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Westlake, N. H. J.
Outlines of the History of Design in Mural Painting Principally During the Christian Era. With an Introduction on the Art of the Pre-Christian Period. I. From the Egyptian Period (Seti I.) Until the Time of Constantine; II. From the Second Until the Twelfth Centuries, A.D. [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes. Small folio. Pp. (viii), 134, with 216 illustrations to text; (iv), 190, with 227 illustrations to text, and a final tail-piece. Set in double columns. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full olive green cloth bit discoloured, top edge gilt, slightly worn corner-tips and spine ends, browned endpapers, vol. II with split inner hinge and a short closed tear to blank flyleaf. Overall in a very good condition. Fine, bright interiors in the original, untrimmed state. ~ First edition.
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Fowler, Harold North; Richard Stillwell.
Corinth. Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Volume I: Introduction, Topography, Architecture. I. Text; II. Plates. [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes. I. Text Volume: Quarto. Pp. xv, (iii), 239, frontispiece printed in fine collotype, and 154 illustrations to text; II. Imperial folio (55 x 38cm). Title-page and a set of 21 large single-sheet plates, mostly folding, some over 100 cm wide, placed in original portfolio. Old stamp at verso of title at each volume. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full mahogany cloth, gilt. In fine condition. Excellent set. ~ First edition.
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Algreen-Ussing, Gregers; Annelise Bramsnaes, Erik Hansen.
Fouilles de Delphes. Tome II: Topographie et architecture. Sanctuaire d'Apollon. Atlas relevés exécutés par un groupe d'architectes danois.
Imperial folio (42 x 33cm). A set of 48 folded sheets, placed in the original portfolio. Hardcover, cloth and boards. In fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused. ~ First edition. Fully collated.
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Noack, Ferdinand.
Eleusis. Die baugeschichtliche Entwicklung des Heiligtumes. Aufnahmen und Untersuchungen. I. Text; II. Tafeln. [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes. Royal quarto. I. Text Volume: Pp. x, 333, with 112 illustrations to text. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full light grey cloth, brown lettering; II. Plate Volume: Title leaf, and 44 plans and plates, partly folding, some printed with additional colours, placed in original portfolio. Excellent set in fine condition, practically unused. Crisp set of plans and plates. ~ First edition. The fine photographic plates are printed in collotype, one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing processes.
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Huzayyin, S. (Suliman) A. (Ahmad).
Arabia and the Far East: Their Commercial and Cultural Relations in Graeco-Roman and Irano-Arabian Times.
Crown quarto. Pp. xxix, 319. Plus 12 folding maps printed with additional colours. Half-title present. Bibliography. Hardcover, bound in handsome three-quarter polished brown calf and matching marbled boards, spine with raised bands, direct gilt lettering between gilt rules, speckled edges, silken ribbon marker. With the original stiff wrappers bound in, bearing the Coat-of-Arms of the Kingdom of Egypt on the upper wrapper, and the emblem of the Société de la géographie d'Egypte on the lower wrapper. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition thus. Revised and enlarged edition of the Huzayyin's thesis "The Arabian East and the Far East" (Liverpool, 1933). From the private library of noted collector A. Pascalis, with his charming bookplate.
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Sillig, Iulio (Karl [Carl] Julius).
Catalogus artificum sive architecti statuarii sculptores pictores caelatores et scalptores Graecorum et Romanorum, literarum ordine dispositi.
Octavo. Pp. xvi, 488. Plus 3 large folding tables tipped-in at end. Minute, faded, almost invisible private stamp to bottom of title, occasional light, even toning due to paper quality. Hardcover, bound in contemporary full glazed maroon cloth, gilt-blocked ornate spine, all edges sprinkled green, spine faded with some minor signs of wear at head. In a very good condition. Well preserved, neat interior. - - First edition. See Jacques-Charles Brunet: "Nouvelles recherches bibliographiques" (Paris, 1834), which refers to the 1828 edition. Karl Julius Sillig (1801-1855) was a German classicist and Karl August Böttiger's (1760-1835) pupil and editor. Sillig's "Dictionary of the Artists of Antiquity: Architects, carvers, engravers, modellers, painters, sculptors, statuaries, and workers in bronze, gold, ivory, and silver (.)", translated from the Latin original by the Rev. H. W. Williams, was published in London in 1836 and again in 1837. His "Catalogus artificium" was much influential in its time and is considered his most important work. See also William Smith: "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology". Scarce.
