DIEULAFOY, JANE:

A Suse Journal des Fouilles 1884-1886. Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1888.

. Large 4to. (34.5 x 26 cm). Pp. (vi), 366. Beautifully illustrated with many woodcut illustrations and one map. Occasionally some minor staining. Original decorated cloth with gilt printing, g.e., marbled endpapers. Some staining to covers. First edition of this important account of the excavations in the Susa region. This was the second mission to Persia led by Jane and her husband Marcel. They found numerous artefacts and friezes, some of which were shipped back to France. Several of the artefacts are housed at the Louvre. Jane was awarded the Legion of Honour for her explorations at Susa and her artefact contributions. The interesting illustrations are made after photographs taken during the expedition. An impressive work.

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Book number: 121188

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DIXON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH:

Heliga landet, dess forna och närvarande förhållanden. Two parts in one volume. Stockholm, Sigfrid Flodins Boktryckeri, 1869.

. 12mo. Pp. 200, (2). Contemporary half calf, spine richly decorated in gilt, somewhat rubbed. Bookplate. A Swedish edition, originally published in English in 1864. Röhricht p. 518. Cf Tobler p. 200.

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Book number: 35042

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DRYSELIUS, ERLAND BENEDIKT:

Luna turcica eller turkeste måne. Anwijsandes lika som uti en spegel det mahometiske wanskelige regementet, fördelter uti fyra qwarter eller böcker. Jönköping, Petter Hultman, 1694.

. Pp. (xvi), 350, (1), 352-424, 424-515, (3). With 12 plates of which 11 of sultans. Contemporary calf, worn, spine ends gone. Old inscriptions on paste downs. Occasionally some minor staining. Stamps on title page. Dryselius (1641-1708) was a Swedish priest and scholar. This work deals with the origin of the Turks, their history, religion, customs and manners, laws, commerce, churches, etc. The illustrations are done by the printer Hultman himself. It is the first Swedish work on the history of Turkey and the Ottoman empire. Hierta 913.

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MUSTAFA SåMI EFENDI:

Avrupa Risalesi (Pamphlet on Europe). Istanbul, Takvimhane-i Amire, 1256 H (1840).

. Small 8vo. Pp. 40. Text in Turkish. Contemporary blue wrappers in modern marbled folder. Copy of Alix Desgranges (1793-1854), professor of Turkish at Collège de France and L'Ecole des Jeunes de langues. First edition. Rare. An early Turkish attempt to explain the causes of things to be admired in the civilization of Europe. Diplomat Mustafa Sámi travelled extensively within Europe and participated as a member of a Turkish legation to Paris in 1838. Upon his return he wrote this work about people, lifestyle, science, climate, education etc. in Europe. He felt that the advanced state of Europe stemmed from its excellence in science. See Niyazo Berkes, The development of secularism in Turkey, 1999 p. 129. Özege 1323.

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EUTING, JULIUS:

Sechs phönikische Inschriften aus Idalion. Strassburg & Leipzig, 1875.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), 18. With 3 folding tables. Contemporary marbled boards, front printed wrapper pasted on upper cover, cloth spine, corners rubbed. Some minor staining. Idalium (Idalion) was one of 10 Cypriot kingdoms listed on the prism (many-sided tablet) of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon (680-669 BC). Julis Euting(1839-1913) renowned German philosopher and orientalist was the head librarian at the University of Strassburg.

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Book number: 99385

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FABRICE, FREDERIC ERNEST VON:

Anecdotes du sejour du Roi de Suede a Bender; ou lettres de Mr. le Baron de Fabrice, pour servir d'eclaircissement a l'histoire de Charles XII. Hambourg, Chretien Herold, 1760.

. Pp. (viii), 343. Uncut copy in contemporary wrappers, spine chipped. First edition but a German translation was published a few months before this French original (in 1759). Baron de Fabrice (1683-1759) accompanied Charles xii of Sweden during his exile in Turkey, at Bender near the Black Sea in Moldavia, during the years 1710-14. Fabrice wrote a series of letters describing their experiences to the Duke of Holstein and Baron de Goertz. Cf Atabey 413 (London 1761 edition). Blackmer 568. Warmholtz 5788 & 5718.

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Book number: 32028

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FERRIERES-SAUVEBOEUF, LOUIS FRAN‚OIS COMTE DE:

Mémoires historiques, politiques et géographiques des voyages. Faits en Turquie, en Perse, et en Arabie, depuis 1782, jusqu'en 1789; Avec les observations sur la religion, les moeurs, le caractère & le commerce de ces trois nations. Two volumes. Paris, chez Buisson, 1790.

. Pp. (ii), xxiv, 298, errata (1) ; (ii), x, 303, errata (1). Contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt ruled in compartments with red and green morocco title labels. Bookplate (Sir Edmund Antrobus). First edition.Ferrieres-Sauveboeuf was a French diplomat who for many years travelled throughout the Levant, Persia, Arabia and Caucasia including several visits to Constantinople. He was fluent in Turkish and Persian. His account is rich with information of the countries, people, characters, religion, etc. and mainly based on his own observations. Further he records much details about the Turkish-Russian war of 1788-9. He was engaged to undertake secret missions in the area under the ministry of Vergennes who earlier had been French ambassador to the Porte (from 1755). It might explain his loyalty to Vergennes and the vitriolic attacks against Comte de Choiseul Gouffier who was the ambassador in Constantinople at the time (1784-91). Atabey 428 (second ed.). Blackmer 590. Weber ii, 598.

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Book number: 100902

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DE FERRIERéS-SAUVEBOEUF, LOUIS FRANCOIS, COUNT:

Resa genom Turkiet. Åren 1786 och följande. I sammandrag. Stockholm, Johan A.Carlbohm, 1794.

