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Randal Jonathan
Osama: The Making of a Terrorist
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2004. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Yellow boards black spine with gilt titles ix 331 1 pp notes index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ "Randal gives us a clearer explanation than any we have had of the whys and wherefores of the world's most prominent and feared terrorist." Shipping weight 3 lbs. International 2 lbs. 4 oz. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16� cm. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : HIME00019 ISBN : 0375409017 9780375409011
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Randal, Jonathan C
After such knowledge, what forgiveness? My encounters with Kurdistan.
Boulder : Westview Press, 1997. 356 S. Mit 1 Karte/ Map ; Kl.-8° , Org.-Broschur / softcover
Bookseller reference : 23498 ISBN : 813335809
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RANDALL Rona.
Jordan and the Holy Land. With a Foreword by His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan.
London: Frederick Muller Ltd. 1968. 1st ed. "Rona Randall . brings the Holy Land to life and conveys the spell that captivated her during her first visit and compelled her to return." Pp. 12/243 34 b/w illustrations. Dark brown cloth gilt title to spine illustrated d/w edges chipped. VG/G. . London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1968. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18356
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Rangin (Sa'adat Yar Khan).
The Faras-nama-e Rangin or The Book of the Horse. Translated from the Urdu by D. C. Phillott. London, (G. Norman and Son for) Bernard Quaritch, 1911.
Large 8vo. XIX, (3), 83, (1) pp. With 3 plates. Original green cloth with giltstamped spine title. First English edition of this classic of hippiatry. "Saadat Yar Khan (1756-1835) was the son of Tahmasap Beg Khan Turani, a Persian nobleman. After his death, Rangin shifted to Delhi and began an army career. In 1787, he left the job and went over to Bharatpur and after two years again shifted to Lucknow where he was in the service of Mirza Suleman Shokoh. After a stay of nine years in Lucknow, he left to travel in Bengal. Later, he reached Gwalior and served the Sindhias for six years. He again resigned from service and took to trading of horses and touring" (Samiuddin, Ency. dict. of Urdu lit., p. 507). - A good, clean copy with C. Antony Penton's bookplate on front pastedown. Boyd/P. 99. Mellon Coll. 309.
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Raphael Israeli
War peace and terror in the Middle East
<p>Hardback 315 pages fine condition dust-jacket slightly worn.</p> Frank Cass hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1110 ISBN : 0714655317 9780714655314
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Rashdan, A. M.
Arab World Highways Map. Road Map of the Arab World. [Egypt], Arab Tourist Union, [1971].
42 x 100 cm. Five-tone lithographic map with illustration by Harraz. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale 1:7,500,000. Road map also showing railways, populated places, boundaries, rivers, wadis, and possible flood areas. Includes inset map: Diagrammatic map of the Arab world. Folded. First edition of this large, decorative map, showing the highways that linked countries under Arabian influence in the early 1970s. It stretches as far north as Turkey, south to the Sudan, west to Mauritana and east beyond the Strait of Hormuz, capturing the whole of the Arabian Gulf including Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the People's Republic of Southern Yemen. The verso contains an index of main travel routes through these various countries. - The United Arab Republic, as it is here referred to, was formed through a political union of Egypt and Syria. It was instigated by the Egyptian Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970) and was seen as an expression of pan-Arab sentiment. Syria broke aways from the union in 1961 (and is here shown as an independent country), but Egypt continued to use the name until 1972. The People's Republic of Yemen, the only communist state to be established in the Arab world, was formed in late 1967, to last until 1990. - Some nicks and small tears, a single mark to the covers, a 1 cm tear on the left side of the map. In very good condition for a fragile map. Scarce: LibraryHub does not locate any holdings whilst Worldcat adds just eight institutional copies worldwide. OCLC 5403988.
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Rashid Ahmed
Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan Afghanistan and Central Asia
Viking 2008. Hardcover in boards. Rubbing and wear to edgeworn jacket dampstains to jacket verso; small dampstain to spine at foot; light soiling to textblock fore-edge else interior is clean tight and bright. We ship daily. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes not envelopes. A gift card and personalized message can be included upon request. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Viking Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 617208 ISBN : 0670019704 9780670019700
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Rashid Ahmed
Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia
U.S.A: Penguin Books 2002. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean and unmarked gently used worn book light wear around cover tight and square binding. Pages toned clean no markings no creases. Ahmed Rashid the author of "Taliban" is an investigative journalist who here analyzes five Central Asian Republics - KAZAKHSTAN KRYGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN - where religious repression political corruption and extreme poverty have created a fertile climate for militant Islam. Based on research and interviews Rashid explains the roots of fundamental rage in Central Asia describes the goals and activities of militant organizations and suggests ways of neutralizing the threat and bringing stability to this region. 281 pages Indexed with Notes and Glossary. 5 x 8 inches. 2002 Penguin Books USA Penguin Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 022692 ISBN : 0142002607 9780142002605
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Rashid Ahmed
Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia
Cumberland Rhode Island U.S.A.: Yale University Press 2002. 1st Slightly smaller book black cloth spine black boards bright orange lettering on spine black inside covers and adjacent end papers 281 pages. DJ glossy black color photo of armed man on front praise on back from Robert D. Kaplan. DJ and book both As New. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Yale University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36087 ISBN : 0300093454 9780300093452
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Rashid Ahmed
Pakistan on the Brink: The future of Pakistan Afghanistan and the West
London: Penguin 2013. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Published. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. N.B. Large sticker to inside front cover. MIDDLE EAST <br/> <br/> Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : 302543 ISBN : 024196007x 9780241960073
