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Burgess, James / Cousens, Henry.
The Architectural Antiquities of Northern Gujarat, More Especially of the Districts Included in the Baroda State. London, Bernard Quaritch et al., 1903.
Colour map and 111 plates and plans, some collotype, one double-page, 4 pp. advertisements at end. Original cloth. First and only edition of this study of mainly Hindu and Jaina architecture in the state of Gujarat on the western coast of India, superbly illustrated with collotypes. Published as volume IX of the Archaeological Survey of Western India. - The Scottish archaeologist James Burgess (1832-1916), founder of "The Indian Antiquary", did educational work in Calcutta, 1856 and Bombay, 1861, and was Secretary of the Bombay Geographical Society 1868-73. He was Head of the Archaeological Survey, Western India, 1873, and of South India, 1881. From 1886 to 1889 he was Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India. - With light foxing to first few leaves, binding slightly rubbed.
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Burgess, James.
On the Muhammadan Architecture of Bharoch, Cambay, Dholka, Champanir, and Mahmudabad in Gujarat. London, Wm. Griggs & Sons et al., 1896.
Folio (265 x 340 mm). (6), II, 47, (1) pp.; 6 pp. (ads). With 77 plates and plans (some collotype, 4 double-page). Original cloth (rebacked preserving original spine). First and only edition of this superbly illustrated description on the Muslim architecture of the more provincial towns of the state of Gujarat on the western coast of India. "Among the many varieties in the style of the Muhammadan architecture prevailing in different provinces of India, that which arose in Gujarât in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries is one of the most instructive and deserving of study, as it is also the most beautiful" (preface). - The Scottish archaeologist James Burgess (1832-1916), founder of "The Indian Antiquary", did educational work in Calcutta, 1856 and Bombay, 1861, and was Secretary of the Bombay Geographical Society 1868-73. He was Head of the Archaeological Survey, Western India, 1873, and of South India, 1881. From 1886 to 1889 he was Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India. - Binding rubbed; original spine rebacked. Modern endpapers. Still a fine copy.
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Burigny, Jean Levesque de.
Histoire des révolutions de l'Empire de Constantinople, depuis la fondation de cette ville, jusqu'à l'an 1453 que les Turcs s'en rendirent maîtres. Paris, de Bure, 1749.
8vo. 3 vols. XXXVI, 391, (1) pp. XVII, 579, (1) pp. VII, 559, 13 pp. Contemp. calf with double label to gilt spine; leading edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges red. First edition of this history of the Byzantine Empire up to the fall of Constantinople and the beginning of the Ottoman reign. - Exceptionally beautiful set from the Ottoman collection of the Swiss industrialist Herry W. Schaefer. Cf. Blackmer 243. Atabey 168 (both dated "1750").
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Burke Edmund Womersley David
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful: And Other Pre-Revolutionary Writings (Penguin Classics)
Penguin Classics 2004 528 pages 13 1x19 6x2 8cm. 2004. Broché. 528 pages.
Référence libraire : 100147583 ISBN : 140436251
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Burke, Edmund, III (editor); Lapidus, Ira M. (editor)
Islam Politics and Social Movements Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies No. 5
1988. Soft Cover. Good. Publisher: University of California Press 1988 Good Soft Cover ISBN: 0-520-06868-8 paperback
Référence libraire : v005603 ISBN : 0520068688 9780520068681
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Burke, Omar M
Among the Dervishes
London: Octagon Press Ltd 1984. Third Impression. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book N.B. Darkening to pages. Fading to D/J spine and edges. MIDDLE EAST Octagon Press Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : 301932
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BURMAN, Edward.:
The Assassins. Holy Killers of Islam.
London: Crucible 1987. 1st edition."Islam has fostered many revolutionary movements but none so fascinating to the West perhaps as the Assassins - the sect whose members dedicated themselves with unquestioning obedience to acts of political murder. .An engrossing history of the Assassins from their rise in the twelfth century under the dynamic leadership of Hasan-i Sabbah and Rashid al-Din Sinan the Old Man of the Mountains to their defeat decline and eventual re-emergence in India in the nineteenth century." Pp.208 13 blck & white photo plates 3 figure illustrations. Cream cloth with slight toning to edges dustwrapper has minor edge wear. G/VG. London: Crucible, 1987. hardcover
Référence libraire : 43109 ISBN : 1852740272 9781852740276
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Burmann, Johannes [and Carl Linnaeus].
Thesaurus Zeylanicus, exhibens plantas in insula Zeylana nascentes. Inter quas plurimae novae species, & genera inveniuntur. Omnia iconibus illustrate, ac descripta [...]. Amsterdam, Janssonius van Waesbegren and Salomon Schouten, 1737.
4to. 2 parts in 1 volume. (16), 235, (1), (14), (4), 33, (1). With 111 finely etched anonymous plates, an engraved allegorical title-vignette by Adolf van der Laan (1680/1700-42) dated 1736, a number of woodcut head and tail pieces and without the portrait of Burmann, as usual. Full contemporary gold tooled mottled calf, with mottled edges. First edition of the first illustrated description of the plants of Sri Lanka, based on the famous botanical collections of Paul Hermann and Jan Hartog in The Netherlands. The plants were taken from Sri Lanka, however most of these did not exclusively exist there but grew throughout the entire South Indian Ocean region, making this book relevant for more than just the island of Ceylon. Described and illustrated plants include the Malabar nut, amaranth, cinnamon, different types of jasmin etc. Johannes Burmann (1707-79), Dutch physician and botanist at Amsterdam, was well acquainted with Carl Linnaeus. While Burmann was working on the Thesaurus Zeylanicus he was helped by Linnaeus, who was staying at Burmann's house at the time. In the same period the monumental works of Linnaeus were published that would change science. The plates are referred to as engravings, but they are most likely finely etched. Plate 18 is numbered double, causing much confusion about the number of plates with it often being described as having 110 instead of 111 plates. The dedication on *2 has 2 different states: this one opens with Nicolao Sautyn. - Some annotations in pencil. Hinges worn and some wear to the boards. Plates a bit browned as usual. In very good condition. Hunt 501. Nissen BBI 303. Stafleu & Cowan 928.
