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Publication Date: 1979
Seller: 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop, Stevenson, MD, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
No Binding. Condition: Fine. 13 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. Acrylic on canvas, with small fabric American flag mounted at right. Signed and dated by the artist, Muhammad Ali Feb 1-19-79. Framed. Muhammad Ali was the embodiment of the revolution in American race relations in the second half of the 20th century. This painting captures the realization of his dreams. Here Ali celebrates America in a vibrant red, white, and blue painting incorporating an American flag. Ali s enormous and complicated impact on American culture is manifest in this painting reflecting his love of country and his fight for justice and equal rights. The complex story of Muhammad Ali and America was one of confrontation, controversy and redemption. The young boxer Cassius Clay represented the United States in the 1960 Rome Olympics where he won a gold medal. On his return he declared, To make America the greatest is my goal / So I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole / And for the USA won the medal of gold After defeating Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title, he announced that he had joined the Nation of Islam and adopted the name Muhammad Ali. Ali s outspoken support of Black activism and his refusal as a conscientious objector to serve in the military in the Vietnam War made him a widely reviled figure. When Ali was convicted in 1967 for his failure to serve, he was sentenced to five years in prison. Boxing commissions denied Ali the right to box, costing him the prime of his career. He spent those years speaking out for racial justice on college campuses and in the press. Finally in 1970 the decision was overturned by the Supreme Court. In this evocative work of Outsider Art, Ali addresses the country that first sentenced him to prison and later came to embrace him and his messages of activism, justice, and peace. The American flag has attracted artists for more than two hundred years, from Emanuel Leutze s Washington Crossing the Delaware to Jasper Johns s Flag paintings to Faith Ringgold s The Flag is Bleeding. Ali s painting has characteristics of outsider art, but the boxer s long interest in painting had its origins in his father s career as a professional sign painter and amateur artist. In the early 1960s Ali became a close friend of the artist LeRoy Neiman, finding their energy and style mutually resonant. Their collaboration, which helped ignite Ali s interest in art-making, was included in 2017 show about the two at the New York Historical Society. This is the Muhammad Ali who inspires us today the man who believes real success comes when we rise after we fall; who has shown us that through undying faith and steadfast love, each of us can make this world a better place. He is and always will be the champ. Barack Obama I am America. I am the part you won t recognize. But get used to me black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own. Get used to me. Muhammad Ali Ali s principled stands and his calls for social justice inspired a generation, helped to transform America, and brought him worldwide love and respect. This painting by Muhammad Ali is a wonderful relic of a dominant figure of American cultural history and a defining movement in twentieth century America. Provenance: Rodney Hilton Brown, publisher of Muhammad Ali s limited edition silkscreen prints, 1978. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Safavid Persia, [1582-1584 CE =] 990-991 H., 1584
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
4to (180 × 240 mm). Arabic manuscript on cream paper. Two books, each with 10 chapters or maqalas, bound in one volume. (614) leaves, lacking one leaf from Book 2 (maqala 8, bab 23) and another leaf from Book 2 (maqala 10, bab 23) replaced in 19th century manuscript facsimile. 21 lines, per extensum, written in black naskh, chapter headings and important sections in red, catchwords throughout, each of the 20 chapters with an index of the bab within and each with a separate colophon. Later brown lacquered leather over pasteboards, faintly pressed central medallions to covers, rebacked. One of the few existing complete copies of this medical milestone. Exceptionally rare: a fundamental medical work from the Golden Age of Islamic scholarship, preceding and influencing Avicenna's Qanun. Monumentally influential not only in Islamic medicine, this work even had profound impact in the West. It was first translated into Latin by Constantinus Africanus in the 11th century for use as a primary text at Salerno's medical school, and then again in 1127 by Stephen of Antioch. By the 14th century knowledge of the work was so widespread that Al-Majusi is mentioned as one of antiquity's great medical scholars in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. - The text is divided into two distinct books, each of which comprise ten "maqalas" (sections), subdivided into "babs" (chapters). The first section deals with the theory of medicine, including anatomical structures and they body's physiology; the second examines the practical treatment of medicine, the application of medical treatments and surgery. Indeed, this is the earliest known Arabic medical work to provide detailed instructions on surgical procedure. - Ali ibn al-Abbas al-Majusi was a 10th century Persian physician and psychologist, known in the Latin tradition as "Hali Abbas". Born in Ahvaz in southwest Persia, he was perhaps the most celebrated physician in the Eastern Caliphate of the Buwayhid dynasty, becoming physician royal to Emir 'Abdul al-Daula Fana Khusraw (reigned 949-983). The present treatise was compiled under the patronage of Emir Khusraw and is therefore also known as "Al-Malikiyya" ("The Royal Book"). Emir Khusraw founded a hospital in Shiraz and the al-Adudi Hospital in Baghdad to show his support for medical science, and Al-Majusi probably worked at the latter around 981 CE, where he must have composed this, his chief work. He is thought to have died in either 990 or 1010 CE. - The manuscript was produced for a wealthy and important patron in 16th century Persia, written on fine paper by a single scribe who names himself as Salam'ullah bin Habib'ullah bin Muhammad in colophons at the end of the various sections. Many of these colophons also record the date of their completion, showing that the entire codex took two years to produce. - Complete manuscript copies of this text are exceptionally rare: its vast encyclopedic nature made it an expensive commodity in the Middle Ages, and its sheer size usually necessitated it to span several volumes. The present example appears to have been bound as two separate books at the time of copying before being joined together in a single large volume in the 19th century. - Edges a little scuffed; some very minor marginal staining to a few sections, occasional light mottling. A few outer edges repaired (only affecting the text of two leaves). Overall a very clean and attractive specimen. Provenance: sold at Sotheby s, Arts of the Islamic World sale, 23 October 2019, lot 119 (described without mention of the facsimile leaves).