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Leemans, C. (Conrade; Conrad; Conradus).
Lettre a M. François Salvolini, sur les monumens Égyptiens, portant des légendes royales, dans les Musées d'Antiquités de Leide, de Londres, et dans quelques collections particulières en Angleterre. Avec des observations concernant l'histoire, la chronologie et la langue hiéroglyphique des Égyptiens et une appendice sur les mesures de ce peuple.
Royal octavo. Pp. (ii) publisher's ads, x, 160. Plus a suite of 32 plates bound at rear, each protected with a leaf of handmade tissue paper, occasionally foxed. Wrappers gone. In a very good condition internally, still entirely unopened. ~ First edition. Conradus Leemans (1809-1893) was the first Egyptologist to publish a systematic catalogue of all the contents of one of the major European Egyptological collections. He began the great official gouvernment publication of the monuments and papyri in the Leiden collection in 1839, which appeared in parts from then until 1882. Beinlich-Seeber 11561.
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Pleyte, W. (Willem).
Set dans la barque du soleil.
Royal octavo. Pp. 19. Plus a folding plate bound at rear. In the original decorated wrappers. In a very good condition, practically unused, still entirely unopened. ~ First edition. The first book to be printed with hieratic type. The font was designed by the author. Willem Pleyte (1836-1903) was conservator of the Egyptian collections at Leiden, later director of the Museum. Beinlich-Seeber 16027. [NOTE:] We offer also: Pleyte: "Catalogue raisonné de types égyptiens hiératiques de la fonderie de N. Tetterode, à Amsterdam."
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Pleyte, W. (Willem). (N. Tetterode).
Catalogue raisonné de types égyptiens hiératiques de la fonderie de N. Tetterode, à Amsterdam.
Quarto. Pp. viii, 40. Plus 3 large plates bound at end. Bound in the original decorated wrappers, bit soiled; few sporadic spots. In a very good condition, still unopened. ~ First edition. Pleyte's well illustrated catalogue of the first hieratic type, designed by himself. Willem Pleyte (1836-1903) was conservator of the Egyptian collections at Leiden, later director of the Museum. Beinlich-Seeber 16001.
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Klengel, Horst.
Altbabylonische Rechts- und Wirtschaftsurkunden. Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Neue Folge, Heft II (Heft XVIII).
Royal quarto. Pp. 12, plus 50 plates. Bound in the original printed wrappers. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition.
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Freydank, Helmut.
Spätbabylonische Wirtschaftstexte aus Uruk. I. Text; II. Tafeln. [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes. Quarto. I. Text Volume: Pp. 167; ii. Plate Volume: 98 plates. Bound in the original printed wrappers. In fine condition. Excellent set, unused. ~ First edition.
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Ungand, Arthur; (Vorderasiatischen Abteilung).
Neubabylonische Kontrakte. Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler der Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Heft III-V. [THREE PARTS].
Three parts in one volume. Pp. 68, plus a suite renumbered 13-20; 64; 68. Bound in the original publishers' full light grey cloth, black lettering to cover and spine. In new condition. Excellent copy, unused. ~ Herausgegeben von der Vorderasiatischen Abteilung, Heft III. Reprint der Originalausgaben, Hinrichs 1907-1908.
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Salonen, Erkki; Heikki Palva.
Über das Erwerbsleben im alten Mesopotamien. Untersuchungen zu den akkadischen Berufsnamen, Teil I. (Studia Orientalia, Societas Orientalis Fennica, XLI).