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Burmann, Johannes.
Rariorum Africanarum plantarum, ad vivum delineatum, iconibus ac descriptionibus illustraturum, decas prima (-decima). Amsterdam, Boussiere, 1738-1739.
10 parts in 1 volume. Large 4to. viii, 106, (2 blank), (4), 109-142, (4), 145-167, (5), 169-193, (5), 195-268, (2) pp. With 100 finely engraved plates probably after Hendrik Claudius (1655-1697), depicting South African plants. With identical engraved vignettes on each of the ten part-titles, by Jan Caspar Philips (1700-1775), showing Cape Town and Table Mountain seen from the water. First title in red & black. Without the frontispiece portrait of Burmann, as usual. Full contemporary mottled calf with gold tooled spine. Rare first and only edition of a primary source on South African flora, especially the Cape of Good Hope area, by Johannes Burmann (1707-79), Dutch physician and botanist at Amsterdam. "The nomenclature is here often in agreement with that of the Hortus Cliffortianus [of Linneaus]; Burmann accepts the Linnaean generic reform as brought about by the Genera plantarum and attempts, though not yet consistently, to coin his phrase names in a purely diagnostic way in the Linnaean manner" (Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans, p. 166). The illustrations are drawn from the Codex Simon van der Stel, the Herbarium Witsenianum, and the Codex Witsenii. The artist was most likely the physician Hendrik Claudius of Breslau, who had arrived in Cape Town in 1682 to make watercolours of the local plants, with a medical interest. Simon van der Stel ventured on an expedition to Namaqualand in 1685-86 and had drawings of plants made for him, it is possible that Claudius accompanied him and made the drawings. In Cape town copies of these drawings were made for the burgomaster of Amsterdam, Nikolaas Witsen and via that route they served as the source for the engravings in the Rariorum Africanarum Plantarum. An important work with the first illustrations of many Cape of Good Hope plants. - Bookplate on first end paper of Guy Tinant and ink ownership on the second endpaper by the same, dated 1975. Great Flower Books 53. Hunt 508. Nissen 302. Plesch 165. Stafleu, 929. Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans, p. 166. For the watercolours see: Codex Witsenii.
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Burn-Murdoch, John Francis, British Major General (1859-1931).
Collection of manuscripts on military expeditions in North Africa and along the Nile. Cairo and other places, [1884-1885].
Mostly 8vo and 4to. Ca. 206 pp. A loose collection of letters, diary entries, telegram slips, inserted sketch maps, and related paraphernalia. Includes: A Map of the Nile, From the Equatorial Lakes to the Mediterranean, Embracing the Egyptian Sudan (Kordofan, Darfur, &c.) and Abyssinia (London, Stanford, 1883). Folding coloured map of the Nile, inscribed by Burn-Murdoch. Burn-Murdoch, who rose to the rank of Major General, commanded, among other things, the cavalry in Egypt as a member of the Royal Dragoons. Part of his estate is in the National Army Museum, London. The collection offered here is in several hands, largely that of Burn-Murdoch himself, partly (probably also a little later) by others, especially the sections marked "copy" on the cover sheet. - "March from Aswan to Wada Halfa" is written on one cover; another piece is untitled, but describes a military operation near Tunis. Several sketch maps are inserted. Some of the sheets are numbered by hand, showing some sections to be partly incomplete. The overarching perspective of the collection is predominantly a military one, with geographical and meteorological commentary only mentioned in connection with military matters. However, in some letters to his father, Burn-Murdoch does add a few hints of daily life: "I am writing this in great luxury as I have got hold of an old wine cask and have constructed a kind of armchair out of it". He chats casually about seeing the pyramids of Giza, and subsequently "had a very hot walk from the Pyramids into Cairo", describes witnessing an accident which led to a drowning in the Nile, and notes that they were eating well enough, having had two cooks, though "one of whom deserted at the Pyramids". Also included is a hand-coloured map, presumably once in Burn-Murdoch's ownership with his name inscribed on the front cover of its case. - Overall in good condition, with some light wear. Despite the gaps, it gives an impressive picture of the life of British colonial troops in North Africa before 1900.
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Burnes, Alexander.
Travels into Bokhara: containing the narrative of a voyage on the Indus from the sea to Lahore [...]. London, John Murray, 1839.
