[TURKISH / ARABIC].

Petit dictionnaire francais - turc - italien - arabe a l'usage du Collège d'Alep et des autres écoles de la custodie franciscaine de Terre-Sainte. Jérusalem, Imprimerie des PP. Franciscains, 1880.

. Pp. (viii), 603, (1). Front endpaper missing. Original printed boards, cloth spine with title label. Some minor browning.

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Book number: 23100

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[QUINQUARBOREO, JOHANN [CINQUARBRES, JEAN]:

De re grammatica hebraeorum opus, in gratiam studiosorum linguae sanctae methodo quàm facilima coscriptum. Secunda editio cum authoris locupleti recognitione. Paris, Martin Juvenem (Le Jeune), 1549.

. Small 4to. Pp. 182, (2). Old ownership inscription on title. Period style limp vellum, bevelled edges. (by B. Middleton). First published in 1546, this is the second edition. Rare. Le Jeune, bookprinter in Paris 1548-84, was one of the few in Paris who could print Hebrew characters at this time. Index Aurel 142282 (one copy only, in Bibl. Nat.). Smitskamp PO 15. Steinschneider HB 1603.

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[HÖPKEN (HOPKEN), CARL FREDRIK VON & CARLESON, EDUARD]:

Relation om herrar Envoyéernas och Cancellie-Rådens Herr Baron v. Höpkens och herr Carlsons hafde audience wid Ottomanniske Porten 8-19 Julii 1740. Stockholm, Kongl. tryckeriet, Pet. Momma, [1740].

. 4to. Pp. (8). Disbound. A report of Höpken and Carelson, Swedish charge d'affaires in Constantinople, of the audience with the Grand Visir regarding the ratification of a defence treaty in 1740 between the countries. Christian Callmer: In Orientem (1985) pp. 38-39.

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Book number: 100018

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[SCHORBING, C.M.]:

Samling af de aeldsta folkslagens religions-urkunder oefver deras religionsbegrepp och mysterier. 2 volumes. Stockholm 1820.

. Pp. (xii), 693, (3) + 3-730. Contemporary half calf, gilt lettering on spines, (different bindings). Some staining. A Swedish translation of this collection treating different ancient concept of religion. The first part deals mainly with the old Persian religions a/o mysticism and the second part with the Egyptian, the Chinese, the Hindoos and the Brahmins, the Scandinavian, the Jewish, Islam, etc.

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Book number: 14257

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[CATHOLIC PRESS IN BEYROUTH]

Three catalogues with works printed at the Catholic Mission Press. Bound together in one volume. Beyrouth, 1878, 1888 and 1904.

. The Catholic Press in Beirut, founded and operated by the Jesuit order, was transferred to the Université Saint-Joseph in 1875 and appears to have been active until about 1974. The Press published religious works, dictionaries, classicals and periodicals. Here a selection of works offered by the Press:1. Catalogue de l'Imprimerie catholique des PP. missionaires de la compagnie de Jésus en Syrie. Beyrouth 1878. Pp. 11 French text and pp. (i), 13 with Arabic text. Original printed blue wrappers with bound. 2. Catalogue de l'Imprimerie catholique des PP. missionaires de la compagnie de Jésus en Syrie. Beyrouth 1888. Pp. 38 text in French and Arabic + 15 lvs "Spécimens des caractères". Includes front printed wrapper. 3. Catalogue Spécial de l'Imprimerie catholique à Beyrouth (Syrie). 1903-1904. Edition jubilaire. Beyrouth 1904. Pp. 67, iii, (3). Contains works printed in Arabic, French and Syriac. Original wrappers printed in colours.

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Book number: 121247

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[TURKEY].

Turcici imperii status. Seu discurses varii de rebus turcarum. Lugd. Bat., ex off. Elzeviriana, 1630.

. 16mo. Pp. (viii) including engraved title, 314, index (5). Slightly later half calf, somewhat rubbed. Old annotations and underlinings. First edition. A collection of excerpts and short works by several writers such as Busbecq, Soranzo, Montalbano, Malaguzzi, etc. It's covering the historical and military state of the Ottoman Empire and includes much information about Constantinople at the time. Berghman 1903. Willems 340.