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Rashid Ahmed
Taliban: Islam Oil and the New Great Game in Central Asia
London: I.B. Taurus 2001. Book. Fine. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Crease to rear cover. 274pp. I.B. Taurus Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033944 ISBN : 1860644171 9781860644177
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Rashid Haroun Er
EAST PAKISTAN: A SYSTEMATIC REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY & ITS DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ASPECTS
Lahore: Sh. Ghulam Ali & Sons 1965. HC. very good w/good dustjacket hardcover. B&W tables and maps. Contents include: Physical Features and Hydrography; Climate; Vegetation Forests and Fauna; Historical Background; The People; Land Utilisation; Agricultural Products; Fisheries; Agricultural Regions; Transport and Communications; Minerals Fuel Power and Industries; Trade; Demographic Aspects; Development Planning. 389pp. Sh. Ghulam Ali & Sons unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS049328I
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Rashidm Ahmed
Taliban: Militant Islam Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2001. Trade Paperback As New. A book about the nature of local Central Asian politics and the consequences of interferences by outside powers. Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowly world of the Taliban the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization into sharp focus in this insightful book. Perhaps the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English language readers explaining the Talibal's rise to power its impact on Afghanistan and the region its role in oil and gas company decisions and the effects of changing American attitudes. An excellent political and historical account. 279 pages with Appendices Notes and Index. 7.75 x 5 inches. 2001 Yale University Press New Haven and London Yale University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 027487 ISBN : 0300089023 9780300089028
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Rashidm Ahmed
Taliban: Militant Islam Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean unmarked wrappers with slight edge wear. Pages clean no markings of any kind no creases. Cover flares up a bit. A book about the nature of local Central Asian politics and the consequences of interferences by outside powers. Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowly world of the Taliban the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization into sharp focus in this insightful book. Perhaps the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English language readers explaining the Talibal's rise to power its impact on Afghanistan and the region its role in oil and gas company decisions and the effects of changing American attitudes. An excellent political and historical account. 279 pages with Appendices Notes and Index. 7.75 x 5 inches. 2001 Yale University Press New Haven and London Yale University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 023170 ISBN : 0300089023 9780300089028
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Rashidm Ahmed
Taliban: Militant Islam Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean unmarked wrappers with slight edge wear. Pages clean no markings of any kind no creases. A book about the nature of local Central Asian politics and the consequences of interferences by outside powers. Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowly world of the Taliban the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization into sharp focus in this insightful book. Perhaps the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English language readers explaining the Talibal's rise to power its impact on Afghanistan and the region its role in oil and gas company decisions and the effects of changing American attitudes. An excellent political and historical account. 279 pages with Appendices Notes and Index. 7.75 x 5 inches. 2001 Yale University Press New Haven and London Yale University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 006023 ISBN : 0300089023 9780300089028
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RASID.
Muhtasar hükümat-i Islâmiye tarihi.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script. 64 p. Muhtasar hükümat-i Islâmiye tarihi. Hegira: 1318 = Gregorian: 1902. Özege: 14210 / 02. First Edition.
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Rasmussen, Jens Lassen.
Annales islamismi, sive Tabulae synchronistico-chronologicae chalifarum et regum orientis et occidentis, accedente historia Turcarum, Karamanorum, Selgiukidarum Asiae Minoris [...]. E codicibus manuscriptis Arabicis Bibliothecae Regiae Hauniensis [...]. Kopenhagen, Jens Hostrup Schultz, 1825.
Large 4to. X, (2), 134 pp. Contemporary green half calf over marbled boards with giltstamped spine title. Marbled endpapers. First edition. - History of the Muslim world and its rulers from Muhammad's flight (AD 622) to the year 1020 AH (AD 1611). The Danish oriental scholar Jan Larson (Jens Lassen) Rasmussen (1792-1826) had studied in Paris with de Sacy (cf. Fück 156). - Binding rubbed and bumped. Some browning and light dampstaining to interior, old shelfmark label to pastedown. Provenance: stamp of the oriental scholar Charles Barbier de Ménard (president of the École des Langues orientales from 1898 to 1908) on title, with additional Canadian library stamps of the Ottawa Commissariatus, Terrae Sanctae. Rare. OCLC 953808200.
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Raswan Carl S
The Black Tents of Arabia. My Life Amongst the Bedouins. With Illustrations by the Author
Boston MA: Little Brown & Co. 1935. 280 24pp.ads. With illustrations. "Carl Raswan is one of the few men who have penetrated the unexplored desert of Northern Arabia. He lived with the warlike Bedouins not as a foreigner but as one marked by the rite of blood-brotherhood with their Sheiks. He shared in the migration of over 30000 people hundreds of tents and thousands of camels seeking water and grazing land experiencing with them the eternal struggle against hunger and drought." Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Little Brown & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004762 ISBN : 0710306725 9780710306722
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Raswan Carl A.
The Black Tents of Arabia
London: Paternoster Press Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Stamp to ffep. Top edge of ffep is clipped. Corners of boards and head and tail of spine a little bumped. Rubbing to text on spine. No Dust Jacket. Paternoster Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037962
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Raswan, Carl.
The Arab and his Horse. Oakland, the author, 1955.
XII, (2), 148 pp. With hand mounted coloured frontispiece of Fa Serr and a folding map. Profusely illustrated throughout. Original cloth with dust jacket. 8vo. Limited second edition. Number 204 of 1000 copies. Signed by Carl Raswan in Arabic and English on front flyleaf. The sum of Raswan's research into and knowledge about Arabian horses among the Bedouin and of his visits to Arabian Studs in Egypt and other parts of the Near East. - Very rare as all of Raswan's works, an excellent copy. Boyd/P. 99. OCLC 401346888.