Crown quarto. Pp. 343. Plus 11 plates bound at end. Bound in the original printed wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. All published.
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Meer, Petrus van der.
Une correspondance commerciale assyrienne de Cappadoce.
Royal octavo. Pp. xv, 124. Bound in the original printed wrappers. In a very good condition (marginal annotations to one page). ~ First edition. Dissertation. Uncommon. Includes the original 12-point Thesis Statement loosely inserted.
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Bittel, Kurt; Rudolf Naumann, Sophie Ehrhardt, Richard Vogel.
Bogazköy-Hattusa: Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts und der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft in den Jahren 1931-1939. I: Architektur, Topographie, Landeskunde und Siedlungsgeschichte. [Bogasköy Bogazköi Bogasköi Boghazköy Boghasköy Boghazköi Boghasköi].
Quarto. Pp. 184. Plus 64 photo-plates with multiple images to each, printed on different paper, bound at end. Plus 14 folding maps, printed on 13 sheets, placed in a rear pocket, including a large coloured map of Bogazköy at time of the 1939 excavations. Numerous text illustrations. Bound in the original printed wrappers. A very good copy with fine interior and fine set of maps. - - First edition. 75. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichung der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft.
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Bittel, Kurt; Hans G. Güterbock; Günter Neumann; Peter Neve; Heinrich Otten; Ursula Seidl.
Bogazköy V. Funde aus den Grabungen 1970 und 1971. (Ausgrabungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts). [Bogasköy-Hattusa Bogazköi Bogasköi Boghazköy Boghasköy Boghazköi Boghasköi].
Royal quarto. Pp. 113. Plus large folding plan bound at end. Numerous figures to text, full-page plans. Bound in the original printed stiff wrappers. In fine condition, unused copy, still entirely unopened. ~ First edition. Abhandlungen der Deutschen Orientgesellschaft, 18.
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Parzinger, Hermann; Rosa Sanz; Peter Neve.
Die Oberstadt von Hattusa. Hethitische Keramik aus dem zentralen Tempelviertel. Funde aus den Grabungen 1982-1987. (Bogazköy-Hattusa, Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, XV.) [Bogasköy Bogazköi Bogasköi Boghazköy Boghasköy Boghazköi Boghasköi].
Small folio. Pp. (VIII), 155. Plus 80 plates bound at end. With 51 illustrations to text, many of which are full-page. Set in double columns. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full grey buckram, brown lettering to cover and spine. A new copy in mint condition. Excellent. ~ First edition. Bogazköy-Hattusa, Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, XV.
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Toderini, Giambatista. Rikkat Kunt (Translator); Sevket Rado (Editor).
Ibrahim Müteferrika Matbaasi ve Türk Matbaaciligi.
Crown quarto. Pp. 173. With many illustrations throughout, double-page maps. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's red leatherette, gilt lettering, with a near-fine pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Giambatista Toderini (1728-1799).
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Yazir, Mahmud.
Eski Yazilari Okuma Anahtari.
Crown quarto. Pp. xv, 287. With 106 full-page plates. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full green cloth, blind embossed decoration on cover, spine gilt. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Vakiflar umum müdürlügü nesriyati, Seri B, vakfiyeler ve vakfiyelerle ilgili eserler, No. IV.
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Yazir, Mahmud Bedreddin.
Medenïyet Âleminde Yazi ve Islâm medeniyetinde Kalem Güzeli, I-II. [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. xvi, 160; xv, 161-291. Plus a suite of colour plates bound at end of each volume. With a total of 228 other illustrations to text. Frontispiece. Set in double columns. The first volume bound in the original decorated stiff wrappers; the second volume in the original plain stiff wrappers with beautifully decorated dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent set. ~ First edition. Mahmud Bedreddin Yazir (1893-1952).
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Yazir, Mahmud Bedreddin.
