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BENOIST-MECHIN
Arabie carrefour des siècles
,Lausanne, La Guilde du Livre 1961, 139 pp., 1 vol. in 4 relié cartonnage éditeur illustré, nombreuses illustrations hors-texte.
Référence libraire : 16622
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BENOIST-MECHIN
Arabie, carrefour des siècles.
In-4, 138p. Edition originale numérotée. Avec de nombreuses photographies n/b et couleurs.
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BENOIST-MECHIN
Ibn Seoud ou la maissance d'un royaume. (Le loup et le l?opard) .
Broch?. 446 pages. Jaquette.
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BENOIST-MECHIN
Le Roi Saud ou l'Orient à l'heure des relèves
575 pagine; 20,3 cm. Brossura editoriale con sopracoperta. Piccole abrasioni alla sovraccoperta
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BENOIST-MECHIN
Un printemps arabe.
Broch?. 596 pages.
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BENOIST-MECHIN (Jacques)
Lawrence d'Arabie, ou le reve fracassé.
In-8, 276p. Illustré de 8 planches phot. h-texte et d'une carte dépliante. Bel exemplaire.
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BENOIST-MECHIN (Jacques)
Lawrence d'Arabie, ou le reve fracassé.
In-8, 276p. Réédition. Illustré de 8 planches photographiques hors texte et d'une carte dépliante. Exemplaire enrichi d'un envoi autographe signé de l'auteur en page de faux-titre
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BENOIST-MECHIN (Jacques)
Lawrence d'Arabie, ou le rêve fracassé.
Lausanne, Guilde du Livre, sans date. In-8°, 276p. Reliure pleine toile d'éditeur.
Référence libraire : 24391
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BENOIST-MECHIN, Jacques.
Le Loup et le Léopard. Mustapha Kemal ou La Mort d'un Empire.
Livre, édité(e) à Paris par les Editions Albin Michel en 1954, imprimé(e) en Français. En 1 Vol. au format Grand In-12 (19/20 cm) de 438 pp. Demi-Reliure Cuir à Coins, Plats parés de papier aspect Jaspé. Dos à Nerfs orné de Motifs et Titre(s) Doré(s), Couverture Conservée.
Référence libraire : LDRC1840
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BENOIST-MECHIN.
Lawrence dArabie ou le Rêve fracasse.
Lausanne, Guilde du Livre, 1961. in-8, 278 p., portr., ill. h.t. n., carte, notes, bibliogr., rel. cart. décor. éd.
Référence libraire : 42823
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BENOIST-MECHIN.
Lawrence d’Arabie ou le Rêve fracasse.
in-8, 278 p., portr., ill. h.t. n., carte, notes, bibliogr., rel. cart. décor. éd. Legeres rousseurs sinon bel exemplaire. [RE-1][ENS]
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BENOIST-MECHIN.
Le roi Saud ou L'Orient à l'heure des relèves.
Paris Albin Michel 1960 1 vol. broché in-8, broché, 575 pp. (sans jaquette), cartes. Bon exemplaire.
Référence libraire : 108469
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BENOIST-MECHIN.
Le roi Saud ou L'Orient à l'heure des relèves.
Paris Albin Michel 1960 1 vol. broché in-8, broché, 575 pp. (sans jaquette), cartes. Bon exemplaire.
Référence libraire : 108469
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Benoist-Méchin.
Un Printemps Arabe.
Un fort volume de format in 8° de 598 pp.; reliure de l'éditeur en pleine toile vert pomme; titre en blanc; photo contrecollée sur le premier plat. Une carte double-page du Moyen-Orient. Etat de neuf. Voir les photos.
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Bensch Donald E. & C. George Fry eds
The Middle East in Transition: Twelve Essays
Columbus OH 1970. A Anthology of Lectures Delivered Under the Auspices of the Department of History Capital University January 1970. Includes "The Eastern Orthodox Church" by Mateja Matejic; "Islam and Social Change in Iran" by John Elder; "Islam and Social Change in Turkey" by C. George Fry; "Contemporary Turkish Politics" by Sydney Nettleton Fisher. xv 148 pages. 8vo. Wrappers. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. Columbus OH, (1970) unknown
Référence libraire : 5967
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Bentwich Norman.
