The lands of Nimrod.--Beginnings of Babylonian civilization.--Egypt and Chaldea.--The city kingdoms.--The garden of the Orient.--"Khammurabi the... Show moreThe lands of Nimrod.--Beginnings of Babylonian civilization.--Egypt and Chaldea.--The city kingdoms.--The garden of the Orient.--"Khammurabi the Great."--"The code of Khammurabi."--"Laws of Khammurabi."--The beginnings of literature.--Appendix A. Babylonian and Assyrian art in relation to Egypt.--Appendix B. Foundation ceremonies.--Appendix C. The legend of death.--Appendix D. The deluge legend. by W. St. Chad Boscawen. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS71 .B67 1906 Book Item-ID: i1020006x BIB-ID: 1021642 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, G460 .L7 1906, 910.9 L776, 1632
by William Lithgow. "Reprint of the 'editio princeps' of 1632," with reproduction of original t.p. Main Heritage Shelves General G460 .L7 1906 Book Item... Show moreby William Lithgow. "Reprint of the 'editio princeps' of 1632," with reproduction of original t.p. Main Heritage Shelves General G460 .L7 1906 Book Item-ID: i10229917 BIB-ID: 1024627 Show less
Ramsay, A.M. Proodos. [Bion dead. From Moschus, Id. II] -- I. Ramsay, A.M. Issurian and east-Phrygian art in the third and fourth centuries after... Show moreRamsay, A.M. Proodos. [Bion dead. From Moschus, Id. II] -- I. Ramsay, A.M. Issurian and east-Phrygian art in the third and fourth centuries after Christ. -- II. Calder, W.M. Smyrna as described by the orator Aelius Aristides. -- III. Petrie, A. Epitaphs in Phrygian Greek. -- IV. Fraser, J. Inheritance by adoption and marriage in Phrygia, as shown in the epitaphs of Trophimos and his relatives. -- V. Callander, T. Explorations in Lyaconia and Isauria, 1904. -- VI. Anderson, J.G.C. Paganism and Christianity in the upper Tembris valley. -- VII. Ramsay, W.M. Preliminary report to the Wilson trustees on exploration in Phrygia and Lyaconia. -- VIII. Ramsay, W.M. The war of Moslem and Christian for the possession of Asia Minor. -- IX. Ramsay, W.M. The Teküioreian guest-friends : an anti-Christian society on the imperial estates at Pisidian Antioch. -- Notes and corrections. -- Ramsay, A.M., Fraser, J. Anderdon, W.R. Epodos. -- Index. ed. by W.M. Ramsay. Printed for private distribution. Another issue, differing in the preface, has imprint: London, Hodder & Stoughton, Asia Minor exploration fund, 1906. Article VIII: The Rede lecture in the University of Cambridge, 1906. Reprinted from the "Contemporary review." Show less
A pioneering Egyptologist, dedicated to careful, methodical and economical research, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) made Near... Show moreA pioneering Egyptologist, dedicated to careful, methodical and economical research, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) made Near Eastern archaeology a much more rigorous and scientific discipline. This 1906 publication covers Petrie's work in the Sinai Peninsula, investigating the historical and biblical significance of the region, especially as it related to the Exodus. Copiously illustrated with photographs, the book depicts the region's climate, geography and antiquities, recording the logistical and archaeological processes that characterised Petrie's approach. Notable is the material on ancient turquoise mines and a Middle Kingdom temple at Serabit el-Khadim, where inscriptions in the previously unknown Proto-Sinaitic script were discovered. Several chapters by Charles T. Currelly (1876–1957) record additional travels and observations. Petrie wrote prolifically throughout his long career, and a great many of his other publications are also reissued in this series. William Matthew Flinders Petrie. Show less
History, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS835 .K2 1906, 952 K11
1. Publisher's note. Biographical note on the Scheuchzer family by Sir Archibald Keikie. The dedication. The names of the subscribers to the... Show more1. Publisher's note. Biographical note on the Scheuchzer family by Sir Archibald Keikie. The dedication. The names of the subscribers to the original edition. The author's preface. The life of the author, by the translator. An introduction by the translator. The history of Japan: book I. A general description of the empire of Japan. book II. Of the political state of Japan -- 2. Book III. Of the state of religion in Japan. book IV. Of Nagasaki, the place of residence for foreigners: of their trade, accomodation, etc. book V. The author's two journies to the emperor's court at Jedo. -- 3. Book V continued. Appendix: I. The natural history of the Japanese tea. II. Of the paper manufacturers of the Japanese. III. Of the cure of the cholick by the acupunctura, or needle-pricking. IV. An account of the moxa, an excellent caustic of the Chinese and Japanese. V. Some observations