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Galland, [Julien Claude].
Recueil des rits et cérémonies du pelerinage de la Mecque, auquel on a joint divers ecrits relatifs à la religion, aux sciences & aux moeurs des Turcs. Amsterdam & Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1754.
8vo. IV, 215, (1) pp. (Bound with:) Fénelon, [Gabriel Jacques] de Salignac de la Mothe. Directions pour la conscience d'un Roi, composées pour l'instruction de Louis de France. La Haye, Jean Neaulme, 1748. XII, 107, (1) pp. T. p. in red and black. Contemp. French full calf, spine gilt with floral designs in 5 compartments and giltstamped label. Marbled endpapers. All edges red. Only edition. "Galland's account of the rituals surrounding the pilgrimage to Mekkah includes enlightening description of many of the important shrines and sites within the city. Extensive footnotes describe the history and physical appearance of such features as the Kaaba, the Black Stone, and Mount Ararat, as well as explaining relevant Arabic terms and the importance of certain religious figures in the Islamic tradition" (Atabey cat.). "Galland, 'dragoman' or interpreter in the Levant, nephew of the celebrated orientalist Antoine Galland, translated many works into French, the present work being a collected edition of five Arabic and Turkish pieces" (Blackmer). Also contains a discussion of Ottoman science (the "Traduction d'une dissertation sur les sciences des Turcs, et sur l'ordre qu'ils gardent dans le cours de leurs études" by Zaini Efendi, pp. 85-98) and an extensive essay on the Greek island of Chios, ruled by Genoa from 1436 to 1566, when the Ottomans conquered the island (pp. 99-172), as well as an account of the Sultana Esma with Yakub Pasha, governor of Silistria. - Bound at the end is a later edition of Fénelon's well-known Mirror for Magistrates, written for the Dauphin, whose instructor Fénelon was (with contemporary note indexing this second work written on reverse of front flyleaf). - Slight browning throughout; lower half of title page remargined with a lithographed facsimile, extremeties repaired. Altogether an attractive copy; the Atabey copy (in a contemporary morocco binding for the provost of Paris) fetched £10,158 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium). Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 996. Atabey 470. Aboussouan 369. Blackmer 643. Gay 3639. Van Hulthem I, 2509. Grenoble 5218. Nyon 21020. OCLC 13232933.
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Galland, Antoine (ed.).
Les paroles remarquables, les bons mots et les maximes des Orientaux. Traduction de leurs ouvrages en Arabe, en Persan & en Turc, avec des remarques. Paris, Simon Benard & Michel Brunet, 1694.
8vo (98 x 160 mm). (18), 356, (28) pp. - (Bound after) II: Theophrastus / La Bruyère, Jean de (transl.). Les caracteres de Theophraste traduits du grec: avec les caracteres ou les moeurs de ce siecle. Sixième edition. Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1691. (32), 587, (5) pp. 18th century full calf with gilt supralibros of Louis-Robert-Hippolyte Bréhant de Plélo on both covers. Spine on five raised bands; compartments show gilt armorial crest. Marbled endpapers. Leading edges gilt. All edges red. Original edition of the first book published by the French orientalist Antoine Galland (1646-1715), soon to be famous for his influential translation of Alf Layla wa-Layla. "Galland, professor of Arabic at the Collège de France since 1709, had made three journeys to Turkey, the Levant and Palestine, and approached the Orient without prejudice and with an open mind. Following the example of Plutarch's Apophthegmata and the anecdote collections of Valerius Maximus, he set about collecting from Arabic, Persian, and Turkish works, such as the chronicles of Makin, of Bar Hebraeus, of Mirchond, from the Matla' us-sa'dain of Abdarrazzaq, from the Tag ut-tavarikh of Hodsha Effendi, from Sa'adi's Gulistan, from Latifi and other sources, remarkable sayings to show his readers that the orientals did not rank behind the West for wit, powers of observation, and pithiness of expression. To these he appended maxims taken from the collections of sayings published by Erpenius and Golius" (cf. Fück). Although a reissue appeared at Den Haag the same year, the work is very rare; Fück reports that he knows it only from the reprinted text in the supplement to d'Herbelot's Bibliothèque orientale (1780). - Bound first is the sixth edition of La Bruyère's Theophrastus translation, containing 77 new characters, including Le distrait, Onuphre, the portraits of La Fontaine, Jean de Santeul, and others. - Provenance: from the library of the French diplomat and military officer Louis-Robert-Hippolyte Brehant de Plélo (1699-1734), bound for him with his arms stamped in gilt to both covers (OHR, 1715, fer no. 1). Brehant de Plélo married Louise-Françoise Phélipeaux de la Vrilliere, daughter of a secretary of state of Louis XV. He fell during the siege of Danzig on 27 May 1734. Latterly in the collection of the French industrialist and patron Pierre Bergé (1930-2017); acquired from the sale of his estate. I: Chauvin I, 81A. Tchemerzine-Scheler III, 802. Brunet III, 720. Fück 101. OCLC 14147406. - II: OCLC 32361379.
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Galland, Julien Claude.
Sammlung von den Gebräuchen und Ceremonien der Wallfarth nach Mecca nebst verschiedenen Schriften welche die Religion die Wissenschaften und die Sitten der Türken betreffen. Nuremberg, George Peter Monath, 1757.
