‎Moyen orient‎

‎Brigadier D. W. Southall OBE‎

‎The Royal Engineers in Afghanistan 2001-2015‎

‎UK: The Institute of Royal Engineers Professional Paper 2016. Paperback. Very Good. 12x9x0. Some light shelf wear. Slight bump to centre of spine. Top right corner of front cover creased. The Institute of Royal Engineers Professional Paper paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 602752

‎Brisson, Barnabé.‎

‎De regio Persarum principatu libri tres. Editio altera [ed. Sylburg]. [Heidelberg], Hieronymus Commelinus, 1595.‎

‎8vo. (12), 378 pp., final blank f. - (Bound with): Sylburg, Friedrich. Saracenica, sive Moamethica. Ibid., 1595. (8), 152 pp. Both works have printer's woodcut device to title page. Contemporary blindstamped vellum. I: An uncommon edition. The book was first published by Prevosteau in Paris in 1590 from the author's notes ("ex adversariis"). Essentially the sources drawn on are purely those of ancient writers, both Greek and Latin, from whom there is extensive quotation. Book I is concerned with the Persian rulers and their history, book II with religious and social life, and book III with military organisation and prowess, both ancient and modern. Brisson (1531-91) was a distinguished jurist and author of important works, notably the legal code of Henri III, but no traveller. He was hanged by the "Ligueurs" on 15 Nov. 1591. The "Typographus lectori" makes it very clear how difficult were the circumstances in which Brisson found himself, the very walls of the city being shaken by bombardment, and the shadow of death being seen everywhere, and the very opening paragraph of the text, in which Brisson speaks of "Regii nominis decus, imperii maiestatem, totumque regni statum", has contemporary resonance. Friedrich Sylburg, who acted as editor and proof-reader for the Commelin atelier, has added just a few notes at the end, the preface to these claiming that the original Paris edition of 1590 had been full of errors of transcription and editing. - II: Bound with this is the first edition of Sylburg's "Saracenica", a "theological compilation with many magical deliberations" (cf. Göllner 1878) providing a German Protestant apology against Islam based on works of the Oriental church. Contains extracts from the Panoplia of Zigabenus, a treatise against the "false prophet" Muhammad, the catechism for Saracene converts to Christianity, as well as extracts from Eutychius, Theophanes and Anastasius, printed in Greek and Latin parallel text. The "1591" edition cited by Göllner 1878 (a single supposed copy in Braunschweig) is a ghost, based on a misreading of the indistinct final digit of the imprint. - Binding stained; interior somewhat browned as common due to paper. Provenance: 1) Collection of the German historian Franz Dominikus Häberlin (1720-87) with his engr. bookplate on pastedown and monogrammed stamp on t. p. 2) Wilhelm Gesenius (1786-1842), German orientalist (his lithogr. bookplate on pastedown, with his acquisition note: "bought from D. Katsch [?] for 7 Silbergroschen"). 3) Franz Karl Movers (1806-56), German orientalist (his stamp on t. p.). 4) Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin (stamp on reverse of title-page; dispersed in 1942). 5) Swedish trade. Two additional 18th and 19th century ownerships ("C.S." and "Dr. Levin"). I: VD 16, B 8335. Adams B 2851. BM-STC German 154. OCLC 23620760. - II: VD 16, S 10353. Adams S 2137. BM-STC German 846. Göllner 2068 & cf. 1878. Smitskamp, PO 48. OCLC 17199693.‎

‎British Petroleum Company Ltd.‎

‎News in Pictures 1956. [London], Baynard Press, 1956.‎

‎4to. (40) pp. With numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Stapled. Illustrated report of BP activities in 1956. It showcases the company's international agenda, including their involvment with the trans-Antarctic expedition of Vivian Ernest Fuchs, drilling tests at Fahud, Oman, the search for oil in Gambia, East Africa and France, the fight against the caterpillar plague in Germany, aviation service, and refinery visits, as well as operations in Iran, Kuwait, Denmark and Austria. - Punched holes. Margins slightly worn.‎

