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Wanderings in Arabia: being an abridgement of "Travels in Arabia deserta,"

Manners and customs, Travel, Description and travel, Social life and customs, DS207.D73 W3 1912, 915.3

arranged with introduction by Edward Garnett. In two volumes.
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DS207.D73 W3 1912
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vol. 1
Item-ID: i15962453
BIB-ID: 2523049
Show morearranged with introduction by Edward Garnett. In two volumes.
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DS207.D73 W3 1912
Book
vol. 1
Item-ID: i15962453
BIB-ID: 2523049
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Les Mystères du peuple arabe, par Charles Richard

DS759 .R53 1860

Rare first edition. - About Arabian customs and ways of thinking about politics, war, oppression, freedom etc. Commandant Charles-Louis-Florentin...
Show moreRare first edition. - About Arabian customs and ways of thinking about politics, war, oppression, freedom etc. Commandant Charles-Louis-Florentin Richard, former "Chef des affaires arabes", chose for his essay the setting of an Algerian marketplace. After extensive descriptions of the surroundings, the market, the colours, etc., several characters expound their various ideas and opinions in dialogue form. - Strong foxing throughout; slight inkstain to several quires.
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DS759 .R53 1860
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Item-ID: i1687545x
BIB-ID: 1510964
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Original drawings of Lt. Col. Hamilton Smith. Views - Constantinople. Greece

The album collects watercolour views of the Ottoman lands. The views include (approximate numbers): Turkey (60, including 19 of Constantinople and...
Show moreThe album collects watercolour views of the Ottoman lands. The views include (approximate numbers): Turkey (60, including 19 of Constantinople and environs), Crete (15), Greece (13), Corfu (11), Iraq (14, including 5 of Baghdad and environs), Rhodes (3), Balkans (2), Romania (7), Albania (6), Syria (3), Bulgaria, Macedonia, the Caucasus, Sicily, and others unidentified. . A few of the watercolours have the original source noted, such as "from Grelot", "old print", "Askwith R.A.", "W. Hamilton" (presumably Hamilton's Researches in Asia Minor, 1842), "Rev. Vyv. Arundell" (presumably Arundell's Discoveries in Asia Minor, 1834), though most are unattributed, such as a number which may be traced to Buckingham's Travels in Mesopotamia (1827).
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. All watercolours have manuscript captions and are numbered in the top right; almost all are initialled or signed by the artist. The album is accompanied by a typewritten note (26 x 21 cm) referring to the 20 November 1963 Sotheby's sale of "Fine English 18th and 19th century drawings and paintings". Manuscript note at the front page "July 1861. Vol.II . Greek Drawings. 144".
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Item-ID: i23491346
BIB-ID: 2506820
PROVENANCE Sotheby's, sale of "Fine English 18th and 19th century drawings and paintings", 20 November 1963, lot 16
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The women of the Arabs

Women, Women--Syria, Arabs, HQ1777 .J47 1873, 305.488927 J499w

With a chapter for children. By Rev. Henry Harris Jessup. Edited by Rev. C.S. Robinson, D.D., & Rev. Isaac Riley.
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Show moreWith a chapter for children. By Rev. Henry Harris Jessup. Edited by Rev. C.S. Robinson, D.D., & Rev. Isaac Riley.
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HQ1777 .J47 1873
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Item-ID: i10228792
BIB-ID: 1024515
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