concerning ambergeese. VI. An enquiry, Whether it be conducive for the good of the Japanese empire, to keep it shut up ... and not to suffer its inhabitants to have any commerce with foreign nations. The second appendix to the History of Japan, being part of an authentick journal of a voyage to Japan, made by the English in the 1673 [signed Simon Delboe, Hamond Gibben, William Ramsden] by Engelbert Kaempfer, and tr. by J.G. Scheuchzer, F.R.S. The original illustrations have been here reproduced. "One thousand copies of this book have been printed ... of which one hundred copies are on hand-made paper." Scheuchzer's translation of Kaempfer's "De beschryving van Japan," made under the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, was first published in London, 1727. 2 v. Show less
History, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS835 .K2 1906, 952 K11
1. Publisher's note. Biographical note on the Scheuchzer family by Sir Archibald Keikie. The dedication. The names of the subscribers to the... Show more1. Publisher's note. Biographical note on the Scheuchzer family by Sir Archibald Keikie. The dedication. The names of the subscribers to the original edition. The author's preface. The life of the author, by the translator. An introduction by the translator. The history of Japan: book I. A general description of the empire of Japan. book II. Of the political state of Japan -- 2. Book III. Of the state of religion in Japan. book IV. Of Nagasaki, the place of residence for foreigners: of their trade, accomodation, etc. book V. The author's two journies to the emperor's court at Jedo. -- 3. Book V continued. Appendix: I. The natural history of the Japanese tea. II. Of the paper manufacturers of the Japanese. III. Of the cure of the cholick by the acupunctura, or needle-pricking. IV. An account of the moxa, an excellent caustic of the Chinese and Japanese. V. Some observations concerning ambergeese. VI. An enquiry, Whether it be conducive for the good of the Japanese empire, to keep it shut up ... and not to suffer its inhabitants to have any commerce with foreign nations. The second appendix to the History of Japan, being part of an authentick journal of a voyage to Japan, made by the English in the 1673 [signed Simon Delboe, Hamond Gibben, William Ramsden] by Engelbert Kaempfer, and tr. by J.G. Scheuchzer, F.R.S. The original illustrations have been here reproduced. "One thousand copies of this book have been printed ... of which one hundred copies are on hand-made paper." Scheuchzer's translation of Kaempfer's "De beschryving van Japan," made under the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, was first published in London, 1727. 2 v. Show less
History, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS835 .K2 1906, 952 K11
1. Publisher's note. Biographical note on the Scheuchzer family by Sir Archibald Keikie. The dedication. The names of the subscribers to the... Show more1. Publisher's note. Biographical note on the Scheuchzer family by Sir Archibald Keikie. The dedication. The names of the subscribers to the original edition. The author's preface. The life of the author, by the translator. An introduction by the translator. The history of Japan: book I. A general description of the empire of Japan. book II. Of the political state of Japan -- 2. Book III. Of the state of religion in Japan. book IV. Of Nagasaki, the place of residence for foreigners: of their trade, accomodation, etc. book V. The author's two journies to the emperor's court at Jedo. -- 3. Book V continued. Appendix: I. The natural history of the Japanese tea. II. Of the paper manufacturers of the Japanese. III. Of the cure of the cholick by the acupunctura, or needle-pricking. IV. An account of the moxa, an excellent caustic of the Chinese and Japanese. V. Some observations concerning ambergeese. VI. An enquiry, Whether it be conducive for the good of the Japanese empire, to keep it shut up ... and not to suffer its inhabitants to have any commerce with foreign nations. The second appendix to the History of Japan, being part of an authentick journal of a voyage to Japan, made by the English in the 1673 [signed Simon Delboe, Hamond Gibben, William Ramsden] by Engelbert Kaempfer, and tr. by J.G. Scheuchzer, F.R.S. The original illustrations have been here reproduced. "One thousand copies of this book have been printed ... of which one hundred copies are on hand-made paper." Scheuchzer's translation of Kaempfer's "De beschryving van Japan," made under the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, was first published in London, 1727. 2 v. Show less
