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Ibn Sina (Avicenna) / Vattier, Pierre (transl.).
[Kitab al-Najah - French]. La logique du fils de Sina, communément appellé Avicenne, prince des philosophes et médecins Arabes. Paris, Vattier, Augustin Courbe & Jean Huart, 1658.
8vo (120 x 180 mm). (40), 303, (31) pp. Contemporary full red morocco, both covers, spine and leading edges finely gilt. Marbled endpapers. First French edition of the Kitab al-Najah ("The Book of Salvation"), the part on logics from Ibn Sina's great scientific and philosophical encyclopedia Kitab Al-Shifa' ("The Book of Healing"). Translated by the French oriental scholar Pierre Vattier (1623-67), himself a physician like Avicenna. - Ibn Sina's system of logic is known as "Avicennian logic", in contrast to Aristotelian logic. By the 12th century, Avicennian logic had replaced Aristotelian logic as the dominant system in the Islamic world; after the Latin translations of the 12th century, his writings were also an important influence on Western mediaeval writers such as Albertus Magnus. - Light browning throughout; occasional faint waterstains to the lower margin. Very prettily gilt morocco binding; tools attributable to the binders of Macé-Ruette (cf. Esmerian, La reliure au XVIIe siècle). From the library of the French neurologist Maurice Villaret (1877-1946) with his memento-mori style bookplate to front pastedown. OCLC 978575366. Cf. GAL I, 454, 18.
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Raymond Llull (Lullius), etc.
De alchimia opuscula complura veterum philosophorum, quorum catalogum sequens pagella indicabit. (Frankfurt, Cyriacus Jacob, 24 March 1550 [preface]).
Small 4to (150 x 195 mm). Part 1 (of 2). (4), 168 pp. With a large woodcut illustration on title-page, hand-coloured by an early hand, and woodcut printer's device on the last leaf verso. 17th century sheepskin vellum over thin boards. Extremely rare edition of this collection of nine alchemical tracts, including "De tinctura metallorum" (On the Colorations of Metals), attributed to the great Arab scientist Ibn Sina, who is known in the Latin tradition as Avicenna. Ibn Sina was one of the most significant thinkers and writers of the Islamic golden age, and his bibliography comprises nearly 270 titles, several of which fall into the category of the arcane sciences (cf. GAL I 458 V and GAL I S, p. 828). "Ibn Sina studied the philosophical and scientific foundations of this subject [alchemy] and even undertook alchemical experiments" (DSB). - The collection further includes two works attributed to Raymond Lull, one of the most interesting scholars of the Middle Ages, another published under the name of Aristotle, and five anonymous ones. A second part was published in the same year, containing only one work: the famous Rosarium philosophorum. It can be regarded as a separate publication and is not included here. Curiously, a late 16th century manuscript copy of only this volume (a folio of 70 leaves) is held by the Wellcome Collection (MS.233, acquired in 1906). - Binding very well preserved. Contemporary handwritten marginal annotations and underscoring throughout, an early owner's inscription (struck through) and some further notes on the title-page. Annotations slightly trimmed by the 17th century binder's knife, somewhat browned throughout and dampstains in the first half of the book, otherwise in fine condition. VD 16, A 1632. BM-STC German 17. Adams A 574. Duveen, p. 11 ("excessively rare"). Ferguson, Bib. chem. I, p. 18. MacPhail I, 20. Schmieder, Geschichte der Alchemie (1832), p. 98, no. 3. For Ibn Sina see DSB XV, pp. 494-500.
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna).
(Canon medicinae). Ex Gerardi Cremonensis versione, & Andreae Alpagi Belunensis castigatione. Venice, Bernardo Giunta & Giovanni Battista Ciotti, 1608.
Folio (240 x 350 mm). Vol. 1 (of 3). (52), 590, 583-982 pp. Title-page and half-title printed in red and black; half-title with an engraved border showing great medical practitioners. Further with woodcut device on title, a nearly full-page woodcut diagram of the ocular anatomy, and 2 full-page woodcuts with a total of 6 illustrations showing the practice of osteopathy. Near-contemporary full calf with giltstamped label to gilt spine. Marbled endpapers. All edges sprinkled red. Rare, early illustrated edition of "the most famous medical text ever written" (Garrison/M. 43). Giunta's was the first edition ever to contain illustrations (six meticulous woodcuts of a physician performing chiropractic treatments, as well as a diagram of the human eye anatomy). The present volume, the first and by far most copious of a set of three commonly bound in two volumes, comprises books 1 through 3 (out of 5). - Ibn Sina's "Keta-b al-qanun fi'l-tebb" ("Canon of Medicine"), written in Arabic but widely translated throughout the Middle Ages and the basis of medical training in the West as late as the mid-17th century. Finished in 1025, the Qanun is divided into 5 books, devoted to the basic principles of medicine, the Materia Medica (listing about 800 drugs), pathology, diseases affecting the body as a whole and finally the formulary. - Ibn Sina (c. 980-1037), in the West known by his Latinized name Avicenna, was physician to the ruling caliphs. The influence of his Qanun can hardly be overestimated. Translated into Latin in the 12th century, it became a standard textbook of Galenic medicine, influencing many generations of physicians. "From the early fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth century Avicenna held a high place in Western European medical studies, ranking together with Hippocrates and Galen as an acknowledged authority" (Weisser). "[T]he final codification of all Greco-Arabic medicine. It dominated the medical schools of Europe and Asia for five centuries" (Garrison/M. 43). - Some light brownstaining, mainly confined to upper margin. Early 20th century bookplate to front pastedown. Binding uncommonly well preserved; a very appealing copy. Krivatsy 496. OCLC 4457623. Cf. M. H. Fikri, Heritage Library, Scientific Treasures, p. 57, no. 23. Norman 1590. N. G. Siraisi, Avicenna in Renaissance Italy (2014), pp. 140, 165. Garrison/M. 43f. Hayes, Genius of Arab Civilisation, Source of Renaissance, pp. 168-169. PMM 11.
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna).
[Al Qanun - latine]. Canon medicinae. Lyon, Jean Trechsel & Johann Klein, 24. XII. 1498.
