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The Voyage of Captain Don Felipe Gonzalez in the Ship of the Line San Lorenzo, with the Frigate Santa Rosalia in Company, to Easter Island in 1770-1:

CORNEY (Bolton Glanvill), translator and editor.

The Voyage of Captain Don Felipe Gonzalez in… 1967.

History of the Incas by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

MARKHAM (Sir Clements), translator and editor.

History of the Incas by Pedro Sarmiento de… 1907.

Storm van 's Gravesande the Rise of British Guiana compiled from his Despatches.

HARRIS (C.A.) & VILLIERS (J.A.J. de).

Storm van 's Gravesande the Rise of British… 1911.

Chien-Thuat va Phu'o'ng Phat Tac-Chien Viet-Minh.

[VIETNAM WAR] & MINISTERE DE LA DEFENSE NATIONALE.

Chien-Thuat va Phu'o'ng Phat Tac-Chien Viet-Minh, 1953.

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE REPORT ON FRENCH TACTICS IN VIETNAM

Appeal on Behalf of the Natives of Turtle Island and the Islands in the South Seas & the Pacific.

Appeal on Behalf of the Natives of Turtle… 1841.

Instructions de Daprès sur la Navigation des Indes Orientales.

MANNEVILLETTE (after).

Instructions de Daprès sur la Navigation des Indes… 1819.

BOUND FOR LOUIS-PHILIPPE, THE LAST KING OF FRANCE.

Sumatra's Westkust.

NIEUWENHUIS (Christiaan B.)

Sumatra's Westkust, 1910.

The History of Sumatra,

MARSDEN (William).

The History of Sumatra, 1783.

The History of Sumatra, Containing An Account of the Government, Laws, Customs, and Manners Of the Native Inhabitants,

MARSDEN (William).

The History of Sumatra, Containing An Account of… 1783.

The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617,

FOSTER (William), editor.

The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617, 1967.

Epistolarum Familiarium Libri VIII. (Ed. Antonius Moretus and Hieronymus Squarzaficus).
Venice, Damianus de Mediolano, de Gorgonzola, Petrus de Quarengiis, Bergomensis, 15 June 1495.

BRUNI ARETINO (Leonardo)

Epistolarum Familiarium Libri VIII. (Ed. Antonius Moretus and… 1495.

ONE OF ONLY TWO FIFTEENTH-CENTURY EDITIONS

Vitae imperatorum, sive De vita illustrium virorum.
Venice, Nicolaus Jenson, 8 March

CORNELIUS NEPOS

Vitae imperatorum, sive De vita illustrium virorum. Venice, Nicolaus… 1471.

EDITIO PRINCEPS - THE PEMBROKE COPY

Epistolae familiares. De Duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia. Descriptio urbis Viennensis. Ed: Nicolaus de Wyle.
(Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 17 May 1496)

AENEAS SYLVIUS PICCOLOMINI (later Pope Pius II)

Epistolae familiares. De Duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia.… 1496.

HUMANIST LETTERS BY A FUTURE POPE

Vitta Esopi.
Venice, Manfredus de Bonellis, de Monteferrato, 27 Mar. 1492

Vitta Esopi. Venice, Manfredus de Bonellis, de Monteferrato, 27… 1492.

WITH MAGNIFICENT EARLY WOODCUTS

Appel à la Raison des Ecrits et Libellés publiés contre les Jésuites de France.

[BALBANY (André Christophe).]

Appel à la Raison des Ecrits et Libellés… 1762.

The Book of Psalms in Lowland Scotch:

SCOTT RIDDELL (Henry).

The Book of Psalms in Lowland Scotch:, 1857.

RARE BONAPARTE EDITION

The History of the Tahitian Mission, 1799-1830

NEWBURY (C.W.), editor.

The History of the Tahitian Mission, 1799-1830, 1961.

An Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains,

PARKER (Rev. Samuel).

An Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains, 1840.

A Late Great Shipwrack of Faith: Occasioned by a Fearful Wrack of Conscience

A Late Great Shipwrack of Faith: Occasioned by… 1655.

Friendly and Feejee Islands:

LAWRY (Rev. Walter).

Friendly and Feejee Islands:, 1850.

A Sermon delivered at the Church in Brattle-Street, January 2, 1784. At the Interment of the Rev. Samuel Cooper, D.D.

A Sermon delivered at the Church in Brattle-Street,… 1784.

Palavra de Deos Empenhada, e Desempenhada: empenhada no Sermam das Exequias da Raina N.S. Dona Maria Francisca Isabel de Saboya; desempenhada no Sermakm de Accam de Gracas pelo nascimento do Principe D. Joao Primogenito de Suas Magestades, que Deos guar

VIEYRA (O.P. Antonio).