8vo. (16), 191, (1) pp. Contemporary black marbled wrappers. Rare first German edition of Galland's "Recueil des rits et cérémonies du pelerinage de la Mecque" (1754). Galland's account of the rituals surrounding the pilgrimage to Mekkah includes enlightening description of many of the important shrines and sites within the city. Extensive footnotes describe the history and physical appearance of such features as the Kaaba, the Black Stone, and Mount Ararat, as well as explaining relevant Arabic terms and the importance of certain religious figures in the Islamic tradition. The work also contains an extensive essay on the island of Chios, as well as a discussion of Ottoman science. "This very interesting work contains five separate essays. The first three are translations from Arabic and Turkish authorities; the last two are eye-witness accounts - one a long description of Chios and the other a description of the marriage of Sultana Esma with Yakub Pasha, governor of Silistria" (Navari). - Some occasional browning and foxing. Extremeties rubbed and bumped; untrimmed and uncut as issued. Not in Chauvin. Cf. Atabey 470. Blackmer 643.
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Galloway David Introduction
Art Today: U.S.A
Exhibition Catalog. No place no publisher c. 1970's. Oblong 8vo. 4114 pp. illus. b/w plates. Bilingual half in English half in Arabic. Artists include Gary Bower Stanley Boxer Barbara Chase-Riboud Jaime Davidovich Joel Fisher John Ford Jerry Jones Dolores Pacileo Andrea Rosenberg Gary Spinosa Neal Spitzer Glenn Thomas Michael Vessa Terry Weldon. Light soiling to covers small chipping to the corner of half title and first page on introduction else very good. 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket As Issued. 4to. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 003056
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Galvão, Antonio.
Tratado dos descobrimentos antigos, e modernos. Feitos até a Era de 1550, com os nomes particulares das pessoas que os fizerao. Lisbon, Officina Ferreiriana, 1731.
Folio (202 x 294 mm). (16), 100 pp. Title printed in red and black. With woodcut title vignette and full-page woodcut of the author at the end of the preliminaries. 19th century half cloth. Second edition of Galvao's great history of exploration and voyages, including the Portuguese conquests on the Arabian coast, in the Gulf, and in the Kingdom of Ormus. The first edition, published in 1563, is considered virtually unobtainable, as only some five or six copies are known to exist. "This second edition, says Innocencio, 'has been equally rare for many years, since almost all copies were lost, in the house of a bookdealer, during the Lisbon earthquake'" (Borba de Moraes). Galvao's text was translated in 1601 by Hakluyt, who complained about the rarity of the first edition even then, and had to rely on a copy sent from Lisbon. - Born in 1503, Galvao was sent to India in 1527, and after distinguishing himself there, he was appointed governor of the Moluccas. He maintained a keen interest in military and religious affairs throughout his career, and spent the latter part of his life assembling accounts of the voyages that comprise this collection. He provides a relatively succinct chronological list of ancient and modern discoveries to the year 1550, including those by Columbus, Cabral, Cortés, and Pizarro. "Ce livre est divisé en deux parties: la première traite des premières navigations, y compris celles faites par les Espagnols et les Portugais dans l'océan Atlantique et aux côtes d'Afrique. La seconde partie contient toutes les découvertes faites par les Espagnols et les Portugais en Amérique et aux Indes jusqu'en l'année 1550" (Leclerc). "The author has been styled 'the founder of historical geography'. The book gives a good summary of the geographical explorations of the Portuguese and other important voyagers, including the English" (Hill). - Spine worn. Slight spotting and thumbing throughout, slight worming to lower blank margin of first 6 leaves, minor hole to blank margin of fol. M3. Sabin 26468. Borba de Moraes 289. Bosch 180. Rodrigues 1059. Palau 182.290. Leclerc 225. Innocencio I, 147, 720. Hill 670. Bibliotheca Americana 642. European Americana 731/89.
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Gambado, Geoffrey [i.e., Francis Grose?] / Bunbury, Henry William.
An Academy for Grown Horsemen, Containing the Complete Instructions for Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Galloping, Stumbling and Tumbling. London, printed for W. Dickinson, S. Hooper, and Mess. Robinsons, 1787.
Folio (266 x 365 mm). VI, III-XX, 38 pp. With two frontispieces and 21 plates (the frontispiece and 10 out of 11 plates present in two states, both coloured and as sepia mezzotints). - (Bound with:) Annals of Horsemanship. Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments, and Experimental Accidents Both Successful and Unsuccessful [...]. London, for W. Dickinson, S. Hooper, J. Archer, and R. White, 1791. XVII, (1), 81, (1) pp. With 15 stipple-engraved plates. 19th-century red three-quarters morocco with gilt spine. Marbled endpapers. First editions of Gambano's droll classics on horsemanship featuring H. W. Bunbury's humorous caricatures: a luxury copy with the rare hand-coloured plates included with the first work. "Geoffrey Gambado" has sometimes been identified with the illustrator, but is also said to have been Francis Grose, compiler of "A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" (cf. Riely, "Horace Walpole and 'the Second Hogarth'", in: ECS 9/1 [1975]). In addition to his works on antiquities, satiric essays, and volumes on non-standard words and meanings, Grose (1731-91) wrote "Rules for Drawing Caricaturas: with an Essay on Comic Painting" (1788), and the frontispiece portrait of "Gambado" in the "Academy" bears an uncanny resemblance to Grose, a "stocky, corpulent figure which Grose himself caricatured" (DNB). - The stipple-engraved plates were designed by H. W. Bunbury (1750-1811), whom "Walpole enthusiastically compared [...] to Hogarth. He was the friend of Goldsmith, Garrick, and Reynolds, and the favourite of the Duke and Duchess of York, to whom in 1787 he was appointed equerry. All this, coupled with the facts that he was seldom, if ever, personal, and wholly abstained from political subjects, greatly aided his popularity with the printsellers and the public of his day, and secured his admission, as an honorary exhibitor, to the walls of the Academy, where between 1780 and 1808 his works frequently appeared [... They] are not without a good deal of grotesque drollery of the rough-and-ready kind in vogue towards the end of the last century - that is to say, drollery depending in a great measure for its laughable qualities upon absurd contrasts, ludicrous distortions, horseplay, and personal misadventure" (DNB). - "The Annals of Horsemanship" were later "published with and generally bound with" the "Academy", though always "with a separate title page" (Huth). The "Academy" seemingly wants fol. B1 of the preliminary matter, but was apparently issued that way: as the ESTC notes, "Possibly deliberately mis-signed in order to support the 'missing' portion of the author's preface - see editor's note". - Some browning and brownstaining; occasional edge tears repaired (including a largish fault to fol. M2, the edges of which are more severely frayed). From the library of the late Robert Lionel Foster, Esq. (British Justice of the Peace, d. 1952; his bookplate on front pastedown). Huth p. 52. Lowndes p. 860. Brunet II, 1474 ("singulier ouvrage"). Graesse III, 22.