‎BROCKELMANN (Carl)‎

‎Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur. Bd. I, II, Supplementbände I-III.‎

‎Leiden, Brill, 1937-1949. 5 vol. in-8 rel. d'éd. pleine percaline brune, titre et filets dorés, tranches sup. jaunes, IX-676, XIV-686, XVII-973, XVIII-1045, X-1326 pp., Texte en allemand.‎

‎Très bel ensemble, complet. - Frais de port : -France 15 € -U.E. 15 € -Monde (z B : 35 €) (z C : 92 €)‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 593136

‎Brodtmann, Carl Joseph.‎

‎Ein Spanisches Pferd. Equus Hispanicus. [Lindau, c. 1816].‎

‎Hand-coloured lithograph, matted (460 x 600 mm). Fine, large-format lithograph of a white Spanish horse with a finely costumed rider, no. 34 in Brodtmann's series of animals within his "Naturhistorische Bilder-Gallerie". Winkler 105.4.‎

‎BROSHI, Magen.:‎

‎Bread Wine Walls and Scrolls.‎

‎London: Sheffield Academic Press 2001. 1st edition.Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series 36. Volume of essays by the former Curator of the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Archeological Museum in Jerusalem covering various aspects of both the material and spiritual life of ancient Palestine in the biblical and post-biblical periods. "Among the topics are wine and food consumption studies of population the ancient city of Jerusalem the Dead Sea Scrolls and the use and abuse of archaeology in historical and biblical research." Pp.312. Red boards dustwrapper edges slightly rubbed. Scarce. VG/VG. London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 51540 ISBN : 1841272019 9781841272016

‎Brosselard, (Charles).‎

‎Les khouan. De la constitution des ordres religieux musulmans en Algérie. Algiers, A. Bourget, August 1859.‎

‎8vo. 36 pp. Contemporary red half sheepskin, gold-tooled spine. First edition of a work on the khouan, the brothers of Islamic "religious orders" in Algeria, written by Charles Brosselard (1816-1889). He describes the origin, hierarchy, organization and (initiation) rituals of seven influential Sufi brotherhoods. "A work of great learning and value" (Playfair). Brosselard had studied Arabic and later became a prefect at Tlemcen. - With author's presentation inscription to the French general Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao (1796-1878), who served as a cavalry officer in Algeria, on half-title. With an armorial bookplate on paste-down. Overall in very good condition, binding only very slightly rubbed along the extremities. Levtzion & Pouwels, The history of Islam in Africa, pp. 170, 184. Playfair, Bibliography of Algeria, 2099.‎

‎Brown, Edward Hoagland.‎

‎The Saudi Arabia Kuwait Neutral Zone. Beirut, The Middle East Research and Publishing Center, 1963.‎

‎8vo. XIV, 150 pp. Black full calf with giltstamped spine title. A history of the creation of the Neutral Zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, discussing the historical and legal background of both countries, a comparison with the Trucial Sheikhdoms, the establishment of the Neutral Zone, and the ongoing oil operations in the Zone, with an appendix of legal documents. Based on an unfinished manuscript left by the author upon his death in 1959, the volume was completed posthumously by staff of the Middle East Research and Publishing Center. Dedicated to John Paul Getty. - The Neutral Zone, a 5,770 km² area between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, had been left undefined when the border was established by in 1922. Partitioning negotiations finally commenced when the rulers of both countries met and decided, in October 1960, that the Neutral Zone should be divided. On 7 July 1965, the two governments signed an agreement, which took effect on 25 July 1966, to partition the Zone adjoining their respective territories. Ratification followed on 18 January 1970. - Quite rare; traced to 19 institutions including 6 on COPAC. OCLC 32070547.‎