Folio (ca. 31 x 42 cm). 2 vols. 379 ff. with 1 diagrammatic woodcut. 357 ff. Contemporary full calf over wooden boards on four raised double bands, blind- and giltstamped, one volume with 2 brass clasps (and remnants on the other volume). Two complete volumes, in their contemporary Renaissance bindings, of the four-volume Latin edition of Avicenna's magnum opus. Gerard de Cremona's widely received translation was here edited by Jacques Ponceau with the commentaries of Jacobus de Partibus and Johannes Lascaris. - The principal writing of Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdullah ibn Sina (ca. 980-1037), the "Qanun" is the most authoritative medical text in the Islamic world. Written in Arabic, it was widely translated throughout the Middle Ages and formed the basis of medical training in the West as late as the mid-17th century. Through this encyclopedic work, the author exerted "perhaps a wider influence in the eastern and western hemispheres than any other Islamic thinker" (PMM). "The 'Qanun' [...] contains some of the most illuminating thoughts pertaining to distinction of mediastinitis from pleurisy; contagious nature of phthisis; distribution of diseases by water and soil; careful description of skin troubles; of sexual diseases and perversions; of nervous ailments" (Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science). "[Avicenna's] Canon is one of the most famous medical texts ever written, a complete exposition of Galenism. Neuburger says: 'It stands for the epitome of all precedent development, the final codification of all Graeco-Arabic medicine'. It dominated the medical schools of Europe and Asia for five centuries" (Garrison/M. 43). - The present two volumes comprise the complete Third Book, fen 1-12 and 13-22, and thus cover the principal part of the Qanun: special pathology and therapy "a capite ad calces" (from head to toe), including ailments of the ear, nose, and throat, as well as obstetrics. Volumes 1 and 4 (not present here) comprised books I (452 ff.) and book IV, fen 1 (142 ff.); books II and V were not part of this edition. - Both volumes lack merely the final blank leaf, otherwise complete with ample margins showing occasional deckle edges. Some light browning, some waterstaining to edges (mainly towards end of vol. 2), otherwise very little staining; some worming mostly confined to blank margins. A few contemporary ms. annotations. Both volumes in their original, prettily blind- and gilt-tooled brown leather bindings over wooden boards. - Provenance: traces of removed bookplates on pastedowns. According to a pencil note on the inside front cover of the first volume, the set was removed from the Fritzlar Cathedral Library, parts of which were dispersed in 1724 and in 1803. Later sold at Venator (Cologne), sale 23/24 (1962), lot 15 (with illustration plate IV); old sales notice pasted to inside front cover of first volume. H 2214. GW 3127. Goff A-1428. BMC VIII, 302. Proctor 8616. BSB-Ink A 964. IGI 1125 u. Corr. Pell. 1668. Polain 444. Voull. Bln. 4708. Claudin IV, 88-93. Klebs 131.13. Panzer I, 553, 200. Not in Oates, Osler, Waller, or Wellcome.
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna).
Al-Ilahiyat min al-Shifa' [The Metaphysics from the Book of Healing]. Mashhad, Persia, [1642/43 CE =] 1052 H.
Tall 8vo (136 x 258 mm). Arabic manuscript on unsophisticated oriental paper. 206 leaves. 20 lines, black and occasional red ink with underlinings in red. Restored red morocco oriental binding with blind-tooled medaillons to both covers, using oder material from a shorter binding. The fourth and final part of Ibn Sina's famous "Kitab Al-Shifa'" ("The Book of Healing"), a great scientific and philosophical encyclopedia that covers logic, natural sciences, mathematics including astronomy, and, as here, metaphysics and religion. - Browned throughout with occasional waterstaining. Early waqf stamp near the colophon. In all a good manuscript, copied in Safavid Persia by Shafi' Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Qayni. GAL I, 454, 18.
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna).
Al-Kitab al-Awwal min Kitab al-Qanun fi al-Tibb: Al-Kulliyat [Canon of Medicine, Book I]. Persia, [Nov. 1853 CE =] Safar 1270 H.
Large 8vo (190 x 287 mm). Arabic manuscript on polished paper. 233 leaves. Naskh script in black and occasionally red ink, 15 lines with extensive glosses in the margins and several interleaved smaller sheets of commentary (some bound, others loose, including a few diagrammatic illustrations). Contemporary full leather binding with blind-tooled green corner pieces and central medaillon. Mid-19th century manuscript, written in Arabic in the Persian countries, of the first of the five books that form what is perhaps the most important medical text of the Middle Ages. - Ibn Sina's "Kitab al-Qanun fi'l-Tibb" ("Canon of Medicine"), hailed as "the most famous medical text ever written" (Garrison/M. 43), was widely translated throughout the Middle Ages and formed the basis of medical training in the West as late as the mid-17th century. Completed in 1025, the Qanun is divided into five books, of which the first, also called "al-Kulliyat", concerns general medical principles. It often circulated separately from the rest of the encyclopedia. The remaining four parts are devoted to simple drugs, pathology, diseases affecting the body as a whole, and recipes for compound remedies. - Ibn Sina (ca. 980-1037), known in the Western tradition as Avicenna, was physician to the ruling caliphs. The influence of his Qanun can hardly be overestimated. Translated into Latin in the 12th century, it became a standard textbook of Galenic medicine, influencing many generations of physicians. - Binding rubbed, sewing loosened, but generally well preserved. GAL I, 457 (597), 82.
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna).
Al-Urjuza fi l-tibb [Poem on Medicine] and other medical and alchemical treatises. [Probably Ottoman Empire, late 17th century CE].
4to (ca. 160 x 216 mm). Arabic manuscript on polished paper. 8 parts. 93 leaves, final blank leaf. Written in black ink throughout with red chapter headings, 19 lines, two columns and single column. Contemporary brown leather binding with gilt borders and recessed and gilt central ornament, stamped in relief. A fine, complete collected medical manuscript, including pharmacological and alchemical material. The principal section is formed by the "Urjuza fi l-tibb", or "Medical Poem" of Ibn Sina, which can be considered a poetic summary in 1326 verses of the author's great encyclopedic textbook, the Qanun. The verse form made it popular as a mnemonic in the process of transmitting the Canon's medical knowledge from master to student. The second part of the work is more directly concerned with anatomical matters, but also discusses the pulse and urine. - The following section is "Al-Maqala al-Aminiya fi 'l-fasd", a treatise in ten chapters on phlebotomy. It was written by Abul-Hasan Hibatallah ibn Said ibn al-Tilmidi (d. 1165 CE), the Christian physician to the Abbasid caliph Al-Muqtafi, hailed as one of the greatest medical men of his age. - A subsequent essay treats the refinement of chemical substances by burning and washing, also discussing the characteristics of the combustion of various metals, including gold, silver, steel, copper, and lead. Further parts concern the refinement of medicines (by Al-Hasan ibn Bahram al-Mutatabbib) and the treatment of poisonings in general, but also offering an alphabetical pharmacopoeia. - Leather covers professionally restored; modern marbled pastedowns. Internally quite clean; a few leaves show edge tears but without loss to text. Altogether a fine Arabic medical manuscript comprising a wide range of relevant material. GAL I, 457, 81 ("Manzuma fi 't-tibb"); GAL S I, 823. For al-Maqala al-Aminiya see GAL I, 487.
