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Promoting Catholicism through missionary work as the Jesuits lost power:
a manuscript from the Sir Thomas Phillipps collection

[PROPAGANDA FIDE]. Africa [-] Greci - Italo Greci [-] Armeni di Venezia [-] varie.
[Rome and perhaps elsewhere, ca. 1758-1764 (transcribing original documents going back to at least 1664)]. 4to. Collection of manuscript transcriptions of about 30 letters and other documents. Contemporary Italian sheepskin parchment over flexible boards. [416] pp., including about 15 blank leaves. Full description
€ 39,500
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The statutes of Forcalquier and the Counts of Provence

[PROVENCE - FORCALQUIER]. MASSÉ, Louis and others. Statuta provinciae Forcalqueriique comitatum. Cum commentariis L. Massae I.C.... Accesserunt F. Fortii, I.C. Andini, in illa curia advocati, notae ad marginem. Cum indice. On à ajousté un livret, de la genealogie des Comtes de Provence, tiré du livre en Latin de feu Maitre F. de Clappiers, sieur de Vauvenargues, conseiller du Roy, en la Cour des Aydes, & Chambre des Comptes en Provence.
Aix-en-Provence, Nicolas Pillehotte & Jean Tholosan, 1598. 2 parts in 1 volume. Large 8vo. Title printed in red & black with woodcut fleur de lis (coat-of-arms of the Départ. Alpes-de Haute-Provence), woodcut coat of arms of Forcalquier and initials in text; the second part with woodcut coat-of-arms of Henri IV on its part-title and woodcut initials. Later vellum with printed title on spine. [15], [1 blank], 216; [24] pp. Full description
€ 1,950
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Fourth edition of the Prussian pharmacopoeia, including the appendix

[PRUSSIA - PHARMACOPOEIA]. [LINK, Heinrich Friedrich]. Pharmacopoea Borussica. Editio quarta.
Berlin, Academia Regiae Scientarium, 1827.
With: (2) [LINK, Heinrich Friedrich]. Appendix ad pharmacopoeam Borussicam. Editionis quartae.
Berlin, Carolus Fridericus Plahn (back of title-page: printed by G.C. Nauk), 1829. 2 works in 1 volume. 4to. Contemporary half sheepskin parchment, gold-tooled spine. X, [1], [1 blank], 387, [1 blank]; IV, 54 pp. Full description
€ 750
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The First Anglo-Afghan War: an extraordinary snapshot of the North-West Frontier of British India
between 1840 en 1845.

[PUNJAB-BRITISH SECRETARIAT]. Press lists of old records in the Punjab Secretariat - Volume VII. - North-West Frontier Agency. Correspondence with Government, 1840-1845.
Lahore, printed by the superintendent, Government Printing, Punjab, 1915. 1 volume bound as 2. Folio. With an addendum slip facing p. 197. Brown calf, with "Book 1" and "Book 2" in gold on the spines. [2?], 993 pp. Full description
€ 6,500
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The official establishment of Galen at the University of Paris

[PARIS UNIVERSITY - FACULTY OF MEDICINE]. PUYLON, Denis. Statuts de la Faculté de medecine en luniversité de Paris, avec les pieces justisicatives de ses privileges & les droits & soûmissions à elle deubs par les apothicaires & chirurgiens.
Including:
- Pieces justificatives des priviliges de luniversité de Paris appartenans à la Faculté de medecine.
- Arrests et sentences contre les empiriques & les medecins non approuvez par la Faculté de Medecine de Paris.
- Reglemens en faveur de la Faculté de medecine de Paris, ontre le premier medecin du roy, pour la reception des apoticaires & des chirurgiens és villes, bourgs & lieux où il ny a point de jurez en la prevoste & vicomte de Paris.
- Pieces concernans les apoticaires, et la visite des drogues.
- Reglemens pour la visites des boutiques& pour les examens & receptions des apoticaires-epiciers du roy, privilegiez suivans la cour, sous la charge de monsieur le Grand Prevost de lHôtel.
- Arrestes, sentences et contracts dentre la Faculté de medecine de Paris, & le premier barbier du roy, & la communauté des maistres chirurgiens - barbiers & jurez de Paris...
- Arrests portans defenses denlever les cadavres sans permission du doyen de la faculté de medecine de Paris, de faire anatomie quen la presence dun docteur de ladite faculté, aux officiers de justice de prendre aucuns droits pour lenlevement desdits cadavres, & à lexecuteur de la haute justice dexiger plus grande somme que de trois livres.
- Arrests pour la renvoy au parlement de Paris des instances dentre la Faculté de medecine en luniversité de Paris & le premier barbier du roy.
- Arrests faisans defenses dimprimer aucuns livres de medecine, de chirurgie ou autres sans lapprobation de la Faculté de medecine de Paris.
Paris, François Muguet, 1672. 4to. With a few woodcut headpieces. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine. 56, 26, 111, [1 blank], 4, 20, 56, 22, [2 blank], 115, [1 blank], 43, [1 blank], 10, [2 blank], 16, [4], 16 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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Diplomatic treaty to calm down a dormant conflict between Yemen, Britain and Saudi Arabia

RAGHEB-BIN-RAFIQ, Muhammed & Bernard Rawdon REILLY. Treaty of friendship and mutual co-operation between His Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom and of India and the king of the Yemen (with exchange of notes).
London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1934. With a woodcut British Royal arms on the title-page.In a blue paper wrapper. 5, [1] pp. Full description
€ 950
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