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Précis de l'histoire d'Egypte par divers historiens et archéologues. Préface de S. E. Zaky El-Ibrachy Pacha.
Le Caire, IFAO, 1932-1933 et Rome, Istituto Poligrafico delle Stato, 1935. (Tome 4) 4 vol. in-8, rel. de l'ép. demi-basane fauve à coins, dos à nerfs, pièces de titre havane, titre et tomaison dorés, IX- 466, VI-414, 390, VIII-417pp, 2 tableaux généalogiques dépliants, concordance chronologique, listes des sultans et des pachas, nb. annexes,bibliographie, appendices.
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: 591219
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Qatar
London: Apollo Art Travel 2015 A supplement to Apollo magazine publicising art in Qatar. Sponsored by Qatar Airways. 26p. illus. First Thus. Original Wraps. As New. Apollo Art Travel paperback
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: 31270
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Revue des Etudes Byzantines Tome 33. Année 1975.
Paris, Institut d'Etudes Byzantines, 1975 In-8 broché, 345pp, recueil de 10 études, bibliographie, nombreuses fig. et illustrations phot.
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: 557099
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Revue des Etudes Byzantines Tome 34. Année 1976.
Paris, Institut d'Etudes Byzantines, 1976. In-8 broché, 363pp, recueil de 17 études, bibliographie, nombreuses fig. et illustrations phot.
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: 557100
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Revue des Etudes Byzantines Tome 35. Année 1977.
Paris, Institut d'Etudes Byzantines, 1977. In-8 broché, 327pp, recueil de 12 études, bibliographie, nombreuses fig. et illustrations phot.
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: 557101
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Scripture Illustrated by Engravings Designed from Existing Authorities. Subjects Selected from the Old Testament. WITH HAND-COLOURED PLATES.
London Religious Tract Society Ca. 1840. Crown quarto. Unpaginated. Ca. 100 pages of text. Plus 25 hand-coloured engraved plates each with facing tissue guard including frontispiece. Engraved vignette on title-page. Engraved tail-pieces. Hardcover bound in the original publisher's brown cloth neatly re-spined with plain cloth gilt illustration on cover sides with ornaments embossed in blind all edges gilt; extremities bit rubbed inner hinges cracked; few small spots. In good condition. ~ First edition. This is the rare edition with hand-coloured plates. The quality of the colouration is very high with dense and rich dyes and most plates are clean and well preserved. London, Religious Tract Society, Ca. 1840. hardcover
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: 1470
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Scripture Illustrated by Engravings Designed from Existing Authorities. Subjects Selected from the Old Testament. WITH HAND-COLOURED PLATES.
London Religious Tract Society Ca. 1840. Crown quarto. Unpaginated. Ca. 100 pages of text. Plus 25 hand-coloured engraved plates each with facing tissue guard including frontispiece. Engraved vignette on title-page. Engraved tail-pieces. Hardcover bound in the original publisher's blue full cloth gilt illustration on cover gilt spine sides with ornaments embossed in blind all edges gilt; extremities worn inner hinges cracked lacks last free endpaper; sporadic small stains and finger smudges one plate repaired on verso. In good condition. ~ First edition. This is the rare edition with hand-coloured plates marked with the words "Coloured Plates" in gilt at foot of spine. The quality of the colouration is very high with dense and rich dyes and most plates are clean and well preserved. London, Religious Tract Society, Ca. 1840. hardcover
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: 1469
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Special LIFE Edition - Israel's Swift Victory
NY: Time-Life Inc. 1967. Magazine. Good. No Binding. This is a vintage Life magazine for 1967. It is in readable condition with general wear. It measures 13 3/4 x 10 1/4" and has 96 pages of interesting stories and articles on 'Israel's Swift Victory'. There are no ads in this special edition edition. . Time-Life Inc. unknown
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: gh0 1967
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STUDIA IN HONOREM VESELINI BESEVLIEV
Academia Litterarum Bulgarica, Sofia, 1978. In-8, publisher hardcover, dust-jacket, 571pp, portrait-frontispiece, fig. and B/W phot. and illustrations, bibliography. Autograph signed by one from the contributors.
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: 566772
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Syria (2 vol.). I- Geography and History. II – Economy and Finance.
Damascus, Directorate-General of Information, 1955. 2 vol. in-12, 206 et 224 pp., ill. en noir dans le texte, 4 cartes h.-t. dt deux en couleurs.
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: 556232
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The Arts of Islam. Ausstellungskatalog.
Hayward Gallery, London 1976. 396 S. mit 16 Farbtafeln, zahlr. Abbildungen u. 1 Karte. Gr.-8°. Kart. Gering berieben u. bestoßen. Gutes Exemplar.
