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Orientalist tale of Arabia and a Caliph who renounces Islam. Originally published in French and in English anonymously in 1786, here in a printed verbatim from the first edition, with the original prefaces and notes by Henley. Note that the titlepage is a rubricated, tissue-guarded facsimile (of an earlier book appearance) that…

One of the earliest volumes of the Utrecht students' almanac, and the first to be edited by the students themselves. The almanac was published annually from 1823 until 1996. From 1882 onwards, the almanac was a report of the activities of the Utrechtsch Studenten Corps (Utrecht student society). In the early years, however, it w…

Rare and remarkable periodical, published by the Palestine National Liberation Movement or Fatah. This was a revolutionary group, and later a political party, founded in 1957 by Yasser Arafat (1929-2004), Khalil al-Wazir (1935-1988) and 3 or 4 others. The movement published numerous periodicals and pamphlets between 1968-1972, b…

Late (last?) edition of one of the better known works on hydrotherapy and the therapeutic use of mineral waters, concentrating on the baths of Spa, known already in Roman times and iconic for the history of the wide spread phenomenon of 'Taking the waters', 'balneotherapy', or 'hydrotherapy'.Henri de Heers (1570-1636) was a phys…

3 parts in 1 volume. Original edition of this learned but little known edition of the Phaedrus fables in Latin verses on the basis of the Burman edition of 1718, together with a very extended commentary. The editor Johann Gottlob Samuel Schwabe (1746-1835) was professor at the Gymnasium in Weimar and librarian. He is most known…

Third part of Freya Stark's (1893-1993) autobiography, in which she describes her life and especially her travels she undertook between 1933 and 1939. During this time, her first 4 works were published, starting with The Valley of the Assassins in 1934. The present work mostly focuses on Stark's travels in South Arabia and is il…

Second - much enlarged - edition of Gould's Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts which first appeared in 1841. It was the first monograph published in the United States that attempted to describe the entire molluskan fauna of a geographical region. The book, one of the most important monuments of Gould's scientific work,…

Rare issue of a series of city almanacs for The Hague, containing, apart from the calendar and usual contents of almanacs, extensive information on the institutes, schools, churches, magistrates etc. of the city, as well as important rules and laws, such as clothing regulations for members of the royal court, or how to register…

Published by the The Fabian International Bureau, which is part of the The Fabian Society, this is no. 220 of the Fabian Research Series. The Fabian Society is a forum for reaearch and discussion within the British Labour Movement. In the present pamphlet letters from the 1959 Middle East studies working party of the National Ex…

Striking image of a large group of Arabic men, dressed in white, engaged in prayer on a field. The large image was likely taken by a photographer who was active in the Middle East in the late 19th-century, but is unfortunately unsigned.The edges are somewhat discoloured, and the corners are creased from a past mounting method. O…

2 volumes. Facsimile edition from 1963 of the catologue of the library of Vincente Salva y Perez (1780-1849). Salva started to catalogue his famous collection of around 4000 books, ranging from the 16th-century up to the 19th-century, and the project was continued by his son Pedro Salvá y Mallen. The catalogue was first publishe…

Letter of the members of the Ridderschap (the 'Knighthood') in the States of Holland and West-Friesland to the Burgomasters and City Council of Amsterdam on the high costs of the defense - at land and at sea - of the Dutch Republic. The States were the representation of the two Estates (standen): Nobility and Commons, burghers o…

Later edition of a popular Swedish Domestic medicine chest or first-aid kit for travelers of which more than 10 editions appeared between 1765 (first edition) till 1800. The author Nils Rosen von Rosenstein (1706-1773) was a well-known Swedish physician, considered the founder of modern pediatric. His main work, The diseases of…

Nice and well-printed Venice edition of the Phaedrus and additional fables, based on the Burman recension.Head of spine damaged.l Not in Bodemann; Schwabe/Barbier, 113-114. Half calf, ribbed spine gilt in compartments, lettered in gold, stamped ornamental paper over boards, red painted edges. With engraved frontispiece of Mercur…

