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Ignatius a Jesus.
Grammatica linguae persicae. Auctore patre fratre Ignatio à Jesu carmelita discalcato missionario, & vicario residentiae Tripolis, & Montis Libani. Rome, typis Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1661.
4to. (2), 60 pp. Modern contemporary-style ivory vellum, handwritten title on spine. Extremely rare first edition of this valuable Persian grammar printed in Rome on the presses of the "Propaganda Fide". The third work of this kind, preceded only by those of Louis de Dieu (Leiden 1639) and of Greaves (London 1649). Willems notes that G. B. Raimondi, as early as 1614, produced a grammar in Rome for the use of missionaries which remained virtually unknown in the west, but this existed only in manuscript. The grammars of Greaves and of the present author were both "largely based on De Dieu" (Smitskamp). - Ignazio di Gesù (Carlo Leonelli) was a 17th century Italian missionary. He "belonged to the Order of Discalced Carmelites, and preached the Gospel in Turkey, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Persia, where he stayed over a long period. He especially tried to convert to the Catholic faith the so-called sectarians of Saint John (in eastern Mendaï). He returned to Rome in 1650" (cf. Hoefer). An account of his travels was included in the collection of Thevenot. His present small work, though not the work of an orientalist nor indeed a scholar, is still a true grammar based on elements collected during the author's journeys. - Some light foxing and browning as common, slight abrasion on title (vignette very slightly affected), lacks final blank leaf. Old library shelfmark in ink to title. A very good copy. Brunet III, 405. Schwab 863. Smitskamp 310 c.
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Ignatius a Jesus.
Grammatica linguae persicae. Auctore patre fratre Ignatio à Jesu carmelita discalcato missionario, & vicario residentiae Tripolis, & Montis Libani. Rome, typis Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1661.
Large 4to. (2), 60 pp., final blank leaf. Near-contemporary blue wrappers. Extremely rare first edition of this valuable Persian grammar printed in Rome on the presses of the "Propaganda Fide". The third work of this kind, preceded only by those of Louis de Dieu (Leiden 1639) and of Greaves (London 1649). Willems notes that G. B. Raimondi, as early as 1614, produced a grammar in Rome for the use of missionaries which remained virtually unknown in the west, but this existed only in manuscript. The grammars of Greaves and of the present author were both "largely based on De Dieu" (Smitskamp). - Ignazio di Gesù (Carlo Leonelli) was a 17th century Italian missionary. He "belonged to the Order of Discalced Carmelites, and preached the Gospel in Turkey, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Persia, where he stayed over a long period. He especially tried to convert to the Catholic faith the so-called sectarians of Saint John (in eastern Mendaï). He returned to Rome in 1650" (cf. Hoefer). An account of his travels was included in the collection of Thevenot. His present small work, though not the work of an orientalist nor indeed a scholar, is still a true grammar based on elements collected during the author's journeys. - Some browning as common, otherwise a very good, untrimmed, wide-margined copy as issued. Brunet III, 405. Schwab 863. Smitskamp 310 c.
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IGNATIUS David
NESSUNA VERITA’.
In-8 (cm. 22.40), brossura illustrata, con alette, pp. 335, (1). Traduzione di Silvia Levato. Prima edizione italiana. Minime tracce di polvere alla brossura. Lievissime abrasioni alle cuffie; peraltro, volume in ottimo stato (nice copy).
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IHSAN ÖZMEN - SELÂMI ASYALI.
Hatay ili ve Suriye uyruklularla ilgili mevzuat. Kanunlar, kararnameler, yönetmelikler, genelgeler, yargitay ve danistay kararlari.
Fine Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 120 p. Hatay ili ve Suriye uyruklularla ilgili mevzuat. Kanunlar, kararnameler, yönetmelikler, genelgeler, yargitay ve danistay kararlari.
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ILKER BELEK, TEMEL DEMIRER, YÜCEL DEMIRER, ORHAN GÖKDEMIR, MÜSLIM SAHIN, SIRRI ÖZTÜRK.
DISK'in "ören tezleri" ve sosyalist tavir. (Kriz nasil asilabilir? III).
New Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 191 p. DISK: Devrimci Isçi Sendikalari Konfederasyonu. A study on Revolutionary Workers' Union Confederation and their socialist attitude. DISK'in "ören tezleri" ve sosyalist tavir. (Kriz nasil asilabilir? III).
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Illingworth, Frank.
Falcons and Falconry. London, Blandford Press, [1946].
8vo. 111 pp., final blank page. With 31 photographic illustrations in the text. Original full cloth with stamped title to cover and spine. First edition of this brief introduction to falconry, re-issued in 1964 and 1978. It features impressive photographs of trained falcons with their prey, as well as hawks on perches or falconers' hands, some hooded. In addition, the illustrations display wild animals, including a sparrow-hawk at its nest, young hawks about to leave the nest, a lemming in Lapland, and an eagle owl. - Handwritten ownership of Charles Henry Stanley Garton (b. 1920), who received this book as a gift from John Osmaston, dated "Christmas 1946". - In near mint condition. Not seen at auction since 1960. Oelgart 25A. U.S. Air Force Academy Library, Special Bibliography Series 81, 289. OCLC 774638616.
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IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN.
Chaotic uncertainty: Reflections on Islam the Middle East and the world system.
New English Original bdg. HC Edition. Demy 8vo. In English. 288 p. Chaotic uncertainty: Reflections on Islam the Middle East and the world system. Immanuel Wallerstein is one of the most important and yet controversial thinkers and activists of our time, writing on a wide range of topics from global economics and international politics to the decline of the United States, antisystemic movements, multiculturalism and the role of religions in modern world since the 1950s. Currently, he is a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University. To Wallerstein, capitalist world-system, which was created over the last ve hundred years, and whose main ideology was liberalism, has been going through a deep structural crisis since the 1970s. He maintains that this system will be replaced by other and perhaps better systems in the mid- or long run. In his works in last few decades, Wallerstein has devoted almost all of his energy and time analyzing and explaining how the capitalist system could be replaced by a better system. In that regards, he considers Islamism as one of the most important dissenting movements in the World-System, but necessarily as a powerful force to replace it. This volume contains Wallerstein's articles and commentaries on Islam, the Middle East and the World-System, all of which were published since the 'Arab Spring'.