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: 8676
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The Iraq War Keegan John
Very Good. Publisher: Alfred A Knopf Inc Date of Publication: 2004 Binding: hardcover with DJ Condition: Very Good. hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 17164 ISBN : 1400041996 9781400041992
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The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 84
London: The Egypt Exploration Society 1998. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 8.5 x 10.75 inches 22 x 27.5 cm. Blue card wraps. Very slight shelf wear otherwise excellent. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 8.5 x 10.75 inches 22 x 27.5 cm. Paperback. Printed pages: x 268 plates The Egypt Exploration Society paperback
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: 1176E572
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The Moslem Brothers
48pp. Pamphlet. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Paperback
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: 047479
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The Persian Flower: A Memoir of Judith Grant Perkins of Oroomiah Persia
Boston: American Tract Society. Good with no dust jacket; Boards moderately worn library markings on . front pastedown light soiling throughout. 1853. Hardcover. Two engravings of Miss Perkins aged 12 and aged 6 years. Blue blindstamped cloth binding with gilt designs stamped on front boards. xiii 204 pp. Ex-church library copy. A memorial volume describing the life of Judith Grant Perkins daughter of American Presbyterian missionaries Rev. J. Perkins and Mrs. C. B. Perkins who died at the age of 12 while her family was serving the Nestorian Christian community in Oroomiah Persia Urmia in present day northwestern Iran. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . American Tract Society hardcover
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: 38642
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The Security of the Middle East: A Problem Paper
Washington D. C.: The International Studies Group of the Brookings Institution 1950. 66pp. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The International Studies Group of the Brookings Institution Paperback
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: 047491
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The Wiener Library Bulletin 1978 vol. XXXI New Series Nos. 45/46
London: Institute of Contemporary History The Wiener Library Limited 1978. 102pp. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Institute of Contemporary History (The Wiener Library Limited) Paperback
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Thirteenth International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Oxford 1966. 3 brochures.
Oxford, 1966. 3 brochures in-8, 16, 19 et 151 pp., 1 pl. en noir dans le 3e vol.
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: 556940
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Town Plan of Jerusalem. Ca. 1680. Entwurff Der Stadt Jerusalem Besonders Des Salomonischen Schlosses Und Tempels
Extremely scarce copper plate town plan of Jerusalem centering on Solomon's Palace and Temple. Title and location captions in German. Measures 31.5 cm by 50 cm. Two vertical folds as issued tiny tears to top of folds light foxing. Photographs on request. Book. unknown
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: 36993
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Transition periods in iranian history.
P., Association pour l'avancement des Etudes Iraniennes, 1987. In-8 broché, 263 pp., qq. cartes, fig. et ill. photogr. en noir dans le texte. (Studia iranica, Cahier 5).
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: 515728
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TÜRKYE'DE MESKUN YERLER KILAVUZU. Memleketimizin butun meskun yerlerini ve bunlarin idare baghklarini, Koy Kanunu tatbik éditent yerlerle Belediye....2 Cilt
Ankara, Basbakanlik Devlet Matbaasi, 1946. 2 parie en un vol. in-4, reliure demi-basane noire, plat de percaline noire, dos à 4 nerfs, 1234pp. texte en turc.
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: 557608
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TÜRKYE'DE MESKUN YERLER KILAVUZU. Memleketimizin butun meskun yerlerini ve bunlarin idare baghklarini, Koy Kanunu tatbik éditent yerlerle Belediye....2 Cilt
Ankara, Basbakanlik Devlet Matbaasi, 1946. Deux parties en deux vol. in-4, broché, 1234pp. texte en turc.
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: 557609
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U.S. Army area handbook for Syria.
Washington, Dpt. of the Army, july 1965. In-8 broché, X-394 pp., bibliogr. (Dpt. of the Army Pamphlets, 550-47).
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: 556229
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Victory in the Gulf a Photo Journal Collector's Edition
Middle East Wars: Publications International Ltd. 1991. 112 pgs. Photos. Illustrated cover. Tiny tear to cover at spine. Previous owner's name and stamp inside. Hard Cover. Good/None Issued. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Publications International Ltd. Hardcover
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: 008951
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Victory in the Gulf a Photo Journal Collector's Edition
Middle East Wars: Publications International Ltd. 1991. 112 pgs. Photos. Illustrated cover. Sightest wear. Hard Cover. Very Good/None Issued. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Publications International Ltd. Hardcover
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: 006104
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Voyages en Egypte des années 1587-1588.
Le Caire, IFAO, 1972. In-8 carré, rel. pleine toile gommée ivoire sous jaquette ill. d'éd., étui. XIX-266 pp., un plan dépl. in fine.
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: 590039
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"Abdul Jabbar Joumerd"
"Le drame de la Palestine arabe - vue d'ensemble sur le problème palestinien actuel"
"1945. Paris Publications de l'Association des Amis de la Palestine Arabe 1945 - Broché 12 cm x 19 cm 86 pages 1 carte hors-texte - Texte de Abdul Jabbar Joumerd bibliographie - Etat d'usage"
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: 9943
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'Abd al-Basit ibn Musá `Almawi / Sauvaire, H[enri].
Description de Damas. Traductions de l'Arabe. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1895-1896.
