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CREASY, Sir E[dward] S[hepherd] [1812-1878].
History Of The Ottoman Turks: From The Beginning Of Their Empire To The Present Time. Chiefly Founded On Van Hammer.
London: Richard Bentley, 1854-56..
2 Volumes. 8vo. xi, [1], 413; vii, [1], 548. 6 lithographed map & plans (4 folding, 2 with partial colour) & 1 lithographed view of Malta. contemporary half chagrin (extremities rubbed, short split in 1 joint, short split in 1 map fold - no loss). First Edition. Creasy's history is largely based on the great work of Joseph Von Hammer which was unavailable in English translation. In his preface Creasy lauds Von Hammer's work as one of the best productions of the first half of [the nineteenth] century, being based on numerous authorities and writers on Ottoman history, rich sources found in the archives of Venice, Austria, and other warring or friendly states, coupled with Von Hammer's long residence in the East and familiarity with Turkish customs and literature. "I have not made a mere abridgment of Von Hammer, but I have sought to write an independent work, for which his volumes have supplied me with the largest store of materials."
$1499 USD Book Number: elala3629 Order / Enquire
DANIEL, Rabbi Mooshie G.
Modern Persia.
Toronto: Henderson & Company, 1898..
12mo. pp. 221. 12 plates. original gilt-stamped cloth (edges of covers stained). First Canadian Edition.
$103 USD Book Number: MNIdeDAN38 Order / Enquire
DE AMICIS, Edmondo.
Constantinople.
Philadelphia: Henry T.Coates & Co., 1896..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 303; 309. folding colour map & 50 photogravures. tissue guards with legends. original elaborately gilt-stamped cloth, t.e.g. (spine ends frayed). First Edition of this English Translation by Maria Hornor Lansdale.
$200 USD Book Number: elala3757 Order / Enquire
DIMAND, M.S.
A Handbook Of Mohammedan Decorative Arts.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, 1930..
8vo. pp. xxxii, 287, [1]. 169 illus. & 4 colour plates. biblio. cloth. First Edition, Limited to 2000 copies.
$77 USD Book Number: MMAHaDIM53 Order / Enquire
DOUGHTY, Charles M[ontagu] [1843-1926].
Travels In Arabia Deserta.
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. & The Medici Society Limited, [1926]..
8vo. pp. l, [2], 690. frontis. portrait, large folding coloured map & numerous plates (some folding) & text illus. original cloth (spine ends chipped). Fourth Edition, Third Impression (in one volume edition on thin paper complete and unabridged).
$200 USD Book Number: elala3760 Order / Enquire
EGERTON, [Harriet Catherine], Lady Francis [1800-1866].
Journal Of A Tour In The Holy Land, In May And June, 1840.
London: Printed By Harrison And Co. 1841..
8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 141, [1 leaf]. with half-title. 4 tinted lithographed plates. several wood-engraved text illus. modern quarter calf (3 plates washed - 1 with light stain, light staining to outer margin of title & half-title). First Edition, Printed for Private Circulation, for the benefit of the Ladies' Hibernian Female School Society. The plates were drawn on stone by T.Allom after sketches by the author's husband, Lord Francis Egerton. Abbey, Travel, 384. Blackmer 536. Tobler p. 164.
$359 USD Book Number: MERurEGE13 Order / Enquire
ETTINGHAUSEN, Richard.
Arab Painting [At Head Of Title:] Treasures Of Asia.
np: [Editions d'Art Albert Skira, 1962]..
4to. pp. 208, [2 leaves]. 88 tipped-in illus. (81 colour). 1 map. biblio. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.
$103 USD Book Number: MTIabETT74 Order / Enquire
EVANS, Helen C. (Editor).
Armenia Art, Religion, And Trade In The Middle Ages.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]..
4to. pp. 351, [1]. profusely illus. in colour. map & illus. on endpapers. biblio. index. cloth. dw. Fine copy. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition.
$250 USD Book Number: dola2398 Order / Enquire
FATTAHI, Muhammed Yahya Sibak [d. 1448].
[Persian Characters]. Husn Oo Dil. Or, Beauty And Heart. A Pleasing Allegory In Eleven Chapters. Composed By Alfettah Of Nishapoor.Translated By William Price.
London: Parbury, Allen, And Co., Booksellers To The Honorable East India Company, 1828..
4to. ff. [5], 42. text in English & Persian on alternating pages. Uncut in original bds., rebacked (creasing to lower outer corner of some leaves, some light foxing & soiling to outer leaves & margins). First Edition of this English Translation by William Price [1780-1830], dedicated to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Price had served as assistant secretary and interpreter to the embassy of Sir Gore Ouseley to Persia in 1811-12. The present work was printed by Price on his private press at Worcester. Another English translation, by Arthur Browne, was published at Dublin in 1801.
$577 USD Book Number: MTTerFAT3 Order / Enquire
FEHER, Géza.
