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SEAFARING IN THE ARABIAN GULF AND OMAN. The People of the Dhow.
Kegan Paul ..., 2005. 1st Ed. 4to. [xxii] + 285pp. 86 ills., 6 maps, 24 tables. Original pictorial laminated boards.
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[PRESSED FLOWER ALBUM OF PLANTS FROM THE HOLY LAND AND MIDDLE EAST]. Collection of 30 pressed samples.
, c.[1866]. With a small example of cross stitch in Hebrew pinned to blank at front. ‘Gathered "In these holy fields Over whose acres walked those Blessed Feet. Which fourteen hundred years ago, were nailed For our advantage on the bitter cross."’ In beautiful script to front free end paper. Plates of pressed flowers Entitled Sidon, Lebanon, Nazareth, Mount Tabor, River Jordan (possibly lacking some of the specimen), Cana of Galilee, Bethlehem, Lebanon, Lebanon, Lebanon, Saffron (Near Sidon), Pulse .. Sidon, Sidon, Coriander, Sidon, Sidon, Oleander Sidon, Sidon & Lebanon, Sidon, Gourd Sidon, Sidon, Poplar Sidon, Pomegranate Sidon, Sycamore Sidon, Fig Lebanon, Almond Sidon, Carobhee Sidon, Plane Tree Sidon, Acacia Sidon, Olive Sidon. Disbound, mounts browned and some with loss to leading corner, some crumbling of the specimens, enclosed in black tooled green victorian scrap album.
¶ A selection of pressed flowers collected and later pressed during a tour of the Holy Land. Some of the later speciments note the plant species.
¶ A selection of pressed flowers collected and later pressed during a tour of the Holy Land. Some of the later speciments note the plant species.
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THE WEST BANK PALESTINIAN FAMILY.
KPI Limited, 1986. 1st Ed. [xiv] + 166pp. + [i] adverts. + [iii] blank. Very good in d/w.
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BILMECE: A Corpus of Turkish Riddles.
University of California Press, 1973. Royal 8vo. [viii] + 1063pp. + [i]. Original dark grey lettered custard yellow limp wrapps., from the Library of Dr James Bynon, lightly soiled, minor rubbing to extremities, spine lightly spotted.
¶ Folklore Studies : 22.
¶ Folklore Studies : 22.
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A VOYAGE INTO THE LEVANT.
Walter J. Johnson Inc. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd. Amsterdam Norword NJ, 1977. Facsimile Reprint of 1636 Ed. [vi] + 126pp. Original cloth, gilt lettering, sm. dent to fore-edge of upper board.
¶ Number 850 The English Experience.
¶ Number 850 The English Experience.
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A YEAR AMONGST THE PERSIANS. Impressions as to the Life, Character, & Thought of the People of Persia Received during twelve Months’ Residence in that Country in the Years 1887-1888. With a Memoir by Sir E. Denison Ross and a Foreword by Sir Ellis H. Minns.
Adam and Charles Black, 1959. Reprint. xxii + [i] + 650pp. Port. frontis. Original cloth with gilt device to upper board, spine sl. faded and bumped.
¶ First published in 1893.
¶ First published in 1893.
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A YEAR AMONGST THE PERSIANS Impressions as to the Life, Character, and Thought of the People of Persia, Received During Twelve Months’ Residence in That Country in the Years 1887-8.
Time Life, 1987. Facsimile Reprint of 1893 Ed. [x] + 594pp. + [ii]. Partially colour folding frontis. map. Bookplate and prospectus loosely inserted, from the library of Ann Savours Shirley, marbled e.ps., gilt lettered simulated leather binding, a.e.g.
¶ Classics of Exploration.
¶ Classics of Exploration.
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TRAVELS INTO MUSCOVY, PERSIA, And Part of the East-Indies. Containing, An Accurate Description of whatever is most remarkable in those Countries. And Embellished With above 320 copper plates, representing the finest Prospects, and most considerable Cities in those Parts; the different Habits of the People; the singular and extraordinary Birds, Fishes, and Plants which are there to be found: As likewise the Antiquities of those Countries, and particularly the noble Ruins of the famous Palace of Persepolis, called Chelminar by the Persians. The whole being delineated on the Spot, from the respective Objects. To which is added, An Account of the Journey of Mr Isbrants, Ambassador from Muscovy, through Russia and Tartary, to China; together with Remarks on the Travels of Sir John Chardin, and Mr Kempfer, and a Letter written to the Author on that Subject. Translated from the Original French.
