TORNBERG, CARL JOHAN:

Ibn-el-Athirs chroenika. Elfte delen ifraan arabiskan oefversatt. Parts 1 - 41 in one volume. Lund 1850-53.

. Pp. 231; 355, 2. Parts 24 and 30 omitted but no text is missing. Half cloth, worn. Some age browning. Original published as 'Ibn-el-Athiri chronicon, quod perfectissimum inscribitur' at Upsala & Leiden 1851-76. An important work about the Mohammadan history and culture. It occupied the author, a Swedish orientalist, for more than 20 years. Only this part was translated into Swedish. Zenker ii, 697.

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Book number: 14261

Catalogue: Near East

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

[QU'RAN]. TORNBERG, CARL JOHAN: (Transl.):

Koranen ifrån arabiskan. Lund 1874.

. Pp. (iv), xii, 80, 408. Contemporary half calf, flat spine gilt, rubbed, hinges weak starting to split. Paper browned due to poor quality. A scarce Swedish translation of the Alcoran by the renowned Swedish orientalist Tornberg. Includes a Swedish translation of Nöldekes "das Leben Mohammeds" (Hannover 1863). Chauvin x, 23.

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Book number: 100586

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, koran, coran, arabic, religion, religious, quran, islam, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,

TOTT, FRANCOIS DE:

Mémoires du Baron de Tott, sur les turcs et les tartares. Parts i-iv in two volumes. Amsterdam 1784.

. Pp. lvi, 274; 301; 252; 208, including half titles. Wide margins. Old monastery stamp on titles. Contemporary vellum, hand-written titles on spines, red speckled edges. Occasionally some spotting. First edition of this important account of the Ottoman Empire which set new standards of objectivity in its description of the empire at this time. Baron de Tott, a French officer of Hungarian descent, lived in Constantinople between 1755-63, and again 1769-76. He acquired a great knowledge of the Turkish language and of customs, trade and diplomatic relations. He became consul in the Crimea and was later promoted to the post of inspector general of the French Consulate in the Levant. A very handsome copy. Atabey 1227. Cf Blackmer 1667.

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Book number: 18042

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, asia, asie, asiatica, orient, east, asien, near east, middle east, arabic, arabes, turkey, tartary, hungary, tott, constantinople, levant, languages, costumes, trade, ottoman, travels, voyages, explore, exploration

TRISTRAM, H.B:

The Land of Israel; a Journal of Travels in Palestine, Undertaken with Special Reference to its Physical Character. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1865.

. Large 8vo. Pp. xx, 651. With 2 folding maps (of which one coloured of the Dead Sea), 12 full page plates (4 chromolithograph views), and many textual illustrations. Marginal stain to frontispiece and title, and some staining to a few plates. Original pictorial cloth, decorated in gilt, somewhat rubbed. First edition of this well written acccount of the author's extensive travels in the Holy Land. He was particulary interested in the basin of the Dead Sea, the districts east of Jordan, as being the least accessible to travellers. "Sein werk ist für die naturgeschichte Palästinas unentbehrlich" Tobler p. 203.

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Book number: 17099

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, asia, asie, asiatica, orient, east, asien, near east, middle east, arabic, arabes, holy land, palestine, travel, travels, explorat

TULLBERG, OTTO FREDRIK (Editor):

Gregorii Bar Hebraei in Psalmos scholiorum specimen e codicibus Mss. syriacis Musei Brit. Londinensis et Bibliothecae Bodl. Oxoniensis editum latinae redditum et annotationibus illustratum. Dissertation. Parts i-ii in one volume. Upsala 1842.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), 17; 10. With marginal staining throughout. Disbound. Marklin 162. Zenker BOii, 1901.

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Book number: 34087

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, hebrew, 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 osten, arabish, arabien,

[MURTADA IBN AL-'AFIF] / VATTIER, PIERRE (Transl.):

L'Egypte de Murtadi fils du Gaphiphe, ou il est traité des pyramides, du débordement du Nil, & des autres merueilles de cette province, selon les opinions & traditions des Arabes. Paris, Lovys Billaine, 1666.

. 12mo. Pp. (lvi), 304. Modern paper covered boards. Title with small burn hole and some browning in parts. First edition which has been published many times in French and English. Another issue with imprint "chez Thomas Ioly Librairie Iuré" was published in the same year. Murtada ibn al-'Afif was an Islamic historian from Cairo who lived between 1154 and 1237. His account covers the history, antiquities, legends, etc. of Egypt and includes the stories of Noah, Joseph and Moses. The original Arabic manuscript (or a copy) was found in Cardinal Mazarin's library by the French Arabist Pierre Vattier (1623-67) who translated it into French. The work was translated into English in 1672. Ibrahim-Hilmy II, p. 54.