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IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN.
Chaotic uncertainty: Reflections on Islam the Middle East and the world system.
New English Paperback Edition. Demy 8vo. In English. 288 p. Chaotic uncertainty: Reflections on Islam the Middle East and the world system. Immanuel Wallerstein is one of the most important and yet controversial thinkers and activists of our time, writing on a wide range of topics from global economics and international politics to the decline of the United States, antisystemic movements, multiculturalism and the role of religions in modern world since the 1950s. Currently, he is a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University. To Wallerstein, capitalist world-system, which was created over the last ve hundred years, and whose main ideology was liberalism, has been going through a deep structural crisis since the 1970s. He maintains that this system will be replaced by other and perhaps better systems in the mid- or long run. In his works in last few decades, Wallerstein has devoted almost all of his energy and time analyzing and explaining how the capitalist system could be replaced by a better system. In that regards, he considers Islamism as one of the most important dissenting movements in the World-System, but necessarily as a powerful force to replace it. This volume contains Wallerstein's articles and commentaries on Islam, the Middle East and the World-System, all of which were published since the 'Arab Spring'.
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Imray, James F[rederick].
Gulf of Suez. (Compiled from recent British surveys). London, James Imray and Son, 1877.
Engraved map, ca. 675 x 1040 mm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale. Engraved chart, including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks and four inset maps of Suez Bay, Ashrafí Reefs, Túr, and the Strait of Jubal. Lighthouses and beacons picked out in yellow and red. - Stamped "Imray & Son, London, 1878". Some browning and stainig; signs of contemporary use with several pencil markings. OCLC 557577123 (1870 edition). Cf. Tooley II, 407. Not in the Al Ankary or Al-Qasimi collections.
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Imray, James F[rederick].
Indian Ocean. London, James Imray and Son, 1879.
Engraved map, ca. 103 x 192 cm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale, approx. 1:10,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depth shown by isolines and soundings. Large blue-backed hydrographic chart of the Indian Ocean, showing an area between the Cape of Good Hope and New Zealand. Extends north to include the Arabian and Indian peninsulas, Philippines, and much of China. Shows the Gulf coast as far north as Al-Latif, identifying "Abu Thabi" as the major settlement on the Trucial Coast. Includes courses of currents and standard tracks for shipping through the ocean, with nine inset maps of islands and coastal features (Cargados Carajos; Coetivy; Rodrigues; Wood Island; Farquhar Passage; Tromelin; Réunion; Saint Paul; Saint Denis). - Some browning and staining; a few edge and corner defects professionally repaired (minor corner loss to Cargados Carajos inset). OCLC 884378574. Cf. Tooley II, 407.
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Imray, James F[rederick].
Indian Ocean. London, James Imray and Son, 1885.
Engraved map, ca. 103 x 192 cm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale, approx. 1:10,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depth shown by isolines and soundings. Large blue-backed hydrographic chart of the Indian Ocean, showing an area between the Cape of Good Hope and New Zealand. Extends north to include the Arabian and Indian peninsulas, Philippines, and much of China. Shows the Gulf coast as far north as Al-Latif, identifying "Abu Thabi" as the major settlement on the Trucial Coast. Includes courses of currents and standard tracks for shipping through the ocean, with nine inset maps of islands and coastal features (Cargados Carajos; Coetivy; Rodrigues; Des Roches; Farquhar Passage; Tromelin; Réunion; Saint Paul; Saint Denis). - Stamped "Imray & Son, London, 1886". Noticeable browning and staining; several edge and corner defects as well as paper flaws in the map professionally repaired (some corner loss and slight loss near Capetown). Signs of contemporary use with several pencil markings. Cf. OCLC 884378574 (1879 edition). Tooley II, 407.
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Imru al-Qays ibn Hugr al-Kindi.
[Kitab Nuzha duwi'l-kis wa-tuhfa al-udaba' fi Qasa'id Imri' al-Qais]. Le Diwan d'Amro'lkais précédé de la vie de ce poëte par l'auteur du Kitab El-Aghani, accompagné d'une traduction et de notes par le baron Mac Guckin de Slane [...]. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1837.
Folio (237 x 312 mm). 2 parts in one volume. XXV, (1), 128 pp. (French and Latin text); 50 pp. (Arabic text); central blank. Contemp. half brown hard-grained morocco, raised bands on gilt fleuron spine. Marbled endpapers. First edition, with the full text in Arabic: an early effort of the Franco-Irish editor. The pre-Islamic Arab poet Imru al-Qays (497-545) from the Kinda is regarded as the greatest writer in Arabic of his time. His Diwan (complete collection of poems), written in a language of impeccable classicism, was collected from the 8th century; it includes 28 to 68 parts according to recensions. - The Irish scholar William McGuckin de Slane (1801-78), a disciple of Silvestre de Sacy, to whom the present work is dedicated, went on to serve as Principal Interpreter of Arabic of the French Army and Professor of Arabic at the École de langues orientales in Paris. It is remarkable the he chose to present a Latin version of these works: he later became known for his translations into French and English of Arab and Persian historians. - Occasional browning and foxing. GAL I, 24. OCLC 457350459.
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INNOCENTI Marco -
Le guerre degli Anni Ottanta.
Milano, Rizzoli, 1988, 8vo (cm. 22,5 x 14,5) legatura tutta tela con sovraccoperta illustrata a colori, pp. 306 con alcune cartine nel testo.
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Intelligence Office [Arab Bureau], Cairo.
Chanak. Cairo, Survey Department, Egypt, 1915.
