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Browse a selection of highlights from our stand at Firsts: Hong Kong, where Oliver Yarwood will be carrying the flag for Shapero at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum from 5th to 7th December.

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  • The first 4to edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's Description Géographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique et Physique de l'Empire de la Chine, one of the most important early works on China amalgamating 27 different missionary voyages.
    The first 4to edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's Description Géographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique et Physique de l'Empire de la Chine, one of the most important early works on China amalgamating 27 different missionary voyages.

    DU HALDE, Jean Baptiste.
    Description Géographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique et Physique 1736.
    £6,750.00

  • Second edition of John Narbrough's An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries, the preferred edition with additional map and text on Greenland.
    Second edition of John Narbrough's An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries, the preferred edition with additional map and text on Greenland.

    [NARBROUGH, Sir John]; ROBINSON, Sir Tancred (editor).
    An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries: 1711.
    £6,000.00

  • An early edition of this anthology of Morall Philosophie drawn from a range of classic sources by William Baldwin
    An early edition of this anthology of Morall Philosophie drawn from a range of classic sources by William Baldwin

    BALDWIN, William; PALFREYMAN, Thomas.
    A Treatise of Morall Philosophie: [1620].
    £1,500.00

  • First edition of Robert Fortune's Three Years Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China, recounting Fortune's travels between 1843 and 1845 in Kuangtung, Fukien, the Chekiang coast, and Shanghai.
    First edition of Robert Fortune's Three Years Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China, recounting Fortune's travels between 1843 and 1845 in Kuangtung, Fukien, the Chekiang coast, and Shanghai.

    FORTUNE, Robert.
    Three Years' Wanderings in the northern provinces of China, 1847.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of John Henry Gray's scarce guidebook Walks in the City of Canton. The work is structured into seven distinct walks around the city, with extensive detail and history on the sights and landmarks encountered on each route.
    First edition of John Henry Gray's scarce guidebook Walks in the City of Canton. The work is structured into seven distinct walks around the city, with extensive detail and history on the sights and landmarks encountered on each route.

    GRAY, John Henry.
    Walks in the City of Canton... 1875.
    £2,400.00

  • A handsome copy of the first edition in English of Simon de la Loubere's A New Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam, 'universally regarded as as the finest work on seventeenth-century Thailand'.
    A handsome copy of the first edition in English of Simon de la Loubere's A New Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam, 'universally regarded as as the finest work on seventeenth-century Thailand'.

    LA LOUBERE, Simon de.
    A New Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam. 1693.
    £5,000.00

  • First edition of J.D. Vaughan's The Manners and Customs of the Chinese of the Straits Settlements, a wonderfully well preserved book on the everyday habits and behaviours of the large Singapore Chinese population.
    First edition of J.D. Vaughan's The Manners and Customs of the Chinese of the Straits Settlements, a wonderfully well preserved book on the everyday habits and behaviours of the large Singapore Chinese population.

    VAUGHAN, J.D.
    The Manners and Customs, of the Chinese of the Straits Settlements. 1879.
    £7,500.00

  • Skeat made various expeditions inland to study native tribes in areas where Europeans had not previously ventured. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula is his major work on the subject
    Skeat made various expeditions inland to study native tribes in areas where Europeans had not previously ventured. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula is his major work on the subject

    SKEAT, Walter William; BLAGDEN, Charles Otto.
    Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula. 1906.
    £1,500.00

  • A superbly bound dopy of La Chine by Malpiere, a work which is seldom found complete.
    A superbly bound dopy of La Chine by Malpiere, a work which is seldom found complete.

    MALPIERE, D. Bazin de.
    La Chine. Moeurs, usages, costumes, arts et metiers. 1825-1827.
    £17,500.00

  • A superb copy with royal provenance of van Overmeer Fisscher's survey of Japan, where he worked from 1820 to 1829 as a Dutch factory employee at Deshima.
    A superb copy with royal provenance of van Overmeer Fisscher's survey of Japan, where he worked from 1820 to 1829 as a Dutch factory employee at Deshima.

