ITINERARIO PARA PÁRROCOS DE INDIOS En Que Se Tratan Las Materias mas Particulares Tocantes a Ellos Para su BUENA ADMINISTRACIÓN... Compuesto por... SENOR DON ALONSO DE LA PEÑA MONTENEGRO, Obispo del Obispado de San Francisco de Quito...

(PASTORS' GUIDE for the GOOD ADMINISTRATION of INDIANS... Composed by DON ALONSO DE LA PENA MONTENEGRO, Bishop of the Diocese of San Francisco de Quito...)

EN MADRID: En la Oficina de Pedro Marin, 1771. Nueva Edicion, Purgada de Muchisimos Hierros (New Edition, Purged of Numerous Errors). TEXT IN SPANISH.

VELLUM BOUND, limp vellum , five cord spine bands, manuscript title on spine (mostly faded), 8x12 inches (20cm x 30cm), Pagination: [2] blank free endpaper, [32], 612 pages.

CONDITION: The vellum covers are soiled, darkened, rubbed, missing a half-dollar size piece at the upper rear corner, and well creased (as normal for limp vellum); nonetheless the vellum covers remain quite lovely in a Harry Potter Hogwarts' Library way. Internally, the front and rear inner hinges are split but holding with the cord binding; the bottom half of the last two leaves (pages 609/610 and 611/612) is roughly torn off; the rear free endpaper is lacking, and the rear pastedown is mostly lacking; there is chipping to the bottom corner of the first few pages, not affecting text; light foxing and some age spotting here and there throughout; otherwise the inner pages are nice, complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

Contents:

LIBRO PRIMERO En que se Trata de la Elección y Canónica Institución del Párroco, y de todas las demás obligaciones que tiene el Doctrinero.

LIBRO SEGUNDO De la Naturaleza y costumbres de los indios.

LIBRO TERCERO En que se Trata de los Sacramentos - del Bautismo, La Confirmación - Del dolor que es parte material del Sacramento de la Penitencia, De la Confesión, Del Confesor, De la Satisfacción Sacramental que es el tercer acto Penitente, Del Inefable Sacramento de la Eucaristía, Del Sacramento de la Extremaunción, Del Sacramento del Orden, Del Sacramento del Matrimonio, De los Grados de Consanguinidad, Afinidad, y Cognación Espiritual y Dispensación en ellos.

LIBRO CUARTO De los Preceptos de la Iglesia y de la Ley Natural que deben Guardar los Indios .

LIBRO QUINTO En que se Trata de los Privilegios que tienen los Señores Arzobispos y Obispos, los Regulares, y los Indios en estas partes. Y de los Visitadores y modo como se han de portar en las visitas de los Indios y sus Doctrineros. De la conciencia errónea muy ordinaria en los Indios, y de algunas cuestiones misceláneas.

The Original Limp Vellum Binding makes this an especially attractive copy of this rare book.

VIAGGI DALLA CHINA ALLA COSTA NORD-OVEST D'AMERICA FATTI NEGLI ANNI 1788 e 1789 - DAL CAPITANO G. MEARES.

Prima Traduzione Italiana.

Published by Giovacchino Pagani, Firenze (Florence), MDCCXCVI (1796). First Italian, one of two editions published in the same year (the other was published in Naples).

Originally published in England in 1790, then France in 1794. This First Italian Edition had the ENGRAVINGS REDONE by a FLORENTINE ARTIST, and the engraved plates were made a part of the volumes. SCARCE with the GORGEOUS FLORENTINE PLATES.

This auction is for THREE of FOUR VOLUMES - Volumes II, III and IV. LACKING VOLUME I.

Original Wrappers, paper title labels on spines, 5x7.5 inches. TEXT in ITALIAN.

Pagination:

Volume II : XV + 212 pages. ILLUSTRATED WITH 7 PLATES, including 1 that folds-open. The plates are each printed on their own unnumbered leaf.

Volume III : X + 238 pages. ILLUSTRATED WITH 1 FOLD-OPEN PLATE.

Volume IV : [4] + VIII + 276 pages. ILLUSTRATED WITH 9 PLATES, including 2 that fold-open.

THE PAGES AND PLATES HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY COLLATED. THESE BOOKS ARE COMPLETE, ALL PLATES ARE PRESENT AND IN THEIR PROPER ORDER. THERE ARE 17 PLATES IN TOTAL IN THESE THREE VOLUMES.

