ÅKERBLAD, JOHAN DAVID:

Lettre sur une inscription phénicienne trouvée à Athènes. Rome, Bourlié, 1817.

. 4to. Pp. 24. With one engraved plate. Contemporary marbled boards, cloth spine, corners lightly rubbed, spine faded. Private stamp on title. Johan Åkerblad (1763-1819), Swedish diplomat and orientalist, was a student of Silvestre de Sacy. He is probably most famous for his contribution to the decipherment of the hieroglyphic script on the Rosetta Stone. During his last years in Rome he was mainly devoted to the studies of Greek epigraphy. Due to limited economical means he only published four small works in Rome, of which this is one. It is dedicated to his friend Andreas Italinsky and deals with the interpretation of a tombstone with Greek and Phoenician scripts. Includes also a Hebrew transcription. Rare. Callmer, In Orientem, pp. 214-218. The Phoenicians were a Semitic-speaking people of somewhat unknown origin who emerged in the Levant around 3000 BC.[8] The term Phoenicia is an ancient Greek exonym that most likely described one of their most famous exports, a dye also known as Tyrian purple;

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Book number: 99478

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Keywords: Europe, greek, greece, epigraphy, phoenician, phenicienne, semitic, levant, near east, travel, exploration,

BELLERMANN, FRIEDRICH:

Die Hymnen des Dionysius und Mesomedes. Text und Melodieen nach Handschriften und den alten Ausgaben. Berlin, Albert Förstner, 1840.

. 4to. Pp. (viii), 84. With 4 plates (with old annotations). Contemporary cloth, worn. With stamps. Partly foxed. This work devoted to ancient Greek music is mainly based on three studies; 1. by Vincentio Galilei, Firenze 1581; 2. Johann Fell, Oxford 1672 and; 3. Jean Pierre Burette, Paris first half of 18th century. Prior to the discovery of the Seikilos epitaph in the late 19th century, the hymns of Mesomedes were the only surviving written music from the ancient time. Mesomedes of Crete, was a Greek lyric poet and composer of the early 2nd century.

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Book number: 99386

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Keywords: Europe, greece, greek, music, musical, europe, european, hymns,

BREMER, FREDRIKA:

Lifvet i gamla verlden. Dagboks-anteckningar under resor i söder-och österland. Six parts in three volumes. Stockholm, Isaac Marcus, 1860 - 62.

. Pp. (iv), xii, 247; (iv), 412; (iv), 239; (iv), 299, (2); (vi), 247; (iv), 299, (1). Contemporary half calf on marbled boards, flat spines richly decorated in gilt, lightly rubbed. Bookplate (second volume). A handsome copy of the first edition. Fredrika Bremer was a pioneer in the Swedish women's movement and a renowned novelist of her time. This is her diary kept during a five-year journey to Switzerland, Italy, Turkey, Palestine and Greece. She visited many famous sites, including Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Jaffa. In Constantinople she visited the old harem at the Topkapi Palace and Aya Sophia. Volume three describes her stay in Greece. She was particularly interested in social life and the development of society in the countries she visited.Cf Röhricht p. 490. Tobler 199. Wäber 87.

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Keywords: Europe, switzerland, greece, italy, italian, turkey, palestine, holy land, near east, levant, travel, exploration, lady traveller

LE CHEVALIER, JEAN BAPTISTE / BERGSTEDT, ERIK (Transl.):

Resa till Propontiden och Svarta Havet. Three volumes. Stockholm 1802-05.

. Pp. (xx), 5-275; (vi), 256 (2); (ii), 329, (1). With seven engraved maps, of which one large of Constantinople, and seven aquatint engraved plates. Some staining, a few plates are soiled and some with tear at margin. Half calf, spines with four raised gilt bands and lettered in gilt. A Swedish version of "Voyage de la Propontide et du Pont Euxin" (Paris 1800), translated by Bergstedt and with his comments and addendum. Includes additional descriptions of Smyrna, the Troad, the islands of Zea, Tenedos, Myteline, Chios, Samos, Rhodes, etc, and the ruins of Miletus and Ephesus. Includes Dallaway's descriptions of the Bosporus and Constantinople and a translation of Orpheus' poem about "the Argonautic train". References from works by Peyssonnel, D'Ohsson and William Eton have been used. The translator, Bergstedt, was a Swedish diplomat who travelled extensively to Egypt, Constantinople and Greece between 1794 and 1797. The first part contains mainly his own travel account. Cf Atabey 697.

