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1860ABC_48873Bahia 1860. 8vo in 4s ca. 21.5 x 14 cm. Typographia de Camillo de Lellis Masson & C. Later half brown sheepskin spine with 2 red morocco title labels lettered in gold blue marbled paper sides brown and purple patterned endpapers. VIII 53 1 blank pp. Rare second edition of a pamphlet by the Brazilian lawyer and politician José Joaquim Landulfo da Rocha Medrado 1831-1860 published under his initials L. M. = Landulfo Medrado. According to the authors preface the first edition was not distributed to the public. In 1882 a third edition was published Bahia Imprensa Economica and in 1923 a fourth edition appeared Bahia Imprensa Oficial do Estado.In this pamphlet titled The courtiers and the Emperor's journey. Political essay on the situation Medrado offered a pointed critique of the Brazilian monarchy's tendency to adopt European courtly customs. He argued that these customs were ill-suited to Brazil's unique position as an American nation. Medrado believed that Brazil required a more democratic and parliamentary form of governance one that moved away from the concentration of power in the hands of the Emperor. Instead he advocated for a system where elected representatives would have a more prominent role in shaping the nation's future.This pamphlet reflects the broader political tensions of the time with liberals like Medrado pushing for reforms that would align Brazil's governance with its distinct identity rather than imitating European aristocratic traditions. In 1860 the Brazilian magazine Monarchia - Democracia issued a critique of the pamphlet arguing that the pamphlet's anonymous author avoids responsibility for promoting dangerous ideas that could destabilize Brazil. It defends the nation's democratic and monarchical institutions warning that the pamphlet's divisive ideas threaten Brazil's unity and future.With the large book plate of the Brazilian journalist Elysio de Carvalho 1880-1925 mounted on the front pastedown with a blue stamp in the bottom margin of the book plate "Y 4 120". Spine rubbed and slightly scratched the corners and edges of the boards show slight signs of wear the upper outer corner of the half title-page torn off and restored with paper slightly browned throughout with occasional foxing mainly in the first and last few leaves. Otherwise in good condition. hardcover
188317148London: Bernard Quaritch 1883. Hardcover. Set condition is Good bound in full green cloth with gilt titles one front covers and spines. Hinges are weak. Tearing to cloth exterior stains and scuffs bubbling to cloth at a few spots significant edge wear. A few creases to interior with toning throughout. No markings to text. Illustrated with seven full-page plates and 339 in-text drawings. Two fold-out color maps present Map of World as Known about Second Century B.C. and Sketch Map of Ancient India.Showing Early Tribes Their Sacred Places etc. - tear to latter map Appendix IV also present "Synoptical Table of Gods" etc. also a fold-out; Includes separate linen-backed folding chart "A Student's Synchronological Chart of the Religions of the World" in matching slipcase. 4to. 11 1/2"h x 9 1/2"w. Rare in trade Early issue/printing set as volumes state Quaritch as publisher no later dates mentioned beyond 1883 on title page. A publication that has been highly influential doubted more by the scientific community embraced by others such as Aleister Crowley in understanding comparative religion from a sexual and initiation perhaps esoteric aspect. Bernard Quaritch hardcover
1884173626Shanghai: Printed at the "Celestial Empire" office 1884. China is like a large pie. For many years covetous nations have been nibbling at the edge of the crust First edition of this eyewitness account of clashes between French and Chinese naval forces following the collapse of the Li-Fournier Agreement. Two tables show detail each side's ships and their specifications as well as the damage they sustained. The Tonkin War developed out of a tussle between France and China for influence in Vietnam. Following a number of engagements diplomatic exchanges between Li Hongzhang and Captain Ernest François Fournier produced a tentative agreement that China would withdraw from Tonkin and legally recognize a French protectorate. Negotiations however eventually broke down and the French launched an attack on Fuzhou on 23 August 1884. Foreign military observers including the two American authors of this report saw the engagement as a chance to evaluate the success of recent Chinese attempts to modernize the imperial navy. For the Qing empire the Battle of Fuzhou was a disaster the French fleet eight ships outgunning its eleven vessels all of which were eventually sunk. The defeat "paved the way for the dynasty's downfall" Po p. 206. The eight plates are after sketches made during the battle and show several Chinese ships before and after they were sunk. The final sketch is of a dog which drowned while trying to escape from the Yangwoo the Chinese flagship. Octavo. With 8 plates tables in text. Original light orange wrappers front cover lettered in black within ornamental black frame. Wrappers only lightly creased and marked contents sometime neatly consolidated into covers with adhesive text and plates clean: a near-fine copy. Cordier 2500. Ronald C. Po The Blue Frontier: Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire 2018. unknown
1883170791London: Bernard Quaritch 1883. Myths are history not yet developed First edition of this ambitious work of comparative religion delineating the continuities between world cultures throughout human history. Among the civilizations and religions it covers are the Babylonians Zoroastrians Ancient Greeks and Romans Hindus Buddhists and cultures from across Scandinavia Polynesia and Africa. The publication was issued to subscribers only. An engineer by training Forlong's 1824-1904 interest in world religions stemmed from his time in Asia serving as a Major General in the Indian Army. He categorized all religions into six types of worship: tree phallic serpent fire sun and ancestor. These types formed "streams" flowing throughout human culture with their progression and interactions here visualized in the large accompanying chart. Forlong's interpretations and his abandonment of Christianity were scandalous to many particularly his emphasis on the sexual nature of religious symbolism but his work was influential among such as Helena Blavatsky and Aleister Crowley who described it as "an invaluable textbook of old systems of initiation" Crowley p. 211. 2 quarto text vols 278 x 221 mm and linen-backed chromolithographic folding chart 236 x 65 mm; "A Student's Synchronological Chart of the Religions of the World". With 14 engraved plates 2 colour maps double-page and folding respectively 4 folding tables illustrations within text. Recent green half morocco spine lettered in gilt raised bands top edges gilt others uncut original cloth front covers bound at rear of each volume. Chart with original green cloth slipcase housed within custom green half morocco box. Pencil ownership signatures of Paul Backer perhaps the professor of dramatic arts 1957-2016 on title page of first volume and map verso of second; sporadic pencil annotations. Contents lightly browned occasional chips to margins closed tear to folding map. Chart verso a little soiled else colours bright; slipcase cockled and worn with a little loss. Overall in very good condition. Aleister Crowley Magick in Theory and Practice 1929. hardcover
