Two men drinking at a public fountain in Egypt. The photograph is titled and signed in the negative. Date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage... Show moreTwo men drinking at a public fountain in Egypt. The photograph is titled and signed in the negative. Date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0046 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24447304 BIB-ID: 2537229 "Henri Béchard operated a photographic studio in Cairo in the Ezbekiah Garden district from which he sold rather standard tourist views, as well as a series of types and costume studies. In 1888 he published with A. Palmiere, a set of photogravures, “L'Égypte et la Nubie.” [...] Béchard had the photographic concession at the Cairo antiquities museum and produced the handsome Album du Musée Boulaq: Photographie par Délié et Béchard, avec texte explicatif par Auguste Marriette Bey (Cairo, 1872). The partnership was dissolved sometime after publication and both continued to work in Egypt as commercial photographers. Both received medals at the 1878 Paris Universal Exposition". Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography / John Hannavy ed., Routledge, New York, 2008, p. 131. Show less
Crocodile hunting, Crocodile hunting--Egypt--Photographs, People
The photograph shows an European on a crocodile hunt with five African helpers. The photographs is signed, numbered (479) and titled in the negative. ... Show moreThe photograph shows an European on a crocodile hunt with five African helpers. The photographs is signed, numbered (479) and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0047 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24447316 BIB-ID: 2537230 "The Zangaki brothers produced some of the finest images of late Victorian Egypt, yet so little is known about them. They were probably Greek Cypriots, although it has been suggested they may have come from Crete. Nothing is known of them before their first photographs were published in Egypt in the late 1870s, and even the names of the brothers themselves is unknown. It has been suggested their initials were C and G, and indeed early 20th century photographic postcards bearing the name C Zangaki have been located. Their photographs, however, were simply identified as Zangaki, the letter Z being frequently mistaken for a stylized L in several books, resulting in their work being incorrectly ascribed to Langaki. Indeed, until relatively recently, there was assumed to be one photographer with the name of A Zangaki until the discovery of a signboard bearing the legend Adelphoi Zangaki confirmed that the images were the work of brothers. While their GreekCypriot or Cretanroots are confirmed, the horse-drawn darkroom van with which they toured the length of the Nile bore the legend Zangaki Brothers, and to further confuse matters, the majority of their images are titled (in the negatives) in French. Amongst many fine images are photographs taken after the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882, and some eloquent commentaries on the popularity of the Grand Tour of Egypt in the 1880s." See Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography / John Hannavy ed., Routledge, New York, 2008, p. 1521. Show less
Water harvesting, Water harvesting--Egypt--Photographs, People
The photograph shows veiled women and children collecting water and a men on camelback. In the background palms and a herd of sheep. The photographs... Show moreThe photograph shows veiled women and children collecting water and a men on camelback. In the background palms and a herd of sheep. The photographs is signed, numbered (170) and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0048 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24450844 BIB-ID: 2537231 "The Zangaki brothers produced some of the finest images of late Victorian Egypt, yet so little is known about them. They were probably Greek Cypriots, although it has been suggested they may have come from Crete. Nothing is known of them before their first photographs were published in Egypt in the late 1870s, and even the names of the brothers themselves is unknown. It has been suggested their initials were C and G, and indeed early 20th century photographic postcards bearing the name C Zangaki have been located. Their photographs, however, were simply identified as Zangaki, the letter Z being frequently mistaken for a stylized L in several books, resulting in their work being incorrectly ascribed to Langaki. Indeed, until relatively recently, there was assumed to be one photographer with the name of A Zangaki until the discovery of a signboard bearing the legend Adelphoi Zangaki confirmed that the images were the work of brothers. While their GreekCypriot or Cretanroots are confirmed, the horse-drawn darkroom van with which they toured the length of the Nile bore the legend Zangaki Brothers, and to further confuse matters, the majority of their images are titled (in the negatives) in French. Amongst many fine images are photographs taken after the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882, and some eloquent commentaries on the popularity of the Grand Tour of Egypt in the 1880s." See Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography / John Hannavy ed., Routledge, New York, 2008, p. 1521. Show less
cum scholiis et versione Levini Warneri ... ; edidit, vertit, notisque illustrait Gerardus. Joannes. Lette. ; præmissa est laudatio Alberti.... Show morecum scholiis et versione Levini Warneri ... ; edidit, vertit, notisque illustrait Gerardus. Joannes. Lette. ; præmissa est laudatio Alberti. Schultens. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ7642 .K33 1748 Book Item-ID: i15533621 BIB-ID: 1006975 Show less