There is a 1.5x3.5 inch label pasted onto the inside front cover of Volume II that reads: "MEARES, JOHN. Viaggi dalla China... Firenzi, 1796. Vols. 2-4 only. Lacks Vol. 1. 1st ed. In Italian. Orig. wraps."

Condition: The original wrappers on these three volumes are mostly chipped off at the spine, exposing the signatures beneath, have chips and tears at the edges, a few holes, creases, smudges, general aging and wear, etc; the front wrapper and front free endpaper of Volume IV are disbound (i.e. present but laid-on loosely); the front wrapper of Volume IV also has its top margin and bottom front corners torn away (i.e. it is missing large pieces). Internally, there are corner creases, some corner tears, some spotting here and there, a few pages with light edge stains, a bit of foxing here and there, some page toning, splits between some signatures (always still holding well with the sewn binding); but overall the inner pages are incredibly well-kept, still complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. THE PLATES ARE GORGEOUS.

A WONDERFUL SET OF 3 (of 4) VOLUMES of this VERY SCARCE WORK, COMPLETE and in ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.

VOM GOLDNEN HORN ZU DEN QUELLEN DES EUPHRAT - Reisebriefe, Tagebuchblätter und Studien über die Asiatische Türkei und die Anatolische Bahn, von DR. EDMUND NAUMANN. (FROM THE GOLDEN HORN TO THE SOURCE OF EUPHRATES - Travel Correspondence, Diaries and Studies of ASIAN TURKEY and the ANATOLIAN TRAIN, by DR. EDMUND NAUMANN). Verlag von R. OLDENBOURG, 1893, MÜNCHEN und LEIPZIG, Germany. Hardcover book, cloth covered boards, illustration on front cover, 8.5" x 11.5", XV + 494 pages. TEXT IN GERMAN. Includes 140 mostly b&w in-text ILLUSTRATIONS, plus a FOLD-OPEN, COLOR MAP at the rear. An account of a six month journey through Anatolia / Asian Turkey, from Constantinople to Angora, Kharput, Diarbekir, Erzerum and Trapezunt. As a geologist who had already accomplished important work in Japan, Naumann was asked to undertake a reconnaissance of the land through which the Anatolia Railway was to run. GOOD MINUS condition, the spine covering is splitting along both the front and rear folds, the front edge of the rear cover is worn / frayed / scraped through for several inches, the front cover illustration is rubbed, the front and rear boards have some scrapes, and the cover corners are bumped, nonetheless the covers are original and still rather sturdy; internally, there is the signature of "Paul & Marthe Henge (or Henze?)" and the date "9 April 1958" on the front free endpaper, the rear hinge is cracked but holding, the pages are lightly toned, especially at the margins, otherwise the pages are tight, bright, clean and unmarked, and the fold-open map is solid, bright and clear. A complete, original, worn but still presentable copy of this early exploration of ANATOLIA TURKEY.

THREE GRINGOS IN VENEZUELA AND CENTRAL AMERICA, by RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. An illustrated account of a journey made by Davis and some of his friends from New Orleans to Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, ending up in Venezuela. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by RICHARD HARDING DAVIS to his friend and editor JOHN RUSSELL DAVIDSON on the front free endpaper: "To John R. Davidson / with the best wishes / of his friend / Richard Harding Davis". John Russell Davidson's ownership bookplate is on the front pastedown. John Russell Davidson worked at Harper & Brothers, eventually leaving to set up his own literary agency. He was likely Richard Harding Davis' editor at Harper, and the editor of this book. I found this blurb about Davidson in a 1900 issue of The Independent: "Mr. John Russell Davidson lately of Harper & Brothers has opened The Authors Agency in New York City for the placing of manuscripts. Mr. Davidson has references from some of the best known literary people in this country." Hardcover book, gilt titling and silver design on the front cover and spine, no dustjacket as issued, 5x7.5 inches. Illustrated with 60+ drawings, photographs, portraits, and maps. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1896. First edition, first printing, with the date 1896 on both the title page and copyright page, with no indication of additional printings. GOOD condition: The covers have some rubs, light spots and stains, general soiling, and sunning / darkening to the spine and edges; nonetheless the covers are sturdy and the gilt lettering and silver designs remain bright. Internally very nice, just lightly used, the pages are still tight, bright, clean and unmarked. The illustrations all remain bright and clear.

