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Cairo: The government press, Bulaq, 1894 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second and expanded edition in 520 p. in Arabic. The government press, Bulak 1894. Modern hard cover binding. In this book, Ahmed Zeki Bey (Pasha), who was the head of the translating department at the President of the council of ministers, has published in Arabic an account of his recent travels in Europe, which is very interesting from both scientific and literary points of views. In an elegant and clear style, the author gives his impressions of his journey when he proceeded to London to represent the Egyptian government at the IXth Congress of orientalists held in that city.The work abounds with ethnographical and literary notes and gives a very correct idea of the state of civilisation in several countries of Europe, of their industrial and commercial progressand of the manners and costoms of their inhabitants. Specially worthy of attention aare the author's remarks… Read More

London: Richard Bentley, 1842 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Ex-libris lable; Robert Hyde Greg (24 September 1795 - 21 February 1875). original hard covers, loose, partial small tears. Text is in very good condition. As published. 8vo. 344, 328, 305 p. English text..

Dedicated and signed by the author to Fairs Nimr (1856 - 1951). Contains 69 photographic pl. Dr. Faris Nimr was a Lebanese-Egyptian Christian intellectual, publisher, and journalist who played an important role in popularizing modern science and Western ideas in the Arab East in the late nineteenth century. He graduated from the Syrian Protestant School in Beirut, where he met his future colleague, Sarruf College. Together they published the scientific periodical al-Mqtataf (Choice selections), and upon moving to Cairo, they published the newspaper al-Mukattam, which had a very wide circulation. For other book by the author see our inventory nos. 000171 and 000172

Cairo: Paul Barbey, 1936 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ESTERN (ARABIC, TURKISH, PERSIAN) AND EUROPEAN SECTIONS, 181 , 267 PP, FRONT COVER STAINED. INSIDE V G. ABOUT BOOKS PRESERVED IN THE EGYPTIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, IBRAHIM HILMI PASHA'S SECTION..

Ottoman text in naskhi script, lacking the fist beginning leave and possibly one other from the end. hand written notes between 1168 H. and 1910. some notes tell that the book was read by some employees in the Ottoman court and in definite cafes of Istanbul like Galata. An Extra ordinary example.

26 x 16.5 cm. 131 p. in Ottoman Turkish. ornamented boards of contemporary leather binding. With 20 contemporarily colored miniatures. Mahammad bin Suleyman (Classical Azerbaijani: محمد سليمان اوغلی Məhəmməd Süleyman oğlu), better known by his pen name Fuzuli (Azerbaijani: فضولی Füzuli; c. 1494 – 1556), was an Azerbaijani, of the Bayat tribes of Oghuz, poet, writer and thinker. Often considered one of the greatest contributors to the divan tradition of Azerbaijani literature, Fuzuli in fact wrote his collected poems (divan) in three different languages: in his native Azerbaijani, Arabic and Persian. He was well-versed in both the Ottoman and Chagatai Turkic literary traditions as well as mathematics and astronomy Wikipedia

Handwritten. As New. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 118 PP, VERY FINE ARABIC TA'LIQ SCRIPT WITH GOLDEN DOTS BENEETH THE PROVERBS. FINE OTTOMAN STYLE HEADING ILLUMINATION IN BRIGHT GOLD AND NATURAL COLORS. ALL PAGES OUTRULED IN GOLD. CHAPTER AND CEGNIFICANT WORDS IN RED. MARGINAL NOTES IN FINE TA'LIQ SCRIPT. COLOPHON WITH SCRIBE NAME: MUHAMMAD B. AHMAD. OWNERSHIP ON THE FIRST PAGE AND SMALL TUGRA. THIS WORK WAS MAINLY WRITTEN FOR THE OTTOMAN SULTAN MURAD KHAN B. SELIM KHAN B. SULEYMAN KHAN. CONTEMPORARY OTTOMAN STYLE BINDING. 12th - 18th C. SCARCELY TO BE EXIST ON THIS SUBJECT. 0.