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AGRELL, CARL MAGNUS & LINDGREN, HENRIC G. (Editor):

Supplementa ad lex. syr. castellianum. Dissertations. Parts 1-18 in one volume. Upsala (1838-41).

. Small 4to. Pp. (ii), vi, (iv, 10; (ii), 11-18; (iv), 19-26; (iv), 27-34; (iv), 35-42; (ii), 43-50; (iv), 51-58; (iv), 59-66; (iv), 67-74; (iv), 75-82; (iv), 90-98; (iv), 99-106; (iv), 107-114; (iv), 115-122; (vi), 123-130; (ii), 131-138. Disbound. The last two dissertations (parts 17 and 18) are usually missing. Agrell published this work as a supplement to Edmund Castell's "Lexicon Syriacum", second edition edited by Michaelis, Göttingen 1788. It was later incorporated in the "Thesaurus Syriacus", edited by R. Payne, Oxford 1868-1901. Agrell (1764-1840) was professor in Oriental languages at Upsala 1790-91.

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ARRHENIUS, LARS (Preses) / ULNERUS, ISRAEL (Resp.):

Dissertatio historico politica de origine et statu hoderino Turcarum, ... Upsala, Werner, 1723.

. Small 8vo. Pp. (viii), 84, (4). Disbound. Copy of Ericsberg. A dissertation dealing with the language, politics, government, education and military matters.

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AVRIL, PHILIPPE:

Voyage en divers etats d'Europe et d'Asie, entrepris pour découvrir un nouveau chemin à la Chine. Contenant plusiers remarques curieuses de physique, de geographie, d'hydrographie & d'histoire. Avec une description de la grande Tartarie, & les differens peuples qui l'habitent. Paris, Claude Barbin, Jean Boudot, George & Louis Josse, 1692.

. 4to. Pp. (xx), 406, (ii), (24) table. With engraved portrait of Gen. Stanislas Jablonowski, one folding engraved map, three engraved plates and five large engraved vignettes. Contemporary calf, covers ruled in gilt, flat spine with elaborate gilt decoration and red title label, r.e. Bookplate on front paste down. First edition of Avril's narrative of his two journeys through Central Asia aiming to discover new overland routes to China. Philippe Avril, Jesuit professor of philosophy and mathematics at Paris, was summoned by Father Ferdinand Verbiest in Peking to join the mission there. For eight years, from 1682 to 1690, Avril travelled overland as far as North and Northwest China but ultimately failing to reach Peking. This narrative covers both journeys; the first by caravan through Syria, Kurdistan, Armenia, Persia and across the Caspian to Astrakan where he had to turn back, and the second about his attempt to cross Siberia from Moscow to China, with his return to the West through Constantinople, Moldavia, Poland and Lithuania. Avril's narrative is based on earlier Jeusit reports but also on new information given to him by caravan travellers and rulers he met en route, in particular the king of Syria. Cordier BS 2088. Cf Walravens (1987) 55.

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BARTHÉLEMY, CHARLES:

Histoire de Turquie depuis les temps les plus regules jusqu'a nos jours. Tours 1856.

. Pp. (iv), 411. With engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates. Contemporary blindstamped cloth with gilt decoration on covers, spine richly decorated in gilt ("Cartonnage Romantique").

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BELL'HAVER, THOMASO:

Dottrina facile et breve per ridurre l'Hebreo a conoscimento del vero Messia, e Salvator del Mondo ... Divisa in otto trattati. Venetia, Farri, 1608.

. Small 4to. Pp. (xii), 200, (4). Woodcut vignette on title page and woodcut initials. Text in Italian with Biblical quotations and Latin translation. Contemporary limp vellum, stained and worn, internally fine. Old inscriptions. First edition. The "Dottrina Facile", divided into eight parts, is an attempt to explain in a straightforward way, the justness of Christianity to the Jewish people. The different parts contain: the Trinity; the human nature of God; the virginity of Mary; the coming of Messiah; Christ; the incorrectness of Jewish beliefs; an explanation of the rules introduced after the arrival of Jesus and; the mystery of transubstantiation. In this work Bell'Haver gives quotations in Hebrew from the Holy Scriptures, translates them into Latin, and finally adds his own comments. Rare.