A HISTORY of ABERDEEN AND BANFF (The County Histories of Scotland), by William Watt. Published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, MDCCCC (1900). First Edition

A Presentation Copy inscribed by the Author on the verso of the front free endpaper: "To Mrs. M Lellan / From the Author".

Hardcover Book, burgundy cloth covered boards, gilt embossed coat of arms and title on the front cover, gilt titles on spine, blind embossed designs on both the front and rear cover, 5.5x8.5 inches, xv + 438 pages, plus 2 pages of Publisher's ads at the rear.

Complete with its THREE FOLD OPEN MAPS, one in a front pocket, one in a rear pocket, and one bound in between pages 204 and 205.

The BOOK is in GOOD MINUS condition, the covers show light shelf wear and the spine is sunned; internally, the front inner hinge is split but holding, there is a touch of foxing here and there, and the inner hinge is cracked at a few places where the book was over-opened; overall the inner pages are bright, clean and unmarked. The two folding MAPS in the pockets are in FAIR condition, both have tears along their vertical creases that have been repaired / reinforced with thick clear tape on their backsides, else they are bright and clear. The bound in fold open MAP has 2 long tears that have likewise been repaired and reinforced with clear tape on the backside, otherwise this map is also bright and clear. All three maps are suitable for mounting and/or framing, imho.

A solid nice copy of this book, complete with its folding maps (often lacking from copies).

SCARCE with the author's Presentation Inscription.

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FRANZ JUNGHUHN : GEDENKBOEK (Festschrift) 1809-1909. A Book of Tributes and Remembrances by Junghuhn's Colleagues and Friends, published to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Junghuhn's birth. Includes a chronological biography of Junghuhn's life. F. JUNGHUHN, 1809-1864, was a noted Dutch / German Botanist and Geographer, known especially for his works on the botany and geography of Java. Published by Martinus Nijhoff, S-GRAVENHAGE (THE HAGUE), The Netherlands, 1910. First Edition. TEXT in DUTCH. Hardcover Book, cloth covered boards, embossed gilt decorations on the front cover show scenes of Java including one of its volcanos, gilt titling to the front cover and spine, top page edges stained green, front and bottom deckled page edges, dark green endpapers, 6.5x9.5", x + 361 pages, plus unnumbered pages of plates. Illustrated with 17 plates, 2 portraits including frontispiece, 2 facsimiles (1 folded). Contents (by various Dutch scholars, in Dutch as taken from the book): Franz Junghuhn's Leben. Junghuhn's levensbeschouwing. Junghuhn en het Veluwe-landschap bij Harderwijk. Die Battalander auf Sumatra. Junghuhn als topograaf der Bataklanden. Junghuhn's Ansichten uber die versteinerungsfuhrenden Sedimente von Java. Junghuhn als geoloog. Over zandonderzoek. Junghuhn als klimatoloog. Junghuhn als ethnograaf. Plantae Junghuhnianae ineditae, IV. Junghuhn's verdiensten voor de kina-cultuur op Java (1856-1864). Round embossed blind stamp of OAKES AMES LIBRARY OF SCIENCE on the title page, but NO other library markings. VERY GOOD condition: The covers are rubbed at their edges and folds, the front bottom corner is bumped, and the spine gilt is slightly faded, but overall the covers are and the front cover gilt designs are brilliant; internally the pages are tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, lovely copy. About FRANZ WILHELM JUNGHUHN (from Wikipedia): ******Friedrich Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809-1864), was a German-Dutch Botanist and Geologist. Junghuhn settled on Java, where he made an extensive study of the land and its people. He discovered the Kawah Putih crater lake south of Bandung in 1837. He published extensively on his many adventurous expeditions and his scientific analyses. Among his works is an important description and natural history in many volumes of the volcanoes of Java, BIJDRAGEN TOT DE GESCHIEDENIS DER VULKANEN IN DEN INDISCHEN ARCHIPEL (1843). He completed DIE TOPOGRAPHISCHEN UND NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN REISEN DURCH JAVA (TOPOGRAPHIC AND SCIENTIFIC JOURNEYS IN JAVA) in 1845 and a first anthropological and topographical study of Sumatra, DIE BÄTTALANDER AUF SUMATRA (BATAK LANDS OF SUMATRA). in 1847. In 1849, ill health forced his return to the Netherlands, where he married Johanna Louisa Frederika Koch on January 23, 1850, and had a son. While in the Netherlands, Junghuhn began work on a four volume treatise published in Dutch and translated into German between 1850 and 1854: JAVA, DESZELFS GEDAANTE, BEKLEEDING EN INWENDIGE STRUKTUUR (in German: JAVA, SEINE GESTALT, PFLANZENDECKE, UND SEIN INNERER BAU). Junghuhn was an avid humanist and socialist. In the Netherlands he published anonymously his free thinking manifesto LICHT EN SCHADUWBEELDEN UIT DE BINNENLANDEN VAN JAVA (IMAGES OF LIGHT AND SHADOW FROM JAVA'S INTERIOR) between 1853 and 1855. The work was controversial, advocating socialism in the colonies and fiercely criticizing Christian and Islamic proselytization of the Javanese people. Junghuhn instead wrote of his preference for a form of Pandeism (pantheistic deism), contending that God was in everything, but could only be determined through reason. The work was banned in Austria and parts of Germany for its denigrations and vilifications of Christianity, but was a strong seller in the Netherlands where it was first published pseudonymously. Junghuhn returned to Java in 1855 and remained there until his death from liver disease in 1864.******