Published by Eusebius Episcopius & heirs of Nicolaus Episcopius, Basel 1572, 1572
Seller: EQTNA, Leicester, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition of Alhazen's fundamental work on optics and vision the most important work of its kind in Arabic literature (Poggendorf), which influenced Galileo and Kepler and paved the way for the modern science of physical optics. A superior example of this significant work, rare and desirable in contemporary vellum. Al-Hasan Ibn al-Haytham (965 c. 1040), known as Alhazen in the Latin tradition, has been hailed as the greatest Muslim physicist and one of the greatest students of optics of all times , building on Ptolemy and Euclid, Arab astronomer and physicist Ibn al-Haytham made significant contributions to the principles of optics and visual perception, his most influential work being his Kitab al-Manazir (Book of Optics), written during 1011-1021, which only survived in the present Latin edition. Translated from Arabic into Latin by Gerard of Cremona. Ibn al-Haytham was the first to explain that vision occurs when light reflects from an object and then passes to one's eyes and the first to deduce that vision occurs in the brain, rather than in the eyes. Friedrich Risner, a protege of Pierre Ramus, prepared the first edition of Alhazen's work from two Latin manuscripts discovered by Ramus. This edition also includes Al-Jayyani's treatise on twilight which is frequently found in manuscripts with Alhazen's Optics. Witelo's Perspectiva was previously published twice before its inclusion in this work (Nuremberg 1535, 1551). This combined edition served as the standard reference work on optics well into the 17th century, influencing scientists such as Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, and Descartes (Norman). Bound in contemporary limp vellum with the title handwritten on the spine. Slight marginal dampstaining throughout. Provenance: From the Thomas Vroom Collection.
Published by Basel, Eusebius Episcopius & haeredes Nicolai Episcopii, (August) 1572., 1572
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
First Edition
Folio (235 x 338 mm). 2 parts in 1 vol. (6) pp., 1 blank leaf, 288 pp. (8), 474, (2) pp. With 2 different woodcut printer's devices on title-page and colophon, half-page woodcut on reverse of title-page (repeated on half-title of pt. 2), and numerous diagrams in the text. Contemporary full limp vellum binding with later ink spine label (wants ties). First edition of "the most important work of its kind in Arabic literature" (cf. Poggendorf), this copy inscribed by the German humanist Wilhelm Xylander (1532-76), sometime rector of Heidelberg University. - Ibn al-Haytham (965-c. 1040), known as Alhazen in the Western tradition, has been hailed as "the greatest Muslim physicist and one of the greatest students of optics of all times [.] The Latin translation [.] exerted a great influence upon Western science. It showed a great progress in experimental method. [Alhazen's book contains] research in catoptrics, [a] study of atmospheric refraction, [a] better description of the eye, and better understanding of vision [as well as an] attempt to explain binocular vision [and the] earliest use of the camera obscura" (Sarton). "This combined edition served as the standard reference work on optics well into the 17th century, influencing scientists such as Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, and Descartes" (Norman). - "The Arab physicist Alhazen preserved for us all that was known by the ancients in the field of optics and added some contributions of his own. His book remained a standard authority thru the 1600s. He understood that light emanated spherically from a point and greatly improved on Ptolemy's uncertain rule for refraction which, he showed, held true only for small angles. He covered many cases of reflection and refraction and his explanation of the structure and function of the eye was followed for 600 years" (Dibner). - The 'Liber de crepusculis', the work on dawn and twilight included in Risner's 'Opticae thesaurus' and attributed to Alhazen, is actually the work of his contemporary Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad ibn Mu'adh al-Jayyani (cf. Norman; DSB, p. 208). The optical study by the Polish scholar Witelo, likewise here included, is "a massive work that relies extensively on Alhazen [and] offers an analysis of reflection that was not surpassed until the 17th century" (Norman). - Binding stained; edges worn. Interior browned with some waterstaining throughout the margins; occasional edge defects. Inscribed on the title-page by Wilhelm Xylander, professor of Greek and Logic at Heidelberg and editor of numerous translations from Greek (cf. ADB XLIV, 582-593): "Xylandri dono Antonius Roverius Nemausensis possidet" (followed by a Greek dedication and Xylander's signature). The recipient Antonius Roverius (Antoine Rouvier) from Nîmes had matriculated at Heidelberg on 1 July 1572. - Later in the library of the famed microscope builder and collector Alfred Nachet (1831-1908) and his son Albert. - An appealing copy of a principal work of Arabic science as received in the West with important provenance. - VD 16, H 693 (H 692, V 1761). Adams A 745. BM-STC 383. Dibner 138. Norman 1027. Honeyman I, 73. DSB VI, 205 & XIV, 461. GAL I, 470. Poggendorf I, 31. Duncan 113. Sarton I, 721. Carmody p. 140. Thorndike/Kibre 803, 1208. Vagnetti D62. BNHCat A 241. IA 103.705. Brunet I, 180. Arabick Roots Doha AR79. Collection Nachet (1929), 50 (this copy).