Medenïyet Âleminde Yazi ve Islâm medeniyetinde Kalem Güzeli, I-II. [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes in one. Crown quarto. Pp. xxv, 133; 135-246. Plus a suite of colour plates bound at end. With 228 other illustrations to text. Frontispiece. Set in double columns. Bound in the original decorated stiff wrappers. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Mahmud Bedreddin Yazir (1893-1952).
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Schmidt, Jan.
Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Leiden University and Other Collections in the Netherlands. Volume One. Comprising the Acquisitions of Turkish Manuscripts in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth [17th 18th] Centuries.
Crown quarto. Pp. xv, 641. Colour frontispiece. Illustrations to text. Bound in the original decorated stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Codices Manuscripti, XXX.
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Hakkâk-zâde Mustafa Hilmi Efendi; Abdülkadir Dedeoglu.
Mizânü'l-hatt. ("Measurement of Calligraphy").
Small folio. Unpaginated. Beautifully produced in colour. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full green cloth, padded sides, gilt cover and spine, cloth ribbon marker, floral endpapers, with dust-jacket (this near fine, with a short closed tear on back panel). In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Consists entirely of fine examples of Islamic calligraphy, reproduced in facsimile from a manuscript in the Millet Library in Istanbul. With an introduction in English.
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Rado, Sevket.
Türk hattatlari. XV. Yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler.
Royal quarto. Pp. 303. With numerous illustrations and full-page plates, some in colour. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full red leatherette, large gilt decoration to cover, gilt lettering to spine, decorative endpapers, with dust-jacket, this worn in places. Book is in fine condition. ~ First edition.
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Muhittin [Muhiddin], Serin.
Hattat Seyh Hamdullah. Hayâti, talebeleri, eserleri. (Türk hat üstadlari, 2).
Royal quarto. Pp. 203. Profusely illustrated with full-page plates in colour. Test illustrations. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's gilt decorated boards, with very good pictorial dust-jacket. Book is in fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition of this outstanding production which consists entirely of fine examples of Islamic calligraphy, reproduced in facsimile from the original manuscripts.
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Ülker, Muammer.
Baslangictan Günümüze Türk hat sanati: The Art of Turkish Calligraphy from the Beginning up to Present.
Crown quarto. Pp. 361. Numerous full-colour plates including some folding. Text illustrations. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's pictorial boards, marbled endpapers, with good pictorial dust-jacket. Book is in fine condition, displaying a crisp set of wonderful plates. ~ First edition, limited to 3,500 copies, of this outstanding production which consists entirely of fine examples of Islamic calligraphy, reproduced in facsimile from the original manuscripts. Parallel texts in English, Turkish, Arabic.
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Salaville, Sévérien; Eugène Dalleggio; Evangelia Balta.
Karamanlidika. Bibliographie analytique d'ouvrages en langue turque imprimés en caractères grecs. I. 1584-1850; II. 1851-1865; III. 1866-1900; IV. Additions (1584-1900); V. XXe siècle. [FIVE VOLUMES].
Five volumes bound in three. Crown quarto. Pp. 325; 89; 347; 158; xviii, 184. Plates. Hardcover, uniformly bound in handsome full turquoise cloth, gilt cover and spine, cloth ribbon marker. In a very fine condition. Excellent set, practically new. ~ First edition. Complete set.
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Michoff, N. V. [Nikolaei Nikola Vasilev Mikhov Michov].
Bibliografski iztocnici za istorijata na Turcija i Balgarija [Bulgarija]. Sources bibliographiques sur l'histoire de la Turquie et de la Bulgarie. Avec une préface en Français, I-IV. [FOUR VOLUMES].