A fascinating account by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) of his forty-day journey in October-December 1845 through the Egyptian desert. He followed in the footsteps of the Israelites, who were led out of Egypt by Moses, from Cairo, along the east side of the Gulf of Suez to Mount Serbal, then east to the Gulf of Aqaba, and no…

Second volume of a fine series of miniature almanacs, beautifully illustrated. The work aims to present young literary talent to the public and contains songs and poems by both new and more established Dutch authors, including J.J.L. ten Kate, G. le Francq van Berkheij, D.G. den Beer van Portugael, and M.H. de Graaf. Special att…

Revised and enlarged second edition of a work on the shells of Peitaiho (Beidaihe), a district in China near the Bohai sea, by the German-American geologist Amadeus William Grabau (1870-1946), often called the father of Chinese geology, and Sohtsu G. King (or Shao-chi Chin, b. 1886), president of the Peking Society of Natural Hi…

2 volumes. Original edition of a well-known manual in which the vegetable and animal materia medica are arranged according to the natural system. Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée (1789-1874) is a French botanist and author of works on botany and mycology, Darwinism and practical and historical pharmacology - his Code pharmaceutiq…

2 works in 2 volumes, the first in 2 parts and the second in 3 parts. Two consecutive volumes of the yearbook of the city of Middelburg, which contain the names of the most important people in the city at the time, including council members, city officials, physicians, judges, headmasters, and firefighters, as well as the local…

First part of Freya Stark's autobiography, spanning the years from her birth until she is in her early thirties (1893-1927). The present copy is a reprint of the first edition; it was published in 1951, mere months after its first appearance in September of 1950. Even though Stark's unique and personal style of writing was consi…

First edition of a new Pharmacopeia for the Kingdom of Bavaria, ordered by the liberal King Maximilian II (1811-1864, who succeeded his father in the revolutionary year 1848) to replace the obsolete Bavarian Pharmacopeia of 1822. The compilers of the new work were a.o. Prof. Max Pettenkofer, 'Hofapotheker' and first German 'Hygi…

Second edition of a survey of Islam for a general public, mostly from a historical point of view. In 24 chapters, the book describes the life of Muhammad, the Qur'an, the fundaments of Islam, Islam after the death of Muhammad, the spread of Islam outside of the Arab world and "the current situation". The author concludes that as…

Rare first edition of a work intended to teach the Western world about the Arab people, complete with a map of the Arabian peninsula and almost 60 photographs of people and towns. Paul W. Harrison (1883-1962) was a medical missionary from Nebraska, who served in Arabia from 1909-1954. The present work is his first book and descr…

First edition of an investigation of the effects and consequences of the Panama canal on the Dutch overseas trade, compiled by a committee appointed by the Dutch minister of Water Affairs. It consists of a introduction, a list of appendixes, seven appendixes (lettered A-G), all loosely inserted in the portfolio, containing a lis…

One of the many editions of a choice collection of Phaedrus fables in Latin verses with notes in French, additional fables and the French fables of La Fontaine. The fables are severely purified by the Champion of chastity, Jean Etienne Judith Forestier Boinvilliers (1765-1830), a fanatic catholic French professor of languages an…

Scarce edition of the Nederlandsche Muzen-almanak, the most successful literary almanac published in the Netherlands in the 19th century. It was the first almanac in which the literary content played a predominant role, although some characteristics of the traditional almanac remained, such as the calendar. The almanac featured…

First edition of a rare work about Hadhramaut, a region on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula, with the very large folding map included. This map, made by geographer Hermann von Wissmann (1895-1979), was the first map ever made of the region that was based on measurements and surveying.Daniël van der Meulen (1894-1989)…

Engraved chart listing several facts of different European countries, compiled by Caspar Specht (ca. 1654-1710). For Portugal, for example, it mentions its six provinces, acreage and income, that it has 3 dioceses, 13 bishops, 3 universities, 5 dukes, 30 counts, 7 margraves, and that the present king is Peter II (d. 1706). Simil…

Two works published on occasion of the Exposition Universelle of 1900, the first by Lemasson on the French Polynesian colony and the second by Vignéras on French Somaliland. Both illustrated with reproductions of photographs. The work on the Polynesian colony contains notes on the geography, history and economy of the islands, w…