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1756réf. P1-26-4HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DES VOYAGES, OU NOUVELLE COLLECTION DE TOUTES LES RELATIONS DE VOYAGES PAR MER ET PAR TERRE, QUI ONT ÉTÉ PUBLIÉES JUSQU'À PRÉSENT DANS LES DIFFÉRENTES LANGUES DE TOUTES LES NATIONS CONNUES [.]. TOME 14 (…). La Haye, Pierre de Hondt, 1756. In-4° (265x205mm), relié plein veau, pièce de titre, dos richement orné, page de titre imprimée en rouge et noir, tranches marbrées. Plats frottés, intérieur en très bon état. 4 ff. (page de titre – Avertissements – catalogue), 500pp., 2ff. (table). Cet ouvrage est illustré de 18 planches hors-texte. Le tome 14 contient : - Suite du livre troisième, Voyages dans la presqu’isle en deça du Gange. - Livre quatrième, Voyages aux Indes orientales par le Sud-ouest. Bon exemplaire.
1747réf. P1-26-5HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DES VOYAGES, OU NOUVELLE COLLECTION DE TOUTES LES RELATIONS DE VOYAGES PAR MER ET PAR TERRE, QUI ONT ÉTÉ PUBLIÉES JUSQU'À PRÉSENT DANS LES DIFFÉRENTES LANGUES DE TOUTES LES NATIONS CONNUES [.]. TOME QUATRIÈME (…). Paris, Didot, 1747. In-4°, (265x205mm), relié plein veau, pièce de titre, dos orné, page de titre imprimée en rouge et noir, tranches marbrées. Plats frottés, reliure défraichie, intérieur en bon état. 4ff.-1 carte dépliante-648pp.-3ff.(1ff. avis au relieur). Cet ouvrage est illustré de 50 planches : 1 carte dépliante déchirée sans manque, 13 planches dépliantes, 31 planches, 1 carte et 4 cartes dépliantes. Le tome 4 contient : - Suite du Livre Neuvième, & de la Description de la Guinée. - Livre X : Contenant la description des Côtes, depuis Rio da Volta jusqu’au Cap Lopez-Consalvo. - Livre XI : Voyages dans la Guinée & au Royaume de Benin ; contenant la description du Royaume de Benin et de toute la Côte, jusqu’au Royaume de Congo. - Livre XII : Voyages dans les Royaumes de Congo & d’Angola. - Livre XIII : Description des Royaumes de Loango, de Congo, d’Angola, de Benguela & des Pays voisins. Bon exemplaire.
1968réf. 1194431968 Editions Espasa-Calpe, S. A. - 1968 - In-8, cartonnage rouge avec titre et décor en doré sur le 1er plat et le dos - 477 p. - Très riche iconographie in et hors texte en N&B - Ouvrage en espagnol
1831réf. PHO-2158Paris, Denain, 1831, 3 volumes in-8 (23x14cm), 2ff.-525pp., 2ff.-502pp., 2ff.-504pp., demi chagrin époque, dos à nerfs avec titre et tomaison, Illustré de 3 gravures dépliantes en frontispice. Frottements aux plats, coupes usées, coins émoussés, rousseurs.
réf. 119373sd J. Hetzel, Editeur, Collection "Bibliothèque des Succès Scolaires" - Sans date - In-12, pleine percaline violette, plats ornés à froid, dos avec titre, nom de l'auteur et de la collection, fleurons et caissons en doré - 320 p. - Quelques illustrations in et hors texte en N&B
1772réf. P2-6B-aPARIS (Durand) 1772. 7 volumes 12 (17x10 cm), reliure plein veau dos lisse orné, charniers faibles à 2 volumes. Mouillure à un coin. [12]-522, [4]-413-[1 bl.], [4]-458, [4]-440, [4]-430, 480, 444 pp. Cet ouvrage connut un grand succès.