Four volumes bound in one. Octavo. Pp. 119; 133; vii, 166; xiv, 223, (1) errata. Extended indices. Hardcover, bound in green cloth, spine in buckram, bit darkened, with morocco lettering-piece lettered in gilt, cloth inner hinges; lower corner-tips exposed, some annotations and underlining in pencil, occasionally in coloured pencil, small ink stain at margin of a leaf or two from author's fountain pen. In about very good condition. ~ First edition. Complete work, contains a total of 1585 titles of books and articles. Each volume includes the entire alphabet. The four volumes differ only insofar as they reflect the progress of Michovs' studies, and not in terms of content, or chronological order. See further Mathias Bernath & Karl Nehring "Historische Bücherkunde Südosteuropa", Volume 2, Pt. 1, Osmanisches Reich, Makedonien, Albanien (Munich, 1988). ~ A Presentation Copy, signed by the author and inscribed differently on title-page of each volume, dedicating the entire work to J. Kabarda, "Zur Freundlichen Erinnerung" (Vol. IV).
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Blochet, E. (Edgar).
Catalogue des manuscrits Turcs de la Bibliothèque Nationale. I. Ancien fonds, nos 1-396; Supplément, nos 1-572; II. Supplément, nos 573-1419. [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. viii, 402; 314. Includes additions and corrections. Indices. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full green cloth, silver lettering to spine, bit dull and faded, spine ends slightly bumped. In a very good condition, fine interiors. ~ First edition. Complete. Rare.
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Rieu, Charles.
Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum.
Royal quarto. Pp. xi, 345. Extended indices. Set in double columns. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full pebbled cloth. Spine damaged. In a very good internal condition. ~ First edition. Rare.
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Istanbul Kütüpaneleri. Tarih-Cografya Yazmalari Kataloglari. I. Türkçe tarih yazmalari. (Kütüpaneler Kataloglari Yayinlarindan, Seri 1, Nos 1-11). [ELEVEN FASCICLES IN ONE VOLUME. COMPLETE).
11 fascicles bound in one volume. Crown quarto. Pp. vi, 909. Additional preliminary leaves to most fascicles. Hardcover, bound in full blue pebbled cloth, black leatherette spine lettered in gilt, original printed covers of first and last fascicles preserved, cloth ribbon marker. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Eleven parts, fascicles 1-11. Complete. - [NOTE: We offer also: Istanbul Kitapliklari. Türkçe Yazma Divanlar Katalogu. I-IV. Cilt. (Kitapliklar Kataloglari Yayinlarindan, Seri 2, Nos 1-4). Complete in 4 volumes bound in one].
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Istanbul Kitapliklari. Türkçe Yazma Divanlar Katalogu. I-IV. Cilt. (Kitapliklar Kataloglari Yayinlarindan, Seri 2, Nos 1-4). [FOUR VOLUMES].
Four volumes bound in one. Thick crown quarto. Pp. 1066. Hardcover, nicely bound in green full cloth, black leatherette spine lettered in gilt, original printed covers of individual fascicles preserved. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Complete. Includes indices. - [NOTE: We offer also: Istanbul Kütüpaneleri. Tarih-Cografya Yazmalari Kataloglari. I. Türkçe tarih yazmalari. (Kütüpaneler Kataloglari Yayinlarindan, Seri 1, Nos 1-11). Complete in 11 fascicles].
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Önder, Mehmet; Ismet Binark; Nejat Sefercioglu.
Mevlâna bibliyografyasi. I. Basmalar (Kitap-Makale); II. Yazmalar. [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes bound in one. Royal octavo. Pp. xxiii, 280; xxviii, 383. Colour portrait frontispiece and a colour plate to each volume. Extended indices. Hardcover, bound in full black cloth, spine gilt, original illustrated stiff wrappers bound in. In fine condition, as new. ~ First edition. Author's Presentation Copy, with a card signed by him, Mehmet Önder, dated 1975, pasted inside back cover.
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Ersoy, Osman.
XVIII. ve XIX. Yüzyillarda Türkiye'de Kâgit. (Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Cografya Fakültesi Yayinlari Sayi, 145).
Royal octavo. Pp. 225. Includes numerous plates, some folding. Bound in the original printed wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Cografya Fakültesi Yayinlari Sayi, 145.
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Dankoff, Robert; Klaus Kreiser.