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Gannon Kathy
I Is for Infidel: From Holy War to Holy Terror: 18 Years Inside Afghanistan
U.S.A: PublicAffairs 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Former owner name on endpaper otherwise book is as new in binding of brown and deep orange paper-wrapped boards solid square with sharp corners. Pages also as new. Jacket is clean and unmarked not price-clipped upper edge slightly ruffled. Kathy Gannon reports on the roots of terrorism in the Middle East. As a Western journalist in Afghanistan she knew that country under the Taliban knows its beleaguered people its ruthless leaders and speaks with authority about Afghanistan's heartbreaking history. 186 pages with index. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Public Affairs USA 2005. PublicAffairs hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021406 ISBN : 1586483129 9781586483128
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GARCIN DE TASSY M.
Allégories, récits poétiques et chants populaires traduits de l'arabe, du persan, de l'hindoustani et du Turc. Seconde édition.
Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1876 in-8, (8)-640 pages. Reliure moderne basane verte, très bon état.
Bookseller reference : 1233701
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GARNIER (Ernest Henri).
Voyages en Perse : Arménie, Mésopotamie, Chaldée, Kurdistan, Arabie, etc.
Tours Mame & Cie 1859 1 vol. relié in-12, pleine basane noire, dos à nerfs orné de motifs dorés, plats décorés à froid avec guirlande dorée centrale, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque), (4) + 282 + (2) pp., frontispice, titre gravé et 2 planches hors-texte. 5e édition. Bon exemplaire en reliure d'époque.
Bookseller reference : 101328
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GARNIER (Ernest Henri).
Voyages en Perse : Arménie, Mésopotamie, Chaldée, Kurdistan, Arabie, etc.
Tours Mame & Cie 1859 1 vol. relié in-12, pleine basane noire, dos à nerfs orné de motifs dorés, plats décorés à froid avec guirlande dorée centrale, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque), (4) + 282 + (2) pp., frontispice, titre gravé et 2 planches hors-texte. 5e édition. Bon exemplaire en reliure d'époque.
Bookseller reference : 101328
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GARDINER Ian
In the Service of the Sultan. A First Hand Account of the Dhofar Insurgency. [Fourth Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Fourth Impression, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 2006.
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Garrels Anne; with Letters By Vint Lawrence
Naked In Baghdad: The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen By NPR's Correspondent
USA: Picador USA 2004. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. With a New Introduction and Afterword that covers the first year of America's occupation in Iraq. Clean unmarked card cover no edgewear no creases tight glued binding. Internals also very clean and unmarked. Pages moderately toned. THE IRAQ WAR. 244 pages. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. Publisher: Picador New York 2004. Picador USA paperback
Bookseller reference : 018834 ISBN : 0312424191 9780312424190
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Garzoni, Pietro.
Istoria della repubblica di Venezia in tempo della Sacra Lega contra Maometto IV., e tre suoi successori, Gran Sultani de' Turchi. Venice, Giovanni Manfrè, 1705.
Large 4to. (8), 838, (40) pp., final blank f. With several woodcut headpieces. 19th century green half mororcco gilt with marbled covers. First edition. - "Garzoni [1652-1719] was appointed official Venetian historiographer in 1692. His work deals mainly with the Sacra Lega and the Venetian victories against the Turks in the Morea during the war of 1684-90" (Atabey, 2nd ed. only). A second volume, a sequel in name only, deals with the War of Spanish Succession and was not appended until 1716. - Binding rubbed, corners somewhat bumped. Interior shows occasional browning, but largely quite clean. A good, wide-margined copy, this has been annotated throughout in pencil by an Arabic hand, probably in the early 20th century. Rare; no copy of the first edition on the market for 25 years. Brunet VI, 25458. Libr. Vinciana 1032. Graesse III, 82. OCLC 832293066. Cf. Atabey 479 (1707-19 second ed. only). Not in Blackmer.
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GASLINI Mario dei -
Paradisi d’oriente.
Milano, Giuseppe Morreale, 1929, 16mo brossura con a colori, pp. 147-(4) con tavole a colori fuori testo.
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Gastaldi, Giacomo.
Descrittione dell'Africa. Venice, Paolo Forlani, [1562].
Engraved map on two sheets, joined. 440 x 600 mm. Framed (84:67,5 cm). Rare. Based on the large mural map of Giacomo Gastaldi in the Palazzo Ducale in Venice, in 1550, considered the culmination of his work on the cartography of Africa through the 1540s. (The mural was subsequently lost to overpainting.) Shows the continent with southern Europe and Arabia; large strapwork dedication cartouche to Thomaso Ravenna at lower left; compass rose centre right. Trimmed to the outer neat lines; some wear and repairs to old folds, with loss of a few letters of the dedication. Two small areas of sea supplied in pen facsimile. Faint spotting, a pale uneven wash. Tibbetts p. 47, 31. Not in Sultan bin M. Al-Qasimi, The Gulf in Historic Maps (1st or 2nd ed.).