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna).
Avicennae summi inter Arabes medici Fen I lib. I canonis. In usum Gymnasii Patavini, Editio correctior. Padua, Paolo Frambotti, 1636.
12mo. 140, (2) pp., final blank leaf. - (Bound with) II: Hippocrates. Aphorismorum sectiones VII. Nicolao Leoniceno Vicentino interprete. Accessit octava ex Ant. Musae Brasavoli commentariis. Ibid., 1649. (36), 111, (1) pp. - (Bound with) III: Galenus. Ars medicinalis. Nicolao Leoniceno interprete. Ibid., 1642. (12), 173, (1) pp., final blank leaf. Contemporary limp vellum. A fine Padovan 17th century manual assembling the great ancient and mediaeval medical works, published separately, in a single handy volume. From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and beyond, the compulsory teaching matter of Avicenna's monumental "Qanun" always included the part on physiology in the first fen of book 1, which expounds the general principles of medicine. The present edition is bound with the principal works of Hippocrates and Galen, both edited by the Italian physician and humanist Niccolò Leoniceno (1428-1524). - Some browning and brownstaining. 18th century annotations to flyleaf; ownership of Antonio Barduni (?) to front pastedown. An appealing pocket-sized set containing in a nutshell the staples of the old medical schools from which European medical training was in the process of breaking free. Cf. Krivatsy 499, 4508. Not in Wellcome.
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna).
Flores Avicenne. (Lyon, Claude Davost for Barthélemy Trot, 14 Aug. 1508).
8vo. (2), CLXVI ff. With several botanical woodcut initials. Contemporary dark goatskin, blind-tooled in a panel design. First edition of this important capsule edition of Ibn Sina's comprehensive Canon of Medicine (Kitab al-Qanun fi al-tibb). Designed with the Western medical student and practicioner in mind, Michael de Capella's abridgement of the greatest and most influential work in mediaeval and early modern medical history is here pared down to a nutshell manual of 166 leaves. "The preface … refers to the importance in medicine of aphoristic works that can readily be committed to memory and to the example of Hippocratic writings. The task of abbreviation was undertaken with such enthusiasm that Avicenna's chapter on the elements (Canon 1:1:2) [...] was compressed from about 550 words in the full Gerard of Cremona version into 53 in the 'Flores'. This compendium was twice reissued, in 1514 and again in 1528" (Siraisi). - Provenance: 1) Title-page shows handwritten ownership of the Augustinian monastery of Zaragoza, Spain, dated 1743. 2) 20th century bookplate of Karl and Thilde Wagner to front pastedown. - Binding somewhat worn, spine-ends and extremeties chipped. Some browning throughout, inkstains on title-page and a couple of minor stains in text. A good copy. Adams A 2319. Durling 411. USTC 143378. N. G. Siraisi, "The Changing Fortunes of a Traditional Text", in The Medical Renaissance of the Sixteenth Century (1985), p. 21. Cf. BM-STC French 234 (1514 ed. only). Cf. Wellcome I, 577 (1528 ed. only).
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Ibn Tagribirdi, Abu-'l-Mahasin Yusuf Ibn-`Abdallah / Carlyle, J[oseph] D[acre].
Maured Allatafet Jemaleddini Filii Togri-Bardii, seu rerum Aegyptiacarum annales, ab anno Christi 971, usque ad annum 1453. London, Cambridge, and Oxford, B. White & Sons, J. & J. Merrill, J. Fletcher & J. Cooke, 1792.
4to. (2), 132, VIII, 132, 55, (1) pp. Contemporary vellum. First edition of the annals of Egypt written by Jamaleddin Abul Mehassen. Original Arabic text followed by the Latin translation and Latin notes, each with separate pagination. - Occasional browning to text. An errata leaf follows the title page. Old library stamps of the Congregation of the Redemptorists, New York, and the Bibliotheca Mt. St. Alphonsus, Esopus, N.Y. - Rare. Schnurrer 184. Ibrahim-Hilmy II, 25. Gay 2073. OCLC 165551800.
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Ibn Tufail, Muhammad Ibn-'Abd-al-Malik / Eichhorn, Johann Gottfried (transl.).
[Risalat Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan - German]. Der Naturmensch oder Geschichte des Hai Ebn Joktan. Ein morgenländischer Roman des Abu Dschafar Ebn Tofailby. Berlin & Stettin, Friedrich Nicolai, 1783.
8vo. (3)-245, (3) pp. Contemporary sprinkled boards. Second German translation of "Hayy ibn Yaqzan" by the 12th-century physician Ibn Tufail, widely considered the first philosophical novel and tremendously influential on Eastern and Western intellectual traditions alike. The Arabic tale (not to be confused with Avicenna's earlier like-named romance) was known in Europe as early as the 15th century through Pico della Mirandola's 1493 unpublished Latin translation, and scholars have since asserted its influence on Francis Bacon, Baruch Spinoza, Robert Boyle, the modern novel, Enlightenment thought, and even Robinson Crusoe. A bilingual Arabic and Latin edition appeared at Oxford in 1671, marking its first publication in Europe, and this was soon followed by English and Dutch translations. "A medieval philosophical treatise in literary form, written by the Andalusian philosopher Abu Bakr Ibn-Tufayl in the 1160s, it relates the story of human knowledge as it rises from a blank slate, through practical exploration of nature, to a mystical or direct experience of God. Its central argument is that human reason can independently access scientific knowledge unaided by religion or society and its conventions, leading not only to the tenets of natural philosophy but also to the attainment of mystical insight, the highest form of human knowledge" (Ben-Zaken, p. 2). Following the life of a young man stranded on an otherwise uninhabited island, it is easy to appreciate comparisons to Robinson Crusoe; given the protagonist's flair as an autodidact and faith in empiricism, it is similarly not difficult to understand the story's appeal to Enlightenment thinkers, whom this German edition would have served well. The work's Western influence is hardly to obscure its importance within the Arabic and Persian literary traditions, nor its influence on Islamic philosophy. The author was well placed to leave an enduring legacy. "He was the caliph's friend and confidant as well as his physician. The two could talk freely about the burning issues of the day, even including creation and whether the world had always been as we know it" (Goodman). - Unchanged re-issue of Eichhorn's new translation, styled "The Natural Man", which had first appeared the previous year. An earlier German translation, by J. G. Pritsius, had been published in 1726. - Ownership signature of the theologian Martin Hößler (b. 1877), dated 2 November 1919, written in indelible pencil on front flyleaf. Light dampstain to lower pastedown and moderate wear to the binding extremities. Complete, pagination notwithstanding, matching all digitized copies available for comparison. An appealing copy. VD 18, 11177462. OCLC 247720469. Avner Ben-Zaken, Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (Baltimore, 2011), p. 10. Cf. GAL S I, p. 831 f. Schnurrer p. 472.