Materialien zu Evliya Çelebi. II. A Guide to the Seyahat-name of Evliya Çelebi. Bibliographie raisonnée. (Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients).
Royal octavo. Pp. 200, (2). Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, Reihe B (Geisteswissenschaften) Nr. 90/2.
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Ersoy, Osman. (Lewis F. Stieg).
Türkiye'ye matbaanin girisi ve ilk basilan eserler. (Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Cografya Fakültesi Yayimlari, 129. Kütüphanecilik Enstitüsü Yayimi, 1).
Octavo. Pp. xi, 78. With 22 figures to text. Bound in the original printed wrappers, bit soiled. In good condition. ~ First edition. With a Preface in English by Prof. Dr. Lewis F. Stieg. Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Cografya Fakültesi Yayimlari, 129. Kütüphanecilik Enstitüsü Yayimi, 1.
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Shimizu, Kosuke.
Bibliography on Saljuq Studies. (Studia Culturae Islamicae, 12).
Octavo. Pp. 71. A made-up copy, produced on Xerox. Bound in stiff wrappers, manuscript title to spine. In fine condition. Neat, useful reference copy.
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Browne, Edward G.
A Hand-List [Handlist], Arranged Alphabetically Under the Titles, of the Turkish and Other Printed and Lithographed Books Presented by Mrs E. J. W. Gibb to the Cambridge University Library. [A Handlist of the Gibb Collection of Turkish and Other Books].
Octavo. Pp. viii, 87. Bound in full black pebbled cloth, gilt spine, original printed wrapper preserved. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Elias John Wilkinson Gibb died on December 1901, at the age of 44. He was considered a great authority on the Ottoman Turkish language and literature. He devoted his life to researching the history, literature, philosophy and religion of the Turks, Persians and Arabs. The present first edition of the hand-list of his collection is extremely rare.
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(E. J. Brill).
Catalogue No 426: Turcica. From the Collection of Prof. Franz Taeschner. [AND:] Catalogue No 433: Islamica. Remaining Portion from the Collection of Prof. Franz Taeschner. [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes bound in one. Octavo. Pp. 92; 82. Bound in cloth-backed marbled boards, with the original printed wrappers bound in; annotation to first leaf of first catalogue. In fine condition. Excellent set. ~ First edition. Uncommon. Two priced sale catalogues, listing 1,915 and 1,527 items respectively, from the collection of the late Professor Taeschner, who died in 1967. Of particular interest is item 1408 in the Turcica catalogue, possibly the largest collection of salnames to be found outside Turkey at the time, offered for sale for 23,000 Dutch Guilders.
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Bengesco, Georges.
Essai d'une notice bibliographique sur la question d'Orient. Orient Européen, 1821-1897.
Crown quarto. Pp. xiii, 327, (3). Half-title present. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter calf and pebbled cloth over boards, bit marked, spine with gilt-ruled raised bands, bit rubbed, gilt lettering in 2nd compartment, cloth inner hinges, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges; corner-tips bit worn, upper joint somewhat tender. Handsome copy in a very good condition, with fine, bright and fresh interior. ~ First edition.
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Catalogue of Printed Books Published Before 1932 in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Quarto. Pp. vi, (ii) verso blank, 541. Supplementary list, appendices. Set in double columns. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, spine ends very slightly bumped. In fine condition. Excellent copy, beautifully well preserved interior. ~ First edition.
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Kettel, Jeannot.
Jean François Champollion le Jeune. Répertoire de bibliographie analytique, 1806-1989. (Institut de France, Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Nouvelle Série, Tome X).
Quarto. Pp. vii, 293. Plus 5 facsimile plates. Bound in the original stiff wrappers, vignette illustration to cover. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Institut de France, Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Nouvelle Série, Tome X.
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Meade, C. Wade.
Road to Babylon: Development of U.S. Assyriology.
Crown quarto. Pp. xi, (i), 186. Plus a folding map, bound at end. Appendices, extended bibliography, footnotes, index. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition.
