[COBBOLD, LADY EVELYN / ALEXANDER, FRANCES GORDON]:

Wayfarers in the Libyan Desert. New York, The Knickerbocker Press for G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912.

. Pp. ix, (3), 255. With frontispiece and many illustrations after photographs in the text. Original red cloth, gilt, t.e.g. First US edition, published simultaneously with the UK edition. Lady Evelyn Cobbold (1867-1963) spent her early childhood holidays in Algeria and Egypt which introduced her to Islam. She learnt to speak Arabic fluently and converted to Islam in the late 1880s. This is a journal of Lady Evelyn's travels through Egypt to the Libyan Desert together with her American friend Frances Gordon Alexander. They visited the ancient city of Memphis, the City of the Dead, the ancient pyramid complex Dahshur, and finally arrived at the Mokattam hills (Cairo). This work was jointly written by the two women, and the English edition was issued under Lady Evelyn's name and the American edition (which contains a slightly different text) was issued under Alexander's name. Robinson p.41.

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Book number: 121556

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BEL, ALFRED:

Guide illustré du touriste Tlemcen et ses environs. Oran, L. Fouque, no date (1910).

. Pp. (iv), iv, 170. With many photographical illustrations. With one large folding map in pocket at rear. Publisher's cloth, rubbed. Minor marginal stain to first ten leaves. First edition of this guide to the Algerian Islamic town of Tlemcen.

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Book number: 35174

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DE BRISSON, PIERRE RAYMOND:

Franske Officern Herr de Brissons skeppsbrott och fångenskap; med de nyaste underrättelser om Africas öknar, ifrån Senegal til Marocco jämte dess inwånarres lefnadssätt och seder, m.m. Stockholm, J.C.Holmberg, 1790.

. Pp. 132 . Slightly later marbled wrappers, small part of spine damaged. Light staining. A Swedish version, anonymously translated from the French. An account of the fate of a sailor shipwrecked on the Coast of Senegal and enslaved for sixty-six days by his Arabian master. In the introduction de Brisson describes a meeting with the two Swedes, Sparrman and Wadström, pupils of Linné. Cf Gay 1522. Cf Playfair 441.

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Book number: 13091

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Keywords: Africa, senegal, morocco, marocco, africa, north africa, afrique, afrika

LAUGIER DE TASSY, N.:

Historie de royaume d'Alger, avec l'etat présent de son governement, de ses forces de terra & de mer, de ses revenus, police, justice politique & commerce. Amsterdam, Henri du Sauzet, 1725.

. Pp. (xvi), 348, table 24 (of 32). Title printed in red and black. With one folding engraved plate of Alger but without the map. Later marbled boards, cloth spine. First edition. Published many times and translated into many languages. Gay 917. Playfair 220.

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Book number: 777004

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NORBERG, MATTHIAS / OLSSON, JÖNS:

Dissertation academica de notitia morum orientalium interpreti sacro necessaria. Parts I-II. Lund, Berlingianis, 1783-4.

. 4to. Pp. 14 + pp. 15-29. Disbound. Marklin 5 & 6.

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Book number: 120339

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Keywords: Near East, arabic, turkish, religion, hebrew, north africa, middle east, oriental,

NUCULA, HORAZIO:

Commentariorum de bello aphrodisiensi libri quinque. Roma, per Valerium et Ludovicum fratres Brixienses [Valerio e Ludovico Dorico], 1552.

. Pp. 79, 90-368, (7). Nicely printed by the famous Brescian brothers Dorico. Including one double page woodcut map of the northern coast of Tunis and the southern part of Sicily. With dedication to Pope Julius III with his coat of arms as woodcut vignette on title page. Title page restored (slight loss of one letter) and two more leaves with marginal repairs without any loss of text. Some minor browning and small marginal wormholes. Contemporary limp vellum, top of spine restored, title in manuscript on spine and library ink marks. Library stamp on title.Scarce first edition of this trustworthy account of Charles V's campaigns against the Turkish corsair Dragut (Turgut Reis) who was based at Mahdia on the Tunisian coast, and made it the centre of his piracy activities. However in 1550 the Genoese Andrea Doria (1466-1560), the foremost naval leader of his time, attacked and captured Mahdia. Adams N368. Cf Gay 378. Göllner 926.

