Macau na época da Restauração. (Macau Three Hundred Years Ago). by BOXER, C.[harles] R.[alph]

[Colophon] (Santiago de Chile), Imprenta de la Biblioteca, (1827).. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (30.5 x 18.5 cm.), disbound. Caption title. Some soiling and stains on final leaf, without loss of text. Overall in good condition. (2 ll.) *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Part of a lengthy debate over whether Chile should have a strong central government or a looser, federalist structure. After comparing Chile's status with the United States and Argentina, the anonymous author concludes that Chile has neither the funds nor the local bureaucrats required to manage nearly sovereign provinces. *** Briseño I, 60. Not located in CCPBE. Not located in Rebiun. Not located in Jisc.

Lisbon, Na Officina de Miguel Manescal da Costa, 1754.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large folio (42.4 x 27.8 cm.), contemporary sheep (corners worn and foot of spine defective; two small holes in front cover; other minor wear to binding), spine gilt with raised bands in seven compartments (spine label missing), edges sprinkled red. Elegantly printed on paper of excellent quality. Title page printed in red and black. Two fine vignettes and an engraved initial by Debrie (see below). Each page (except the half-title) within quadruple woodcut border, and with woodcuts top and bottom (see below). Some small, light, minor mold stains, becoming more pronounced and larger in the final dozen or so leaves. Very minor worming in lower inner margins of final two leaves, not affecting the text. Overall in good condition. (4 ll.), 101 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this work dedicated to the recently crowned D. José I (r. 1750-1777), outlining the king's genealogy as far back as D. João I (1385-1433).The title… Read More

St. Petersburg, Alexandre Pluchart et Comp., 1811.. Tall 8°, contemporary calf (scuffed), smooth spine gilt, marbled endpapers (fore-edge of front free endpaper missing). Small vignette of sheep on title-page. Minor worming in blank lower margin toward end. In good condition. (2 ll.), 88 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION? The first part (pp. 5-52) provides a very detailed account of how merino sheep are raised in Spain, with additional chapters on shearing and washing merino wool. The author then compares the efforts made in other European countries to raise merino sheep (pp. 53-71). He concludes with an account of how merino sheep were first introduced into the Crimea in 1803 and offers specific proposals for ensuring that the flocks grow and thrive, thus vastly improving the quality of wool available in Russia and the Ukraine (pp. 71-88).*** NUC: MB.

[Colophon] Lisboa Occidental, Na Officina de Pedro Ferreyra, (1727).. First Edition in Portuguese. 4°, disbound. Caption title. Five-line woodcut initial. In good to very good condition. Early ink manuscript note of translator's name in margin of first page. Old ink manuscript foliation in upper outer corners of first three leaves recto (308-310; no foliation on final leaf). (4 ll.) *** First and Only Edition in Portuguese; judging from the caption title and the note on f. 2r, Mascarenhas translated Moulay Ismaïl's will from a Spanish edition, but compiled the facts of the sultan's life from other sources.Moulay Ismaïl Ibn Sharif (1643 or 1645-1727) was one of the most famous figures in Moroccan history. After becoming the second sultan in the Alaouite dynasty in 1672, he fought a series of battles to persuade the Ottoman Turks to respect Moroccan independence and captured Tangier and other important seaports from the Spanish and English, earning himself the nickname "The Warrior King."The… Read More

Lisbon, Na Offic. de Antonio Gomes, 1791.. 2 volumes. 8°, contemporary mottled calf (worn, defective for less than 1 cm. at head and foot of spine of first volume, short tear at head of spine on second volume), smooth spines with gilt bands, crimson morocco lettering pieces with short title gilt, citron label with gilt volume numbers within a wreath; first volume recased with later marbled endleaves; second volume has contemporary marbled endleaves; all text block edges marbled. Small typographical headpiece at beginning of text in each volume. A few stains. In good condition. Old ink signature ("Torres") on front flyleaf verso of first volume. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown in each volume of the Condessa dos Arcos, Dona Maria Margarida (see below). (8 ll.), 319 pp.; (4 ll.), 297 pp., 4 engraved plates of coins from ancient times to the eighteenth century. *** Third edition of the author's most important work, which first appeared in Lisbon, 1655, with a second edition of Lisbon, 1740. The… Read More

