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LAWRENCE Thoma E.
I SETTE PILASTRI DELLA SAGGEZZA. Traduzione di Erich Linder.
In-16 (cm. 20), similpelle editoriale, titolo oro al dorso, pp. XXIV, 939. In buono stato di conservazione (good copy).
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Lawrence Thomas Edward
I sette pilastri della saggezza.
(Lawrence of Arabia - Prima guerra mondiale - Medio Oriente - Rivolta araba) In 8°, legatura editoriale in cartone rigido color avorio, al dorso doppio tassello rosso e verde con titoli dorati, disegno impresso in oro al piatto anteriore, sovraccoperta e custodia rigida con illustrazioni a colori di G. Iliprandi, pp. 654,(2), con alcuni disegni nel testo e 24 tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo. Titolo originale : "The seven pillars of wisdom", traduzione dall'inglese di Erich Linder. Terza edizione novembre 1957. Ottimo stato di conservazione.
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Lawrence Thomas Edward
La rivolta nel deserto Versione e prefazione di Arrigo Cajumi
tela edit. con titoli oro al dorso, firma di appartenenza, manca sovrac.
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LAWRENCE Thomas Edward
Lettres
Gallimard, Du Monde Entier, 1948, 832 pp., traduites d'après l'édition anglaise par Etiemble et Yassu Gauclère et enrichies de quatre lettres inédites, broché, dos décoloré avec plis et une petite tache, couverture partiellement brunie, un des 156 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin pur fil Lafuma Navarre (n° 25), état correct.
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LAWRENCE Thomas Edward
SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. A triumph.
In-8 gr., tela editoriale (lieviss. aloni ai piatti), decoraz. oro al piatto, pp. 672, con numer. tavv. f.t. che riproducono ritratti dei più importanti personaggi arabi e inglesi (a matita, a penna, a pastello, ecc.), e 4 carte geografiche ripieg. "Prima edizione ufficiale". “Nel 1919, durante la conferenza di Parigi, aveva scritto il suo grande libro sulla rivolta araba, "The seven pillars of Wisdom": il primo manoscritto venne smarrito da L. in treno. Il volume, pubblicato in numero assai limitato di copie, apparve nel 1921 e poi ancora nel 1926 con molti rimaneggiamenti proposti da G.B. Shaw, amico dello scrittore; alcuni giudizi su persone ancora vive e su azioni di guerra furono soppressi. Solo nel 1935 apparve l’edizione per il pubblico. Uomo dalla straordinaria personalità di condottiero e nello stesso tempo di artista, L. ha creato, con "The Seven pillars", un’opera affascinante nella quale la pagina di cronaca si mescola con l’ispirazione poetico-letteraria, l’ufficiale in missione si alterna col viaggiatore e l’archeologo... “Monumento” che rimane a testimonianza delle sue imprese, "The Seven Pillars", ha un eccezionale valore artistico e rimane fra i capolavori più singolari della letteratura moderna” (Cfr. Diz. Univers. della Letteratura contemporanea, Mondadori,III, p. 73). Solo qualche rara e lieviss. fioritura, altrimenti testo ben conservato, con barbe.