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Raswan, Carl.
The Raswan Index and Handbook for Arabian Breeders. Volume I-VII. Acapulco/Mexico, Anthony, 1957-1967.
7 vols. Original illustrated cloth/gilt embossed percaline. First editions, very rare. - Complete set of this famous reference work. No more than 380 copies were printed (and many destroyed by a flood); vols. III and V were limited to a press run of 250 and 284 copies, respectively. Raswan became an expert on the Arabian breed through his lengthy trips to the desert, where he lived with the Bedouins and learned their language and customs. - Some hinges split. All volumes save for VI and the posthumous VII numbered and signed by Raswan, mostly in the year of publication. In very good condition.
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Ratzesberger Anna
Ali Hassan of Hamadan
Chicago: Albert Whitman 1933. Juvenile. Illustrations by Ali Akbar. Illustrated cover and endpapers. Small nick on cover. 95 pages. 8vo. Hardcover. . Catalogs: IRAN. Chicago: Albert Whitman, (1933) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2797
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Rauf Feisal Abdul;Armstrong Karen
What's Right With Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West
New York New York U.S.A.: Harper San Francisco 2005. Gd. condition - An examination of the West / Islam relation. . AI29043z. Soft Cover. Good. Harper San Francisco Paperback
Bookseller reference : 9043z ISBN : 0060750626 9780060750626
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RAUFFER Xavier.
La Nebuleuse: le terrorisme du moyen-orient.
In-8° pp. 404 con alcune cartine n.t. Bross. edit. ill.
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Raunkiaer, Barclay.
Gennem Wahhabiternes Land paa Kamelryg. Beretning om den af det Kongelige Danske Geografiske Selskab planlagte og bekosterde forskningsrejse i Ost- og Centralarabien 1912. Copenhagen, Gyldendalske boghandel, Nordisk forlag, 1913.
8vo. (4), 304 pp. With a frontispiece showing the author in Arab garb, 88 illustrations in text, most of them reproductions of drawings and photographs by the author, and a folding map loosely inserted in a pocket at the end. Publisher's green cloth. First and only edition, in the original Danish, of an account of a journey through the Arabian Peninsula. Sponsored by the Royal Danish Geographical Society, Barclay Raunkiaer (1889-1915) set out to penetrate the hitherto unexplored deserts of south-east Arabia. Although the traveler came equipped with a modest amount of scientific instruments and a camera, the use of these became almost impossible. The foreigner was looked on with suspicion by the Arabs and Raunkiaer could only use his camera, with great risk, at certain unwatched moments (p. 12). At the beginning of 1912, the traveler reached Kuwait, where he stayed at the palace of Sheikh Mubarak. Since it was Mubarak's policy to keep Kuwait free of foreign interference, it took some active lobbying of the British envoy to convince the Kuwaitis that Runkiaer was a harmless traveller. After that, it seems that the Dane enjoyed a certain amount of freedom, as numerous photographs, including one of pearl-fishers and a portrait of Sheikh Mohammed, testify. Raunkiaer was very impressed by the volume of trade in Kuwait, which he considered to be the most important trading town on the east coast of Arabia. - In Kuwait, Raunkiaer became seriously ill, but his tuberculosis was undiagnosed. After a period of rest, he travelled further to Riyadh. As the first western traveller in the city in half a century, Raunkiaer was graciously received by Ibn Saud. After a short stay in Riyadh, Raunkiaer followed a caravan which mostly consisted of 150 pearl-fishers bound for Bahrain. During a stay in Hofuf, where the book ends, Raunkiaer's health became worse and he sailed to Bahrain to recuperate. From there he travelled back to Copenhagen via Bombay. After a few years working for the East Asiatic Company, Raunkiaer died from tuberculosis. - Shortly after the appearance of the Danish edition, the book was translated into German. T. E. Lawrence, who considered it to be one of the "readable Arabian books", helped facilitate an English translation in 1916, which was privately printed by the Arab bureau in Cairo. - Inscribed by the author to the Danish historian of religion Ditlef Nielsen (1874-1949), with and a few annotations in pencil in the final chapter. Binding slightly worn along the edges, with a small stain on the title. Endpapers foxed with the text browned; some small random pen marks at the lower margin of p. 47. The map with a few tears along the folds, most of them expertly repaired; a very good copy. Facey, Kuwait by the first photographers, pp. 50-51; "Mr. Raunkiaer's expedition in east-central Arabia", The geographical journal XL (1912), pp. 331-332; "Danish expedition to Arabia", The geographical journal XLIV (1914), pp. 85-86; not in Howgego.
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Rauwolf, Leonhard.
Beschreibung der Reyß [...], so er [...] gegen Auffgang in die Morgenländer, fürnemlich Syriam, Judeam, Arabiam, Mesopotamiam, Babyloniam, Assyriam, Armeniam, etc. nicht ohne Mühe und grosse Gefahr selbst vollbracht [...]. Frankfurt a. M., Christoph Rab, 1582.