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Gastaldi, Giacomo.
Il disegno della seconda parte dell'Asia. Venice, G. Gastaldi, 1561.
Two sheets joined (470 x 740 mm to the neat line, full margins showing the plate mark, overall size 550 x 790 mm). An extraordinary example of "the first modern map of the Arabian peninsula" (Al-Ankary), by far the best copy we have ever handled: the first issue of the first edition, a strong impression on thick white paper with excellent contrast and exceptionally broad margins. "L'opera è dedicata al mecenate Johann Jakob Fugger ... a firma Giacomo di Castaldi Piamonetse Cosmographo in Venetia" (Bifolco I, 380 for the first state of three). - Still the most sought-after map of the region, Gastaldi's two page wall-map served as a model for all further mapping of the peninsula until the 19th century. Gastaldi is regarded as "the most important 16th century Italian cartographer. His maps are very rare, as they were issued separately to order and were not part of an atlas" (Al-Qasimi, 1st ed., p. 23). Gastaldi used various sources including Portolan charts of the region drawn by the 16th-century Portuguese explorers. Many details, such as the coastline of the Arabian Gulf, certain coastal towns, or the peninsula of Qatar, are mapped and named for the first time. It is the most valuable of the early maps of the region. "Although the shape of the peninsula is distorted by modern standards, the Qatar peninsula and Bahrain are both shown - details that are missing on some maps produced up to almost 300 years later" (Stuart McMinn Catalogue). - The map covers the modern geographical areas of Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, part of Iraq and Iran, Pakistan and the west coast of India. The travels of Marco Polo, published in Ramusio's "Navigationi et viaggi", heavily influenced Gastaldi's geography of this map, which is considered far superior to all previous maps of Asia. Gastaldi was "cosmographer to the Venetian Republic, then a powerhouse of commerce and trade. He sought the most up to date geographical information available, and became one of the greatest cartographers of the 16th century" (Burden). - Old foliation in brown ink to the upper right margin. Spotless and with temoins on the right outer edge. An exceptionally fine example. Bifolco, I, 380f. Tibbetts 28. Karrow 30/91. Nordenskiold II, 130, 61. Couto/Bacqué-Grammont/Taleghani, Atlas Historique du Golfe Persique (2006), p. 132, no. 29 and p. 152. Tooley, Maps in Italian Atlases of the 16th Century, 54. Sultan Bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (2nd ed.), p. 26 with 2 figs. Tooley, Dictionary II, 143.
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Gastaldi, Giacomo.
Il Disegno della Terza Parte Dell' Asia. Rome, 1561.
74 x 48 cm. A fine example of Giacomo Gastaldi's map of Southeast Asia, China, and India, perhaps the single most influential map of the region published in the 16th century. - Gastaldi's map has a remarkable history, one that presents a microcosm of Italian mapmaking in the middle of the 16th century. It begins with the publication of a single section in 1559, which was intended as a separate map. Additional sections were added in 1561, creating the portion of the existing map which extends south to the Equator. In 1565, two additional sections were added, in order to show all of Indonesia and the neighbouring islands as far south as Java Minor. - "In its original form the map extended only to the equator, so that most of the Indonesian islands were not included. To remedy this, in about 1565, two narrow sheets were made by the great Italian engraver Paolo Forlani to supplement the main body of Gastaldi's map [...] This lower addition bears an inscription in the lower left corner which reads 'si vende...' [...] indicating the location of the shop of the publisher Bertelli" (Suarez). - Of all of Gastaldi's Asian continental maps, this one more than any other "had a major influence on the work of Ortelius and de Jode [...] In their representation of the coastlines his maps are superior to all previously known maps of Asia, either drawn by hand or printed" (Schilder, in: The Map Collector 17, p. 7). - On the right-hand side of the map, Gastaldi provides a list of about 100 place names on the map, showing both their ancient and modern names. In his excellent study of Gastaldi's maps of Asia and their relationship to the accounts of Marco Polo's travels, Nordinskold notes that while Gastaldi has clearly incorporated information from Marco Polo's travels, Gastaldi relied also upon the accounts of other contemporary travelers to the East. Most notably, the dedication to Marcus Fugger (1529-97) is strong evidence that Gastaldi had access to the Fugger family library, one of the most important libraries compiled in the 15th and 16th centuries. During the 16th century, the Fugger Library was perhaps the best private library in the world, surpassing even the Vatican Library. - Nordinskold goes on to note: "Finally, it must be remembered that Gastaldi, under the guidance of Ramusio, is supposed to have aided in repairing or repainting the famous wall-maps in Sala dello scudo in Venice [...] If such was the case, it may be considered probable that the monumental maps of Africa and Asia by Gastaldi have had some connection to [Gastaldi's map of Asia], that these copper-plate engravings are a reproduction of the originals of the wall maps in that form which was given them in the middle of the 16th century". Quirino notes that Gastaldi's map is the first appearance of the name "Philippines" ("Philippina") on a printed document. - The map is rare on the market. We note no examples of this first edition of the map on at auction or in recorded dealer catalogs in at least 15 years. Tooley, Italian Atlases 63. Karrow 30/92 (note). Woodward, Forlani 36 (note). Suarez, South East Asia, pp. 130-157 Quirino, Philippine Cart., p. XV & 95. Nordinskold, The Influence of the "Travels of Marco Polo" on Jacobo Gastaldi's Maps of Asia, in: The Geographical Journal 13, No. 4.
