Description and travel, Description and travel, DS410.9 .S23 1672
Main Heritage Shelves General DS410.9 .S23 1672 Book Item-ID: i21959614 BIB-ID: 2346901 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DS410.9 .S23 1672 Book Item-ID: i21959614 BIB-ID: 2346901 Show less
Johann Heckelwelder. Main Heritage Shelves General DS49.5 .H43 1797 Book Item-ID: i2195351x BIB-ID: 2346523 Reise nach der Türkei und einem Theil der... Show moreJohann Heckelwelder. Main Heritage Shelves General DS49.5 .H43 1797 Book Item-ID: i2195351x BIB-ID: 2346523 Reise nach der Türkei und einem Theil der Levante : nebst einer Beschreibung von Palästina / Saviour Lusignan Show less
Carl Johan Lamm. Volume 2 published before than volume 1. Main Heritage Shelves General NK5107 .L36 1929 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i22799576 BIB-ID: 2426556 Show moreCarl Johan Lamm. Volume 2 published before than volume 1. Main Heritage Shelves General NK5107 .L36 1929 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i22799576 BIB-ID: 2426556 Show less
Carl Johan Lamm. Volume 2 published before than volume 1. Main Heritage Shelves General NK5107 .L36 1929 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i22799588 BIB-ID: 2426556 Show moreCarl Johan Lamm. Volume 2 published before than volume 1. Main Heritage Shelves General NK5107 .L36 1929 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i22799588 BIB-ID: 2426556 Show less
von neuwem an den Tag geben durch Hans Dietherich und Hans Israel von Bry, Gebrüder. Very rare first German edition; published simultaneously in... Show morevon neuwem an den Tag geben durch Hans Dietherich und Hans Israel von Bry, Gebrüder. Very rare first German edition; published simultaneously in Latin. "The first part of this work deals with Mohammed the Prophet, the ten illustrations depicting scenes from his life. It was reprinted, complete with the engravings, in 1664 by Wilhelm Serlin in his Chronica Turcica. The second part, containing sixteen allegorical engravings, records a prophecy of the downfall of the Turkish Empire" (Blackmer Sale). - Slightly browned and brownstained throughout; several edge defects remargined (slight loss to text at lower edge of ff. B4 and M1), but complete (the incomplete edition sold at the Atabey Sale in 2002 commanded £9,560). Main Heritage Shelves General DR439 .B79 1597 Book Item-ID: i16598805 BIB-ID: 1494602 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, DS47 .W55 1613
beschrieben und aussgestanden durch Johann Wilden, Burgern inn Nürnberg ; mit einer Vorrede Herrn Salomon Schweiggers. Very rare first and sole... Show morebeschrieben und aussgestanden durch Johann Wilden, Burgern inn Nürnberg ; mit einer Vorrede Herrn Salomon Schweiggers. Very rare first and sole edition of this remarkable travel account by the second confirmed Westerner to enter Mecca, and one of the earliest printed sources on travel in the Arabian Peninsula. Johann Wild's journey as a slave to a Muslim master took him from Cairo to modern-day Yemen: it is one of the earliest descriptions of Western and Southwestern Arabia, including Jeddah, Mecca and Medina. Wild was also the first European to describe the important pilgrim resting stop of Yanbu (cf. Charles Beckingham, "The Arabian Travels of Johann Wild"). - Wild and his Persian master made the Hajj from Cairo in 1606, enduring many hardships along the way. All told, the caravan and supplies of the pilgrims totaled 100,000 camels and was an obvious target for Bedouin bandits and marauders, who pillaged their supplies and killed many of the pilgrims enroute. His account of the journey is rich in detail, describing eg the beggars who pester the pilgrims for water in the Sinai desert and the booths selling jewelry and perfumes he finds in Mecca. After spending 20 days in Mecca, including a description of the ceremonial procession to Mount Arafat, Wild and his master left for Medina to visit the Tomb of the Prophet and then to Jeddah. From Jeddah they sailed to Mocha at the southern tip of Yemen (Wild erroneously believed he had reached Africa!), where Wild describes the resistance of the 'Moors' - probably indigenous Arabs - to the rule of the Pasha of Cairo. - Wild (b. 1585) eventually escaped from slavery and returned to Europe via Istanbul, reaching his hometown of Nurnberg around 1610. The present work includes an engraved portrait of the remarkable author - who had evidently converted to Islam at some stage of his captivity - at the age of just 28, when the book was published. It also contains a woodcut folding map detailing the scope of Wild's journey from Europe to the Arabian Peninsula. - Jews or Christians were traditionally forbidden on pain of death from entering the holy cities of Islam; very few Europeans thus recorded any personal experience of these places in the Early Modern period. The first recorded European to enter Mecca was Ludovico Varthema in 1503, who had disguised himself as a Turkish soldier. Reports by the Frenchman Vincent Leblanc of a visit to Mecca in 1568 are generally dismissed as spurious, as is the manuscript account of the German Emanuel Oertel dated to the 1560s (cf. Beckingham). The next European to visit Mecca after Wild would be the Englishman Joseph Pitts in 1680. - Wild's account is very rare, and is often found incomplete. VD17 shows just 7 complete copies in German libraries, while OCLC shows just 5 copies in American institutions. The last complete copy at German auction was in 1993. A second edition, also rare, was published in 1623. - Invisible repair to verso of map fold. Light foxing and fingersoiling, occasional dog-earing, otherwise a very good copy in a fine restored period binding. