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A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments, now entituled The book of the Thousand nights and a night: with introduction explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The nightsBook of the Thousand nights and a nightAlf Laylah wa laylahSupplemental nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a NightArabian nights. English
Arabian nights, Fairy tales, Tales, Arabic, PJ7715 .B87 1885
by Richard F. Burton.
Includes indexes
"Limited to one thousand numbered sets"--T.p. verso
Volumes of this set are numbered 1-17 on the spines, but...
Show moreby Richard F. Burton.
Includes indexes
"Limited to one thousand numbered sets"--T.p. verso
Volumes of this set are numbered 1-17 on the spines, but volumes 11-17 have title pages bearing the title "Supplemental nights to the book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with notes anthropological and explanatory."
Dates of publication taken from translator's notes (Volume 1, page xxiv and Volume 17, page xiii).
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PJ7715 .B87 1885 Suppl.
Book
vol. 4
Item-ID: i20236943
BIB-ID: 1020839
Includes bibliographical references and index in volumes 1-17, plus volume 10 include index to the tales and proper names in the first ten volumes, alphabetical table of the notes in the first ten volumes, and an alphabetical table of first lines; volume 17 also includes index to the tales and proper names in the supplemental volumes, as well as an alphabetical table of the notes in those volumes.
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A voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, undertaken in the year 1790: containing an account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale, the character and arts of the people of India with some remarkable religious rites of the inhabitants of Bengal ; to which is added, A voyage in the Red Sea, including a description of Mocha and of the trade of the Arabs of Yemen ; with some particulars of their manners, customs &cVoyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal 1790A voyage in the Red Sea
Description and travel, DS412 .G73 1803
translated from the French of L. de Grandpré.
Includes index.
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DS412 .G73 1803
Book
Item-ID: i10045004
BIB-ID: 1006303
Show moretranslated from the French of L. de Grandpré.
Includes index.
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DS412 .G73 1803
Book
Item-ID: i10045004
BIB-ID: 1006303
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A second series of the manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians: including their religion, agriculture, &c. : derived from a comparison of the paintings, sculptures, and monuments still existing, with the accounts of ancient authorsManners and customs of the ancient Egyptians
Agriculture, Ancient, Agriculture, Ancient--Egypt, Antiquities, Civilization, Civilisation, DT60 .W52 1841
v.1-2. Text -- [v.3]. Supplement, index, and plates.
by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson.
Plates numbered 18,19, etc., continuing the numbers of the first...
Show morev.1-2. Text -- [v.3]. Supplement, index, and plates.
by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson.
Plates numbered 18,19, etc., continuing the numbers of the first series.
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DT60 .W52 1841
Book
Item-ID: i10141029
BIB-ID: 1015738
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A second series of the manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians: including their religion, agriculture, &c. : derived from a comparison of the paintings, sculptures, and monuments still existing, with the accounts of ancient authorsManners and customs of the ancient Egyptians
Agriculture, Ancient, Agriculture, Ancient--Egypt, Antiquities, Civilization, Civilisation, DT60 .W52 1841
v.1-2. Text -- [v.3]. Supplement, index, and plates.
by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson.
Plates numbered 18,19, etc., continuing the numbers of the first...
Show morev.1-2. Text -- [v.3]. Supplement, index, and plates.
by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson.
Plates numbered 18,19, etc., continuing the numbers of the first series.
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DT60 .W52 1841
Book
vol. 1
Item-ID: i2368379x
BIB-ID: 1015738
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Topography of Thebes, and general view of Egypt: Being a short account of the principal objects worthy of notice in the valley of the Nile, to the second cataract and Wadee Samneh, with the Fyoom, oases, and eastern desert, from Sooez to Berenice; with remarks on the manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians, and the productions of the country, &c. &c
Antiquities, History, Ancient, DT60 .W69 1835
By J.G. Wilkinson, esq.
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DT60 .W69 1835
Book
Item-ID: i10231602
BIB-ID: 1024796
Show moreBy J.G. Wilkinson, esq.
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DT60 .W69 1835
Book
Item-ID: i10231602
BIB-ID: 1024796
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Assyria, her manners and customs, arts and arms: restored from her monuments
Civilisation assyro-babylonienne, Coutume sociale, Moeurs, DS69.3 .G67 1852
by Philip Henry Gosse.
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DS69.3 .G67 1852
Book
Item-ID: i10061435
BIB-ID: 1007779
Comprend des réf. bibliogr.
Show moreby Philip Henry Gosse.
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DS69.3 .G67 1852
Book
Item-ID: i10061435
BIB-ID: 1007779
Comprend des réf. bibliogr.
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The history of Arabia, ancient and modern: containing a description of the country--an account of its inhabitants, antiquities, political condition, and early commerce--the life and religion of Mohammed--the conquests, arts, and literature of the Saracens--the caliphs of Damascus, Bagdad, Africa, and Spain--the civil government and religious ceremonies of the modern Arabs--origin and suppression of the Wahabes--the institutions, character, manners, and customs of the bedouins; and a comprehensive view of its natural history
Natural history, Natural history--Arabian Peninsula, History, DS223 .C75 1834
by Andrew Crichton.
