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(PHILIPPINE IMPRINT.)
Relacion de la Valerosa Defensa de los Naturales
Bisayas del Pueblo de Palompong . . . contra las Armas Mahometanas de Ylanos
y Malanaos, en el Mes de Junio de 1754
[caption title]. [8] leaves, including final
blank. Printed on rice paper. 4to, 200x140 mm, modern leather; contents toned.
(Manila: Imprenta de la Compañia de Jesús, 1754)
[1,500/2,500]
FIRST EDITION
of a pamphlet describing the successful defense of a coastal settlement on Leyte
against an attack by Muslim pirates. Medina (Manila) 255; Palau 259518; Pardo de Tavera
2296 (“pieza sumamente rara”); Streit-Dindinger VI, 1099.
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PATTERSON, SAMUEL.
Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of
Samuel Patterson, experienced in the Pacific Ocean, and many other Parts of
the World.
144 pages. 12mo, 161x100 mm, contemporary sheep, worn, with horizontal
incision across center of covers; contents browned with marginal dampstaining through
most of volume, scattered tears causing occasional slight text loss, early owners’ inscriptions
at beginning and end, rear free endpaper lacking.
Palmer, Mass., 1817
[400/600]
FIRST EDITION
.
Forbes 470; Hill 1315 (“important for its descriptions of Fiji and Hawaii”);
Huntress 191C.
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