par F. André Theuet d'Angovlesme. Initials. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .T44 1554 Book Item-ID: i23166903 BIB-ID: 2451686 Show morepar F. André Theuet d'Angovlesme. Initials. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .T44 1554 Book Item-ID: i23166903 BIB-ID: 2451686 Show less
Social life and customs, DT282 .S45 1936, 965 S552a
by Clare Sheridan. Main Heritage Shelves General DT282 .S45 1936 Book Item-ID: i10057055 BIB-ID: 1007340 Show moreby Clare Sheridan. Main Heritage Shelves General DT282 .S45 1936 Book Item-ID: i10057055 BIB-ID: 1007340 Show less
[Türkçeye tercüme eden: Ahmed Nedim]. Principal work of the Ottoman historian Müneccimbasi (1631-1702), originally written in Arabic ("Jami' al... Show more[Türkçeye tercüme eden: Ahmed Nedim]. Principal work of the Ottoman historian Müneccimbasi (1631-1702), originally written in Arabic ("Jami' al-duwal"). The only printed version of this universal history (reaching up to the year 1672) is the Turkish digest published under the present title by the poet Ahmed Nedin. - Browned throughout due to paper. Binding slightly rubbed at the edges. Main Heritage Shelves General DR440 .M85 1868 Book Item-ID: i16873488 BIB-ID: 1510764 Show less
Relief shown pictorially and with isolines Numbered 14. Shows coastal settlements. Published by Harrison as part of an apparently untitled general atlas. ... Show moreRelief shown pictorially and with isolines Numbered 14. Shows coastal settlements. Published by Harrison as part of an apparently untitled general atlas. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00423 Print Map Item-ID: i23872342 BIB-ID: 1525313 Persian Gulf. Show less
Przez Edwarda Raczyńskiego. First edition. - The very rare original edition of this important account of a journey through Turkey and Asia Minor.... Show morePrzez Edwarda Raczyńskiego. First edition. - The very rare original edition of this important account of a journey through Turkey and Asia Minor. According to Brunet the finest publication ever to leave a Polish press, it was soon translated into German as "Malerische Reise in einigen Provinzen des Osmanischen Reichs" (last sold for £20,400 at Sotheby's 2004 Natural History and Travel Sale; no copy of the present original edition has appeared at German auctions during the last decades). The Polish statesman Count Edward Raczynski (1786-1845), a patron of the arts and founder of the Raczynski Library in Poznan, travelled to Constantinople by way of Odessa during the months of July through November 1814. He was accompanied by Ludwig Christian Fuhrmann (1783-1829) as draughtsman, and most if the plates are engraved after his drawings. Raczynski also visited the Troad, the peninsula containing the ruins of Troy, of which a detailed description is given. This beautifully illustrated work is highly sought-after for its many detailed engravings, including a folding map of Istanbul, illustrations of the ruins of Troy and Assos, the bay of Lesbos, a portrait of Sultan Muhammad IV, the mosque of the Sultan, etc. Brunet praises it as "l'ouvrage le plus magnifique qui ait encore paru en Pologne". Binding somewhat rubbed; edges, corners and hinges showing some wear. Interior rather browned throughout due to paper. Only 5 copies of this original edition listed in library catalogues internationally (BL, BnF, LoC, Stabi Berlin, NL Sweden). Plates no. 20 and 45 not published; no. 28 repeated. "Na dochód ubogich w Poznaniu i towarzystwa dobroczynności, szkoły głuchoniemych i szpitalów Dzieciątka Jesus i P.P. Marcinkanek w Warszawie." "Dodatek. Słownik języka kwiatów": viii p. at end. Main Heritage Shelves General DR425 .R33 1821 Book Item-ID: i16875448 BIB-ID: 1510963 Show less
S. Khuda Bakhsh. Main Heritage Compact General DS38.5 .W4313 1983 Reference Item-ID: i10040626 BIB-ID: 1005865 Includes bibliographical references. Show moreS. Khuda Bakhsh. Main Heritage Compact General DS38.5 .W4313 1983 Reference Item-ID: i10040626 BIB-ID: 1005865 Includes bibliographical references. Show less
Madog ab Owain Gwynedd , 1150-1180?, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Discovery and exploration--Welsh, Discovery and exploration--Pre-Columbian, DS7 .H47 1638
