Adam's Works on Paper ONILNE Auction Ending August 10th 2020

115 Works on Paper 309 THE FIRST NEWS TO TIBET Tibet & China, Jesuit Missions 1624-26. Lettere Annue del Tibet del MDCXXVI. Et della Cina del MDCXXIV. Scritte al M.R. P. MutioVitelles- chi, Generale della Compagnia di Giesu. Roma, Corbelletti 1628 Pp. 130, qtr morocco gilt, a little lioght foxing else VG. With a partial translation to English, manuscript, c. 20pp, boards, unsigned. A rare and important item, the first ac- count of Portuguese Jesuit Father Antonio de Andrade’s travels to the kingdom of Tibet in the years 1624-1626. Andrade, who was ordained at the Portuguese colony in Goa, went with a companion to establish a mission in the Kingdom of Tibet. They were the first Europeans to cross the Himalayas from the Indian side. The second part of the book is an account of China by the Bohemian Jesuit and astronomer Wencelaus Kirwitzer who settled in China and died in Macao in 1626. Provenance: The Collection of Hugh and Anne Iremonger € 2,000 - 3,000 310 ALKEN The National Sports of Great Britain Large 8vo, London (T. McClean) 1825, hand co- loured lithographic plates, half black morocco; to- gether with a collection of five 19th century sport- ing books. (6) Provenance: The Collection of Hugh and Anne Ire- monger € 200 - 300