8vo. 3 vols. XXIV, (2), 328 pp. XII, 304 pp. XII, 384 pp. With 8 plates, 4 of which are folding, and one folding map. 19th century cloth-backed brown boards, paper spine labels. Second edition. "Acclaimed by critics as one of the most valuable books on travel that had ever appeared, it was the first comprehensive account of the whole of Central Asia" (Howgego, p. 83). - The best-known work of Alexander Burnes (1805-41), a Scottish diplomat, military officer, spy, and explorer who was once nicknamed "Bukhara Burnes" for his role in establishing contact with and exploring Bukhara, a historical stop along the Silk Road and today the seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan. Burnes began his career serving in the army of the East India Company and swiftly became enmeshed in what the British called The Great Game: a series of disputes between the British and Russian empires as each sought to acquire Afghanistan and surrounding areas under imperial rule. This had large ramifications in West Asia and the subcontinent, and Burnes was familiar with many of the local political actors who rose to become major players in the Game, such as Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) and especially Mohan Lal Zutshi (1812-77), an Indian fellow explorer and diplomat who guided Burnes on his trip to Bukhara. Zutshi and Burnes remain at the heart of Burnes's narrative. The folding map at the rear of vol. 1 illustrates the path Mohan Lal Zutshi and Burnes took through West Asia. - Light exterior wear, front cover of vol. 3 detached, otherwise in good condition. OCLC 3813162. Cf. Wilson 35 (1835 ed.). Howgego, 1800-1850, B77.
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BURNS (Ross)
Monuments de Syrie Guide Historique
Damas, Editions Dummar 1998, in-8 broché, XV-317 p. (pli de lecture au dos, sinon bel état ; non réédité) Texte sur deux colonnes, cahier photos en couleurs, cartes et plans in-texte, lexique, chronologie, bibliographie et index. L'ouvrage de référence d'un historien et archéologue, permettant d'apprécier les immenses richesses de ce pays qui a tant souffert.
Référence libraire : 48124
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Burns, John James Douglas, Scottish naval surgeon (1815-1894).
[Naval logbook and diary]. Memorandum book. Mainly Eastern Mediterranean, but including South America, the Caribbean, London and other places, chiefly 1835/1836 to 1838, with a few later entries to 1844.
Small 8vo (100 x 155 mm). English manuscript on paper. 80 pp. (five days to a page, hand-ruled on blank sheets), with 8 pp. of printed matter ("a list of stamps, London bankers, interest tables, and other useful commercial information") bound first. Signed on the flyleaf (dated 1835) and on the title page. Original 1830s green roan. A remarkable naval logbook and diary kept by the young naval surgeon John Burns, documenting the voyages of four Royal Navy vessels, the H.M.S. "Harrier", the "North Star", the "Carysfort" and the "Sappho", to Ottoman ports throughout the Eastern Mediterranean during the final years of the reign of William IV and the early reign of Queen Victoria. Burns's ships frequently called at Constantinople, Pera and Tarabya, but also anchored at Tunis and Algier, as well as Alexandria (on Christmas Day 1840). Several of his brief entries tell of encounters and relations with local governors and dignitaries: "[3 Aug. 1837] Received the Persian Ambassador on board"; [8 Aug. 1837] Received French Ambassador on board"; "[14 April 1838] On board. Turkish frigate and brig arrived with the Pasha of Tunis". When passing the castles on the Dardanelles on 18 Nov. 1837, the ship "fired 19 guns", and upon entering Constantinople on 7 June 1837, the vessel pays its respects to Sultan Mahmud II: "Sailed from Therapia to Constantinople, manned yards and fired a Royal salute on passing the Sultans' Palace [...]". Upon their return to Tarabya a few months later, Burns remarks on the celebration of the Sultan's birthday: "[11 Dec. 1837] Sultans Birthday, lett [?] off rockets in the evening". When news of the Sultan's death reaches the ship less than two years later, Burns notes: "[29 June 1839] Uncertain reports of the death of the Sultan", and "[2 July 1839] Reports confirmed of Sultan Mahmouds death aged 69 reighned [!] 31 years." Burns also provides accounts of several military events, mentioning an "Insurrection at Pera, lying off it" on 10 August 1837, or the Battle of Nezib on 24 June 1839. Burns's training as a surgeon is called upon: "[11 Dec. 1836] Captain came on board, mastered, in the evening corporal of Marines broke both bones of leg immediately above ankle". Not always is Burns able to apply his medical skills with success: "[19 Dec. 1836] man killed by falling from the Mainmast head through lubber hole into the Basin"; "[18 Mar. 1837] Cook died of disease of chest". Yet the diary also gives evidence of many less sensational episodes of everyday life aboard ship, containing remarks about dinner, lesser illnesses, and weather conditions. Other entries cover leisure activities such as walks ashore ("[21 July 1837] On shore of Sultan's Valley, had a Turkish bath"; [5 Dec. 1837] Went to Stamboul Bazaars, Galata, Pera") and visiting such sights as coastal castles or the ruins of Pompeii. Burns's allegiance to the British crown is always evident: "[14 July 1837] Fired 72 minute guns in the afternoon on the news of the death of the King which happ. on the 19th June", "[28 June 1838] Entered Toulon and celebrated the Queen's coronation", and "[15 July 1837] fired a royal salute in honour of the accession of Queen Victoria". - Burns joined the H.M.S. "North Star" on 1 Sep. 1836, sailing from Rio de Janeiro to England. Other voyages took the keeper of this diary further into the western Mediterranean, including the ports of Naples, Malta, and Barcelona. - Later notes and calculations on the final leaves and the insides of the covers; newspaper clippings on the lower paste-down announce the death of Burns's infant son in 1859 as well as the birth of his daughter in 1857 and of another son in 1860. A newspaper clipping announcing Burns's passing on March 10 [1894] is pasted on the flyleaf. Upper cover creased, occasional very minor paper flaws to edges, but in all a charming survival.
