AHLQVIST, AUGUST:

Ueber die Sprache der Nord-Ostjaken. Sprachtexte, Wörtersammlung und Grammatik. Two parts in one volume. Helsingfors 1880.

. Pp. viii, 195. As issued, uncut and unopened in original printed wrappers. Comprises: 1. Sprachtexte und Wörtersammlung; 2. Ostjakisch-Deutsches Wörterverzeichniss. (" Forschungen auf dem gebiete der Ural-Altaischen Sprachen. III."). Zaunmüller 293.

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Book number: 100431

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Keywords: Europe, language, langue, linguistic, russia, siberia, russian, siberian, khanti, ostyak, samoyed,

ÅKERBLAD, JOHAN DAVID:

Lettre sur une inscription phénicienne trouvée à Athènes. Rome, Bourlié, 1817.

. 4to. Pp. 24. With one engraved plate. Contemporary marbled boards, cloth spine, corners lightly rubbed, spine faded. Private stamp on title. Johan Åkerblad (1763-1819), Swedish diplomat and orientalist, was a student of Silvestre de Sacy. He is probably most famous for his contribution to the decipherment of the hieroglyphic script on the Rosetta Stone. During his last years in Rome he was mainly devoted to the studies of Greek epigraphy. Due to limited economical means he only published four small works in Rome, of which this is one. It is dedicated to his friend Andreas Italinsky and deals with the interpretation of a tombstone with Greek and Phoenician scripts. Includes also a Hebrew transcription. Rare. Callmer, In Orientem, pp. 214-218. The Phoenicians were a Semitic-speaking people of somewhat unknown origin who emerged in the Levant around 3000 BC.[8] The term Phoenicia is an ancient Greek exonym that most likely described one of their most famous exports, a dye also known as Tyrian purple;

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Book number: 99478

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Keywords: Europe, greek, greece, epigraphy, phoenician, phenicienne, semitic, levant, near east, travel, exploration,

ANDRÉE, SALOMON AUGUST & STRINDBERG, NILS & FR®NKEL, KNUT:

Andrée's Story. The Complete Record of His Polar Flight, 1897. From the Diaries and Journals of S.A. Andrée, Nils Strindberg, and K. Fraenkel, found on White Island in the Summer of 1930 end edited by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. Translated from the Swedish by Edward Adams-Ray. New York, The Viking Press, 1930.

. Pp. xvi, 389. With front, 8 maps and plans and 30 plates with many illustrations, and 12 plates of photos from the expedition. Publisher's blue cloth, spine faded, back cover with some stain. First American edition of "Med Örnen mot polen" originally published in Swedish in the same year.

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Book number: 100205

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Keywords: Europe, polar, arctic, arktisk, travel, exploration, balloon, expedition, andrée

ARTAMOF, PIERRE [pseud. of Vladimir de La Fite de Pelleporc] & ARMENGAUD, JEAN GERMAIN DÉSIRÉ:

La Russie, historique, monumentale et pittoresque. Two volumes. Paris, Ch. Lahure et Co., 1862.

. Folio. Pp. 392, (12); 376, (12). With numerous illustrations and some maps throughout the text. Original half morocco on embossed cloth boards, spines richly gilt, g.e., lightly rubbed. Copy of Ericsberg. First edition of this monumental work on Russia.

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Book number: 99711

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AURIVILLIUS, CARL WILHELM SAMUEL:

Eine Anguillulide aus der Schneefauna Spitzbergens. Stockholm 1883.

. Pp. 15. With one plate. Wrappers. Inscribed to G. De Geer by the author. A monograph about species of Nematode (of the Anguilluilidae family) found at Spitzbergen during a Geological expedition in 1882 headed by Nathorst. (Bihang till K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handlingar. Band 8. No. 11.). Hulth 615.

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Book number: 100137

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BAIL, FRANCIS WILLIAM:

[HUNGARIAN MANUSCRIPT] A Hajnal Leânya. Hindu Rege. (Heifer of the Dawn. Hindu Legend). 20th century.

. Illustrated manuscript with text in Hungarian. Beautiful handwriting accompanied by lovely watercolour illustrations. Size: 15.7 x 18.8 cm. Pp. 61. Contemporary green cloth with painted colour illustration on upper cover, pretty floral end papers. Inscription dated 1958 on free front end paper. A fictional "Hindu" tale written by Francis William Bail, a British writer and an expert in Sanskrit literature. He wrote fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from ancient Sanskrit tales, but eventually it turned out that he had written the fairy tales himself.

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Book number: 121036

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BARTO, AGNIYA:

Bratishki: Stikhi (Brothers: Poems). Moscow, Detgiz, 1934.

. Square 8vo. Pp. 16 including covers. With many coloured illustrations by Georgiy Echeistov (leading Soviet graphic artist). Text in Russian. Original coloured paper wrappers, spine chipped. Loose in binding. First published in 1928, reprinted many times.A lovely example of Interknizhka by one of the most famous Russian children's book authors at this time, Agniya Barto (1906-81). A collection of lullaby poems focused on children from different parts of the world: Chinese, African, Indian and Soviet babies. It was published as part of Proletarian Internationalism which formed the core of the 1920s Communist pedagogical doctrine by showing troubled lives of those living outside the Soviet Union.

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Book number: 120992

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BAYERN, THERESE VON (PRINZESSIN):

Ueber den Polarkreis. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1889.

