Arabic Proverbs by Burckhardt, First Edition (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Mild wear, text block clear and binding good. WR.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Summary:Completed just before his death in 1817 by one of the foremost European pioneers in Arabic studies. Reprint with Introduction by C.E. Bosworth.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Curzon Press. Fine+/ 1980 (illustrator). 1st Edition. B00K: Fine+/ $96.25 0700700196 ARABIC PROVERBS; or the MANNERS and CUSTOMS of the MODERN EGYPTIANS, Illustrated from their PROVERBIAL SAYINGS CURRENT at CAIRO, Translated and Explained * BURCKHARDT, John Lewis; BOSWORTH, C. E. Curzon Press 1980 London 1sT Edition, 3rD Printing D/j + H/c Glossy Green Spine With Title In Black Letters, Dust Jacket: Fine+/, Slightest Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Hard Cover B00K: Fine+/ Condition, Slightest Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 283 Numbered Pages Printed On 0ff~White Paper, Clean And Tight To The Spine, In Fine+/ Condition. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Remainder Or Other Marks. Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = = This B00K Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Third Impression. HARDBACK IN JACKET 1980. 3rd impression. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Jacket is complete. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref C17. Proverbs - The Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians: Or the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Illustrated from Their Current at Cairo, Translated and Explained by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. ISBN: 0700700196.

Condition: New. A collection of proverbial sayings of the modern Egyptians, printed first in Arabic, then translated into English, and followed by a commentary or explanation of the sense or idiom. Num Pages: 283 pages, 3Illustrations, 1plan. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; CB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408. . 2000. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .

FIRST EDITION. 4to. (27.5 x 21.5 cm). pp.vii+[i]+232. Contemporary half calf (rebacked with new spine) over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, all edges gilt. Ex libris Henry Algernon George Percy Earl, 7th Duke of Northumberland (1871-1909), with his armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Some scattered foxing which is heavier to beginning and end of volume, some light scuffing to boards, generally a very good copy. First edition of Burckhardt's final and rarest work, a ground-breaking collection of 782 Arabic proverbs, published here in the original Arabic with English translations and (sometimes extensive) explanations of their meaning. It was gathered partly from the collection of Egyptian scholar Shered ad-Din Ibn Assad, and also drew from the author's experience of the local language and dialect 'as he heard them quoted in general society or in the bázár' (preface). In addition 'several Scriptural sayings and maxims of ancient sages will be found here naturalized among Arabs; as well as some Proverbs which have generally been supposed of European origin' (preface). The work was written in the last 2 years of his life while he was waiting in Cairo for a caravan of to take him east across the Sahara; his papers, which included this work, were posted home by him in the months before he died. One of the most famous traveller's of the 19th-century, Burckhardt (1784-1817) was a Swiss archaeologist and Orientalist, best known for his role in the re-discovery of the ancient city of Petra, and the colossal figures at Abu Simmel. Burckhardt travelled extensively throughout Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Nubia, and the Arabian Peninsula. He wore local dress, passed an examination in Muslim Law under the name Sheikh Ibrahim, and made the pilgrimage to Mecca. (Howgego, 'Encyclopedia of Exploration 1800 to 1850', B46. Sim, 'The Life of Jean Louis Burckhardt').

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition of a ground-breaking trove of 782 Arabic proverbs, published here in the original Arabic with English translations and (sometimes extensive) explanations of their meaning. Burckhardt took some from a collection assembled by the Egyptian scholar Shered ad-Din Ibn Assad, adding others "as he heard them quoted in general society or in the bázár . Several Scriptural sayings and maxims of ancient sages will be found here naturalized among Arabs; as well as some Proverbs which have generally been supposed of European origin" (preface). This makes the present publication an essential primary source for Islamic, Egyptian and Arabic oral history, preserving popular proverbs collected before 1817. The Swiss explorer, orientalist and archaeologist Burckhardt (1784-1817) travelled through Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Nubia and the Arabian Peninsula, and rediscovered the ancient city of Petra. Disguised as an Arab, he crossed the Red Sea to Jeddah under the name "Sheikh Ibrahim", passed an examination in Muslim law and participated in a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Ships from U.A.E.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to. 27cm, the First Edition, [viii],232p., in half crushed dark green morocco, raised bands, gilt decorations and borders in the panels, gilt titles, marbled boards, fine. (cgc) The rarest of Burckhardt's works, this was written during his last year of life which he spent in Cairo. Fortunately he was able to send back all of his journals to England before his death of dysentery in Cairo. He had been waiting there for a caravan of West African pilgrims to take him into the Sahara. Contains 782 Arabic proverbs, published in the original Arabic with English translations and (sometimes extensive) explanations of their meaning. He took some from a collection assembled by the Egyptian scholar Shered ad-Din Ibn Assad, adding others as he heard them quoted in general society or in the bzr . Several Scriptural sayings and maxims of ancient sages will be found here naturalized among Arabs; as well as some Proverbs which have generally been supposed of European origin (preface). This makes the present publication an essential primary source for Islamic, Egyptian and Arabic oral history, preserving popular proverbs collected before 1817. The Swiss explorer, orientalist and archaeologist Burckhardt (1784-1817) travelled through Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Nubia and the Arabian Peninsula, and rediscovered the ancient city of Petra. Disguised as an Arab, he crossed the Red Sea to Jeddah under the name Sheikh Ibrahim, passed an examination in Muslim law and participated in a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. - Howgego B76.