Subject: Catalogs, Booksellers'--England--London

selection of interesting maps and books on various countries of the Eastern Hemisphere
AuthorBjörn Löwendahl Rare Books (Firm)
PlaceLondon
PublisherBjörn Löwendahl Rare Books
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook (Sale catalog)
SeriesBjörn Löwendahl Rare Books. Catalogue ; 15
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberZ3018.L5 B6 2002
Description97 p. : color ill. ; 30 cm.
NoteSale catalog contents keywords: Garcia da Orta, flora, South Asia, Jesuits, Alonzo Sanchez, Relatione ... Philippine, (catalog includes abridged English translation of this report); Peruschi, Historia relatio, Luis Frois, De rebus Japonicis, Goa, Macau, Ricci-Trigault De christian expeditione apud Sinas...; Pegu, Burma, Fernao Mendes Pinto, Cristoforo Borri, Cochin-China (Vietnam), Martini De bello tartarico historia; color reproduction of 3 sections of Brancati's map of Songjiang (c. 1656); Russia, Asia in maps; Etienne Fourmont, Linguae sinarum, Joseph de Guignes history of the Huns (Xiongnu); Copy of Alexandre de la Charme's Latin translation of the Shijing; C. Gottlieb von Murr Litterat patentes Imperatoris Sinarum Kang-Hi; Xi Jiyu, Yingzhuan zhilue, Japan, Tibet, Sven Hedin, Korean moveable type, portable sundial.
***Graphic resource: ancient maps (color), rare book title pages, fine binding, travelers.