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LAWRENCE Thomas Edward,
Lettres,
Gallimard, Du Monde Entier, 1948, 832 pp., traduites d'après l'édition anglaise par Etiemble et Yassu Gauclère et enrichies de quatre lettres inédites, broché, dos décoloré avec plis et une petite tache, couverture partiellement brunie, un des 156 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin pur fil Lafuma Navarre (n° 25), état correct.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 50899
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Lawrence, T E (Lawrence of Arabia)
Revolt in the Desert
NY: George H. Doran Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. First American Edition stated "First Printing in America March 1927". "B" on copyright page. Publisher's full brick cloth black lettering and decoration on spine and cover fore-edge deckle illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with 16 B&W portraits and drawings as well as large fold-out map tipped-in at rear. Spine lightly darkened slightly spotted with one tiny puncture head and heel mildly worn with small tear at head covers lightly rubbed small closed tear on fold-out map front hinge starting else near fine. VERY GOOD. . B&W Illustrations map. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi ii 335 1 pp . George H. Doran Company hardcover
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: 2937
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Lawrence, T E [Lawrence of Arabia]
SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM: A TRIUMPH
Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1935. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo 672 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine tan with black and red lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Heavy chipping and tearing along edges spine and front hinge of dust jacket. Light scuffing and soiling to dust jacket. Bound in publisher's gray cloth boards. Rubbing with mild fraying along edges of boards. Splotching to rear board. Top edge of textblock dyed dark purple. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light foxing to endpapers. Shelved in Case 8 1/2. 1407526. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc hardcover
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: 1407526
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Lawrence, TE (Also known as Lawrence of Arabia Also known as 352087 A / C Ross) T E
Seven Pillars of Wisdom; A Triumph
London: Jonathan Cape 1935 1st Trade Edition. 4to 672pp. Very good no dust jacket. Frontispiece 4 folding maps all called for portraits appendices. Covers are a little battle-weary and the front inner hinge is starting to crack. Also known as Lawrence of Arabia. Also known as 352087 A / C Ross. Time Period World War 1. Locale: Arabia. World War 1 Arab Revolt History--Middle East. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
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: 123830
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Lawrence, TE (Lawrence of Arabia) T E
Seven Pillars of Wisdom and Lawrence of Arabia Memorial
London: Jonathan Cape 1935 London: Jonathan Cape 1935. First British trade edition. 4to. Coffee brown cloth binding with crossed swords and quote" the sword also means clean-ness & death". Gold titles. Brown topstaining. Rough-cut pages. 672 pp. illustrated. With EPHEMERA: Lawrence of Arabia Memorial leaflet one page folded discussing the space for a memorial in St. Paul's Cathedral undersigned by F. M. Allenby Herbert Baker Winston Churchill Lionel Curtis Augustus John. George Bernard Shaw and Evelyn Wrench. Discoloration to boards a bit shaken a few dog-ears to pages. Ephemera in fine condition. Rare jacket is soiled with chipping to corners and top of spine 1" tear along side. in protective mylar cover. Good in good dustjacket protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Jonathan Cape hardcover
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: 013130
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Lawrence, T. E.
CORRESPONDENCE WITH BERNARD AND CHARLOTTE SHAW [VOLUME ONE] 1922-1926
Volume one of a projected three volume set, volume two having been published in 2003. One of 45 copies bound in quarter brown goatskin. Top edge gilt. Slipcase; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 227 pages
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LAWRENCE, T. E.
Les sept piliers de la sagesse. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Traduction intégrale par Charles Mauron.
Paris, Payot 1963, 225x140mm, 826pages, percaline blanche, pièce de titre en cuir rouge au dos, couverture conservée. Bel exemplaire.
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: 95814
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Lawrence, T. E.
SHAW-EDE T. E. Lawrence's Letters to H. S. Ede 1927-1935
Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown ; Limited edition of 470, of which this is number 238. Original quarter dark morocco, slipcase; 8vo; 62 pages
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Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward)
Revolt in the Desert
335p., illus. Hardcover Good condition
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Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward)
Revolt in the Desert
335p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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LAWRENCE, T.E.
La rivolta nel deserto
XIV, 400, [2] pp., 6 tavv. in nero e una carta geografica. f.t.; 22,5 cm. Tela edit. senza sovrac. Qualche abrasione in cop., dorso scurito. Carta legg. ingiallita ai margini, qualche sottolineatura
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LAWRENCE, T.E.
Les Sept Piliers de la Sagesse. Traduction integrale par Ch. MAURON.
fort vol. in-8°, 826 pages, cartes, broche, couverture illustree. Bon état. [CA26-4-]
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LAWRENCE, T.E.
Les Sept Piliers de la Sagesse. Traduction par J. Deleuze.
fort vol. in-16°, 943 pages, broche, couverture illustree. Tres bel exemplaire. [PM-LP3]
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LAWRENCE, T.E..:
Seven Pillars of Wisdom. De Luxe Edition.
Doubleday & Company Inc. 1938, in-8°, 672 p., fully illustrated, full black clothbound,spine gilt, jackett. (inside white).
