LÜDEKE, CHRISTIAN WILHLEM:

Expositio brevis locorum SCR. S ad Orientem sese referentium, ... Halle 1777.

. (6), 76 pp. Contemporary gilt decorated paper boards, rubbed and spine missing. Bookplate on front paste down. Dedication copy to J.J.F. Plagemann (principal of the German school in Stockholm). Silhoutte portrait of the author on the verso of title, designed by Plagemann. Lüdeke, a German theolog who served in Smyrna between 1758 and 1768. Later on he moved to Sweden. Some staining. Fürst II, 273.

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Book number: 14248

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, asia, asie, asiatica, orient, east, asien, near east, middle east, arabic, turkey, turkish

AL-MAHDë AL-HIFNAWI, MUHAMMAD / MARCEL, JEAN JOSEPHE (Transl.):

Contes de Cheykh El-Mohdy, traduit de l'arabe le manuscrit original. Three volumes. Paris, Henri Dupuy, 1835.

. Pp. (ii), 484; (iv), 496; (ii), 508. With 25 engraved plates and many vignettes in the text. Partly with some staining. Contemporary red paper-covered boards, red morocco spines with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, lightly rubbed. A collection of fables in the same genre as the Arabian Nights translated into French from an Arabic manuscript by Marcel. Jean Josephe Marcel (1776-1854) was a French orientalist and pupil of Silvestre de Sacy. He was commissioned by Napoleon to manage the national printing press in Egypt during the French expedition in 1798-9. After his return he was placed in charge of the l'Imprimerie Impériale in Paris. During his stay in Egypt Marcel received the manuscript of these tales from his friend Al-Mahdi, the secretary general of the Divan of Cairo, who Marcel beleived to be the author. However, this has not been proven and some people beleive that Marcel might be the author himself. The collection comprises two parts: I. "Les dix Soirées malheureuses d'Abd-errahman êl-Iskanderany" (volume one) appeared first in 1829; II. "Séances du Moristan, ou les Révélations de l'Hôpital des Fous du Kaire" (volumes 2 and 3) appeared in 1832-3. Cf Gay 132. 

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Book number: 120155

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa, egypt, egyptian, africa, afrika, african, afrique, travel, exploration, literature, fables, history, middle east, arabic, arabia, arabian

MANASSEWITSCH (MANASEVICH), BORIS:

Die Kunst die arabische Sprache durch Selbstunterricht schnell und lecht zu erlernen. Theoretisch-praktische Sprachlehre für Deutsche auf grammatischer und phonetischer Grundlage. Wien, Pest, Leipzig, Hartleben's Verlag, (before 1900).

. Pp. viii, 186, (1). Publisher's cloth, rubbed. Bookplate. Third revised edition. Includes a German-Arabic dictionary and an Arabic chrestomatie with a German translation. ("Die Kunst der Polyglottie 23").

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Book number: 29085

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, , linguistics, languages, asia, asien, asie, asiatica, orient, near east, near india, middle east, arabic, arab, arabia, inde, moyen orient, linguistique, language, langue, sprachen, sprache, linguistica, sprachwissenschaft, nahe osten, islam,

MARIGNY, ABBÉ FRANCOIS AUGIER DE:

Histoire des arabes sous le gouvernement des califes. Four volumes. Paris 1750.

. 12mo. Pp. (iv), liv, 8 tables, 460; (iv), 535; (iv), 504, (19) table; (iv), 479, (4). Contemporary calf, spines richly decorated in gilt and with red title-labels. A beautiful copy of the first edition. Abbé de Marigny (1690-1762), French historian, covers here the history of the Caliphs from Mahomet to the death of Mostazem. Includes a long preface about earlier works by Herbelot, Rollin and Renaudot. Cox i, p. 228. Gay 3586. Graesse iii, 399. Thonnelier, Cat. de la bibliothèque orientale, 3225.

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Book number: 28088

Catalogue: Near East

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DE MARIGNY, ABBÉ FRANCOIS AUGIER:

Storia degli arabi sotto il governo de' califi. Four volumes bound in eight. Venezia, Pietro Valvasense, 1753-54.

. 12mo. Pp. iii -lxxii, 264, 297; 334, 300; 308, 305; 294, 268. Contemporary vellum, flat spines with labels, somewhat rubbed. First Italian edition of "Histoire des arabes" published in 1750 (Paris). Abbé de Marigny (1690-1762), French historian, covers here the history of the Caliphs from Mahomet to the death of Mostazem. Cf Gay 3586. Cf Thonnelier, Cat. Orientale, 3225.