8vo. 2 parts in 1 vol. (4), 318 pp. (4), 441, (1) pp. Modern red half morocco with giltstamped spine title; original blue printed wrappers bound within. First edition in book form ("Extrait du Journal Asiatique, 9. sér., v. 3-7, 1894-96"). The French scholar Henri Sauvaire (1849-96), a leading photographer and numismatic collector, served as a Consul in Damascus and Casablanca. He spent the last years of his life writing on Arab culture. In 1864 he embarked on translating into French the "Description of Damascus" by Abd al-Basit al-Amawi, who lived in Damascus in the mid-16th century (d. 1573/4). - Rare and well-preserved. OCLC 23427282.
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'Abd al-Wahid al-Marrakushi / Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (ed.).
(Kitab al-Mu'jib fi talkhis akhbar ahl al-Maghrib). The history of the Almohades, preceded by a sketch of the history of Spain, from the time of the conquest till the reign of Yusof ibn-Ta´shifi´n, and of the history of the Almoravides. Now first edited from a MS. in the Library of Leyden, the only one extant in Europe. Leyden, S. & J. Luchtmans, 1847.
8vo. XXII, 290, 8 pp. Contemporary full blue cloth with remains of a printed spine title. First edition. Entitled "The Book of Wonder, or the Summary of News of the Maghreb", this is the best-known work of the Moroccan historian 'Abd al-Wahid (1185-1250): a personal and at the same time neutral account of Almohad rule from its foundation to the 13th century, but also of the preceding dynasty of the Almoravids, with a summary of Al-Andalus history from the Muslim conquest until 1224. The book is written in a lighthearted spirit with many anecdotes; 'Abd al-Wahid explained that his intention was to inform and entertain the students in a summarized way since academic history books tend to be overly lengthy which can sometimes bore the reader. The work also contains valuable information about 'Abd al-Wahid's contemporary Ibn Rushd (Averroes), whom he may have known personally, as well as information directly taken from the Almohad archives, various princes and accounts of events that the author witnessed. A number of details point to Egypt as the place of writing, and the author himself states that he completed the work on 15 July 1224. Dozy's important edition of the Leyden MS. was republished in 1881. - Corners and spine-ends a little bumped. Occasional quite insignificant foxing; uncut and untrimmed as issued. Provenance: removed from the library of Carberry Tower, the Scottish castle mansion owned by the Elphinstone family from the 1860s to the 1960s, with bookplate and shelfmark to front pastedown. GAL I, 322. For Dozy's editions of historical texts on the history of Muslim Spain see Fück, p. 182.
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'PETER VINE PAULA CASEY'
Kuwait: A Nations Story
<p>Hardback 163 pages very good condition. Rubber-stamp mark on first page. </p> Immel Publishing hardcover
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: 293 ISBN : 0907151566 9780907151562
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(Abu Rashid Sa'id b. Muhammad b. Sa'id al-Nisaburi) / Biram, Arthur.
Kitabu 'l-masa'il fi'l-hilaf bejn al-Basrijjin wa 'l-Bagdadijjin. Al-kalam fi'l gawahir. Die atomistische Substanzenlehre aus dem Buch der Streitfragen zwischen Basrensern und Bagdadensern. Inaugural-Dissertation der hohen philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Leipzig zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde. Berlin, H. Itzkowski, 1902.
8vo. 82, (2), 89, (1) pp. Papered spine. Only edition of this study of Arabic atomism, tracing the dispute in mediaeval Arabic natural philosophy between the theologians of Basra and Baghdad. Includes the Arabic text. GAL S I, 344. OCLC 4391682.
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(Al-Qazwini, Zakariya ibn Mahmud) / Ideler, Christian Ludwig (ed.).
[Aja'ib al-makhluqat.] Untersuchungen über den Ursprung und die Bedeutung der Sternnamen. Ein Beytrag zur Geschichte des gestirnten Himmels. Berlin, Johann Friedrich Weiss, 1809.
8vo. LXXII, 452 pp. Near-contemporary half cloth with giltstamped red spine label. Edges sprinkled in red and blue. First edition. - A rare and scholarly investigation of the Arabic origins of star names, incorporating the first edition (with a German translation) of the relevant part of the famous "Aja'ib al-makhluqat" by the astronomer Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203-83), which contains a description of the 48 constellations of Ptolemy and is hailed by Brockelmann as "the most valuable cosmography in Islamic culture" (GAL). Taking Qazwini's text as his guideline, the Prussian astronomer Ideler (1766-1846) provides a detailed commentary elucidating the respective Greek, Latin, oriental, and modern names of the stars. The final chapter is an essay on the Arabic nomenclature of celestial bodies, tracing the names' origins to the ancient nomadic Arabs (Bedu). Although Ideler was not an orientalist and claimed merely a scholarly working knowledge of Arabic, he had the advice of Oluf Gerhard Tychsen and Georg Beigel. The resulting text edition, translation and critical study were highly praised by Fück, who called the annotations "excellent". - Some browning throughout as common; professional repairs to spine. Old stamp and shelfmark of the Boston Arts Academy Library to title; handwritten ownership "J. Johnson / Jan.y 1930" to pastedown. Schnurrer p. 466f., no. 404. Fück 160 ("1810" in error). Kayser III, 248. OCLC 11828254. Cf. GAL S I, 882.
