Asher Rare Books

Africa

Original painting made to be reproduced as picture postcard for the Egyptian tourist industry

[CAIRO]. WUTTKE, Carl. A souk in Cairo.
Cairo, 1902. Signed and inscribed "C. Wuttke. Cairo. 1902". Oil on canvas board (20 x 28 cm). Unframed. Full description

€ 9,500

North Africa & Egypt

Rare missionary reports from Africa, India and the East Indies,
including letters from the grand-nephew of Saint Francis Xavier

[XAVIER, Jerome, and others]. Raguagli d'alcune missioni fatte dalli padri della Compagnia di Giesu nell'Indie Orientali, cioè nelle provincie di Goa, e Coccinno, e nell'Africa in Capo Verde.
Rome, Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1615. Small 8vo (14 x 9 cm).18th-century(?) sheepskin parchment. 165, [1 blank] pp. Full description

€ 9,500

China Church History & Missions East Africa India & Sri Lanka Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Jesuits Southern Africa West Africa

Unique panoramic photographs of Zanzibar and Madagascar in 1900

[PHOTOGRAPHY - ZANZIBAR - MADAGASCAR - MAYOTTE]. [Album with unique panoramic photographs of Zanzibar and Madagascar].
[Zanzibar, Madagascar, Mayette, 1900]. Oblong album (25 x 34 cm) with 47 silver gelatin photographic prints, many with handwritten captions in French. The photographs vary in size from 8 x 5.5 cm to 27 x 20.5 cm. The 30 panorama photographs measure 5.5 x 17.5 cm. Brown cloth album made by M. Andouard in Paris, decorated endpapers. 10, [10 blank] ll. Full description

€ 4,500

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Africa

Original painting made to be reproduced as picture postcard for the Egyptian tourist industry

Rare missionary reports from Africa, India and the East Indies, including letters from the grand-nephew of Saint Francis Xavier

Unique panoramic photographs of Zanzibar and Madagascar in 1900

Rare missionary reports from Africa, India and the East Indies,
including letters from the grand-nephew of Saint Francis Xavier