A Wanderer in the Promised Land.
London Soncino 1932. 8vo. Pp. x 263. With full-page map. Footnotes bibliography chronological table index. Hardcover original light blue cloth spine gilt. In a very good condition. Cloth somewhat thumbed along edges and spine. Internally a fine copy. ~ First edition. Bentwich's work is of the nature of historical geography touching upon the evolution of the Jewish people at various periods. Dealing with the country in its historical aspects he dedicates one part of the book to Jerusalem and one to describe parts of Palestine. The third part is concerned with the surrounding lands in their relation with Palestine and the Bible. London, Soncino, 1932. hardcover
Référence libraire : 0882
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Benvenisti Meron
City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem
Berkely: University of California Press 1996 Jerusalem is more than a holy city built of stone. Domain of Muslims Jews and Christians Jerusalem is a perpetual contest and its shrines housing projects and bulldozers compete in a scramble for possession. Now one of Jerusalem's most respected authorities presents a history of the city that does not fall prey to any one version of its past. Meron Benvenisti begins with a reflection on the 1996 celebration of Jerusalem's 3000-year anniversary as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel. He then juxtaposes eras dynasties and rulers in ways that provide grand comparative insights. But unlike recent politically motivated histories written to justify the claims of Jews and Arabs now living in Jerusalem Benvenisti has no such agenda. His history is a polyphonic story that lacks victors as well as vanquished. He describes the triumphs and defeats of all the city's residents from those who walk its streets today to the meddlesome ghosts who linger in its shadows. Benvenisti focuses primarily on the twentieth century but ancient hatreds are constantly discovered just below the surface. These hostilities have created intense social cultural and political interactions that Benvenisti weaves into a compelling human story. For him any claim to the city means recognizing its historical diversity and multiple populations. A native son of Jerusalem Benvenisti knows the city well and his integrated history makes clear that all of Jerusalem's citizens have enriched the Holy City in the past. It is his belief that they can also do so in the future. 274p. illus.index. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. New/New. University of California Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 32206 ISBN : 0520205219 9780520205215
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Benzelius, Erik & Celsius, Olof.
Catalogus centuriae librorum rarissimorum manuscript. & partim impressorum, Arabicorum, Persicorum, Turcicorum, Graecorum, Latinorum, &c. Uppsala, Sparvenfeld, 1706.
Small 4to. (6), 74 pp. With a woodcut garland of fruits, leaves and nuts on the title-page, 1 woodcut headpiece and 1 woodcut decorated initial. Set in roman, italic, Arabic and Greek type. Later paper wrapper. Catalogue of the collection of 126 Persian, Arabian, Turkish, Greek, Latin and other books and manuscripts donated to the Library of the University of Uppsala by the diplomat Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld (1655-1727). It was compiled by the Swedish scholars Eric Benzelius the younger (1670-1756) and Olaus Celsius the elder (1675-1743). The main series of manuscripts, described in great detail, includes 41 in Arabic, Persian and Turkish, 8 in Greek (one dating back to the eighth century) and 12 in Latin and modern European languages. These are followed by 42 printed books including 2 in Chinese, several in Arabic, the 1581 Ostrog Bible and several other exotic languages, including Irish (set in Anglo-Saxon type). A few more manuscripts (mostly Arabic) are added at the end, plus an unnumbered geographic manuscript in Chinese (3 volumes). This is the earliest catalogue of the Uppsala University Library's collections. The Arabic, Persian and Turkish titles are set in a large Arabic type cut for the physician and orientalist Peter Kirsten by the Swedish punchcutter Peter von Selow (who served his apprenticeship under Tycho Brahe) and first used at Breslau in 1608. Werner, printer to the university at Uppsala since 1701, seems to have been the first Swedish printer to use types by Nicolaus Kis, two of his italics and one roman appearing in the present book, though not the roman used for the main text. After finishing his studies at Uppsala, Sparwenfeld travelled throughout Europe and accompanied the Swedish ambassador to Moscow, where he took an interest in Slavonic languages. On his travels he collected many precious books and manuscripts. In 1687 he returned to Stockholm, where he carried out a study of manuscripts from the ancient Goths. He travelled to Holland, France and Spain, dealing with the Blaeu printing office and mediating in the production of Georgian type cut by Nicolaus Kis for the exiled King of Georgia. In 1691 he travelled to Egypt, Syria and Tunis. Though a Protestant, he presented the manuscript of his Slavonic lexicon to Pope Innocent XII, who granted him access to the Vatican library, a rare honour for a Protestant. He returned to Sweden in 1694. He continued to correspond with scholars throughout Europe even after he retired to his estate 1712. He wrote and spoke 14 languages. - In very good condition, with only occasional very slight foxing, wholly untrimmed, preserving the deckles and point holes and with the bolts unopened. A remarkable catalogue of an extraordinary library, especially rich in Arabic manuscripts. Almqvist, Sveriges bibliogr. litteratur 2838. Smitskamp 113 (note).