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Book number: 120312

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, egypt, egyptian, afrique, afrika, africa, middel east, arabic, history, travel, exploration,

VENTURE DE PARADIS, JEAN-MICHEL / JAUBERT, PIERRE AMÉDÉE EMILIEN PROBE:

Grammaire et dictionnaire abrégés de la langue Berbère, revus par P. Amédée Jaubert. Paris, Imprimerire Royale, 1844.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), xxiv, 236. With French and Arabic text. Uncut copy bound in recent half calf, spine ruled in gilt and with title label. Some foxing throughout, mainly in margins. First edition of this rare work which had been preserved in MSS form at the Bibliothèque Nationale after Venture's death (1799). In 1844 Amédée Jaubert arranged with printing and it was included in "Recueil de voyages et de mémoires, Société de Géographie" (volume 7). Venture, renowned French orientalist and the king's interpreter for oriental languages. He held various positions of dragoman in Syria, Egypt, and North Africa and was chief interpreter to Napoleon on his expedition to Egypt. However, he had not studied Arabic in academic circles. Venture advocated for the need to study oriental languages in order to promote commercial and political relations. The Berber languages are spoken by groups on the North African coast and far down into the Sahara. Venture incorrectly treats it as a single language but nevertheless his work seems to be one of the earliest of importance on the Berber language(s).Comprises an advertisement by Jaubert and a bibliographical note on Venture by Edme François Jomard (a travel companion in the Egyptian expedition). At end a chapter including Venture's itineraries from North Africa in 1788 which are part of Raynal's papers in the Bibliothèque Nationale. They are mainly devoted to geographical observations. Playfair, Algeria, no 1031. Playfair, Morocco, no 660. Irwin, p.138. Not in Vater, Zaunmüller or Zenker.

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Book number: 121107

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa, berber, africa, african, afrique, language, langue, linguistic, dictionary, morocco, algeria, arabic, north africa,

VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN-FRANCOIS CHASSEBOEUF:

L'alfabet européen appliqué aux langues asiatiques. Simplification des langues orientales. L'hébreu simplifié par le méthode alfabétique. Paris 1826.

. Pp. xx, 510. With 13 engraved plates (many folding and of which one with tear). Four plates belong to the Hebrew part. Uncut copy in contemporary boards, title labels. Second edition. Some minor foxing. Comte de Volney (1757-1820), a French historian and philosopher, got interested in ancient languages as a student. In 1783 he travelled to Egypt and the Near East, and while staying at a monastery on mount Lebanon he learned Arabic. Included in 'Oeuvres de C.F. Volney. tome viii'. De Sacy, Catalogue de Bibl. ii, 2605 (first edition 1820).

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Book number: 29019

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, hebrew, holy land, linguistics, languages, asia, asien, asie, asiatica, orient, near east, near india, middle east, arabic, arab, arabia, first edition, inde, moyen orient, palestine, linguistique, language, langue, sprachen, sprache, linguisti

VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN-FRANCOIS CHASSEBOEUF COMTE DE:

Oeuvres complètes de C.-F. Volney, comte et pair de France. Mises en ordre et précédées de la vie de l'auteur. 8 volumes. Paris, Bossange Frères, 1821.

. Pp. (iv), xlx, 438; (iv), viii, 456; iv, 456; (ii), xii, 513; (iv), 457 (2); (iv), xii, 407; (iv), xx, 494; xviii, 537. With 24 engraved plates by Pierre Tardieu, M.A. Benoist, F.P. Michel etc. Including one portrait of the author, 8 folding engraved maps, 5 engraved plans, 2 engraved alphabetic plates and 8 other engraved plates (mostly folding). Further more there are 16 folding tables, of which 14 are dealing with different languages (volume 8). As usual table no.5 in volume 8 is not present. Contemporary speckled calf, covers with gilted floral borders, spines richly decorated in gilt and with red title labels, marbled edges. A beautiful copy. First edition. Volney (1757-1820) was a distinguished and controversial French historian and philosopher. This collection comprises: Vol. 1: "Notice sur la vie et les écrits de C.F. Volney" par Adolphe Bossange; 2 & 3: devoted to Volney's accounts from Egypt, Syria, Palestine and the Levant: 4 & 5: "Researches nouvelles sur l'histoire ancienne"; 6: "Lecons d'histoire prononcées a l'ecole normale en l'an iii de la republique francaise (1795); 7: Account resulting from his three years residence in North America 1795-98 and; 8: dealing with his famous linguistic works. Scarce. Cioranescu 63750. Vicaire vii,1129 (only calling for 38 plates, maps and tables).

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Book number: 25084

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, asia, asie, asien, orient, east, asiatica, near east, arabic, middle east, arabia, syria, egypt, palestine, levant, france, north america, americana, language, linguistic,

VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN-FRANCOIS CHASSEBOEUF:

Simplification des langues orientales, ou méthode nouvelle et facile. D'apprendre les langues arabe, persane et turque, avec des caractères européens. Paris an iii (1795).

. Pp. (iv), 136, (3). With 4 engraved tables, of which 3 folding. Uncut copy in marbled boards, title label on spine, slightly rubbed. Some light browning to the title. First edition of the first Arabic grammar written in French. Comte de Volney (1757-1820), a French distinguished and controversial historian and philosopher, travelled to Egypt and the Near East in 1738. During this trip he learned Arabic. In this work Volney uses Roman letters to represent Arabic script which he believes simplifies the study of Arabic for Europeans. De Sacy ii, 2483. Gay 3429. Zenker BO ii, 183.