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Book number: 41015

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POIRET, JEAN LOUIS MARIE.:

Bref om Numidien. I sammandrag. Stockholm, Kongl. Ordens-Tryckeriet, 1792.

. Pp. (vi), 215, (10). Contemporary half calf, title label on spine, worn, top of spine chipped. With library stamps. An abridged Swedish version of Poiret's "Voyage en Barbarie" (Paris 1789), translated and edited by Samuel Ödmann. Cf Gay 463. Cf Pritzel 7233.

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Book number: 218

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ROCHON, A.:

Reisen nach Maroko und Indien 1767-1773. Weimar 1804.

. Pp. viii 168. Modern boards. Translated from the French. ('Bibl. d. neuesten u. wicht. Reisebeschr. x.'). Engelmann p.101.

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Book number: 158

Catalogue: Africa

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SMITHES, MARION F.:

Children of the Desert. With Photographs by W.H. Edgar. Kensington, Curtis & Davidson, 1910.

. Pp. (viii), 56. Missing front endpaper. With eight plates, of which seven made from photographs. Original brown paper boards, cloth spine, printed in black, and an image of a camel on upper cover. Initially and at end a little browned. First edition. A very charming work, probably privately printed, which tells us stories about life among the Arabs and Berbers around Biskra in the Algerian Sahara. Rare.

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Book number: 120661

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa, north africa, algeria, afrique, african, arabian, arabic, desert, travel, exploration, youth

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 MS form at the Bibliothèque Nationale after Venture's death (1799). In 1844, Amédée Jaubert arranged for it to be printed 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 as dragoman in Syria, Egypt, and North Africa and was chief interpreter for Napoleon on his expedition to Egypt. However, he had not studied Arabic in academic circles. Venture advocated the need to study oriental languages 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 his work appears to be one of the earliest of importance for the Berber languages.Contains an advertisement by Jaubert and a bibliographical note on Venture by Edme-François Jomard (a travelling companion in the Egyptian expedition). Includes a chapter of Venture's itineraries from North Africa in 1788 which is 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,

WACHTMEISTER, HANS:

Turistminnen. Dagboksanteckningar under resor i Egypten, Algier, Spanien, Canariska Öarne, Madeira. Stockholm, Norstedt & Söner, 1885.

. Pp. (vi), 354. Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, starting to split. Spine slightly chipped at head and foot. Contains the author's diary during his travels to Egypt in 1876; Spain and Algier in 1878 &1880 and; the Canary Islands in 1882. An attractive copy.

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Book number: 37047

Catalogue: Africa

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ZILCKEN, CHARLES LOUIS PHILIPPE (PHILIP):

Impressions d'Algérie. [Edition with signed water colour etchings]. Paris, H. Flory, Editeur, 1910.

. Large 4to. Pp. xii, 119, (4). Wide margins. Preface by Léonce Bénédite. With thirty (fifteen doublicates) drypoint etchings of which fifteen are watercolours, signed Zilcken. All protected by tissue guards. A few quires starting to loosen. Original printed wrappers housed in a slipcase. From an edition of 120 this is one of only eight copies on Japon with a suite of etchings water coloured by the artist, this is number 3. A few leaves with a tiny marginal stain but overall a lovely and crisp copy of a very attractive work.A wonderful collection of etchings depicting views, landscapes, houses, and people from different parts of Algeria. Zilcken presents an exotic land with appealing and harmoniously colourful images. Philip Zilcken (1857-1930) was a Dutch graphic artist, painter and writer. He was taught by Klinkenberg and Anton Mauve at the Drawing Academy in the Hague. As a printmaker, Zilcken achieved considerable fame, particularly through his reproduction of etchings of works by 17th century masters such as Vermeer. He made several journeys to Algeria and Egypt. An interesting introduction by Léonce Bénédite praising the work (¬Il nous dit luimême son enchantement en mettant le pied dans cette "Casbah fantastique").

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Book number: 35143

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa, algere, north africa, africa, afrika, african, afrique, travel, exploration, voyage, travels, illsutration, illustrated, etching, etchings, desert