STEPHENS, JOHN LLOYD:

Resa i Grekland, Turkiet, Ryssland och Polen. Two volumes in one. Stockholm, L.J. Hierta, 1842.

. Pp. (ii), 277, (1); (ii), 365, (1). Contemporary half calf, spine decorated and stamped in gilt, hinges weak and top of spine chipped. Bookplates. A nice copy. A Swedish translation of "Incidents of travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Poland" published in 1838.

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Book number: 32015

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STEWART, DUNCAN, ESQ. :

A practical Arabic grammar. London, John W. Parker, 1841.

. Pp. 302, advertisement 16. Original cloth, worn and spine missing except a few pieces, hinges weak. First edition. Includes an interesting preface discussing the most important Arabic grammars up to that time. Zenker BO ii, 205.

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Book number: 29090

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SVANBORG, ANDERS (praeses):

Dissertatio philologica de usu dialecti syricae in illustrando hebraismo. Parts 1-2 (complete). Upsala 1795.

. 4to. Pp. 26. Disbound. Anders Svanborg, Swedish orientalist. Marklin p. 191, 1 + 2.

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Book number: 120647

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SVANBORG, ANDERS:

Första grunderna i arabiska språket. Upsala, J.Fr. Edman, 1804.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), 58. Old half calf, rubbed. Light staining. Old signature on title. The first attempt of an Arabic grammar in Swedish, mainly based on the works by Rosenmüller. Anders Svanborg was a scholar in Oriental languages at Upsala. De Sacy 2801. Schnurrer 150. Zenker BO i,240.

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Book number: 14397

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SVANBORG, ANDERS (Praeses):

Joël. Latine versus et notis philologicis illustratus. Parts i-vi (complete). Upsala, Edman, 1806.

. 4to. Pp. (ii), 14; (ii), 15-26; (ii), 27-34; (iv), 35-46; (ii), 47-58; (ii), 59-78. Disbound. Anders Svanborg was scholar in oriental languages at Upsala.Marklin p. 191, nos. 9-14. 

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Book number: 120707

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SVANBORG, ANDERS (Praeses)

LÖNEGREN, P.S. (RESP.): Imagines vatum hebraeorum & graecorum communes. Upsala, Edman, (1796).

. 4to. Pp. (ii), 10. Sewn as issued. Uncut copy. With some staining. Anders Svanborg was scholar in oriental languages at Upsala. Marklin p. 191, no.3.

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Book number: 120708

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SVANBORG, ANDERS (Praeses)

LYTH, HENRIK (Resp.) : Quo successu Davidcos hymnos imitatus sit Muhammed. Four parts. Upsala, Edman, (1806-07).

. 4to. Pp. (ii), 8; (ii), 9-20; (vi), 21-32; (iv), 33-39. Disbound. Anders Svanborg was scholar in oriental languages at Upsala. Marklin p. 192, no. 17.

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Book number: 120706

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SVANBORG, ANDERS (Praeses):

Nahum. Latine versus et notis philologicis illustratus. Parts i-iv (complete). Upsala, Edman, 1806-08.

. 4to. Pp. (ii), 12; (iv), 13-24; (iv), 25-34; (iv), 35-44. Disbound. Nahum was a minor prophet who wrote about the end of the Assyrian Empire in a vivid poetic style. Anders Svanborg was scholar in oriental languages at Upsala. Marklin p. 192,no. 15.

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Book number: 120709

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SVANBORG, ANDERS:

Öfningar i arabiskan. Upsala, Johan Fredr. Edman, 1802.

. 4to. Pp. (x), 56. Uncut copy in contemporary wrappers, worn and partly defect. This chrestomathy contains texts from Lokman's fables, Sura 55 (Koran) and Tograi's song in Arabic with translations into Swedish. Zenker BO i 239.

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Book number: 34081

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TINGSTADIUS, JOHANNES ADAMUS:

Dissertatio philologica de natura et indole linguarum orientalium communi. Part i. (all publ.). Upsala, J. Edman, (1770).

. 4to. Pp. 26. Uncut and disbound. Some staining. Lidén i, 463.

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Book number: 13144

Catalogue: Near East

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TINGSTADIUS, JOHANNES ADAM:

Dissertatio philologica de natura et indole linguarum orientalium communi. Part one (all published). Upsala, Johan Edman, 1770.

. 4to. Pp. 26. Old inscription on title page. Disbound. Lidén i, 463.

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Book number: 34162

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TORNAUW, NICOLAUS VON (VON TORNAUW, NICOLAUS):

Das Moslemische Recht aus den Quellen dargestellt. Leipzig, Dyk'sche Buchhandlung, 1855.

. Pp. xiv, 255, (3). Contemporary marbled boards, rubbed and spine chipped. Old ownership signatures. A fine copy of the first edition.

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Book number: 34021

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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

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[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

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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

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