. Pp. (4), 107. Uncut copy in wrappers, dog-eared. Old inscription on title. Some minor staining. An abridged Swedish version of the Turkish part of "Mémoires historiques, politiques et géographiques des voyages" (Paris 1790). Comte Ferrières spent the years 1782-79 in the Levant. Cf Atabey 428. Cf Blackmer 590.

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FLEURY, CLAUDE:

Israeliternas seder, eller en kårt afhandling om detta folkets lagar, gudstjänst, regerings- lefnads- och tänkesätt m.m. Ifrån de älsta intil nya testamentets tider. Stockholm, Lars Salvius, 1762.

. 12mo. Pp. (viii), 208. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, somewhat worn. Bookplate. Some staining. A Swedish translation of "Les moeurs des Israélites" by a French abbot. Cf Fürst i, 284. Brunet 1291.

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Book number: 22032

Catalogue: Near East

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FRANKLIN, WILLIAM:

Resa ifrån Bengalen til Persien åren 1786 och 1787 samt en korrt historia om Persien sedan år 1747. Götheborg, Samuel Norberg, 1798.

. Pp. iv, 172. Uncut copy in modern half calf, spine lettered in gilt. Bookplate. A scarce Swedish edition translated from the German version edited by J.R. Forster. William Franklin (1763-1839) was an English captain in the service of the East India company. He travelled to Persia in 1786 and stayed for eight months at Shiraz as an inmate of a Persian family. Cf Diba p. 150 (First English edition 1790). Cf Schwab no.193.

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FRASER, JAMES BAILLIE:

Narrative of a Journey into Khorasan, in the Years 1821 and 1822. Including some Account of the Countries to the North-East of Persia; with Remarks upon the National Character, Government, and Resources of that Kingdom. London, A. & R. Spottiswoode, 1825.

. 4to. Pp. xxvi, errata, 624, appendix 148. With one large folding map (foxed and with tears at fold). Contemporary calf, rubbed, nicely rebacked, gilt in compartments and with green title label. Bookplate. First edition. The first part of the narrative deals with Fraser's journey up the Persian Gulf and the latter, and most considerable part, deals with the journey from Tehran to Mushed, and thence to Astrabad. He visited areas where no Europeans had been before. This vivid and interesting account includes accurate descriptions of the countries and the inhabitants. Some marginal staining to the first few leaves. Schwab 196.

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GAFFAREL, JACQUES:

Curiositez inouyes, sur la sculpture talismanique des Persans. Horoscope des Patriarches, et lecture des estoilles. No place 1637.

. Small 8vo. Pp. (xvi), 315. With two folding plates with Hebrew characters (the first plate with tears and the second with tears repaired at the back with some loss). Contemporary limp vellum, stained. Internally with some insignificant stain. A scholarly treatise on ancient talismanic magic and Jewish mysticism (Kabbala). Gaffarel (1601-1681), theolog, was the librarian to Cardinal Richelieu. Around 1623 Gaffarel travelled to Italy where he acquired a.o. the Kabbala manuscripts of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. This work comprises four parts; the first part defends "the Oriental men", part two treats the use of talismans or amulets in ancient times; the third part deals with the ancient Hebrew astrology and the last part is about reading messages in the stars. Gaffarel then describes the "celestial writing" or arrangement of stars into Hebrew characters. This is illustrated in the two plates. First published in 1629, reprinted many times and translated into English in 1650. This work was critized and condemned by the Theology Faculty in Paris but defended by Gassendi and studied by Descartes. Brunet ii, 1433. Caillet ii, 4293. Thorndike vii, pp. 304-306.

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Book number: 39026

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GEITLIN, GABRIEL (Editor):

Carminis epici Schahnameh. Fragmentum de Dario et Alexandro hexametris suethicics redditum. Dissertations. Four parts in two. Helsingfors, Ex typographica Frenckelliana, 1839.

. Pp. (ii), 16; (ii), 17-32; (ii), 37-48; (ii), 49-62. Uncut, sewn as issued. Some minor foxing. Geitlin (1804-71) was professor of Oriental languages at Helsinki University. Henriksson-Puupponen p. 28 (states wrongly six parts). Marklin 19.

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Book number: 34152

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GEITLIN, GABRIEL:

Principia grammatices neo-persicae dissertatio academica. Four parts in thirteen. Helsingfors, ex officina typographica Frenckelliana, 1839-1846.

. Pp. 352, contents (8) + (iv). Comprises 20 different dissertations, 2 appendixes and "cujus particulam ultimam". Sewn as issued, uncut in thirteen parts. This is the original version of the first Persian grammar published in Finland. Printed with the nice Jena Arabic types. It appeared in bookform in 1845 (Helsingfors). Geitlin (1804-71) was professor of oriental languages at Helsinki University. See Schwab ii, 791 (1845 ed). See Zenker BO ii, 246.

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Book number: 31111

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GEITLIN, GABRIEL:

Principia grammatices neo-persicae cum metrorum doctrina et dialogis persicis. Helsingfors, Frenckelliana, 1845.

. Pp. (ii), 10, (8), 11-352. With one folding table. Partly some minor staining. Contemporary or slightly later red papercovered boards. First querie partly loose. Early Persian grammar, the first one to be published in Finland. It was originally published as dissertations (in 20 parts and 2 appendixes) defended by Geitlin's pupils at the Helsinki University between 1839 and 1845. See Marklin 20. It is printed with the nice Jena Arabic types. Schwab ii, 791. Zenker BO ii, 246.

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Book number: 34027

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