Main Heritage Shelves General N8650.A1 C38 1898 Book Item-ID: i1007062x BIB-ID: 1008698 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General N8650.A1 C38 1898 Book Item-ID: i1007062x BIB-ID: 1008698 Show less
Madog ab Owain Gwynedd , 1150-1180?, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Discovery and exploration--Welsh, Discovery and exploration--Pre-Columbian, DS7 .H47 1638
Rare revised and enlarged second English edition of Herbert's account of his voyage (1627-29) to Persia by way of the Cape, Madagascar and Surat ... Show moreRare revised and enlarged second English edition of Herbert's account of his voyage (1627-29) to Persia by way of the Cape, Madagascar and Surat (India). On his way back he visited North America. Herbert begins his account of America (pp. 355-364) with its supposed discovery in 1170 by Madoc, son of Owen Gwyneth, Prince of Wales, and attempts to defend this claim with linguistic and cultural evidence. ''The quaint and curious notes on the travels make the volume one of the most interesting and attractive of the earlier and more primitive accounts'' (South African Bibliography). The illustrations include maps of Madagascar and the southeastern coast of Africa, the Persian empire, India, and Southeast Asia, views of the Persian Gulf, Tenerife, St. Helena, natives of Angola, the Cape, Persia and depictions of a coconut tree, a shark fish, a penguin and a dodo. - Thomas Herbert (1606-82) travelled with Dodmore Cotton, the new English ambassador to Persia (who died before Herbert's return). He first published his account in English in 1634, and it was translated into Dutch (by Lambert van den Bos) in 1658 and into French in 1663. Jonathan Swift attacked its "impertinences, conceitedness, and tedious digressions" and called the author a coxcomb (South African Bibliography). - Some marginal waterstains and soiling. A good copy of this account which is still important for its early eyewitness descriptions, especially of Persia, India and Africa. Headpieces; initials. Author attributes first dicovery of America to Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd, 300 years before Columbus. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .H47 1638 Book Item-ID: i2266774x BIB-ID: 1508228 Book plate of T. Scott. (Rev. Thomas). WlLaUW T.-p. signed William Phillips de Bradeley. WlLaUW Presented by Thomas Phillips 1842. WlLaUW Show less
Jacob Safir. Title page and text in hebrew Main Heritage Shelves General DS247.Y42 S34 1866 Book Item-ID: i15960687 BIB-ID: 1025004 Show moreJacob Safir. Title page and text in hebrew Main Heritage Shelves General DS247.Y42 S34 1866 Book Item-ID: i15960687 BIB-ID: 1025004 Show less
par M. Eyles Yrwin ; traduit sur la troisiéme édition angloise, par M. Parraud. The first French edition. Main Heritage Shelves General DT51 .I78 1792 ... Show morepar M. Eyles Yrwin ; traduit sur la troisiéme édition angloise, par M. Parraud. The first French edition. Main Heritage Shelves General DT51 .I78 1792 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i22017057 BIB-ID: 2357692 Show less
par M. Eyles Yrwin ; traduit sur la troisiéme édition angloise, par M. Parraud. The first French edition. Main Heritage Shelves General DT51 .I78 1792 ... Show morepar M. Eyles Yrwin ; traduit sur la troisiéme édition angloise, par M. Parraud. The first French edition. Main Heritage Shelves General DT51 .I78 1792 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i22017021 BIB-ID: 2357692 Show less
Portuguese, Portuguese--India--Early works to 1800, Discoveries in geography--Portuguese, Discoveries in geography--Portuguese--Early works to 1800, History, Discovery and exploration--Portuguese, History, History, DS411.7 .B37 1628
Second edition of the first three "Decades" on Portugal's Middle Eastern enterprises, all that was published during the lifetime of the author (a... Show moreSecond edition of the first three "Decades" on Portugal's Middle Eastern enterprises, all that was published during the lifetime of the author (a fourth volume was published posthumously in 1615; the set was continued by other hands). "This is considered by Du Fresnoy as being a good edition of the three first decades" (Clarke, The Progress of Maritime Discovery, p. 132). The writer de Barros (1496-1570), head agent for the Portuguese overseas trade authority "Casa da Índia", managed to persuade King João III to commission from him a history of the Portuguese in India (including Asia and southeast Africa). The result, published between 1552 and 1563, earned him renown as one of the first great Portuguese historians, and the the title of a "Portuguese Livy". The 'Decades' contain "the early history of the Portuguese in India and Asia and reveal careful study of Eastern historians and geographers, as well as of the records of his own country. They are distinguished by clearness of exposition and orderly arrangement. They are also lively accounts" (Enc. Britannica). Books 2 and 3 of the "Decada Segunda" (fols. 21 ff.) offer a detailed narrative of Alfonso de Albuquerque's expedition to the Arabian Sea and his conquest of Ormuz in 1507; the island remained under Portuese occupation from 1515 to 1622. As vassals of the Portuguese state, the Kingdom of Ormus jointly participated in the 1521 invasion of Bahrain that ended Jabrid rule of the Arabian Gulf archipelago. - Slight waterstaining throughout; t. p. of vol. 1 remargined (slight loss to border rules). Old ms. ownership to t. p. of vol. 3; stamp on t. p. of vol. 1; some contemp. notes at the end of the volume. Trimmed fairly closely at times, still, a good, uniformly bound set with handsome shelf appearance. Rare; last sold at Sotheby's 1998 auction Main Heritage Shelves General DS411.7 .B37 1628 Book vol. 3 Item-ID: i22668500 BIB-ID: 1494589 Show less