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(Albertus, Fr[iedrich] Gottl[ieb]).
Die merkwürdige Lebensbeschreibung des unglücklich reisenden Uhrmachergesellen, welcher acht Jahre in der türkischen Sklaverey unter vielen Jammer und Elend zugebracht und endlich erlöst wurde. No place or printer, [c. 1806].
8vo. (16) pp. Modern marbled wrappers. Extremely rare German slavery account by the Prussian clockmaker F. G. Albertus. Born in Potsdam in 1770, he visited Amsterdam in 1797, was press-ganged into joining an East India Company ship bound for Batavia, but fell into the hands of Tunisian pirates off the coast of Gibraltar. He details the horrors of his eight-year slavery in North Africa and mentions several of his fellow sufferers by name, including a Spanish Countess named Carolina who was captured at age 16 and was finally ransomed after nine years of slavery. Ultimately, Albertus is ransomed by a Dutch jeweller named Birkenthal and returns to Germany, physically broken but full of praise for the workings of God. - Trimmed rather closely (slight loss to text). Title page bears contemporary censorship stamp of the Delitzsch police. Of the utmost rarity: a single other copy is known (bound within sammelband A/31581:9 in the State and University Library of Hamburg). OCLC 837821535 (SUB Hamburg).
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(Amaduzzi, Giovanni Cristoforo) [ed.].
Catalogus librorum qui ex Typographio Sacrae Congreg. de Propaganda Fide variis linguis prodierunt et in eo adhuc asservantur. Rome, Typis Sac. Congreg. de Propaganda Fide, 1773.
8vo. 55, (1) pp. With woodcut printer's device on title page (Christ sending the Apostles forth to spread the Gospel). Unbound as issued. Very scarce catalogue of oriental books printed by the Propaganda Fide press. Pages 10-12 list no fewer than 28 publications in Arabic, many of which (such as Scialac's and Sionita's 1613 version of the "Doctrica Christiana") are still considered milestones of Arabic typography. Prints in other languages such as Chaldaean, Persian, Syriac, and Ottoman Turkish bear further witness to the unrivalled excellence of the Propaganda Press in the field of Middle Eastern typography. A first such catalogue had appeared in 1765; of this second, expanded edition OCLC lists no more than two copies (Tübingen and Copenhagen). - Well-preserved throughout. OCLC 465974789. Not in Besterman.
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(Arabian Nights).
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS; Consisting of One Thousand and One Stories.
pp. viii, 568. Engraved half title and frontis damp stained. Text age stained. Lacks first fly leaf. All edges gold. Early inked ownership of E. B. Forney, 6th & Mass Ave., Washington, DC. Some signatures loose. 32mo. Original full cloth binding decorated and embossed with a figure in gold on front cover. Spine repaired. Binding very worn. Hardbound. An unusual little imprint. ISLAM BOX 2
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(Assemani, Simone).
Spiegazione di due rarissime medaglie cufiche della famiglia degli Ommiadi appartenenti al Museo Majnoni in Milano. Milan, Giulio Ferrario, 1818.
Folio (244 x 341 mm). (12) pp. With 2 engravings (one in the text, one on the title). - (Bound after) II: (Schiepati, Giuseppe / Assemani, Simone). Descrizione di alcune monete cufiche del Museo di Stefano de Mainoni. Milan, Paolo Emilio Giusti, 1820. 136 pp. With 3 engraved plates. - (And) III: Reinaud, [Joseph Toussaint]. Lettre à M. le baron Silvestre de Sacy sur la collection des monuments orientaux de [...] comte de Blacas. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1820. 16 pp. Original pink printed wrappers. 8vo. All three within contemporary green boards with giltstamped red spine label. Collection of three rare studies falling within "the rarely-entered territory of Muslim archaeology" (cf. Fück, p. 153), comprising the two final works of Simone Assemani and the first publication of Joseph Toussaint Reinaud. - In 1818, the orientalist Assemani, well known as an authority on Kufic coins through his "Museo Cufico Naniano" (1787) and, more recently, his treatise "Sopra le Monete Arabe effigiate" (1809), published his "Spiegazione", a discussion of two rare Cufic coins in Stefano de Majnoni's collection. Subsequently, Majnoni called on Assemani to identify several additional coins and in 1820 requested him to check a catalogue of his collection compiled by Giuseppe Schiepati. When Schiepati published the second work here included, "Descrizione di alcune monete cufiche", it was found to contain many unacknowledged contributions by Assemani, as well as extracts from his "Museo Cufico Naniano". Also, Schiepati’s historical comments relied on, and indeed summarized, C. O. Castiglioni’s "Monete Cufiche dell’ I. R. Museo di Milano" (1819). A controversy arose, in the course of which Schiepati was accused of plagiarism - a matter exacerbated by the fact that Assemani had died in early 1821, at the age of 69. - The third work in the volume is a slim octavo brochure, composed by Reinaud as a letter to his teacher Silvestre de Sacy reporting on the Islamic collection of the French antiquarian and diplomat Pierre de Blacas (1771-1839). Eight years later Reinaud would publish his famous, lavishly produced two-volume catalogue "Description des monumens musulmans du cabinet de M. le duc de Blacas", which made his name. - Occasional insignificant browning; Reinaud's work untrimmed, the folio works printed on large paper retaining very wide margins. From the library of Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Billard de Saint-Laumer (1814-92) with his collection drystamp to title page of "Descrizione"; the three plates interleaved with smaller sheets bearing numbered annotations, likely in his hand. I: Leitzmann 5. Achat 11216. OCLC 84477158. - II: Leitzmann 124. Brunet V, 199. Graesse VI, 301; I, 240. OCLC 52651290. - III: Leitzmann 114. OCLC 229903535.