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Burton, Isabel.
AEI. Arabia Egypt India. A Narrative of Travel. London, William Mullan & Son, 1879.
8vo. VIII, 488 pp. With coloured frontispiece map and 12 plates. Original dark grey decorated cloth with bevelled edges, ruled and lettered in silver and gold. First edition. - Lady Burton's second book, detailing a journey made with her husband Sir Richard Francis Burton to India via Arabia and Egypt between 1875 and 1876. Although the work is predominantly focused on India, there is a chapter devoted to Jeddah and some notes on Trieste, where this particular voyage began. - Provenance: Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, with the author's presentation inscription on the half-title: "The Duchess of Somerset with affecti[onate] love from Isabel Burton / 21 Feb 1879". The beautiful Jane Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (1809-84), was the granddaughter of the Irish playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. - Neat restoration to extremities and inner hinges. A fine association copy. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 108. OCLC 64763306.
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Burton, Isabel.
The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine and the Holy Land [...]. London, Henry S. King & Co., 1875.
4to. 2 parts in one vol.: X, 376; (4), 340 pp. With 2 portrait frontispieces, 2 chromolithographed plates and one folding map of Syria. Contemporary full calf with giltstamped spine and spine label; giltstamped emblem of the Edinburgh Collegiate School to upper cover. Leading edges gilt. All edges marbled. Bound by Seton and Mackenzie of Edinburgh. First edition of Lady Isabel Burton's first book, detailing a journey made with her husband Sir Richard Francis Burton to Syria, Palestine and the Holy Land between 1869 and 1871. A remarkable work of travel literature from a female point of view, intending "to convey an idea of the life which an Englishwoman may make for herself in the East" (p. VII). It includes detailed descriptions of Damascus, the Hajj, Palmyra and Beirut, as well as dervish dances, a Muslim wedding, and a Turkish bath. With portraits of Isabel and Richard Francis Burton. - Extremities very slightly rubbed. A fine copy in an appealing binding. Weber I, 724. Cf. Blackmer 246 (2nd ed.). Not in Atabey.
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Burton, Richard (Sir).
Itineraries of the Second Khedivial Expedition" & "A Visit to Lissa and Pelagosa" in Journal Of The Royal Geographical Society.
London: John Murray 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo; cxxvii 444 12 pages blue cloth <br/><br/>Burton's contributions occupy the first 190 pages. Also Prof. George Rolleston's lecture to the RGS an early ecology talk "The Modifications of the External Aspects of Organic Nature produced by Man's Interference". " I propose . to notice a few of the many alterations produced by disforesting in our own and other countries". John Murray hardcover
Référence libraire : 0009094
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Burton, Richard (Sir). N. M. Penzer
Selected Papers On Anthropology Travel & Exploration
London: A. M. Philpot Ltd. 1924. First Trade edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 240 pages brown cloth untrimmed for and bottom edges. partially unopened; ex libris Thomas Barbour. <br/><br/>Penzer was of course Burton's bibliographer. He has selected ten excellent but obscure writings by Burton on Sind Mecca Harar Tanganyika and also Rome and Biovannie Battista Belzoni. A. M. Philpot Ltd. hardcover
Référence libraire : 0008935
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Burton, Richard (Sir).
Wanderings In Three Continents
New York: Dodd Mead 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 313 pages untrimmed blue cloth <br/><br/>This is the American issue of the British sheets. "Though Burton wrote and published many bulky volumes of travel . none of them assumed a popular form . The essays that follow were all prepared by Burton himself . Burton here gives an epitome of his principal travels in three continents - Preface." The "three" continents are Africa South America. North America Asia. Dodd, Mead hardcover
Référence libraire : 0009096
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Burton, Richard (Translator); Cerf, Bennett A. (Arrangement).
ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS, Or the Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night. Introductory Essay by Ben Ray Redman.
pp. xiv, 823. 16mo. Original full cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold. Hardbound. First Modern Library Edition. ISLAM BOX 2
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Burton, Richard / N. M. Penzer (eds.).
Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel & Exploration. Now edited with an introduction and occasional notes. London, A.M. Philpot, Ltd., 1924.
8vo. 240 pp. Red-brown cloth with title information in gilt on spine. Red upper edge. First edition of a collection of ten quite rare and otherwise inaccessible articles by the British explorer, scholar and soldier Richard Francis Burton (1821-90), compiled and edited by N. M. Penzer, the author of "An Annotated Bibliography of Sir Richard Burton" (1923). - After the publication of Burton's bibliography, Penzer received numerous requests to publish some of the articles he had mentioned but were hard to find by members of the general public. Norman Mosley Penzer (1892-1960) was a scholar who specialised in Oriental studies and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He wrote several original works, for example on cotton in British West Africa (1920) or the mineral resources of Burma (1922), but he was possibly more famous for the works he edited. According to the Royal Geographical Society, Penzer was an eminent authority on Sir Richard Francis Burton but failed to write the definitive biography, though "it was well within his power to do". Apart from his works on Burton, Penzer also edited other anthropological works and even translated the tale of Nala and Damayanti from Sanskrit in 1926. - Penzer consciously made a small selection of Burton's more obscure papers, in order to give an insight into the varied activities and achievements of the explorer's life. Thus, the contents of the present work vary in subject. Burton's travels in India, Ethiopia, Gabon, Syria, and to Mecca are represented in separate articles. The subjects of other articles are more anthropological in nature, as expected regarding the title, such as the history and significance of scalping in different cultures around the world or spiritualism and religion in Africa and the Middle East. Other than the introduction, in which he explains his reasoning for including certain articles, Penzer only included short preliminary and explanatory remarks at the beginning of each paper and the occasional footnote, while Burton's work remained the focal point of the book. - Slight browning and foxing throughout, with an autograph in blue ink on the first flyleaf. Overall in good condition. Howgego IV, B98. Cf. Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 158 (another edition).