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Bercovici Konrad
THE INCREDIBLE BALKANS
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1932. HC. good faded red cloth hardcover part of dustjacket laid in. The Balkans have been the bloody ground for centuries of the long struggle between the Turks and the Christian nations. 265pp. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown
Référence libraire : BOOKS060157I
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BERGE (Marc)
Epitre sur les Sciences d'Abu Hayyan At-Tawhidi. Extrait du Bulletin d'Etudes Orientales de l'Institut Français de Damas, tome XVIII, 1963-1964.
circa. 1964. In-4 br., [pp.242-301], 4 pl. de reprod. photogr. en noir.
Référence libraire : 595504
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BERGE (Marc)
Une anthologie sur l'amitié d'Abu Hayyan At-Tawhidi. Extrait du Bulletin d'Etudes Orientales de l'Institut Français de Damas, tome XVI, 1958-1960.
circa. 1960. In-4 br., [pp.16-59], 2 pl. de reprod. photogr. en noir.
Référence libraire : 595502
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Bergen Peter L
Holy War Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden
New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster 2002. Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Updated version with new chapters. Bright and clean wrappers slight wear to extremities soundly bound and square. A couple of pages dog-eared and a few words underlined otherwise clean no other markings lightly toned pages. 303 pages with Notes and Index. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Touchstone/Simon & Schuster New York 2002. Touchstone/Simon & Schuster paperback
Référence libraire : 022049 ISBN : 0743234952 9780743234955
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BERGER DR. ELMER
.who Knows Better Must Say So!
The Bookmailer New York: 1955. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. The Bookmailer, New York: 1955 hardcover
Référence libraire : 50814X1
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BERGER DR. ELMER
.who Knows Better Must Say So!
American Council For Judaism New York: 1955. Softcover. Good condition considering its age. American Council For Judaism, New York: 1955 paperback
Référence libraire : 50828X1
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Berger Elmer
Letters and Non Letters the White House Zionism and Israel
Beirut: The Institute for Palestine Studies 1972. Book. Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Institute for Palestine Studies Paperback
Référence libraire : 047011
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Berger Michael.
Agrarkredit in Pakistan. Struktur der Kreditversorgung punjabischer Landbewirtschafter.
Aachen Germany: Edition Herodot / Rader Verlag 1987. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 539 pages. Soft cover bound in red wrappers. Light wear. Text is sound and clean; text in German. Sozialokonomische Schriften zur Rualen Entwicklung / Social Studies on Rural Development #69. <br/> <br/> Edition Herodot / Rader Verlag paperback
Référence libraire : 020910 ISBN : 3922868878 9783922868873
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Berger Morroe
The Arab World Today
Garden City NY: Doubleday 1962. Map. 480 pages. 8vo. Hardcover. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1962 hardcover
Référence libraire : 2612
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Berggren, Guillaume (and others).
Constantinople et Athènes. Istanbul and Athens, [1880s].