Lisbon, Na Officina de Miguel Manescal da Costa, 1754.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large folio (42.4 x 27.8 cm.), contemporary sheep (corners worn and foot of spine defective; two small holes in front cover; other minor wear to binding), spine gilt with raised bands in seven compartments (spine label missing), edges sprinkled red. Elegantly printed on paper of excellent quality. Title page printed in red and black. Two fine vignettes and an engraved initial by Debrie (see below). Each page (except the half-title) within quadruple woodcut border, and with woodcuts top and bottom (see below). Some small, light, minor mold stains, becoming more pronounced and larger in the final dozen or so leaves. Very minor worming in lower inner margins of final two leaves, not affecting the text. Overall in good condition. (4 ll.), 101 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this work dedicated to the recently crowned D. José I (r. 1750-1777), outlining the king's genealogy as far back as D. João I (1385-1433).The title… Read More

St. Petersburg, Alexandre Pluchart et Comp., 1811.. Tall 8°, contemporary calf (scuffed), smooth spine gilt, marbled endpapers (fore-edge of front free endpaper missing). Small vignette of sheep on title-page. Minor worming in blank lower margin toward end. In good condition. (2 ll.), 88 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION? The first part (pp. 5-52) provides a very detailed account of how merino sheep are raised in Spain, with additional chapters on shearing and washing merino wool. The author then compares the efforts made in other European countries to raise merino sheep (pp. 53-71). He concludes with an account of how merino sheep were first introduced into the Crimea in 1803 and offers specific proposals for ensuring that the flocks grow and thrive, thus vastly improving the quality of wool available in Russia and the Ukraine (pp. 71-88).*** NUC: MB.

[Colophon] Lisboa Occidental, Na Officina de Pedro Ferreyra, (1727).. First Edition in Portuguese. 4°, disbound. Caption title. Five-line woodcut initial. In good to very good condition. Early ink manuscript note of translator's name in margin of first page. Old ink manuscript foliation in upper outer corners of first three leaves recto (308-310; no foliation on final leaf). (4 ll.) *** First and Only Edition in Portuguese; judging from the caption title and the note on f. 2r, Mascarenhas translated Moulay Ismaïl's will from a Spanish edition, but compiled the facts of the sultan's life from other sources.Moulay Ismaïl Ibn Sharif (1643 or 1645-1727) was one of the most famous figures in Moroccan history. After becoming the second sultan in the Alaouite dynasty in 1672, he fought a series of battles to persuade the Ottoman Turks to respect Moroccan independence and captured Tangier and other important seaports from the Spanish and English, earning himself the nickname "The Warrior King."The… Read More

Lisbon, Na Offic. de Antonio Gomes, 1791.. 2 volumes. 8°, contemporary mottled calf (worn, defective for less than 1 cm. at head and foot of spine of first volume, short tear at head of spine on second volume), smooth spines with gilt bands, crimson morocco lettering pieces with short title gilt, citron label with gilt volume numbers within a wreath; first volume recased with later marbled endleaves; second volume has contemporary marbled endleaves; all text block edges marbled. Small typographical headpiece at beginning of text in each volume. A few stains. In good condition. Old ink signature ("Torres") on front flyleaf verso of first volume. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown in each volume of the Condessa dos Arcos, Dona Maria Margarida (see below). (8 ll.), 319 pp.; (4 ll.), 297 pp., 4 engraved plates of coins from ancient times to the eighteenth century. *** Third edition of the author's most important work, which first appeared in Lisbon, 1655, with a second edition of Lisbon, 1740. The… Read More

Lisbon, Typographia Domus Chalcographicae, ac Litterariae ad Arcum Caeci, 1800.. 4°, contemporary marbled wrappers (spine worn; two small holes in front wrapper). Woodcut Portuguese royal arms on title page. A few small, light waterstains. Overall in very good condition. Small circular paper ticket with number "364" tipped on to outer upper corner of front free endleaf recto. Finely engraved title-page, (4 ll.), 1-46, 57-58 pp. [pp.47-56 skipped in numbering; collation by signatures and catchwords is correct], 4 finely engraved plates. *** Nicely printed Arco do Cego Press edition of this famous poem in praise of tobacco, first published as Hymnus tabaci, Leyden 1625. Thorius (d. 1625) was born in France and received his medical training in Holland and England, where he later practiced. The Hymnus tabaci was written prior to 1610 and circulated widely in manuscript before its first publication. This edition omits some of the prefatory and concluding matter, as well as the "Ejusdem Hyems," but adds… Read More