Colour lithograph, 790 x 625 mm. Mounted on original cloth with maps series key printed on verso. Folded. The finest contemporary map of the Çanakkale sector of the Gallipoli Campaign, the site of the dreaded "Narrows" of the Dardanelles where Allied naval forces made their ill-fated attempt to "force the straits" towards taking Istanbul. Drafted in Cairo under the direction of T. E. Lawrence at the Arab Bureau's Intelligence Office, based on a recently captured Ottoman map. - In the early days of World War I, the Entente sought to knock the Ottoman Empire out of the conflict by taking Constantinople, by way of the Dardanelles. The Gallipoli Campaign (17 February 1915 to 9 January 1916) involved a force of 490,000 British, Indian, Australian, New Zealander and French troops making various landings upon the Gallipoli Peninsula that strategically guarded the mouth of the Dardanelles. The 325,000 Ottoman defenders, backed by German forces, successfully repelled these raids in what was one of the most bloody military contests in world history. - From the outset, the Allies were hampered by a lack of accurate maps of the Gallipoli Peninsula and the adjacent Asian shore of the Dardanelles. They eventually succeeded in capturing a complete six-part set of excellent, newly published Ottoman surveys showing the battle theatre in its entirety. These maps were rushed to the map department of the Intelligence Office (later the famed "Arab Bureau") in Cairo, where they were translated, enlarged and improved by a team headed by Lieutenant T. E. Lawrence, later known as "Lawrence of Arabia". These maps were printed by the Survey Department, Egypt, as a series of six interconnecting maps, although each map was designed to act as a stand-alone work complete in and of itself (a geographic key to all six maps is present on the verso of the present map). - Overall clean and bright, with some very light staining to upper-left quadrant and some light wear at some fold vertices.
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IRAK
Le p?trole de l'Irak. Article(5 pages, 14 photos, 1 carte) paru dans L'Illustration.
Num?ro complet.
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Iraq - Department of Antiquities.
[Dalil mathaf al-athar al-`Arabiyah fi Khan Marjan bi-baghdad]. A Guide to the Arab Museum of Khan Marjan in Baghdad. Baghdad, Government Press, 1938.
8vo. (6), 47, (1) pp. With 38 half-tone black and white plates. Original rose printed wrappers. First edition. - A beautifully illustrated history and guide to the Arab Museum based in the Khan Murjan of Baghdad, printed in Arabic throughout. - The Khan Murjan was built in the 14th century by Aminuddin Murjan (d. 774 H / 1372 CE). The building was designed as a caravanserai and, for centuries, housed merchants, scholars and travellers passing through the city. With two stories of rooms, a high-ceilinged central hall and beautifully ornamented windows and arches, it was (and continues to be) an important and handsome example of Islamic architecture. - Due to later periods of neglect and flood damage, the building languished in semi-ruin for close to two hundred years. Then, in the early 1930s, Sati' al-Husri (1880-1968), the Director of Antiquities, ordered renovations and repairs so that it could be reborn as a museum dedicated to Islamic artefacts. - Some chips to head and tail of spine, a few closed tears to extremities, spine slightly sunned. A very good copy of an innately fragile publication. OCLC 222915818.
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Iraq Petroleum Co. Ltd.
Iraq Oil in 1951 / Iraq Oil in 1953. London, Iraq Petroleum Co. Ltd., 1952-[1954].
4to. 2 vols. 32 pp. 30 pp. Illustrated throughout with photo illustrations and sketch maps. Original pictorial wrappers, second volume ring-bound. Issued in tandem with the Basrah Petroleum Co. Ltd. and the Mosul Iraq Petroleum Co. Ltd., these volumes, which seem to have appeared yearly from 1951, offer information on the development of the industry over the year. Both volumes contain a Foreword by the Managing Director H. S. Gibson, followed by illustrations and information concerning the oil produced. The books are nicely produced, and in very good condition.
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Iraq.
Kirkuk. World 1404. 427B. 3-GSGS. [London], War Office, 1962.
760 x 625 mm. Scale 1:500,000. With some notes in pencil. In excellent condition.
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Irby, Charles Leonard / Mangles, James.
Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria and Asia Minor; During the Years 1817 & 1818 [...]. London, T. White & Co, 1823.
Small 4to. XXXIII, (1), 560 pp. With an engraved folding map of Asia Minor, 3 engraved plans (2 of which folding), and 6 lithographed plates. Contemporary full calf with giltstamped borders, spine and spine-labels. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by one of the authors to pastedown: "Captain Shiffner R.N. frm. Capt. Mangles". - Early privately published travelogue of the Middle East. It consists of 6 letters, the first and last of which are dated Cairo 1817 and Cyprus 1818 respectively. Irby and Mangles, both naval officers, assisted Giovanni Battista Belzoni in his excavation at the site of Abu Simbel, an independent account of which is given in the present work. From there, they travelled through the desert to Gaza, Jaffa, Beirut and Tripoli; thence to Baalbek and Antioch; and reached Aleppo, where they were among the earliest modern explorers of Syria. They continued to Palmyra, Damascus, down the Jordan valley, and through the Holy Land. - The engraved plans include a ground plan of the great temple of Ebsambal, a ground plan of Petra, and a portion of the Dead Sea. The lithograph plates, prepared by William Westall, James Duffield Harding, and others, include scenic views of the Nile and Aswan, as well as a botanical study of the Heshbon wheat. - Covers somewhat rubbed and spotted; rebacked preserving most of the original spine and green morocco labels. Corners bumped. Paper occasionally slightly foxed; the map with a small tear. From the library of Captain Henry Shiffner (b. 1789). Atabey 606. Blackmer 860. Ibrahim Hilmy I, 325. Weber I, 123. OCLC 257597235.
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Irwin, Eyles.
A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt; and of a Route Through the Desarts of Thebais, Hitherto Unknown to the European Traveller, in the Year MDCCLXXVII. In letters to a Lady. London, J. Dodsley, 1780.