Oblong album (370 x 284 mm) with 47 large albumen photographic prints, generally ca. 20 x 26 to ca. 22 x 28 cm, mostly signed and captioned in the negative (in French), mounted on both sides of the album's leaves. Original half calf binding with burgundy cloth covers, title gilt to upper cover. All edges gilt. A rare souvenir album containing 40 photographs of Istanbul and 7 of Athens. The Turkish images are almost exclusively signed by the renowned studio of Guillaume Berggren (1835-1920), the Swedish-born photographer who had come to Constantinople in 1866 and remained there for the rest of his life. Berggren's photographs were particularly popular with Scandinavian, German and Austrian tourists seeking souvenirs of their Middle-Eastern journey. The present album includes landscapes and city views, famous sights such as the Galata Tower and Bridge, the Yeni Cami Mosque, the Hagia Sophia with its interiors, a "shadirvan" fountain for ritual ablutions in front of the Hagia Sophia, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Rüstem Pasha Mosque, Skutari Cemetery, views of the Golden Horn, street scenes, dervishes, the Bosporus, the French embassy in Tarabya, the city port, the steps leading up the Grand Street of Pera (where Berggren's studio was located), etc. The Greek views include Mount Lycabettus, a two-image panorama of the Acropolis, the Olympieion and the so-called Theseion (Temple of Hephaestus). - A few photographs show insignificant loss of contrast, but they are altogether in good condition, mostly preserving their original crispness. A few images captioned in pencil on the backboard. Corners of binding bumped; leather chafed and spine-ends more markedly flawed. A fine collection.
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Bergman, Franz Xaver, sculptor (1861-1936).
Bronze statue of an Arabic Qur'an scribe. [Vienna, ca 1930].
Coloured two-part bronze, cold painted. Ca. 205 x 117 x 105 mm. A scribe in oriental costume, seated on a carpet with a large removable Qur'an on a bookrest. - Recognised for his great attention to detail and use of wonderfully vibrant colours, works from Bergman’s foundry are highly prized today by collectors worldwide. F. X. Bergman was the son of a Bohemian metalwork chaser and finisher who had moved to Vienna in 1860, there founding a small bronze factory. At the turn of the century, his son Franz Xaver inherited the company and opened a new foundry, basing many of his early bronzes on designs from his father’s workshop and producing an eclectic mix of oriental, erotic and animal figure bronzes. Bergman used a cold painted technique, whereby cast bronzes were decorated in several layers of polychrome ‘dust paint.’ These layers were not fired to fix them to the bronzes, hence they are ‘cold painted’. - Very slightly rubbed. An appealing work, likely from the artist's late phase.
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Berlioux, Etienne Félix.
The Slave-Trade in Africa in 1872. Principally carried on for the supply of Turkey, Egypt, Persia, and Zanzibar. London, (R. Barrett & Sons for) Edward Marsh, 1872.
Small 8vo. VIII, 64 pp. Later blue cloth with giltstamped spine title. Abridged English version of the author's more extensive treatise "La Traite Orientale: histoire des chasses à la homme, organisées en Afrique depuis 15 ans pour les marchés de l'Orient", aimed at exposing the African slave trade to the Anglo-Saxon world. "The author distinguishes three principal areas of man-hunting: the first is the from the Sudan and the Valley of the Nile to Morocco; the second, the Valley of the Nile itself; the third, the eastern coasts of Africa. Sales concentrate on three markets: the Mediterranean borders of Egypt; the island of Zanzibar; and finally, Arabia" (cf. Gay). E. F. Berlioux (1828-1910) was Professor of History at the Lyceum of Lyon. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 65. OCLC 5664313. Cf. Gay 153. Not in Wilson.
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BERNAGE (Louis-Basile de)
Ordonnance portant règlement pour la fabrique des draps Mahoux seconds, Nims, & Londres ordinaires façon d'Angleterre, destinés pour les Echelles du Levant
Montpellier, Imprimerie d'Augustin F. Rochard, 1741 placard in-folio (55 x 38 cm), texte sur deux colonnes, en feuille, une petite déchirure latérale.
Référence libraire : 204626
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BERNARD (Marius)
Autour de la Méditerranée. Les côtes orientales. Terre Sainte et Egypte (De Jérusalem à Tripoli).
Paris, Henri Laurens éd., [1900]. In-4, rel. de l'ép. pleine-toile taupe, dos lisse, pièce de titre brune, titre doré, XVI-360 pp., carte de l'itinéraire du voyage au front., portrait de l'auteur, 120 ill. gravées sur bois in-t. (de H. Avelot et Le Pan de Ligny), index alphabétique, table des gravures. Rare.
Référence libraire : 594993
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BERNARD FRIZE.