    OVERMEER FISSCHER, J.F. van.
    Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Japansche Rijk. 1833.
    £25,000.00

  • double page copper engraved map with later hand colouring from the fifth and final and most complete French edition of the Theatre de l'univers
    double page copper engraved map with later hand colouring from the fifth and final and most complete French edition of the Theatre de l'univers

    ORTELIUS, Abraham.
    JAPONIAE INSVLAE DESCRIPTIO. 1598.
    £3,750.00

  • Rare 16th-century Italian edition of Sir John Mandeville's Travels, published in Venice in 1505.
    Rare 16th-century Italian edition of Sir John Mandeville's Travels, published in Venice in 1505.

    MANDEVILLE, Sir John.
    Tractato dele più maravigliose cose e più notabile che si trovino in le parte del mondo 26 January 1505.
    £18,500.00

  • Borget's fine lithographic views of China, including five of Hong-Kong, and others relating to Macao and Canton.
    Borget's fine lithographic views of China, including five of Hong-Kong, and others relating to Macao and Canton.

    BORGET, Auguste.
    Sketches of China and the Chinese. 1842.
    £22,500.00

  • The first edition in book form of Thomas De Quincey's memoir Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, an excellent copy in original boards of the most famous account of drug addiction in English literature
    The first edition in book form of Thomas De Quincey's memoir Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, an excellent copy in original boards of the most famous account of drug addiction in English literature

    [DE QUINCEY, Thomas].
    Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. 1822.
    £7,500.00

  • First edition of Isidore Helman's Faits Memorables des Empereurs de la Chin, a much celebrated French production of the Dijian Tushuo or 'The Emperor's Mirror'.
    First edition of Isidore Helman's Faits Memorables des Empereurs de la Chin, a much celebrated French production of the Dijian Tushuo or 'The Emperor's Mirror'.

    HELMAN, Isidore-Stanislaus-Henri.
    Faits Memorables des Empereurs de la Chine, 1788.
    £3,750.00

  • Heydt's Ost-Indien provides us with an extensive and important work with regard to the town planning and general topography of Jakarta in the first half of the eighteenth century.
    Heydt's Ost-Indien provides us with an extensive and important work with regard to the town planning and general topography of Jakarta in the first half of the eighteenth century.

    HEYDT [HEIJDT], Johann Wolfgang.
    Allerneuester Geographisch- und Topographischer 1744.
    £7,500.00

  • Very attractive map of Singapore made after the Japanese occupation.

    MAP OF SINGAPORE
    Strait of Singapore 1944.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Marshman's pioneering work, Elements of Chinese grammar.
    First edition of Marshman's pioneering work, Elements of Chinese grammar.

    MARSHMAN, Joshua.
    Elements of Chinese grammar, 1814.
    £5,000.00

  • The first Anglo-Chinese centennial calendar, covering the period 1776-1876
    The first Anglo-Chinese centennial calendar, covering the period 1776-1876

    LOUREIRO, P.
    The 100 years Anglo-Chinese calendar, 1872.
    £2,000.00

  • First edition of this important early description of Mongolia with hand-coloured plates. From the library of the America diplomat Angus Ivan Ward.
    First edition of this important early description of Mongolia with hand-coloured plates. From the library of the America diplomat Angus Ivan Ward.

    [FAR EAST]. BICHURIN (Monakh Iakinf).
    Zapiski o Mongolii 1828.
    £9,500.00

  • A fine copy of Thomas Baskett's 1751 edition of the Holy Bible, from the library of the second Duke of Newcastle.
    A fine copy of Thomas Baskett's 1751 edition of the Holy Bible, from the library of the second Duke of Newcastle.

    [KING JAMES VERSION].
    The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, 1751.
    £15,000.00

  • A remarkable collection of fine large format Chinese watercolours. The binder of the album, George Mullen, was the most famous bookbinder in Ireland.
    A remarkable collection of fine large format Chinese watercolours. The binder of the album, George Mullen, was the most famous bookbinder in Ireland.

    [CHINA.
    Watercolour Album. Circa 1800].
    £45,000.00

  • John Senex (1678-1740) was one of the foremost mapmakers in England in the early eighteenth century. He was also a surveyor, globemaker, and geographer.

    SENEX, John.
    Asia 1710 [-1728].
    £3,500.00

  • First edition in French of the first volume of Das Kapital.
    First edition in French of the first volume of Das Kapital.

    MARX, Karl.
    Le Capital. 1872-1875.
    £4,500.00

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