4to. XVI, 400 pp. With 3 folding maps and 3 plates. Contemporary full calf, spine elaborately gilt, leading edges gilt, red morocco label. Second edition (the earliest mentioned). Irwin relates the series of misadventures which occurred on his journey back from India after his dismissal from the East India Company. Following the near wreck of his ship he was taken prisoner by Arabs who took him to the Nile, whence he travelled to Cairo on his release. - The East India Company servant Eyles Irwin, born in Calcutta in 1751, was appointed to survey the Black Town in 1771 and "was made superintendent of the lands belonging to Madras [...] In 1776 he became caught up in the political storm that overtook the governor of Madras, George Pigot, who was placed in confinement by members of his own council. Irwin supported Pigot, and in August he was suspended from the company's service. Early in 1777 he left India in order to seek redress in England. Irwin later published an account of his journey home, which was entitled 'A series of adventures [...]'. In this he displayed his classical education and described his experiences and observations during the journey, which lasted eleven months [...] Irwin returned to India in 1780 as a senior merchant and his route was again overland, but this time via Aleppo, Baghdad, and the Persian Gulf" (ODNB). The author recounts his imprisonment in Yanbu, Arabia, and further voyage to Jeddah, as well as his adventures in Egypt, his journeys through the Peloponnesus and Balkans as well as Persia. He includes an "Ode to the Persian Gulf", which extols the beauties of Bahrain. In 1802, Irwin was to produce a musical play, "The Bedouins, or Arabs of the Desert: a Comic Opera in Three Acts" (1802), which played in Dublin for three nights. - The plates include views of the town of Mocha (al-Mukhah) on the shore of the Red Sea in Yemen, including its early mosques, and of the Straits of Bab al Mandab ("Babelmandel"). Also shown is a detailed view and chart of Yanbu, the port giving access to al Medina. - Macclesfield bookplates to front pastedown and free endpaper. Plates somewhat toned and offset, otherwise an excellent copy, sumptuously bound. Macro 1293. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 325. Gay 66. Brunet III, 459. Blackmer 865. Cf. Weber II, 576 (3rd ed.).
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Irwin, Eyles.
Begebenheiten einer Reise auf dem rothen Meer, auf der arabischen und ägyptischen Küste, ingleichen durch die thebaische Wüste. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt. Leipzig, Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1781.
8vo. (10), 476 pp. With 4 folding engr. plates and 3 folding engr. maps. Contemp. half vellum with blue marbled boards. All edges red. First German edition. "Irwin's report contains several additions to the observations of C. Niebuhr" (cf. Henze II, 688), and significantly more detailed maps and charts. The East India Company servant Eyles Irwin, born in Calcutta in 1751, was appointed to survey the Black Town in 1771 and "was made superintendent of the lands belonging to Madras [...] In 1776 he became caught up in the political storm that overtook the governor of Madras, George Pigot, who was placed in confinement by members of his own council. Irwin supported Pigot, and in August he was suspended from the company's service. Early in 1777 he left India in order to seek redress in England. Irwin later published an account of his journey home, which was entitled 'A series of adventures [...]'. In this he displayed his classical education and described his experiences and observations during the journey, which lasted eleven months [...] Irwin returned to India in 1780 as a senior merchant and his route was again overland, but this time via Aleppo, Baghdad, and the Persian Gulf" (ODNB). The author recounts his imprisonment in Yanbu, Arabia, and further voyage to Jeddah, as well as his adventures in Egypt, his journeys through the Peloponnese and the Balkans as well as Persia. He includes an "Ode to the Persian Gulf", in which he extols the beauties of Bahrain. In 1802, Irwin was to produce a musical play, "The Bedouins, or Arabs of the Desert: a Comic Opera in Three Acts (1802), which played in Dublin for three nights. - Translated by Johann Andreas Engelbrecht (1733-1803), commercial correspondent and average adjuster (not "J. A. E[beling]", as a contemporary owner has resolved the initials under the preface). Binding somewhat rubbed and bumped; pencil scribblings to last leaf but one. Slight brownstaining. Formerly in the Ottoman collection of the Swiss industrialist Herry W. Schaefer. Blackmer 865 (note). Chatzipanagioti-S. 463. Holzmann/B. II, 11272. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 326. Gay 66. Cox I, 232. Brunet III, 459. Graesse III, 430. Cf. Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 1293 (2nd London ed.).
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Irwin, Robert
Islamic Art
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 272 pages. Many color illustrations.
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Isaacs, Rev. A. A.
Four views of the mosques and other objects of interest occupying the site of the temple at Jerusalem. London, Day & Son, 1857.
Folio. 4 tinted lithographs drawn and lithographed from photographs taken by A. A. Isaacs. Original printed wrappers. First edition. A very scarce depiction of the great mosques of Jerusalem. The views are: "General View of the Great Mosque of the Sakara", "The Mosque of the Sakara and Judgement-Seat of David", "Facade of the Mosque El Aksa", and "The Marble Pulpit and Colonnades". The wrapper states that these are the first published views of the Mosques. - Lithographs lightly foxed, spine repaired. An excellent copy. Not in Abbey or Tobler.
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ISIN DEMIRKENT.
Haçli seferleri.
New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (28 x 24 cm). In Turkish. [14], 306, [2] p., color and b/w ills. Haçli seferleri.
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Iskandar, Amin ; Sa`dawi, `Atif ; Mashru' Dirasat al-Dimuqratiyah fi al-Buldan al-`Arabiyah.
Nahwa ruyah wataniyah li-ta`ziz al-dimuqratiyah fi Misr : buhuth wa-munaqashat al-nadwah al-fikriyah allati nazzamaha Mashru` Dirasat al-Dimuqiratiyah fi al-Buldan al-`Arabiyah [al-musharikun] Amin Iskandar [et al.] ; tahrir `Atif al-Sa`dawi.
Quarto custom bound in black boards; 390 p. , bib., index ; 24 cm In Arabic. Scarce in cloth thus. || Study of democracy in Egypt.
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Islamin Nuru [The Light of Islam].
Hicaz Rehberi. Haccin, Faydalarini, Yollarini, Tarifelerini, Dualarini planla ve Cedvellerle gösterir [...]. Istanbul, Ismail Akgün Matbaasi, 1952.
Small 8vo (126 x 177 mm). 63, (1) pp. With several black and white illustrations; 2 large folding maps (63 x 42 cm / 43 x 51 cm) inserted in a paper pocket on the inner side of the rear wrapper. Original printed wrappers. Rare "Hicaz Rehberi" (Hijaz guide): a detailed Turkish-language guide to the Hajj and the Hejaz region, including maps of Mecca and Medina as well as instructions for the routes, for prayers and tariffs, and other various useful tips for pilgrims. The two folding maps are "Ravza-I Mutahhara'nin Plani" (The Map of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi) and "Kâbe-i Muazzamanin Haritasi ve Hac ile Umrenin Menâsiki" (The Map of the Kaaba and the Place of Worship of Hajj and Umrah). - Original seller's label pasted to back cover. Old ink ownership, dated 1958, to title-page. Slightly age-toned and stained. Extremely rare: no institutional copies recorded in OCLC or KVK.