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Gaudefroy-Demombynes, [Maurice].
Le pèlerinage a la Mekka. Étude d'histoire religieuse. Paris, Paul Geuthner, 1923.
Large 8vo. (4), VIII, 332 pp., 1 bl. f. With a frontispiece showing a mural from the Holy Mosque. Original printed wrappers. First edition. - Principal work of the French Arabist Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes (1862-1957), a religio-historical study of the pilgrimage to Mecca. The author taught at the École nationale des langues orientales vivantes (now the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales) and also translated into French the travelogue of the Arabic explorer Ibn Jobair (1145-1217). - Margins slightly browned and brittle, still a very good, untrimmed copy. Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 1008.
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Gauer, Bernhard (illustrator).
Guide-Map of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Boulos Afif / Syrian Orphanage Press, ca. 1935.
565 x 441 mm chromolithograph map, folding down to a 240 x 120 mm pamphlet. Original pink wrappers. A rare map of Jerusalem during the British Mandate Period, printed especially for British and allied forces stationed in the area. The map is a chromolithograph by the Düsseldorf-born artist Bernhard Gauer (1882-1955), with outer districts pleasantly hand-coloured in yellow and pale green and selected buildings depicted pictorially. On the reverse is a brief guide to everything a serviceman was expected to need in Jerusalem: churches of various denominations (Church of England, Methodist, Greek Orthodox, etc.), four Masonic lodges, officer's clubs for the well-to-do and YMCAs and hostels for the less affluent, and, naturally, bookshops. A map of Palestine and southern Syria is printed on the rear wrapper. An uncommon and thorough guide to the city, from the minutiae of taxi service rates to the locations of holy sites and Europeans' preferred neighborhoods. - Light wear, otherwise in excellent condition. OCLC 1100427555.
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GAY (Jean)
Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs à l'Afrique et à l'Arabie. Catalogue méthodique de tous les ouvrages français & des principaux en langues étrangères traitant de la géographie, de l'histoire, du commerce, des lettres & des arts de l'Afrique & de l'Arabie.
Mansfied Centre, Martino Fine Books, 1961. In-8, rel pleine toile d'éd. rouge, titre doré au dos, XI-312 pp., bibliogr. comportant 3696 notices descriptives commentées, table, répertoire.
Bookseller reference : 601220
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Gay, Jean.
Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs a l'Afrique et a l'Arabie. Catalogue méthodique [...]. San Remo & Paris, J. Gay & fils / Maisonneuve & Cie., 1875.
8vo. XI, (1), 312 pp. Contemporary half calf with giltstamped title to spine. Edges sprinkled in red. First edition. - No. 94 of 500 numbered copies of this standard bibliography of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. - Spine and hinges somewhat rubbed, otherwise fair. Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 1010. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 255. Besterman 167 & 440. OCLC 5665824.
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Gebauer, Christian David.
Det Kongelige danske Stutteri. Kopenhagen, Königl. Kunstakademie, 1822(-1827).
Oblong large folio (570 x 419 mm). Lithographed illustrated title, 2 ff. of text, 16 mostly coloured lithogr. plates showing horses (c. 33 x 45 cm, paper dimensions c. 40 x 55 cm; some with borders), 5 (instead of 6) ff. of descriptive letterpress text (the missing page supplied in ink). Contemporary half calf with giltstamped spine label. Extremely rare and early series of lithographs. The large and appealingly coloured plates depict important stallions and mares from the famous Danish Royal Stud at Frederiksborg (Pegasus, Flink, Zephir, Palnatoke, and Velskat, among others). All horses are branded with a monogram and often also with the crown. The publication was originally planned to comprise 12 issues of 4 plates each but no more than the first four were produced. - Two plates are trimmed and mounted on different backing paper (one with a repaired tear). Text shows foxing, but plates are generally clean. Binding somewhat rubbed and bumped at extremeties, with damage to spine. Nissen 1499. Not in Schwerdt or Mennessier de la Lance.
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Geber (Jabir Ibn Hayyan).
(De alchemia). In hoc volumine de alchemia continentur haec. Gebri Arabis, philosophi solertissimi, rerumq[ue] naturalium, praecipue metallicarum peritissimi [...]. Nuremberg, Johann Petreius, 1541.
4to (165 x 213 mm). (20), 373 (but: 371), (5) pp. With 16 woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten spine title. The rare first edition of this extremely important and early collection of alchemical writings, which unites several first printings of works previously circulated only as manuscripts. This is first edition to call Geber an "Arab", the first to use "Summa perfectionis magisterii" on the title-page, and also the first printing of the famous "Smaragdine Table" of Hermes Trismegistus. - "De Alchemia and the other works of the Geber corpus were of the greatest influence on Western chemistry, and whether they be translations or elaborations, they represent the amount of Arabic chemical knowledge made available to Latin reading people toward the end of the thirteenth century [...] they represent the best Latin knowledge on chemistry in that period" (Sarton). - The present collection, arranged by Chrysogonus Polydorus, contains four treatises by Geber: 1. Summa perfectionis; 2. Liber de investigatione perfectionis (the earliest description of the preparation of nitric acid and aqua regia); 3. Liber de inventione veritatis sive perfectionis; 4. Liber fornacum (a practical text on chemical operations). It also contains the following texts, of which at least four are printed for the first time: 5. Roger Bacon's Speculum Alchemiae (the original text from which the 1597 English "Mirror of Alchemy" edition was made); 6. Richard of Wendover's Correctorium Alchemiae; 7. Rosarius minor, de Alchemia, by an unknown author; 8. Khalid ibn Yazid's Liber Secretorum Alchemiae; 9. Hermes Trismegistus' Tabula Smaragdina; 10. Hortolanus' commentary on the Tabula. Illustrated with 16 fine woodcuts of alchemical apparatus and alchemists at work. - A complete copy in good condition showing light browning to paper, with wide margins containing extremely extensive early marginal annotations throughout. Stains to outer margin of last several leaves. A tear to the gutter of leaf c2 professionally repaired; old vellum repair to upper cover. A good copy. While the second edition of 1545, also very rare, has made a few appearances on the market, this first edition is extremely scarce. VD 16, J 15. Ferguson I, 18 & 301. Sarton II, 1044. Lamoen, Hermes Trismegistus (Amsterdam 1990), no. 70. Brüning I, 220. Darmstaedter, Geber 7. Duveen 11. Mellon Collection (Alchemy and the Occult, Yale 1968) I, 10 (note). Cf. Hoover 445 (1545 edition only). Not in Caillet or Rosenthal.