Published by No place, [ca. 1585/1591 CE =] 999 or 994 H., 1591
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Large 8vo (146 x 238 mm). Arabic manuscript on polished oriental paper. 865 pp. (paginated in a later hand), 25 lines, per extensum. Black ink with red underlinings and emphases. With numerous diagrams in the text. Contemporary blindstamped full calf, restored and spine rebacked. A rare, complete, and well-preserved late 16th century Arabic manuscript of Al-Birjandi's "Sharh al-Tadhkirah", a commentary (originally in Persian) on the "Tadhkira", the astronomical memoir of the Persian polymath at-Tusi (1201-74). As consistent with the Islamic tradition of commentary, Al-Birjandi provides explanations for the reader and provides alternative views while assessing the viewpoints of predecessors. - Abd Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Husayn Birjandi (d. 1528) was a prominent Persian astronomer, mathematician and physicist from Birjand. A pupil of Mansur ibn Muin al-Din al-Kashi, of the Ulugh Beg Observatory, he anticipated notions later developed by Galileo Galilei in the West. - Copied by the scribe Abd al-Wahhab bin Mawlana Baha al-Din. Somewhat browned throughout; some waterstaining to lower half, more pronounced near the end of the volume. The text illustrations show sections, celestial spheres and other astronomical and mathematical diagrams. Old waqf stamp to first leaf. Restored binding uses original cover material. - GAL I S, 931, 40 g.
Published by No place, [1655 CE =] 1065 H., 1655
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Large 8vo (148 x 242 mm). Arabic manuscript on polished, cream-coloured wove paper. 506 ff. 19 lines of black naskh with red underlinings and numerous diagrams in red and black ink. Several black and red ink marginal glosses. Contemporary full red morocco with fore-edge flap, ruled in blind. A rare, complete, and well-preserved late mid-17th century manuscript of Al-Birjandi's "Sharh al-Tadhkirah", a commentary on the "Tadhkira", the memoir of the Persian polymath at-Tusi (1201-74). As consistent with the Islamic tradition of commentary, Al-Birjandi provides explanations for the reader and provides alternative views while assessing the viewpoints of predecessors. - Abd Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Husayn Birjandi (d. 1528) was a prominent Persian astronomer, mathematician and physicist from Birjand. A pupil of Mansur ibn Muin al-Din al-Kashi, of the Ulugh Beg Observatory, he anticipated notions later developed by Galileo Galilei in the West. - Binding rubbed and bumped at extremeties. Some brownstains throughout; first and last leaves remargined. Several old waqf stamps. - GAL S I, 931, 40 g.
Published by Siglo XXI de España Editores, S.A., 2018
ISBN 10: 8432319155ISBN 13: 9788432319150
Seller: Juanpebooks, MIAMI, FL, U.S.A.
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Published by Salamandra, 2018
ISBN 10: 8498388341ISBN 13: 9788498388343
Seller: Juanpebooks, MIAMI, FL, U.S.A.
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Published by Salamandra, 2018
ISBN 10: 8498388341ISBN 13: 9788498388343
Seller: Juanpebooks, MIAMI, FL, U.S.A.
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Published by Safavid Persia, 16th century CE.
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
4to (188 x 247 mm). Arabic manuscript on polished oriental paper, set within margins of sturdier stock. 148 ff. 11 lines to the page, the first, middle and last written in gold with some blue muhaqqaq script, the intercalated two blocks of eight lines each in black naskh script, all set within blue, red, green, and gilt borders. Contemporary full leather, lacking fore-edge flap, both covers prettily stamped in relief showing red floral and bud designs on gilt background on the outsides with gilt borders and richly ornamental lether insets in gilt and colours on the insides. A beautiful copy of "Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya", a popular and celebrated prayerbook containing 54 supplications and whispered du'as, including seven prayers to be recited according to the days of the week. Composed by Ali ibn Husayn (659-713 CE), known as Zayn al-Abidin (The Adornment of Worshippers) and Imam al-Sajjad (The Prostrating Imam), the great-grandson of the Prophet and the grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph of Islam. - Margins browned, some waterstaining; inset written area nearly spotless. Binding professionally restored, still a very prettily bound example with the elaborately decorated inside covers finely preserved.
Published by Chicago, IL, 1977
Seller: Legends In History, Meadow Vista, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Signed "Muhammad Ali" in black ink. Typed letter dated October 6, 1777 on Herbert Muhammad Enterprises letterhead. Letter has a closed quarter inch tear at mailing fold, otherwise in FINE condition. This autographed letter has been authenticated by JAMES SPENCE Authentication. This is a historic letter as it discusses business arrangements and contractual agreements between Muhammad Ali his agent/representative and potential promoters. This letter is significant as it is personally signed by both Muhammad Ali and his longtime manager Herbert Muhammad. It is also significant that this letter is address to Larry Messier who is the uncle of NHL Hall of Famer Mark Messier. Larry Messier was a longtime friend of Ali who helped promote the famous June 12, 1983 exhibition match between Ali and NHL Edmonton Oiler Dave Semenko. Muhammad Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (January 17, 1942 ? June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century, and is frequently ranked as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. In 1999, he was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC. Jabir Herbert Muhammad (April 16, 1929 ? August 25, 2008) was an American businessman and co-founder of Top Rank, Inc. He was the longtime manager of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali. Larry Messier was a promoter and manager from Canada and uncle to NHL Hall of Fame player Mark Messier. The photographs shown in the listing are for display purposes only and not included as part of the sale. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Malpaso, 2017
ISBN 10: 8415996934ISBN 13: 9788415996934
Seller: Juanpebooks, MIAMI, FL, U.S.A.