Togetherless.= Birliktesiz. [Exhibition catalogue]. Translated into English by Çiçek Öztek. Photos by Isil Kaya.
New English Original bdg. HC. Folio. (34 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 70 p., ills. Togetherless.= Birliktesiz. Translated into English by Çiçek Öztek. Photos by Isil Kaya. 1000 copies were printed.
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Bernard Lewis.
History: Remembered Recovered Invented.
Princeton NJ Princeton University Press 1976. Paperback First Edition Thus 1976; First Printing so stated. First Edition Thus 1976; First Printing so stated. Very Good to Near Fine in Wraps: a crease near the lower front corner and mild rubbing to the panels; just a hint of wear to the extremities; the binding leans very slightly but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining hi-lighting notations or marginalia. Free of any ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps plates or labels. A handsome close-to-like-new copy structurally sound and tightly bound showing very mild wear and minor cosmetic flaws. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 8 x 5.15 x 0.5 inches. vii 111 pages. Language: English. Weight: 5.6 ounces. Trade Paperback. Princeton University Press, paperback
Référence libraire : 52716 ISBN : 0691002118 9780691002118
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Bernard Lewis
The Arabs In History -
Harper Publishing - 1958. PB/pub.1958/Gd.condition/191 pages - The Arabs in history is discussed in this text. HT138404. Soft Cover. Good. Harper Publishing - Paperback
Référence libraire : 38404
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BERNARD LEWIS.
Hasisiler. Translated by Ali Aktan.
Fine English Paperback. Roy. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [xv], 151 p. Hasisiler. Translated by Ali Aktan.
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Bernard Mandelbaum
Assignment In Israel -
Harper Publishing - 1960. Hardcover/Gd. condition/241 pages - Discusses spiritual bridges. K669HT7. Hard Cover. Good. Harper Publishing - Hardcover
Référence libraire : K669
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Berners, Juliana.
The Boke of Saint Albans [...] Containing Treatises on Hawking, Hunting, and Cote Armour [...]. London, Elliot Stock, 1881.
4to. 32 pp., 1 blank leaf, (54) ff., 1 blank leaf, (34) ff. Contemporary full vellum with blindstamped covers, giltstamped spine and spine-title. First and only edition. An "excellent facsimile publication" (cf. Souhart) of the famous Book of St Albans, the last of eight books printed in England by the St Albans Press in 1486, containing three essays on hawking, hunting, and heraldry. Prefaced to this is an introduction by the English printer and bibliographer William Blades (1824-90) discussing the authorship and printing of the work, which saw numerous editions between 1486 and 1810. The arms illustrating the treatise on heraldry are reproduced in black and white. - Only three perfect copies of the 1486 first edition of the Book of St Albans are known to exist. The original edition credits the book, or at least the part on hunting, to Juliana Berners, who is believed to have been the prioress of Sopwell Priory near Saint Albans, an attribution at the end of the work reading: "Explicit Dam Julyans Barnes in her boke of huntyng". The Book of St Albans is, however, not an original composition, but a compilation from earlier manuscripts. The hawking treatise is considered to be adapted from the "Booke of Hawkyng after Prince Edwarde Kyng of Englande", a manuscript of the reign of Edward IV of England (BL Harley Collection 2340). It is not intended as a full practical treatise on falconry, but introduces technical terms and describes feeding and illnesses. The essay on hunting, in particular, is attributed to Dame Juliana Berners. It is in fact a metrical form of much older matter, going back to a manuscript from the reign of King Edward II, and written in French: "Le Art de Venerie" by the huntsman Guillaume Twici. - Small portion of spine chipped. Occasional foxing to interior. Provenance: handwritten ownerships of the English cleric and author Morgan George Watkins (1835-1911, dated Barnoldby le Beck, 1881), of Humphrey B. Watkins (gift from Watkins, dated April 1906), and of Charles Henry Stanley Garton (b. 1920, dated Kingswood, Medmenham, Bucks., 12 Sept. 1942) to flyleaf. Loosely inserted: a clipping from the "Athenaeum" (11 Sept. 1880); a publisher's advertisement for a facsimile edition of the fishing treatise added to the Book in 1496; and a five-page typescript catalogue of a private collection of falconry literature. Two newspaper clippings on the Book of St Albans are mounted to pastedown. - A good copy of this celebrated facsimile edition of what is considered "the earliest English printed book" (Harting). Huth 379. Souhart 48ff. Schwerdt I, 63. Harting 1. OCLC 841882817.