London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ..., 1737. 1st English Ed. 2 vols. Sm. folio. [vi] + 228pp. + pp.(225-246). + [ii] + 223pp. + Index [xi] + [i] + [i] Directions to the Binder. Engraved port frontis. engraved by G. Valek after Kneller, allegorical frontis., 3 double page maps, 44 text engravings, 262 numbered engravings and 10 un-numbered engravings on l14 leaves of plates including 58 double page and 12 folding, dec. devices and initial letters. Marginal worming upto pp.2 of vol. 1. affecting the margins of maps, light browning, rebound in C20th half calf with marbled boards, some minor wear to joints with light cracking to firm upper joint of vol. 1.
¶ ESTC T110676. ‘English translation from a French translation of the original Dutch work ’Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie’ published in Amsterdam in 1711. Published in French with title ’Voyage de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales’ in Amsterdam in 1718. Vol.1 has an engraved illustrated frontispiece by Bernard Picart, dated 1711. The portrait of de Bruyn is by Godfrey Kneller. Pagination: Vol.1: [6], 228, 225-246 p., [60] leaves of plates (34 double leaves, 6 folded); v.2: [2], 223, [13] p., [59] leaves of plates (26 double, 7 folded). Vol.1: p.236-240 misnumbered 362, 263-266. Unnumbered pages: Vol.1: [6]p. comprise title page and preface. Vol.2: Title page; [13]p. at end comprise blank page, [11]p. index, and final blank page. Vol.1 contains [2], 3, 37, [10], 38-110 engravings (mostly numbered) on [60] leaves of plates. Vol.2 contains 111-262 numbered engravings on [59] leaves of plates. Text is continuous despite pagination and signatures. Text in double columns, with printed marginalia. With bibliographical references and index.’ Cornelis de Bruijn (also spelled Cornelius de Bruyn, pronounced [d’ 'brœy’n]; 1652 – 1726/7) Dutch artist and traveler. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his observations of people, buildings, plants and animals. ‘... De Bruin’s travel account does not provide major new insights into Persian society, life, and customs, but it is a straightforward, thorough, and balanced account, without the elements of fantasy that mar most other works by contemporary travelers to Persia, particularly in their discussions of Persepolis ...’ Bibliotheca Irania. In 1701 he headed for Archangelsk. During his second tour he visited the Samoyeds in northern Russia. In Moscow he became acquainted with emperor Peter the Great painting his nieces, the paintings being sent to possible candidates for marriage. In late April 1703, De Brujin left Moscow along with the party of Armenian merchants from Isfahan, together they sailed down the Moscow River, the Oka and the Volga, eventually reaching Astrakhan. Thanks to his short stopover in Nizhny Novgorod during the Easter holidays, we now have his description of that major center of the Russian Volga trade as it existed in 1703, with its Kremlin, stone churches, and a lively bar (kabak) scene. Leaving the borders of the Russian state, de Brujin arrived to Persia, where he made drawings of towns like Isfahan and Persepolis (1704–1705). He continued to Java and returned to Persia, Russia, and ultimately the Netherlands. His drawings of Persepolis, caused a sensation, for a century, they were the best prints available to western scholars.
