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Damascus: al- Matba'a al- Haditha, 1925 Book. As New. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A comprehensive work by a well-known scholar and politician from Damasscus about the city including the political, social and the other aspects during the Ottoman synasty in the last period. Six volumes, 4to. in Arabic printed between 1343 and 1347 AH. (1925 and 1927 AD.) in Damascus. (309, 317, 271, 310, 308, 425) p. in later fine bindings..

Utrecht: Henricus Van Otterloo, 1780 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1 lv. Title page with engraved view, 1 lv., XL pp, 384 pp with i engraved initial on the first page and 3 full page fine plates: (1) EEN ARABISH RUITER. (2) DE GROOTE EMIR, DER WOESTYNBEWOONENDE ARABIEREN. (3) DE GEMALIN VAN DEN GROOTEN EMIR. 8 LVS INDEX. REBOUND IN CONTEMPORARY FINE FULL LEATHER BINDING, EXPERTLY RESTORATED..

Paris: Lefebvre, 1886 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 112 PP FRENCH STUDY ON ABOU NADDARA'S MAGAZINE WHICH WAS ISSUED IN THE SAME PRINTING OFFICE, LEFEBVRE, IN PARIS AFTER ABOU NADDARA (JAKOB SANUA) WAS DEPORTED FROM EGYPT BY KHEDIEVE ISMAIL PASHA AND DENY HIS POLITICAL MAGAZINE. RESTORATED ORIGINAL PRINTER WRAPPERS, FRONTISPIECE OF ABOU NADDARA (YACOUB SANUA), COMPLETE INDEX OF THE MAGAZINE BEGINNING FROM 1877 TO 1886 WITH 48 PAGES OF THE MAGAZIN'S TITLE PAGES CARICATURE FIGURES WITH THE ARABIC AND FRENCH TEXTS. MOST OF PAGES WITH MARGINAL WATER STAINING BUT THE TEXT IS VG. IN MODERN FINELY DECORATED FULL LEATHER BINDING IN ORIENTAL MOTIF. ABOU NADDARA IS THE FIRST ARABIC MAGAZINE TO FEATURE CARTOON. MANY CAPTIONS FOR THESE BEING GIVEN IN ARABIC AND FRENCH, AS WELL AS BEING THE FIRST TO USE A FORM OF COLLOQUIAL ARABIC, A LANGUAGE RADICALLY DIFFERENT FROM LITERARY ARABIC. In the extraordinary, rich, and multi-layered culture of Egypt in the nineteenth century, with its… Read More

Istanbul: Imprimerie et Lithographie Centrales, 1873 Book. Illus. by SEBAH,MONTANI EFFENDI,BOGHOS EFFENDI,CHACHIAN AND MAILLARD. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. (VII) GERMAN AND FRENCH TEXT OF TITLE AND INTRODUCTION IN TOW COLUMNS. 3 SUBTITLE PAGES IN FRENCH AND GERMAN: L'ARCHITECTURE OTTOMANE, PREMIERE PARTIE. INCLUDES THREE PARTS: (PART II) PRECIS HISTORIQUE (OTTOMANISCHE BAUKUNST, ERSTER THEIL, HISTORISCHER UEBERBLICK). (PART III) DOCUMENTS HISTORIQUE (TECHNISCHE DOCUMENTE). DEUXIEM PARTIE, INCLUDES EIGHT PARTS: (1) MONOGRAPHIE DE YECHIL-DJAM DE BROUSSE (2) SULEYMANIE A CONSTANTINOPLE (3) SELIMIE D'ANDRINOPLE (4) YENI-DJAMI DE CONSTANTINOPLE A EMIN-EUNU (5) TURBE DE SULTAN SULIMAN LE LEGISLATEUR (6) TURBE DU CHEH-ZADE (7) LA FONTAINE DE SULTAN AHMED III A BAB I HUMAIOUN (8) FONTAINE D'AZAB KAPY. TROISIEME PARTIE, CONTAINS THREE PARTS: (1) FLORE ORNEMENTALE ET METAMORPHOSES (2) NOTICES SUR L'ORNEMENTATION OTTOMANE (3) NOMENCLATURE DES OEUVRES DU CELEBRE… Read More

Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1838 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VOL. (1): HALF TITLE, (DXVII), INTRODUCTION ICLUDES A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE DURZI MANUSCRIPTS (NOTICE DES MANUSCRITS DRUZES), 234 PP. VOL. (2): HALF TITLE, 708 PP, 1 P. ERRATA. IMPORTANT DETAILED STUDY ABOUT A RELIGIOUS MINORITY FROM THE 5th C. AH (11 C. AD) IN SYRIA AND LIBANON, IN FRENCH WITH SOME ARABIC NOTES. 1960's HARD COVER BINDING..

Ottoman text, 256 p. With 14 p. Tertib Ajza, Pharmaceuticals should be used by pilgrims on the Hajj road. Printed in Bulak 1250.

Cairo: F. E. Nouri, 1931 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. [FIRST] VOLUME (REPORT) IN ARABIC: TAQREER AL LAJNAA AL FANIYYA AL MU'ALLAFA LI FAHS HALAT JAMI' MUHAMMAD ALI PASHA AL KABEER BI AL QAL'AA BI MISR.[VI], 105 PP, WITH 14 FIGURES, WHICH 9 OF THEM ARE FOLDINGS. [SECOND] VOLUME IS THE REPORT TRANSLATION IN FRENCH, RAPPORT DE LA COMMISSION POUR EXAMINER L'ETAT DE LA MOSQUEE DE MOHAMED ALY PACHA A LA CITADELLE, LE CAIRE, PRESIDENT: S. MITWALLI BEY. MEMBRES: FARRAG BEY AMIN, PROF. Dr. ANDREAE, Mr. SERGE LELIVASKY, ISMAIL OMAR BEY, A. FAHMY IBRAHIM EFFENDI. 1931-1933. [V], 117 PP. 14 FIGURES, WHICH 9 OF THEM ARE FOLDINGS. [THIRD] VOLUME CONTAINS THE PROJECT DESIGNS (SERIE DE DESSINS) ON 31 FOLDING PLATES DESCRIBED IN ARABIC AND FRENCH. WITH TITLE PAGE IN ARABIC AND FRENCH, 2 LIST PAGES OF NAMES OF THE CONSTRUCTORS IN ARABIC AND FRENCH. 2 LIST PAGES OF THE DESIGNS IN ARABIC AND FRENCH. COVERS WITH LIGHT OCCASIONAL STAINS, OTHERWISE THE 3 VOLUMES ARE AS NEW. SCARCE..