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Book number: 99992

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, turkey, greece, greek, turkish, asia, asie, asien, levant, europe, european, travel, exploration, voyage,

CLENARDUS, NICOLAS:

Institutiones linguae graecae. Cum scholiis & praxii P. Antesignani. Coloniae, Theodoricus Baumius, 1571.

. Pp. (xvi), 509, (27). Fifth edition (first 1530). Lower part of title page restored without any loss. Old signature. Adams C2148. Jöcher i,438. BOUND WITH: Meditationes graecanicae un artem grammaticam. Coloniae, Theodorus Graminaeus, 1570. Pp. (iv), 331, (145). Third edition. (first 1531). Adams C 2158. AND: [Hebrew title] Tabulae in grammaticam Hebraeam. Coloniae, Arnold Birckmann, 1567. Pp. 84, (8). Fourth edition (first 1529). Graesse ii, 200. Jöcher ii, 1992. Bound in contemporary blindpressed vellum, spine with four raised bands, small damage to lower part of spine, worn, hinges cracked and clasps missing. The covers are decorated with floral design and images of different saints. Clenardus (1495-1542) was born at Diest in Brabant and became a teacher in Greek and Hebrew in Spain and Portugal. Clenardus' success was largely due to his methodical presentation of the contents and clear formulations of the grammatical rules. Both his Hebrew and Greek grammars became standards and were still used in the 18th century. Index Aurel 141.438; 141.434; 141.418.

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GREY, THERESA GEORGINA:

Dagbok under en resa till Egypten, Konstantinopel, Krim och Grekland, i prinsens och prinsessans af Wales suite. Stockholm 1870.

. Pp. (ii), vi, (2), 162. Contemporary half calf, spine (faded), decorated in gilt with title label. A Swedish edition translated from the English (London 1869). The author, Swedish born von Stedingk, accompanied the princess of Wales as her lady-in-waiting on a journey to to the Near East in 1869. They visit Alexandria, Cairo) Constantinople, Athens, Corfu and the Crimea. CfIbrahim-Hilmy I, p. 277.

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Book number: 120746

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HARPOCRATION, VALERIUS:

... Dictionarium in decem rhetores. Phil. Jacobus Maussacus suppleuit & emendanit. Additae sunt notae, & dissertatio critica in qua de auctore, & de hoc scribendi genere diligenter disputatur. Paris, C. Morellum, 1614.

. 4to. Pp. (xxiv), 398; 1 blank leaf, 286, (10) index. Contemporary limp vellum, worn and stained. Some very light staining to first few leaves. Contains three parts: i. the Lexicon; ii. Dissertation critica and; iii. Notae. The last two by Jacob Maussac. Valerius Harpocration was a Greek grammarian of Alexandria, probably working in the second century. His "Lexicon of the Ten Orators" contains information about events and persons mentioned by the orators, and explanations of legal and commercial expressions. As most of the lexicons to the Greek orators have been lost, Harpocration's work is of special value. Provenance: Joannes Vollenhove (1631-1708), a Dutch preacher and poet and previously owned by Abraham Bocstad. Their signatures on front endpaper. Graesse iii,213. Hoffman ii,195.

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Book number: 22076

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Keywords: Language, language, langue, linguistic, dictionary, greece, greek, grekland,

HOBHOUSE, SIR JOHN CAMERON:

A Journey through Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810. London, Printed for James Cawthorn, 1813.

. Thick 4to. Pp. (xix), (1) errata, 1152 + pp. (8) including two pages of facsimile letters, two engraved plates of music, directions to the binder and publisher's adv. With engraved front, two folding engraved maps, seventeen hand-coloured aquatints (seven double-page) and one plan. Partly with some minor foxing, some plates with discolouration and one plate with small tear. Contemporary full calf, expertly rebacked to style with a flat spine elaborated with gilt and red title label. A handsome copy of the first edition with a remarkable provenance.John Cam Hobhouse (1786-1869) known as Lord Broughton was a close friend of Lord Byron with whom he made this journey to Albania, Greece and Turkey, in particular to Janina (Ioannina). These letters include detailed descriptions of the places en route, as well as meetings with various characters, including the notorious Ali Pasha of Tepelena. The beautiful hand-coloured plates depict costumes, highlighted in gold, views and historical sites. According to Atabey, the plates were done from drawings by the British architect Charles Cockerell and the German landscape painter Jacob Linckh. They participated in an expedition in 1810 to the temples of Aphaia in Aegina and of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae. Atabey 584. Blackmer 821. Navari Greek Civilization, 330. Cf Abbey Travel 202 (2nd ed.)Provenance: Mary Hamilton Bruce (née Nisbet, 1777-1855), was the first wife of British diplomat Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin during his term as Ambassador extraordinary to the Ottoman Empire. Bruce became famous for the "Elgin marbles", a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures which were removed from the Parthenon and other places in Athens, and brought to Britain. (today kept at the British Museum).