¶ ESTC T110676. ‘English translation from a French translation of the original Dutch work ’Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie’ published in Amsterdam in 1711. Published in French with title ’Voyage de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales’ in Amsterdam in 1718. Vol.1 has an engraved illustrated frontispiece by Bernard Picart, dated 1711. The portrait of de Bruyn is by Godfrey Kneller. Pagination: Vol.1: [6], 228, 225-246 p., [60] leaves of plates (34 double leaves, 6 folded); v.2: [2], 223, [13] p., [59] leaves of plates (26 double, 7 folded). Vol.1: p.236-240 misnumbered 362, 263-266. Unnumbered pages: Vol.1: [6]p. comprise title page and preface. Vol.2: Title page; [13]p. at end comprise blank page, [11]p. index, and final blank page. Vol.1 contains [2], 3, 37, [10], 38-110 engravings (mostly numbered) on [60] leaves of plates. Vol.2 contains 111-262 numbered engravings on [59] leaves of plates. Text is continuous despite pagination and signatures. Text in double columns, with printed marginalia. With bibliographical references and index.’ Cornelis de Bruijn (also spelled Cornelius de Bruyn, pronounced [d’ 'brœy’n]; 1652 – 1726/7) Dutch artist and traveler. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his observations of people, buildings, plants and animals. ‘... De Bruin’s travel account does not provide major new insights into Persian society, life, and customs, but it is a straightforward, thorough, and balanced account, without the elements of fantasy that mar most other works by contemporary travelers to Persia, particularly in their discussions of Persepolis ...’ Bibliotheca Irania. In 1701 he headed for Archangelsk. During his second tour he visited the Samoyeds in northern Russia. In Moscow he became acquainted with emperor Peter the Great painting his nieces, the paintings being sent to possible candidates for marriage. In late April 1703, De Brujin left Moscow along with the party of Armenian merchants from Isfahan, together they sailed down the Moscow River, the Oka and the Volga, eventually reaching Astrakhan. Thanks to his short stopover in Nizhny Novgorod during the Easter holidays, we now have his description of that major center of the Russian Volga trade as it existed in 1703, with its Kremlin, stone churches, and a lively bar (kabak) scene. Leaving the borders of the Russian state, de Brujin arrived to Persia, where he made drawings of towns like Isfahan and Persepolis (1704–1705). He continued to Java and returned to Persia, Russia, and ultimately the Netherlands. His drawings of Persepolis, caused a sensation, for a century, they were the best prints available to western scholars.
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ALMS FOR JIHAD. Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World.
CUP, 2006. 1st Ed. xx + 348pp. 2 maps, 1 figure, 4 tables. Very good in d/w. lightly faded to spine.
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SYRIA, THE HOLY LAND, ASIA MINOR &C. Illustrated in a Series of Views Drawn From Nature by W.H. Bartlett, William Purser, &c. First, Second and Third Series.
Fisher, Son & Co., N.d. c.[1836-8]. 1st Eds. 3 vols. 4to. Additional engraved t.ps., 117 engraved plates, 2 maps. Light browning as usual, marbled e.ps., contemporary half calf with cloth boards, some fading and spotting to cloth, dec. gilt compartments and gilt lettered labels to spines, minor wear, heads of spines sl. rubbed.
¶ Blackmer 291; Tobler pp.148; John Carne (1789-1844). Traveller and Author. D.N.B. ‘Carne resolved to visit the Holy Places and accordingly left England on 26 March 1821. He visited Constantinople, Greece, the Lavant, Egypt and Palestine. In the latter country while returning from the Convent of St. Catharine, he was taken prisoner by Bedouins, but, after being detained for some days, was released in safety ...’
¶ Blackmer 291; Tobler pp.148; John Carne (1789-1844). Traveller and Author. D.N.B. ‘Carne resolved to visit the Holy Places and accordingly left England on 26 March 1821. He visited Constantinople, Greece, the Lavant, Egypt and Palestine. In the latter country while returning from the Convent of St. Catharine, he was taken prisoner by Bedouins, but, after being detained for some days, was released in safety ...’
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AN OTTOMAN TRAVELLER. Selections from the Book of Travels of ... Translation and Commentary by Robert Dankoff and Sooynang Kim.
Eland, 2010. 1st Ed. xxxviii + 482pp. Many ills. including some colour. Very sl. chipped d/w.
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LES ORIENTALISTES AU LIBAN. Phénicie, Liban et l’Art de l’estampe. THE ORIENTALISTS IN LEBANON. Phoenicia, Lebanon and the Art of engraving.
Edition Richard A. Chahine "Chahine Gallery" ... Lebanon, 1989. 4to. 303pp. + [i]. 346 ills., maps, drawings etc. including many in colour. French/English text. E.ps. spotted, good in sl. rubbed d/w.
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TRAVELS IN PERSIA. With an Introduction by Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes.
Argonaut Press, 1927. Sm. 4to. xxx + 287pp. Blue vignette to title page, 9 plates and ills. including 2 folding. Some light browning, vellum backed cloth boards with gilt device to upper board, sm. split to tail of upper joint, spine sl. soiled with sm. splits to head and tail, mark to lower board.
¶ No. 94 of a Limited Edition of 975 Copies.
¶ No. 94 of a Limited Edition of 975 Copies.