Portuguese, Portuguese--India--Early works to 1800, Discoveries in geography--Portuguese, Discoveries in geography--Portuguese--Early works to 1800, History, Discovery and exploration--Portuguese, History, History, DS411.7 .B37 1628
Second edition of the first three "Decades" on Portugal's Middle Eastern enterprises, all that was published during the lifetime of the author (a... Show moreSecond edition of the first three "Decades" on Portugal's Middle Eastern enterprises, all that was published during the lifetime of the author (a fourth volume was published posthumously in 1615; the set was continued by other hands). "This is considered by Du Fresnoy as being a good edition of the three first decades" (Clarke, The Progress of Maritime Discovery, p. 132). The writer de Barros (1496-1570), head agent for the Portuguese overseas trade authority "Casa da Índia", managed to persuade King João III to commission from him a history of the Portuguese in India (including Asia and southeast Africa). The result, published between 1552 and 1563, earned him renown as one of the first great Portuguese historians, and the the title of a "Portuguese Livy". The 'Decades' contain "the early history of the Portuguese in India and Asia and reveal careful study of Eastern historians and geographers, as well as of the records of his own country. They are distinguished by clearness of exposition and orderly arrangement. They are also lively accounts" (Enc. Britannica). Books 2 and 3 of the "Decada Segunda" (fols. 21 ff.) offer a detailed narrative of Alfonso de Albuquerque's expedition to the Arabian Sea and his conquest of Ormuz in 1507; the island remained under Portuese occupation from 1515 to 1622. As vassals of the Portuguese state, the Kingdom of Ormus jointly participated in the 1521 invasion of Bahrain that ended Jabrid rule of the Arabian Gulf archipelago. - Slight waterstaining throughout; t. p. of vol. 1 remargined (slight loss to border rules). Old ms. ownership to t. p. of vol. 3; stamp on t. p. of vol. 1; some contemp. notes at the end of the volume. Trimmed fairly closely at times, still, a good, uniformly bound set with handsome shelf appearance. Rare; last sold at Sotheby's 1998 auction Main Heritage Shelves General DS411.7 .B37 1628 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i22668494 BIB-ID: 1494589 Show less
Portuguese, Portuguese--India--Early works to 1800, Discoveries in geography--Portuguese, Discoveries in geography--Portuguese--Early works to 1800, History, Discovery and exploration--Portuguese, History, History, DS411.7 .B37 1628
Second edition of the first three "Decades" on Portugal's Middle Eastern enterprises, all that was published during the lifetime of the author (a... Show moreSecond edition of the first three "Decades" on Portugal's Middle Eastern enterprises, all that was published during the lifetime of the author (a fourth volume was published posthumously in 1615; the set was continued by other hands). "This is considered by Du Fresnoy as being a good edition of the three first decades" (Clarke, The Progress of Maritime Discovery, p. 132). The writer de Barros (1496-1570), head agent for the Portuguese overseas trade authority "Casa da Índia", managed to persuade King João III to commission from him a history of the Portuguese in India (including Asia and southeast Africa). The result, published between 1552 and 1563, earned him renown as one of the first great Portuguese historians, and the the title of a "Portuguese Livy". The 'Decades' contain "the early history of the Portuguese in India and Asia and reveal careful study of Eastern historians and geographers, as well as of the records of his own country. They are distinguished by clearness of exposition and orderly arrangement. They are also lively accounts" (Enc. Britannica). Books 2 and 3 of the "Decada Segunda" (fols. 21 ff.) offer a detailed narrative of Alfonso de Albuquerque's expedition to the Arabian Sea and his conquest of Ormuz in 1507; the island remained under Portuese occupation from 1515 to 1622. As vassals of the Portuguese state, the Kingdom of Ormus jointly participated in the 1521 invasion of Bahrain that ended Jabrid rule of the Arabian Gulf archipelago. - Slight waterstaining throughout; t. p. of vol. 1 remargined (slight loss to border rules). Old ms. ownership to t. p. of vol. 3; stamp on t. p. of vol. 1; some contemp. notes at the end of the volume. Trimmed fairly closely at times, still, a good, uniformly bound set with handsome shelf appearance. Rare; last sold at Sotheby's 1998 auction Main Heritage Shelves General DS411.7 .B37 1628 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i16598702 BIB-ID: 1494589 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General DT115 .O88 1927 Book Item-ID: i10076980 BIB-ID: 1009334 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DT115 .O88 1927 Book Item-ID: i10076980 BIB-ID: 1009334 Show less
History of Biblical events, Bible, Geography, Bible, BS630 .S73 1863
Main Heritage Shelves General BS630 .S73 1863 Book Item-ID: i10191434 BIB-ID: 1020779 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General BS630 .S73 1863 Book Item-ID: i10191434 BIB-ID: 1020779 Show less