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(Astley, John).
The Art of Riding, set foorth in a breefe Treatise, with a due interpretation out of certeine places alledged out of Xenophon, and Gryson, verie expert and excellent Horssemen: wherein also the true use of the hand by the said Grysons rules and precepts is speciallie touched: and how the Author of this present worke hath put the same in practice, also what profit men may reape thereby [...] Lastlie, is added a short discourse of the Chaine or Cavezzan, the Trench, and the Martingale: written by a Gentleman of great skill and long experience in the said Art. London, Henry Denham, 1584.
4to. (8), 79, (1) pp. With woodcut headpiece on t. p. and initials. 19th century orange-red crushed morocco by Riviere with leading edges gilt and elaborate gilt inner dentelle, rebacked. All edges gilt. The exceedingly rare first edition of one of the earliest English treatises on horsemanship, derived in part from Xenophon, Federico Grisone's "Ordini di cavalcare", and other authors, and in part from Astley's own experience. This is, in fact, the first translation into English of Xenophon's treatise "Peri hippikes" ("On horsemanship"). - The publication of Astley's "Art of Riding", perhaps his single most lasting achievement, came late in his life as an Elizabethan courtier. Here, he relays the doctrine of the Italian riding schools as he and other Gentleman Pensioners understood it, particularly on training the horse to respond to the hand. Astley was on friendly terms with Thomas Blundeville, whose Grisone translation two decades earlier counts as the first treatise on horsemanship to be published in English. - First three leaves slightly browned, with the upper right corner of each leaf imperceptibly restored from another copy; a closed tear to f. A4. Altogether a remarkable clean and crisp copy in an English master binding. The Fitzwilliam-Gloucester copy, bound with a common companion piece, Claudio Corte's "Art of Riding" (also published by Denham in the same year) commanded £14,400 at Christie's in 2006. The catalogue notes that the scarcity of these two work "at auction varies markedly; ABPC records some 5 copies of Corte's work at auction since 1975, but none of Astley's". Huth p. 11. STC 884. Mellon/Podeschi 12. Hoffmann III, 609 (s. v. Xenophon).
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(Balbi, Gasparo). De Bry, Johann Theodor.
Indiae Orientalis pars septima [...]. Frankfurt, Wolfgang Richter, 1606.
Folio (210 x 319 mm). (4), 126, (4) pp.; 22 ff. Title within engraved figurative border. With an engraved vignette, 22 engraved plates (2 of which are double-page-sized). Contemporary brown calf with gilt borders and decoration on middle of covers; blindtooled spine rebacked. Traces of ties. Book seven of Théodore de Bry's "Petits Voyages", the greatest single collection of material on early voyages to the East Indies, which is considered unique in its extraordinary wealth of cartographical and visual material. Crucially, this much-sought volume includes Gasparo Balbi's groundbreaking account of the Middle East, first published in 1590 as "Viaggio dell' Indie Orientali" - a mere 16 years before this present issue, making this the second appearance in print altogether and the first Latin translation. Balbi, a Venetian jewel merchant, travelled extensively in the Arabian Peninsula in search of precious stones. From Venice he sailed for Aleppo, proceeding to Bir and from there overland to Baghdad, descending the Tigris to Basra, where he embarked for India. While in the Gulf, he studied the pearl industry, noting that the best pearls were to be found at Bahrain and Julfar. He refers to islands in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (including Sir Bani Yas and Das) and to several coastal settlements that were to become permanently established, such as Dubai and Ras al Khaima. Balbi was the first to record the place names along the coast of modern Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Practically "none of the names of places on the coast between Qatar and Ras al Khaima occur in other sources before the end of the eighteenth century" (Slot). The volume also comprises the account of Joris von Spilbergen's voyage to Ceylon in 1601-04 (with excellent plates). - Calf slightly worn, some browning due to paper. Title browned in the margins; some foxing to plates. Contemporary ownership inscription of Thomas Knyvett in upper margin of title (partly obliterated by a later owner), dated 27 June 1608; also inscribed "perlegi (I finished reading) 20 Octob. 1608 Tho. Kny." near lower edge of the title. Armorial bookplate and later ownership of "T. Norcliffe" on inside of upper cover. Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet (also Knevytt, Knyvett, Knevett, Knevitt; 1545-1622) was an English courtier and Member of Parliament who played a part in foiling the Gunpowder Plot. Latterly the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013). Brunet I, 1334. Church 206, 207, 208, 211, 212, 214, 217, 219, 221-225. Cf. Howgego I, B7. Ibrahim Al Abed, Peter Hellyer. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective. London 2001. Slot, B. J. The Arabs of the Gulf, 1602-1784. Leidschendam, published with the support of the Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi, 1993. Geoffrey King. Delmephialmas and Sircorcor: Gasparo Balbi, Dalmâ, Julfâr and a problem of transliteration. In: Arabian archeology and epigraphy 17 (2006) 248-252. United Arab Emirates yearbook 2005 by Ibrahim Al-Abed, Paula Vine, Peter Hellyer. London 2005. The Heritage Library, Qatar, p. 17. Carter, Robert A. Sea of Pearls, p. 79.
