by a Dutch person in the service of the VOC Dutch East-India Company during the time the VOC had trading stations and later was ruling Sri Lanka until 1802. Remarkably the majority of the birds snakes and other animals described here are described by the same indigenous names as those used by Jacob Haafner in his Reize te voet door het eiland Ceilon 1754. The birds other animals plants and trees described include: a "kiroudin" a kind of eagle or harrier native to the Malabar coast the "pambou-rajah of konigs slang" poisonous "Royal" snake a "rollewaijs" a Rollewai a kind of bat typical for Ceylon the "tijger-royal" Royal tiger the "anacondo" an anaconda or water boas a large snake a "alamaram/wortelboom" mangrove tree the "ananas" pineapple the "casjou" cashew nut and "mangas" mangos among many others. Ad 2: A manuscript written in French and Dutch consisting of thirteen humorous poems and songs in French and Dutch. This part was probably added a few decades after the text on the natural history of Ceylon by the same author possibly after their return to the Netherlands. It is written in a later hand upside down and back to front from p. 28 to p. 15: 6 humorous poems in French: "Le vaillant troubadour" "Romance" in 3 stanzas "Romance de la petite Condrille" in 3 stanzas no title in 3 stanzas no title in 5 stanzas and 7 humorous poems in Dutch: "Toverfluit" "Oost-Indië boven" a riddle "De schrandere priester" "De getrouwe raad" "De gereede raadgever" and finally "De predikant en de dorpsschout".With manuscript annotations on the wrappers mainly repeats of the supposed title: "Quelques Chansons". The wrappers show clear signs of wear with some paper loss to the spine and edges of the wrappers. With manuscript writing exercises and an excerpt of a French text on the paste-downs/inside of the wrappers. Otherwise in good condition.l cf. Valentijn V 1726 pp. 50-54. unknown
2011ref. 95483Damiani. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in Turkish and English. 184 pp. With 63 col. Ills. -- with a bonus offer--; One of Turkey's most prominent artists Taner Ceylan makes hyperrealist paintings that bespeak absolute technical mastery and precision but which are also freighted with an emotional and sexual dimension usually absent from the genre--qualities that have set him apart from the prevailing tendencies in contemporary Turkish art and which at times have also brought him outright abuse in the press. Ceylan's paintings occupy a register somewhere between the mutely homoerotic as in his portrait of a bloodied and perspiring boxer--possibly an allegory of the artist's own trials and the overtly sexual to enter his website "you must be at least 18 years of age" . Curator Dan Cameron who has championed the painter orients him in a tradition of sexually explicit art stemming from Robert Mapplethorpe to Jeff Koons but points out that the implicit argument of Celyan's work is "a romantic arguing for the wholesomeness of gay male sexuality." . 2011. 8862081731 . Damiani hardcover
1699ref. ABC_47411Jaffanapatnam Ceylon 1699. Folded and kept together by an orange white and blue piece of string in the left margin 1.5 cm from the edge of the leaves in the middle. Folio 33 x 21 cm. The Dutch letter is written in a neat late 17th-century cursive hand in brown ink. Contemporary copy Copia perhaps by Schenkenberg himself or by his secretary including the address on the first leaf: Rotterdam./ Aenden Edelen Heer./ Harmen van Zoelen/ oud burgermeester der stadt/ en Bewinthebber vande Oostindische/ Comp. ter Camer Aldaar.Very interesting letter by the Director commandeur of the fort and Dutch East India Company VOC station Jaffanapatnam on the northern-most coast of Ceylon now: Sri Lanka facing the Coromandel coast of India. The fort was captured from the Portuguese by Rycklof van Goens in the 1630s and was an important stronghold for the VOC presence on Ceylon during the late 17th and 18th centuries. The letter offers clear insight in the VOC policy regarding appointments nominations and commissions as well as for the required qualifications and salaries for the various functions. The letter also shows how important family ties recommendations and even favouritism and nepotism were in these matters.Matthaeus Schenkenberg was born in Batavia in 1667 as son of Hendrik Schenkenberg and Henrietta Chasteleyn. He writes that after having been chief-merchant opperkoopman for eight years he had been appointed by the high command at Batavia the hooge regeering director commandeur of the fort Jaffanapatnam Jaffna in June 1698 as the successor of Hendrik Swaardecroon with a monthly salary of 120 guilders for five years. Hardly a year after this appointment he is already dissatisfied - one of his predecessors Floris Blom who was director from 1669-1693 earned 150 guilders - and he is seeking for a following step in his career. Thats why he is writing this letter to his uncle Harmen van Zoelen or Soelen; ca. 1635-1702 hoping to be helped into a better job: a good move because Van Zoelen was one of the directors