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VOYAGES du ... en Perse et Autres Lieux de L’Orient ... Paris á Ispahan; d'Ispahan; & la Relation des deux Voyages de l'Auteur, d'Ispahan á Bander-Abassi; Description Générale de L'Empire de perse, & les Descriptions particulieres des Sciences & des Arts. Gouvernement Politique, Militaire, & Civil; La Description de la Religion des Persans, & le Couronnement de Soliman III.
Amsterdam aux Depens de la Compagne ..., 1735. Nouvelle Edition, Augmentée du Couronnement de Soliman III. & d’un grand nombre de Passages tirés du Manuscrit de l’Auteur, qui ne se trouvant point dans les Editions précédentes. 3 vols. + Supplementary vol. thus 4 in total. Sm. 4to. Half titles present, Rubric t.ps. 2 port. frontiss., t.p. devices, 5 large engraved chapter headings, 79 engraved copper plates including 49 folding, dec. devices and initial letters. French text. Gathering E to vol 2. bound in upside down and back to front, light waterstain to gutter hinges of prelims. and first 10 odd leaves of vol. 2., light browning, dyed turquiose leather pastedowns, textured paper e.ps. contemporary mottled calf boards with intricate gilt tooled borders surrounding to the upper board the gilt crest of Holland House, slight surface loss to lower board of vol. 1., rebacked with much of original spines laid down, gilt tooled spines with raised bands and lacking some of upper and lower compartments, remains of gilt lettered labels.
¶ With the ever elusive supplementary volume containing Chardin’s previously unpublished work ‘... Soliman III’ and extracts from his (Chardin’s) manuscript. With loosely inserted bookplates of Jean Maystre Swiss (1677-1732), as catalogued by Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana Venice. With loosely inserted bookplates of Holland House, Chardin of course lived at Holland House in the 1680s. Jean Chardin (1643–1713), born Jean-Baptiste Chardin, known as Sir John Chardin, was a French jeweller and traveller whose above work is regarded as one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Persia and the Near East in general. Chardin's style of writing is simple and graphic, and he gives a faithful account of what he saw and heard, early readers commended Chardin's work for its fullness and fidelity. Sir William Jones says he gave the best account of Mahometan nations ever published and he received praise from a number of Enlightenment thinkers, among them Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire and Gibbon. Latter-day scholars of Persia also vouch for his importance; according to John Emerson, his information on Safavid Persia outranks that of all other Western writers in range, depth, accuracy, and judiciousness. Chardin travelled far and wide, had a good command of the Persian language, and left detailed accounts of the places and people he encountered. He also had direct access to the Safavid court, and his descriptions of contemporary politics and administration are highly regarded. Although there are occasional lapses in his books, he is generally trusted as a reliable witness, and his work has been used as a source for diverse studies on Safavid history, government, economics, anthropology, religion, art and culture. Extracts from his works appear in all the chief collections of travels, but there is no complete English translation.
¶ With the ever elusive supplementary volume containing Chardin’s previously unpublished work ‘... Soliman III’ and extracts from his (Chardin’s) manuscript. With loosely inserted bookplates of Jean Maystre Swiss (1677-1732), as catalogued by Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana Venice. With loosely inserted bookplates of Holland House, Chardin of course lived at Holland House in the 1680s. Jean Chardin (1643–1713), born Jean-Baptiste Chardin, known as Sir John Chardin, was a French jeweller and traveller whose above work is regarded as one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Persia and the Near East in general. Chardin's style of writing is simple and graphic, and he gives a faithful account of what he saw and heard, early readers commended Chardin's work for its fullness and fidelity. Sir William Jones says he gave the best account of Mahometan nations ever published and he received praise from a number of Enlightenment thinkers, among them Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire and Gibbon. Latter-day scholars of Persia also vouch for his importance; according to John Emerson, his information on Safavid Persia outranks that of all other Western writers in range, depth, accuracy, and judiciousness. Chardin travelled far and wide, had a good command of the Persian language, and left detailed accounts of the places and people he encountered. He also had direct access to the Safavid court, and his descriptions of contemporary politics and administration are highly regarded. Although there are occasional lapses in his books, he is generally trusted as a reliable witness, and his work has been used as a source for diverse studies on Safavid history, government, economics, anthropology, religion, art and culture. Extracts from his works appear in all the chief collections of travels, but there is no complete English translation.
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DISTANT RELATIONS: Iran and Lebanon in the last 500 years.
Centre for Lebanese Studies, 2006. 1st Ed. xiv + 322pp. Sl. rubbed d/w.
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