4to. 3 parts in 1 vol. Title-page printed in red and black. With 3 woodcut title vignettes (including one showing a camel). (8) ff. (incl. final blank), 123, (1) pp. (2), 161, (1) pp., 1 bl. f. 176, (6) pp. Contemporary blindstamped brown calf with 2 clasps. Rare second edition, printed in the year of the first edition: a German description of a three-year journey to Palestine and the Near East by the botanist Rauwolf (1535-96), with many authentic and reliable observations, also about the people and customs and of the difficulties of travel. His description of the preparation of coffee in Aleppo was the first such report by a European. "Highly influential travel account by the learned Augsburg physician and botanist who journeyed to Jerusalem in the years 1573 to 1576. The 8th chapter of part I contains the celebrated descriptions of the coffee drink and of the coffee berry [...] Rauwolf's account of coffee as a social drink of the East is thought to be the earliest in a printed book" (Hünersdorff/H. II, 1221). "Rauwolf [...] made a hazardous journey in many parts of the East to collect foreign plants; his herbarium is now carefully preserved at the Rijksherbarium in Leiden" (Hunt 146). "He was the first modern botanist to collect and describe the flora of the regions east of the Levantine coast" (Norman). An illustrated edition expanded by a fourth part was published at Lauingen the following year. - Binding professionally repaired at extremeties. Title page remargined, showing some fingerstaining; occasional slight brown- and waterstaining; a few contemporary marginalia near the end. VD 16, ZV 12969. Adams R 188. Pritzel 7430. Cf. Norman 1782. Not in BM-STC German.
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RAWLINSON (George)
The sixth great oriental monarchy, or the geography, history & antiquities of Parthia, collected and illustrated from ancient and modern sources.
London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1873. Fort in-8, rel. de bibliothèque de l’époque, demi-chagrin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs, titre et filet doré, chiffre doré en queue, tr. marbrées, XIII-[1]-458 pp., frontispice lithogr. en couleurs, ill. dans le texte, 2 plans dépliants h.-t. Index.
Bookseller reference : 557006
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Raymond Andre
Cairo: An Illustrated History
Harvard Univ Pr 2001. clean unmarked copy. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Harvard Univ Pr Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 351712 ISBN : 0674003160 9780674003163
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Raymond Andre
Cairo: An Illustrated History
Harvard Univ Pr 2001. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Book Club. Harvard Univ Pr Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 345553 ISBN : 0674003160 9780674003163
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Raymond Carroll
The Palestine Question -
Franklin Watts Publishing - 1983. Hardcover/pub.1983/Fair conditionex-lib & underlining/90 pages - The palestine question is discussed in this text. TN436842. Hardcover. Good. Franklin Watts Publishing - hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36842
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Raymond, Alexandre.
L'Art islamique en orient. I [& II] Partie. Prague, [1921-1924].
Imperial folio (360 x 490 mm). In the two original, matching decorative portfolios. Half cloth, boards with illustrated lithogr. title, inside covers and flaps with ornamental decoration printed in gold, green and blue. Green ties. I: 12 pp. 36 lithogr. plates in colour (of which 4 are double-page). II: 12 pp. 54 plates in colour (of which 2 are printed in gold on blue paper and 8 double-page sized). First edition of both parts, complete and not listed thus in library catalogues or auction records of the last decades. The first part was considered lost; indeed, its very existence was doubted ("apparently the first part was never published", Atabey Sale, Sotheby's 29 May 2002, lot 990, the second part alone fetching £22,000). Contains a finely chromolithographed selection of plates illustrating Islamic architecture and architectural details drawn from various mosques and numerous examples of ornamental decoration taken from Islamic fayences. - Some staining to upper covers of both portfolios; outer cloth of spines restored; mild foxing to margins of a few plates in part II; otherwise, plates clean and in good condition. Atabey 1015 (part 2 only). Not in Blackmer.
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Raymond, Jean.
Mémoire sur l'Origine des Wahabys, sur la Naissance de Leur Puissance et sur l'Influence dont ils jouissent comme Nation. Rapport de Jean Raymond daté de 1806. Document inédit extrait des Archives du Ministère des Affaires Étrangères de France. Cairo, Société Royale de Géographie d'Égypte, 1925.
4to (182 x 275 mm). (6), VIII, 40 pp. Publisher's original illustrated printed wrappers. First edition of this study on the origins of the Wahhabis, published from the archives of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With a preface by the French historian Édouard Driault (1864-1947). An Arabic translation ("al-Tadhkirah fi asl al-Wahhabiyin wa-dawlatihim") appeared at Riyadh as recently as 2004. - Binding somewhat frayed and chipped. Uncut, untrimmed copy from the library of the respected Cairo-based Egyptologist and dealer in antiquities, Roger Khawam (1922-2016), who dispersed his library four years before his death (his Scarab bookplate to the front free endpaper). Macro 1874. OCLC 5277329.
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Raynal, Guillaume Thomas / [Bonne, Rigobert].
Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Geneva, Pellet, 1780.
10 vols (8vo) and atlas (4to) in 11 vols. With engr. portrait, 9 frontispieces, 50 engr. maps, and 23 folding tables. Contemp. half calf with spine label; atlas bound in contemp. full calf. First ten-volume edition of this famous work on the European trade with the East and America. The atlas includes the well-known map of the Arabian Peninsula by Rigobert Bonne (1725-95). "This map covers from 25'-60' E and 10'-50' N. It shows the north east of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula with its three classic divisions, Arabia Deserta, Arabia Petraea and Arabia Felix. On the part showing the Arabian Peninsula, [... the data] is concentrated in the west" (Al Ankary coll.). - Primarily written by Diderot and the encyclopédists, this the work saw no less than 12 editions until 1821. The text deals with the commercial relations between Europe and their colonies. Raynal’s treatises on the evils of slavery and the moral obligation to aid the underprivileged were ahead of their time, and Raynal was harshly criticised and forced into exile. - Contemporary ownership "Hippolyte Cazenove" to endpapers; atlas volume slightly browned. Formerly in the Ottoman collection of the Swiss industrialist Herry W. Schaefer. Sultan Bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, The Gulf in Historic Maps, p. 198. Khaled Al Ankary Collection p. 388. McMinn 56. Sabin 68081. Feugère 51. Phillips 652. Brunet IV, 1126. Graesse VI, 40. Cf. Kress B 314 & 315.