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Bernstein Henry;Crow Ben;Johnson Hazel
Rural Livelihoods: Crises and Responses
Cary North Carolina U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Pr 1992. PB/Gd. condition/324 pages - Discusses crises and responses of the third world to secure their livelihoods. K1868HI1. Soft Cover. Good. Oxford Univ Pr Paperback
Référence libraire : K1868 ISBN : 0198773358 9780198773351
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Bernstein, Georg Heinrich (ed.).
De initiis et originibus religionum in oriente dispersarum quae differunt a religione christiana liber. E codice manu scripto arabico bibliothecae universitatis litterarum regiae Gottingensis. Berlin, Maurer, 1817.
4to. VIII, 71, 57 pp. Giltstamped red boards. First edition of this treatise on the origins of the non-Christian religions of the Orient, written by Notaras Chrysantis (c. 1670-1735) and here edited in the original Arabic text with Latin translation and critical apparatus after a ms. in the Göttingen University Library. G. H. Bernstein (1787-1860) taught oriental languages at the universities of Berlin and Breslau. He is chiefly famous for his preliminary studies for the "Thesaurus Syriacus", a dictionary of Syriac produced after his death by Robert Payne Smith. - Contemporary autograph ownership and review note of the Marburg oriental scholar Johann Melchior Hartmann (1764-1827), among whose work is a "Commentatio de geographia Africae Edrisiana", published in 1792. Later stamp of the Basel chemist Dr. Remy Cantieni (1940s). Last in the Ottoman collection of the Swiss industrialist Herry W. Schaefer. - Rare. ADB II, 485.
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BERQUE Jacques
L'Egypte Impérialisme et révolution.
,Paris, Gallimard Bibliothèque des sciences humaines 1967, 746 pp., 1 vol. in 8 br. couverture à rabats, 28 illustrations en noir hors-texte. Etude anthropologique de la période qui va de la mainmise britannique à la prise du pouvoir par Nasser.
Référence libraire : 15176
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Berque, Jacques
Gli Arabi Ieri e Domani
Mm 155x215 Collana "La Cultura". Volume rilegato di pp. 325, sovraccoperta editoriale con piccoli strappi, traduzione di Renato Traini. In buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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Berquen, Robert de.
Les merveilles des Indes orientales ou nouveau traitté des pierres precieuses & perles, contenant leur vraye nature, dureté, couleurs & vertus: chacune placée selon son ordre & degré, suivant la cognoissance des marchands orfévres, le tiltre de l'or & de l'argent, avec augmentation à plusieurs chapitres, les raisons contre les chercheurs de la pierre philosophale & souffleurs d'alquemie, et de deux autres chapitres du prix des diamans, & des perles. Paris, C. Lambin, (1668-)1669.
4to. (8), 152 pp. With engr. portrait frontispiece of Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans and numerous pretty woodcut initials and tailpieces. Contemporary richly gilt calf, gilt dentelle central cover decoration showing the Sacred Heart of Jesus, gilt spine on five raised bands (upper spine-end and corners repaired). Marbled pastedowns. Second, enlarged edition of this rare work on precious stones and pearls found in the East and West Indies, written by a Parisian "marchand orphèvre" in Paris and first published in 1661. Both editions are dedicated to "La Grande Mademoiselle" Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier and niece of Louis XIII, with her finely engraved portrait, which is here more delicately executed (by Nicolas de Larmessin, in 1664). The large chapter devoted to pearls and pearl fishing cites the Gulf and several specific places there as among the main locations of pearl fishing: "on pesche les perles en divers endroits du monde. Dans le Golfe Persique, principalement aux environs de l'Isle d'Ormus & Bassora: aupres de Baroyn [i.e., Bahrain], Catiffa, Iuffa, Camaron, & autres lieux de ce Golfe [...]" (p. 68). This chapter is here "augmented with an appendix which recounts the history of the Spanish conquest in the New World and additionally gives remarks on pearl fisheries, natural history, and production [...] New chapters comprise Ch. 17, on the pricing of diamonds according to size and quality, and Ch. 18 on pricing of pearls. In tems of substance, this edition [the second one, here offered] is considerably superior to the first; both are rare" (Sinkankas p. 97f.). It is these new, additional chapters in particular for which this second edition is sought after: "Du prix des Diamans" and "Du prix des Perles", as well as one entitled "Raisons contre les chercheurs de la Pierre Philosophale & souffleurs d'Alquemie. Et ne sera pas mal à propos de parler de Nicolas Flamel sur ce sujet". - Lower spine-end and corners somewhat bumped, otherwise fine. A good copy in an appealingly decorated contemporary French binding. Sinkankas 593. Duveen 71. Sabin 4957. Brunet VI, 4780. Graesse I, 348.
