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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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Farriery improv'd: or, a compleat treatise upon the art of farriery : wherein is fully explain'd, the nature, structure, and mechanism of that noble and useful creature, a horse, the diseases and accidents he is liable to, and methods of cure : set down in as clear and intelligible a manner as the subject will admit of : the use and abuse of the science discover'd ; whereby any gentleman may be able to judge for himself, whether or no he is imposed upon by ignorant grooms, and other pretenders to this art : together with many necessary and useful observations concerning the choice and management of horses :likewise an account of drugs and mix'd medicines used in farriery ; with some remarks upon their genuineness and adulteration ; and their several prices, set down alphabetically at the end of the workBracken's farriery
Horses, Horses--Diseases, Horseshoeing, Horseshoeing--Early works to 1800, Horses, Horses--Diseases, SF955 .B73 1745
by Henry Bracken, M. D.
Vol. 2 is of the third edition, with imprint: London, J. Hodges, 1743.
Subtitle in vol. 2 slightly various : "... the...
Show moreby Henry Bracken, M. D.
Vol. 2 is of the third edition, with imprint: London, J. Hodges, 1743.
Subtitle in vol. 2 slightly various : "... the diseases and accidents to which he is incident, with the method of cure : delivered in as clear and intelligible a manner as the subject will admit."
Includes advertisements.
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SF955 .B73 1745
Book
Item-ID: i23357332
BIB-ID: 2499213
Includes index.
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Farriery improv'd: or, a compleat treatise upon the art of farriery : wherein is fully explain'd, the nature, structure, and mechanism of that noble and useful creature, a horse, the diseases and accidents he is liable to, and methods of cure : set down in as clear and intelligible a manner as the subject will admit of : the use and abuse of the science discover'd ; whereby any gentleman may be able to judge for himself, whether or no he is imposed upon by ignorant grooms, and other pretenders to this art : together with many necessary and useful observations concerning the choice and management of horses :likewise an account of drugs and mix'd medicines used in farriery ; with some remarks upon their genuineness and adulteration ; and their several prices, set down alphabetically at the end of the workBracken's farriery
Horses, Horses--Diseases, Horseshoeing, Horseshoeing--Early works to 1800, Horses, Horses--Diseases, SF955 .B73 1745
by Henry Bracken, M. D.
Vol. 2 is of the third edition, with imprint: London, J. Hodges, 1743.
Subtitle in vol. 2 slightly various : "... the...
Show moreby Henry Bracken, M. D.
Vol. 2 is of the third edition, with imprint: London, J. Hodges, 1743.
Subtitle in vol. 2 slightly various : "... the diseases and accidents to which he is incident, with the method of cure : delivered in as clear and intelligible a manner as the subject will admit."
Includes advertisements.
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SF955 .B73 1745
Book
Item-ID: i23357344
BIB-ID: 2499213
Includes index.
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The art of farriery: both in theory and practice : containing the causes, symptoms, and cure of all diseases incident to horses : with anatomical descriptions, illustrated with cuts, for the better explaining the structure, and accounting for the various disorders of these useful animals : as also many rules relating to the choice and management of horses of all kinds, and useful directions how to avoid being imposed upon by jockies : wherein some egregious errors of former writers are occasionally pointed out
Horses--Diseases, Veterinary medicine, Horses--Diseases, SF995 .R48 1771, 619.1
by John Reeves ; to which is added a new method of curing a strain in the back sinews, and the anatomy of a horse's leg, with some observations on...
Show moreby John Reeves ; to which is added a new method of curing a strain in the back sinews, and the anatomy of a horse's leg, with some observations on shoeing : also an appendix, containing some necessary observations on the late epidemical distemper among horses, and a method of cure by an eminent surgeon.
Includes index.
An eminent surgeon = Dale Ingram.
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SF995 .R48 1771
Book
Item-ID: i23337606
BIB-ID: 2497784
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Some side-lights upon Edward FitzGerald's poem: "The ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyām"
Omar Khayyam, Rubāʻīyāt, Criticism and interpretationOmar Khayyam, FitzGerald, Edward , 1809-1883, FitzGerald, Edward , 1809-1883, Omar Khayyam, Rubāʻīyāt (Omar Khayyam), PK6525 .H47 1898, 891.551 O54rfYh
Edward Heron-Allen.
"Being the substance of a lecture delivered at the Grosvenor Crescent Club and Women's Institute on the 22nd March 1898."
Main...
Show moreEdward Heron-Allen.
"Being the substance of a lecture delivered at the Grosvenor Crescent Club and Women's Institute on the 22nd March 1898."