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RAZAK A. Abdel-Kader
Il mondo arabo alla vigilia di una svolta.
8°
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Razavi Hossein and Firouz Vakil
The Political Environment of Economic Planning in Iran 1971-1983: From Monarchy to Islamic Republic
Boulder CO: Westview Press 1984. Index. xi 194 pages. 23.5 cm. Hardcover. Condition Book/Dj: VG/none. ISBN: 0-86531-583-3 . Catalogs: IRAN. Boulder CO: Westview Press, (1984) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7194 ISBN : 0865315833 9780865315839
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Razmara, Haji Ali.
Farhang-e joghrafia Iran (Farhang-e jughrafiya'e Iran). Artash, [1949-1953 AD =] 1328-1332 SH.
Folio. 10 vols. Vol. 1 red half cloth with printed boards, vols. 2-10 blue cloth. With altogether 65 maps, of which 59 folding, several plates, portrait and a few text illustrations. An important standard work of Persian topography: H. A. Razmara's monumental gazetteer, or geographical dictionary, of modern Iran, "compiled and published in ten volumes by the Geography Department of Iran's Military Staff during the years 1328-1332 Sh./1949-1953. The [...] work provides an extensive amount of geographical, environmental and rural settlements" (Yeroushalmi, p. 81). In Farsi throughout. - Paper somewhat browned; spine of vol 4 sunned. Some notes in pencil. Collection stamps "ex libris eurasiasticis Dr. Jan von Loon, Herlenii". An uncommon set.
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RAZOUX PIERRE
The Iran - Iraq War
Belknap Press Cambridge: 2015. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. From 1980 to 1988 Iran and Iraq fought the longest conventional war of the twentieth century. The tragedies included the slaughter of child soldiers the use of chemical weapons the striking of civilian shipping in the Gulf and the destruction of cities. The Iran-Iraq War offers an unflinching look at a conflict seared into the region's collective memory but little understood in the West. Pierre Razoux shows why this war remains central to understanding Middle Eastern geopolitics from the deep-rooted distrust between Sunni and Shia Muslims to Iran's obsession with nuclear power to the continuing struggles in Iraq. He provides invaluable keys to decipher Iran's behavior and internal struggle today. Razoux's account is based on unpublished military archives oral histories and interviews as well as audio recordings seized by the U.S. Army detailing Saddam Hussein's debates with his generals. Tracing the war's shifting strategies and political dynamics�military operations the jockeying of opposition forces within each regime the impact on oil production so essential to both countries�Razoux also looks at the international picture. From the United States and Soviet Union to Israel Europe China and the Arab powers many nations meddled in this conflict supporting one side or the other and sometimes switching allegiances. The Iran-Iraq War answers questions that have puzzled historians. Why did Saddam embark on this expensive ultimately fruitless conflict Why did the war last eight years when it could have ended in months Who if anyone was the true winner when so much was lost Translated into English from the French by Nicholas Elliott. 18 halftones 30 maps 10 graphs 17 tables. Pierre Razoux is Research Director at the Institut de Recherche Stratgique de l'Ecole Militaire IRSEM Paris. "A heavyweight work of history� Razoux brings a cool factual approach to a large subject that has hitherto received too little attention� Razoux's deep research and analytical style make the book something of a general-staff history� It adds up to something extraordinary."�Bartle Bull The Wall Street Journal "Once a decade a book appears in which the creative genius and technical skill of the author perfectly match a vast subject. The French defense expert Pierre Razoux's book on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war is superb and hugely topical� Razoux has a brilliant and economical way of making what became huge and complex battles intensely readable the maps are excellent too� This is a masterwork and anyone interested in where Iran goes next�for Iraq will surely cease to be a unitary state�should read the historian of real genius."�Michael Burleigh The Times "Razoux's detailed wide-ranging and elegantly written account is the best hope we have of seeing this epoch-defining conflict for what it was. Drawing on a decade of research during which he accessed Saddam's audio records of military and political meetings investigated Iranian sources and conducted countless interviews with military political and business figures from around the world Razoux gives the reader a uniquely broad and deep look at the conflict� One of the most fascinating insights this book offers is its illustration of the impact the conflict had on the Islamic Republic of Iran and how that nation moved from fledgling revolutionary state to an established Islamic theocracy� Razoux's excellent and lucidly translated study does this awful conflict justice in an even-handed and professional manner. It is a must read for anyone with an interest in Iran Iraq and the region as it stands today."�C. P. W. Gammell Literary Review "Pierre Razoux's The Iran-Iraq War is better by a mile than most of the military history that floods the English market. Very topical too since we will be getting to know Iran much more in future and its history should be required reading."�Michael Burleigh Evening Standard "What emerges in illuminating detail from Razoux's study is the impact of the power struggle between Ayatollah Khomeini's two protgs the men he promoted and protected till the end of his life in June 1989 and left in charge of a house divided by their rivalry: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Ali Hosseini Khamenei."�Joost Hiltermann London Review of Books "Oddly this war isn't discussed much any more even though it is arguably the breakthrough event for the ongoing collapse of parts of the Middle East� I found Pierre Razoux's The Iran-Iraq War to be a highly readable and useful account."