This volume is the unique edition of this early Persian-English poetry anthology, containing selected texts of some fables together with fragments... Show moreThis volume is the unique edition of this early Persian-English poetry anthology, containing selected texts of some fables together with fragments of well-known Persian poets such as Enveri, Daqiqi, Jami, Saadi, Ammar, Shirazi, Rashid al-Din , Firdawsi and Rudegi. It is atributed to Stürmer who prepared the collection during his studies at Viennas Oriental Academy, although the work is also attributed to Bernhard Jenisch. in Latinvm translata ac Mariae Theresiae Avgvstae honoribvs dicata a Caesarea Regia Lingarvm Orientalivm Academia. Several handwriting notes on the title page and at the margin of the text. Main Heritage Shelves General PK629 .A58 1778 Book Item-ID: i19660200 BIB-ID: 1779918 Text in Persian and translation in Latin From the library of the great Königsberg Oriental scholar Peter van Bohlen (1796-1840) with his notes and underlinings in black and auburn ink throughout. His autogr. ownership on the title page is dated "Halle 1821", marking this as an early acquisition of scholarly literature by the former tailors apprentice, batman, ships scullion, waiter, and footboy after having graduated from the Hamburg Johanneum in 1821. Later in the collection of the Dresden mathematician and librarian Carl Kuschel (1814-99); his autogr. ownership on t. p.; his acquisition note on pastedown: "Hocce Bohlenii exemplar im meam migravit bibliothecam die 10mo Aprilis 1844 (constat 15 gr. arg.)". Subsequently in the collection of the Halle historian and orientalist Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg (1826-1907); his autogr. ownership on t. p. Sold by Harrassowitz to the Zurich printer and publisher Friedrich Paul David Bürkli (1818-96) in 1895, a year before his death (his autogr. ownership to t. p.; his bookplate on pastedown). Bürkli took an avid interest in the history and culture of the orient and amassed a vast library on the subject. His collection, numbering some 1500 titles, passed almost entirely to the Zurich Municipal Library (now in the Zurich Central Library). Show less
Persian language--Grammar, Persian language, Persian language--Terms and phrases, Astronomy, Astronomy--Terminology, PK6233 .G7
authore Johanne Gravio. Item anonymus Persa de siglis Arabum & Persarum astronomicis. Pages 46-47 incorrectly numbered 47, 46 respectively. De siglis... Show moreauthore Johanne Gravio. Item anonymus Persa de siglis Arabum & Persarum astronomicis. Pages 46-47 incorrectly numbered 47, 46 respectively. De siglis ... has separate t.p. and pagination, with imprint: Londini, typis Milonis Flesher, 1648. Text in Latin and Persian. Show less
studio et opera Johannis Gravii nunc primum publicata. Item: Rinæ tabulæ geographicæ, una Nassir Eddini Persæ, altera Ulug Beigi Tatari: opera et... Show morestudio et opera Johannis Gravii nunc primum publicata. Item: Rinæ tabulæ geographicæ, una Nassir Eddini Persæ, altera Ulug Beigi Tatari: opera et studio Johannis Gravii nunc primum publicatæ. Londini 1652. Original Persian title not traced Text reads from back to front. Persian and Latin on facing pages The first leaf and the last leaf are blank Main Heritage Shelves General QB41 .K48 1652 Book Item-ID: i10061538 BIB-ID: 1007789 Show less
The volume is the first complete edition of the well known Saʻdī Šīrāzī's work, entitled "Gulistan", a work on the tradition of the Mirror for... Show moreThe volume is the first complete edition of the well known Saʻdī Šīrāzī's work, entitled "Gulistan", a work on the tradition of the Mirror for Magistrates, that Saʻdī dedicated to the rulers son, Sad ibn Abī Bakr ibn Sad. It is a collection of moralising anecdotes, arranged according to subject matter in 8 books. The mixture of prose and verse presented in it, if not the first instance of its kind in Persian, immediately makes the genre central to Persian literary history and elevates it to a new level of sophistication. Gentius's translation includes a final and extensive chapter with explanatory notes to the different chapters of the work.The printing made by Blaeu shows splendid Naskhi types. de Persico in Latinum versum, necessariisque notis illustratum a Georgio Gentio. Device on title page with motto: Indefessus Agendo Initial letters in woodcut. Signatures: *⁴ **⁶ A-Z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ Aaa-Vuu⁴ Xxx Yyy-Zzz⁴ Aaaa-Kkkk⁴ L Each part of the two texts has catchword. Main Heritage Shelves General PK6542.L3 S23 1651 Book Item-ID: i19659830 BIB-ID: 1779884 Persian original text and Latin translation on opposite pages. Show less