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ISMAIL YIGIT.
[Umayyads, (661-750)] Emevîler, 661-750.
New Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 343 p. [Umayyads, (661-750)] Emevîler, 661-750. Umayyads, founded in Damascus by Mu'awiya b. Abu Sufyan and lived for 90 years, was the first dynastical state in the Islamic History. The Umayyad period is well-known with the transition of the office of caliphate into a dynasty as well as with fight against opposing groups and conquests gained outside. In this period, in which Istanbul was sieged for several times, the boundaries of the state have stretched from Turkestan to inner France and from Anatolia to India thanks to the conquests gained in east and west, thus spreading Islam rapidly in this vast land. The Umayyad period, in which studies in the field of Islamic sciences increased, and consequently led to increased number in the production of the books, witnessed the emergence of the first political and sectarian movements as well. The foundations of Islamic art was also laid in this period.
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ISMET GIRITLI.
Super powers in the Middle East.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 202 p. Super powers in the Middle East.
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Israeli Defence Forces, West Bank Command.
Minsharim, tsavim u-minuyim [Proclamations, Orders and Appointments] shel Mifkedet kohot Tsahal be-ezor ha-Gadah ha-ma`aravit. Mahashir, awamir wa-Ta`yinat sadirah `an Qiyadat Quwat Jaysh al-Difa` al-Israili fi mantaqat al-Diffah al-Gharbiyah. (Jerusalem, Merkaz press), August-December 1967.
Small folio (207 x 311 mm). 295, (1) pp. 26 ff., numbered 1-27. Issues 1 through 7 (of 8) bound together, with an additional booklet is bound at the end of the volume (addendum file no 1., 29 Oct. 1967). Contemporary blue full cloth binding with gilt-printed title label in Hebrew and Arabic to upper cover. The first orders issued by the IDF military authorities in the West Bank after the Six-Day War (Milhemet Sheshet Ha-Yamim, or Harb 1967). Printed in Hebrew and Arabic, the pamphlets include more than a hundred and fifty orders, proclamations and lists of position-holders. - Binding somewhat stained, but generally well preserved. OCLC 20345168.
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ISTITUTO ITALIANO PER L'ASIA
Siria. A cura di Massimo Cremonese
150 pagine; 24 cm. Brossura editoriale. Ottimo
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Ives, Edward.
A Voyage from England to India, in the Year MDCCLIV, and an Historical Narrative or the Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive [...]. Also, a Journey from Persia to England, by an Unusual Route [...]. London, Edward & Charles Dilly, 1773.
Large 4to. XII, 506 pp. With 2 folding maps and 13 plates. Modern red calf retaining original giltstamped spine label. First edition. - The British surgeon Edward Ives travelled to East India on an Admiral's ship in 1754. After working at a local hospital for a while, he returned to England in 1758. His return route through the Middle East was the same as that chosen, but a few years later, by Carsten Niebuhr: from Basra via Hille, Baghdad, Mosul, Diarbekr, Biredjik, and Haleb to Latakia. He met with Mubarak bin Sabah, the Sheikh of "Grane" (Kuwait): "In connection with Kuwait, Ives's text is especially important for the insight it gives into the economy of caravan traffic and Kuwait's place in it. Many sources present Kuwait as a port, oriented towards the sea. Ives shows another side of Kuwait. We see that the Shaikhs of Kuwait are quite mobile individuals, travelling to Syria with their camels. The Shaikh is landbound, occupied with caravans [...] The seaward side of Kuwait's economy was [...] controlled by the Al-Khalifa family" (Slot, 135). In addition, Ives was the first author to provide a detailed description of the ruins of Ktesiphon, previously visited by Pietro della Valle (cf. Henze). "Ives' presence at many of the transactions which he describes and his personal intimacy with Watson give his historical narrative an unusual importance, and his account of the manners and customs of the countries he visited are those of an enlightened and acute observer [...] The appendix contains an 'Account of the Diseases prevalent in Adml. Watson's squadron, a description of most of the Trees, Shrubs, and Plants of India, with their medicinal virtues'" (Cox). - Insignificant browning; a good copy. Howgego I, P117. Wilson 107. Diba 115. Cox I, 299. Henze II, 690f. Graesse III, 439. Slot, The Origins of Kuwait (1998), p. 135ff. & 187.
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J. Maxwell Miller; John H. Hayes
A History of Ancient Israel and Judah
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight wrinkling to lower edge of early pages and no bumping to corners. 523pp. A history of parts of the Middle East compared to the accounts given in the Old Testament.
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Jabarti, 'Abd al-Rahman.
Merveilles biographiques et historiques; ou, Chroniques du Cheikh Abd-el-Rahman el Djabarti [...]. Cairo, Imprimerie nationale, 1888-1896.
Small folio (188 x 278 mm). 9 volumes. X, 334; 309, (3); 276, (2); 298, (2); 235, (3); 328, (2); 429, (3); 382, (2); 335, (1) pp. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. First French edition. Translation of the "'Aja'ib al-athar fi al-tarajim wa-al-akhbar" by 'Abd al-Rahman Jabarti (1754-1822): an important chronicle and source collection for the period of Ottoman rule in Egypt, an era largely marked by a dearth of historical sources from the inhabitants of the country. Jabarti's history is of particular importance for the early 19th century and the time of the French expedition, of which he gives a comprehensive account, as well as for the beginning of the regency of Muhammad Ali Pasha. Because of Jabarti's severely critical view of Muhammad Ali and his reign, the work was long banned in Egypt, and only after the accession of the Khedive Tewfiq did it see its first complete publication and translation (by Chefik Mansour bey, Abdulaziz Kalil bey, Gabriel Nicolas Kalil bey, and Iskender Ammoun effendi). - "The Cairo gentleman Al-Jabarti provides a remarkable, lucid and nuanced account on the French occupation in Egypt" (Fierro, 2). - A few insignificant edge tears or chips; a few paper flaws professionally repaired. Spines rubbed and scuffed; spine-ends chipped or repaired. Generally a very finely preserved set of this rare and important work on Egypt. OCLC 2513833. Not in Ibrahim-Hilmy.