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Published by Venice, Petrus Liechtenstein, 1521., 1521
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
4to. 64 ff. With several diagrams and woodcut initials in the text and the printer's full-page woodcut device on the final page, printed in red and black. Modern limp vellum with ties. "Early edition of Alchabitius' 'Introduction to the Mystery of Judgments from the Stars', with the 'modern' version by Antonius de Fantis. Sessa issued the same work at the same time, but Liechtenstein's edition is superior and especially esteemed for the fine woodcut in black and red (printer's mark) at the end" (Weil). Translated by Joannes Hispalensis (in 1144), with the commentary of Joannes de Saxonia. "Although al-Qabisi's education was primarily in geometry and astronomy, his principal surviving treatise, 'Al-madkhal ila sina'at ahkam al-nujum' ('Introduction into the Art of Astrology') in five sections [.], is on astrology. The book, as the title indicates, is an introductory exposition of some of the fundamental principles of genethlialogy; its present usefulness lies primarily in its quotations from the Sassanian Andarzghar literature and from al-Kindi, the Indians, Ptolemy, Dorotheus of Sidon, Masha'allah, Hermes Trismegistus, and Valens. Although completely lacking in originality, it was highly valued as a textbook [. The] Latin version was commented on by Joannes de Saxonia at Paris in 1331" (DSB). - Title slightly smudged; occasional light waterstaining. From the library of Curt Wallin with his armorial bookplate on the pastedown. Rare; a single copy in auction records since 1975. - Edit 16, CNCE 834. Adams A 24. BM-STC 1. BM I, 307. IA 102.864. Essling 301. Sander 223. Houzeau/Lancaster I, 3848. DSB XI, 226. Weil, Cat. VI, 29. OCLC 46413115. Cf. M. H. Fikri, Treasures from The Arab Scientific Legacy in Europe (Qatar 2009), nos. 9f.
Published by Venice, Petrus Liechtenstein, 1521., 1521
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
4to. 64 ff. With several diagrams and woodcut initials in the text and the printer's full-page woodcut device on the final page, printed in red and black. Near-contemporary limp vellum with 19th century spine label. "Early edition of Alchabitius' 'Introduction to the Mystery of Judgments from the Stars', with the 'modern' version by Antonius de Fantis. Sessa issued the same work at the same time, but Liechtenstein's edition is superior and especially esteemed for the fine woodcut in black and red (printer's mark) at the end" (Weil). Translated by Joannes Hispalensis (in 1144), with the commentary of Joannes de Saxonia. "Although al-Qabisi's education was primarily in geometry and astronomy, his principal surviving treatise, 'Al-madkhal ila sina'at ahkam al-nujum' ('Introduction into the Art of Astrology') in five sections [.], is on astrology. The book, as the title indicates, is an introductory exposition of some of the fundamental principles of genethlialogy; its present usefulness lies primarily in its quotations from the Sassanian Andarzghar literature and from al-Kindi, the Indians, Ptolemy, Dorotheus of Sidon, Masha'allah, Hermes Trismegistus, and Valens. Although completely lacking in originality, it was highly valued as a textbook [. The] Latin version was commented on by Joannes de Saxonia at Paris in 1331" (DSB). - Some traces of worming throughout, mainly confined to margins and expertly repaired. 17th century ownership "Francois Claret" to title page. Rare; a single copy in auction records since 1975. - Edit 16, CNCE 834. Adams A 24. BM-STC 1. BM I, 307. IA 102.864. Essling 301. Sander 223. Houzeau/Lancaster I, 3848. DSB XI, 226. Weil, Cat. VI, 29. OCLC 46413115. Cf. M. H. Fikri, Treasures from The Arab Scientific Legacy in Europe (Qatar 2009), nos. 9f.
Published by London, T. Bensley, 1791., 1791
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
First Edition
Small folio (220 x 273 mm). 4 vols. (2), LXXXIX, (1), XII, 561, (3) pp. VIII, 727, (3) pp. VIII, 609, (3) pp. VIII, 574, (54) pp. Errata leaf in rear of each volume. Expertly bound to style in half calf over period marbled paper covered boards, flat spine divided into six compartments with gilt roll tools, black morocco lettering piece in the second, the others with a repeat arabesque decoration in gilt. First English edition of "al-Hidayah", the authoritative guide to Islamic jurisprudence, printed in a small number of copies only (cf. Brunet). The understanding of Islamic law was critical to the colonial administration of India, and in particular of Bengal with its large Muslim population, and this work was intended to enable English officials to understand local proceedings. - Commonly referred to as al-Hidayah or The Guidance, this work originated as a 12th-century Hanafi work by Sheikh al-Islam Burhan al-Din al-Farghani al-Marghinani (1135-97) and is considered an authoritative guide to Islamic law among Muslims throughout the world. The Hidayah presents a legal tradition developed over many centuries and represents the corpus of Hanafi law in its approved and preferred form. The primary reason for its popularity is the reliability of its statements and the soundness of its legal reasoning. It is arguably the most popular and important work in fiqh literature. - Hamilton's English translation is based on a Persian translation by Ghulam Ya Khan from the original Arabic. Intended for a British audience, chapters relating to rituals were omitted, while his coverage of contracts, torts, and criminal law is more complete. Hamilton explains in his preface: "The permanence of any foreign dominion (and indeed, the justification of holding such a dominion) requires that a strict attention be paid to ease and advantage, not only of the governors, but of the governed; and to this great end nothing can so effectually contribute as preserving to the latter their ancient established practices, civil and religious and protecting them in the exercise in their own institutes [.] they must be infinitely more acceptable than anything we could offer; since they are supported by the accumulated prejudice of ages, and, in the opinion of their followers, derive their origin from the Divinity himself" (Preliminary Discourse). A second edition of Hamilton's translation was published in 1870, though the first edition is rare. - Light browning throughout with occasional brownstains, but generally a very finely preserved copy in an appealing modern binding. - Brunet III, 75. OCLC 10111750.