THE CHINA COAST. By Ivon A. Donnelly and Joan Power. IGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED by JOAN POWER on the front free endpaper: "To Ben / With every good wish / from / Joan Power / Tientsin Sep. 1946". Published by the Tientsin Press Limited, Tientsin (Tianjin, China), 1931. First Edition. Hardcovers, blue cloth covered boards, gilt titling and decoration on the front cover, 8.5x11 inches (21x28 cm), 72 pages plus 6 unnumbered color plates. ILLUSTRATED with 6 LOVELY COLOR PLATES, each printed on its own tipped in leaf, plus 9 maps and 19 drawings. The image on the frontispiece color plate is 8x4.5 inches, the images on the other 5 plates measure approximately 6x3.25 inches. The six color plates are of: Shanghai, The Remains of the Old North Fort Taku, Chefoo from the Sea, Tsingtao from the Sea, Pagoda Anchorage in Tea Clipper days, and Entrance to Swatow Harbour. The b&w line maps are of: The Gulf of Pechili, The Yellow Sea, The Yangtsze (Yangtze) Estuary, Shanghai 1010 A.D., Shanghai 1356, Shanghai 18th Century, Shanghai 1857, Chusan Archipelago and China Sea, and The South China Sea. GOOD condition: The covers are bumped at the corner tips, there is a tear to the middle of the spine covering, the pages are lightly toned, a few inner hinges are split but holding, there is a 2 inch closed tear to the top margin of the final page (not affecting text); despite the flaws a solid, presentable copy. The Drawings, Maps, 6 Color Plates, and the inscription by Joan Powers make this book quite special.

MIXED BLISS IN MELANESIA, by R. REYNELL BELLAMY. Copy of THE EARL OF BELMORE, with his Signature "The Earl of Belmore" and his handwritten date "July 7th / 34" at the top of the front free endpaper. Published by John Long, Limited, LONDON, 1934. First Edition, as indicated by the date 1934 on the title page, with no indication of additional printings on the copyright page. Hardcover book, maroon cloth covered boards, gilt design on the front cover, gilt lettering on the spine, 6.5" x 9", 286 pages. Contains 29 b&w illustrations, consisting of a frontispiece photo, 15 photographic plates (most with 2 photos per page), and a map at the rear. VERY GOOD condition. spine is lightly sunned, cover corner tips and spine ends show a bit of wear, there is a bb-size indent to the top edge of the front cover, there is some offsetting to the half title page (the Earl of Belmore's signature and date on the front free endpaper have nicely offset in white on to the half title page too), there is a bit of foxing to the page edges and to the first and last few pages. Overall just lightly used and still tight, bright, clean and unmarked. MIXED BLISS IN MELANESIA is considered by some to be one of the best travel books ever written. It has become SCARCE, much more so than so than the other book by Bellamy titled The Real South Seas. I could not find a single copy for sale online, and it has been forever since I have seen another copy. Wonderful SCARCE first edition, with the nice association to THE EARL OF BELMORE.