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Book number: 99456

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BERGGREN, GUILLAUME / SEBAH, JEAN PASCALE & JOALLIER, POLYCARPE:

An album with forty original photographs. Constantinople (Istanbul) 1880s.

. Oblong folio. Comprises forty albumen photographs mounted on thick cardboard with French hand-written captions below. Half green leather with gilt title label on upper cover. Foxing to the cardboard but the photographs are in very good condition. The collection includes twenty-four photos (ca 27.5 x 20.5 cm) signed by Berggren, depicting famous city scenes, important buildings and sites in Constantinople and its environs. Six similar photos are unsigned but probably some of them are by Berggren. Five photos are signed by Sebah & Joallier and another five coloured (22.5 x 16.5 cm) signed by P.Z. The collection includes photos of the Galata bridge, city scenes from Pera, Hagia Sophia, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III, Tower of Leandros, Hamidiye Camii Mosque, views along the Bosphorus, the Turkish cemetery at Scutari, etc.Guillaume Berggren (Per Vilhelm), was born in Stockholm but lived most of his life in Constantinople, from 1866 to his death in 1920. He opened a photographic studio in the fashionable area of Pera. In 1885 in connection with king Oscar II's visit to Constantinople he was appointed Photographer of the Swedish Royal Court receiving the Litteris et Artibus royal medal. Jean Sebah was the son of the eminent photographer Pascal Sebah and took over the business after his father's death. In 1888 he went into a partnership with Polycarpe Joaillier, and thereafter the studio was known as Sebah & Joaillier and named the Sultan's official photographers.

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BERGGREN, JACOB:

Resor i Europa och österländerne. Three volumes. Stockholm, S. Rumstedt, 1826-28.

. Comprises: Pp. (xxii), 375, (1); 558, (2), (ii), 70; 140, one blank leaf (with price information on the verso), 112 + (1) with 5 folding tables. Three engraved titles with vignettes, two folding maps and one engraved plan. Contemporary half calf on marbled boards, flat spines ruled in gilt, with title labels, red sprinkled edges, lightly rubbed. Spine ends with some wear, volume two head with small loss. Some very light staining to volume two but overall a very handsome and fresh copy.First edition of an important travel account of the Levant by Jacob Berggren (1790-1868), chaplain to the Swedish embassy in Constantinople. Contains an accurate account of Constantinople at this time and a narrative of Berggren's travels in the area between 1820-22. He visited Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land and Jordania. One appendix (70 pp.) deals with plants collected by Berggren and described by the Swedish botanist Göran Wahlenberg. The other appendix (text in French) contains a guide to certain places of cultural interest in Syria and Palestine. Krok p. 72. Röhricht 1689.

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BINDER, HENRY:

Au Kurdistan en Mésopotamie et en Perse (Mission scientifique du Ministère de l'Instruction publique). Paris, Maison Quantin, 1887.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. 453. With one large folding coloured map, one front portrait of the author and 200 textual illustrations made from photographs and drawings by the author. As issued, uncut in orginal wrappers, rebacked. Front cover slightly chipped along edges. Binder's successful mission to Kurdistan in 1885 was mainly focused on the geography and archeology in the area. Wilson, p.22.

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Book number: 35137

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BIRD, ISABELLA LUCY (Mrs. Bishop):

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan. Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs. Two volumes. London, John Murray, 1891.

. Pp. xiv, 381; (vi), 409. With two fronts, two folding maps and 34 illustrations, of which eleven full-page. Publisher's blue decorated cloth, stamped in gilt, lightly discoloured. Bookplates. First edition. Isabella Bird (1831-1904), probably the most loved Victorian lady traveller, became the first woman inducted into the Royal Geographical Society (1892). This account covers Bird's two-year journey through little-known parts of Persia and eastern Asia Minor. She joined Major Herbert Sawyer of the Indian Army on a rough journey from Baghdad to Tehran. After visiting the Bakhtiari tribes of south-west Persia, she continued her journey north through Kurdistan, Azerbaijan, to Trebizond (Trabzon) on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey. One map depicts her journey and the other the Bakhtiari country. Robinson pp. 81-3.

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Book number: 120587

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