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DS223 .C75 1834
Book
vol. 1
Item-ID: i2584006x
BIB-ID: 1011934
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DS223 .C75 1834
Book
vol. 1
Item-ID: i2584006x
BIB-ID: 1011934
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The history of Arabia, ancient and modern: containing a description of the country--an account of its inhabitants, antiquities, political condition, and early commerce--the life and religion of Mohammed--the conquests, arts, and literature of the Saracens--the caliphs of Damascus, Bagdad, Africa, and Spain--the civil government and religious ceremonies of the modern Arabs--origin and suppression of the Wahabes--the institutions, character, manners, and customs of the bedouins; and a comprehensive view of its natural history
Natural history, Natural history--Arabian Peninsula, History, DS223 .C75 1834
by Andrew Crichton.
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DS223 .C75 1834
Book
vol. 2
Item-ID: i25840071
BIB-ID: 1011934
Show moreby Andrew Crichton.
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DS223 .C75 1834
Book
vol. 2
Item-ID: i25840071
BIB-ID: 1011934
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The horses of the Sahara and the manners of the desert
Arabian horse, SF283 .D27 1863, 636.1 D241cX, 1863
by E. Daumas ... with commentaries by the Emir Abd-el-Kader. Tr. from the French by James Hutton.
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SF283 .D27 1863
Book
I...
Show moreby E. Daumas ... with commentaries by the Emir Abd-el-Kader. Tr. from the French by James Hutton.
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SF283 .D27 1863
Book
Item-ID: i1139268x
BIB-ID: 1171400
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An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians
Social life and customs, DT70 .L36 1846, 306/.0962
written in Egypt during the years 1833, 34, and 35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825, 26, 27, and 28,...
Show morewritten in Egypt during the years 1833, 34, and 35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825, 26, 27, and 28, by Edward William Lane.
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DT70 .L36 1846
Book
vol.2
Item-ID: i20235604
BIB-ID: 1006987
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An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians
Social life and customs, DT70 .L36 1846, 306/.0962
written in Egypt during the years 1833, 34, and 35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825, 26, 27, and 28,...
Show morewritten in Egypt during the years 1833, 34, and 35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825, 26, 27, and 28, by Edward William Lane.
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DT70 .L36 1846
Book
vol.1
Item-ID: i10053517
BIB-ID: 1006987
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A true and faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mohammetans: in which is a particular relation of their pilgrimage to Mecca ... and a description of Medina ... as likewise of Algier and the country adjacent, and of Alexandria, Grand-Cairo, &c. : with an account of the author's being taken captive
Islam, Islam--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, BP161 .P57 1704
by Joseph Pitts of Exon.
Errata: p. 183.
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BP161 .P57 1704
Book
Item-ID: i10044589
BIB-ID: 1006261
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Errata: p. 183.
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BP161 .P57 1704
Book
Item-ID: i10044589
BIB-ID: 1006261
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Appendix to the memoirs of Baron de Tott: containing an answer to the remarks of M. De Peyssonnel, by M. Ruffin : a historical memoir concerning the Druses, a people inhabiting Mount Lebanon; and a Catechism and various extracts from their scared books : which together, form a most curious and interesting account of this extraordinary people, so little known; their religion, manners, laws, and governmentHistorical memoir concerning the druses, a people inhabiting Mount LebanonRemarks of M. de PeyssonelAnswer to the remarks of M. De PeyssonnelRight way
Tott, François , 1733-1793, Tott, François,Tott, François , 1733-1793, Memoirs of Baron de Tott, Druzes, Druzes--Sacred books--Early works to 1800, History, Religion, BL1695 .R84 1786
translated from Drusean manuscripts, by M. Venture de Paradis: and from the French, by an English Gentleman at Paris.
With a half-title.
The "remarks...
Show moretranslated from Drusean manuscripts, by M. Venture de Paradis: and from the French, by an English Gentleman at Paris.
With a half-title.
The "remarks" are contained in the 'Lettre', translated and published by the Robinsons in 1786 as 'Strictures and remarks on the memoirs of Baron de Tott', by Claude Charles de Peyssonnel.
"Extract from an epistle entitled The Right way: translated from the Books of Hamzah, by Monsieur Venture de Paradis, secretary interpreter of Oriental languages to His Most Christian Majesty, and many years his resident among the Druses": p. [141]-224.
Library copy was considered v. 3 of Memoirs of Baron de Tott, a 2 vol. set published in 1785; listed in 1793 catalogue, p. 79, No. 4312, 8°, 2 vol., as Tott's Memoirs. Binding: full calf, double lettering-piece (black for the title, red for the volume number); rolls in gold on spine.
