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- Africa, Archives and Documents, Books, History, Maps and Prints
AFRICA ARCHIVE – PORTUGUESE COLONIAL WAR (GUERRA DO ULTRAMAR) (1961-74) – ANGOLA / GUINÉ (GUINEA-BISSAU) / COUNTERGUERRILLA WARFARE / CARTOGRAPHY:
- 8,500.00€
- A highly valuable and voluminous archive relating to the Portuguese Colonial War, or the ‘Guerra do Ultramar’ (1961-74), an epic conflict whereby Portugal fought to maintain its 400-year-old African colonial empire, simultaneously opposing large-scale and well-organized independence movements in Angola, Guiné (Guinea-Bissau), and Mozambique, forming three hot fronts in the Cold War; here being the military papers of Lieutenant-Colonel…
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- Archives and Documents, New Acquisitions: September 2020
BAVARICA / MUNICH / EPHEMERA: Gasthof zum Oberpollinger. Rechnung. F. Knöpfle
- 100.00€
- Broadside with printed template, manuscript additions in black ink, taxation stamps in the upper left corner, 25 x 16,5 cm (9.9 x 6.5 inches) (soft folds, a tiny hole in the lower corner, overall in a good condition).
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- Americas, Archives and Documents, Maps and Prints, South America
BUENOS AIRES – BRITISH INVASIONS OF THE RÍO DE LA PLATA (1806-7) – MANUSCRIPT MAP & PORTRAIT COLLECTION: A fine collection relating to the British Invasion of the Río De La Plata (1806-7), highlighted by an original contemporary manuscript map of the Seco
- 4,500.00€
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- Archives and Documents, Books, History, Ottoman Books, Turkica
EARLY OTTOMAN AMERICANA / CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: روبرتسون نام مورف مشهورك مولفاتندن يكى دنيانلر كشفنه داتر اولان تاريخى اولوب انجمن دانشك اعضاً خارجيه سنده و باب عالى ترجمه اوطه سى خلفاسنده عبدالغفار انيس بنده لرى انكليز لسانزه ترجمه اتمشدر Histoire de la découverte du nouveau monde p. Robertson traduite p. Enis Abdoulgaffar effendi membre de l’académie turqe en 1269 de l’Hegir – cet ouvrage est traduit de l’anglais
- 9,500.00€
- روبرتسون نام مورف مشهورك مولفاتندن يكى دنيانلر كشفنه داتر اولان تاريخى اولوب انجمن دانشك اعضاً خارجيه سنده و باب عالى ترجمه اوطه سى خلفاسنده عبدالغفار انيس بنده لرى انكليز لسانزه ترجمه اتمشدر Histoire de la découverte du nouveau monde p. Robertson traduite p. Enis Abdoulgaffar effendi membre de l’académie turqe en 1269 de l’Hegir – cet ouvrage est traduit de…
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- Archives and Documents
Empire State Building (New York) – Original Architects’ Whiteprints Collection
- 14,500.00€
- Amazing and extremely rare artefacts from the construction of one of the world’s most iconic structures, being a collection of 4 original large format whiteprint architectural plans drafted by the firm of Shreve, Lamb & Harmon for use during the creation of the Empire State Building, with comprehensive coverage, cumulatively showcasing almost all the principal elements of what would…
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- Africa, Archives and Documents, Maps and Prints, Mauritius
MAURITIUS: “Plan De Reduit Scituée entre le Quartier de Moka et célui des Plaines De Wilheme”
- 7,500.00€
- An historically significant and beautifully rendered original manuscript map of Le Chateau de Reduit, the official residence of the Governor of Île de France (Mauritius), today the home of the President of Mauritius, depicting what was then a fortified working indigo plantation, a masterplan capturing the estate at an early stage in its development during the French colonial era,…
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- Archives and Documents, Science
Medicine – Desinfected Mail from Izmir
- 280.00€
- A transfer docket with an early chisel incision for disinfection, sent from Izmir to Vienna in 1789 - the main message, folded in the envelope, remains sealed and has never been read. Manuscript letter in dark brown ink on handmade paper (21 x 8 cm / 8.2 x 3.1 inches), originally folded and cut through in three places,…
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- Africa, Archives and Documents, Books, Geography, Maps and Prints
NILE RIVER EXPLORATION ARCHIVE: An Archive consisting of 1 Original Photograph and 16 Manuscript Documents from the Personal Papers of Gabriel Aubaret, the Chief Scientific Officer of the Comte d’Escayrac’s 1856 Expedition that aimed to discover the Sourc
- 3,500.00€
- An impressive archive consisting of a stellar original photograph and sixteen manuscript documents relating to the Comte d’Escayrac’s 1856 planned expedition to find the source of the White Nile, two years before John Hanning Speke successfully accomplished said objective, from the personal papers of Gabriel Aubaret, the mission’s second-in-command and subsequently a famous diplomat and a leading figure in…
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- Archives and Documents
OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE: Reçu de Monsieur Aron Nigno, à valoir sur les cinq pour cent d’honoraires d’Architecte, pour les constructions don’t je me suie chargé a Pertef Pacha han depuis le Cenq Octobre 1879…
- 150.00€
- A receipt by an Istanbul-based architect of Italian origins from the late 19th century.
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- Archives and Documents, Books, Ottoman Books, Science, Turkica
Ottoman Imperial Institute of Vaccination: The Guest Book of the Imperial Smallpox Vaccine Laboratory
- 1,200.00€
- A unique, original manuscript guest book of the Ottoman Imperial Vaccine Laboratory, with entries by various prominent local and international guests, praising the innovative techniques and modernity of the institution. 8°: [56 pp.] with 27 pp. in manuscript in black and blue ink and pencil by various hands and 29 pp. blank, original three quarter dark red linen…
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- Archives and Documents, Books, Ottoman Books, Turkica
Ottoman Manuscript on Shipbuilding
- 3,200.00€
- A unique Ottoman manuscript on modern shipbuilding Small 4°, [64 pp.] manuscript in black ink with annotations in pencil, drawings in pancil and water-colours, unbound (minor staining and folds in corners, some pages loose, but otherwise in a good condition).
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