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(Bonfils, Félix).
Jerusalem. (Palestine, 1880s).
Oblong album (445 x 315 mm) with 71 large albumen photographic prints, mostly ca. 22 x 28 cm, signed and captioned in the negative (in French and English), mounted on both sides of the album's leaves. Includes a three-part folding panorama of Jerusalem from Mount Olivet, measuring 82 x 21 cms. Ornamental endpapers printed in gilt. Original auburn morocco with gilt upper cover. All edges gilt. A rare and unusually massive Palestine souvenir album containing 71 photographs by the renowned studio of Félix Bonfils (1831-85), the French-born photographer who had come to the Levant with General d'Hautpoul in 1860 and remained active in the East. Based in Beirut, Bonfils produced thousands of photographs depicting Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Greece and other parts of the Ottoman Empire. In the early days of western tourism to the Middle East, his works soon became popular as souvenirs. The photographs were available both separately and as individually arranged albums, but sets of this scope were uncommon, very few exceeding fifty images. The sumptuous binding which the owner chose underlines that this was a luxury souvenir for a more than ordinarily wealthy traveller. It features landscapes and city views, famous sights such as Jaffa Gate (Bab el-Khalil), sites sacred to the three religions (Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Church of the Flagellation, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Mosque of Omar, Wailing Wall), but also sights outside Jerusalem, including Hebron, Bethlehem, the Dead Sea, the River Jordan, Jericho, Wadi el-Kelt, Khan-el-Ahmar, Bethany, Nazareth, and Emmaus. - The photographs occasionally show some insignificant loss of contrast, but are altogether in good condition. A few edge flaws to the cardboard leaves, including a chafe mark across the lower edge where the paper has buckled. Binding in good condition, with occasional scuffing (more obvious on lower cover). A fine album of photographs of Palestine.
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(Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau). Russell, Thomas Wentworth (or Russell Pasha).
Annual report for the year 1932. Cairo, Government Press, 1933.
Small folio (27 x 18 cm). XVIII, 170 pp. (pp. VI and XVIII blank). With 14 sepia photographic plates, 1 folding facsimile letter, 2 folding graphs, a plate with 6 pie charts and 1 illustration (also in red) showing schematically a smuggling box. Original pink paper wrappers. Exceptionally rare work on drug trafficking in Egypt in the 1930s and an important example of the "war on drugs" of the author, who was director of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau. Thomas Wentworth Russell (1879-1954), sometimes better known as Russell Pasha, was a police officer in service of Egypt who was appalled by the increasing drug trafficking in Egypt and the high amount of drug addicts in the country. He founded the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau (CNIB), making it his mission to rid Egypt of especially what he called "white drugs" (cocaine, morphine, heroin), but also of "black drugs" (hashish, opium). Russell can be considered as one of the most important anti-drug campaigners in Egypt in his time and after, as he really raised awareness for the rising problem. In this work, Russell describes how drugs are smuggled in large quantities from abroad to Egypt. In many chapters, he extensively describes the foreign sources of supply (discussing not only important drug barons, but also mentioning specific ships and other means of transport which smuggled drugs), cases in which weapons were used by traffickers, on people involved in the trade, on traffickers and their methods of smuggling (among others in shoes, camel saddles, etc.), on addiction and the social effects and death rates, and many more. It is a scarce and outstanding example of Russell's anti-drug campaign, extensively describing drug trafficking in Egypt in the 1930s, being well-illustrated with photographs of drug barons, users, traffickers and methods of concealment. - Presentation copy to the English poet and dramatist John Drinkwater with an inscription by Russelll on the front wrapper ("John Drinkwater / With compliments from the director / Tho Russell / 24/3/33" / [Arabic script]") and his red stamp next to the inscription. - Spine worn, front wrapper detached, covers with light residual dampstain. A highly uncommon survival. Not in WorldCat.
