MICHAELIS, JOHAN DAVID:

Grammatica syriaca. Halae 1784.

. 4to. Pp. viii, 299. With one folding table. Old ownership signatures on title and front endpapere. Contemporary half calf, extremities rubbed, spine ends cracked with small loss. Michaelis, a German theolog and orientalist at Halle. ADB xxi, 689: "Seines specielles Wissensgebiet war zunächst das der orientalischen ... semitischen Dialekten seine chaldäischen, syrischen, arabischen Grammatiken ...". Partly some browning. With some annotations in pencil. Ebert ii, 118. Zenker BO ii, 1569.

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Book number: 12143

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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

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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

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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

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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

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KE‚ECI-ZåDE IZZET MOLLA:

Divan-i Izzet. Bulaq, Ma ba at ib al-Sa dah, A.H. 1255 [1840].

. Small folio. Lvs (236). Text in Ottoman Turkish. Contemporary Turkish leather binding with envelope flap, beautifully decorated in gilt with rectangular centrepieces on covers with a design of cross-work in the form of leaves within decorated borders, lightly rubbed, expertly restored. First edition of a Divan by a great Ottoman poet. Izzet Molla was born in 1785 in Istanbul into a family of craftsmen, he became a judge and active figure in political life protected by Halet Efendi. He was exiled twice, to Kesan and to Sivas where he died in 1829. He is one of the most prominent Turkish poets in the 19th century. He composed two Divans (collection of poems) and three Mathnawis (poems written in rhyming couplets and usually possess a subtle spiritual signification), of which one is uncompleted. His verse is notable for its laconic wit. Mohamed Amina Bahgat Bey, "Aperçu historique sur l'Imprimerie Nationale Egytienne", Gutenberg Jahrbuch (1931), pp. 275-7. Zenker BO i, 611.

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Book number: 100957

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MOURADJA (MOURADGEA) D'OHSSON, IGNATIUS:

Tableau général de l'empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties, dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane; l'autre, l'Histoire de l'Empire Othoman. Dédié au roi de Suede. Volumes I-II. Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1787-1790.AND: Tableau général de l'empire Othoman. Tome troisème, publié par les soins de M.C. D'Ohsson. Volume III, parts I-II (text only). Paris, Firmin Didot, 1820.

. Large folio. The first two volumes: Pp. (vi), xii, 320, (8) with extra engraved title, four tables (A, AA, B and C) and 24 engraved plates illustrating 38 figures; pp. (iv), viii, 357 with 41 engraved plates depicting two tables and 95 figures. As usual figures 13 and 19 (volume one) are not present because these images were printed later and consequently delivered after the publication of the book. Several of the plates are double page. Contemporary half calf (Swedish binding), expertly rebacked to style. The third volume: pp. (iv), 128, 133-281; (9v), pp. 283-474, table (8). Text complete but without the plates. Contemporary marbled boards, calf spine with title lettered in gold, lightly rubbed. Library stamps.First edition of this monumental work on the Ottoman empire printed by the renowned French typographer Pierre-François Didot, and illustrated by the foremost French artists of the time. D'Ohsson was an Armenian dragoman, born in Pera and for many years in the service of the Swedish embassy in Constantinople. He was ennobled in 1780 by the Swedish king Gustav III and D'Ohsson gratefully dedicated his work to the monarch. After his death a third volume was completed by his son in 1820. D'Ohsson's work is devoted to the Ottoman history, Muslim practices and contemporary life including information about dress, architecture and cooking. Praised because of its authenticity and truthful images. The impressive illustrations are derived from paintings made in Istanbul, either copies of earlier works (imperial portraits or illuminated manuscripts) or original works. Through D'Ohsson's connections with the court hierarchy he had access to official annals and was able to get drawings of the interiors of libraries, mosques, chapels, etc. Atabey 846. Blackmer 1164. See: Elisabeth Fraser "Dressing Turks in the French Manner", Ars Orientalis 39, Smithsonian Inst. 2010, pp. 199-229. "Writing in a fraught political context following the Russian defeat of the Ottomans, Ohsson forthrightly cast his publication as a defense of Islam and the Ottoman Empire. More than a textual apology, his illustrated book embodies a supreme act of cultural crossing." (Fraser, "Dressing Turks in the French Manner").Provenance (two first volumes): José Moreno Landaburo Daoiz with his signature on front paste downs, Spanish diplomat in Stockholm, married to Amelie (Amalia) who was the daughter of Nils Gustaf Palin (1765-1842) and Mouradgea DÕOhssonÕs daughter Claire-Lucie. Palin was a Swedish diplomat who served in Constantinople at the end of the 18th century and again 1806-24. Subsequently this book belonged to the Hammer library and H.J. Lundgren (with bookplates).

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Book number: 100683

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MÜLLER, F.W.K.:

Ein doppelblatt aus einem manichäischen Hymnenbuch (Mahrnámag). Aus den Abhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften vom Jahre 1912. Berlin, Verlag der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1913.

. 4to. Pp. 40. With two plates (facsimiles of hymnbook). Original printed boards, cloth spine. Manichaeism or Manichaean is a religion founded by the Persian Mani in the latter half of the third century. It spread throughout the world but flourished mainly in Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Turkestan.

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Book number: 44011

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, manichaeism, manichaean, mesopotamia, persia, persian, babylonia, turkestan, religion, religious,

MURAT, NICOLAS:

Guide de la conversation en français et en turc suivi d'un petit guide de Constantinople. Constantinople, Levant Herald, 1908.

. 16mo. Pp. 222. Original blue cloth, rubbed and stained. A charming small conversation guide with parallel text of French and romanized Turkish useful for visitors to Constantinople.

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Book number: 100812

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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

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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

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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

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[BIBLIA HEBRAICA]. NISSEL, JOHAN GEORG:

Sacra Biblia Hebraea, ex optimis editionibus diligenter expressa, & formá, literis versuumque distinctione commendata. Lugd. Bat., Typis Nisselianis, 1662.

. With engraved extra Hebrew title page (narrowly cut and with a tear). Lvs. (iv), (422) + one blank leaf. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt, spine ends chipped with small loss at foot, hinges weak and lower joint partly cracked. Occasionally some minor staining. Some underlinings and marginal annotations. Old ownership signatures and annotations on endpapers. The last leaf of the preliminaries contains a laudatory poem in Arabic with Latin translation by Petraeus. Edited by Allard Uchtmanns, who also wrote the preface. Based on Stephanus' Bible with reference to the editions of Bomberg and Menasseh Ben Israel. Darlow & Moule 5133. Smitskamp PO 343.

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Book number: 35112

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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

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