Vienna: Commission C. A. Hartleben, 1840 Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original picturial hard covers with damaged spine, initial frontispiece (Ober dem Thore von Konia), title page in German with ownership by Mubarak bin Ali (seems to be from the Arabian Peninsula) in Arabic and Latin dated 1896, forrword and dedication to Philipps Augustus, xxxii, 115 p. German translation by Purgstall including partial Arabic and Latin texts, 96 p. Ottoman Turkish (Seljuk) text with 2 p. errata and picturial and floral initials in the beginning of the Turkish text. Partially water stained but generally in good condition. Limited to 300 copies..

Cairo: Bulak, Dar ut Tiba'aa, 1838 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. OTTOMAN TEXT , 512 PP , PRINTED IN BOULAQ 1254 H. ( 1838 AD. ) . VERY EARLY PRINT OF HUMAYOUNNAME ( ROYAL POLICY ) FROM THE ORIENTAL LITERATURE . TALL QUARTO , MINOR VARIOUS MINUTE HOLES IN THE CONTEMPORARY BINDING , INSIDE IS CRISP AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION ..

Cairo: al- Muktataf press, 1892 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 823 p. Early printed travel book to Europe in Arabic, al Muqtataf press 1892, written as a dedication to the Khedive Abbas Hilmi Pasha II, the Vice-roy of Egypt. Muhammad amin Pasha was accompanied by his father Abdullah Fikri Pasha (ex-minister of education and tutor of the Khedive's sons) who was headed the Egyptian delegation to Stockholm. The delegation also took in London, several parts in Europe and the exposition univeselle in Paris. The elder fikri died after returning, with only a dozen pages of his final report written. His son finished the report in tome running to 806 pages (pages 807 to 823 are for index). Landberg had personally persuaded Khedive Tevfik to send the Egyptian delegation and, as host, went out of his way to make them feel like colleague, not exotic exhibits. Abdullah Fikri declamed an ode in Arabic during his audience with the king of Sweden, and Landberg responded in Arabic… Read More

Istanbul: the Imperial press, Uskudar, 1801 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. TRI-LINGUAL DICTIONARY (TURKISH-ARABIC-PERISAN) EARLY PRINTED BY ABD UL RAHMAN AL MUDARRIS IN THE IMPERIAL PRESS ESTABLISHED ACCORDING THE IMPERIAL ORDER IN USKUDAR AFTER IBRAHIM MUTEFERRIKA PRESS. IN CONTEMPORARY FRENCH BINDING OF YELLOWISH-BROWN MOROCCO GILT IN TURKISH STYLE WITH FOLDING FLAP. 2 PAGES OF THE IMPERIAL PRINTING ORDER AND IEASON BY THE HEAD MANAGER OF THE USKUDAR PRINTING HOUSE, Abd ul Rahman al Mudarris, 7 PAGES OF INDEX, 851 PP. UPPER LIFT CORNERS OF THE PRINTING ORDER, INDEX, AND FIRST 6 PAGES OF THE BOOK WITH FINE OLD RESTORATION AFFECTED THE FIRST LETTERS OF THE FIRST 13 LINES IN SOME OF THESE PAGES.ALL PAGES ARE PARTLY WITH LIGHT WATER STAIN. UPPER HALF OF THE COLOPHON PAGE IS STICKED ON THE BACK COVER. OTHER WISE, THE TEXT IS COMPLETE AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. BINDING PARTLY AFFECTED, PARTIAL SMALL MISSINGS IN THE SPINE AND FLAP. COVERS SLIGHTLY RUBBED. SAME TITLE IN… Read More

2ff, 109 p. Arabic text. The second press of Bulak by the tobjiyyah (artillery) printed house in Turah, Cairo. 1251 AH., 1835 AD. Ownership Mustafa Kamel al Ghamrawi 1317 AH. Edited by Abdurrahman al Safty, the editor of Alf layla wa layla printed in Bulak.