‎Brown, William Robinson.‎

‎The Horse of the Desert. New York, The Derrydale Press, 1929.‎

‎Folio. XXVII, (3), 218 pp. Richly illustrated throughout. Original giltstamped blue cloth. Rare first edition, one of 750 copies. The Derrydale Press was founded by Eugene V. Connett, III, after his family’s beaver hat-making company was liquidated in 1925. He soon became an expert printer, and produced his first publication, "Magic Hours", the first book to bear The Derrydale Press imprint. For the next fourteen years, The Derrydale Press would publish 169 titles, most in limited editions, written by the best sporting authors and illustrated by the best sporting artists of the day. With the outset of World War II, Connett was forced to close the business due to the unavailability of quality materials during wartime and the firm’s increasing debts. - A good copy, privately inscribed. Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 596. Boyd/P. 21. Frazier B19A. Siegel 25.‎

‎Browning, Iain‎

‎Petra‎

‎Amman: Jordan Distribution Agency/ Chatto & Windus 1982 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Revised Edition. " . it presents not only the story of the city and its peoples but also an exceptionally clear account of its monuments and scenic splendour and the exciting discoveries made in recent archaeological excavations. Illustrated throughout with photographs drawings amps and archaeological reconstructions it offers general readers and archaeologists alike an up-to-date and fascinating introduction to perhaps the most remarkable city of the ancient world. " 256p. illus. maps. bibliography. Index. Jordan Distribution Agency/ Chatto & Windus paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 045144 ISBN : 0701134461 9780701134464

‎BROWNRIGG Ronald.:‎

‎Come See the Place. A Pilgrim Guide to the Holy Land.‎

‎London: Hodder and Stoughton 1988. Rep. "A revised and expanded edition of this much acclaimed travel-guide to the Holy Land with up-to-date practical information details of recent archeological discoveries and sixteen pages of colour photographs". Pp.14/273 includes colour photographs maps and plans of areas and buildings owner's name to front free endpaper slight toning to pages. Paperback. G. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1988. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17130 ISBN : 0340425784 9780340425787

‎Bruce Maddy-Weitzman‎

‎Middle East Contemporary Survey. VOL XXIV: 2000‎

‎Syracuse university press 2003-07. Hardcover. Like New. Like new hardcover book is clean and tight. Syracuse university press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14780 ISBN : 9652240540 9789652240545

‎BRUN (J.).‎

‎Dictionarium syriaco-latinum.‎

‎Beryti Phoeniciorum Typographia PP. Soc. Jesu 1895 1 vol. broché fort vol. in-8, demi-chagrin brun à coins, dos à nerfs rehaussés de points dorés, IX + 773. Bon état.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 107643

‎Brun, C.‎

‎De redding der bemanning van het Nederlandsch brikschip Nijverheid, verbrant in de Indische zee benevens de beschrijving eener reis op de kust en in de binnenlanden van Oost-Afrika. Rotterdam, Mensing van Westreenen, 1818.‎

‎8vo. XXIII, (1), 389, (3) pp. With woodcut vignette on title-page. Original cloth with spine rebound in modern giltstamped calf. First edition. - Detailed report of the homeward journey of the crew of the Dutch ship "Nijverheid", wrecked in the Indian Ocean. In addition to the account of the loss of the ship and the rescue of the crew, Brun provides a comprehensive description of the states of Oman, Mosambique and Madagaskar. The account of Mascate includes comments on the great abilities of the Arabian seamen in operating nautical instruments, as well as on the beauty of Arabian women. Two tribes are mentioned specifically: the Harthy clan ruled by Sheikh Abdalla Ben Djemo, Governor of Zanzibar, and another under the rule of Emir Saleh. In the ensuing short history from the sixteenth century onwards, the Al Qasimi play a prominent role. - Half-title clipped and remargined. Occasional slight browstainning, but altogether very well preserved. Rare.‎

‎Bruyn (Le Brun), Cornelis de.‎

‎Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, door de vermaardste deelen van Klein Asia, de eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus, Metelino, Stanchio, &c. Mitsgaders de voornaamste steden van Aegypten, Syrien en Palestina. Delft, Henrik van Krooneveld, 1698.‎