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Burton, Sir Richard F.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah Volume Two
NY: Dover 1964. reprint. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. As new except for rubbed cover edges with some chipping and a single crease on the front cover. 479 indexed annotated pages. "a treasury of material on Arab life beliefs manners and morals detailed descriptions of religious ceremonies mosques temples etc; and a variety of ethnographic economic and geographical information."from his 1853 trip. 1.5 Dover paperback
Référence libraire : 6-6T001
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Burton, Sir Richard Francis.
Falconry in the Valley of the Indus. London, Van Voorst, 1852.
8vo. (16), 107, (1) pp. Tinted lithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, 8 pp. publisher's catalogue at end. Original cloth. First edition, "well written" (Harting). - Half-title inscribed by the author in Arabic: "To the accursed captain from his friend Mirza Abdullah" (as Burton styled himself during his travels). Below the inscription is a pencil drawing (not by Burton) of the author's head imposed onto the body of a cat walking across a roof, captioned beneath in English, in a different hand in ink: "a faithful sketch of the Author". - Spine-ends professionally repaired. Light foxing to plate margins, occasional spotting elsewhere. Harting 66. Schwerdt I, 90. Penzer p. 41.
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Burton, Sir Richard Francis.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855-1856.
3 volumes. 8vo. XVI, 388 pp. (2), IV, 426 pp. XII, 448 pp. Half-title in vol. 3, without publisher's ads. 4 maps & plans (3 folding), 5 colour lithographed plates, 8 tinted lithographed plates. Later half morocco over marbled paper covered boards, bound by Zaehnsdorf, spine with raised bands in six compartments, lettered in the second and fourth, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. First edition of Burton's classic account of his journey across the Arabian peninsula. In the fall of 1852, Burton first proposed to the Royal Geographical Society an expedition to central Arabia with the intent on visiting the holy cities. His request was denied by the RGS and the East India Company as being too dangerous for a westerner, though he was funded to study Arabic in Egypt. Upon arrival there, in April 1853, disguised as a Pashtun and travelling under the pseudonym Mirza Abdullah, Burton made the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. "The actual pilgrimage began with a journey on camel-back from Cairo to Suez. Then followed twelve days in a pilgrim ship on the Red Sea from Suez to Yambu, the port of El-Medinah. So far the only risk was from detection by his companions. Now came the dangers of the inland road, infested by Bedawin robbers. The journey from Yambu to El-Medinah, thence to Meccah, and finally to the sea again at Jeddah, occupied altogether from 17 July to 23 Sept., including some days spent in rest, and many more in devotional exercises. From Jeddah, Burton returned to Egypt in a British steamer, intending to start afresh for the interior of Arabia via Muwaylah. But this second project was frustrated by ill-health, which kept him in Egypt until his period of furlough was exhausted. The manuscript ... was sent home from India, and seen through the press by a friend in England. It is deservedly the most popular of Burton's books ... as a story of bold adventure, and as lifting a veil from the unknown, its interest will never fade" (DNB). Indeed, the work would be described by T.E. Lawrence as "a most remarkable work of the highest value." Abbey, Travel 368. Penzer, pp. 43-50. Macro, 640. Howgego IV, B95.
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Bury, George Wyman.
Arabia Infelix, or the Turks in Yamen. London, Macmillan and Co., 1915.
Large 8vo. X, 213, (3) pp. With 3 maps and 18 plates, some containing multiple images. Red cloth, blind-tooling on covers, title information in gold on spine. First edition of G. W. Bury's account of Yemen on the eve of WWI. Bury (1874-1920) was a British naturalist, explorer, Arabist and political officer in the British army, who spent most of his life in the Aden-Yemen borderlands. As a young man, he spent a year with the Abdali tribe in the Aden protectorate; he learned their language and even received the name Abdulla Mansur. Later in life, he was able to pass himself off as a local, because of his looks and command of colloquial Arabic. The British government made use of this by employing Bury as a political officer in the region and even escorting the British part of the Boundary Commission in the Dhala region of Yemen. - "At the outbreak of World War I, Bury's unique knowledge of the Arab tribesmen and the Turkish administration commended him to the British intelligence service, and in 1915 he was made 'political officer' to the Red Sea Northern Patrol with the rank of lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve" (Howgego). - Very slight browning, small tear in the contents-page (outer margin). Overall in good condition. Howgego IV, B99. Macro 642. Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 163. Smith, The Yemens, 59. Sotheby's, Burrell sale, lot 136. Cf. Canton, From Cairo to Baghdad British travellers in Arabia, pp. 170-176.
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Busch, Andreas
Die Kreuzzüge in den Bildern von Gustav Doré.
München, Josef Müller, 1925. 4°. 43, (8) S. Mit 100 ganzs. Abb. nach Gustav Doré. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden + = "Tiefdruckbücher".
Référence libraire : 5222BB
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Bushnaq, 'Abd-al-Mu'in 'Utman.