Türkische Miniaturen Aus Den Chroniken Der Ungarischen Feldzüge.
Weisbaden: Emil Vollmer Verlag, [1978]..
folio. pp. 30, [114]. 59 colour illus. (most full- & several double-page). 9 b/w illus. cloth. dw. First Edition in German.
$61 USD Book Number: MHErkFEH76 Order / Enquire
FEHÉRVÁRI, Géza & Ralph PINDER-WILSON (foreword).
Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, [1976]..
4to. pp. 143, 60 (illus). 60 b/w illus. & many double-sided colour plates. biblio. cloth. dw. (tear to top edge of back cover).
$350 USD Book Number: stela1157 Order / Enquire
FRASER, James [1713-1754].
The History Of Nadir Shah, Formerly called Thamas Kuli Khan, The Present Emperor of Persia. To which is prefix'd A short History of the Moghol Emperors.
London: Printed by W.Strahan, for the Author; And sold by G.Strahan, and J.Brotherton, J.Oswald., 1742.
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., vi, 234, [6]index & errata, 40. folding engraved frontis. & folding engraved map. woodcut ornaments & initials. later half calf, rebacked & recornered, endpapers preserved (map browned, occasional light foxing). First Edition of "the first book in English treating of Nãdir Shãh, 'the scourge of God'. It is important not only as a first-hand contribution to the history of contemporary events [Nãdir Shãh invaded India in 1737-38], but also for the number of original documents which it alone has preserved." (DNB) Fraser collected materials for his account during his first stay in India, 1730-40 (he returned as a factor for the East India Company, 1743-49). He managed to acquire some 200 manuscripts in the Persian, Arabic, and Sanskrit languages, a catalogue of which is appended here, with separate title (pp. 40). His collection of Sanskrit manuscripts was the first of that kind ever brought to Europe, although individual manuscripts had reached England and France even earlier. The entire collection eventually came to reside in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
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GADSBY, John.
My Wanderings. Being Travels In The East In 1846-47, 1850-51, 1852-53.Stereotype Edition.
London: John Gadsby, George Yard, 1855..
12mo. pp. 594, [18]index. folding engraved map with outline hand-colour & numerous wood-engravings in the text. contemporary calf, gilt back (bit rubbed). Gadsby mainly describes Egypt and Palestine, but also comments on Malta, Greece, Smyrna and Constantinople. cfBlackmer 641. Not in Tobler or Ibrahim-Hilmy.
$300 USD Book Number: elala239 Order / Enquire
GHIRSHMAN, Roman.
The Arts of Ancient Iran From its Origins to the Time of Alexander the Great Translated by Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons [The Arts Of Mankind].
New York: Golden Press, [1964]..
4to. pp. xxi, [1 leaf], 439, [1]. 590 illus. (some colour, several maps, several fold-outs). biblio. index. cloth (front hinge cracked). dw. (spine soiled, extremities chipped).
$103 USD Book Number: MIReGHIR62 Order / Enquire
GILLES, P[ierre] [1490-1555].
De Bosporo Thracio Lib. III.
Leyden: [Bonaventure & Abraham] Elzevier, 1632.
24mo. pp. 379, [4]index. engraved title. woodcut headpiece & initials. contemporary vellum over bds. (library rubberstamp on front flyleaf & final blank of third title). Second (First Elzevier) Edition, First Issue. Willems 366. Rahir 347. Blackmer 686. cfCox I pp. 222-23. [BOUND WITH:] GILLES, P[ierre]. De Constantinopoleos Topographia lib. IV. 24mo. pp. 422, [6]index, [2 blank leaves]. engraved title. woodcut ornaments & initials. Leyden: [Bonaventure & Abraham] Elzevier, 1632. Third (Second Elzevier) Edition. Willems 367. Rahir 353. Blackmer 687. cfCox I pp. 222-23. [BOUND WITH:] REGNI Chinensis descriptio Ex Variis Authoribus. 24mo. pp. 4 p.l., 365, [9]index, [blank leaf]. engraved title. 2 full-page woodcuts. woodcut ornaments & initials. Leyden: [Bonaventure & Abraham] Elzevier, 1639. First Edition. Willems 486. Rahir 482. Lust 69. Cordier 23. First published in 1561 and 1562, Gilles' De Bosporo Thracio and its companion volume De Topographia Constantinopoleos "are among the earliest works to describe Constantinople and the Thracian Bosphorus. They provided authentic and reliable sources of information for early travellers.Gilles accompanied d'Aramon's embassy to the Porte in 1547; he was charged with searching for Greek manuscripts and antiquities on behalf of Francis I. During his travels he met André Thevet and they toured Asia Minor together. Gilles' books are not journals of his travels but accounts of the antiquities and archaeology of the places he visited.his works.were edited and published posthumously by his nephew Antoine Gilles.". (Blackmer) The third work, on China, is composed of extracts from Nicolas Trigault's De De Regno Chinae, Marco Polo, and other sources.
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