�Tyler Cowen Marginal Revolution "This is an impressive well-researched account of a conflict that helped define the modern Middle East and it explains as Razoux shows much subsequent Iraqi and Iranian history� Razoux brilliantly links the conflict to the regional and Great Power politics of the period� Thus the Iran-Iraq war led directly into post-Cold War geopolitics and conflict. Razoux has produced the best book available on this important war."�Jeremy Black Military History "Although it was the longest war of the 20th century and caused over a million casualties the Iran-Iraq War is largely forgotten by the Western world outside of a few military analysts and Middle East scholars� In spite of the ramifications of this war a complete and readable single volume narrative has not been written in the West until now. Razoux�has written a comprehensive and engrossing account of this war. Using a wealth of new or untapped sources including the complete set of transcripts of the American debriefing of Saddam Hussein after his capture in 2004 and numerous interviews with Iranian and Iraqi commanders Razoux provides unique insights into the strategic and operational thinking of both sides throughout the war� What makes this book so useful to both military historians and students of Middle Eastern politics is that Razoux is able to incorporate a complete look at the ripples caused by this conflict throughout the Middle East and within the Cold War as a whole� There is almost nothing occurring in the Middle East today that wasn't somehow influenced by this virtually unknown war. It has been long overdue for a comprehensive single-volume history which this book ably fulfills. This is definitely a volume that both military historians and Middle Eastern scholars should have on their bookshelf."�Jerry D. Lenaburg New York Journal of Books "The Iran-Iraq War marked a turning point in the history of the Middle East. One cannot comprehend the situation in the Gulf today�the Iranian nuclear program or the political crises in Baghdad and Tehran�without understanding the frustrations and fears that sprang from that war."�Diplomatie "This is an important book not least for the time devoted to it: ten years' work by the author with hundreds of meetings and interviews unpublished archives and the deciphering of the famous audiotapes of Saddam Hussein and his staff. And for the first time Iranian sources are included as well� Razoux examines the military dimension with a knack for detail and a commanding narrative sense but also addresses the political diplomatic and economic aspects."�Libration Week-End "The chapter on the tribulations of the Iranian child-soldiers is poignant the one on the torment of the Kurds gassed at Halabja overwhelming� It is impossible to grasp the Iraqi and Iranian crises of the twenty-first century without going back to this first brutal war in the Gulf."�Le Monde Belknap Press, Cambridge: 2015 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 86662X1
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RBSerjeant R. B.
South Arabian Hunt
<p>Luzac1st 1976. F in DW. 22x14cm. The ritual ibex hunt discovered in eastern Yemen 18 plates in-text illus. ep maps</p> Luzac(1st) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3200
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RC. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada R. C.
The Journey Of Self-Discovery -
The Bhaktivedanta Publishing - 1996. Hardcover/pub.1996/Gd. condition/283 pages - Are you dissatisfied with your life as it stands now In this text you will become intimately acquainted with a spiritual master of which Harvey Cox said S rila Prabhupada is. KI924139. Hard Cover. Good. The Bhaktivedanta Publishing - Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24139
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Rebello da Silva, Luis Augusto, et al. (eds.).
Corpo diplomatico portuguez. Contendo os actos e relações politicas e diplomaticas de Portugal com as diversas potencias do mundo, desde o seculo XVI até os nossos dias. Lisbon, Typographia da Academia Real das Sciencias / Imprensa Nacional, 1862-1959.
Small folio (224 x 284 mm). 15 vols. (final vol. in 2 parts), uniformly bound in half tan sheep over decorated boards, spines gilt with raised bands in five compartments, decorated endleaves. Some original printed wrappers bound within. All edges sprinkled. First editions; all that was published of this massive project. The "Corpo diplomatico" deals with the relations between Portugal and the Roman Curia, presenting a chronologically arranged sequence of documents from the 16th and 17th centuries. The Portuguese Empire was the first global empire in history, and the sources here edited - frequently citing the significant Portuguese royal title of "King of Portugal and the Algarves, on this side of the sea, and on the other side in Africa, lord of Guinea and of the naval and commercial conquest of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, and India" - provide substantial information on the principal world issues and conflicts during that vast Empire's first era. Much of the diplomatic correspondence concerns conflicts between the worlds of Christianity and Islam: in one letter, King Manuel describes his attacks on and victories over the local Muslim rulers ("the Saracens are thrown into confusion"; "our men attacked and burned maritime towns belonging to the Saracens, situated on the mainland"; cf. vol. I, p. 116f.), and in a Papal Breve, Pius V praises the strengthening of the Maltese fortifications after the Great Siege of Malta ("erit opportunissimum adversus Turcas, et praedones Afros totius christiani populi propugnaculum", vol. X, p. 226). Many volumes, but VII through XI in particular, contain material on the Arabian Gulf (Basra, Bahrain, Muscat, and Ormuz): "Ormuz, que he cabeça de todo o Reino de Ormuz [...] e na dita Cidade de Ormuz fortaleza minha com muita gente de christâos portuguezes" (vol. II, p. 374); "o vejo, que se se faz guerra ao Turco e Vossa Alteza quer, sem despesa de quasi nada, o Egipto e Suria e Arabia seraom vossos" (vol. III, p. 243); "e asy mandou que se reteuessem todas as naos, que viessem da India a Judá e a Meca" (p. 397); "se