Published by Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1834., 1834
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
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Large 4to (216 x 270 mm). (4), 630, (2) pp. With 37 lithographed plates (4 folding), together comprising over 130 figures. Leather-backed marbled boards, titled and ruled in gilt on spine, marbled endpapers. The first publication in any language of the most complete work on Islamic astronomical instruments to have survived from the medieval period. Translated into French by the astronomer and self-styled orientalist Jean Jacques Sédillot (1777-1832), the work was published posthumously by his son, Louis-Pierre-Eugène Amélie Sédillot, who has inscribed this copy: "A Monsieur Dureau de La Malle, Membre de l'Institut", signed, "L. Am. Sédillot". The recipient, Adolphe Dureau de la Malle (1777-1857), was a contemporary of Sédillot's father, and himself an established historian and geographer who published on the topography and agriculture of ancient Rome. Both men were precursors to what would become the modern study of the history of science: a field with medieval Arabic texts at its heart. - The original author of this particular Arabic text, Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Marrakushi, was a widely respected late 13th century Moroccan academic who advanced astronomy and mathematics, especially trigonometry. He wrote on each of these topics in the work translated here, under its original title "Jami' al-mabadi' wa'l-ghayat fi 'ilm al-miqat" ("Collection of the Principles and Objectives in the Science of Timekeeping"). It is the most famous section of this work - that on the use and creation of astronomical instruments - which is preserved in Sédillot's translation. The numerous lithographed plates included at the end of the text, following in centuries of manuscript tradition, are a particularly important inclusion. - Light exterior wear, spine rebacked. In very good condition. - The inscribed copy of Adolphe Dureau de la Malle (1777-1857). With the bookplate of the Maisonneuve publishing house at La Tour de Babel bookshop (after 1849, when Maisonneuve relocated to the premises). Later in the collection of the Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften at the University of Munich, with library and later de-accession stamp.
Published by Impressum per Joannem & Gregorium de Gregoriis, Venice, 1502
Seller: EQTNA, Leicester, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Third Edition with several woodcut illustrations. Early Edition of Alchabitius Al-madkhal ila Sina at Ahkam al-Nujum (Introduction to the Art of Judgments of the Stars). Translated into Latin from the Arabic by Joannes Hispalensis (in 1144) with a commentary by Johannes de Saxonia, edited by Bartholomaeus Alten. This edition with John Saxony s commentary was first published in 1485 and then 1491. Abu al-Saqr Abd al-Aziz Ibn Uthman Ibn Ali al-Qabisi al-Mawsili, generally known as Al-Qabisi, (Latinised as Alchabitius or Alcabitius) died in 967, was an Arab astrologer and mathematician. Although al-Qabisi s education was primarily in geometry and astronomy, his principal surviving treatise, Al-madkhal ila sina at ahkam al-nujum ( Introduction into the Art of Astrology ) in five sections, is on astrology. The book, as the title indicates, is an introductory exposition of some of the fundamental principles of genethlialogy; its present usefulness lies primarily in its quotations from the Sassanian Andarzghar literature and from al-Kindi, the Indians, Ptolemy, Dorotheus of Sidon, Masha allah, Hermes Trismegistus, and Valens. Although completely lacking in originality, it was highly valued as a textbook. (DSB). A scarce work, not seen at auction in over twenty years and scarcely appearing before that. A clean copy with minor stains, bound in full vellum.
Published by Casbah Editions, 2005
ISBN 10: 9961643968ISBN 13: 9789961643969
Seller: Librairie La Canopee. Inc., Saint-Armand, QC, Canada
Book
Condition: AS NEW. État de NEUF / AS NEW condition 9961643968 9789961643969 2 1064F.
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Art / Print / Poster First Edition Signed
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Circa 15by10, both fighters in stance with gloves, SIGNED BY BOTH IN INK. Can only be seen at our loft/studio, Spring St above Valentino's, by appointment, because of a spate of armed robberies on the block, we will need references, no other Photos, a landmark event in Black Culture at late mid century. If you have a quarter of a million dollars to spend we can help you start a collection of Black, Art, Lit. Culture & History.elp. Signed by Author(s).
Publication Date: 1983
Seller: Legends In History, Meadow Vista, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Signed "Muhammad Ali" in black ink. Typed letter dated April 18, 1983 on MUHAMMAD ALI letterhead. Letter measures 7.25" X 10.50" and is in FINE condition. This autographed letter has been authenticated by JAMES SPENCE Authentication. This is a personal reference letter for Lawrence (Larry) Messier. Larry Messier was a business and friend of Muhammad Ali for many years. It is also significant that this letter makes reference to Larry Messier who is the uncle of NHL Hall of Fame hockey player Mark Messier. Larry Messier was instrumental in helping to promote the famous June 12, 1983 exhibition match between Ali and NHL Edmonton Oiler Dave Semenko. Muhammad Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (January 17, 1942 ? June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century, and is frequently ranked as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.[5][6][7] In 1999, he was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC. Larry Messier was a promoter and manager from Canada and uncle to NHL Hall of Fame player Mark Messier. The photographs shown in the listing are for display purposes only and not included as part of the sale. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Northern India or Central Asia, 16th-17th century CE.
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Tall 8vo (158 x 282 mm). 513 ff. Arabic manuscript on paper. Black script with important words and phrases picked out in red. Circa 17th century covers repaired and rebacked, with modern leather spine. Popular and influential medieval Arabic handbook for medical students by the great Damascus anatomist Ibn al-Nafis (1210-88). Long considered a commentary on Avicenna, it is now viewed by scholarship as an original work which also discusses Avicenna's ideas, and thus as "an independent book meant to be a handbook for medical students and practitioners, not as an epitome of Kitab Al-Qanun of Ibn Sina as thought by recent historians" (Abdel-Halim, 2008). One of the author's most widely received works, it provides a useful sum of medical knowledge to aspiring physicians of the medieval and early modern periods alike. It was still being copied centuries on from the death of Ibn al-Nafis, who is famous for first describing the pulmonary blood circulation, thereby anticipating by many centuries the efforts of William Harvey. - With light worming and paper repairs, minor soiling. - GAL I, 493, 37, 2 & I, 457 (s. v. Ibn Sina). Rabie E. Abdel-Halim, "Contributions of Ibn Al-Nafis (1210-1288 AD) to the Progress of Medicine and Urology. A Study and Translations From his Medical Works", in: Saudi Medical Journal 29.1 (2008), pp. 13-22.