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(Chiarello, Giambattista).
Historia degl' avenimenti dell' armi imperiali contro a' ribelli, et ottomani, confederationi, e trattati seguiti frà le potenze di Cesare, Polonia, Venetia, e Moscovia. Venice, Steffano Curti, 1687.
4to. (24), 575 (but: 577), (13) pp. With engr. title vignette, 6 folding engr. plates and folding engr. map. Contemp. Italian half vellum with giltstamped red spine label. All edges red. First edition of this rare chronicle of the Turkish wars of 1683-86, being an account of the imperial offensive against the Turks and their allies following the unsuccessful Turkish siege of Vienna in 1683 which led to the reconquest of Hungary and the capture of Buda in 1686. Includes an extensive account of the siege of Vienna, a fine map of Hungary, and plans of Vienna, Esztergom, Nové Zámky, Košice, Buda, and the bridge of Osijek. The second edition appeared in 1688 at the same press. - Some browning and brownstaining due to paper; occasional underlinings in red pencil. A very good copy. BM-STC Italian 225. Apponyi 1304. Kelényi 1162. Sturminger 966 & 3839. Not in Atabey.
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(Cotta, P. Massimo).
[Kitab ul-muhatibat urtuduksijjah dadd bad il-itiqadat ir-rumijjah]. Dialoghi ortodossi contro alcune credenze greche. Uršulim (Jerusalem), Tubia fi dir ar-ruhban al-Fransiskanijjin (Tipografia dei PP. Minori Francescani), 1850.
8vo. 88 pp. With numerous woodcut head- and tailpieces. Original printed wrappers. Second, expanded edition; directed against erroneous teachings of the Greek Orthodox church in the Middle East. In Arabic throughout save for the preliminary matter. Dedicated to Giuseppe Valerga, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1847 until his death in 1872. In 1868 he became Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. - Wrappers somewhat dust-soiled, otherwise very good. Exceedingly rare; only two other copies known (in the Bavarian State Library, Munich, and the Diocesan Library, Cologne). OCLC 162905370.
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(Day, A. / Shearme, F. N. [eds.]).
Persian Gulf Pilot. Comprising the Persian Gulf and its approaches, from Ras al Hadd, in the South-West, to Cape Monze, in the East. Tenth edition. All bearings are true. London, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty / Lowe & Brydone, 1955.
8vo. (2), L, 312, (2) pp. With several maps and plates. Original cloth. "The Persian Gulf Pilot contains sailing directions for the Persian gulf and the approaches thereto, from Ras al Hadd, in the south-west, to Cape Monze, in the East". - Also includes copious information on politics, population, languages, trade, currencies, pearl fishery, meteorological information (climate, winds, weather, temperature, humidity), as well as currents, tides, communications and other miscellaneous information. - Binding rubbed and faded. Only two copies in auction records of the past decades (Peter Hopkirk's copy fetching £1,300 at Sotheby's, Oct 14, 1998, lot 1043). Hydrographic Office Publication 158. OCLC 709448977. Cf. Wilson 171.
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(Day, A. / Shearme, F. N. [eds.]).
Persian Gulf Pilot. Comprising the Persian Gulf and its approaches, from Ras al Hadd, in the South-West, to Cape Monze, in the East. Tenth edition. London, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty / Lowe & Brydone, 1955.
8vo. (2), L, 312, (2) pp. With several maps and plates. Original cloth. "The Persian Gulf Pilot contains sailing directions for the Persian gulf and the approaches thereto, from Ras al Hadd, in the south-west, to Cape Monze, in the East". - Also includes copious information on politics, population, languages, trade, currencies, pearl fishery, meteorological information (climate, winds, weather, temperature, humidity), as well as currents, tides, communications and other miscellaneous information. - Binding slightly rubbed. Only two copies in auction records of the past decades (Peter Hopkirk's copy fetching £1,300 at Sotheby's, Oct 14, 1998, lot 1043). Hydrographic Office Publication 158. OCLC 709448977. Cf. Wilson 171.
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(Dominicus Germanus de Silesia, OFM).
Antitheses fidei, ventilabuntur in conventu S. Petri Montis Aurei fratrum Minorum S.P. Francisci reformat[orum]. Rome, Congreg. de Propaganda Fide, 1638.