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Jaber, Kamel Abu; Buhbe, Matthes; Smadi, Mohammad
Income Distribution in Jordan
Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1990. Scholarly text authored by a group of distinguished Jordanian economists examines the extent to which economic inequality in Jordan has increased since 1973 despite- and due to a concerted program of economic development. Utilizing empirical data on the distribution of income the authors analyze the wage and income differentials by occupation economic sector rural/urban variables; relationship to poverty-line social security and health care expenditures. Includes analyses of income distribution in the West Bank and Gaza. 208 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : MS-27 ISBN : 0813379334 9780813379333
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Jackson, James Grey.
An Account of the Empire of Marocco, and the District of Suse. London, W. Bulmer, 1809.
Large 4to. XVI, 287, (1) pp. With 11 (5 folding) aquatints and 2 folding engraved maps. Modern marbled half calf, bound to style. First edition. "For sixteen years, Jackson lived in various parts of Morocco, where he tirelessly collected information on this country as well as on the interior of North Africa, including intelligence regarding commerce and trade routes to Timbuktu, and about that city" (cf. Henze). The plates show views as well as the local flora and fauna. The final addendum contains a brief list of phrases in the local dialects, including "Have you a horse?" and "camel", "dates", etc. - Slight brownstaining, but a good copy. Formerly in the Ottoman collection of the Swiss industrialist Herry W. Schaefer. Abbey 296. Gay 1248. Henze II, 696. Graesse III, 441. Cf. Brunet III, 477 (3rd ed.).
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Jackson, Kate.
Around the World to Persia. Letters Written While on the Journey as a Member of the American-Persian Relief Commission in 1918. New York, printed only for private circulation among friends (by the New Era Printing Co., Lancaster, PA), 1920.
8vo. (2), 76 pp. , final blank leaf. Cloth-backed boards with paper title labels on front cover and spine. Privately published collection of letters from wartime Persia in 1918, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Maddalene and Murray Franklin with love from Kate Jackson". - Kate Jackson wrote a series of letters to her sister in the United States while she and her husband were travelling "to Persia as members of the American-Persian Relief Commission": while "quite personal in character, they present a picture of experiences under somewhat unusual conditions and during a very memorable period" (from the prefatory note by A. V. Williams Jackson). Few copies were printed, not for publication, but intended simply to be given to friends. - In the letters themselves, Jackson discusses studying Persian, her voyage via Japan and Bombay, being the only woman on a troopship up the Tigris, meeting Syrian and Armenian refugees on the way out of Baghdad, and the reports she has heard on the Armenian genocide, and describes the celebration of the Armistice in Tehran. - Covers somewhat worn, otherwise an inscribed copy in good condition. OCLC 10350636. Not in Wilson.
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Jacob Neusner -
An Introduction To Judaism - A Textbook Reader
1991. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1991/Gd. condition/476 pages - A textbook and reader on an introduction to Judaism. AR628487 hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28487
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Jacquesson, Ernest, French civil engineer (1831-1860).
"Voyage en Égypte et en Palestine: notes et souvenirs". Autograph manuscript. N. p., 1856-1857.
Folio (ca. 200 x 292 mm). French manuscript on lined paper with calligraphed title. (174) pp. on 90 ff. in two loose fascicles (45 ff. each). Stored together with a 1920s typescript copy of the same text, (2) + 39 + 20 pp. on 62 ff., in modern half-calf portfolio with gilt title to spine in a cardboard slipcase. The original manuscript of Jacquesson's travelogue of Egypt and the Levant, written in connection with the preparations for the building of the Suez Canal (1859-69) and published in 1857. The civil engineer Ernest Jacquesson had travelled to Egypt together with Ferdinand de Lesseps, the father of the Suez Canal, and other members of the "Commission Internationale pour le percement de l'isthme de Suez" founded in 1855. In the preface, Jacquesson announces that he shall not write about the Canal project, as his friend, the politician and journalist Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire, has already published "a series of highly interesting articles" on the subject, but will rather focus on "observations of the country, the mores and customs of its inhabitants, and on gathering interesting peculiarities" that he personally witnessed. The subsequent trip to Palestine is set in a context with the Crimean War: "At the current moment all eyes are directed towards Egypt [...] and towards Palestine considering the reforms that the new state of affairs, resulting from the Crimean War, will bring there imminently". - The journey lasted from November 1855 to April 1856, leading from Alexandria to Cairo, Upper Egypt, Nubia, via Alexandria to Jaffa, Ramla, Jerusalem, Jericho and back to Paris via Jerusalem and Marseille. Jacquesson and his company visited the most important monuments of Egypt and the Holy Land. On 30 November 1855 they enjoyed an audience in Cairo with Mohamed Sa'id Pasha of Egypt, who held a military parade in honour of his French guests. According to Jacquesson, de Lesseps introduced him and his companions individually to Sa'id Pasha. - As Jacquesson states in the preface, his notes had been previously published in the "Journal de la Marne" between June and September 1856, dating the present fair copy to between late 1856 and 1857. - Both covers somewhat dusty and soiled. The first fascicle shows a very minor waterstain affecting the right margin of a few pages; the cover leaf has several tears (partly affecting the title), some of which are restored. Some browning and stains overall, minor tears to the margins. The accompanying typescript is on French typewriter paper watermarked "Johannot et Cie Extra Strong", produced between ca. 1913 and 1936, showing punched holes and occasional light staining. Altogether in excellent state of preservation. E. Jacquesson, Voyage en Égypte et en Palestine: notes et souvenirs (Paris, J. Best, 1857).
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Jaghmini al-Khwarizmi, Mahmud bin Muhammad bin Omar al- / Qadizade al-Rumi, Musa ibn Muhammad.
Sharh al-mulakhas fi al-hay'a [Commentary on the Summary of Astronomy]. No place, [1684/85 CE =] 1096 H.