Ad-Dalil al-'amm li'l-Mamlaka al-'Arabiya as-Su'udiya. Damascus, Mat'ba'at Muh'ammad Has'im al-Kutubi, 1957 CE / 1376 H.
Small folio (200 x 282 mm). 1021, (1) pp. With numerous photo illustrations within the pagination. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt title to upper cover. The "General Guide to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia": a rare public directory to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, published on behalf of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Commerce in what was for the monarchy an eventful year: King Saud established the first university in Saudi Arabia and the country became a member at the International Monetary Fund; also, the government was strongly occupied with international affairs in the Middle Eastern crisis, the larger Arab world, and developments of the Cold War. The volume documents the remarkable degree of development which the Kingdom had achieved since its foundation 25 years previously. - Covers somewhat rubbed; inner front hinge loose; slight browning. A well-preserved copy. OCLC 318024526.
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BUSSAGLI, Mario:
La peinture de l'Asie Centrale. ‘Les Trésors de l'Asie’, 1.
Genève, Albert Skira, 1963, in-4°, 137 p., richement illustré, reliure en toile originale, jaquette originale. Bel état.
Référence libraire : 92743aaf
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Butenschön, Andrea.
The Life of a Mogul Princess. Jahanara Begam, Daughter of Sahjahan. London, George Routledge & Sons, 1931.
8vo. XIII, (1), 221, (1) pp., final blank. Publisher's giltstamped black cloth. First edition of this historical novel by the Swedish oriental scholar Andrea Butenschön (1866-1947), who had studied Sanskrit in London and at the Sorbonne (where she was the first woman to be educated in this language): purportedly the translation of an autobiographical Persian manuscript written by Jahanara Begam, daughter of Shah Jahan. Inscribed by Sayajirao Gaekwad III (1863-1939), the reformist Maharaja of Baroda (a princely state in today's Gujarat), to Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III (1877-1957), the 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismailis and a founder and the first president of the All-India Muslim League: "To H. H. The Aga Khan with kind regards of Sayaji Rao Gaekwar / Cannes 24-4-32". - Extremeties insignificantly bumped; occasional light foxing, otherwise fine. Encyclopaedia Iranica XIV.4, p. 375.
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Butler Grant C
Beyond Arabian Sands: The People Place and Politics of the Arab World
NY: Devin-Adair 1964. Hardbound. NEAR FINE- Good dj. As new except for slight softening of spine ends and small inward curl to top corner of cover. Tan linen-finish cloth with orange lettering on spine. Dust jacket is intact unclipped and bright but has light age soil and wear to edges with tiny rips which have been tape repaired on the inside. Map endpapers. Interviews with "Nasser Kings Hassan Hussein and Idris Prince Feisal and Algeria's Ben Bella." 223 indexed pages with black and white photo sections. Devin-Adair hardcover
Référence libraire : 21T002
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BYFORD-JONES W.
Forbidden Frontiers. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Hale 1958. 8vo. First Edition with plates half-title title and Contents lightly spotted neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth gilt back fore-edges lightly spoted else a good firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Early and well-written account of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Hale, hardcover
Référence libraire : 25852
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Byrne, Dymphna
ISRAEL & THE HOLY LAND A Rand McNally Pocket Guide
Chicago IL: Rand McNally 1985. First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/faint creasing to lower back corner. Excellent compact travel guide to Israel and the religious Christian Muslim and Jewish sites. <br/> <br/> Rand McNally paperback
Référence libraire : 005001 ISBN : 0137508522 9780137508525
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Béchard, Henri.
Égypte et Nubie. No place, (ca. 1880).
60 photographs on albumen paper, measuring 28 x 22 cm each, signed and captioned in the plate, numbered 1 through 68. Contemporary green half calf with gilt spine and title "Égypte & Nubie", initialed "B.C.D." on first plate. Large and beautiful photographs by Bechard: excellent vintage prints, mostly in superior condition. They represent the popular Egyptian and Nubian types, frequently in close-ups. Nissan N. Perez states that this part of the work of a photographer specializing in views of sites and monuments "has escaped general attention" (cf. Focus East, p. 123, reproducing the photograph of water carriers resting). Includes: a scribe; a sheikh reading the Qur'an, merchants and grocers, a group of ulemas (religious scholars) reading the Qur'an, an Arab drawing water, whirling dervishes, Arab peasants (a fellah carrying water), a sheikh going to the mosque, a game of Mangala, water carriers, mat manufacturers, Sheikh Sadad, a descendant of Mohammed, a falconer, washerwomen, an Arabic singer, a young fellah, a Darabouka player, labourers, a public fountain, a beggar, Arabs at prayer, Arabic coffee, etc. - Béchard was active between 1869 and ca. 1890. "His work is distinguished by the superb quality of his prints and the generally spectacular presentation of even the most common sites, such as the pyramids. His studies of people and costumes are even more interesting and point to a very personal involvement of the photographer in the life and customs of the country. His cityscapes and urban scenes were mostly taken from unusual angles in an attempt to cope with the narrow and confined spaces" (Nissan N. Perez). - Binding repaired in places.
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Bérard, Victor.
Le Sultan, l'Islam et les Puissances. Constantinople - la Mecque - Bagdad. Avec deux cartes hors texte. Paris, Armand Colin, 1907.
Small 8vo. VI, 443, (3) pp. With 2 folding maps. Contemp. half leather with giltstamped spine title. Only edition. The maps show Egypt and Abessinia with the Arabian Peninsula and Asia Minor with the Middle East and Iraq. - Some foxing throughout; slight worming to lower corner of preliminary matter. Corners rubbed and bumped. Sold at Sotheby's 2002 Travel Sale for 454 GBP (later half morocco). OCLC 252331293.