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: 91333aaf
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Lawrence, Thomas Edward
I Sette Pilastri della Saggezza
Mm 140x225 Volume in copertina rigida con titolo oro al dorso, sovraccoperta originale, 832 pagine. Copia ottima. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
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Lawton, John; et al
Aramco World (Magazine), November / December (Nov./Dec.) 1989 - Jordan's Royal Falcons
40 pages. Features: The last wild adult bald ibis dies in Turkey; Education Americans about Saudi Arabia; Jordan's Royal Falcons; Fine Muslim Architecture; The painting of Lebanon's Mustafa Tahoukji; The Imbaba camel market; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Moderate moisture exposure, otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
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Layard, Austen Henry
ALS Autograph Letter Signed Together with an Original Photograph
Original letter penned and signed by Layard after the Bulgarian uprising in the Balkans. The letter measures 7 x 9 inches dated February 23, 1878 while he was HBM Ambassador in Constantinople. The letter provides a reference for a James Long, MA who was a humanitarian. Long was about to go to Bazandjik on the Danube in Bulgaria which had recently been occupied by the Russians during the Russo-Turkish War. Together with the letter is an original portrait photograph of Layard measuring 8 x 10 inches as well as a contemporary bigraphical sketch from the 1880's. Letters from Layard while abroad are rare. Manuscript
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LE BOULICAUT (Albert).-
Au pays des mystères. Pélérinage d'un Chrétien à la Mecque et à Medine. 2e édition.
1913 Paris, Plon, 1913, in 12 broché, XXVII-291 pages ; carte dépliante.
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: 15744
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Le Boulicaut, Albert
AU PAYS DES MYSTERES : pèlerinage d'un chrétien à la Mecque et à Médine, par Albert Le Boulicaut
Paris Plon-Nourrit et Cie 1913 -in-12 bradel un volume, reliure bradel demi-percale gris souris in-douze (half hard-back percale in-12) (19 x 12,5 cm), dos long (spine without raised band), décoration "or", titre frappé "or" (gilt title), pièce de titre sur fond marron foncé avec double filets "or" de part et d'autre, fleuron frappé "or" au centre du dos, double filets "or" en pied, papier peigné bleu marine, rouge et blanc aux plats (cover with painting paper), orné d'une carte dépliante hors-texte en noir in-fine, XXVII-289 pages, 1913 Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie Editeurs,
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: 22614
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LE COUR GRANDMAISON, Bruno ; CROSSON, Jean-Luc (ill.) ; DENIAU, Jean-François (préf.)
Lumières d'Oman
1 vol. in-4 cartonnage éditeur, peintures couleurs, Gallimard, 2002, 93 pp. Très bon état pour ce beau livre sur le sultanat d'Oman. Français
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LE RENARD, Alfred.
L’Orient et sa tradition.
Paris, Dervy 1952, 220x140mm, 221pages, broché. Partiellement non coupé. Bel exemplaire.
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: 55163
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Ledererm, Florence (Translator).
THE SECRET ROSE GARDEN OF SA'D UN DIN MAHMUD SHABISTARI. Rendered from the Persian with an Introduction by Florence Lederer.
91p. 12mo. Original full cloth binding slightly faded. Original printed dust jacket. Wisdom of the East Series. Very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! OCC 1
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LEDUC Pascal
Yémen, péninsule arabique : Arabie Saoudite, Oman, Emirats arabes unis, Qatar, Bahrein, Koweit. Guides Marcus.
Paris,Editions Marcus, 1988. 12 x 19, 64 pp., quelques cartes et illustrations, broché, bon état.
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: 89902
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LEES, G. M.
The Physical Geography of South-Eastern Arabia - Oman - 05
30 pages, including 4 sketch maps. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a very detailed extensive report on the physical geography and geological tectonics of South-Eastern Arabia - Oman - with some interesting notes dealing with water supply of Bahrain, Qatar Peninsula, discovery of flint implements, and collection of birds. The author was an assistant geologist for Anglo-Persian Oil Company, who traveled widely to Persia, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar. Mr. Lee traversed considerable extent of then unexplored regions of Oman, and here he provides an informative account of his geographical surveys, as well as, some interesting remarks on the Mahri and the Gara nomad tribes.
