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Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes

The first novel was of course Don Quixote – Ozell’s revision of the Motteux translation. A Giant of a book about a Giant of a Man

Fear no Windmills

$30.00

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South Wind – Norman Douglas

Open your eyes and your mind at South Wind the island with more going on than any Hollywood plot – a weakness for disrobing should not deter those that lust for a good narrative! Near perfect early copy.

Gift South Wind

$60.00

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Legendes d’Orient et d’Occident – Edouard Schure – Hand Coloured Illustrations by Maggy Monier

Published Paris in the 1920′s and in the French language beautifully illustrated with hand coloured plates by Maggy Monier.

In original beautifully illustrated wrappers. Rather browned throughout in the text but the tipped in striking illustrations are bright and clean as new.

Edouard Schure (1841-1929) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist and publicist of esoteric literature.

No better illustrations

$140.00

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NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE, PORT JACKSON – SAUVAGES DES MONTAGNES-BLUES – Louis de Freycinet – Atlas Historique 1822

Original stipple engraving of Blue Mountains Aboriginals by Forget being Plate 101 of the Atlas to Voyage Autour du Monde by Louis de Freycinet published in Paris 1822.

A rare engraving depicting the Aboriginal Chiefs in an unusual (if not classical) pose. Approximately 32cms x 22cms with a strong plate impression – in good condition. Framed external dimensions 52cms x 32cms in a cream mat and simple burr wood frame. A fine item of some historical significence.

Rare – de Freycinet

$240.00

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A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest – Laennec

Leather bound and beautifully gilt embossed from the Classics of Medicine Library 1979. Fine condition 428 pages plus 8 plates all edges gilt.

Originally published as an English translation in 1821 by Doctor John Forbes. The French physician Laennec pioneered the use of “Acoustick Instruments” in the diagnosis of diseases of the chest.

Pioneering French Medicine for the Short of Breath.

$60.00

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The Wisdom of Confucius – Who else

“Music rises from the heart when it is touched by the external world” so said Confucius. A nice Modern Library edition.

Immortal wisdom

$30.00

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