2010réf. 1190182010 Editions Atlas - 2010 - In-4, cartonnage illustré en couleurs et en doré de l'éditeur; tranches dorées - 410 p. - Nombreuses illustrations in et hors texte en N&B + 66 fac-similés et cartes
1707réf. BB0368Amsterdam: Chez Thomas Lombrail marchand libraire dans le Beurs-Straat 1707. Full Calf. Near Fine. First French-language Edition another French language edition was printed in Orleans but bearing a Paris imprint the same year with no priority definitively established translated from the English of the first history of the Virginia colony "and the best contemporary account of its aboriginal tribes and the life of its early settlers." Howes 12mo 159 x 92mm: 643316pp with engraved title page featuring coat of arms of Virginia14 finely executed numbered plates based on engravings from De Bry's Grand Voyages and folding table p. 433. Contemporary calf spine richly gilt in six compartments between raised bands red morocco lettering piece gilt. A handsome well-preserved copy tightly bound and clean throughout. This edition was in Thomas Jefferson's library at Monticello. Sabin 5116. Howe B-410. Church 821. JCB I 93. Goldsmiths'-Kress 4396. Geology Emerging 212. European Americana V p. 436. While in London in 1705 Robert Beverley wrote and published The History and Present State of Virginia one of the earliest printed English-language histories about North America by an author born there. Beverley was a scion of Virginia's planter elite at odds with royal governors in the colony. As a native-born Americanmost famously claiming "I am an Indian"he provided English readers with the first thoroughgoing account of the province's past natural history Indians and current politics and society. Sabin calls Beverley the "best authority" affording the "most vivid comprehensive instructive and entertaining picture of Virginia at the date of his writing." N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Chez Thomas Lombrail, marchand libraire, dans le Beurs-Straat unknown
réf. 0365833045.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1733réf. E05532 volumes. 8xxiv616471 pages with 4 maps ad view one folding and 3 plates one folding; 2693892 pages with 1 map and 6 plates. Quarto 10 1/4" x 10 1/4" bound in half leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Borba de Moraes page I:453; European Americana 733/146; Sabin 38591 First edition. Joseph-François Lafitau was a French Jesuit missionary ethnologist and naturalist. He is best known for his use of the comparative method in the field of scientific anthropology the discovery of ginseng and his writings on the Iroquois. Lafitau was the first of the Jesuit missionaries in Canada to have a scientific point of view. Lafitau is considered the first of the modern ethnographers and a precursor of scientific ethnology for his work on the Iroquois. He developed a model of studying peoples that involved describing existing cultures on their own terms—not in comparison to European society. He distinguished generic and specific traits transforming the "generic savage" into specific tribal groups. He explained that "only from specific identities can genetic relations be inferred." Furthermore he was the first to declare "contemporary primitive cultures throw light upon the culture of ancient people and vice versa. Lafitau is remembered for applying the comparative method with a greater level of competency than any of his contemporaries. Through original field observations he was able to critique the works of earlier writers on Primitive peoples. By using the Comparative Method Lafitau rejected all theories of social and cultural change and instead used his study to demonstrate the similarities in customs practices and usages of the Native North Americans with diverse peoples from different continents and centuries. He consistently relied on the doctrine of degeneration: all men originally shared one religion with one God but over time as people migrated to separate margins of the earth where they then lost touch with the values and traditions of this one true religion and culture. Therefore Lafitau believed in the "psychic unity of mankind" and the doctrine of primitive monotheism. His major work written in French was first published in 1724 in Paris. It is entitled Customs of the American Indians Compared with the Customs of Primitive Times Moeurs des Sauvages Amériquains Comparées aux Moeurs des Premiers Temps and is 1100 pages in total. In 1974 William Fenton and Elizabeth Moore made the first translation into English available. Lafitau published two other works. One Histoire de Jean de Brienne Roy de Jérusalem et Empereur de Constantinople Paris 1727 was released before he returned to Canada; it is little known and seldom seen. A two-volume Histoire des découvertes et conquestes des Portugais dons le Nouveau Monde . . . 