of the VOC chamber in Rotterdam and burgomaster of that city.Which is why he asks his uncle to put in a good word for him in order to obtain an appointment as for instance Governor of places like Macassar Celebes Ambon or Banda island between Sumatra and Malacca. Indeed Mattheus Schenkenberg was appointed Governor of Banda where he ultimately died on 14 June 1709 his tomb is still in existence.With faint folding lines and some pencil annotations on the first and last pages small wormholes in the left inner margins of the leaves very slightly affecting the text but not its legibility the edges are very slightly frayed and the last page is slightly browned. Overall in very good condition.l Bons Kinderen van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie Master scriptie Univ. Leiden 2015 esp. pp. 82-83; Van den Belt Het VOC bedrijf op Ceylon in de 18e eeuw Zutphen 2008; Valentijn V 1726 p. 564. unknown
ref. P94Oblong Folio album ca. 275x38 cm. 49 paper leaves. With 49 mounted albumen photographs including 47 larger ones from ca. 235x29 cm 9 ¼ x 11 ½ in to ca. 145x20 cm 5 ½ x 7 ¾ in; and two smaller photos ca. 9x135 cm 3 ½ x 5 ¼ in. Eighteen photos with captions and/or photographers’ stamps and signatures in negative. Period brown half sheep album with cloth boards gilt-tooled with the gilt-lettered initials “A.L.” on the front board; moire endpapers. Photos seemingly mounted at a later date. Mounts slightly waved and crinkled a couple of photos with minor losses on the corners or extremities but overall a very good collection of interesting strong photos. An attractive collection of large albumen studio photos of British India and Ceylon by famous local studios. The photos of India mostly attributed to Bourne and Shepherd show the architecture of Agra Taj Mahal the tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah Akbar’s tomb Ahmedabad Rani Sipri’s Mosque the Temple of Hathi Singh Lucknow Dikulsha Kothi Kolkata Buddhist Pagoda in the Eden Gardens; there are also views of the Elephanta Caves a train turning on the Agony Point Loop of the Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway a statue of Nandi Bull etc. The other photos show Fort Ali Masjid in the Khyber Pass by John Burke sculptures decorating a Hindu temple by “Nicholas & Co.” a town in Darjeeling with the Himalayas towering in the background hill stations portraits of workers at burning ghats cart drivers girls etc. The photos of Sri Lanka show Colombo Queen Street with the old lighthouse Grand Oriental Hotel hills with tea plantations the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy and portraits of Tamil tea pluckers by “Scowen & Co.” Overall a nice collection of large studio photos of British India and Ceylon. A list of captioned photos: The Taj. Agra. 1080 unsigned but Bourne & Shepherd; 3133. A dunga shikari & kitchen boat; Lucknow the Dikulsha Palace signed “Borne 1149”; Huthi Singh’s Tomb. Ahmedabad. 2236 signed “Bourne & Shepherd 2236”; Ranee Seepika Musjid. Ahmedabad. 2233 signed “Bourne & Shepherd 2233”; Lucknow. View from the terrace of the Hooseinabad Emambara signed “Borne 1051”; The Mausoleum of Akbar. Sekundra. 1251 unsigned but Bourne & Shepherd; Agra. The Mausoleum of Prince Etmad-Dowlah from the Gate signed “Borne 1232”; The Taj from fountain. Agra. 1077 unsigned but Bourne & Shepherd; An Ekka. 1128 signed “B.S.”; Ali Musjid. signed “Burke 28”; Sculptures on a Hindu temple signed “Nicholas & Co. Madras”; Pagoda in Eden Gardens. Calcutta. 1710. signed “B.ourne”; Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth. Kandy signed “Scowen & Co.”; Tamil cooly plucking tea leaf signed “Scowen & Co. Ceylon”; A Fijian landscape with colonial buildings signed “Dufty & Co. Levuka. Fiji”; A view of the Grand Oriental Hotel in Colombo signed “Photographers W.L.H. Skeen & Co. Colombo Ceylon”; The Angel of Cawnpore memorial signed “V. Pont. 69”. hardcover
2009ref. 018683Istanbul: NTV Yayinlari 2009. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Original bdg. In the original case. Oblong elephant folio. 49 x 34 cm. In English and Turkish. Very heavy volume. 1000 copies were printed. Numbered edition. Panoramic photographs of Turkey by Nuri Bilge Ceylan between the years 2003 and 2009 has been published by NTV in December 2009. Turkey cinemascope.= Sinemaskop Türkiye. Text by Yildirim Türker. Album of photographs. NTV Yayinlari hardcover
1867ref. 1101867 Firmin Didot frères, fils et Cie, Paris, 1867. 2 tomes reliés en un volume. 18 x 24,5 cm (R), in-8°, XXXII pp. + 407 pp. & (4 pp.) + 472 pp. ; avec 4 planches hors texte : 1 planche lithographiée et coloriée (le Taj-Mahal à Agra du côté de la Jumna), 1 planche lithographiée en noir (Un éléphant porteur de reliques, et chefs kandiens à Ceylan), toutes deux placées en frontispice et deux photographies originales contrecollées (Tombe d'Akmud Oud Doula, Agra et Vue de l'intérieur de la Chaïtya, grottes de Karli), reliure demi basane fauve, dos à 5 nerfs orné de fers dorés avec pièces de titre olive et grenat, tranches mouchetées.