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Tychsen, Oluf Gerhard (Olaus Gerhardus) [Olai Gerhardi].
Physiologus syrus, seu historia animalium XXXII. In S. S. memoratorum, syriace; e codice bibliothecae vaticanae, nunc primum, edidit, vertit et illustravit.
Small octavo. Pp. xi, (i), 195. Engraved head-piece, decorative initial. Bound in the original plain wrappers, bit chipped, occasionally a loose signature as issued, small neat contemporary signature to title. A wide-margined, entirely untrimmed, unsophisticated copy, preserved in the original state. Title foxed else overall fine. ~ First edition.
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Saint-Martin, J. (Jean-Antoine).
Recherches sur l'histoire et la géographie de la Mésène et de la Characène. [Kharacène].
Crown quarto. Pp. xxiii, 296. Plus one plate with impressions of 5 coins, obverse and reverse, bound at end. Crowned publisher's device to title-page. Half-title present. Hardcover, handsomely bound by the binders firm Levins of Uppsala in near contemporary marbled paper over boards, gilt brown morocco lettering-piece to spine. A bright, fresh copy, untrimmed, in fine condition. ~ First edition. Published posthumously. Jean-Antoine Saint-Martin (1791-1832). Orientalist, one of the founders of the Société asiatique.
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Saint-Martin, J. (Jean-Antoine).
Recherches sur l'histoire et la géographie de la Mésène et de la Characène. [Kharacène].
Crown quarto. Pp. xxiii, 296. Plus one plate with impressions of 5 coins, obverse and reverse, bound at end. Crowned publisher's device to title-page. Half-title present. Original printed wrappers, these worn, laid down on free endpapers, age darkened, soiled. Good, clean interior, preserved in the original state. ~ First edition. Published posthumously. Jean-Antoine Saint-Martin (1791-1832). Orientalist, one of the founders of the Société asiatique.
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Reinaud, (Joseph Toussaint).
Mémoire sur le commencement et la fin du royaume de la Mésène et de la Kharacène [Characène], et sur l'époque de la rédaction du Périple de la mer Érythrée d'après les témoignages grecs, latins, arabes, persans, indiens et chinois.
Crown quarto. Pp. 104. Crowned armorial device to title-page. Bound in the original plain wrappers, frayed, neat contemporary inscription to cover. Untrimmed copy in a very good condition, preserved in the original state. ~ First edition thus. Offprint No 6, Journal asiatique, 1861. Joseph Toussaint Reinaud (1795-1867). A French orientalist, in 1847 he became the president the Société asiatique.
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Güterbock, Hans G.; Theo P. J. van den Hout.
The Hittite Instruction for the Royal Bodyguard. (Assyriological Studies, 24).
Quarto. Pp. xvi, 99. Translation, Commentary, extended Glossary. Bound in the original stiff wrappers, small inscription to half-title. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Assyriological Studies, 24.
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Speleers, Louis.
Le papyrus de Nefer Renpet. Un Livre des Morts de la XVIIIme dynastie aux Musées royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles. [TEXT & PLATES].
Quarto. Pp. 110. Plus 29 plates, 28 of which are collotype plates printed on 15 sheets, and one is a tipped-in colour plate, all loose as issued. Text volume bound in the original printed wrappers, bit worn and chipped at spine. Placed together in the original printed portfolio, bit rubbed and soiled in places, neat mending for a short tear along spine. In good condition. ~ First edition. Louis Speleers (1882-1966). Among his most important works. Beinlich-Seeber 18958.
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Brugsch, Henri [Heinrich Karl].
Grammaire hiéroglyphique, contenant les principes généraux de la langue et de l'écriture sacrées des anciens égyptiens, composée à l'usage des étudiants.
Quarto. Pp. viii, 135, (1) errata. Hardcover, bound in green half cloth, title label to spine; corner-tips bit worn, boards slightly discoloured, inner hinges cracked; foxed. In good condition. ~ First edition. Beinlich-Seeber 3971.
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