entende hum muito boom socedimento pella armada de Vossa Alteza na ilha de Banrrehem [= Bahrain] de que se deve ter muito contentamento assi pella reputaçâo" (vol. VIII, p. 372); "e depois em Ormuz poderia saber o acontesimento de Baharem" (p. 468); "toda a costa de Melinde ate Moçambique e assi da outra de Adem ate Ormuz quererâo por alguma d aquellas tentar ardis [...] A Baçora vai tambem muita somma de especiaria" (vol. IX, p. 110f.); "O negocio he grave e de muita consideraçâo e em ser muita a somma da speciaria que vem pello mar Roxo ao Cayro e pello de Ormuz a Bacora" (p. 135); "Andre Ribeiro que com Joâo de Lisboa foi cativo em Mazcate" (p. 175); "creo tambem que elles lá ou nos quá nâo sabemps o que passa em Bacora porque se n aquella ilha creserem galees sem hirem do mar Roxo, como as que ali vierâo quando de caminho tomarâo Mascate nâo sey por onde viessem as outras" (p. 305); "pera o resgate dos portugueses que estam cativos no Cayro, e forom presos em Mazcate" (p. 382; cf. p. 485); etc. - Furthermore, there are reports on the Portuguese in Suez, Africa (including Angola, Mozambique, Guiné, Sofala, Morocco, Arguin, Cabo Verde, Congo, São Thomé, Ethiopia), Brazil (Bahia, Maranhão, Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco), the Azores, India (in nearly every volume, including Goa, Cochin, Damão, Malabar), and the Far East (Malacca and the Moluccas, with a few sections on Macau, China, and Japan scattered in vols. X-XIV). The work also provides a wealth of detail about the Inquisition and "cristãos novos" (both discussed in almost every volume), the Jesuits (vols. V-XV), the Council of Trent (vols. VI-X), Protestant activity (particularly in England), the Restauração, the Dutch in Brazil, the wars with the Turks on land and sea, and the activities of D. Sebastião and St. Charles Borromeu, the Order of Malta, and Cardinal Mazarin. Among the most notable texts are Ambassador Martinho's 1533 letter describing the forces defending Christianity in India and Africa, Bishop Lourenço Pires de Tavora's account of monasteries in India in 1561, and 25 letters written by P. Antonio Vieira from 1671 to 1675 (vol. XIV). - Marginal spotting in vol. XV, part 1; last 5 leaves remargined. Very discreet library markings on rear pastedown of each volume. Overall a very good set. Innocêncio IX, 95. OCLC 55783574.
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RECEP SENTÜRK.
Islâm dünyasinda modernlesme ve toplumbilim. (Türkiye ve Misir örnegi).
Fine English Paperback., Very good., 20 x 14 cm, 510 p. "Islâm dünyasinda modernlesme ve toplumbilim. (Türkiye ve Misir örnegi), RECEP SENTÜRK, Iz Yayincilik, Istanbul, 1996"
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Redding M. Wolcott
Antiquities Of The Orient Unveiled Containing A Concise Description Of The Ruins Of King Solomon's Cities Together With Those Of Forty Of The Most Ancient And Renowned Cities Of The East Including Babylon Nineveh Damascus And Shushan
New York: Redding & Co 1872 1873. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good . Color And B/W Illusytrations Throughout Plates And In Text. 421 Pp. 3 Pp Publisher's Catalog At Rear. Copyright 1872 This With 1873 Date On Title Page So Apparently A Second Prionting. Bound In 1924 By J. B. Shippam Hand Signed In Full Pebbled Leather Five Bands Spine Stamped Probably Once Gilt But Now Just Slightly Yellow Surreal Red And Black Marbled Endpapers. Map At Front And At Least One Plate Neatly Reinforced At Edge And Tipped In With Paper Mounts But Undamaged Otherwise. Pages With Original Red Publisher's Color. Contents Clean No Foxing Page Block Square A Few Blue Pencil Erasable Marks. Very Large Bookplate Of Edward T. Guynon Jr. With Photograph Of Their Living Room; In The 1890S Edward T. "E.T." Guymon President Of The Inter-State Land And Town Company Purchased A Section Of Land West Of The Beaver River Also Known As The North Canadian River. The Site Grew Very Rapidly After The Chicago Rock Island And Pacific Railway Rock Island Built A Line From Liberal Kansas To Texhoma Texas In 1901. Inscribed Christmas 1923; Later Bookplate Of "The Heathcotes". <br/> <br/> Redding & Co (1872) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 036261
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Redhouse, J[ames] W[illiam].
A Tentative Chronological Synopsis of the History of Arabia and its Neighbours From B.C. 500,000 (?) to A.D. 679. London, Trübner & Co., 1887.
8vo. 36 pp. Contemporary green cloth wrappers titled in gilt. A chronology of the Arab world spanning from Babylonian origin myth to the accession of Yezid, son of Caliph Mawiya I of Damascus in 679. Redhouse (1811-92) first sketched out his timeline while he was preparing a translation and commentary in the East India Office of a manuscript called the History of the Resuliyy Dynasty and the Kings of Yemen to the death of Melik Eshref II. He decided to publish his chronology separately in order to reach a wider audience, and so as to make it available to scholars who might find further use for it. Much of the early entries are by necessity semi-mythical, but Redhouse adds historical notes where possible, occasionally alongside his own personal commentary, such as in his entry for 12 BC wherein Hassan, son of Tubba' the Middle, king of Yemen, "uses the Macbeth strategem of boughs of trees to make the advance of his army against the place", or in 189 CE when he notes with some confusion, "The Saracens defeat the Romans; their first mention in history. (Who were they? Arabians have always been well known)", and at roughly 300 CE notes that "Lu'eyy b. Galib [...] ninth ancestor of Muhammed, wrests the principality of Mekka [...] out of the hands of the 'Ezdite tribe of Khuza'a. (It remains in the hands of his descendants to the present time, A.D. 1887)". - During his career Redhouse served the Ottoman government as interpreter to the Grand Vizier, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and sat on the Naval Council. He was additionally involved in attempts to negotiate treaties for Britain and the Ottomans with Persia. In his retirement his focus turned entirely academic. - A little light wear, binding somewhat delicate. OCLC 5590516.