1733 appeared after he came home to France. Frequently found in libraries it is not just a compilation of original sources but an attempt to make available to French readers a story of exploration and adventure otherwise denied to them; in the chronicles he sees a long development of customs hitherto unnoticed such as he had reported in the Mœurs; from them understood only he says in the original languages of the people who practice them he builds his "system" or philosophy of history and once more he is concerned too with the relation between custom and natural history or ecology. Condition: Beautifully rebound in half leather. Faint dampening to second volume; early owner's signatures on title pages inked stamps of St Charles Borromeo Seminary on front paste-downs and first title page lacks frontispiece else a very good to fine set. Chez Saugrain pere, quai des Augustins, au coin de la rue Chez Saugrain pere, quai des Augustins, au coin de la rue Pavee, a la hardcover
1700réf. E0566xxiii43313 table pages with two folding maps of the Marsianes and Guam. Duodecimo 6 1/2 x 3 1/4" bound in contemporary full sheep with red label in gilt spine and five raised spine bands speckled red end pages. Brunet 28230 Cioranescu 41783 First edition. Charles Le Gobien was a French Jesuit writer founder of the Lettres édifiantes et curieuses a collection of reports from Jesuit missionaries in China. It is a major source of information for the history of Catholic missions and life in China in those times. Le Gobien was born at Saint-Malo Brittany. He entered the Society of Jesus on 25 November 1671. As professor of philosophy and especially while procurator of the Franco-Chinese mission he sought in a series of papers to awaken interest in the work of Christianizing Eastern Asia. In 1697 appeared at Paris his Lettres sur les progréz de la religion à la Chine. Apropos of Chinese Rites controversy he published among other things Histoire de l'édit de l'empereur de la Chine en faveur de la religion chrétienne avec un éclaircissement sur les honneurs que les Chinois rendent à Confucius et aux morts Paris 1698; and in the year 1700: Lettre à un Docteur de la Faculté de Paris sur les propositions déférées en Sorbonne par M. Prioux. Under the same date there appeared in Paris the Histoire des Isles Mariannes nouvellement converties à la religion chrétienne. The second part translated into Spanish by J. Delgado is found in the latter's Historia General de Filipinas Manila 1892. In 1702 Père Le Gobien published Lettres de quelques missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jésus écrites de la Chine et des Indes Orientales; this was the beginning of the collection soon to become celebrated under the title of Lettres édifiantes et curieuses écrites des missions étrangéres par quelques missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jésus. The first eight series were by Le Gobien the latter ones by Fathers Du Halde Patouillet Geoffroy and Maréchal. The collection was printed in thirty-six volumes duodecimo Paris 1703–76 and reissued in 1780-81 by Fathers Yves de Querbeux and Brotier in twenty-six volumes duodecimo omitting the prefaces. New editions appeared in 1819 1829–32 and 1838-43. One abridgment in four volumes octavo was entitled Panthéon Littéraire by L. Aimé Martin 1834–43. A partial English translation came out in London in 1714. The publication incited the Austrian Jesuit Stöcklein to undertake his Neuer Welt Bott about 1720 at first considered merely a translation but soon an independent and particularly valuable collection five volumes folio in forty parts substantially completing the Lettres Edifiantes. This is a history of the Christian missions in the Marianas or Ladrones Islands in the north-western Pacific the principal island of which is Guam. Reprinted in the text are several letters from early missionaries Medina Clain Sanvitores &c. The Jesuit mission was established there by Diego Luis de Sanvitores. Father Le Gobien never visited the Mariana islands but based his account chiefly on the relations and letters of missionaries sent to him from Rome Spain the Netherlands etc. Includes a letter by P. Clain about the discovery of the Caroline Islands. Condition: Rebacked with original spine laid down provenance: Jesuit College library with old stamps to front free endpaper half title and title page else about very good. Nicolas Pepie hardcover
1938réf. 42082ABParis, Libraire Larousse, 1938. 4°, VIII, 304 S. mit 586 s/w-Abb. und Kartendarstellungen in Kupfertiefdruck sowie 8 farbige Tafelseiten, Text: Französisch, wunderbar gemusterte Vorsätze, Vollschwarzschnitt, grüner original Werkstoffeinband mit gopldener Deckel- und Rückenbeschriftung sowie Deckelbildprägung von Kompassrosen, altersgemäß schönes, sauberes Exemplar ohne wirklich nennenswerte Mängel