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Gebhardt, Hans, Dorothée Sack, Ralph Bodenstein a. o
History, Space and Social Conflict in Beirut. The Quarter of Zokak el-Blat. Beiruter Texte und Studien. Herausgegeben vom Orient-Institut Beirut.
Beirut ( in Kommission Würzburg, Ergon Verlag), 2016. Band 97. XVIII, 1 Bl., 406 SS., 3 n.n. Bll. Gr.-8°, illustr. Orig.-Paperback.
Bookseller reference : 23183
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Gelvin James L
The Modern Middle East: A History
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press 2004. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. Trade Paperback As New. Second Printing of the First Oxford University Press Edition. Bright glossy clean illustrated wraps tight & solid square text block edges and pages are clean and unmarked. Vignettes and maps. A survey of the modern Middle East detailing the forces of progress reformation revolution and imperialism that all define this history. The author explores how the forces of global modernity have shaped the social economic cultural and political life in the region over the past 500 years. 357 pages with Timeline Biographical Sketches Glossary Credits Index. 6 x 9.25 inches. Oxford University Press New York and Oxford Oxford University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 026636 ISBN : 0195167899 9780195167894
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Gendzier Irene L.
Notes from the Minefield: United States Intervention in Lebanon and the Middle East 1945-1958
Boulder: Westview 1999. Trade paperback later printing extensively referenced 470ppp includes bibliography and index. Small remainder mark bottom edge else as new/fine/unread. 685 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Boulder: Westview, 1999 paperback
Bookseller reference : 22202 ISBN : 0813366895 9780813366890
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Geneive Abdo
No God But God. : Egypt and the Triumph of Islam
Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000. 1st Edition . Near Fine. 6 x 9.25 inches 15.5 x 23 cm. Unread copy light shelf wear to covers otherwise perfect. Overall condition is Near Fine. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe �11.55; USA �16.68; Oceania �15.13; Rest of World �14.56. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 6 x 9.25 inches 15.5 x 23 cm. Paperback. Printed pages: x 223 Oxford University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 1132E125 ISBN : 0195157931 9780195157932
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General Staff, India, 1917.
Some Notes on the Country above Baghdad. Provisional Edition. Simla, Government Central Press, 1917.
(6), 29, (1) pp. Original printed cloth with fore-edge flap. 8vo. Only edition. "The area dealt with in this handbook is bounded on the north by the caravan route between Dair-az-Zaur and Mosul, on the east by that between Mosul and Baghdad; on the south by that between Baghdad and Fallujah; and on the west by the river Euphrates. The tract thus defined includes portions of the Baghdad and Mosul Wilayats, and of the Sanjaq of Zaur" (note on p. [iii]). - Some brownstaining to endpapers and edges, otherwise in fine condition. Rare: only two copies in libraries via OCLC (British Library; Texas A&M Univ. Library). From the library of Peter Hopkirk with his bookplate on front pastedown. Catalogue No. O.B. 44. Case No. 17217. OCLC 48133490.
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General Staff, Israel Defense Forces.
Ha-mizrah ha-karov (The Near East). [Tel Aviv], Israel Defense Forces, General Staff, 1958.
960 x 820 mm. Colour-printed map (folded). Scale 1:4,700,000. A large map of the Middle East, produced by Israel's General Staff soon after the Suez Crisis, showing the Arabian Peninsula and adjoining countries with major roads, railroads, and petroleum pipelines. - A few tears to folds, but well preserved.