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Ibn Yemini / Schlechta von Wschehrd, Ottokar von (transl.).
Ibn' Jemin's Bruchstücke. Aus dem Persischen [...]. Vienna, k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1852.
8vo. 191, (1) pp. Contemporary red cloth with giltstamped spine and as blindstamped cover borders. Patterned endpapers. First German edition of the Mokathaát, "proving [Schlechta's] mastery at polishing the gems of the Persian poet and beautifully rendering them into German" (cf. Wurzbach). Includes poems of mostly philosophical and didactic content by the famous 14th century Persian poet. Schlechta von Wschehrd (1825-94) was a graduate of the Vienna Oriental Academy and one of the most distinguished experts on Persian and Turkish literature of his time. - Occasional slight foxing, otherwise fine. Zenker II, 43, 578. Frankl 1055. Herrmann 153. Wurzbach XXX, 65. Graesse III, 407. Not in Schwab or Nawabi. Cf. Rabenlechner I, 124 (2nd edition: Vienna, Manz, 1879).
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Ibn Yemini / Schlechta von Wssehrd, Ottokar (Übers.).
Ibn' Jemin's Bruchstücke aus dem Persischen übertragen [...]. Zweite Auflage. Wien, Manz'sche k. k. Hof-Verlags- u. Universitäts-Buchhandlung, 1879.
VII, (3), 180 SS. Rotes Leinen über den originalen rot-schwarz gemusterten Deckeln mit dem Namen des Verfassers auf goldenem Feld mit Rankenverzierung in Rot. 12mo. Schöne zweite Auflage der "Bruchstücke", erstmals 1852 erschienen, und "in Format und Einband ganz der Diamant-Ausgabe von Bodenstedts 'Mirza Schaffy' ähnlich" (Rabenlechner). Ibn Yemini lebte im 14. Jahrhundert und war der Sohn eines aus Turkestan stammenden, in Khorassan ansässigen Emirs, dessen Güter er nach dessen Tode verwaltete. Die "Bruchstücke" sind Dichtungen vorwiegend philosophisch-didaktischen Inhalts. - Mit Besitzvermerk "D. Rasellina", dat. 11. X. 1943, am Vorsatz. Nachgebunden unter Verwendung des Originaleinbandes. Vorsatzblatt eingerissen. Rabenlechner I, 124. Vgl. Wurzbach XXX, 65. Graesse III, 407 (1852). Nicht bei Zenker.
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Ibn Zunbul, Ahmed ibn 'Ali / Ahmet Süheyli Efendi.
Tarikh-i Misr-i cedid / Tarikh-i Misr-i al-kadim [A History of Modern and Ancient Egypt]. Qustantaniyah (Constantinople, Istanbul), Ibrahim Müteferrika, [1730 CE =] 1142 H.
4to (170 x 214 mm). (4), 65, 51 ff. Early 19th century half calf with marbled covers and fore-edge flap. Pink paper pastedowns. The seventh book printed by Ibrahim Müteferrika: a history of Egypt from antiquity to early modern times, prepared by the Turkish scholar Ahmed Süheylî (1562?-1632). The modern section (bound first, as usual) is in fact an Ottoman Turkish translation of the chronicle of the Ottoman-Mamluk war of 1516/17, "Fath Misr" (Tarikh as-sultan Selim al-Utmani ma'a as-sultan Qansuh al-Ghawri) by Ibn Zunbul (d. 1574/75). - Handwritten ownership of the French diplomat Louis Lagarde (dated 1923 CE) to front flyleaf. Occasional light browning and fingerstains, but mostly an excellent copy on good, crisp paper. Özege 19868-19869. GAL S II, p. 409. Toderini III, p. 85, no. VI.
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Ibrâhim Haqqi, Erzurumlu.
Marifetname [The Book of Knowledge and Skills]. [Ottoman Empire, ca. 1760].
Folio (209 x 318 mm). 459, (2), 14 (but: 13) ff. of index, numerous errors in Arabic pagination, but complete according to catchwords, numbered throughout by a later owner in pencil from left to right, 1-474 ff. Ottoman Turkish manuscript on thin, polished, cream-coloured laid paper. Text is in fine naskh script with black and red ink within a red double-lined border, 31 lines of text within a written area of 232 x 112 mm. Occasional red underlining, sections usually demarcated by a single word of red text on a line with a red border on either side. With 11 full-page colour illustrations of scientific diagrams, 2 full-page coloured world maps, 8 full-page coloured tables, 2 full-page illustrations of Mekka and Jerusalem, 4 coloured half-page diagrams and 1 coloured half-page table, as well as a round, black and red ink diagram on leaf 448v. Contemporary full calf, expertly rebacked with six compartments of raised bands and gilt motifs, gilt red title label, all edges speckled red. A fine 18th century manuscript copy of the famous scholarly encyclopedia, not printed until 1835 (in Bulaq). The "Marifetname", or "Book of Gnosis" is a compilation of astronomical, astrological, mathematical, anatomical, psychological, philosophical as well as mystical religious texts. It is famous for containing the first treatment of post-Copernican astronomy by a Muslim scholar. - Ibrahim Haqqi Erzurumi (1703-80) is considered an outstanding figure of 18th century Ottoman Turkey. Based on an immense knowledge of the Sufi branch of Islam as well as his studies in Western science, he devoted himself to the domains of both religion and science, considering both a means of approaching God. - Occasional smudging of ink; minor offsetting on pages facing illustrations, leaves 7-11 with minor waterstains in the upper corner margins, leaves 12-18 expertly reinforced in the upper margin, with rather severe loss to text in upper half of leaves 14v and 15. Text appears to be lost on 378r (faint traces of text still remain). Leaves 343v-350v have dark pink stain in centre of text toward gutter (no loss), likewise on 443v-463v. Leaves 448-454 have had their margins reinforced. Leaves numbered 449 and 450 must be switched, as well as 453 and 454. Altogether a very appealing copy with the numerous illustrations showing fine detail. Cf. Zenker I, 1709. F. Gülen, "Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism," p. 106, n. 69. Z. Virk, "Science and Technology in Ottoman Sultanate".