SCRAPBOOK of LAURENCE L. BELANGER of Santa Ana, California, who went to BOZEMAN MONTANA for the SUMMER OF 1950 to Teach a Summer Course at MONTANA STATE COLLEGE. He brought his family along for the long road trip that included National Parks and lots of fishing.

Includes a 1950 Montana State College Bulletin for the Summer Session 1950 mounted on the inside front cover, a telegram offering Belanger the job in Bozeman pasted on the next page, lots of photos, postcards and ephemera. There are copious handwritten descriptions, notes, and diary type entries. The trip included Bozeman, Yellowstone, fishing spots, etc.

Stiff scrapbook covers, string bound, 9x11.5 inches, 38 pages (19 leaves). 50 photos most 3.25x4.5 inches, some 3.25x5.5 inches. Postcards, brochures, route map.

What makes this scrapbook most interesting are the handwritten annotations to everything mounted within.

A fun look at a road trip in the West in 1950.

Condition: The first scrapbook leaf is loose, otherwise everything is in VERY GOOD solid condition.

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BERGVAGABUNDEN (Mountain Wanderers), by HANS ERTL. SIGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED by HANS ERTL on the front free endpaper. The inscription

by Ertl is in German and is 4 lines long. I cannot read his handwriting. Ertl's SIGNATURE is beneath his inscription, and beneath the inscription Ertl has added the date 14.1.55 (January 14, 1955). Hardcover book in dustjacket, 6x8 inches, 263 pages plus some unnumbered photographic plates here and there throughout. Published by Nymphenburger, Munich, Germany, 1952. Fourth edition. Condition: FAIR book, the covers have light foxing and a bit of bubbling to the cloth covered boards, there is foxing to the page edges (edges of the closed book), foxing to the endpapers, soiling and some staining to the rear endpapers, foxing to the pages that face the photographic plates, toning to all the pages (as normal), still a solid, tightly bound copy with text that is clear and fully legible and photographic plates that are sharp and bright; in an only FAIR dustjacket that has chips and wear along its edges, corners and spine ends, a few 1 inch tears, scraping at the folds, and some soiling; nonetheless the dj is still doing its job. A rare SIGNATURE and INSCRIPTION by HANS ERTL just before he left Germany for Bolivia, where he spent the rest of his days. About HANS ERTL, Mountaineer, Nazi Cinematographer, Bolivian Refugee, Filmmaker (from Wikipedia): ******Hans Ertl (b. 1908 in Munich, Germany, d. 2000 in Chiquitania, Bolivia) was a German, and later Bolivian, mountaineer and cinematographer. In the 1930s he was the first man to ascend a number of notable mountain peaks. He was a cameraman and filmmaker during the Nazi era. He worked with Leni Riefenstahl on several of her Nazi propaganda films as well as on her Olympia film. During World War II he was among the preferred cameramen accompanying General Rommel which earned him a reputation as "Rommel's Photographer". In the mid 1950s he left Germany and resettled in Bolivia where he made two feature length documentaries of his Bolivian mountaineering expeditions. He embarked on a third filming expedition, but ceased after his tractor crashed through a wooden bridge with two thirds of the exposed footage on board. Frustrated he then decided to become a farmer and retired to a piece of semi-jungle land in Eastern Bolivia. Ertl was the father of the Bolivian Revolutionary Guerrilla Fighter MONIKA ERTL, he was also an acquaintance of KLAUS BARBIE and, reportedly a lover of LENI RIEFENSTAHL. He rarely returned to Germany where he felt cheated out of an important film award, but days before his death he asked his daughter in Bavaria to send him a bag of German soil. Ertl died in 2000 and he was buried on his farm which is now a museum.******

CAPRAROLA (VITERBO) : Lazio 1. Volume One of the Historic Atlases of Italy created under the Direction of Enrico GUIDONI and Giulia PETRUCCI. Published by Multigrafica Editrice, Roma (Rome), Italia (Italy), 1986. LARGE FORMAT ATLAS, softcovers, 12x16 inches, 56 pages plus an Index at the end. TEXT mainly in ITALIAN, with some French and English as well. Beautifully ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT with vintage photographs, maps, and drawings. Condition: The covers are

sunned especially at the spine and margins as is fairly normal for this atlas (please see photo), the upper corner of the covers and inner pages is creased / bent, otherwise a solid copy with inner pages that are nice, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Caprarola is a town and comune in the province of Viterbo, in the Lazio region of central Italy. The village is situated in a range of volcanic hills known as the Cimini Mounts.