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Geniesse Jane
Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark
Random House 1999. Nice copy with dust jacket. Just minor shelfwear. Pages of text are clean bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Superior service: accurate descriptions prompt shipping and virtually all items carefully packed in boxes not envelopes . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Random House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 227497 ISBN : 0394583965 9780394583969
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GENIESSE Jane Fletcher
Freya Stark. Passionate Nomad. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, maroon endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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Geoffroy Schneiter Berenice
Gandhara : The Memory of Afghanistan
Paris France: Assouline 2002. Paris: Assouline 2002. Hardcover binding 79 pp. Gandhara is a historic region in what was the northwest of ancient India currently Pakistan and Afghanistan that flourished in the first centuries A.D. with a hybrid of Greek and Buddhist Indian culture. The Gandhara school incorporated motifs and techniques from classical Western art while remaining Indian at its core. It includes the earliest examples of Buddha in human form often with features resembling the Greek god Apollo. Magnificently sculpted statuary and friezes many only fragments are shown here as well as the colossal Buddhas of Bamiya�enormous figures sculpted into a cliff face�that were recently dynamited by Afghanistan's Taliban regime. Each volume in this series of slim and handsome monographs uses full- and double-page photographs undiluted with captions to reveal a particular genius of design art or fashion. The quality of the photos is quite high a foreword or preface by an author close to the subject establishes the importance of the work seen and the illustrations are captioned in a thumbnail appendix. New in new dust jacket. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Assouline Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014683 ISBN : 2843232945 9782843232947
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Geoffroy Schneiter Berenice
Gandhara : The Memory of Afghanistan
Paris France: Assouline 2002. Paris: Assouline 2002. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding 79 pp. Gandhara is a historic region in what was the northwest of ancient India currently Pakistan and Afghanistan that flourished in the first centuries A.D. with a hybrid of Greek and Buddhist Indian culture. The Gandhara school incorporated motifs and techniques from classical Western art while remaining Indian at its core. It includes the earliest examples of Buddha in human form often with features resembling the Greek god Apollo. Magnificently sculpted statuary and friezes many only fragments are shown here as well as the colossal Buddhas of Bamiya�enormous figures sculpted into a cliff face�that were recently dynamited by Afghanistan's Taliban regime. Each volume in this series of slim and handsome monographs uses full- and double-page photographs undiluted with captions to reveal a particular genius of design art or fashion. The quality of the photos is quite high a foreword or preface by an author close to the subject establishes the importance of the work seen and the illustrations are captioned in a thumbnail appendix. . First Edition. Cloth. New/New. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Assouline Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014681 ISBN : 2843232945 9782843232947
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George Ball
Error and Betrayal in Lebanon -
Foundation for Middle East Press - 1984. PB/pub.1984/gd. condition/158 pages - An analysis of Israel's invasion of Lebanon and the implications for U.S. - Israeli relations. A73871z. Soft Cover. Good. Foundation for Middle East Press - Paperback
Bookseller reference : 3871z
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George Crile
Charlie Wilson's War
Atlantic Monthly Press 2003. Illustrations. 4th Printing. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8126 ISBN : 0871138549 9780871138545
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George E. Kirk
A Short History Of The Middle East -
Frederick Praeger Publishing - 1964. PB/pub.1964/Fair conditionunderlining/340 pages - The rise of Islam to modern times. HT138409. Soft Cover. Good. Frederick Praeger Publishing - Paperback
Bookseller reference : 38409
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George E. Kirk
Contemporary Arab Politics: A Concise History
<p>Hardback 231 pages ex-library book with rubber-stamp mark on first page. Tight binding clean pages spine slightly worn.</p> Methuen & Co/Praeger hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1248
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George ed Joffe
Jordan In Transition 1990-2000
<p>Paperback 378 pages very good condition. </p> C. Hurst & Co paperback
Bookseller reference : 2364 ISBN : 1850654883 9781850654889
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George Lenczowski
Oil And State In The Middle East -
Cornell University Press - 1960. Hardcover/pub.1960/Gd. condition/379 pages - Oil development in the Middle East is more than a vivid example of social interaction. KR319876. Hard Cover. Good. Cornell University Press - Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19876
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George Mikes
The Prophet Motive. Israel Today and Tomorrow
London: Penguin Books 1971. First Penguin Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.25 x 7 inches 11 x 18 cm. Light browning to page margins otherwise in excellent condition. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe �9.90; USA �12.34; Oceania �11.68; Rest of World �11.28. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 7 inches 11 x 18 cm. Paperback. Printed pages: 176 Penguin Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 1163P174 ISBN : 0140033556 9780140033557
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George Philips and Son
Philips Special Map of the Nile The Advance on Khartum and the Environs of Omdurman. Cc1900
Philips Special map of the Nile illustrating the Advance on Khartum Khartoum with an enlargement of the environs of Omdurman Omdur. George Philips and Son London and Liverpool Ca 1900. 580mm x 900mm folded map. Front title wrapper has come loose not affecting map area. Three maps are displayed within the sheet. Map1. Map of the Nile Valley 520mm x 300mm showing the approaches of Khartum. Scale 1inch to 100 Geographical miles. Coloured indicating Possessions and Protectorates of European Powers. Map 2. Special map of the Nile from Dongola to Khartum. Scale 16 miles to the inch. Coloured. In set in this map is Map3. Environs of Omdurman Scale 5 statute miles to the inch. Some small breaks at some folds not affecting imagery or use of map. Title label is damaged the map is clean and bright probably unused. A very interesting record. unknown
Bookseller reference : 90836
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GERAMB (Marie-Joseph de)
Pèlerinage à Jérusalem et au Mont Sinaï en 1831,1832 et 1833.
Paris, Adrien Leclere et Cie 1836. 3 vol in-12, rel. fin XIXe demi-chagrin poli brun, dos à 5 nerfs, filets dorés, encadrement doré des titres et tomaisons, tranches mouchetées, 456, 459 et 396 pp. De la bibliothèque de Monsieur le Duc et Madame de Duchesse de Doudeauville (ex-libris armorié)
Bookseller reference : 588145
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GERARD DE NERVAL.
VOYAGE EN ORIENT - 4 TOMES - COLLECTION ENTIERE.
RICHELIEU, 1950. Nombreuses littrines et illustrations en couleurs dans le texte et hors texte. Frontispice en noir et blanc dans le TOME 1. Tome 1 (387 pages):Vers l'Orient, les femmes du Caire. Tome 2 (362 pages): Le harem, les pyramides, la cange... Tome 3 (364 pages): les akkals - l'anti-liban, stamboul et pera... Tome 4 (388 pages): moeurs des egyptiens modernes... In-8- Broché.