4to (227 x 163 mm). 1 bl. f., 66 pp. (counted as 43; numerous errors in pagination; some parts included in two variants). With woodcut title vignette. Contemporary limp vellum with ms. title to spine. Very rare polemical work, printed throughout in Arabic and Latin, that aims to compare and contrast Christian and Muslim scripture and doctrines. Dedicated to Cardinal Barberini. The editor Dominicus (1585-1670) taught Arabic at the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide since 1636 and collaborated on their Bible project. His magnum opus, one of the first literal Quran translations, was not rediscovered and published until 1883. In 1636 he published an Arabic grammar (the first publication of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide press to use Arabic type); in 1639 he would produce a dictionary of vernacular Arabic. Four years in the Middle East had convinced him that a missionary must before everything else know the vernacular language (cf. Fück, p. 78). The present work was considered lost quite recently by Antonio García Masegosa in his study "Germán de Silesia, Interpretatio Alcorani Litteralis, Parte I: La traducción latina" (Madrid, 2009): "Por la misma época, publicó un tratado religioso en árabe y en latín titulado Antitheses fidei, que se encuentra perdido en la actualidad, o que al menos no ha podido ser localizado para este trabajo" (p. 14). - Marked brownstaining throughout with waterstain to upper corner. Still an appealing copy. Schnurrer 248. Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an IV, 237. OCLC 491545005, 54509800.
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(El Khatib, Fathalla et al.).
British Imperialism in Southern Arabia. New York, Arab Information Center, November 1958.
8vo. (4), 86 pp. With 3 folding maps. Original printed wrappers. Informational publication issued by the New York Arab Information Center - The Research Section to argue the Arab cause among U.N. delegates, with contributions by Fathalla El Khatib, Khalid I. Babaa, Ism Kabbani and Omar Halig. Articles include "British Penetration and Imperialism in Yemen", "British Aggression Against the Imamate of Oman", and the "Buraimi Dispute". - Old ownership "M. Cain" to front cover; Arvada I.R.C. stamps. Information Papers Number 6.
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(Kwiatkowski, Wojciech).
Polish Arabian Horses before the year 1940. No place, [ca. 1995].
Oblong 4to. 5 cloth-bound volumes with stamped titles, containing 253 original photographs mounted on cardboard with accompanying text. Extensive photo documentation of Polish Arabian horses, recording year of birth, ancestors, racing results, descendants, etc. - No copy in any library recorded in WorldCat or KVK. A fine, clean copy.
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(Mason, Kenneth; A. N. Sherwin-White et al.).
Iraq and the Persian Gulf. (Oxford, University Press for the) Naval Intelligence Division, 1944.
8vo. XVIII, 682 pp. With 236 photo illustrations, 97 maps and text-figures (some folding), and folded full-colour map of the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, and Iran; map of "Communicationd of Iraq" in lower cover pouch. Original giltstamped green cloth. Geographical Handbooks Series (for official use only) B.R. 524 (Restricted). In-depth, profusely illustrated discussion of Iraq and the Arabian Gulf region, with a close description of what was then referred to as the "Trucial Coast" between Abu Dhabi and Qatar. Produced during WWII for use of the Naval Intelligence Division, "to provide, for the use of Commanding Officers, information in a comprehensive and convenient form about contries which they may be called upon to visit, not only in war but in peace-time". The book's contents are, "however, by no means confined to matters of purely naval interest. For many purposes (e.g. history, administration, resources, communications, etc.) countries must necessarily be treated as a whole, and no attempt is made to limit their treatment exclusively to coastal zones" (1942 preface). - Spine faded to yellow, interior sound. Ink ownership of M. H. Parry-Williams to front pastedown. OCLC 220468550.
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(Mason, Kenneth; H. S. L. Winterbotham et al.).
The Belgian Congo. (Oxford, University Press for the) Naval Intelligence Division, 1944.
8vo. XIII, (1), 558 pp. With 105 photo illustrations, 91 maps and text-figures (some folding), and 2 folded full-colour maps in back cover pocket. Original giltstamped green cloth. Geographical Handbooks Series (for official use only) B.R. 522 (Restricted). In-depth, profusely illustrated discussion of the Congo region. Produced during WWII for use of the Naval Intelligence Division, "to provide, for the use of Commanding Officers, information in a comprehensive and convenient form about contries which they may be called upon to visit, not only in war but in peace-time". The book's contents are, "however, by no means confined to matters of purely naval interest. For many purposes (e.g. history, administration, resources, communications, etc.) countries must necessarily be treated as a whole, and no attempt is made to limit their treatment exclusively to coastal zones" (1942 preface). - Spine and covers faded; edges and spine bronwstained. From the library of the English linguist Malcolm Guthrie (1903-72), arguably one of the most important Bantu scholars of his century, with his ms. ownership to flyleaf. His magnum opus, "Comparative Bantu", appeared in four volumes between 1967 and 1971.
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(Measom, William).
The route of the Overland Mail to India. London, Atchley & Co., [1851].
Folio. 32 full-page wood-engraved plates including pictorial title. Original decorative blueboards gilt, rebacked preserving spine, new endpapers. Views include Jeddah, Mocha, Cairo, etc. This work is published without text. The plates are set on a stone coloured background. A couple of the plates are signed by William Measom. The suggested publication date is taken from an inscription on the original front pastedown (bound in), and is consistent with the dates of other works illustrated by Measom. - Occasional mostly light foxing and soiling. OCLC 23070449.
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