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Book number: 100460

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Keywords: Near East, albania, greece, turkey, greek, turhish, turc, levant, ottoman empire, travel, exploration

HOLST, WILHELM / HEGER, HANS CHRISTIAN (Transl.):

Det lille universum eller jordens og dens beboeres markvaerdigheder. Et billedvaerk i intressante staalstik med fortlarende text. (A small universe - a pictorial work). Kjobenhavn, B. Schlesinger'ske Bogtrykkeri, 1842.

. Oblong 8vo. Size: 12 x 16 cm. (iv), 156. With 72 steel engraved plates. Original half calf, spine decorated in gilt, initials H.H.P.R. in gilt on upper cover. Binding rubbed, front hinge cracking. A charming illustrated work translated into Danish from German. Some places described are Athens, Pirano, Neapel, Neuberg, Dresden, Weissen, Predil, Graz, Como, Nazareth, and Triest.

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KLEEN, TYRA (Illustrator) / BERGMAN, JONAS:

Sagan om Odysseus. Hans äventyr och irrfärder på hav och land och i dödsriket. En snart tretusenårig saga ånyo berättad för ungdomen. Stockholm, Ivar Haeggströms Boktryckeri, 1906.

. Tall 4to. (33.8 x 24.4 cm). Pp. (viii), 104. (Small loss to lower corner pp. 15/16). Text in Swedish. With lovely illustrations by Tyra Kleen, of which many full page. Original decorated wrappers, printed in colours, spine nicely restored, small nick to outer front edge of front cover. Exlibris (Ivar Fält). Small number on front endpaper. A clean and crisp copy. First edition.This is a Swedish version of Odysseus' adventures and long journey written for young people. Tyra Kleen illustrated this work during her time in Rome. Based on the ancient Odysseus paintings on vases and Pompeian frescoes, she tried to create modern images without disturbing the impression of classical stylisation and naive pleasure that the ancient models give (according to preface). Rare.

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Book number: 121179

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Keywords: Old & Rare Books, greek, greece, homer, odysseus, odyssey, story, tale, illustrated, ancient, old, sweden, swedish,

KNÖS, GUSTAF (Praeses):

Dialogus inter Solonem et Crosesum Herodot. Lib. I. Cap. 30-32. Upsala, Stenhammar & Palmblad, 1813.

. 4to. Pp. 12. Disbound. Marklin p. 119, no. 54.

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Book number: 120715

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: Language, greek, greece, grekiska, LATIN, language, langue, linguistic, språk

KNÖS, GUSTAF (Praeses):

Dissertatio de usu articuli apud graecos. Parts i-v (all). Upsala, Stenhammar & Palmblad, 1813.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), 8; (ii), 9-16; (iv), 17-22; (iv), 23-28; (ii), 29-34. Marklin p. 119, nos 57-62.

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Book number: 120714

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KNÖS, GUSTAF (Praeses):

Dissertation academica de Hesiodo. Part 1. (all publ.). Upsala 1812.

. 4to. Pp. (ii), 8. Disbound. Marklin p. 118, no. 53.

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KNÖS, GUSTAF (Praeses):

Vita demosthenis. Prt 1 (all publ.). Upsala, Stenhammar & Palmblad, 1813.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), 8. Disbound. Marklin p. 119, no. 55.

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Book number: 120717

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: Language, greek, greece, latin,

LANTIER, ETIENNE FRANCOIS DE & AGRELL, OLOF (Translators):

LANTIER, ETIENNE FRANCOIS DE & AGRELL, OLOF (Translators): Antenors resor uti Grekland och Asien, med anmärkningar öfver Egypten. Grekisk handskrift funnen i Herkulaneum. Öfversatt på franska språket af E.F. Lantier. Parts i-iii in one volume. Stockholm, Johan A. Carlbohm & Joh. Pehr Lindh, 1803-4.

. Pp. (xii), 220, (4); (ii), 276, (2); (ii), 280, (2). Contemporary half red calf, spine richly decorated in gilt, covers rubbed. Bookplate (Carl Hadding) and old ownership signature on front paste down. First Swedish edition of this popular fictional journey in classical Greece inspired by Barthélemy's "Voyage d'Antenor en Grèce" (1798). 

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Book number: 40007

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, greece, greek, travel, exploration, grece, europe, european, levant, europe, european