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Böckh, August.
Erklärung einer aegyptischen Urkunde auf Papyrus in griechischer Cursivschrift. Berlin, G. Reimer, 1821.
Large 4to. 36 pp. With a folding lithographed plate. Original wrappers with handwritten label on upper cover. Treatise on a papyrus document concerning the sale of land, found in an Egyptian grave and dated 104 BC. - August Boeckh (1785-1867), who did important work on ancient poetry, particularly Pindar, is regarded as the founder of modern Epigraphy. - Slightly brownstained. Covers worn. From the library of Joseph Baron Lassberg (1770-1855), his autogr. ownership "Villae Eppos ad Bibliothecam Laßbergii" on inside of front cover; stamp of the Fürstenberg Court Library at Donaueschingen on title page. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 78. Not in Kainbacher.
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BÜLENT ARAS.
Turkey and the Greater Middle East.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 172 p. This book aims to analyze Turkish policy in the Greater Middle East area. The events and discussions that view the region as having a discrete political as well as geographic identity have gained prominence in political circles and in academic analysis. The U.S. administration's stated goals are to create order and stability in the Greater Middle East area that consists of the countries from North Africa to Indian subcontinent and from Saudi Arabia to Central Asian steppes. Since the September 11 attacks to the U.S., the only country that promoted both security and freedom at home in the Greater Middle East region has been Turkey. Thanks to its dual European and Middle Eastern identities, its political and social modernization and its democratic standards, Turkey is strategically important to both U.S. and European interests in many respects and is therefore a natural key to any plan or concept that aims to promote democracy and raise living standards in this region. With its ability to reconcile democracy and Islam and as well as democracy and security, Turkey is the best candidate to suggest and help initiate internal mechanisms for positive change in the Greater Middle East.
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Büsching, A[nton] F[riedrich].
Große Erdbeschreibung. Drei und zwanzigster Band. Asia. Erste Abtheilung. Brno, Joseph Georg Traßler, 1787.
8vo. Vol. 23 (of 24) only. 557, (1) pp. Contemporary blue boards with handwritten spine title and library label. Trassler's reprint of Büsching's great geography: volume 23 only, dedicated to the Near and Middle East, i.e., the Ottoman Empire, Mesopotamia, Syria, and the Levant. - Occasional light browning due to paper; light staining to boards.
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C. Bonucci
Viaggio in Siria, in Palestina, e fino al mar Rosso nel 1864 del signor Duca di Luynes
In 8°, pp. 13. Brossura originale
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C. Spyridakis, PHD. - H. D.
A Brief History Of Cyprus -
1964. Soft Cover. Good. PB/Gd. condition/79pages - A brief history of Cyprus is discussed in this text. K2221HI4 paperback
Référence libraire : K2221
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Cadoz, François.
Le secrétaire de l'Algérie ou Le secrétaire Français-Arabe, contenant des modèles de lettres et d'actes sur toutes sortes de sujets, un recueil de proverbes, des explications grammaticales etc. Algier, F. Bernard (Lithographie de Mad.e Philippe), 1850.
12mo. 180 pp. Near-contemporary half calf over marbled boards with giltstamped spine title. First edition; one of the earliest Middle-Eastern lithographed publications: an Arabic letter-writing guide for the use of secretaries and scribes in Algeria. Reprinted in 1904. - Publisher's signature stamped to verso of title as copyright protection. Stamped ownership of the private oriental scholar Carl Mayreder of Vienna, member of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, to the title-page, with ticket of the Viennese bookbinder Georg Mayer (dated 1876) to the lower pastedown. OCLC 493647399.
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CAHEN (Claude)
Les Peuples musulmans dans l'histoire médiévale.
Damas, Institut Français, 1977 gr. in-8, XXVII-496 pp., broché. Envoi.
Référence libraire : 208160
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CAHUET (Albéric)
La Question d'Orient dans l'Histoire Contemporaine (1821-1905).
P., Dujarric et Cie, 1905. In-8, rel. de l'ép. demi-maroquin noir, dos joliment orné en long, pièce de titre brune, chiffre J. H. en pied, tête dorée, couv. cons., (rel. signée Terquem) ; III-537 pp. Edition originale.
Référence libraire : 601207
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CAIGNART DE SAULCY (L. F.)
Carnets de voyage en Orient (1845- 1869).
Paris, PUF, 1955. In-8 broché, couv. ill., VIII-248 pp., 1 carte dépliante en n/b., bibliographie, index.
Référence libraire : 604762
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Cailliaud & Drovetti / Jomard, M. (ed.).
Voyage à L’Oasis de Syouah. Rédigé et publié par M. Jomard [...] d’aprés les matériaux recueillis par M. le Chevalier Drovetti, Consul Général de France en Égypte, et par M. Frédéric Cailliaud, de Nantes, pendant leurs voyages dans cette oasis en 1819 et en 1820. Paris, 1823.