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Ibrâhim Haqqi, Erzurumlu.
Marifetname [The Book of Knowledge and Skills]. [Ottoman Empire, early 19th century - ca. 1820 CE].
4to (ca. 175 x 230 mm). Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper. 11-277 numbered leaves (lacking the first 10 ff. from the front of the volume, all likely from the Fihrist), per extensum, 16 lines in black Naskh, words and headings in red throughout, over ten leaves with full-page illustrations and diagrams, some of these in colour, including the double-page illustration of the globe as spheres, many tables and diagrams also appearing throughout the text. Contemporary leather-backed cloth boards, cloth with stamped tughra of sultan to covers (head-over-heels). A fine early 19th century manuscript copy of the famous scholarly encyclopedia, not printed until 1835 (in Bulaq). The "Marifetname", or "Book of Gnosis" is a compilation of astronomical, astrological, mathematical, anatomical, psychological, philosophical as well as mystical religious texts. It is famous for containing the first treatment of post-Copernican astronomy by a Muslim scholar, placing the sun at the center of the universe. - Ibrahim Haqqi Erzurumi (1703-80) is considered an outstanding figure of 18th century Ottoman Turkey. Based on an immense knowledge of the Sufi branch of Islam as well as his studies in Western science, he devoted himself to the domains of both religion and science, considering both a means of approaching God. - Although Ibrahim Haqqi completed his work in 1756, very few surviving manuscripts predate the first quarter of the nineteenth century. The British Library holds a copy (MS.Or.12964) compiled in 1235 H (1820 CE), and the earliest known manuscript copy was long thought to be that in the Khalili collection, dated 1226 H / 1811 CE (J. M. Rogers, Empire of the Sultans, 1995, no. 74, pp. 121 & 123), but a copy predating this by seven years was sold by Bloomsbury in 2014 (7 December sale, lot 123), and a manuscript dated to ca. 1760 was offered by Inlibris. - While this copy of the text is in a relatively informal hand, the diagrams have been executed to an excellent standard. The text and drawings were likely executed in different workshops, as the scribe allocated far more space than necessary for the illustrator, resulting in numerous blank pages throughout the text. - Leather spine worn with slight loss to leather at extremities, cloth also worn with loss. Contemporary foliation throughout, a few scuffs and smudges. Spine cracked with a few individual gatherings becoming loose. Overall a clean copy.
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Ielasi, Massimo
Costumi dell ' Isola d ' Ischia dal XVI al XIX secolo. (Pitechi 1).
ImagAenaria edizioni, Ischia Lacco Ameno 2000. 22 x 14 cm. Opuscolo originale con patta. 61 (2) Pagine con numerose illustrazioni, per lo più a tutta pagina, a colori e in bianco e nero che mostrano i costumi femminili di Ischia. Leggermente volpe sul retro. Buona copia. --- Originale Klappenbroschur. 61 (2) Seiten mit zahlreichen, zum großen Teil ganzseitigen Abbildungen in Farbe und schwarzweiss, die die weiblichen Trachten von Ischia zeigen. Am Rücken leicht stockfleckig. Gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 503465
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Ignatius a Jesus.
Grammatica linguae persicae. Auctore patre fratre Ignatio à Jesu carmelita discalcato missionario, & vicario residentiae Tripolis, & Montis Libani. Rome, typis Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1661.
4to. (2), 60 pp. Modern contemporary-style ivory vellum, handwritten title on spine. Extremely rare first edition of this valuable Persian grammar printed in Rome on the presses of the "Propaganda Fide". The third work of this kind, preceded only by those of Louis de Dieu (Leiden 1639) and of Greaves (London 1649). Willems notes that G. B. Raimondi, as early as 1614, produced a grammar in Rome for the use of missionaries which remained virtually unknown in the west, but this existed only in manuscript. The grammars of Greaves and of the present author were both "largely based on De Dieu" (Smitskamp). - Ignazio di Gesù (Carlo Leonelli) was a 17th century Italian missionary. He "belonged to the Order of Discalced Carmelites, and preached the Gospel in Turkey, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Persia, where he stayed over a long period. He especially tried to convert to the Catholic faith the so-called sectarians of Saint John (in eastern Mendaï). He returned to Rome in 1650" (cf. Hoefer). An account of his travels was included in the collection of Thevenot. His present small work, though not the work of an orientalist nor indeed a scholar, is still a true grammar based on elements collected during the author's journeys. - Some light foxing and browning as common, slight abrasion on title (vignette very slightly affected), lacks final blank leaf. Old library shelfmark in ink to title. A very good copy. Brunet III, 405. Schwab 863. Smitskamp 310 c.
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Ignatius a Jesus.
Grammatica linguae persicae. Auctore patre fratre Ignatio à Jesu carmelita discalcato missionario, & vicario residentiae Tripolis, & Montis Libani. Rome, typis Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1661.