8vo (124 x 192 mm). Arabic manuscript on paper in black (and occasional red) Naskh script. 322 pp., frequently interleaved with extensive comments on later paper, prefixed with 6 ff. (some blank). 13 lines, text enclosed within black and gilt rules, gilt headpiece to first page. Numerous coloured diagrams throughout. Contemporary black calf with fore-edge flap, gilt cover borders and central stamped ornaments. Marbled pastedowns. Illustrated commentary by Qadizade al-Rumi on Al-Jaghmini's famous astronomical treatise "Mulakhas" ("Summary on the Science of the Authority"), completed in 808 AH. Al-Rumi (1364-1436), known under the name of Salah al-Din Musa Pasha, was one of the principal astronomers at the famous Samarkand observatory. - Binding rubbed and chipped along extremeties. A paper flaw to the colophon, repaired with some loss. Some leaves loosed, a few edge defects (more prominent to first leaf) and occasional duststains and fingerstains, but on the whole very well preserved. A valuable copy owned and annotated by Mustafa bin Khalil. Cf. GAL I, 473.
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Jagmohan -
My Frozen Turbulence In Kashmir -
1. Soft Cover. Good. Makes it clear that what the future holds for Kashmir and the rest of the country of India depends upon who would be at the steering wheel of history. AI529232 paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 29232
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Jahn, Johann.
Lexicon Arabico-Latinum chrestomathiae arabicae accomodatum. Vienna, Christ. Friedr. Wappler & Beck (printed by Carl Schlotter, Jena), 1802.
8vo. (2), 490, (2) pp. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards and giltstamped spine title. All edges red. First edition of this Arabic-Latin dictionary, prepared to accompany the author's Arabic chrestomathy. While both works were published simultaneously, they were sold separately and hence are not usually encountered together. - The Czech theologian and orientalist Jahn (1750-1816) taught at Olomouc and Vienna, where he also served as Canon of St. Stephan's Cathedral. - Somewhat browned throughout, as common. Old Linz library stamp to title page (cancelled); ink ownership of Wenzel Hajduk (dated 1826) on flyleaf.
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Jak Yakar
Prehistoric Anatolia. The Neolithic Transformation and the Early Chalcolithic Period: Monograph Series Nos. 9 and 9a SIGNED
Tel Aviv: Institute of Archaeology Tel Aviv University 1991. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: x 361; viii 84. Very Good. 8.75 x 10.75 inches 22.5 x 27 cm. Signed by Author. Complete two volume set: Main volume plus supplement. No jacket as issued. Light marking to boards. Slight bumping to corners. A couple of light marks to half title page of main volume. Very clean text throughout. From the private collection of renowned British archaeologist Sinclair Hood. Inscribed to Hood and signed by the author to card attached to front free endpaper of the supplement volume. Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £19.00; USA £33.00; Oceania £40.00; Rest of World £37.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches 22.5 x 27 cm. Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1214A116 ISBN : 9654400006 9789654400008
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James, T. G. H.
Egypt revealed : artist-travellers in an antique land
Large blue quarto in red slipcase ; 224 p : illus (some color), maps ; 27 cm Egyptologists -- Biography -- Archaeological illustration -- Egypt -- History
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Jami, Nuru'din 'Abdu'r-Rahman / Wickerhauser, Moriz.
Blütenkranz aus Dschamis zweitem Diwan. Bei der XVIII. General-Versammlung der D.M.G. den hochverehrten deutschen Gästen zur Begrüssung in der Kaiserstadt dargebracht [...]. Wien, 25. September 1858. Wien, k. k. Hof- u. Staatsdruckerei, 1858.
43, (1) SS. Halblederband der Zeit über geblümten Deckeln mit goldgepr. Rückentitel. Seitenweise alternierend deutsch und persisch. 4to. Sammlung persischer Gedichte mit deutscher Übersetzung durch den Wiener Orientalisten Wickerhauser (1820-69), von 1848 bis 1861 Professor der orientalischen Sprachen an der Orientalischen Akademie in Wien. Innendeckel mit handschr. Bibliothekssignatur; Stempel der Bibliothek des Jesuitenkollegs Innsbruck am Titel verso. - Durchgehend leicht stockfleckig.
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Jamil, Rouhi
DAMASCUS PALMYRA BAALBEK
Damascus: Librairie Universelle. 1941. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Soft boards have some toning. Pages unopened ; Profusely illustrated and with many travel descriptions. ; The Green Guide Books; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 260 pages . Librairie Universelle paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17184
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JAMKOWSKA N. B., AMUSIN Joseph, BOGEART R., HELTZER M.
PRIVATE CREDIT in the COMMERCE of ANCEINT WESTERN ASIA (3rd and 2nd millennia B. C.) + WEIGHTS and CURRENCY in ancient PALESTINE. The Economic Functions og GREEK BANKS.+ The Economy of a SYRIAN City in the escon millennium B.C. (V International Congress of Historical Sciences. Leningrad, 10-14 August 1970).
4 sommari di interventi al Congresso, cm. 20,2, bross. edit., i primi 5 di 5 pagine caduno, l'ultimo di 13 pagine. Caduno € 10. il lotto dei quattro
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Jastrow Jr., Morris.
THE SONG OF SONGS Being A Collection of Love Lyrics of Ancient Palestine. A new Translation Based on A Revised Text Together with the Origin, Growth and Interpretation of the Songs.
pp. 246 +Plus frontis. 12mo. 210mm. Original publisher's full peach cloth binding lettered and decorated in green. Cover depicts an island scene set in a green frame. Spine lettered in green. Cover is clean and color is bright. Spine slightly faded but color is good. Corners sharp. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good.Morris Jastrow Jr. (1861-1921) was a Polish-born American orientalist and librarian associated with the University of Pennsylvania. NW60
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Jaussen, Antonin / Savignac, Raphael.
Mission archeologique en Arabie III. Les chateaux arabes Qeseir 'Amra, Harâneh et Tûba. Paris, Paul Geuthner, 1922.