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Lenglelet du Fresnoy - Pierre Nicolas - M. L'Abbe (Cellarius)
Arabia Petraea et Deserta
Inc. su rame, mm.215x310 alla battuta.Tratta da "Geographia Antiqua et Nova: or a System of Antient and Modern Geography, with a Sett of Maps Engraven from Cellarius's. ...". Ottimo stato, fresca e nitida impressione.
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LENOIR Paul
Le Fayoum,le Sinaï et Petra.expédition dans la Moyenne Egypte et l’Arabie Pétrée sous la direction de J.Grégoire
In 12 broché,frontispice,332 pages,complet des 13 gravu- res Hors-texte sous serpentes(y compris le frontispice) Henri Plon éditeur 1872.couverture doublée
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: 1601
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Levi della Vida, Giorgio
Aneddoti e svaghi arabi e non arabi
Mm 150x235 RARO - Brossura editoriale di xii-394 pagine. Conserva al suo interno la fascetta del Premio Viareggio per la saggistica, di cui l'opera fu insignita. Dorso brunito, occasionali e leggere sottolineature a matita, nel complesso esemplare in buone-ottime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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LEWIS Bernard
Les Arabes dans l'histoire. Collection : Histoires.
Paris, Aubier, 1993. 13 x 22, 257 pp., 6 cartes, broché, bon état.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 93422
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LIDDEL HART (Capitaine B.-H.).
La Vie du Colonel LAWRENCE (Lawrence in Arabia). Traduit de l'anglais par Henri Thies.
grand in-8 etroit, 319 pages, 7 cartes, broche, couv.- Bel exemplaire. [NV-14] Exemplaire sur vélin supérieur.
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Lieut.-Col. W. Barron; Major A. W. Baird; And Major J. Hill
The Cadastral Survey of India [WITH] Spirit-Levelling Operations of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India [WITH] Some Remarks on Clinometrical, or Approximate Heights.
3 reports in one issue, altogether 45 pages. Plus a fold-out graph. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. The three authors outline methods and intricacies in the surveying of unknown regions and vastly unique terrains, while also elucidating their contemporaries to customs and law in Indian territories in which great potential is seen for the British Empire. Barron expounds on the complex system of proprietary and cultivating tenures, claimed by decendants of ancient lineage, conquerors of the latter, village headmen fighting for hereditary rights, farmers and servants of the State, each ultimately contributing to a most profitbale source of revenue for the Indian Government.
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LIPPENS Philippe
Expedition en Arabie Centrale
in 8° pp. XI, 215, bross. edit. ill. Viaggio di studio e ricerca archeologica compiuto dall'A. (uno degli scopritori dei manoscritti del Mar Morto) in Arabia centrale, prima del progresso tecnologico, a spese del re 'Abdul 'Aziz ibn Sa'ud; corredato da m. foto d'epoca a colori e in b/n f.t. e 1 grande cartina ripiegata in fine; intonso ed ormai raro. 179/28
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LIPPENS Philippe
Expédition en Arabie Centrale
Adrien-Maisonneuve, 1956, in-8 br., XI-214 p., préface de B. Philby, avant-propos de G. Ryckmans, 29 photos n. et b., 4 planches en coul., une carte dépl. de l'itinéraire parcouru, couverture à rabats, dos un peu frotté, intérieur propre, bon état.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: QWA-10680
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LIVIO Pier Vincenzo
A la découverte d'un trèsor : Petra.
Arabesque Editions, 1992. 22 x 30, 87 pp., très nombreuses illustrations en couleurs, reliure d'édition carton imprimé, très bon état.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 48455
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LLOYD, Major H. L.
The Geography of the Mosul Boundary.
14 pages. Plus a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 11 x 10.5 inches (28 x 27cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is an interesting report on the then much disputed boundary between the Kingdom of Iraq and the Republic of Turkey from 1923-25, which according to the author was partly as a result of poor mapping and unsurveyed areas, the author also discusses the interference of the League of Nations in settling the issue, accompanied by spectacular fold-out colour map.
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LOCATELLI
Twitter e le rivoluzioni. La primavera araba dei social network: nulla sarà più come prima
Twitter e le rivoluzioni. La primavera araba dei social network
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LONDRES Albert
PÊCHEURS DE PERLES.