Large 4to. (2), 60 pp., final blank leaf. Near-contemporary blue wrappers. Extremely rare first edition of this valuable Persian grammar printed in Rome on the presses of the "Propaganda Fide". The third work of this kind, preceded only by those of Louis de Dieu (Leiden 1639) and of Greaves (London 1649). Willems notes that G. B. Raimondi, as early as 1614, produced a grammar in Rome for the use of missionaries which remained virtually unknown in the west, but this existed only in manuscript. The grammars of Greaves and of the present author were both "largely based on De Dieu" (Smitskamp). - Ignazio di Gesù (Carlo Leonelli) was a 17th century Italian missionary. He "belonged to the Order of Discalced Carmelites, and preached the Gospel in Turkey, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Persia, where he stayed over a long period. He especially tried to convert to the Catholic faith the so-called sectarians of Saint John (in eastern Mendaï). He returned to Rome in 1650" (cf. Hoefer). An account of his travels was included in the collection of Thevenot. His present small work, though not the work of an orientalist nor indeed a scholar, is still a true grammar based on elements collected during the author's journeys. - Some browning as common, otherwise a very good, untrimmed, wide-margined copy as issued. Brunet III, 405. Schwab 863. Smitskamp 310 c.
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Iliies, Florian
Generation Golf, Eine Inspektion + Generation Golf zwei 2 Bücher
Berlin, Argon Verlag GmbH + München, Karl Blessing Verlag GmbH, 2000, 2003. 217, 256 Seiten , 19 cm, Hardcover/Pappeinband
Bookseller reference : 40159
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Illingworth, Frank.
Falcons and Falconry. London, Blandford Press, [1946].
8vo. 111 pp., final blank page. With 31 photographic illustrations in the text. Original full cloth with stamped title to cover and spine. First edition of this brief introduction to falconry, re-issued in 1964 and 1978. It features impressive photographs of trained falcons with their prey, as well as hawks on perches or falconers' hands, some hooded. In addition, the illustrations display wild animals, including a sparrow-hawk at its nest, young hawks about to leave the nest, a lemming in Lapland, and an eagle owl. - Handwritten ownership of Charles Henry Stanley Garton (b. 1920), who received this book as a gift from John Osmaston, dated "Christmas 1946". - In near mint condition. Not seen at auction since 1960. Oelgart 25A. U.S. Air Force Academy Library, Special Bibliography Series 81, 289. OCLC 774638616.
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Illustrator George Janes
Joe Norwoods's Golf-O-Metrics With Marilynn Smith and Stanley Blicker: A Blueprint for a Perfect Swing from One of Golfs Most Famous Instructors
Jc Pub 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition hardcover. This is a review copy with the review info inside. Appears unread. No DJ. Light wear to covers. Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed! Jc Pub hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040808040 ISBN : 0385018231 9780385018234
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Imray, James F[rederick].
Gulf of Suez. (Compiled from recent British surveys). London, James Imray and Son, 1877.
Engraved map, ca. 675 x 1040 mm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale. Engraved chart, including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks and four inset maps of Suez Bay, Ashrafí Reefs, Túr, and the Strait of Jubal. Lighthouses and beacons picked out in yellow and red. - Stamped "Imray & Son, London, 1878". Some browning and stainig; signs of contemporary use with several pencil markings. OCLC 557577123 (1870 edition). Cf. Tooley II, 407. Not in the Al Ankary or Al-Qasimi collections.
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Imray, James F[rederick].
Indian Ocean. London, James Imray and Son, 1879.
Engraved map, ca. 103 x 192 cm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale, approx. 1:10,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depth shown by isolines and soundings. Large blue-backed hydrographic chart of the Indian Ocean, showing an area between the Cape of Good Hope and New Zealand. Extends north to include the Arabian and Indian peninsulas, Philippines, and much of China. Shows the Gulf coast as far north as Al-Latif, identifying "Abu Thabi" as the major settlement on the Trucial Coast. Includes courses of currents and standard tracks for shipping through the ocean, with nine inset maps of islands and coastal features (Cargados Carajos; Coetivy; Rodrigues; Wood Island; Farquhar Passage; Tromelin; Réunion; Saint Paul; Saint Denis). - Some browning and staining; a few edge and corner defects professionally repaired (minor corner loss to Cargados Carajos inset). OCLC 884378574. Cf. Tooley II, 407.
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Imray, James F[rederick].
Indian Ocean. London, James Imray and Son, 1885.
Engraved map, ca. 103 x 192 cm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale, approx. 1:10,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depth shown by isolines and soundings. Large blue-backed hydrographic chart of the Indian Ocean, showing an area between the Cape of Good Hope and New Zealand. Extends north to include the Arabian and Indian peninsulas, Philippines, and much of China. Shows the Gulf coast as far north as Al-Latif, identifying "Abu Thabi" as the major settlement on the Trucial Coast. Includes courses of currents and standard tracks for shipping through the ocean, with nine inset maps of islands and coastal features (Cargados Carajos; Coetivy; Rodrigues; Des Roches; Farquhar Passage; Tromelin; Réunion; Saint Paul; Saint Denis). - Stamped "Imray & Son, London, 1886". Noticeable browning and staining; several edge and corner defects as well as paper flaws in the map professionally repaired (some corner loss and slight loss near Capetown). Signs of contemporary use with several pencil markings. Cf. OCLC 884378574 (1879 edition). Tooley II, 407.
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Imru al-Qays ibn Hugr al-Kindi.
[Kitab Nuzha duwi'l-kis wa-tuhfa al-udaba' fi Qasa'id Imri' al-Qais]. Le Diwan d'Amro'lkais précédé de la vie de ce poëte par l'auteur du Kitab El-Aghani, accompagné d'une traduction et de notes par le baron Mac Guckin de Slane [...]. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1837.
Folio (237 x 312 mm). 2 parts in one volume. XXV, (1), 128 pp. (French and Latin text); 50 pp. (Arabic text); central blank. Contemp. half brown hard-grained morocco, raised bands on gilt fleuron spine. Marbled endpapers. First edition, with the full text in Arabic: an early effort of the Franco-Irish editor. The pre-Islamic Arab poet Imru al-Qays (497-545) from the Kinda is regarded as the greatest writer in Arabic of his time. His Diwan (complete collection of poems), written in a language of impeccable classicism, was collected from the 8th century; it includes 28 to 68 parts according to recensions. - The Irish scholar William McGuckin de Slane (1801-78), a disciple of Silvestre de Sacy, to whom the present work is dedicated, went on to serve as Principal Interpreter of Arabic of the French Army and Professor of Arabic at the École de langues orientales in Paris. It is remarkable the he chose to present a Latin version of these works: he later became known for his translations into French and English of Arab and Persian historians. - Occasional browning and foxing. GAL I, 24. OCLC 457350459.