Small folio (210 x 297 mm). 2 volumes (text and atlas). Text vol.: (6), 134, (2) pp. with 21 text illustrations. Atlas vol.: 58 loose black-and-white plates and plans as issued. Text vol. in modern cloth-backed boards with original upper wrapper preserved and mounted on front cover; fitted together with the plates in modern cloth-backed board folder with velcro fasteners, preserving original upper board. Third and final instalment of the "Archaeological Mission to Arabia" series published by the "Societé des Fouilles Archéologiques" between 1909 and 1922, this issue dedicated entirely to the famous Umayyad desert castles Quseir Amra, Qasr Al-Kharanah, and Qasr Tuba in present-day eastern Jordan. "The authors found the description of Qasr Haraneh and Qasr Tuba to be faulty and unreliable and re-described them completely. They give numbers of views of Qeseir Amra and a briefer description. The text also includes itineraries and historical and epigraphical notes. It is well arranged, and seems to provide all the information that can possibly be wanted" (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 57.1 [1925], p. 161). - Slight traces of worming in lower margin (no loss to text). Folder lightly rubbed around the edges, otherwise in good general condition. OCLC 490111584.
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Jaussen, Antonin / Savignac, Raphael.
Mission Archéologique en Arabie I, II & III. Paris, Ernest Leroux / Paul Geuthner, 1909-1922.
Small folio (190 x 270 mm). 5 vols. (I:) XIV, (4), 507, (3) pp., final blank leaf. With 30 plates, 5 of which folding. (II:) XV, (1), 689, (3) pp. With numerous illustrations in the text. (Atlas:) XI, (1), pp. With 155 (instead of 153) plates. (Supplement:) (4), 98, (1) pp., final blank page. (III:) 2 vols. (text and atlas) bound as one. (6), 134, (2) pp. with 21 text illustrations. III-VII, (1) pp., 58 plates and plans (some folding). Contemporary full cloth with giltstamped calf title label. Vol. III in mid-20th century green cloth with giltstamped spine. Edges of three volumes sprinkled red. First edition of this classic of archaeology, documenting expeditions to Northern Arabia undertaken by the French orientalists Jaussen (1871-1962) and Savignac (1874-1951) prior to World War I. "Still indispensable" (Bowersock), the work is particularly remarkable for its epigraphical observations. Many ancient Arabic inscriptions were reproduced, translated and analysed here for the first time. - The set was published by the Societé des Fouilles Archéologiques between 1909 and 1922 in three parts. Parts I and II (the latter comprising a text volume, an atlas and a supplemental volume) describe the expedition from Jerusalem to Mada'in-Salih in the Hejaz in the spring of 1907, as well as the exploration of the ancient cities of Dadan, Teima and Harrah de Tebouk in 1909 and 1910. The plentiful illustrations include plans of the itinerary as well as photographs of archaeological sites and inscriptions, including impressive depictions of the monumental rock-cut tombs at Mada'in Salih, just north of the oasis Al-'Ula. The archaeologists also mapped the Arabic old town of Al-'Ula on the site of the biblical Dedan in order to localize a wealth of ancient Dadanitic inscriptions that were used as spolia in the Arabic houses. Jaussen and Savignac thus achieved the first systematic archaeological documentation of Mada'in Salih and Al-'Ula. Part III is dedicated entirely to the famous Umayyad desert castles Quseir Amra, Qasr Al-Kharanah, and Qasr Tuba in present-day eastern Jordan. - Volume I with a hole in the right margin throughout the second half, the hole fading to a tear throughout the first half, resulting in flaws to the covers, repaired with brown tape. Volume II has small flaws to extremities of boards; small tear in spine label. Atlas volume lacks plate 132, but includes duplicate plates of nos. 17, 131 and 137, further showing three small piercings to the lower board. An advertisement for the "Oeuvre catholique international pour la protection de la jeune fille", an organisation founded in Fribourg in 1897, is loosely inserted in vol. I. Rarely seen at auction. Bowersock, Roman Arabia 4 (note). OCLC 1204802.
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Jawhari, Isma'il ibn Hammad / Muhammad al-Wani (ed.).
[Sihah al-Jawhari - Turkish: Kitab-i Lughat-i Vanqulu]. Constantinople (Istanbul), Dar üt-tibaat ül-cedidat ül-mamure (New Government Printing House), [1802-1803 CE =] 1217-1218 H.
Folio (210 x 310 mm). 2 vols. (5), 650 pp. (2), 764 pp. Text printed within rules, typographic headpieces. Contemporary Islamic brown goatskin with fore-edge flap, boards stamped in silver ornamental borders and central arabesque, flap with ornamental rule. Uncommon second edition of this classic Arabic dictionary, al-Jawhari's "Tag al-luga was-sihah al-'arabiya" (The Crown of Language and the Correctness of Arabic), translated into Turkish by Muhammad al-Wani (d. 1592), deriving its title from the Turkish genitive form of the author’s name, Wangulu or Vankulu. - Jawhari himself reached only the letter Dad before he died in an unsuccessful attempt at human flight from the roof of a mosque in 1003 AD (the work was subsequently completed by his student Ishaq Ibrahim bin Salih al-Warraq). To this day the dictionary remains an indispensable companion of Arabic philologists in both the East and the West; "manuscripts are to be found in almost every library" (Brockelmann). "In this great dictionary [the author] codified pure Arabic as based on the criticism of his predecessors' preparatory studies as well as his own experiences and collections. The 'As-sihâh’ is arranged in an alphabetical order, according to the final, and not the first, rooter of the words [...] This system, which was later adopted by other large Arabic dictionaries, attempts to supply those in search of rhyming words with a handbook" (Goldziher, A Short History of Classical Arabic Literature, 1966, p. 70). - Dampstains at end of vol. I and intermittently to vol. II, minor staining to fore-edge. A few scuffs and rubs to binding, but a sound and imposing set, generally clean internally. - Provenance: from the library of the British diplomat and linguist Sir Gore Ouseley (1770-1844), first baronet, with his contemporary signature to the front flyleaf of each volume. Ousely travelled to India in 1787 and established a cloth factory. He lived a relatively solitary existence and spent his leisure time studying Persian, Bengalese Hindi, Arabic, and Sanskrit, becoming an elegant speaker and writer of Persian. An acquaintance of the oriental scholar Sir William Jones, Ouseley was named ambassador extraordinary to the court of Fath Ali Shah in Persia in 1810, negotiated several treaties, and returned to England. He was one of those responsible for the founding of the Royal Asiatic Society in London in 1823 and was associated with the formation of the oriental translation committee, of which he was elected chairman. He became president of the Society for the Publication of Oriental Texts, formed in 1842. Özege 22504. OCLC 773846601 (a single copy, BnF). Cf. GAL I, 128.
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