1733réf. E05532 volumes. 8xxiv616471 pages with 4 maps ad view one folding and 3 plates one folding; 2693892 pages with 1 map and 6 plates. Quarto 10 1/4" x 10 1/4" bound in half leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Borba de Moraes page I:453; European Americana 733/146; Sabin 38591 First edition. Joseph-François Lafitau was a French Jesuit missionary ethnologist and naturalist. He is best known for his use of the comparative method in the field of scientific anthropology the discovery of ginseng and his writings on the Iroquois. Lafitau was the first of the Jesuit missionaries in Canada to have a scientific point of view. Lafitau is considered the first of the modern ethnographers and a precursor of scientific ethnology for his work on the Iroquois. He developed a model of studying peoples that involved describing existing cultures on their own terms—not in comparison to European society. He distinguished generic and specific traits transforming the "generic savage" into specific tribal groups. He explained that "only from specific identities can genetic relations be inferred." Furthermore he was the first to declare "contemporary primitive cultures throw light upon the culture of ancient people and vice versa. Lafitau is remembered for applying the comparative method with a greater level of competency than any of his contemporaries. Through original field observations he was able to critique the works of earlier writers on Primitive peoples. By using the Comparative Method Lafitau rejected all theories of social and cultural change and instead used his study to demonstrate the similarities in customs practices and usages of the Native North Americans with diverse peoples from different continents and centuries. He consistently relied on the doctrine of degeneration: all men originally shared one religion with one God but over time as people migrated to separate margins of the earth where they then lost touch with the values and traditions of this one true religion and culture. Therefore Lafitau believed in the "psychic unity of mankind" and the doctrine of primitive monotheism. His major work written in French was first published in 1724 in Paris. It is entitled Customs of the American Indians Compared with the Customs of Primitive Times Moeurs des Sauvages Amériquains Comparées aux Moeurs des Premiers Temps and is 1100 pages in total. In 1974 William Fenton and Elizabeth Moore made the first translation into English available. Lafitau published two other works. One Histoire de Jean de Brienne Roy de Jérusalem et Empereur de Constantinople Paris 1727 was released before he returned to Canada; it is little known and seldom seen. A two-volume Histoire des découvertes et conquestes des Portugais dons le Nouveau Monde . . . 1733 appeared after he came home to France. Frequently found in libraries it is not just a compilation of original sources but an attempt to make available to French readers a story of exploration and adventure otherwise denied to them; in the chronicles he sees a long development of customs hitherto unnoticed such as he had reported in the Mœurs; from them understood only he says in the original languages of the people who practice them he builds his "system" or philosophy of history and once more he is concerned too with the relation between custom and natural history or ecology. Condition: Beautifully rebound in half leather. Faint dampening to second volume; early owner's signatures on title pages inked stamps of St Charles Borromeo Seminary on front paste-downs and first title page lacks frontispiece else a very good to fine set. Chez Saugrain pere, quai des Augustins, au coin de la rue Chez Saugrain pere, quai des Augustins, au coin de la rue Pavee, a la hardcover books
1700réf. E0566xxiii43313 table pages with two folding maps of the Marsianes and Guam. Duodecimo 6 1/2 x 3 1/4" bound in contemporary full sheep with red label in gilt spine and five raised spine bands speckled red end pages. Brunet 28230 Cioranescu 41783 First edition. Charles Le Gobien was a French Jesuit writer founder of the Lettres édifiantes et curieuses a collection of reports from Jesuit missionaries in China. It is a major source of information for the history of Catholic missions and life in China in those times. Le Gobien was born at Saint-Malo Brittany. He entered the Society of Jesus on 25 November 1671. As professor of philosophy and especially while procurator of the Franco-Chinese mission he sought in a series of papers to awaken interest in the work of Christianizing Eastern Asia. In 1697 appeared at Paris his Lettres sur les progréz de la religion à la Chine. Apropos of Chinese Rites controversy he published among other things Histoire de l'édit de l'empereur de la Chine en faveur de la religion chrétienne avec un éclaircissement sur les honneurs que les Chinois rendent à Confucius et aux morts Paris 1698; and in the year 1700: Lettre à un Docteur de la Faculté de Paris sur les propositions déférées en Sorbonne par M. Prioux. Under the same