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Incline Village Golf Club
Tea times at Lake Tahoe: A collection of recipes and golf tips from the Incline Village Golf Club
Tea Times Press 1996. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Tea Times Press paperback
Bookseller reference : G0965347303I3N00 ISBN : 0965347303 9780965347303
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Incline Village Golf Club
Tea times at Lake Tahoe: A collection of recipes and golf tips from the Incline Village Golf Club
Tea Times Press 1996-01-01. Paperback. New. Brand New. Very Clean. Excellent condition. Will be more than pleased.z114 Tea Times Press paperback
Bookseller reference : SKU1001126 ISBN : 0965347303 9780965347303
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Incline Village Golf Club \Incline Village Nev.\
Tea Times at Lake Tahoe: A Collection of Recipes and Golf Tips from the Incline Village Golf Club
Tea Times Press 1996. 1st Edition. Paperback. Fine. Tea Times Press 1996. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Light wear around the extremities of the cover. Nice!. <br/><br/> Tea Times Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 041013 ISBN : 0965347303 9780965347303
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Incline Village Golf Club Barbara Kallestad Illustrator
Tea times at Lake Tahoe: A collection of recipes and golf tips from the Incline Village Golf Club
Tea Times Press 1996-01-01. Paperback. Used:Good. Tea Times Press paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX0965347303 ISBN : 0965347303 9780965347303
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Incline Village Golf Club; Illustrator Barbara Kallestad
Tea times at Lake Tahoe: A collection of recipes and golf tips from the Incline Village Golf Club
Tea Times Press 1996. Paperback. Good. Tea Times Press paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG0965347303 ISBN : 0965347303 9780965347303
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Indonesia Golf Association
Indonesian Golf Association's Complete Guide to Golf Courses in Indonesia
Jakarta: Indonesia Golf Association 1996. hardback with dust jacket. As New. quarto. 301pp. colour plates maps Sumptuous production. In decorated card slip-case as issued Indonesia Golf Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : 138658
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Indonesian Golf Association
Golf Indfonesia Complete Guide to Golf courses in Indonesia
Indonesian Golf Association Unknown. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. Sports book. Some rubbing and wear to book. Small nick in spine. Pages clean no marks. Excellent color pictures. Indonesian Golf Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : EXT2161213087
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Indonesian Golf Association
Indonesian golf Association's complete guide to golf courses in Indonesia
Indonesian Golf Association Jakarta 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 1.7 kg.; 302 pages in original dark green with gilt titling binding and with wraparound colour illustrated dustjacket. There is pasted to both front and rear free end pages a bookplate for The Events Centre Classic 1996. The book and jacket and place marker ribbon shows no damage. Profusely luxuriously illustrated with high-gloss colour photography of both the golf courses and of sightseeing destinations nearby the book is almost overwhelming. Includes a photographic slipcase with some signs of handling. The front panel of the dustjacket states "with the compliments of Garuda Indonesia". Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Local History -- Indonesia; Inventory No: 0233486. . THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POST OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA BECAUSE IT IS OVER 1 Kg WITHOUT PACKAGING PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING. Indonesian Golf Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0233486
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Innis Arden Golf Club
The History of Innis Arden
Innis Arden Golf Club Inc. Used - Good. Good condition. Innis Arden Golf Club history Innis Arden Golf Club, Inc. unknown
Bookseller reference : SB14B-01560
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Institute of Medicine Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literatu
Epidemiologic Studies of Veterans Exposed to Depleted Uranium: Feasibility and Design Issues
National Academies Press. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Light rubbing wear to cover spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy with their stickers and or stamps. National Academies Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 3196187894 ISBN : 0309120063 9780309120067
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Institute of Medicine Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice Committee on Gulf War and Health: Brain Injury in
Gulf War and Health: Volume 7: Long-Term Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury Veterans Health
National Academies Press. Used - Good. Ships from Reno NV. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! National Academies Press unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP115356491 ISBN : 0309124085 9780309124089
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Institute of Medicine Board on the Health of Select Populations Committee on Gulf War and Health : Treatment for Chronic Multi
Gulf War and Health
National Academy Press . softcover. New. pp. 219 Index National Academy Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 654489954 ISBN : 0309278023 9780309278027
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Institute of Medicine; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Committee on Gulf War and Health: Physiologic Psy
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis and Assessment
National Academies Press 2006-09-08. Paperback. LIKE NEW. National Academies Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 031700 ISBN : 0309102073 9780309102070
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Intelligence Office [Arab Bureau], Cairo.
Chanak. Cairo, Survey Department, Egypt, 1915.
Colour lithograph, 790 x 625 mm. Mounted on original cloth with maps series key printed on verso. Folded. The finest contemporary map of the Çanakkale sector of the Gallipoli Campaign, the site of the dreaded "Narrows" of the Dardanelles where Allied naval forces made their ill-fated attempt to "force the straits" towards taking Istanbul. Drafted in Cairo under the direction of T. E. Lawrence at the Arab Bureau's Intelligence Office, based on a recently captured Ottoman map. - In the early days of World War I, the Entente sought to knock the Ottoman Empire out of the conflict by taking Constantinople, by way of the Dardanelles. The Gallipoli Campaign (17 February 1915 to 9 January 1916) involved a force of 490,000 British, Indian, Australian, New Zealander and French troops making various landings upon the Gallipoli Peninsula that strategically guarded the mouth of the Dardanelles. The 325,000 Ottoman defenders, backed by German forces, successfully repelled these raids in what was one of the most bloody military contests in world history. - From the outset, the Allies were hampered by a lack of accurate maps of the Gallipoli Peninsula and the adjacent Asian shore of the Dardanelles. They eventually succeeded in capturing a complete six-part set of excellent, newly published Ottoman surveys showing the battle theatre in its entirety. These maps were rushed to the map department of the Intelligence Office (later the famed "Arab Bureau") in Cairo, where they were translated, enlarged and improved by a team headed by Lieutenant T. E. Lawrence, later known as "Lawrence of Arabia". These maps were printed by the Survey Department, Egypt, as a series of six interconnecting maps, although each map was designed to act as a stand-alone work complete in and of itself (a geographic key to all six maps is present on the verso of the present map). - Overall clean and bright, with some very light staining to upper-left quadrant and some light wear at some fold vertices.