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PK6525 .H47 1898
Book
Item-ID: i15807046
BIB-ID: 2523318
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The astrolabes of the world: based upon the series of instruments in the Lewis Evans Collection in the old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, with notes on astrolabes in the collections of the British Museum, Science Museum, Sir. J. Findlay, Mr. S.V. Hoffman, the Mensing Collection and in other public and private collections
Ashmolean Museum., Astrolabes, Astrolabes, Astrolabes--Bibliography, QB85 .G86 1932
v. 1. The Eastern astrolabes -- v. 2. The Western astrolabes.
by Robert T. Gunther, M.A., Hon. LL. D., curator of the Lewis Evans Collection in the...
Show morev. 1. The Eastern astrolabes -- v. 2. The Western astrolabes.
by Robert T. Gunther, M.A., Hon. LL. D., curator of the Lewis Evans Collection in the Old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford.
Paged continuously.
Volume 1 has 68 leaves of plates; volume 2 has 85 leaves of plates.
Volume 1 contains facsimile reprint of "Description of a planispheric astrolabe, constucted for Sháh Sultán Husain Safawí, King of Persia, and now preserved in the British Museum; comprising an account of the astrolabe generally, with notes illustrative and explanatory: to which are added, concise notices of twelve other astrolabes, eastern and European, hitherto undescribed. By William H. Morely. Williams and Norgate, 14, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London; 20, South Frederick Street, Edinburgh. Benj. Duprat, Paris. F.A. Brockhaus, Leipsig. MDCCCLVI."
Bound in white cloth with gilt design of an astrolabe on front covers.
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QB85 .G86 1932
Book
vol.1
Item-ID: i10190314
BIB-ID: 1020667
"The literature": p. [565]-575.
"Bibliography of the astrolabe": p. [576]-598.
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The history of the Turks: Beginning with the year 1679. Being a full relation of the last troubles in Hungary, with the sieges of Vienna, and Buda, and all the several battles both by sea and land, between the Christians, and the Turks, until the end of the year 1698, and 1699. In which the peace between the Turks, and the confederate Christian princes and states, was happily concluded at Carlowitz inHungary, by the mediation of His Majesty of Great Britain, and the States General of the United Provinces. With the effigies of the emperors and others of notes, engraven at large upon copper, which compleats the sixth and last edition of the History of the Turks. In two vol. in folio
History, Social life and customs, DR439 .R93 1700
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.
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DR439 .R93 1700
Book
Item-ID: i15863827
BIB-ID: 1022012
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Report of Edward A. Van Dyck: upon the capitulations of the Ottoman Empire since the year 1150. Part 1Capitulations of the Ottoman Empire since the year 1150
Capitulations, Foreign ralation, DR485 .D93 1881
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DR485 .D93 1881
Book
Item-ID: i10170017
BIB-ID: 1018637
Includes bibliographical references.
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DR485 .D93 1881
Book
Item-ID: i10170017
BIB-ID: 1018637
Includes bibliographical references.
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Politicall reflections upon the government of the Turks
Politics and government, D247 .O78 1656
by the author of the late Advice to a son.
Attributed to Francis Osborne. Cf. BM.
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D247 .O78 1656
Book
Item-ID: i15803132
BI...
Show moreby the author of the late Advice to a son.
Attributed to Francis Osborne. Cf. BM.
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D247 .O78 1656
Book
Item-ID: i15803132
BIB-ID: 2523725
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Memoirs by Commander James Felix Jones, I.N: Steam-trip to the North of Baghdad, in April, 1846, with notes on various objects of interest en route. Journey for the purpose of determining the tract of the ancient Nahrwan canal, undertaken in April 1848, with a glance at the past history of the territory of the Nahrwan. Journey to the frontier of Turkey and Persia, through a part of Kurdistan. Researches in the vicinity of the Median Wall of Xenophon, and along the old course of the River Tigris, and discovery of the site of the ancient Opis. Memoir on the province of Baghdad. Notes on the topography of Ninevah, and the other cities of Assyria, and on the general geography of the country between the Tigris and the upper Zab, founded upon a trigonometrical survey made in the year 1852
TravelJones, James Felix, Jones, James Felix, Travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS70.65 .J66 1857
compiled and edited by R. Hughes Thomas.
Includes tabulated lists of public buildings and groups of houses and of prices and wages.
Illus. incl....
Show morecompiled and edited by R. Hughes Thomas.
Includes tabulated lists of public buildings and groups of houses and of prices and wages.
Illus. incl. lithogr. plates (some hand-col., some fold.)--and maps (3 in pockets).