date there appeared in Paris the Histoire des Isles Mariannes nouvellement converties à la religion chrétienne. The second part translated into Spanish by J. Delgado is found in the latter's Historia General de Filipinas Manila 1892. In 1702 Père Le Gobien published Lettres de quelques missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jésus écrites de la Chine et des Indes Orientales; this was the beginning of the collection soon to become celebrated under the title of Lettres édifiantes et curieuses écrites des missions étrangéres par quelques missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jésus. The first eight series were by Le Gobien the latter ones by Fathers Du Halde Patouillet Geoffroy and Maréchal. The collection was printed in thirty-six volumes duodecimo Paris 1703–76 and reissued in 1780-81 by Fathers Yves de Querbeux and Brotier in twenty-six volumes duodecimo omitting the prefaces. New editions appeared in 1819 1829–32 and 1838-43. One abridgment in four volumes octavo was entitled Panthéon Littéraire by L. Aimé Martin 1834–43. A partial English translation came out in London in 1714. The publication incited the Austrian Jesuit Stöcklein to undertake his Neuer Welt Bott about 1720 at first considered merely a translation but soon an independent and particularly valuable collection five volumes folio in forty parts substantially completing the Lettres Edifiantes. This is a history of the Christian missions in the Marianas or Ladrones Islands in the north-western Pacific the principal island of which is Guam. Reprinted in the text are several letters from early missionaries Medina Clain Sanvitores &c. The Jesuit mission was established there by Diego Luis de Sanvitores. Father Le Gobien never visited the Mariana islands but based his account chiefly on the relations and letters of missionaries sent to him from Rome Spain the Netherlands etc. Includes a letter by P. Clain about the discovery of the Caroline Islands. Condition: Rebacked with original spine laid down provenance: Jesuit College library with old stamps to front free endpaper half title and title page else about very good. Nicolas Pepie hardcover books
1854réf. 13656BBParis, Chez J. Bry Aine, 1854. Gr.8°. 1 kolorierte Tafel (Jeune Sauvage), 48 Seiten, 1 kolorierte Tafel (Chilien), 16 Seiten, 1 kolorierte Tafel (Indiens Corbeaux), 48 Seiten, 16 Seiten, 1 kolorierte Tafel (Isquimau), 32 Seiten, 1 kolorierte tafel (Esquimaude), 32 Seiten, 16 Seiten, 1 kolorierte Tafel (Peau Rouge), 32 Seiten, 1 kolorierte Tafel ( Gaucho des environs de Buenos-Aires), 32 Seiten, 16 Seiten, 1 kolorierte Tafel (Dame Bresilienne), 1 kolorierte Karte (Amerique). Mit zahlreichen Textillustrationen. Halblederband der Zeit. Rückengelenk stellenweise angeplatzt, Kanten bestoßen. >Bibliothèque universelle des voyages<
réf. 56216Paris Didot 1846. 4 feuillets. 460 pages. 1 carte dépliante. 91 planches hors-texte. 215x18 Cm. Cartonnage vert de lépoque. Dos lisse. Titre doré. Coins émoussés. Plats un peu frottés. Ouvrage illustré de nombreuses vues costumes portraits etc. Histoire de la Suisse des temps anciens jusqu'au début du 19e siècle suivie de la statistique et la description de chacun des cantons suisses. Il suit une 2e partie beaucoup plus brève sur le Tyrol. Rousseurs. Paris, Didot, 1846. unknown
1588réf. E05544-5702 blank28 pages with woodcut device on title woodcut historiated initials and decorations. Folio 12 1/2" x 8 1/4" bound in contemporary vellum. European Americana 588/57; Palau 146976; Sabin 146976 Western Travellers in China 11 First edition of Maffei's great history of India. Ten Latin editions two in Italian and two in French appeared before 1621. Based on primary material it still remains a valuable account today. The work is divided into 16 books. Most of it deals with the Portuguese conquests and Jesuit missionary work in the East Indies and India up to about 1557 Borba de Moraes page 508 "a classic work on the subject . writes extensively about Brazil describing it very accurately"; Maffie was the firs author to use Jesuit letters extensively as well as many secular sources including Fernando Mendes Pinto. Condition: Contemporary velum with moderate wear re-backed in vellum with original spine label laid down; minor worming and foxing intermittent moderate damp staining pages 410 and 419 blank due to a printing error; early inscription and inked stamped on title page new end papers and paste-downs else a good to very good copy. Apud Philippum Juncatam hardcover