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Book number: 34014

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, arabic, persian, turkish, arabia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, language, langue, linguistic, persia, turkey,

WAFER, LIONELD (LIONEL) and PAGéS, PIERRE MARIE FRANCOIS DE and SONNERAT, PIERRE:

Dagbok och beskrifning af americanska näset, dess invånare och physiska märkvärdigheter. Upsala, Johan Edman, 1788.

. 12mo. (iv), 128. A Swedish edition of Wafer's important account of the Isthmus of America, translated from the English by Samuel Ödmann and with his comments. BOUND WITH: PAGéS, PIERRE MARIE FRANCOIS DE: Franska Sjö-Capitainens de Page's resa genom öde Arabien, emellan Bassora och Damas, år 1770. Upsala, Johan Edman, 1788. Pp. 72. A Swedish version of the Arabian section of de Pagès's "Voyage autour du monde ..." (Paris 1784). AND: SONNERAT, PIERRE: Sammandrag af Herr Sonnerats resa till Nya Guinea, gjord åren 1771 och 1772. Upsala, Johan Edman, 1786. Pp. 64, (8) adv. A Swedish abridgement of Sonnerat's "Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinée" (Paris 1776), translated by Samuel Ödmann and with his comments. Original boards, top of spine slightly worn. A nice collection of three works translated and edited by Samuel Ödmann and printed by Johan Edman in Upsala.

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Book number: 111127

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, america, americas, travels, explore, exploring, voyage, arabic, arabia, orient, east, asie, asia, asien, pacific, new guinea, south east asia, southeast asia, asean, bassora, damas, nya guinea, nouvelle guinée, viajes, viaggio, reisen, paz

WAHL, SAMUEL FRIEDRICH GÜNTHER (WAHL, SAMUEL FRIEDRICH GUENTHER, WAHL, SAMUEL FRIEDRICH GUNTHER):

Allgemeine Geschichte der morgenländischen Sprachen und Litteratur worinnen von Sprache und Litteratur der Armener, der Egypter und Kopten, der Araber, der Phönicier und Ebräer, der Aethiopier, Syrer, Samaritaner, und Chaldäer, auch der Sineser, der ostindischen Völker, vorzüglich aber der Perser systematisch und ausführlich gehandelt wird. Nebst einem Anhang zur morgenländischen Schriftgeschichte. Leipzig, Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, 1784.

. Pp. (xvi), 648, register (13). With 11 folding tables at end (and 3 more tables in the text). Partly some staining. One plate cut with loss of frame. Modern brown cloth. De Sacy ii, 2474. Thonnellier 1060.

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Book number: 34028

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: Language, 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 osten, islam

WALLIN, GEORG AUGUST / TALLQVIST, KNUT (Ed.):

Bref och dagboksanteckningar af Georg August Wallin. Utgifna jämte en lefnadsteckning. Helsingfors 1905.

. Pp. (x), cxxxiv, 366. With one front portrait and one folding map. Text in Swedish. Contemporary cloth, gilt lettered calf spine, slightly faded. First edition. Wallin, a distinguished Finnish orientalist who made several journeys to the Middle East in the 1840's and was the first European with knowledge of Arabic to explore the Arabian peninsula. Disguised as a learned Moslem sheikh he visited Mecca and Medina. This work comprises a collection of his letters and diary notes as well as a biography. (Included in "Sv. Litteratursällskapet i Finland. LXX").

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Book number: 120640

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, asia, asie, asiatica, orient, east, asien, near east, middle east, arabic, arabes, levant, egypt, arabia, syria, persia, saud arabia

WALLIN, GEORG AUGUST:

G.A. Wallins Lefnad och Resor berättade för ungdom. Helsingfors, G.W. Edlunds Förlag, 1872.

. Small 8vo. Pp. vi, 377. With one lithographed portrait. Original coloured pictorial paper boards, cloth spine. A biography about Wallin and his travels to the Middle East written for a young audience. In lovely condition.His first journey was made in 1845 and took him to Jubbah and Hail, and further to Mecca. Wallin's second journey took him across the Hijaz mountains to Tabuk in the north-eastern part of Arabia, continuing on to Taima on the edge of Wahhabi territory and he became the first European to set foot there. In 1850 he returned to Finland where he was appointed professor of Oriental languages at Helsinki University.

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Book number: 120676

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, arabia, arabic, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, saud arabia,

WEIJERS (WEYERS), HENRIC ENGELIN.:

Nieuwe proeve om al de Arabische letters en verdere schrijfteekens door het gewoon europeesch karakter onderscheidenlijk uit te drukken. Leyden, S. & J. Luchtmans, 1840.

. 4to. Pp. 30, (2). Uncut copy in old boards, new cloth spine. Weyers was professor in oriental languages and publisher of Warner's legate at Leyden.

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Book number: 28107

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, arabic, arabia, arabien, language, langue, linguistic, typography,