Belfour Translator (4 results)

Hard Cover CLOTH. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 142 pages; 4 3/4 x 6 3/4;; front hinge slightly loose; inscription of Friedensville church and a lot of pencil writing asee pictures. no other writing except on front end papers .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Small octavo. An absolutely complete, pristine copy of John Belfour's celebrated literary fables.Collated perfect: includes the rare half-title page, a crisp black-and-white engraved frontispiece, four pages of preliminary contents, and 164 pages of text interspersed with three further elegant full-page engraved plates. Internally, this copy is exceptional—the handmade paper remains remarkably clean, bright, and completely free of the heavy foxing or staining so common to this era. The book has been given a striking, bespoke modern designer binding by the renowned British typographer and bookbinder, Eric Sweet (former Head of the Birmingham School of Printing). Bound in an avant-garde two-piece style featuring rich half maroon morocco leather over vibrant purple paper-covered boards, finished with a crisp paper title label to the front board. The binding is in fine, immaculate condition. The volume is housed in a custom-built, two-tone archival clamshell box crafted by Sweet, featuring a paper title label to the spine. Affixed to the interior of the box are two highly significant labels that preserve the book's illustrious journey: Sweet's own mark ("Binding by Eric Sweet aet 71 November MM", dating the craft precisely to his 71st year in November 2000), and the authentic, historic library bookplate of Anne and F. G. Renier. The Renier plate was meticulously salvaged and transferred from the deteriorating 1804 endpapers during conservation, anchoring this book to the single most famous historic fable and children's literature collection in British history (now housed in the V&A Museum). A masterclass in book preservation and design history.…

Shaikh Mohammad Ê¿Ali b. Abi Taleb (1692-1766 AD), known as Hazin Lahiji, was a Persian poet and scholar. He grew up at the Safavid court of Persia and travelled extensively in India and Arabia during his lifetime, the account of which is recorded in these volumes. Hazin Lahiji's account begins with his early days in Isfahan and goes on to his time in Shiraz. He describes his pilgrimage to Mecca, the Afghan capture of Isfahan, his journeys to Bandar Abbas and Muscat where he spent two months. He ends with his record of Nadir Shah's taking of Kabul, Sind, and Delhi. The first volume has the translator's dedication and preface, with an English translation of the Persian text which appears in the second volume. First edition; 2 vols, 8vo, pp. xl, 323; [iv], 9, 289, text to second volume in Farsi, vol. I with blind stamp of Wigan Public Library, internally very clean and crisp; modern half calf, gilt spines and marbled edges. an attractive set.…

First edition. Large 4to. Original green cloth, with some mottled staining. Paper title label chipped. Some browning to edges of endpapers. Interior near fine. Unopened. With the armorial bookplate of Southam de la Bere, Earl of Ellenborough and stamped "Earl of Ellenborough's Heirlooms" on the front pastedown. (iii), 98pp. (numbered 229-326). London, Oriental Translation Committee, A decorative printed sheet in mauve ink preceding the title page announces "This copy was printed for the Right Honourable Earl of Ellenborough."   Paul of Aleppo or Paul Za'im (1627?1669) was a Syrian Ottoman Orthodox clergyman who travelled extensively through Russia and the Black Sea environs in the seventeenth century. This English translation of his narrative, originally published in Arabic, was issued to members of the Oriental Translation Fund. This is part three only, covering the country of the Cossacks, Kiev, Bakumi, Krasna, Tartar slavery, agriculture and customs towards foreigners. This is the third of nine parts which were issued between 1829-1836; all are rare in commerce.…