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Reed Fred A
Shattered Images: The Rise of Militant Iconoclasm in Syria
Vancouver BC: Talonbooks 2003. Light rubbing bumping and shelfwear with slight roll to wraps. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight unmarked crisp. First. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Talonbooks paperback
Bookseller reference : 001263 ISBN : 0889224854 9780889224858
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Refik Ahmet
T�rk Tiyatrosu Tarihi: Yakin �aglarda. Ikinci cilt
Istanbul: Kanaat K�t�phanesi 1934. Second Edition. Softcover. Fair with no dust jacket. Second Edition. Book is in the Turkish language. Sound binding. Clean tanned pages. Wraps are tattered at spine with overall tanning handling wear. Illustrated with black and white photographic reproductions. ; Book about recent Turkish theater primarily the 1920s and early 1930s. Photographs of stage productions information on actors actresses others. ; 9.5" tall; 124 pages. Kanaat K�t�phanesi unknown
Bookseller reference : 3340068
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Reichard, Christian Gottlieb.
Persien nach seinem neuesten Zustande in das Oestliche und Westliche Reich eingeteilt. Weimar, Geographisches Institut, 1804.
Hand-coloured engraved map (740 x 555 mm). A fascinating 1804 map of Persia by Christian Gottlieb Reichard. It covers from the Black Sea south as far as the Gulf and east as far as Punjab in India, including the modern day nations of Iran, Iraq, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The map identifies numerous towns, villages, deserts, mountain ranges, river systems and a host of other topographical features. The map is color coded according to territories and boundaries. The map curiously divides the country, as the title suggests, into the Eastern and Western Empire, suggesting suspicious political evidence. Furthermore, the islands in the Gulf are also erroneously shown as independent territories, suggesting political aspirations of the time. The map represents Persia under the Qajar Dynasty. In 1794, Aga Muhammad Khan of the Qajar Dynasty overthrew Loft Ali Khan, the last Shah of the Zand Dynasty, and relocated the capital to the new city of Tehran. The subsequent era, the Qajar Dynasty, witnessed numerous military conflicts with the rising powers of Imperial Russia and the loss of much of Persia's territory. Al-Qasimi 218. Not in Tibbetts, Al Ankary.
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Reicke Bo and Leonhard Rost Editors.
Biblisch-Historisches Handwörterbuch: Landeskunde Geschichte Religion Kultur Literatur. Volumes I-III.
Göttingen Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1962-66. Three volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. xl 2256. Set in two columns and numbered accordingly. Colour frontispiece to each volume. Plus a number of halftone plates printed on different paper bound in. With numerous maps and illustrations to the text. Lacking the 2 decorative folding maps. Hardcover original wine red cloth spines gilt with dust-jackets. In a very fine condition institutional stamp to each volume. Excellent set bright and fresh. ~ First edition. Volume I: A-G; Volume II: H-O; Volume III: P-Z. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1962-66. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1085
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REINAUD (Joseph-Toussaint)
Mémoire sur le commencement et la fin du royaume de la Mésène et de la Kharacène et sur l'époque de la rédaction du périple de la Mer Erythrée, d'après les témoignages greccs, latins, arabes, persans, indiens et chinois
Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1861 in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., 104 pp., broché sous couverture d'attente de papier bleu.
Bookseller reference : 218996
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Reinaud, [Joseph Toussaint].
Description des monumens musulmans du cabinet de M. le duc de Blacas. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1828.
8vo. 2 vols. (4), XV, (1), 400 pp. (4), 488 pp. With 10 engr. plates (2 folding). Contemporary quarter calf over mottled boards on four raised bands. Gilt lettering and decoration to spines. Marbled endpapers and edges. First edition of J. T. Reinaud's (1795-1867) rare catalogue of the famous collection of Islamic Art amassed by the French statesman Blacas. Most copies have title changed to "Monumens arabes, persans et turcs". This copy is inscribed by Reinaud to the Duc de Luynes, another famous French antiquarian. - The French antiquarian and diplomat Pierre Louis Jean Casimir, prince de Blacas d'Aulps (1770-1839) acted as prime minister to Louis XVIII when he succeeded Napoleon in 1814 and later served as French ambassador to the Holy See. Remaining in Rome for many years, he provided Ingres with a commission and became a patron to the German classicist Theodor Panofka. He worked closely with Italian archaeologist Carlo Fea in the excavation of the Roman Forum, supported the orientalist Jean-François Champollion and created the "Musée Egyptien" within the Louvre. In 1866, his descendants sold most of his collection to the British Museum, where it remains to this day. - The plates show beautiful specimens of Arabic calligraphical art (including many seals). Some browning and staining throughout. From the library of the Ducs de Luynes from the Château of Dampierre with bookplate to pastedowns. Ibrahim-Hilmy II, 159. Gay 3592 bis (variant title). Brunet IV, 1198. Graesse VI, 72. Quérard VII, 513. OCLC 39974885. Not in Arntzen/Rainwater.
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Reinaud, [Joseph Toussaint].
Notice sur la Gazette Arabe de Beyrout, lue dans la séance générale de la Société Asiatique du 29 juin 1858. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1858.
8vo. 22 pp., final blank f. Contemporary unsophisticated wrappers. Rare offprint from the "Journal Asiatique", 1858, no. 10: Reinaud's account of the growing Arabic literary production among Syrian Christians, and the newly founded Lebanese periodical "Hadiqat al-Akhbar", Beirut's first bi-weekly newspaper. Numerous passages printed in Arabic, quoting from the works of Khalil-al-Khouri and others. - Some foxing throughout, small tear to corner of upper cover; old ownership (dated 1872). OCLC 223258574.
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