Rare revised and enlarged second English edition of Herbert's account of his voyage (1627-29) to Persia by way of the Cape, Madagascar and Surat ... Show moreRare revised and enlarged second English edition of Herbert's account of his voyage (1627-29) to Persia by way of the Cape, Madagascar and Surat (India). On his way back he visited North America. Herbert begins his account of America (pp. 355-364) with its supposed discovery in 1170 by Madoc, son of Owen Gwyneth, Prince of Wales, and attempts to defend this claim with linguistic and cultural evidence. ''The quaint and curious notes on the travels make the volume one of the most interesting and attractive of the earlier and more primitive accounts'' (South African Bibliography). The illustrations include maps of Madagascar and the southeastern coast of Africa, the Persian empire, India, and Southeast Asia, views of the Persian Gulf, Tenerife, St. Helena, natives of Angola, the Cape, Persia and depictions of a coconut tree, a shark fish, a penguin and a dodo. - Thomas Herbert (1606-82) travelled with Dodmore Cotton, the new English ambassador to Persia (who died before Herbert's return). He first published his account in English in 1634, and it was translated into Dutch (by Lambert van den Bos) in 1658 and into French in 1663. Jonathan Swift attacked its "impertinences, conceitedness, and tedious digressions" and called the author a coxcomb (South African Bibliography). - Some marginal waterstains and soiling. A good copy of this account which is still important for its early eyewitness descriptions, especially of Persia, India and Africa. Headpieces; initials. Author attributes first dicovery of America to Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd, 300 years before Columbus. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .H47 1638 Book Item-ID: i2266774x BIB-ID: 1508228 Book plate of T. Scott. (Rev. Thomas). WlLaUW T.-p. signed William Phillips de Bradeley. WlLaUW Presented by Thomas Phillips 1842. WlLaUW Show less
Sheba, LégendesReine de Saba, Description and travel, Descriptions et voyages, DS247.H3 P43 1937, 915.34
[by] Norman Stone Pearn and Vernon Barlow. "First published in 1937." Pearn "was ... responsible for ... [the exploration] I for the writing and the... Show more[by] Norman Stone Pearn and Vernon Barlow. "First published in 1937." Pearn "was ... responsible for ... [the exploration] I for the writing and the research".--Pref., p. v, signed: Vernon Barlow. Main Heritage Shelves General DS247.H3 P43 1937 Book Item-ID: i10167213 BIB-ID: 1018357 Bibliography: p. 254. Show less
Aeronautics--Flights, Animal behavior, Description and travel, DT12 .H66 1934
by HW. Africa as seen by an officer in command of a squadron of the Royal air force in the Sudan. Main Heritage Shelves General DT12 .H66 1934 Book Item... Show moreby HW. Africa as seen by an officer in command of a squadron of the Royal air force in the Sudan. Main Heritage Shelves General DT12 .H66 1934 Book Item-ID: i15529745 BIB-ID: 1005495 Bibliography: p. xii. Show less
Portuguese, Portuguese--India--Early works to 1800, Discoveries in geography--Portuguese, Discoveries in geography--Portuguese--Early works to 1800, History, Discovery and exploration--Portuguese, History, History, DS411.7 .B37 1628
Second edition of the first three "Decades" on Portugal's Middle Eastern enterprises, all that was published during the lifetime of the author (a... Show moreSecond edition of the first three "Decades" on Portugal's Middle Eastern enterprises, all that was published during the lifetime of the author (a fourth volume was published posthumously in 1615; the set was continued by other hands). "This is considered by Du Fresnoy as being a good edition of the three first decades" (Clarke, The Progress of Maritime Discovery, p. 132). The writer de Barros (1496-1570), head agent for the Portuguese overseas trade authority "Casa da Índia", managed to persuade King João III to commission from him a history of the Portuguese in India (including Asia and southeast Africa). The result, published between 1552 and 1563, earned him renown as one of the first great Portuguese historians, and the the title of a "Portuguese Livy". The 'Decades' contain "the early history of the Portuguese in India and Asia and reveal careful study of Eastern historians and geographers, as well as of the records of his own country. They are distinguished by clearness of exposition and orderly arrangement. They are also lively accounts" (Enc. Britannica). Books 2 and 3 of the "Decada Segunda" (fols. 21 ff.) offer a detailed narrative of Alfonso de Albuquerque's expedition to the Arabian Sea and his conquest of Ormuz in 1507; the island remained under Portuese occupation from 1515 to 1622. As vassals of the Portuguese state, the Kingdom of Ormus jointly participated in the 1521 invasion of Bahrain that ended Jabrid rule of the Arabian Gulf archipelago. - Slight waterstaining throughout; t. p. of vol. 1 remargined (slight loss to border rules). Old ms. ownership to t. p. of vol. 3; stamp on t. p. of vol. 1; some contemp. notes at the end of the volume. Trimmed fairly closely at times, still, a good, uniformly bound set with handsome shelf appearance. Rare; last sold at Sotheby's 1998 auction Main Heritage Shelves General DS411.7 .B37 1628 Book vol. 3 Item-ID: i22668500 BIB-ID: 1494589 Show less