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DS70.65 .J66 1857
Book
Item-ID: i15806339
BIB-ID: 2526426
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Journal of the British embassy to Persia: embellished with numerous views taken in India and Persia ; also, A dissertation upon the antiquities of PersepolisDissertation upon the antiquities of Persepolis
Inscriptions, Inscriptions--Iran, Sanskrit language, Description and travel, Antiquities, Description and travel, DS258 .P75 1825
by William Price.
In double columns.
Dissertation upon the antiquities of Persepolis.
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DS258 .P75 1825
Book
Item-ID: i15715565
...
Show moreby William Price.
In double columns.
Dissertation upon the antiquities of Persepolis.
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DS258 .P75 1825
Book
Item-ID: i15715565
BIB-ID: 1013468
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Nadir Shah: a critical study based mainly upon contemporary sources
Nādir Shāh , 1688-1747, History, History, DS294 .L63 1938
by L. Lockhart. With a foreword by Sir E. Denison Ross.
Errata slip inserted.
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DS294 .L63 1938
Book
Item-ID: i15799293
BIB...
Show moreby L. Lockhart. With a foreword by Sir E. Denison Ross.
Errata slip inserted.
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DS294 .L63 1938
Book
Item-ID: i15799293
BIB-ID: 1016706
"Bibliographical particulars": p. 292-313. Bibliography: p. 314-328.
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Narrative of a tour through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia, and Mesopotamia: with an introduction and occcasional observations upon The condition of mohammedanism and christianity in those countries
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS48.5 .S78 1840
by Horatio Southgate.
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DS48.5 .S78 1840
Book
vol.1
Item-ID: i2275989x
BIB-ID: 1951337
Show moreby Horatio Southgate.
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DS48.5 .S78 1840
Book
vol.1
Item-ID: i2275989x
BIB-ID: 1951337
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Narrative of a tour through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia, and Mesopotamia: with an introduction and occcasional observations upon The condition of mohammedanism and christianity in those countries
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS48.5 .S78 1840
by Horatio Southgate.
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DS48.5 .S78 1840
Book
vol.2
Item-ID: i22759906
BIB-ID: 1951337
Show moreby Horatio Southgate.
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DS48.5 .S78 1840
Book
vol.2
Item-ID: i22759906
BIB-ID: 1951337
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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 NightsThousand nights and a nightArabian nights' entertainmentsArabian nights. English
Tales, Tales--Arabian Peninsula, PJ7715 .B87 1910
by Richard F. Burton.
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Horae Aegyptiacae, or, The chronology of ancient Egypt discovered from astronomical and hieroglyphic records upon its monuments: including many dates found in coeval inscriptions from the period of the building of the great pyramid to the times of the Persians : and illustrations of the history of the first nineteen dynasties, shewing the order of their succession, from the monumentsHorae AegyptiacaeChronology of ancient Egypt discovered from astronomical and hieroglyphic records upon its monuments
History, History, DT83 .P78 1851
by Reginald Stuart Poole.
Includes bibliographical references.
Show moreby Reginald Stuart Poole.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Report upon the atrocities committed by the Austro-Hungarian army during the first invasion of Serbia
World War, 1914-1918--Atrocities, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Serbia, D626.A9 R28 1916
submitted to the Serbian government by R.A. Reiss ... English translation by F.S. Copeland.
At head of title: The kingdom of Serbia.
"Extracts have...
Show moresubmitted to the Serbian government by R.A. Reiss ... English translation by F.S. Copeland.
At head of title: The kingdom of Serbia.
"Extracts have been previously published by the author in the Gazette de Lausanne and in pamphlet form."--Pref.
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D626.A9 R28 1916
Book
Item-ID: i10170285
BIB-ID: 1018664
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The ancient Egyptians and the origin of civilizationAncient Egyptians and their influence upon the civilization of Europe
Civilization, Civilization, History, DT61 .S65 1923, 913.32
by G. Elliot Smith.
First edition appeared in 1911 under title: The ancient Egyptians and their influence upon the civilization of Europe.
Show moreby G. Elliot Smith.
First edition appeared in 1911 under title: The ancient Egyptians and their influence upon the civilization of Europe.
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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. 2
Item-ID: i20236906
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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The Natural history of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri, being the report upon the results of the conjoint expedition to these islands in 1898-9, by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant,... and Dr H. O. Forbes,... forming a monograph of the islands, edited by Henry O. Forbes
Natural history, Natural history--Yemen--Socotra, QH193.S65 F67 1903
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QH193.S65 F67 1903
Book
Item-ID: i10214161
BIB-ID: 1023052
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QH193.S65 F67 1903
Book
Item-ID: i10214161
BIB-ID: 1023052
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