WESTERMAN [Ennobled LILJECRANTZ], JOHAN:

Tal, om Sveriges utrikes handel i allmänhet, och den Levantiska i synnerhet, hållet för Kongl. Vetenskaps Academien. Stockholm, Lars Salvius, 1770.

. Pp.78, (2). Including last blank leaf. With engraved vignette on title. Stamp (Sällskapet) on title page. Disbound. Minor staining to first four leaves. An oration presented at the Royal Swedish Academy of Science about Swedish foreign trade in general and especially with the Levant. Includes a description of different trading companies in Europe and their relationship with the Levant. Further it explains the different trading commodities, quantities, tariffs, etc.

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Book number: 14265

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, asia, asie, asiatica, orient, east, asien, near east, middle east, arabic, arabes, levant, turkey, turkish, trade. trading

WESTON, STEPHEN:

Fragments of Oriental Literature, with an Outline of a Painting on a curious China Vase. London, printed for the author, by S. Rousseau, 1807.

. Pp. xxviii, one blank, 152, (1). With one double-page engraved plate. Some annotations in pencil. Uncut copy in original boards, rubbed and some stain to upper cover. Presentation inscription from the author to Sir Henry Strachey, British politician. First edition. Comprises various essays on Arabic and Persian literature and languages. The engraved plate illustrate a vase in Weston's collection and is an early example of Chinese ceramic design in Western literature. Cordier BS 1565. Löwendahl 737.

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Book number: 120936

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, kina, chinese, arabic, arabian, persian, persia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, porcelain, poem, oriental, literature, fine art,

WETTERGRUND, JONAS M.:

Lexidion arabico-latinum in fabulas Lokmani. Londini Gothotum, Litteris Berlingianis, 1806.

. 4to. Pp. (ii), 43. Uncut copy in contemporary wrappers. Contemporary ownership signature on front pastedown. Some staining. Lokman is the most celebrated sage of the Eastern world. He is often confused with Aesop who lived about 500 years later. Not in Schnurrer, Zenker or Roediger.

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Book number: 100924

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, arabic, arabia, arab, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, exploration, linguistic, langue, language, lexicon, vocabulary,