1588réf. E05544-5702 blank28 pages with woodcut device on title woodcut historiated initials and decorations. Folio 12 1/2" x 8 1/4" bound in contemporary vellum. European Americana 588/57; Palau 146976; Sabin 146976 Western Travellers in China 11 First edition of Maffei's great history of India. Ten Latin editions two in Italian and two in French appeared before 1621. Based on primary material it still remains a valuable account today. The work is divided into 16 books. Most of it deals with the Portuguese conquests and Jesuit missionary work in the East Indies and India up to about 1557 Borba de Moraes page 508 "a classic work on the subject . writes extensively about Brazil describing it very accurately"; Maffie was the firs author to use Jesuit letters extensively as well as many secular sources including Fernando Mendes Pinto. Condition: Contemporary velum with moderate wear re-backed in vellum with original spine label laid down; minor worming and foxing intermittent moderate damp staining pages 410 and 419 blank due to a printing error; early inscription and inked stamped on title page new end papers and paste-downs else a good to very good copy. Apud Philippum Juncatam hardcover books
1818réf. BOOKS0073902 volumes: xxiii557 pages with fold out frontispiece map and two additional maps one folding; vii550 pages with folding frontispiece map tables three maps and appendix. Octavo 8 3/4" x 5 3/4" recased with original leather boards and original spine laid on. Second edition corrected and enlarged. First published in 1817. Hugh Murray was a geographer. Hugh entered the Edinburgh excise office as a clerk but from the first devoted his leisure to literary pursuits publishing The Swiss Emigrants in 1804; two philosophical treatises The Morality of Fiction 1805 and Enquiries respecting the Character of Nations 1808; and another romance Corasmin or the Minister in 1814. In 1816 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh to whose Transactions he contributed among other papers one in 1818 On the Ancient Geography of Central and Eastern Asia with Illustrations derived from Recent Discoveries in the North of India. In 1817 he enlarged and completed Dr. Leyden's Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa. Similar works by him on Asia and North America followed; the former being published in three volumes at Edinburgh in 1820 and the latter in London in 1829. Condition: Recased with original leather spines and covers laid on and new end papers frontispiece map of volume one need of repair at some folds else a good to very good set. Archibald Constable & Company hardcover
1970réf. 005641Frank Cass Publishers 1970. A lovely copy of this SCARCE Facsimile edition.NOT EX LIBRARY! 180pp. Number 64 in the Cass Library of African Studies Travels and Narratives. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Inscribed or Signed. The 1970 Reprint of the 1797 2nd Edition. Red Cloth. FINE NEW /No Jacket. Illus. by Black and White Drawings. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Hard Back. Frank Cass Publishers Hardcover
1970réf. 005533Frank Cass Publishers 1970. A lovely copy of this SCARCE Facsimile edition. 180pp. Number 64 in the Cass Library of African Studies Travels and Narratives. This book is POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . .Please email for further details. NOT Inscribed or Signed. The 1970 Reprint of the 1797 2nd Edition. Red Cloth. FINE AS NEW/No Jacket. Illus. by Black and White Drawings. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Hard Back. Frank Cass Publishers Hardcover
1999As New English Original binding. Hardcover. Color ills. 4to. (30 x 22 cm). 483 p. In Ottoman script (color reprint of Müteferrika print), Turkish transcription, and English translation. Tarih-i Hind-i Garbi el-Musemma bi Hadis-i Nev" (History of the West Indies Known) as the New Hadith) which contains an account of the discovery of America, was translated from European sources by Mehmet b. Emir Hasan el-Su'udi approximately ninety years after the event and dedicated to Murad III. The writer's aim to inform monarch about the new world.
1987Very Good Very Good English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Color ills. 4to. 56, [ix] p., color ills., 116 leaves of color reprint in Ottoman script from Müteferrika. In Ottoman script (color reprint of Müteferrika print), Turkish transcription, and English translation. The text has been rendered into English by Suheyla Artemel. Contents: A Brief History of the Discovery of the New World, Geographical Description of the New World, Vegetation of the New World, The Fauna of the New World, The People of the New World, The Habits and Traditions of the People. "Tarih-i Hind-i Garbi el-Musemma bi Hadis-i Nev" (History of the West Indies Known) as the New Hadith) which contains an account of the discovery of America, was translated from European sources by Mehmet b. Emir Hasan el-Su'udi approximately ninety years after the event and dedicated to Murad III. The writer's aim to inform monarch about the new world.
1988réf. 43FjParis Albin Michel 1988 In8 369 pages - broché - photographies hors texte - envoi de l'auteur - bon etat
1988réf. 43FjParis Albin Michel 1988 In8 369 pages - broché - photographies hors texte - envoi de l'auteur - bon etat