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BL1695 .R84 1786
Book
Item-ID: i10056440
BIB-ID: 1007280
With: Strictures and remarks on the memoirs of Baron de Tott / M. de Peyssonnel. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1786. Bound together subsequent to publication. ZNS
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Arabic proverbs, or, The manners and customs of the modern EgyptiansManners and customs of the modern Egyptians
Proverbs, Arabic, Arabic language--Dialects, Arabic language--Dialects--Egypt, PN6519.A7 B87 1830, 398.9
illustrated from their proverbial sayings current at Cairo, tr. and explained by the late John Lewis Burckhardt.
"Note of the editor" signed:...
Show moreillustrated from their proverbial sayings current at Cairo, tr. and explained by the late John Lewis Burckhardt.
"Note of the editor" signed: William Ouseley.
"Published by authority of the Association for promoting the discovery of the interior of Africa."
Bound with the author's Notes on the Bedouins and Wahábys. London, 1830.
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PN6519.A7 B87 1830
Book
Item-ID: i1005926x
BIB-ID: 1007562
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A true and faithful account of the religion & manners of the Mohametans: in which is a particular relation of their pilgrimage to Mecca ... and a description of Medina ... as likewise of Algier and the country adjacent, and of Alexandria, Grand-Cairo, &c. ; with an account of the author's being taken captive
Islam, Islam--Early works to 1800, Pilgrims and pilgrimages, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Mecca, Description and travel, BP187.3 .P57 1717
It includes an illustration which is "The temple at Mecca".
by Joseph Pitts of Exon.
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BP187.3 .P57 1717
Book
Item-ID:...
Show moreIt includes an illustration which is "The temple at Mecca".
by Joseph Pitts of Exon.
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BP187.3 .P57 1717
Book
Item-ID: i22384121
BIB-ID: 2395436
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A short account of Algiers: containing a description of the climate of that country, of the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and of their several wars against Spain, France, England, Holland, Venice, and the other powers of Europe, from the usurpation of Barbarossa and the invasion of the Emperor Charles V. to the present time : with a concise view of the origin of the rupture between Algiers and the United States : [Four lines from Buchanan]
History, Foreign relations, Foreign relations, DT284 .C37 1794
Attributed to Mathew Carey by Evans.
Signatures: pi1 [A]⁴ B-E⁴ F⁴(-F4).
Map of the Barbary Coast engraved by Joseph T. Scott.
"The following lines are...
Show moreAttributed to Mathew Carey by Evans.
Signatures: pi1 [A]⁴ B-E⁴ F⁴(-F4).
Map of the Barbary Coast engraved by Joseph T. Scott.
"The following lines are extracted from a 'Poem on the happiness of America' by Colonel Humphrey."--p. 45-46.
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DT284 .C37 1794
Book
Item-ID: i10043391
BIB-ID: 1006142
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Letters from the Levant: containing views of the state of society, manners, opinions, and commerce, in Greece, and several of the principal islands of the Archipelago
Description and travel, Description and travel, DF721 .G35 1813
by John Galt.
"Printed by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, London"--T.p. verso.
Errata: foot of p. xv.
Pages [vi] and [348]...
Show moreby John Galt.
"Printed by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, London"--T.p. verso.
Errata: foot of p. xv.
Pages [vi] and [348] are blank.
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DF721 .G35 1813
Book
Item-ID: i10136125
BIB-ID: 1015248
Also issued online.
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The Druses of the Lebanon: their manners, customs, and history. With a translation of their religious code
Druzes, History, DS94.8.D8 C43 1855, 297
by George Washington Chasseaud.
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DS94.8.D8 C43 1855
Book
Item-ID: i10197217
BIB-ID: 1021357
Also issued online.
Show moreby George Washington Chasseaud.
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DS94.8.D8 C43 1855
Book
Item-ID: i10197217
BIB-ID: 1021357
Also issued online.
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The history of the Mahometan empire in Spain: containing a general history of the Arabs, their institutions, conquests, literature, arts, sciences and manners ... : designed as an introduction to The Arabian antiquities of Spain, by James Cavanah Murphy
History, DP99 .S53 1816
[by John Shakespear and Thomas Hartwell Horne].
Includes index.
Author statement from preface.
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DP99 .S53 1816
Book
Item-ID:...
Show more[by John Shakespear and Thomas Hartwell Horne].
Includes index.
Author statement from preface.
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DP99 .S53 1816
Book
Item-ID: i10203631
BIB-ID: 1021999
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The Palestine Exploration Fund: a society for the accurate and systematic investigation of the archaeology, topography, geology and physical geography, natural history, manners and customs of the Holy Land, for Biblical illustration
Palestine Exploration Fund., Antiquities, DS111.A3 P35 1865
Title from cover.
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DS111.A3 P35 1865
Book
Item-ID: i10158832
BIB-ID: 1017519
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DS111.A3 P35 1865
Book
Item-ID: i10158832
BIB-ID: 1017519
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