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| BARTHELEMY, JEAN JACQUES L'ABBÉ: Reflexions sur l'alphabet et sur la langue dont on se servoit autrefois a Palmyre. Paris, Chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1754. 4to. Pp. 32. With 3 engraved plates. First edition. Cicognara 2648. AND: Réflexions sur quelques monumens phéniciens, et sur les alphabets qui en résultent. Pp. 23. With 5 engraved plates. BOUND WITH: Lettre de M. L'abbé Barthelemy, a messieurs les auteurs de Journal des Scavans, sur quelques médailles phéniciennes. Pp. 12 and 2 engraved plates. AND: Second lettre de M. l'abbé Barthelemy. Pp. 8 and one engraved plate. AND: Troiseme lettre .... , sur quelques médailles samaritaines. pp. 8. AND WITH: Réflexions générales sur les rapports des langues égyptienne, phénicienne & grecque. Pp. 22. AND WITH: Lettre a monsieur le Marquis Olivieri, au sujet de quelques monuments phéniciens; pour servir de réponse à deux Lettres insérées dans le 54e volume des Transactions philosophiques. Paris, de l'Imprimerie de L.F. Delatour, 1766. Pp. (ii), 45. With 4 engraved plates. A collection of 7 different works dealing with the Phoenician language, monument inscriptions and coins by the French scholar Barthelemy. Bound in contemporary full calf, ruled in gilt, worn, hinges cracked. Barthelemy (1716-1795), a French writer, the librarian of Bibliotheque Nationale and the Keeper of the Royal Collection of Medals. € (euro) 1000.00 [Appr.: US$ 1498 | £UK 901.25 | JP¥ 132320] Book number: 45028 Click here to order or inquire at Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books. | ||
| VON HOHNHORST, BARONIN H.: Reisebilder aus dem Libanon. Braunschweig, Joh. Heinr. Meyer, 1884. Pp. (iv), 312. With 8 plates, of views and costumes, including one double page. Contemporary half calf, spine ruled in gilt and with title lettered in gilt, worn. Copy from the library of Fürstenberg (with their stamp, and label on spine). Rare narrative of a journey along the coast of Lebanon and the Holy Land visiting Beirut, Saida, Haifa, Mount Carmel, the province of Samaria, Jaffa, Ludd and many other places. € (euro) 750.00 [Appr.: US$ 1123.5 | £UK 676 | JP¥ 99240] Book number: 99183 Click here to order or inquire at Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books. | ||
| MAGRI (MACER), DOMENICO: Breve racconto del viaggio al Monte Libano di Domenico Magri Maltese: Nell' età sua d'anni 19. Roma, Nicolo Angelo Tinassi, A spese di Giouanni Casone, 1655. Small 4to. Pp. (iv), 52. Title page printed in red and black and with the arms of Cardinal Barberini. Later (20th century) half vellum, spine lettered. Bookplate and stamp of Giannalisa Feltrinelli. Partly with light marginal staining. First edition of a rare account of a voyage to Lebanon by Domenico Magri (1604-1672), Maltese professor, theolog and linguist, for many years serving in Rome. This Oriental mission by direction of Cardinal Orsini started out from Rome in December 1623 and went via Gaëte, Naples, Messina, Malta, Crete, Alexandria and Aleppo before it reached Lebanon in June 1624. The expedition visited Tripoli, Beirut and Saïda before it returned to Rome in November that same year. The aim of the mission was to inform the Patriarch of the Maronite Church about the (evil) conditions in the country. The account gives much information about the places visited, the inhabitants and their customs and manners. Le livre et le Liban, pp. 187-88. Röhricht p. 243. € (euro) 8800.00 [Appr.: US$ 13182.4 | £UK 7929 | JP¥ 1164416] Book number: 39032 Click here to order or inquire at Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books. |
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