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Berquen, Robert de.
Les merveilles des Indes orientales ou nouveau traitté des pierres precieuses & perles, contenant leur vraye nature, dureté, couleurs & vertus: chacune placée selon son ordre & degré, suivant la cognoissance des marchands orfévres. Auquel est adjouté une petite table fort exacte, pour connoitre en un instant à quel tiltre les marchands orphevres de Paris, & les autres dans toutes les principalles villes presque de toute l'Europe, travaillent l'or & l'argent. Paris, C. Lambin, 1661.
4to. (12), 112 pp. With engraved portrait frontispiece of Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans and numerous pretty woodcut initials and tailpieces. Contemporary richly gilt calf, leading edges and spine gilt (tiny defect to upper spine-end and hinge). Marbled pastedowns. First edition of this rare work on precious stones and pearls found in the East and West Indies, written by a Parisian "marchand orphèvre". Dedicated to "La Grande Mademoiselle" Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier and niece of Louis XIII, with her finely engraved portrait by L. Boissevin (which, according to Graesse, is frequently lacking). This "very early, and important treatise on gemstones, gold & silver" (Sinkankas) includes a chapter dedicated exclusively to pearls, a subject with which the author was especially familiar (cf. ibid.), and the Gulf is stated as one of the main locations of pearl fishing: "on pesche les perles en divers endroits du monde. Dans le Golfe Persique, principalement aux environs de l'Isle d'Ormus & Bassora: aupres de Baroyn [i.e., Bahrain], Catiffa, Iuffa, Camaron, & autres lieux de ce Golfe [...]" (p. 74). "The first chapter attempts to reconcile differing views of various writers, as cited by Berquen, on the origin of gemstones and precious metals, with following chapters taking up the principal gemstones, and some minor ones, as diamond, sapphire, topaz, ruby, spinel, emerald, amethyst, aquamarine, hyacinth, opal, chrysolite, iris, vermeille, garnets, carnelian, turquoise, quartz varieties, pearl, coral and amber, and lastly, a chapter on gold and silver [...] Both [the first and the second edition] are rare" (Sinkankas, p. 97f.). - Insignificant waterstain and occasional slight worming, mainly confined to upper margin. A good copy in an elaborately decorated contemporary French binding. Sinkankas 592. Sabin 4957. Brunet VI, 4780. Graesse I, 348. Ferguson II, 295 (note). Cf. Duveen 71 (1669 second ed.).
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Berreby, Jean-Jacques.
Le Golfe Persique. Mer de Légende - Réservoir de Pétrole. Paris, Payot, 1959.
8vo. 228 pp. With 4 maps and 11 photo illustrations on plates. Original printed wrappers. Deals with numerous aspects of the Gulf States such as history, economy and social studies, especially in the context of the area's rapid economic development through oil exploration. Provides a good overview of the Gulf states' geopolitical role up to the late 1950s. - Untrimmed copy.
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Bertherand, E[mile]-L[ouis].
Médecine et hygiène des Arabes. Études sur l'exercice de la médecine et de la chirurgie chez les musulmans de l'Algérie, leurs connaissances en anatomie, histoire naturelle, pharmacie, médicine légale etc. leurs conditions climatériques générales, leurs pratiques hygiéniques publiques et privées, leurs maladies, leurs traitements les plus usités, précédées de Considérations sur l'état général de la Médicine chez les principales nations Mahométans. Paris, London, Madrid, New York, Germer Baillière, 1855.