1931 Paris, éditions Albin Michel, 1931. Édition originale, exemplaire du tirage courant imprimé sur vélin d'alfa, avec mention de 15è mille. In-12 broché de 253 pp., orné d'une carte en frontispice et contenant 28 photographies réparties en 16 planches hors texte. Des rousseurs.
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: 18386
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LORD, Henry
A Discovery of Two Forreigne Sects in the East-Indies, viz. the Sect of the Banians, the Ancient Natives of India, and the Sect of the Persees, the Ancient Inhabitants of Persia: Together with the Religion and Manners of each Sect.
Detailed analysis of Banian and Parsi creationist beliefs, including the first humans, the first and second age of the world, God's communication to the world through Bremaw's book (Banian), ceremonial law, order of government, the derivation and meaning of 'Banian,' and 'Persee,' and more. This is the first printed summary of Hindu doctrines and practices to appear in Europe. Topics examined include idolatry, fire worship, immortality, rapture, vegetarianism, the Indian caste system and Hindu theory of world cycles - specifically Satya Yuga and Treta Yuga, as well as Persian migration to the East Indies, the prophet Zerdusht (Zarthusthra, Zarthost), so forth. A fascinating early treatise. Henry Lord's book was the first in English to be entirely devoted to discussion of Indian religions, and represents the first serious attempt to go beyond reports by travellers of the strange religious beliefs and practices that they had observed in India. Initially publishing his account in 1630, Lord was a chaplain, rather than a missionary, and made a serious attempt to understand the religions rather than condemn them. The display was used as a source by later European writers on Indian religions, most notably François Bernier. "Lord was sometime resident in India at Surat and Preacher to the Honourable Company of Merchants trading to East India (Cox I p.270)." Folio, measuring approximately 13.5 inches x 9 inches. 42 pages, numbered from 315 to 356, plus title page. In itself complete, this account is from Churchill's eight-volume work which contained numerous travel narratives, and was titled "A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some Now First Printed from Original Manuscripts. Others Now First Published in English." These are the original pages printed in 1752. Mild foxing, otherwise in very good condition, clean and bright with wide margins, a lovely example of early printing. Attractively bound in recent green cardstock covers with label.
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Loreto Romolo
Alle origini degli arabi. Un viaggio nell'archeologia dell'Arabia Saudita
brossura Il regno dell'Arabia Saudita occupa gran parte della Penisola arabica, una terra che nell'immaginario collettivo si associa vagamente a vasti deserti, fiorenti oasi e nomadi beduini che a dorso di dromedario attraversano le sue immense distese. I Romani la chiamavano Arabia Deserta, eppure echi di un passato favoloso sono riportati nei testi dell'Antico Testamento e dagli autori classici, che riferiscono di grandi tribù e città carovaniere. Oggi l'archeologia restituisce finalmente a questa regione il suo ruolo nell'ambito degli studi sul Vicino Oriente antico, svelandone le problematiche e l'immensa ricchezza del patrimonio storico e culturale. Il velo di mistero si solleva e si aprono di fronte a noi le storie dei popoli che hanno abitato l'Arabia dalla preistoria all'avvento dell'Islam, inestricabilmente legati alle vicende delle culture della Mesopotamia, del Levante, del Sudarabia e del mondo romano.
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LOSTALOT-BACHOUE (M. E. de)
Le Monde - Histoire de tous les Peuples - Tome Neuvième (1re et 2e Parties) - Chine - Japon - Perse - Arabie - Turquie - Inde - Egypte
Paris, Lebigre-Duquesne Frères, Editeurs, 1859. 1 fort volume in-8, 539 pp., reliure plein toile verte, dos insolé, illustré de nombreuses gravures hors texte, bon état général.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 2604
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Loti, Pierre
GALILAA
Binding could be tighter; Ribbon bookmark. No date, circa 1920s. In German ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 195 pages
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Lotter Tobias Conrad
Le cours entier du Grand et Fameux Nil, appellé la riviere de l’Egypte dans l’Ecriture Sainte avec la Basse et la Haute Egypte, par où il passe gravè Tobie Conrad Lotter Geogr. à Ausburg.