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Book number: 99291

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MICHAELIS, JOHANN HEINRICH:

Erleichterte chaldäische Grammatica, oder richtige Anführung zur chaldäischen Sprache: Auf Begehren für die Anfänger Teutsch herausgegeben. Editio octava. No place or date. [Halle 1745].

. Pp. 32. With one folding table (pp. 4), torn at fold. Disbound.

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Book number: 34071

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, grammar, syrien, syrie, chaldaish,syria, linguistics, languages, langue, sprache, linguistique, linguistica, sprachwissenschaft, asia, east, orient, oriente, asiatica, asie, asien, near east, middle east, arabia, arabic, arabica, le moyen-orien

MICHAELIS, JOHANN DAVID:

Grammatica syriaca. Halae, impensis Orphanotrophei, 1784.

. 4to. Pp. viii, 299. With one folding engraved table. Last leaf pasted on endpaper. Contemporary paper covered boards, rubbed. ADB xxi, 689: "Seines specielles Wissensgebiet war zunächst das der orientalischen .. semitischen Dialekten seine chaldäischen, syrischen, arabischen Grammatiken ... ". Ebert ii, 118. De Sacy 2696. Zenker BOii, 1569.

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Book number: 34024

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, syrien, syrie, syriac, syria, linguistics, languages, langue, sprache, linguistique, linguistica, sprachwissenschaft, asia, east, orient, oriente, asiatica, asie, asien, near east, middle east, arabia, arabic, arabica, le moyen-orient, nahe ost

MICHAELIS, JOHAN DAVID:

Mosaiska lagen. I sammandrag utgiven af Anders Hedrén. Stockholm, C. Fr. Marquard, 1806.

. Pp. (viii), 471. With extra engraved title. Contemporary half calf gilt, title lettered in gilt on spine. A Swedish abridged edition, translated from the second German edition by Anders Hedrén. Not in Zenker.

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Book number: 14200

Catalogue: Near East

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MICHAELIS, JOHANN DAVID:

Mosaiska lagen. I sammandrag utgiven af Anders Hedrén. Stockholm, C. Fr. Marquard, 1806.

. Pp. viii, 471. With extra engraved title. Contemporary half calf, spine richly decorated in gilt and with red title-label. A beautiful binding, somewhat rubbed. A Swedish abridgement of this standard work, translated from the German by Anders Hedrén. Not in Zenker. Cf Fürst ii, 375 recording several translations but not this edition.

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Book number: 28016

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, asia, asie, asien asiatica, east, orient, near east, middle east, arabic, arab, islam, arabia, moyen orient, nahe osten, islam, arabien, arabisch, naher osten, arabishe

MICHAELIS, JOHANN DAVID:

Recueil de questions proposées à une Societé de Savans qui par ordre de sa Majesté Danoise font le voyage de l'Arabie. Francfort sur le Mayn, Jean Gottlieb Garbe, 1763.

. Pp. (xcii), 482, (1). With four large folding tables (pp 469-76). Marbled paper boards, silk cloth spine lettered in gilt (from late19th century). First French edition, translated from the original German (1762) by Hans Bernard Mérian. Comprises preface, introduction by von Bernstorff (minister to King Frederic V.), 43 paragraphs and 100 questions composed by Michaelis aimed for the expedition (related to archeology, linguistics, geography etc.) and a mémoire containing articles dealing with the religion, government, language, customs and manners in Yemen. Michaelis (1717-91), a German Lutheran theologian and famous orientalist, was involved with the preparations of the Danish scientific expedition to the Middle East in 1761-67 led by Carsten Niebuhr. Michaelis wanted to investigate the relationship of the southern Arabic dialetcs to Hebrew, and further to find out about zoological and botanical facts in the Bible. Chadenat 1933. Gay 2266.

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Book number: 35066

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, arabia, arabic, travel, travels, exploration, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, east, eastern,

MIGEON, GASTON:

Musée du Louvre, L'Orient Musulman. Two volumes. Paris, A. Morancé, 1922.