CHINESE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE - LIUKENG VILLAGE / LIUKENGCUN Richly Illustrated Hardcover Book in Dustjacket. TITLE: Zhongguo Xiangtu Jianzhu: Liukengcun. AUTHOR: Zhihua Chen, et al. Published by Chongqing Publishing House, 2001. Text in Simplified Chinese.

ISBN 10: 7536644698. ISBN 13: 9787536644694. DESCRIPTION: This volume surveys the architecture of the LIUKENG VILLAGE / LIUKENG CUN. Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 8.5x11.5", 159 pages. Illustrations on almost every page. An invaluable architectural reference to this early Chinese village. Condition: GOOD book, the covers have some rubs to the black paper, leaving it a bit white in some areas; there is some wear / bumps to the spine ends and to the covers' edges; internally very nice, still tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a VERY GOOD dustjacket with some light edge and spine-end wear. Note: This Book was published as part of a 4 Volume Set, with each volume focused on a different area. Each volume is almost always sold individually, as each stands on its own. Sometimes a title makes it seem like a 4 Volume Set is being offered, but read the description closely and you will find that it is almost invariably a Single Volume of the 4 Volume Set.

CHINESE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE - ZHUGE VILLAGE / ZHUGECUN Richly Illustrated Hardcover Book in Dustjacket. TITLE: Zhongguo Xiangtu Jianzhu: Zhugecun. AUTHOR: Zhihua Chen, et al. Published by Chongqing Publishing House, 1999. Text in Simplified Chinese.

ISBN-10: 7-5366-4469-8 / 7536644698. ISBN-13: 978-7-5366-4469-4 / 9787536644694 DESCRIPTION: This volume surveys the architecture of the Zhuge Village / Zhugecun. Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 8.5x11.5", 174 pages. Illustrations on almost every page. An invaluable architectural reference to this early Chinese village. Condition: GOOD PLUS book, the covers have some wear / bumps to the spine ends, corner tips, and edges; there is some light yellow spotting to the title page, otherwise just lightly used and still tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a VERY GOOD dustjacket with some light edge and spine-end wear. Note: This Book was published as part of a 4 Volume Set, with each volume focused on a different area. Each volume is almost always sold individually, as each stands on its own. Sometimes a title makes it seem like a 4 Volume Set is being offered, but read the description closely and you will find that it is almost invariably a Single Volume of the 4 Volume Set.

RAMÓN BOLET: CRONISTA GRÁFICO de la VENEZUELA del OCHOCIENTOS 1836-1876.

(Ramon Bolet: Graphic Chronicler of Venezuela in the 1800s, 1836-1876.)

Published by Empresas Delfina, Caracas, Venezuela, 1991. First Edition. ISBN: 9806211073. TEXT IN SPANISH.

A book showing the splendor of Venezuela in the 1800s as chronicled by RAMON BOLET. His artworks show Venezuelan architecture, people, and landscapes of the time.

Hardcover book, no dustjacket as issued, 9x12 inches (23x30 cm), 183 pages. The first 88 pages consist of essays about Ramon Bolet, with in text b&w reproductions. Pages 89 through 179 are color plates of his works. Quite lovely.

NEAR FINE condition, tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

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KITCHEN OF KAZAKHS, by Seit Kenzheakhmetuly.

A lovely, large format book that describes and illustrates the national cuisine of Kazakhstan. Filled with photographs of traditional foods, meal presentations and rituals.

Hardcover book, cloth covered boards with gilt designs and lettering on the front cover and spine, and a pasted on photo of a prepared dish on the front cover, 10x13 inches, 240 pages.

Published by Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2005. ISBN: 9965245592. TEXT in RUSSIAN and KAZAKH, with a 32 page section in ENGLISH at the rear that describes some of the food and the numerous Kazakh dishes in the book.

VERY GOOD condition, the covers have a bit of corner tip wear and there is a slight bump to the bottom of the spine, otherwise the covers are bright, sturdy and doing their job well; internally the pages are tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, very nice copy.

A wonderful book that goes into detail about 100s of Kazakh national foods and their presentation. Illustrated throughout.

From the Publisher: "The famous writer / ethnographer Seit Kenzheakhmetuly describes in detail the abundance of Kazakh dastarkhan, national cuisine, its delicacies and peculiarities."

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