Social life and customs, Description and travel, DS57 .N47 1929, 915.6
with an introduction by Conrad Elphinstone. At head of title: Gerard de Nerval. "The part of the ̀Voyage en Orient́ which is here translated first... Show morewith an introduction by Conrad Elphinstone. At head of title: Gerard de Nerval. "The part of the ̀Voyage en Orient́ which is here translated first appeared in the ̀Revue des deux mondeś in 1846 and 1847"--P. xiii. Main Heritage Shelves General DS57 .N47 1929 Book 2 Item-ID: i19646677 BIB-ID: 1024514 Show less
Description and travel, Social life and customs, DS57 .N47 1889
Later edition of this landmark of the French Romantic view of the Orient, and the second edition to bear a preface by Théophile Gautier. "The... Show moreLater edition of this landmark of the French Romantic view of the Orient, and the second edition to bear a preface by Théophile Gautier. "The Orient was for Gautier and his friends, Nerval, Baudelaire, Villiers de L'Isle Adam, Barbey D'Aurevilly, Arsène Houssaye, and many others, that elsewhere where they could find beauty and escape from the ugliness of their society" (Dahab). Like his contemporaries Flaubert and Baudelaire, Gérard de Nerval felt drawn to the East, making his voyage in the 1840s and immersing himself in Arab culture; in Cairo his travelling companion even bought a slave-girl. Gautier's preface in the present edition notes that by the 1870s Nerval's account of the Orient could be found on the shelves of any "well-composed" library. Gautier also praises Nerval's perceptive rendering of the "respect which Islam accords to those souls visited by God" (p. I). Gautier himself had also visited the Middle East in the 1850s, although his account of these travels was not published until 1877. As Dahab describes it, "Gautier partook in the tendency of a whole generation around the 1840s who made of exotism a dream come true"; the influence of the Orient on the French imagination in the late 19th century cannot be underestimated. - Extremities slightly rubbed. Main Heritage Shelves General DS57 .N47 1889 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i16873506 BIB-ID: 1510766 Show less
Description and travel, Social life and customs, DS57 .N47 1889
Later edition of this landmark of the French Romantic view of the Orient, and the second edition to bear a preface by Théophile Gautier. "The... Show moreLater edition of this landmark of the French Romantic view of the Orient, and the second edition to bear a preface by Théophile Gautier. "The Orient was for Gautier and his friends, Nerval, Baudelaire, Villiers de L'Isle Adam, Barbey D'Aurevilly, Arsène Houssaye, and many others, that elsewhere where they could find beauty and escape from the ugliness of their society" (Dahab). Like his contemporaries Flaubert and Baudelaire, Gérard de Nerval felt drawn to the East, making his voyage in the 1840s and immersing himself in Arab culture; in Cairo his travelling companion even bought a slave-girl. Gautier's preface in the present edition notes that by the 1870s Nerval's account of the Orient could be found on the shelves of any "well-composed" library. Gautier also praises Nerval's perceptive rendering of the "respect which Islam accords to those souls visited by God" (p. I). Gautier himself had also visited the Middle East in the 1850s, although his account of these travels was not published until 1877. As Dahab describes it, "Gautier partook in the tendency of a whole generation around the 1840s who made of exotism a dream come true"; the influence of the Orient on the French imagination in the late 19th century cannot be underestimated. - Extremities slightly rubbed. Main Heritage Shelves General DS57 .N47 1889 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i2262112x BIB-ID: 1510766 Show less
Social life and customs, Description and travel, DS57 .N47 1929, 915.6
with an introduction by Conrad Elphinstone. At head of title: Gerard de Nerval. "The part of the ̀Voyage en Orient́ which is here translated first... Show morewith an introduction by Conrad Elphinstone. At head of title: Gerard de Nerval. "The part of the ̀Voyage en Orient́ which is here translated first appeared in the ̀Revue des deux mondeś in 1846 and 1847"--P. xiii. Main Heritage Shelves General DS57 .N47 1929 Book 1 Item-ID: i10228780 BIB-ID: 1024514 Show less
Autore Iacobo Castaldo. Gerhardus de Iode excudebat. Ioannes à Deutecum, Lucas à Deutecum fece. Verso has text in Latin under title: Asiae prima... Show moreAutore Iacobo Castaldo. Gerhardus de Iode excudebat. Ioannes à Deutecum, Lucas à Deutecum fece. Verso has text in Latin under title: Asiae prima pars sive Persicum Regnum Based on Gastaldi's map of 1561 Relief shown pictorially The map shows parts of Turkish Empire and Persian Empire. Copperplate. - Scale in graph. Form (Miliaria Italica). Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00482 Print Map Item-ID: i11401710 BIB-ID: 1172514 Show less