Palavra de Deos Empenhada, e Desempenhada: empenhada no… 1690.

SERMONS BY AN AFRO-PORTUGUESE PRIEST, AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN 17TH C BRAZIL

Chinese Researches.

WYLIE (Alexander).

Chinese Researches, 1897.

Prologo Galeato, Relacion de la Vida de la V. Madre Sor Maria de Jesus, Abadesa, que fue de el Convento de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Villa de Agreda, de la Provincia de Burgos. Y Notas a las tres Partes de la Mystica Ciudad de Dios, con Privilegio.

XIMENEZ SAMANIEGO (Fray Joseph).

Prologo Galeato, Relacion de la Vida de la… 1721.

Vida Portentosa y Admirable de la Esclarecida Virgen La B. Veronica de Julianis, Abaseda Perpetua de las Capuchinas de Castelo en la Italia

ZELAA E HIDALGO (Josef Maria).

Vida Portentosa y Admirable de la Esclarecida Virgen… 1812.

The Stigmatization of St Francis, miniature on a vellum leaf probably from a Book of Hours. France (Paris), c.1500-

The Stigmatization of St Francis, miniature on a… 1500.

Zhongguo fojiao huapen - Buddhists in New China.

CHINESE BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION.

Zhongguo fojiao huapen - Buddhists in New China, 1956.

A Guide to the Tablets in a Temple of Confucius.

WATTERS (Thomas).

A Guide to the Tablets in a Temple… 1879.

An Inquiry into the proper mode of rendering the word God in translating the Sacred Scriptures into the Chinese Language.

MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

An Inquiry into the proper mode of rendering… 1848.

6 carte de visites of American missionaries in French Equatorial Africa.

[MID-AFRICAN MISSION]

6 carte de visites of American missionaries in… 1951.

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine, in an initial on a choirbook leaf [Southern Netherlands (perhaps Delft), dated 1541 (more probably 1544)].

SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS ARTIST

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine, in an initial… 1541.

A VIBRANT MINIATURE

The Black Man: The Father of Civilization Proven by Biblical History.

WEBB (James Morris).

The Black Man: The Father of Civilization Proven… 1925.

"THE BLACK MAN HAS BEEN MISREPRESENTED BY PREJUDICED HISTORIANS AND LECTURERS"

Incomincia il prologo del vulgarizatore del dyalogo di Messere Sancto Gregorio Papa.

[POPE GREGORY I]

Incomincia il prologo del vulgarizatore del dyalogo di… 1515.

RARE EDITION OF THE DIALOGI, FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES FAIRFAX MURRAY

Use of Angers, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
Bruges, c. 1440-1450

Use of Angers, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on… 1440.

FINELY ILLUMINATED IN BRUGES

Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi.
Venice, Andreas de Bonetis, 12 March 1485

UBERTINUS (de Casali)

Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi. Venice, Andreas de… 1485.

THE TREE OF THE CRUCIFIED LIFE OF CHRIST

Two historiated initials depicting St Mark and Two Men on a leaf from the Mailhac-Faber Bible, illuminated manuscript in Latin on vellum. [Southern France, late 13th or early 14th century]

SOUTHERN FRENCH ARTIST

Two historiated initials depicting St Mark and Two…

TWO SUPERB LARGE INITIALS, ONE OF ST. MARK

St. John the Baptist, a large historiated initial

CIRCLE OF VENTURELLA DI PIETRO

St. John the Baptist, a large historiated initial… 1330.

UMBRIAN ILLUMINATION

St. Lawrence, an illuminated miniature on vellum from a Book of Hours . Amiens, c.

St. Lawrence, an illuminated miniature on vellum from… 1425.

WITH GRIDIRON IN HAND

The destruction of Job's household, a large initial

The destruction of Job's household, a large initial… 1450.

EVOCATIVE FRENCH ILLUMINATION

A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum from a Book of Hours. France (Paris), c.

A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum… 1500.

A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum from a Book of Hours. France, c.

A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum… 1430.

Alberti Durer Noriberg. German. Icones sacrae. In historiam salutis humanae per redemptorem nostrum Iesum Christum Dei & Marium filium instauratae... nunc primum è tenebris in lucem editae...

[Hamburg, G.L. Frobenius], 1604

ALTDORFER (Albrecht)

Alberti Durer Noriberg. German. Icones sacrae. In historiam… 1604.

ALTDORFER'S WOODCUTS DISGUISED AS DÜRER'S WORK

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