‎Large folio (265 x 404 mm). Large paper copy. (18), 398, (8) pp. Complete copy with engraved frontispiece, engraved author's portrait, the frequently missing large engraved folding map of the Mediterranean Sea and all 122 plates. 18 large folding panoramic views, 28 folding plates and 56 full-plates, numerous half-plates text illustrations. Contemporary Dutch blindstamped vellum. First edition, large-paper copy, of this beautifully illustrated account of De Bruyn's first journey through Egypt, Syria, the Holy Land, Rhodes, Cyprus, Scio and Turkey. - The Dutch traveller and landscape painter Cornelis De Bruyn (1652-1726/28) left the Netherlands in 1674 to travel through the Levant by way of Italy. He stayed in the Levant for seven years before settling in Italy in 1685 and returning to the Netherlands in 1693. The work is especially valued for its plates after De Bruyn's own drawings, made on location and then engraved by such well-known artists as Jan and Caper Luyken, including folding panoramas of Alexandria, Antalya, Constantinople, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Rhodes and Chios. De Bruyn's costume plates are mostly of the different types of Greek and Turkish head-dresses. The publication was soon followed by editions in English and French. - All panoramas in fine condition, not creased or torn (as often), only the panorama of Smyrna (Izmir) is trimmed with considerably narrower margins. Binding repaired with old vellum; some splitting to front hinge; upper spine-end damaged; loss to lower end. A few occasional internal stains, but still a very fresh and crisp copy. Atabey 159. Tiele 207. Klaversma & Hannema 311. Gay 2101. Henze I, 378. Howgego I, p. 157, B177. Weber II, 402 (note). Röhricht 1184. Tobler 114. Cobham/Jeffery 7. Laor 967. Schwab 74. Cohen/de Ricci 610. Lipperheide Ci 48 (= 546). Graesse I, 552. OCLC 4619950. Cf. Blackmer 225 (2nd French ed.). Aboussouan 164 (1725 French 4to ed.). Gnirrep, De Levant in een kleur (1997).‎

‎Brué, Adrien-Hubert.‎

‎Carte Generale de la Turquie d'Asie, de la Perse, de l'Arabie, du Caboul et du Turkestan Independant. Paris, Adrien-Hubert Brué, 1826.‎

‎Engraved map (680 x 535 mm), coloured in outline colour. This very detailed map gives an surprisingly precise overview of the regions surrounding Arabia and the cities located on Arabian Gulf. Alai, General maps E.139 (note). Al-Qasimi 231.‎

‎Brydges, Harford Jones.‎

‎An account of the transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia, in the Years 1807-11 [...] To which is appended, a brief history of the Wahauby. London, James Bohn, 1834.‎

‎8vo. 2 vols. VIII, 472, XXXIV. (4), V, (6)-238 pp. With 2 lithogr. frontispieces, 9 lithogr. plates on Chine appliqué and 1 folding lithogr. map of Central Arabia and Egypt. Contemporary tan calf bindings, spines renewed in period style. First edition. The second volume - and the map - are devoted entirely to the so-called "Nedjed Country". - "The first political and commercial treaty between Great Britain and Persia was concluded in 1801, when the East India Company sent John Malcolm to the Court of Fath Ali Shah. Persia undertook to attack the Afghans if they were to move against India, while the British undertook to come to the defence of Persia if they were attacked by either the Afghans or the French. When the Russians intensified their attacks on the Caucasian Provinces in 1803 annexing large territories, Fath Ali Shah appealed to the British for help, but was refused on the grounds that Russia was not included in the Treaty. The Persians thus turned to the French and concluded the Treaty of Finkenstein in 1807. It was against this background that Harford Jones, who was the chief resident at Basra for the East India Company, was sent to Persia by the Foreign Office in 1809 [...] The French who had now entered into a treaty with Russia (the Treaty of Tilsit in 1807) had lost interest in Persia and removed their political and military missions. Thus the British were able to conclude another treaty with Persia (the Treaty of Friendship and Alliance, also called the Treaty of Tehran) which bound Britain to assist Persia in case any European nation invaded her (even if Britain had a treaty with that nation). This treaty was not honoured by the British after the first Persian-Russian War" (Ghani). Volume 2 is devoted exclusively to the Wahhabis, tracing their history from the mid-eighteenth century to their defeat by Egyptian Ottoman forces at the site of the Wahhabi capital, Dariyah (Dereyah), in 1818. - Rare: the only other copy in a contemporary binding on the market within the last 30 years was the Burrell copy (wanting half titles and rebacked; Sotheby's, Oct 14, 1999, lot 127, £8,000). Only slightly browned and foxed (occasionally affecting plates), but altogether fresh, in an appealing full calf binding. Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 606. BM IV:457 (941). Wilson 33. Cf. Ghani 53f. (reprint). Diba 79.‎