. Pp. x, 342. With one large folding coloured map and 5 plates. Contemporary marbled boards, cloth spine, gilt, slightly faded. Copy of the Fürstenberg's library. Princess Therese von Bayern (1850-1925) became early interested in natural science and at the age of 21 she started to travel around Europe. This narrative describes her journey to the Arctic regions of Norway, Finland and Lapland. One chapter is devoted to the flora and fauna of the arctic parts of Norway. In 1892 Therese von Bayern was appointed a honorary member of the Geographical Society and of the Academy of Sciences. Dinse 346. Schiötz 1058.

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Book number: 99152

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BELLERMANN, FRIEDRICH:

Die Hymnen des Dionysius und Mesomedes. Text und Melodieen nach Handschriften und den alten Ausgaben. Berlin, Albert Förstner, 1840.

. 4to. Pp. (viii), 84. With 4 plates (with old annotations). Contemporary cloth, worn. With stamps. Partly foxed. This work devoted to ancient Greek music is mainly based on three studies; 1. by Vincentio Galilei, Firenze 1581; 2. Johann Fell, Oxford 1672 and; 3. Jean Pierre Burette, Paris first half of 18th century. Prior to the discovery of the Seikilos epitaph in the late 19th century, the hymns of Mesomedes were the only surviving written music from the ancient time. Mesomedes of Crete, was a Greek lyric poet and composer of the early 2nd century.

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Book number: 99386

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Keywords: Europe, greece, greek, music, musical, europe, european, hymns,

BENSON, ROBERT:

Sketches of Corsica; or, a Journal Written During a Visit to that Island, in 1823. With an Outline of its History, and Specimens of the Language and Poetry of the People. London 1825.

. Pp. (vi), 195, (5). Without half-title. With wood engraved vignette on title, four sepia engraved plates and one hand-coloured aquatint. Some light offsetting from the plates. Contemporary half calf, flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt, upper joint weak, lightly rubbed, joints expertly restored. Faint traces of removed bookplate on front paste down. First edition. Robert Benson, a British judge and historian who accompanied a group of commissioners to Corsica with the aim to carry into effect the bequests of the Corsican patriot General Pasquale Paoli (1725-1807) who spent his last years in exile in Britain. Benson's account based on his own experiences describers the country and its culture, political history and language including specimens of Corsican poetry. Abbey Travel 76. Lowndes i, p.156.

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Book number: 100112

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BENZENBERG, JOHANN FRIEDRICH:

Bref, författade under en resa till Paris. Örebro, N.M. Lindh, 1811.

. Pp. (iv), 192. With title vignette, one folding engraved map of Paris and three engraved plates; of Pantheon, Tuileries Palace and Temple Tower. Contemporary half calf on marbled paper boards, gilt spine, rubbed. Old ownership signatures. A collection of letters written during a visit to Paris in 1804 by a German astronomer and geologist. It's translated into Swedish from the German (Dortmund 1806) by J.P. Wåhlin.

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Book number: 100852

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BENZENBERG, J.F.:

Bref, Foerfattade under en resa till Paris. Oerebro, N.M. Lindh, 1811.

. Pp. (iv), 191, (1). With title-vignette, one folding plan of Paris and 3 engraved plates (2 folding). Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with title-labl, slightly rubbed. Old ownership signatures on front free-endpaper. Translated from the German. A nice and crisp copy with beautiful engravings. A collection of letters written during a visit to Paris by a German professor from Düsseldorf.

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Book number: 13140

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BERGMANN, BENJAMIN:

Voyage chez les Kalmuks. Traduit de l'allemand par M. Moris. Chatillon sur Seine, C. Cornillac, 1825.

. Pp. xxviii, 361+ 11 lvs with Mongolian text. One lithographed plate. Contemporary half calf, nicely rebacked with orginal spine preserved, somewhat rubbed. Marbled paper covered boards with matching end papers and edges. St.o.t. An abridged French edition. The translation contains the independant account of Bergmann's stay with the nomad people in the Russian province of Astrakhan. Includes also "Essai sur la suite des Kalmucs des bord du Volga", mostly based on the narrative of de Weseloff, a former prisoner of the Kalmucks, but also based on works by Pallas and Rytschkov. First few leaves with minor browning. Cf Aschoff 192. Chadenat 5323.

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Book number: 17076

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Keywords: Europe, kalmucks, mongolian, mongolia, russia, russian, astrakan, travel, voyages, asia, asien, asie, exploration, language, langue, linguistic

VON BERLEPSCH, HERMANN ALEXANDER:

Alperna, deras natur och folk. Stockholm 1871.

. Pp. (iv), 400. With extra illustrated title and 22 fullpage plates by Emil Rittmeyer. Original brown cloth, richly gilt, top of spine slightly chipped, inner lower hinge split. First Swedish edition of this classical work, first published as "Die Alpen in Natur und Lebensbildern" in 1861. A lovely copy. Cf Perret 398.

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Book number: 99995

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Keywords: Europe, alps, alperna, france, frecnh, italy, italian, schweiz, switzerland, travel, exploration

BIELENSTEIN, AUGUST JOHANN GOTTFRIED:

Lettische grammatik. Mitau 1863.

. Pp. xxii, 432, (1). Modern paper covered boards, title label on spine. Numerous old annotations in pencil throughout the text. Included in "Die lettische Sprache" but complete in itself.

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Book number: 31038

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Keywords: Europe, letland, europe, euopean, language, langue, linguistic,