1890ref. 36021[Ceylan vers 1890?] petit in-folio oblong dérelié, tirages sur papier salé (21 x 25,5 cm environ) contrecollés sur carton fort, entièrement monté sur onglets, tranches dorées
1732ref. 18171Batavia 1732. Contemporary blue wrappers. 4to. Rare first edition probably printed in Batavia of the sentence against Mr. Petrus Vuyst Governor of Ceylon between 1726 and 1729 pronounced by the Council of Justice at Batavia on 19 May 1732. Vuyst had sentenced 19 innocent people to death and mistreated and tortured many others. He faced trial for these severe charges was found guilty and consequently executed at Batavia's castle on 3 June 1732.Three other editions appeared in Holland all printed after this original edition "Na een origineel Copy van Batavia zoo en gelyk het den gevangene is voorgelese" Landwehr 1012-1014. Very good copy.l Landwehr & V.d. Krogt VOC 1011; STCN 2 copies; cf. Knuttel 16915-16916. unknown
ref. 26536Le tout contenu dans une boite carton moderne
1903ref. LCCDKE4XUWG9Batavia: G. Kolff & Co. 1903. Contemporary brown cloth title in gold decorated endpapers. Folio. With 1 engraved double-page plate 4 lithographed colour-plates and 22 albumen photographs with guard leaves containing text. 2 works in 1 volume. Rare first and only edition of a report on the investigation of tea cultivation and production in Assam India and Ceylon. The Dutch cultural association Cultuur Maatschappij in Palakan-Salak asked H.J.Th. Netscher and Alexander Albert Holle to investigate the Assam and Ceylon tea cultivation and production with regard to the economic position of Java tea in the world market. Netscher and Holle had their investigations on tea cultivation and culture in British India and Ceylon printed but never put them on the market merely giving some copies to parties concerned with the tea industry. They gave the present copy to Norbert Pieter van den Berg head agent of the Dutch East Indian commercial bank at Batavia and president of the Javanese bank. The report discusses various aspects of tea and its cultivation including the geographic dissemination different kinds of tea seeds the conservation of tea seeds the process of drying tea leaves and the arrangement of tea factories. But the book also describes some remarkable things that caught Netscher and Holles attention of during their journey. They write for example about sugar and elephants. Nevertheless the main purpose of their report was to gather information on British-Indian tea cultivation especially regarding competion on the world market.The 22 albumen photographs in the present copy inserted through the whole book show mainly the tea gardens of Assam and Ceylon but also elephants and landscapes Netscher and Holle saw on their journey. A sign for that at least some of these photographs are contemporary is that they refer to their own train on one of the pictures. These pictures give this extensive and important report on tea cultivation enriching insights into the tea cultivation in British-India and Ceylon ca. 1900.Presentation copy from the Cultuur Maatschappij Parakan-Salak to Norbert Pieter van den Berg with some bolts at the end of the book unopened. Head and foot of spine slightly rubbed corners bumped some stains on the boards. Slightly browned not affecting the text otherwise in very good condition.l WorldCat 9 copies not noting the albumen prints; for Netscher & Holle: All about tea p. 128; Performing otherness: Java and Bali on international stages 1905-1952 p. 15; for Norbert Pieter van den Berg: Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde pp. 55-56. G. Kolff & Co., hardcover