‎Brégeon, Jean-Joel.‎

‎L'Egypte francaise au jour le jour 1798-1801. Paris, Perrin, 1991.‎

‎4to. 409, (1 blank), (16), 427-442, (3), (1 blank) pp. With numerous illustrations. Paperback. First edition. - Meticulous work by the French historian Brégeon, whose research focuses mostly on the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era, especially on the campaign in Egypt. The 1911 article "Les Graffiti de l'Expédition" by the Egyptologist Georges Legrain, who contributed to the first volume of Jacques de Morgan's "Catalogue des Monuments et Inscriptions de l’Egypte" (1894) by discussing graffiti in the area of Aswan, comprises the 16 unnumbered pages; pagination continues at 427. - Signs of use, but a very good, firm copy.‎

‎Buber, Martin (foreword).‎

‎Jiskor: Ein Buch des Gedenkens an gefallene Wächter und Arbeiter im Lande Israel. Deutsche Ausgabe mit einem Geleitwort von Martin Buber.‎

‎Berlin Jüdischer Verlag 1918. Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Octavo. Pp. 223. With a line-drawn portrait of each of the fallen. With index containing words in Hebrew spelled phonetically next to the original type and explained. Appendices. HARDCOVER original paper-covered boards printed in red and black spine worn; foxed edges spotted. In good condition. ~ First illustrated German edition translated from the Hebrew. Commemorating the death of 14 Jewish pioneers in Palestine. With their biographies words memories of their friends portraits. Y-3 OUT <br/> <br/> Berlin, Jüdischer Verlag hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0848

‎Buckingham, James Silk.‎

‎Travels among the Arab Tribes Inhabiting the Countries East of Syria and Palestine. London, printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825.‎

‎4to. XV, (1), 669, (1) pp. With a folding engraved map and 28 wood-engraved vignettes as chapter headings. Half brown calf over marbled boards, spine compartments ruled and decorated in gilt, burgundy morocco gilt lettering label. First edition. James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855), founder of the Calcutta Journal, Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, The Sphynx, and The Argus, social reformer and founding member of the British and Foreign Institute, travelled in the Middle East as a sea captain and merchant. This work relates the part of his travels which took him through Nazareth, the plains of the Hauran, Damascus, Tripoli, Lebanon and Balbec to Aleppo. An appendix refutes the charges of plagiarism brought by Burckhardt and Bankes against his Travels in Palestine. - Occasional light foxing and staining, slight offsetting from the engraved map to the titled. A very good copy. Blackmer 232. Tobler 143. Röhricht 1650. Howgego II, B69, p. 78.‎

‎Bukhari, Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-.‎

‎[Al-Jami as-sahih]. Les Traditions Islamiques. Traduites de l'arabe avec notes et index. Paris, Imprimerie Imperiale, 1903-1914.‎