Published by Lyon, Jacques Myt, 1523., 1523
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
First Edition
8vo (150 x 205 mm). (8), 5-319 ff. Printed in two-column blackletter, title-page in red and black. With woodcut capitals and elaborate woodcut title-page. Modern full calf with inset original or roughly contemporary calf on each cover, titled in gilt on spine. Marbled flyleaves; endpapers retouched and mottled. First edition under this title of this immensely influential work by 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi (d. ca. 990), physician of the Muslim Golden Age, known in Europe by his Latinized name, Haly Abbas. Titled "Kamil al-sina'a al-tibbiya" or "Kitab al-Maliki" in Arabic, Al-Majusi's treatise was first published (in Latin translation) in Venice in 1492 under the title "Liber regalis". The book's twenty chapters on the theory and practice of medicine (ten dedicated to each) describe "how [al-Majusi] has studied and used indigenous medicinal plants, as well as animal and mineral products, as therapeutics", and even provides its 16th century reader with what has been called an "interesting, surprisingly accurate, and almost modern description" (DSB) of pleurisy, an inflammation of the lining between the lungs and the chest wall. - Alongside Abu Bakr al-Razi (Rhazes), Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (Isaac Judaeus), and Ibn Sina (Avicenna), al-Majusi is a representative of the first phase of Arabic medicine which flourished during the Muslim Golden Age and which had an incalculable impact on European and modern Western medicine. In Europe, the textbook was first partially translated into Latin around 1087 by Constantinus Africanus (d. before 1099). A more complete and accurate translation was made by Stephen of Pisa and Antioch in 1127 during the 12th Century Renaissance, which was widely distributed and remained in use long enough to even serve as the basis for the first printed editions of 1492 and 1523, nearly four hundred years later. - Flyleaves soiled, a spot of soiling and rubbing to margin of title-page; otherwise remarkably bright and clean. Well preserved. - Adams A 746. BM-STC French 11. Durling 168. Wellcome 3048. DSB IX, 41.
Published by [Central Asia, probably ca. 1550 CE / mid-16th century CE or later]., 1550
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Tall 8vo (104 x 220 mm). Arabic manuscript on polished paper. (1), 185, (1) ff. Naskh script in black and occasional red ink, with catchwords and extensive marginal notes in a contemporary hand. 19th century leather, ruled and decoratively stamped in blind. Popular and influential medieval Arabic handbook for medical students by the great Damascus anatomist Ibn al-Nafis (1210-88). Long considered a commentary on Avicenna, this is now viewed by scholarship as an original work which also discusses Avicenna's ideas, and thus as "an independent book meant to be a handbook for medical students and practitioners, not as an epitome of Kitab Al-Qanun of Ibn Sina as thought by recent historians" (Abdel-Halim, 2008). One of the author's most widely received works, it provides a useful sum of medical knowledge to aspiring physicians of the medieval and early modern periods alike. It was still being copied centuries on from the death of Ibn al-Nafis, who is famous for first describing the pulmonary blood circulation, thereby anticipating by many centuries the efforts of William Harvey. - Not dated by the scribe, but one of the ownership dates on the first leaf is dated Shawwal 1100 AH (July/August 1689 CE), and the date of copying would be estimated around 950 AH, or possibly later. Covers lightly scuffed, interior shows marginal paper repairs and slight trimming to outermost marginal notes. The main text is clean and unmarred. - GAL I, 493, 37, 2 & I, 457 (s. v. Ibn Sina). Rabie E. Abdel-Halim, "Contributions of Ibn Al-Nafis (1210-1288 AD) to the Progress of Medicine and Urology. A Study and Translations From his Medical Works", in: Saudi Medical Journal 29.1 (2008), pp. 13-22.
Published by Qustantaniyah (Constantinople, Istanbul), Ibrahim Müteferrika, [1730 CE =] 1142 H., 1730
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
4to (170 x 214 mm). (4), 65, 51 ff. Early 19th century half calf with marbled covers and fore-edge flap. Pink paper pastedowns. The seventh book printed by Ibrahim Müteferrika: a history of Egypt from antiquity to early modern times, prepared by the Turkish scholar Ahmed Süheylî (1562?-1632). The modern section (bound first, as usual) is in fact an Ottoman Turkish translation of the chronicle of the Ottoman-Mamluk war of 1516/17, "Fath Misr" (Tarikh as-sultan Selim al-Utmani ma'a as-sultan Qansuh al-Ghawri) by Ibn Zunbul (d. 1574/75). - Handwritten ownership of the French diplomat Louis Lagarde (dated 1923 CE) to front flyleaf. Occasional light browning and fingerstains, but mostly an excellent copy on good, crisp paper. - Provenance: 1) collection of the French diplomate Louis Lagarde; 2) latterly in a Parisian private collection, kept in the family for several generations over the 20th century and dispersed in 2022 - Özege 19868-19869. GAL S II, p. 409. Toderini III, p. 85, no. VI.