El-Khazraji, called Ibn Wahhas, was a Yemeni historian, who wrote under the Turkish Rasulid Dynasty in Yemen. He died late 812/early 1410, aged... Show moreEl-Khazraji, called Ibn Wahhas, was a Yemeni historian, who wrote under the Turkish Rasulid Dynasty in Yemen. He died late 812/early 1410, aged over 70. The biographical dictionaries give virtually nothing on his life, except Sakhawi, that states that he met him in Zabid. According to Hadjdji Khalifa, El-Khazraji wrote three histories of the Yemen, impelled, so he says, by the prevailing disregard for the study of history. This work is the best-known part of the one he wrote with events dynasty by dynasty. It is for earlier times very much a compilation, drawing on authors like Baha al-Dir al-Djand. The fulsome eulogies in it of the Rasulids, and his comparatively late date, have led G. R. Smith to compare it unfavourably as a source for Rasulid history with the earlier historian of the Yemen Badr al-Din Muhammad bin Hatim al-Hamadan. Volume I, Containing the first part of the translation -- volume II, Containing the second half of the translation -- volume III, Containing the annotations -- volume IV, Containing the first half of the Arabic text / edited by Shaykh Muḥammad Asal -- volume V, Containing the second half of the Arabic text. by Aliyyu'bnu'l-Ḥasan 'El-Khazrejiyy ; with translation, introduction, annotations, index, tables, and maps by the late Sir J.W. Redhouse ; edited by E.G. Browne, R.A. Nicholson and A. Rogers. Aditional cover in Arabic Main Heritage Shelves General PJ711 .K43 1906 Book vol.4 Item-ID: i21425371 BIB-ID: 1881700 Translation in English and original text in Arabic Show less
El-Khazraji, called Ibn Wahhas, was a Yemeni historian, who wrote under the Turkish Rasulid Dynasty in Yemen. He died late 812/early 1410, aged... Show moreEl-Khazraji, called Ibn Wahhas, was a Yemeni historian, who wrote under the Turkish Rasulid Dynasty in Yemen. He died late 812/early 1410, aged over 70. The biographical dictionaries give virtually nothing on his life, except Sakhawi, that states that he met him in Zabid. According to Hadjdji Khalifa, El-Khazraji wrote three histories of the Yemen, impelled, so he says, by the prevailing disregard for the study of history. This work is the best-known part of the one he wrote with events dynasty by dynasty. It is for earlier times very much a compilation, drawing on authors like Baha al-Dir al-Djand. The fulsome eulogies in it of the Rasulids, and his comparatively late date, have led G. R. Smith to compare it unfavourably as a source for Rasulid history with the earlier historian of the Yemen Badr al-Din Muhammad bin Hatim al-Hamadan. Volume I, Containing the first part of the translation -- volume II, Containing the second half of the translation -- volume III, Containing the annotations -- volume IV, Containing the first half of the Arabic text / edited by Shaykh Muḥammad Asal -- volume V, Containing the second half of the Arabic text. by Aliyyu'bnu'l-Ḥasan 'El-Khazrejiyy ; with translation, introduction, annotations, index, tables, and maps by the late Sir J.W. Redhouse ; edited by E.G. Browne, R.A. Nicholson and A. Rogers. Aditional cover in Arabic Main Heritage Shelves General PJ711 .K43 1906 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i21425346 BIB-ID: 1881700 Translation in English and original text in Arabic Show less
El-Khazraji, called Ibn Wahhas, was a Yemeni historian, who wrote under the Turkish Rasulid Dynasty in Yemen. He died late 812/early 1410, aged... Show moreEl-Khazraji, called Ibn Wahhas, was a Yemeni historian, who wrote under the Turkish Rasulid Dynasty in Yemen. He died late 812/early 1410, aged over 70. The biographical dictionaries give virtually nothing on his life, except Sakhawi, that states that he met him in Zabid. According to Hadjdji Khalifa, El-Khazraji wrote three histories of the Yemen, impelled, so he says, by the prevailing disregard for the study of history. This work is the best-known part of the one he wrote with events dynasty by dynasty. It is for earlier times very much a compilation, drawing on authors like Baha al-Dir al-Djand. The fulsome eulogies in it of the Rasulids, and his comparatively late date, have led G. R. Smith to compare it unfavourably as a source for Rasulid history with the earlier historian of the Yemen Badr al-Din Muhammad bin Hatim al-Hamadan. Volume I, Containing the first part of the translation -- volume II, Containing the second half of the translation -- volume III, Containing the annotations -- volume IV, Containing the first half of the Arabic text / edited by Shaykh Muḥammad Asal -- volume V, Containing the second half of the Arabic text. by Aliyyu'bnu'l-Ḥasan 'El-Khazrejiyy ; with translation, introduction, annotations, index, tables, and maps by the late Sir J.W. Redhouse ; edited by E.G. Browne, R.A. Nicholson and A. Rogers. Aditional cover in Arabic Main Heritage Shelves General PJ711 .K43 1906 Book vol.5 Item-ID: i21425383 BIB-ID: 1881700 Translation in English and original text in Arabic Show less