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A proposal for stationing mortars along the coast, to save shipwrecked persons

MANBY, George William. Papers relating to Captain Manby's plan for affording relief in cases of shipwreck: viz. Copies of instructuions, given by His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the purpose of carrying into effect the plan of Captain Manby, for affording relief in cases of shipwreck.
[London, House of Commons, 1816]. Folio. With several woodcuts and wood engravings of the inventions in text. Sewn. 37, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 850
Law & Politics Mutiny, Piracy & Shipwrecks Technology
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An Arabist advocating archaeological research of the Near East

MANGER, Samuel Hendrik. Oratio inauguralis, de incremento philologiae sacrae ab idonea Arabiae atque Palaestinae exploratione sperando.
Franeker, Willem Coulon, 1762. Folio. With the woodcut coat of arms of Friesland on the title-page. Mid-19th-century marbled wrappers. [4], 67, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Archaeology Islamic Art, Culture & Science
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Rare account of the campaigns of the Portuguese in North Africa in the 15th century

MANUEL Y VASCONCELOS, Augustin. Vida de Don Duarte de Meneses, tercero Conde de Viana. Y sucessos notables de Portugal en su tiempo.
Lisbon, Pedro Craesbeeck, 1627. 4to. With 3 woodcut tailpieces and 11 woodcut initials (at least 6 series). Later limp sheepskin parchment, with remnants of ties. [5], 167, [3] ll. Full description
€ 1,650
Bibliography & Biography Military History (17th Century) North Africa Portugal
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Nice collection of 131 flags, banners, standards, and crests, made in Japan

[MANUSCRIPT - FLAGS - JAPAN]. "All the flags from 1893".
Japan, 1893. Collection of drawings of 131 flags, banners etc. on separate leaves of varying sizes, most of them coloured.
With: (2) [MANUSCRIPT]. [Decorated Japanese rice-paper].
Japan, [1893?]. Ten sample leaves 928 x 38 cm) of so-called rice paper (actually cut in small sheets from the pith of the rice-paper plant, Tetrapanax papyrifer), decorated with varying designs, like flowers, fans and traditional Japanese dolls.
19th-century wrappers of thick handmade Japanese paper, reinforced with straps of paper containing Japanese characters and blue and red stamps; with the title of ad 1 in Japanese characters on the front wrapper. [131]; [10] ll. Full description
€ 5,000
Genealogy, Heraldry & Flags Japan & Far East Manuscripts & Documents
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Invoice for work performed by Willem Does and Willem Maertens for the goverment of the Dutch Republic,
authorised by M. Huygens to be paid on/after 13 February 1637

[MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT - Willem DOES]. [Drop title:] H. ende Ed. Mo. Heeren de Raden van State der Vereenighde Nederlanden ...
The Hague, [1637]. Folio (31.6 x 20.2 cm). Manuscript in Dutch on paper, with the "clein segel" (seal) of the Dutch Republic in the upper left corner of the first leaf. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. [2] ll. Full description
€ 750
Economic History & Trade Fortification & Military Architecture Law & Politics Manuscripts & Documents Netherlands
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Original documents of an 18th-century lawsuit against the murderer of a blacksmith in Zoeterwoude

[MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS]. BERGH, Johan van den. Eenige stukken concerneerende criminele procedures in cas d'appel voor het hof geventileerd tusschen den bailluw van Rhijnland contra Pieter Oostenryk in materie van manslag met de ms. schriftuuren.
[Leiden], 1726-1729. Folio (33 x 21.5 cm). Manuscript in Dutch on laid paper, with 2 embossed seals (clein segels). Later blue paper wrappers, with a printed title label mounted on the front wrapper. 28, [8 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,750
Law & Politics Manuscripts & Documents Netherlands
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Remarkable logbook of the lesser-known part of l'Archimède's diplomatic mission to Asia

[MANUSCRIPT - EAST ASIA - LAGRENÉ MISSION]. [Ship's log of the "Archimède"].
At sea between Macao and Calcutta, 1846. 2 volumes. Folio (ca. 32 x 22 cm). With two pencil sketches on pp. 58 and 59. Contemporary blue cloth, blue sprinkled edges, pink paste paper endpapers. 65, [40 blank]; 76-106 [=30], [100 blank], [1], [2 blank], [2], [10 blank] pp. Full description
€ 8,500
China India & Sri Lanka Law & Politics Logbooks Manuscripts & Documents Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages East Asia Travel & Voyages Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Southern Asia
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Manuscript letter by the director of the VOC fort at Jaffanapatnam (Ceylon, now Jaffna, Sri Lanka) to his uncle, a VOC and city official in Rotterdam, asking for support

[MANUSCRIPT LETTER - VOC - CEYLON]. [Mattheus SCHENKENBERG]. [Contemporary copy of a letter dated 3 January 1699 from Mattheus Schenkenberg to his uncle Harmen van Soelen].
[Jaffanapatnam, Ceylon, 3 January 1699]. Folio (33 x 21 cm). The Dutch letter is written in a neat late 17th-century cursive hand in brown ink. Folded and kept together by an orange, white and blue piece of string in the left margin (1.5 cm from the edge of the leaves, in the middle). [5], [3 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,950
Autographs & Letters Ceylon India & Sri Lanka VOC
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