8vo. 574, (2) pp. Contemporary full red leather binding, finely stamped and gilt with rules and the supralibros of the Husainids of Tunis to both covers. All edges gilt. First edition of this widely received study of medical and sanitary standards in the Arabic countries. The principal work of Bertherand (1821-90), a French physician and medical-legal expert active in Algeria, written in the context of a discussion over assimilation within the French colonial empire. In contrast to Montesquieu's traditional theory, which explained cultural differences with the climatic zones of their origin, Bertherand attributed them to moral conditions which, in the case of contemporary medicine in the Muslim countries, he associated directly with Islam. His suggestions for colonial politics are informed by the racist and eugenic theories of his age (cf. Ellen Amster [2014], Medicine and the Saints: Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, p. 59ff.). - Light browning and occasional foxing as common. A splendidly bound copy from the library of Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn (1811-1859), the Bey of Tunis. The Husainid dynasty ruled the Beylik of Tunis from 1705 until 1957. OCLC 7369595. Gay 739; Playfair 1806 (both erroneously citing an edition Lille, 1854). Not in Tailliart.
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Bertrand, Henri-Gatien.
Guerre d'Orient. Campagnes d'Egypte et de Syrie 1798-1799. Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de Napoléon [...]. Paris, au Comptoir des Imprimeurs-unis, 1847.
Large 8vo and folio (290 x 442 mm). 3 volumes. (4), LV, 406, (2) pp. (4), 355, (1) pp. Vol. 3 (atlas): title-page, index, and 18 double-sided engraved maps (ca. 45 x 31,5 cm neatline). Contemporary half calf with gilt title to spine and giltstamped morocco label to upper cover of the atlas, identifying the volumes as a gift from Bertrand's son. Original wrappers bound within. Marbled endpapers. First and only edition of Napoleon's memoirs of his French campaign in Egypt and Syria as dictated to his general and grand maréchal du palais, Henri-Gatien Bertrand (1773-1844), during his exile in St. Helena (1815-21). Bertrand was the only one of Napoleon's loyal companions in exile to have participated in the Egyptian campaign, which explains his choice of subject. - The two volumes of text present an ample, if subjective account of the famous military campaigns, enriched with transcripts of numerous official documents and letters relating to the events described. The beautiful atlas, engraved by Alexandre Moisy (1763-1827), presents 18 partly hand-coloured maps that are mostly in direct connection with the campaign. Including a general map of the south-eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea, a map of the Mediterranean with the movements of the French and British fleets, a map of Egypt, a map of Syria and the Middle East, maps of the invasion of Malta, the Battle of the Nile, the Battle of the Pyramids, the Siege of Acre (with an engraved veduta of the city), the Battle of Mount Tabor, and the Battle of Aboukir. Four maps of parts of Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands represent additional theatres of the War of the Second Coalition in 1799. - Bertrand's "Guerre d'Orient" was published 26 years after Napoleon's death in exile and three years after Bertrand's own passing, on the initiative of his son, general Henri-Alexandre-Arthur Bertrand, who gifted the copy at hand to its first owner, as indicated by the morocco cover label on the atlas. - Lower right corner of the atlas slightly bumped, occasional minor foxing and browning in all volumes. Atlas with several minor tears (not affecting the maps) and occasional marks and scribbles in ink, ballpoint, and crayon.
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Bethge, Hans
Omar Khayam - Nachdichtungen.
Berlin, Propyläen Verlag, 1921. Quer-8°. 145 S. Orig. grüner Maroquin (leicht berieben). + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +
Référence libraire : 1728BB
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Bethge, Hans:
Omar Khayam - Nachdichtungen.
Berlin, Propyläen Verlag, 1921. Quer-8°. 145 S. Orig. grüner Maroquin (leicht berieben).
Référence libraire : 1728BB
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BETZ Otto and RIESNER Rainer.
Jesus Qumran and the Vatican.
London: SCM. 1994. "Reliable account of the present state of research on the Scrolls and their significance and implications for Christianity". Pp 196. Some sketch maps. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG. . London: SCM. 1994. unknown
Référence libraire : 16174
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