‎Small folio (190 x 272 mm). 4 vols. (4), 682 pp. (4), XXV, (1), 649, (1) pp. (4), 700 pp. VIII, 676 pp. Modern green half leather over marbled boards with giltstamped title to spine. Monumental French translation of the great hadith collection known as the "Sahih al-Buchari", "in later times esteemed almost as highly as the Koran itself" (Brockelmann). It ranks as the first in importance of the six major canonical hadith collections, its authority and holiness surpassed only by the Holy Qur'an. - The French Arabist Octave Victor Houdas (1840-1916) taught at the École des langues orientales. His translation, the first complete edition, appeared within the "Publications de l'École des langues orientales vivantes", IVe série, vols. III-VI. - A few insignificant edge flaws, but on the whole a finely preserved set, uniformly bound in green half morocco. A milestone in French Islamic scholarship. Rare. GAL S I, 261. OCLC 493784348.‎

‎Buonaventura, Wendy‎

‎Serpent of the Nile : Women and Dance in the Arab World‎

‎A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 9 1/2"w x 11 1/4"h. 208 pages. Many illustrations and photos.‎

‎Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig (John Lewis).‎

‎Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys, collected during his travels in the East. London, (A. J. Valpy for) Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1830.‎

‎Large 4to (220 x 277 mm). IX, (3), 439, (1) pp. With an engraved map. Near-contemporary brown half calf (giltstamped spine recently rebacked). First edition, posthumously edited by William Ousely. With this work, Burckhardt submitted what was at the time the fullest and most thorough account of the various nomadic tribes of Arabia, including a history of the Wahhabis from their first appearance until 1816 (cf. Henze). A two-volume octavo edition followed immediately, as did a German translation. - The Swiss explorer Burckhardt (1784-1817) travelled through Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Nubia, and the Arabian Peninsula. Under the name "Sheikh Ibrahim", he crossed the Red Sea to Jeddah, passed an examination on Muslim law, and participated in the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. He died in Cairo and is buried there in the Muslim cemetery. He left his 350-volume library to Cambridge University; his diaries were acquired by the Royal Geographical Society. - Light waterstain to the lower corner of the map, otherwise a very good, wide-margined copy of this rare work. Embacher 57. Howgego II, p. 83, B76. Gay 3606. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 106. Engelmann 104. Brunet I, 1401f. Graesse I, 575. Cf. Macro 626; Henze I, 406f.; Hiler 127 (two-volume edition).‎

‎Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig (John Lewis).‎

‎Travels in Syria and the Holy Land. London, (William Nicol for) John Murray, 1822.‎

‎Large 4to (282 x 230 mm). (4), XXIII, (3), 668 pp. With lithographed portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved maps (2 folding), and 3 engraved plans. Contemporary full calf with gilt spine, two labels, and cover borders. Gilt inner dentelle, marbled endpapers. First edition. Posthumously edited by William Leake, these journals describe Burckhardt's various journeys between 1810 and 1816. It was at Aleppo that he studied Arabic in preparation for his later travels (clandestinely, in Arab guise under the cognomen Sheikh Ibrahim) and he toured Syria, the Lebanon and Palestine. Burckhardt had been recruited by Sir Joseph Banks on behalf of the African Association to carry out these explorations, but unfortunately he died in 1819 before he was able to complete the entire project. - Binding somewhat rubbed along extremeties; hinges and upper spine-end repaired. A little browning and foxing near the beginning, otherwise internally fine. The portrait shows Burckhardt "in his Arab Bernous, sketched at Cairo Feb. 1817 by H. Salt, Esq.". Macro 628. Blackmer 237. Atabey 166. Aboussouan 174. Tobler 141. Röhricht 1627. Weber I, 107. Howgego II, p. 82, B76. Henze I, 406. Brunet I, 1401. Graesse I, 575. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 106.‎

‎BURESI (Pascal), EL AALLAOUI (Hicham)‎

‎Governing the Empire. Provincial Administration in the Almohad Caliphate (1224-1269).‎

‎Leiden, Brill, 2013. In-8 cartonnage éditeur, XXII-538 pp., bibliogr., index. (Studies in the Hist. & Society of the Maghrib, 3).‎

‎Très bonne condition. - Frais de port :‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 544889