Bookseller reference : VOY43M
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Gerard Russell
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East
London: Simon & Schuster 2015. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Simon & Schuster Paperback
Bookseller reference : 059061 ISBN : 1471114716 9781471114717
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Gerdes Eduard.
Naar Jeruzalem en het Heilige Land. Een reisverhaal naar de geachtste en nieuwste bronnen bewerkt.
Amsterdam de Hoogh 1863-64. Three books in one volume. Octavo. Pp. vii 343; 2 310 1 verso blank; 1 verso blank 302 1 verso blank. Three title-pages and three chromolithograph frontispieces with tissue guards a pair to each book. Plus 10 other chromolithograph plates with facing tissue guards and two hand-coloured folding lithograph maps bound-in. Index. Hardcover contemporary tan half calf corners forest-green and marbled boards. Spine gilt-stamped richly decorated. In about fine condition paper on boards rubbed and dull endpapers dusty small stain or two. Overall an excellent copy. ~ First edition. Tobler p. 226 wrongfully dating the edition as 1862. Very rare. KVK locates just a single copy worldwide that in the British Library. Another copy in Union Catalog Southwest Germany is of a later 20th century edition. OCLC 64502767 locates only 4 copies worldwide all in the Netherlands Koninklijke Bibliotheek Radboud Univsesiteit Nijmegen Tresoar Leeuwarden Amsterdam University. OCLC 64601619 locates another copy but that of the 1873 edition in Theologische University Kampen. Eduard Gerdes 1821-1898. With delicately executed views of Hebron Bethlehem Jaffa Jericho Mount of Olives Sinai Suez Damascus and other locations. Amsterdam, de Hoogh, 1863-64. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1355
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Gerges Fawaz
Journey of the Jihadist : Inside Muslim Militancy
2006. Hardcover/Gd. condition/312 pages - Inside Muslim militancy is discussed in this text. K116HT5. Hardcover -. Good. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : K116 ISBN : 015101213X 9780151012138
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Gerges Fawaz A
The Superpowers and the Middle East: Regional and International Politics 1955-1967
Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1994. Comprehensive highly acclaimed scholarly text presents a detailed analysis of the interrelations of global and regional politics and the complex relationship between the superpowers and the Arab world. Topics covered include inter-Arab dynamics; the Arab subsystem regional and outside powers; superpower engagement in the Middle East 1955; the Suez crisis;the Eisenhower doctrine; the Egyptian-Syrian union; end of an era in Arab -superpower relations 1958-1961; the breakup of the UAR; the Egyptian-Saudi conflict in Yemen and the superpowers' response 1961-1964; the Israeli factor in Inter-Arab and Arab-Superpower relations 1964-1966; the Yemeni war; march toward war 1966-1967; U.S.-Arab relations; the emergence of a new Middle Eastern order; etc. 274 pgs. . First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Westview Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : MS-12 ISBN : 0813386977 9780813386973
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Germigny, Jacques de, French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1534-1592)
Autograph letter signed. Pera les Constantinople, 15. VI. 1584.
Folio. 3 pp. With integral address leaf. Appointed by King Henri III, Jacques de Germigny served as French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1579 to 1585. - Writing to Lieutenant General M. de Montholon, recounting the torment of two Jewish women and their Jewish and Christian lovers: "[…] nous attendons encor de ce coste là le boyteaux avecq les gallères du cappitaine Bassa lequel est Osman Bassa [Assan Bassa, roi d’Alger] sont ycy attenduz en bonne dévotion. Nottamment led. Osman que ce seigneur veult faire triompher à son entrée audid Constantinople pour sa valeur et ses conquestes qu’il a faites […]. Et le mesme mofti a envoyé un fetfa ou advis à cedit seigneur portant que si son Altesse lui alloit en personne au devant qu’elle ne feroit chose qui fust contre leurs lois. Et ia esté deffendu par cry publicq à touttes femmes de ne se trouver le jour de lad. entrée par les rues, sous grand peine, ainsi demeurer aux maisons et à venir par les fenestres pour plusieurs respects. Et sur ce propos je vous diray qu’il se faict teftis ou informations aud. Constantinople en tous les quartiers ou parroisses des mosquées de la prud’hommie et chasteté de toutes lesdictes femmes turques à l’instance des spahis et aïas bassi, pour avoir esté trouvées et prinses en adultère ces jours derniers. Deux femmes de semblables hommes leurs compaignons qui se retrouvent à la guerre, l’une avec un Juif qui en fut samedy dernier empallé vif, devant la porte de la grande sinagogue, qui soit audit, et icelle ayant esté noyée. Et aultres pour avoir esté aussi prinse avec un chrétien arménien, que l’on tient, seront ensemblement et aujourd’huy traynez à la queue d’un cheval les visaiges contre terre par tout ladit. ville. Et après s’ils auront encore vie mis aux Ganches sur le port […]". - Early diplomatic correspondence relating to the Ottoman Empire, especially on such a delicate matter, is of the utmost rarity.
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GEROSA GUIDO.
I cannoni del Sinai.
In 8°, t.t. edit. con sovrac. ill., pp. 253,(5); invio a penna alla 3a pag. bianca, copia molto buona. (x303/d) (spedizione standard SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata-piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine)
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GERTRUDE L. BELL.
Mezopotamya'da 1915-1920 sivil dönemi. Translated by Vedii Ilmen.
Fine English Paperback., Fine., 20 x 14 cm., 299, [4] p., "Mezopotamya'da 1915-1920 sivil dönemi.", Gertrude L.Bell, Yaba Yayinlari, Ist., 2004.
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