Beyrout, Lebanon: Dar al- Shurouq, 1973 Book. Illus. by Suzanna Fritz (?). Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Private first edition in Dar al Shurouq 1973 on fine paper, edited from the First work of Abd al Wahhab Azzam and Taha Hussein in Cairo, Dar al Ma'aarif 1941. Illustrated and preserved in original pictorial box..

Cairo: Bulak, 1868 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rare, the first edition to be printed in Cairo, Bulak press completed in 1285 AH- 1868 Ad. Edited by Nasr al Horini and others. In contemporary fine bindings. Long 8vo, (189, 197, 192, 190, 195, 213, 190, 197, 185, 174, 173, 179, 170, 179, 168, 170, 168, 218, 169, 188 p.) plus one page index for each part..

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

Vol. 1, contains Arabic and Turkish with other languages. 662 , 364 p. Covers and spine loose. Vol. 2, printed in 1870 , 168, 92, 93, 125, 105, 69, 94 p. The second work of the diplomat author in our inventory.

Cairo, 1910 Handwritten. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo, 112 p. Arabic manuscript in fine riq'a script of the prohibited and expropriated diwan copied in 1910 (as mentioned in the colophon which is typical of the one in the printed copy) or few years later on Khedivial water marked paper. A press draft or a typical copy of the first edition which published and expropriated in 1910. Tow ownerships, in later script, of which one is dated 20-8-1920. Title page, preface and dedication to the founder of the national party in Egypt, Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874-1908) and the second leader, Muhammad Farid Bey (1868-1919). Presrntation by Muhammad Farid Bey about the national movement and occupation. Presentation by Sheikh AbdulAziz Jawish (1876-1929) who was prisoned for three months because of this presentation. The political and stimulative poetry of Sheikh Ali al- Ghayati against the British occupation and policy in Egypt and India betwwen 1908 and 1910 including… Read More

Paris: Firmin Didot, 1858 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 3 VOLUMES: 422, 408, 434 PP ARABIC TEXT IN FINE SCRIPT.EACH VOLUME WITH ONE TITLE PAGE IN FRENCH: NOTICE ET EXTRAITS DES MANUSCRITS DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE IMPERIALE ET AUTRES BIBLIOTHEQUES, PUBLIES PAR L'INSITUT IMPERIAL DE FRANCE.... PARIS, FIRMIN DIDOT FRERES 1858. COMPLETELY IN ARABIC. IN LATER FINE HARD COVER CLOTH BINDINGS WITH LEATHER SPINES. SEVERAL PAGES WITH LIGHT FOXING, BUT THE PAGES STILL CRISP AND THE BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION..

viii, list of illus. 394 p. signed by the author when she was in Istanbul to the Sultan Abdulhamid II in 1901 . with Arabic private library number (98) on the spine . In original hard covers binding.Anna Dodd was an American author from New York. She wrote short stories, essays and a series of articles on church music. After Dodd wrote a paper on the Concord School of Philosophy for Appleton's Magazine, English journals copied it, a French translation was reprinted in Émile Littré's Revue Philosophique, and the author found her services in growing demand. She was engaged by Harper's Magazine in 1881 to furnish an exhaustive article on the political leaders of France, which she prepared for by going to France, in order to study the subject more closely. The paper's editor, Henry Mills Alden, pronounced it as 'the most brilliant article of the kind we have had in ten years'. Before returning to the U.S., she visited Rome and prepared a description of the carnival for Harper's.

Dodd's first book was… Read More

Approx. 200 P. Arabic Diwan of Hasan b. Yusuf Makzoun b. Kheder al Azdi al Sinjari. One of the most accepted leaders by the Syrian Alawites (Nusayri), He was the Emir of Sinjar the became a sufi . An Arabic manuscript written Tarsus 1313 AH. by Mu'alla Muhammad Abboud Kismet for the Sheikh Muhammad b. Ali al Homsi