Published by Ottoman Turkey, [1604/05 CE =] 1013 H., 1604
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
8vo (133 x 193 mm). 44 ff. Arabic manuscript on laid paper. With title-page in gold, ruled in gilt, and an 'unwan in gilt, blue, white, red, and orange. First two pages ruled in gilt, following double-ruled in red. Black naskh script with important words and phrases picked out in red. 19th century leather elaborately ruled in gilt, with gilt and red morocco medallions. An original and verbose Mamluk treatise against the employment of non-Muslim officials by the Muslim political elite, written by the Sunni scholar and merchant Ibn al-Durayhim (1312-61) and decorated in gold and blue with a fine 'unwan on the first leaf. In Ibn al-Durayhim's time there were several known works warning against Muslim employment of non-Muslims, but his is notable for its focus on scribal work (particularly, he was upset by Christians and Jews who were appointed as clerks to the Treasury), and because it borrows relatively little from al-Durayhim's contemporaries. In fact, it is likely that Ibn al-Durayhim wrote his treatise earlier than other Mamluk texts on similar topics, and may have influenced the literary conversation in that direction. Certainly, the author states this as his intent in the text itself, and claims that no one else has yet treated the subject as thoroughly as he feels is necessary. - The "People of the Book" (Ahl al-Kitab, in the title) were the Christians and Jews of Mamluk Egypt. Though many different sects were present in Cairo at the time, Ibn al-Durayhim speaks most strongly against Coptic Christians, perhaps because they were the most visible or prevalent group; he is also somewhat openly critical of the ruling class, and particularly the young emirs of the ruling family. Altogether, "Manhaj al-sawab" is a text of tensions, and one which helps to paint a larger, more accurate picture of the historical realities of interfaith relationships and political rivalries in the Mamluk period. - Rebacked with modern spine. A few hints of dampstaining, mostly confined to the margins, and a few unobtrusive wormholes, otherwise very well preserved.
Published by Ottoman Provinces, [1562 CE =] 969 H., 1562
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Large 8vo (184 x 272 mm). 216 ff. Arabic manuscript on polished paper. Tidy black naskh script with important words and phrases picked out or struck through in red. 18th century full red calf triple-ruled in gilt. An early manuscript commentary on the "Kitab al-ta'arruf" (generally known in English as "The Doctrine of Sufis"), a foundational text of Sufism and one of only two surviving works by the Persian Sufi mystic and Hanafi jurist Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Kalabadhi (d. ca. 994 CE). The commentator, 'Alu al-Din ibn Isma'il al-Qunawi, was from Konya but spent most of his life in Syria, where he died in 1329. - The book which made al-Kalabadhi's fame is divided into 75 relatively brief chapters, to which long commentaries have traditionally been appended. The original text discusses such issues as the origin and meaning of the term "Sufi" itself, an enumeration of the Sufi masters, and the dogmas of the Sufi doctrine. In sections regarding the latter, it is clear that al-Kalabadhi was anxious to reconcile the Sufi doctrine with mainstream Islam - in fact, he was among the first Sufi authors to strive to do so. This was likely affected in part by the political and religious climate in which al-Kalabadhi was living, as at the time, Sufism was at risk of being declared a heresy. The fear was not unfounded: in 922 CE a famous Sufi known as al-Hallaj had been publicly executed in connection with a heresy case. The ill-fated al-Hallaj himself is frequently referenced in Kitab al-ta'arruf (but never cited by name), suggesting al-Kalabadhi was familiar with both his writings and his fate. - Al-Kalabadhi's second aim, equally of interest to his commentators, was to advocate the Sahu ("sober") school of Sufi thought, and to further describe those philosophies and interests which were distinctive to Sufism: spiritual states of the mystic, spiritual hearing, and phenomena peculiar to Sufis. - Rebacked with early 20th century spine. A few leaves with marginal dampstain not affecting text. Remarkably bright and clean, in good condition.
Published by Central Asia, [1608 CE =] 1017 H., 1608
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
8vo (148 x 236 mm). Persian manuscript on polished oriental wove paper. 315 ff. 21 lines of black and occasional red script. Bound in full 20th century brown leather, stamped in blind with oriental medallions and borders. Very early 17th century manuscript of one of the most important books on diseases, pharmacology, and materia medica written in Persian in the Islamic era. Ansari Shirazi (1329-1403) was a famous physician of the Mughal period, serving as the personal physician to the Muzaffarid prince Sultan Jalal ud-Din Shah Shuja (1333-84), at whose court he would have known the poet Hafez. The title of the present work, "Selections for Badi", alludes to another important court personage: it is dedicated to the princess 'Ismat al-Din Badi' al-Jamal, possibly the wife of Shah Shuja's father Mubariz al-Din Muhammad. - The work is divided into two sections, with descriptions of simple drugs listed alphabetically by name in the first section, and descriptions of compound drugs listed in sixteen chapters by type of preparation in the second. Widely popular, the book is considered a gem of Persian medical literature: indeed, scholars have claimed that "in the history of Persian medicine, the book 'Ikhtiyarat Badiei' is considered the most important book written in Persian", citing the large number of sources and remedies it provided the medieval reader, though some irrational fallacies are noted as well: "In three entries in Ikhtiyarat Badiei, the author has illustrated some superstitious ideas, namely that 'If the food is poisonous, and the weasel finds out, it will shout and its hair will stand on its end' and says: 'looking at zebra is good for the eyesight'" (Ghazi Sha'rbaf, 99). Among the simple drugs described in the opening section are the treatments derived from the sea slug known as "arnab bahri" (literally "sea hare"), whose ashes are declared useful for alopecia. - Paper browned evenly throughout, some brownstains and waterstains, occasional traces of worming, mainly confined to margins. First leaf rebacked. The colophon states the date of the copy, 1017 AH, as well as the name of the scribe, Muhammad Aziz. - Cf. Javad Ghazi Sha rbaf et al., "Introducing the Book Ikhti-yarat Badiei: An Investigation Over its Importance in the Pharmacology of the Islamic Period", in: Journal of Research on History of Medicine 9.2 (2020), pp. 95-102.