. Small 4to. Size: 23 x 18 cm. Pp. 56 + 40. With 103 plates depicting 175 photos, of which 25 coloured. As issued with loose plates in original printed cloth backed portfolios with tie strings. Both volumes are inscribed "a Monsieur le Président Louis Bourgeois respectueux hommage de l'editeur Albert Morancé Novembre 1922". They are also signed by "Wilhelm Kåge 1930", renowned Swedish ceramic designer.First edition. The collection comprises Islamic art objects in various fields, namely: Cristaux de Roche, Verres émaillés, Céramique, Sculpture, Bois sculptés, Ivoires, Bronzes, Armes, Cuivres, Tapis et Tissus, Miniatures.

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Book number: 100614

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, persia, persian, perse, arabic, islam, muslim, art, egypt, egyptian, byzantin, mesopotamia

MYRBERG, ERIC & KJERSEEN, ELIAS:

Momenta Quaedam poëseos hebraeae et arabicae. Part I (of II). Upsaliae. Joh. Fr. Edman, 1798.

. 4to. Pp. (ii), 12. With printed dedication to Eric Waller. Contemporary boards, rubbed. Copy of Eric Waller (1732-1811), a Swedish bishop and writer. With his bookplate on front paste down. The first part only. Scarce.

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Book number: 100956

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, hebrew, arabic, arabia, arabien, language, lingusitic, langue, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, literature, poetry, poesi,

NIEBUHR, CARSTEN:

Description de l'Arabie, faite sur des observations propres et des avis recuellis dans les lieux mêmes. Amsterdam, S.J. Baalde, & Utrecht, J. van Schoonhoven, 1774.

. 4to. Pp. xlii, 372, (xvi) table and errata. As usual missing a half-title. With one large folding map of Yemen and 24 engraved plates, including some folding maps. Contemporary calf, rebacked. Bookplate and signature (Michael Kearney). Second French edition of Niebuhr's account of the important Danish expedition to Arabia during the years 1761 to 1767. (It was originally published in German in 1772). Niebuhr was hired as a cartographer and he was the only one who survived the expedition and returned overland through Persia, Palestine and Constantinople. Niebuhr made maps of the area, especially of Arabia and Yemen, which were considered the best available for a long time. Niebuhr's map of the Persian Gulf is the earliest to mention Kuwait. Most of the original engravings were designed by the artist G.W. Baurenfeind who died on the way to Bombay, the other plates were by Niebuhr himself. The plates depict clothing, food, coins, inscriptions, agriculture, mosques, etc., engraved by N. van der Meer and are considered superior to other editions. Cox, i. p.237. Gay 3389. Lipperheide Lc6.

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Book number: 25066

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, asia, asie, asien, orient, east, asiatica, near east, arabic, middle east, arabia, travel, travels, voyage, exploration,

NIERSIS CLAJENSIS [NERSES], SANCTI:

Preces sancti armeniorum patriarchae viginti quatuor linguis editae. Venetiis, In Insula S. Lazari, 1837.

. 12mo. Pp. (vi), 434 + add. (ii), 43. With one engraved front portrait. Some light staining towards the end. Contemporary half green morocco, decorated in gilt, g.e., extremities rubbed. A type specimen book containing the prayers of Nerses in 25 different languages. Includes scripts of Armenian, Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Syriac, Chinese and Aethiopian. First published in 1818, reprinted many times. Printed at the Armenian monastery on the island of S. Lazarus outside Venice. Wetzer ix, 162.

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Book number: 14383

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, arabic, armenia, armenian, turkey, turkish, syriac, syria, chinese, china, kina, chine, ethiopia, ethiopian, language, langue, linguistic

NOBLE, JAMES:

An Arabic Vocabulary and Index for Richardson's Arabic Grammar; in which the words are explained according to the parts of speech. And the derivatives are traced to their originals in the Hebrew, Chaldee, and Syriac languages. Edinburgh, Printed by C. Stewart, at the University Press, 1820.

. 4to. Pp. xviii, 118. With one engraved plate "Table of Oriental Alphabets". Uncut copy in contemporary boards, cloth spine, recased, boards stained and worn. Some stains at the beginning and end of the text. First edition of a scarce work. The vocabulary comprises 1620 Arabic words with translations into English, Hebrew, Chaldee (Aramaic) and Syriac. Includes two indexes. Bibl. De Sacy II, 2835. Zenker BO i, 58. A hand-written letter on two pages addressed to A.W. Stewart (Professor of chemistry at Belfast) loosely inserted. Written by Robert Miller (?), dated October 1923. He wants a copy of the Oriental table but then gives the book to Stewart.

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Book number: 120543

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, arabic, vocabulary, dictionary, hebrew, syriac, aramaic, chaldee, language, langue, linguistic, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,