Folio (45 x 29 cm). (2) (half title and title), (4) (description of plates), 28 pp. With 20 plates (including a map of Northern Africa and the region around Siwa). Very nice contemporary half calf, spine richly gilt. Map slightly cropped in right-hand margin, but only touching frame, no loss of picture. A fine, very attractive copy of a particularly scarce work. - (Bound after:) Cailliaud, Frédéric. Voyage a l'Oasis de Thèbes et dans les Déserts situés a l'orient et a l'occident de la Thébaide, fait pendant les années 1815, 1816, 1817 et 1818. Contenant: 1. Le Voyage à l'Oasis de Dakel, par M. le Chevalier Drovetti. 2. Le Journal du premier Voyage de M. Cailliaud en Nubie. 3. Des recherches sur les Oasis, sur les Mines d'émeraude, et sur l'ancienne Route du commerce entre le Nil et la mer Rouge. Paris, l'Imprimerie Royale, 1821. XVII, 120 pp. With 24 (1 colour) plates (including 2 maps). I) Voyage y l'oasis de Syouah: An important work on Siwa and at the same time the only source on Drovetti's research in the oasis - a particularly rare book! - In September 1819, Cailliaud travelled from Fayun westward to Siwa, where he carried out important research which was the foundation of the scientific discovery and exploration of Siwa oasis. In 1820 Bernardino Drovetti arrrived in Siwa together with Mehmed Ali's expedition. Accompanied by 2 draughtsmen and protected by the Egyptian troops, Drovetti was able to explore the oasis and to have plans and views drawn. Thus, he managed to supplement the picture Cailliaud had given of Siwa. He was also the first European to visit the village of Agharmi. Drovetti's and Cailliaud's reports were sent to Jomard who edited and published them. - II) Voyage à l'oasis de Thèbes: In 1815, Cailliaud travelled to Nubia together with B. Drovetti. When he had returned, Mehmed Ali advised him to explore the adjacent desert regions near Egypt. First he went east through the Arabian desert to the Red Sea. After seven days he reached the diamond mines at Djebel Subara. From Djebel Kebrit, his easternmost point, he went back to the Nile. In June 1818 he went east of Esna to the Great Oasis (Kharga), which, although Poncet und Browne had already seen it, had still remained unexplored. - The plates show Sekket, Douch El Qualah, Chargeh, El Gabouet, the ruins of Chargeh, etc. Also contains the only publication of Bernardino Drovetti's 'Le Voyage à l'Oasis du Dakel'. Drovetti was, after Edmonstone, the second explorer to reach Dakel. - A separate second volume of the Voyage a l'oasis de Thèbes was issued in 1824. I: Henze I, 474/475 (Cailliaud) and II, 97/98 (Drovetti). Ibrahim Hilmy I, 113. Not in Blackmer. - II: Cf. Henze I, 474 ff. Blackmer 268. Gay 1967. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 113. Embacher 66.
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Calamandrei Piero (direttore)
Il Ponte. Rivista mensile di politica e letteratura. Anno XXVI, N° 8-9. Agosto - Settembre.
<p>22 cm, br. editoriale, p. 939-1095.</p>
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CALDWELL, Christopher - Préface de Michèle Tribalat - Traduit de l'anglais par Johan Frederik Hel Guedj
Une révolution sous nos yeux, comment l'Islam va transformer la France et l'Europe
2011 Ed. du Toucan - 2011 - Fort In-8 broché avec couv. à rabats - 532 p.
Référence libraire : 103924
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CALLEBAUT Paul-Jacques
Du Sinaï à l'Euphrate. Samaritains. Assyriens. Druzes. Derviches. Hassidim
Couverture rigide. Cartonnage de l'éditeur. 115 pages. Jaquette. Envoi sur la page de titre.
Référence libraire : 71272
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Callenberg, Johann Heinrich (praes.) / Vockerodt, Ludwig Christian (resp.).
Iuris circa Christianos Muhammedici particulae. E codicibus Moslemorum [...]. Halle, Christian Henckel, (1729).
4to. (4), 18, (2) pp. Papered spine. Considered Callenberg's probably most scholarly work, a Halle disputation about Muslim laws respecting Christians. The respondent was Ludwig Christian Vockerodt, the son of Callenberg's former teacher in Gotha, Gottfried Vockerodt. With numerous notes in Arabic. The German orientalist and Lutheran professor of theology and philology Johann Heinrich Callenberg (1694-1760) tried to promote conversions among Jews and Muslims. For this purpose he founded (in 1728) the "Institutum Judaicum et Muhammedicum", which also produced oriental-language translations of Christian tracts. - Well preserved. GAL S I, 347.
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Calverley, E. E.
ISLAM. An Introduction. Charles C. Adams Memorial Series School of Oriental Studies. Volume One.
pp. viii, 97. Sm. 4to. Original printed wraps. Very good copy. Scarce, ISLAM BOX 1
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Calvet, Yves ; Salles, Jean-Francois (dir.) ; Beyer ; Callot ; Dalongeville ; Gachet ; Glassner ; Lombard ; Marcillet-Jaubert ;
Failaka Fouilles française 1984-1985
Lyon: GS - Maison de l'Orient Méditérranéen 1986. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Ed. originale. In-4. Coll. "Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient" n° 12. 21 x 30 cm 333 pp. nb. ill. et schémas dans le texte souvent à pleine page broché. Très bel exemplaire. GS - Maison de l'Orient Méditérranéen Paperback
Référence libraire : AB074 ISBN : 2903264414 9782903264413
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CAMERON (George G.)
Histoire de l'Iran antique.
P., Payot, 1937. In-8, demi-basane bordeaux à coins, dos à nerfs titré, chiffre doré en queue, couv. sup. ill. conservée, 266 pp., une carte sur double page, index (Bibliothèque historique).
Référence libraire : 558128
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