Published by Central Asia, [26 Jan. 1803 CE =] 2 Shawwal 1217 H., 1803
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
4to (185 x 262 mm). Persian manuscript on polished, unsophisticated wove paper. (12), 282, (6) leaves. 18 lines of black and occasional red Nast'aliq within double red rules. Numerous marginal glosses in black ink. Contemporary full leather binding with blind-stamped oriental decorations to both covers. A comprehensive Persian-language manual of therapeutics, discussing the diseases of the various organs. The physician Sultan Ali practiced medicine for 40 years in his native Khorasan as well as in Transoxiana (Central Asia). He began writing his medical treatise "Dastur al- ilaj" in the year 933 AH (1526 CE) at the request of Abu al-Muzaffar Mahmud-Shah Sultan, whom he had successfully treated in Samarqand. - "The treatise consists of two sections (maqalahs), the first divided into 25 chapters (babs) concerning diseases specific to particular parts of the body. The second section, in 8 babs, is on diseases affecting the entire body and not specific to a particular part. After completing the treatise, Khurasani subsequently added an introductory essay (muqaddimah) composed of 16 chapters (babs) concerned with the preservation of health and hygiene. The introductory essay has a dedication to Abu al-Ghazi Sultan Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan who ruled Samarqand from 1530 to 1533" (National Library of Medicine, online). - Leaves 253-254 bound in reverse order and upside-down after fol. 247; fol. 248 bound upside down after fol. 252, but complete. Some waterstaining to lower corner, entirely confined to margins. A few old stamps, some obliterated with correction fluid or felt-tip pen. The colophon is dated the 2nd of Shawwal 1217 AH, stating the copyist as Mirza Abdullah Tablah (reading of the last name uncertain).
Published by Deer Lake, PA, 1973
Seller: Legends In History, Meadow Vista, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Signed "Muhammad Ali" in black ink. Typed check dated November 30, 1973 on a green Muhammad Ali Training Camp business check from American Bank and Trust Bank in Reading, PA. The check has been authenticated and encapsulated by PSA/DNA Authentication Services. The check has been written out to and signed on the back by Muhammad Ali's youner brother, Rahaman Ali. Muhammad Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (January 17, 1942 ? June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century, and is frequently ranked as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. In 1999, he was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC. Rahman Ali (born Rudolph Valentino Clay;[1] July 18, 1944)[2] is an American former heavyweight boxer. He is the younger brother of Muhammad Ali. The photographs shown in the listing are for display purposes only and not included as part of the sale. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Didot l'ainé, 1814
Seller: Librairie Voyage et Exploration, Cerny, France
Book First Edition
Couverture rigide. Condition: Satisfaisant. Edition originale. Paris , imprimerie Didot l ainé , 1814 , 4 volumes composé de 3 tome de texte et un Atlas. TEXTE , 3 vol. in-8 (210x135) , relié demi maroquin et coins ,dos lisse avec auteur , titre et tomaison ,tranches marbrées, portrait de l auteur en frontispice ,xix-395pp-1f (errata), 2ff-464pp-1f (errata),2ff-410pp-1f (errata) , dos et gardes refaits , cachets répétés , premiers feuillets brunis , quelques rousseurs , dos insolés. ATLAS , in-4 (330 x 260) Relié demi basane époque Portrait frontispice XIV-pp-texte 90 planches, dont 14 dépliantes ou sur double page, 5 grandes cartes d après les dessins de l auteur , les cartes Chypre, Maroc, Afrique du Nord, Cote d Arabie, El Cassaba ou le château de Tanger, Temple. Mission d Ali Bey à Tripoli. quelques rousseurs ,Pas de déchirures, coins usés, salissures , les gravures sont de Adam d après les dessins de l auteur. Très rare avec le texte Domingo Badia y Leblich était un officier espagnol né à Barcelone. Il voyagea sous le pseudonyme d Ali Bey el Abassi et s habillait en arabe. Ils oumit le projet d une expédition scientifique au Maroc mais fut envoyé en tant qu agent du gouvernement espagnol pour soulever les tribus arabes contre le sultan pour un projet d invasion .En 1803 il partit pour Tanger et visita l Afrique du Nord et l Égypte où il rencontra Chateaubriand à Alexandrie. Il continua son voyage jusqu à Chypre puis atteint La Mecque au début de 1807. Il rentra par Jérusalem, Damas et Constantinople .Il rejoignit les forces Napoléoniennes pendant l invasion de l Espagne et fut obligé de se réfugier en France après leur expulsion de la péninsule et s installa à Paris en 1813 où le récit de son voyage fut publié pour la première fois. Il est le premier chrétien à avoir décrit en détail La Mecque et la mosquée d Omar à Jérusalem. Après la publication de son ouvrage il planifia un deuxième voyage sous le nom d Ali Othman et retourna en Syrie , où il mourut brutalement à Alep, son déguisement ayant été découvert. 4 volumes , 3 volumes of text and 1 atlas , Frontispiece portrait XIV-pp-text 90 plates, including 14 fold-out or on double page, 5 large maps from the drawings of the author or Michellon, maps Cyprus, Morocco, North Africa, Cote d'Arabie, El Cassaba or Tangier Castle, Temple. Ali Bey's mission to Tripoli. Few freckles No tears, worn corners, dirt Apparently Domingo Badia y Leblich was a Spanish traveler. Gay said he was of Polish descent. He traveled under the pseudonym Ali Bey el Abassi and dressed in Arabic. He appears to have been sent as an agent of the Spanish government. In 1803 he left for Tangier and visited North Africa and Egypt where he met Chateaubriand in Alexandria. He continued his journey to Cyprus and then reached Mecca in early 1807. He returned via Jerusalem, Damascus and Constantinople; He joined the Napoleonic forces during the invasion of Spain and was forced to take refuge in France after their expulsion from the peninsula and settled in Paris in 1813 where the account of his journey was published for the first time. He is the first Christian to have described in detail The Macque and the Omar Mosque in Jerusalem. After the publication of his work he planned a second trip under the name of Ali Othman and returned to Syria, where he died brutally in Aleppo, his disguise having been discovered.