Clark, John (etcher.), Great Britain Army, Combined operations (Military science), History, Naval
Sixteen views of places in the Persian Gulph taken in the years 1809-10 : illustrative of the proceedings of the forces employ'd on the expedition... Show moreSixteen views of places in the Persian Gulph taken in the years 1809-10 : illustrative of the proceedings of the forces employ'd on the expedition sent from Bombay, under the command of Capt. Wainwright, of H.M. ship Chiffone, and Lieut. Coll. Smith of H.M. 65th Regiment against the Arabian pirates Most respectfully dedicated to Liut. Coll. L. Smith & the Officers of the H.M. 65th Regt. by their most Obedt. Humble. Servt. R. Temple / by R. Temple, H.M. 65th Regt., Bombay 1811 -- Eight Views of the Mauritius Comprising the Positions of the British Army, Commanded by the Hon. Maj. Gen. J. Abercrombie, on the 29th & 30th of Nov. & 1st of Dec. 1810, Also of the Town and harbour of Port Louis Most respectfully dedicated to Liut. Coll. L. Smith & the Officers of the H.M. 65th Regt. by their most Obedient Humble Servant. R. Temple / by R. Temple, H.M. 65th Regt., Bombay 1811 Title and date from item. The album comprises two works by Richard Temple, the "Sixteen views of places in the Persian Gulph taken in the years 1809-10" and the "Eight views of the Mauritius comprising the positions of the British Army". Letterpress description of the plates on 7 smaller pages ( 26 x 21 cm) affixed to the front pastedown. Main Heritage Display General HC.GM.02723 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23871362 BIB-ID: 2537734 Show less
Muḥammad , -632, French literature, BP75 .L36 1754
traduite de l'arabe. Published anonymously. By Lancelin. Cf. Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes; Cioranescu, A. 18. s. Actual place of publication... Show moretraduite de l'arabe. Published anonymously. By Lancelin. Cf. Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes; Cioranescu, A. 18. s. Actual place of publication from: BLC, 229, p. 283. Published in Paris. Main Heritage Shelves General BP75 .L36 1754 Book Item-ID: i10102425 BIB-ID: 1011878 Show less
by Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt. eighteen years consul at Smyrna, now his Majesty's Resident at Hamburg, and Fellow of the Royal Society. Bound as vol. 3 of... Show moreby Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt. eighteen years consul at Smyrna, now his Majesty's Resident at Hamburg, and Fellow of the Royal Society. Bound as vol. 3 of The Turkish history ... / by Richard Knolles. 6th ed., of which this work is a continuation. P. 239-240 are wrongly numbered as 249-250. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DR439 .R93 1700 Book Item-ID: i20304663 BIB-ID: 1022012 Show less
Infancy Gospel (Arabic version). Arabic & Latin, Apocryphal books (New Testament), Apocryphal books (New Testament)--Early works to 1800, BS2860.A7 I54 1697
Ex manuscripto edidit, ac Latina versione & notis illustravit Henricus Sike. 8vo. With title-page printed in red and black and decorated with Halma... Show moreEx manuscripto edidit, ac Latina versione & notis illustravit Henricus Sike. 8vo. With title-page printed in red and black and decorated with Halma's engraved Athena and Demeter/Ceres device, a woodcut tailpiece, 3 woodcut decorative initials (3 different series) and a factotum built up from cast fleurons. With the main text in Arabic with a parallel Latin translation on the facing pages, and occasional words or lines in Greek, Hebrew and Syriac. Early 19th-century boards covered with blue paper. First edition of the apocryphal Arabic Infancy Gospel, with the Arabic text on the versos and the Latin translation on the facing rectos. Sike (or Siecke), a noted orientalist from Bremen, based his edition on a manuscript that was formerly owned by Jacobus Golius, and the many notes include exerpts from the Quran and other works. The work narrates miracle stories from the first 12 years of Jesus's life, and probably originated in the fourth or fifth century. Although scholars refer to the text as the "Arabic Infancy Gospel", it was most likely originally written in Syriac. First quires with some water stains, the title-page slightly worn and the head margin of a couple pages trimmed to (but not shaving) the running head, but still in good condition Title page printed in black and red. Title vignette: device of Halma and Van de Water, with motto "Cultior his vita est." Signatures: *-3*⁴ A-X⁴ ²A-²M⁴ (3*4 blank, P3 signed P2, ²M4 blank). "Notae in librum apocryphum de infantia Salvatoris"--[93] p. at end. "Corrigenda & addenda": final page following text. Woodcut initials, tail-piece. Editio princeps of the Arabic infancy gospel. Main Heritage Shelves General BS2860.A7 I54 1697 Book Item-ID: i16875539 BIB-ID: 1510972 Title also in Arabic at head of title page; text in Arabic and Latin on opposite pages. Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General SK321 .G66 1877 Book Item-ID: i23687988 BIB-ID: 2501854 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General SK321 .G66 1877 Book Item-ID: i23687988 BIB-ID: 2501854 Show less
Dreams, Dreams--Early works to 1800, BF1080 .O54 1603
Nicolai Rigaltii ad Artemidorum notae Greek and Latin on opposite columns. Main Heritage Shelves General BF1080 .O54 1603 Book Item-ID: i25131163 BIB-ID:... Show moreNicolai Rigaltii ad Artemidorum notae Greek and Latin on opposite columns. Main Heritage Shelves General BF1080 .O54 1603 Book Item-ID: i25131163 BIB-ID: 2624826 Show less