In folio (59x73 cm il foglio); esemplare in fine coloritura coeva ed in ottime condizioni di conservazione. Testo in francese in cartiglio. Magnifica e vivida tiratura di questa celeberrima carta del territorio egiziano che si sviluppa lungo il corso del fiume Nilo, con parte del territorio dell’Arabia Saudita, dell’Etiopia e Abissinia e del territorio di Suez con ben presente il Mar Rosso con anche evidenziate le profondità. La carta fu stampata dal successore e cognato del grande cartografo Matthaus Seutter (sposò una delle figlie di Seutter), il cartografo, editore ed incisore Tobias Conrad Lotter (1717 - 1777). Lotter, si formò alla bottega di Matthaus Seutter per il quale lavorò. Alla morte di Seutter ne rilevò l’attività che portò avanti fino al 1777 anno della sua morte. L’attività passo poi al figlio, Matthias Albrecht Lotter. Tobias Conrad fu uno dei più apprezzati cartografi del settecento. Il carta si ispira ai dati riportati dal gesuita R. Pere Sicard, da Alphonse Mendez, Emanuel L’Ameyda, Pierre Pays e di altri celebri missionari e studiosi gesuiti. Esemplare in ottime condizioni di conservazione ed in bella coloritura coeva. Esemplare in ottime condizioni di conservazione.
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LOUER, L.
SUNNITES ET CHIITES. Histoire politique d'une discorde.
in-8 , 338 pages, index, broché. Très bel exemplaire, tres frais. TX-7
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Louis Massignon
Annuaire du monde musulman statistique historique social et économique
1955. Paris éditions des Presses Universitaires de France 1955 - Toilé jaquette conservée 16 cm x 25 cm 428 pages - Texte de Louis Massignon 4 ème ed. révisée et mise à jour avec le concours de V. Monteil bibloigraphies - Petit accroc sur la jaquette sans manque sinon bon état
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 2157
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Lovell, Mary S.
A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton
"From the moment they met, their marriage seemed both inevitable and impossible. Isabel was a schoolgirl, scion of the Arundells, England's most distinguished Catholic family, and when they passed each other while walking at a seaside resort, Richard Burton had already made his mark as a linguist, scholar, traveler, and rebel against Victorian conformity. A hundred yards on, Isabel looked back and found him staring after her: she decided then that she would marry him. It was several years before they met again. By then Burton was one of the most accomplished linguists in the Indian Army. An intelligence agent with a genius for disguise, he had risked death to penetrate Mecca during the hadj, posing as a native pilgrim. He would soon become even more famous as one of the earliest explorers of East Africa. After their marriage, the Burtons traveled the world from diplomatic postings in Brazil and Africa to hair-raising adventures in the Syrian desert. In later life Richard courted further controversy as translator of such erotic classics as the unexpurgated edition of The Arabian Nights, The Perfumed Garden, and The Kama Sutra. Based on previously unavailable archives, Mary Lovell has written a compelling joint biography that sets Isabel in her proper place as Burton's equal in daring and endurance, a fascinating figure in her own right." 910p. bibliography.index Book
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LOVETT, Lieut. - Colonel Beresford
Itinerary Notes of Route Surveys in Northern Persia in 1881 and 1882.
28 pages, including a full-page sketch illustration. Plus a large fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 12 x 28 inches (30 x 71cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This detailed expedition report includes a description of the geography, topography and new routes discovered in Ancient Persia - modern day Iran. Lieut.-Col. Lovett's survey is especially valuable for its elucidation of untrodden parts of these Elburz Mountains, and it also throws new light on the entire route, no part of which had hitherto been delineated with any approach to the same detail and perspicuous accuracy. The Course of Lovett's Journey from Tehran to Astarabad: Gulhek, the Garden of Vujiia, Ahar, Sarak, Husun Ikdir, Gutchisir and Waliabad, Towar, Asolat, Arsinkiru, Mekhsas, Oz, Baladeh, Chashmeh Shahi, Khan Lar Khan, Ask, Lesan, Arjumand, Firuskuh, Chashmeh Kabud, Salash, Chashmeh, Kurrand, Fulhad Mahala, Pishirt, Chaman-i-Manga, Chardeh, Ziarat-i-Khas-rud, Astarabad. From Astarabad, Lovett travels towards Shahrud; he provides valuable information of his surveys in this illuminating account.
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