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International Labour Party; Hotel Du Golf Divonne Les Bains France
47th International Labour Conference. Dinner by the British Employers' Representatives to the Government Employers' and Workers' Representatives of the British Commonwealth of Nations at the Hotel Du Golf Divonne-Les-Bains 18th June 1963
Divonne-Les Bains France: Hotel Du Golf 1963. 12mo. Light Card Stock 4 pp. Color Illustration to cover printed menu. Very Good. Provenance: Michelin Archives. Collection Guy Legay. Clermont-Ferrand France. Divonne-Les Bains, France: Hotel Du Golf, 1963 unknown
Bookseller reference : 63-7249
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International Information Relations Committee of the Arab Gulf States
Crossed Wires - Improving Media Relationships between the Arabs and the West - 1984 International Press Seminar Paris
Outline Books / Morris International Ltd. 1985. Good. 1985. Soft cover. 090460411X paperback 256pp text clean and tight cover edges rubbed Good condition. ISBN: 090460411X . Outline Books / Morris International Ltd., 1985, paperback
Bookseller reference : 195127 ISBN : 090460411X 9780904604115
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Introduction Youssef al Sumait
Aggression on the Environment in Kuwait
<p>Paperback 94 pages very good condition rubber-stamp mark on first page.</p> Dept. of Information and Research/Kuwait News paperback
Bookseller reference : 297
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Iraq - Department of Antiquities.
[Dalil mathaf al-athar al-`Arabiyah fi Khan Marjan bi-baghdad]. A Guide to the Arab Museum of Khan Marjan in Baghdad. Baghdad, Government Press, 1938.
8vo. (6), 47, (1) pp. With 38 half-tone black and white plates. Original rose printed wrappers. First edition. - A beautifully illustrated history and guide to the Arab Museum based in the Khan Murjan of Baghdad, printed in Arabic throughout. - The Khan Murjan was built in the 14th century by Aminuddin Murjan (d. 774 H / 1372 CE). The building was designed as a caravanserai and, for centuries, housed merchants, scholars and travellers passing through the city. With two stories of rooms, a high-ceilinged central hall and beautifully ornamented windows and arches, it was (and continues to be) an important and handsome example of Islamic architecture. - Due to later periods of neglect and flood damage, the building languished in semi-ruin for close to two hundred years. Then, in the early 1930s, Sati' al-Husri (1880-1968), the Director of Antiquities, ordered renovations and repairs so that it could be reborn as a museum dedicated to Islamic artefacts. - Some chips to head and tail of spine, a few closed tears to extremities, spine slightly sunned. A very good copy of an innately fragile publication. OCLC 222915818.
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Iraq Petroleum Co. Ltd.
Iraq Oil in 1951 / Iraq Oil in 1953. London, Iraq Petroleum Co. Ltd., 1952-[1954].
4to. 2 vols. 32 pp. 30 pp. Illustrated throughout with photo illustrations and sketch maps. Original pictorial wrappers, second volume ring-bound. Issued in tandem with the Basrah Petroleum Co. Ltd. and the Mosul Iraq Petroleum Co. Ltd., these volumes, which seem to have appeared yearly from 1951, offer information on the development of the industry over the year. Both volumes contain a Foreword by the Managing Director H. S. Gibson, followed by illustrations and information concerning the oil produced. The books are nicely produced, and in very good condition.
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Iraq.
Kirkuk. World 1404. 427B. 3-GSGS. [London], War Office, 1962.
760 x 625 mm. Scale 1:500,000. With some notes in pencil. In excellent condition.
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Irby, Charles Leonard / Mangles, James.
Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria and Asia Minor; During the Years 1817 & 1818 [...]. London, T. White & Co, 1823.
Small 4to. XXXIII, (1), 560 pp. With an engraved folding map of Asia Minor, 3 engraved plans (2 of which folding), and 6 lithographed plates. Contemporary full calf with giltstamped borders, spine and spine-labels. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by one of the authors to pastedown: "Captain Shiffner R.N. frm. Capt. Mangles". - Early privately published travelogue of the Middle East. It consists of 6 letters, the first and last of which are dated Cairo 1817 and Cyprus 1818 respectively. Irby and Mangles, both naval officers, assisted Giovanni Battista Belzoni in his excavation at the site of Abu Simbel, an independent account of which is given in the present work. From there, they travelled through the desert to Gaza, Jaffa, Beirut and Tripoli; thence to Baalbek and Antioch; and reached Aleppo, where they were among the earliest modern explorers of Syria. They continued to Palmyra, Damascus, down the Jordan valley, and through the Holy Land. - The engraved plans include a ground plan of the great temple of Ebsambal, a ground plan of Petra, and a portion of the Dead Sea. The lithograph plates, prepared by William Westall, James Duffield Harding, and others, include scenic views of the Nile and Aswan, as well as a botanical study of the Heshbon wheat. - Covers somewhat rubbed and spotted; rebacked preserving most of the original spine and green morocco labels. Corners bumped. Paper occasionally slightly foxed; the map with a small tear. From the library of Captain Henry Shiffner (b. 1789). Atabey 606. Blackmer 860. Ibrahim Hilmy I, 325. Weber I, 123. OCLC 257597235.
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IRWIN, Hale
Le golf. Trouvez votre style.
Paris, Gründ, 1986, in-4, br., couv. photos coul. éd., 160 pp., très nb. Photos et dessins en coul. et en noir, Un vrai guide pour apprendre à jouer au golf. L'auteur a été deux fois vainqueur de l'US Open. Plus de 200 dessins et photos avec explications et trucs de ce grand champion. Pas courant Très bon état
Bookseller reference : 57821
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Irwin Hale Edited by Keith Mackie
Play Better Golf
London: Octopus Books. Good in Good dust jacket; minor corner scuffs owners name on ffep. 1980. First Edition. hardback. 0706410106 . 152 pages . Octopus Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2760 ISBN : 0706410106 9780706410105
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Irwin Hale; Mackie Keith Editor
Play Better Golf with Hale Irwin-United States Open Champion 1974 1979
London UK: Octopus Books Limited 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback Large Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Green and brown pictorial binding with slight wear to corners and spine edges. Very clean tight and solid. Former owner name on endpaper. Jacket is clean and bright with a small tear on the back side near the spine head. Excellent illustrations by George Stokes and photography by Harry Ormesher with concise and graphic descriptions illustrationsand explanations of techniques to improve your game. 152 pages. 11.5 x 8.75 inches. Publisher: Octopus Books London 1983. Octopus Books Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012296 ISBN : 0706410106 9780706410105
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