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .W55 1613 Book Item-ID: i16875643 BIB-ID: 1510986 Show less
treu nach der Natur aufgenommen und gezeichnet von J. M. Bernatz ; mit erlaeuterndem Texte von G. H. v. Schubert. Main Heritage Shelves General DS107... Show moretreu nach der Natur aufgenommen und gezeichnet von J. M. Bernatz ; mit erlaeuterndem Texte von G. H. v. Schubert. Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .B47 1839 Book Item-ID: i10066263 BIB-ID: 1008262 Show less
... Durch Johann Christoph Wagner. Second edition. - Second and third part of Wagner's "Delineatio provinciarum Pannoniae et Imperii Turcici", a... Show more... Durch Johann Christoph Wagner. Second edition. - Second and third part of Wagner's "Delineatio provinciarum Pannoniae et Imperii Turcici", a topographical and historical work devised under the impression of the Turkish retreat from Vienna and Northen Hungary, describing the geography and politics of the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire. Contains views of Cairo, Aden, Damascus, Sissek, Nauplia, Kotor, etc. The third part is compiled from other contemporary works and treats Persia, India, and Indochina (with illustrations and interesting maps). The 12-page appendix ("Fortsetzung der Ungar- und Türckischen Chronik") is bound after the preface. - The first two parts of the work are uncommon, and the third is of great rarity; no complete copy containing of all three parts is recorded at German or international auctions since 1950 (cf. Sotheby's, Nov 13, 2008, lot 125 [all three parts, but incomplete]: 20,000 GBP). - Rather brownstained throughout due to paper; several restored tears. T. p. and several engravings of pt. 2 have remargined edge defects; wants plate 23. Binding somewhat rubbed, but the appealing blind-tooled covers are well preserved. Main Heritage Shelves General DR41 .W34 1687 Book Item-ID: i1687562x BIB-ID: 1510984 Show less
par Monsieur Michaelis ... ; traduit de l'allemand. Translation by Johann Bernhard Merian. Appended: "Essai de tables chronologiques des anciens rois... Show morepar Monsieur Michaelis ... ; traduit de l'allemand. Translation by Johann Bernhard Merian. Appended: "Essai de tables chronologiques des anciens rois de l'Yemen, dont on trouve les noms dans la liste de ces rois, publiée par Pocock," [16] p. and "Extrait de la description de l'Arabie par Mr. Carsten Niebuhr, tiré de la Bibliothèque orientale de Mr. Michaelis," 38 p. Main Heritage Shelves General DS206 .M53 1774 Book Item-ID: i10168576 BIB-ID: 1014756 Show less
Aus unterschiedlichen alten und neuen Land- und Reise-Beschreibungen anfangs in niederländ. Sprache zusammengebracht durch O. Dapper. Anitzo aber... Show moreAus unterschiedlichen alten und neuen Land- und Reise-Beschreibungen anfangs in niederländ. Sprache zusammengebracht durch O. Dapper. Anitzo aber ins Hochteutsche getreulichst übers. von Johann Christoff Beern. PST: Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria, Anatolia et Arabia*NST: Mesopotamien, Babylonien, Assyrien, Anatolien oder Klein-Asien, und Arabien*EST: Naukeurige beschryving van Asie . Main Heritage Display General DS47 .D37 1681 Book Item-ID: i10151850 BIB-ID: 1016821 Show less
aus dem Persischen zum ersten Mal übersetzt und mit historischen, geographischen und literarischen Anmerkungen erläutert / von Johann August Vullers. ... Show moreaus dem Persischen zum ersten Mal übersetzt und mit historischen, geographischen und literarischen Anmerkungen erläutert / von Johann August Vullers. Includex index (p. 240-246) Main Heritage Shelves General DS27 .M57 1838 Book Item-ID: i22255692 BIB-ID: 2383965 Show less
herausgegeben durch Adam Olearium. Mit desselben unterschiedlichen ... First edition of this famous travel report, containing "many interesting... Show moreherausgegeben durch Adam Olearium. Mit desselben unterschiedlichen ... First edition of this famous travel report, containing "many interesting details of the eternally plentiful oriental world" (cf. Henze). While the engraved maps depicts Southeast Asia from Persia to Japan and Java, the remaining engravings mainly illustrate the customs of the Arab world, of Persia and India. "Mandelslo was a German traveller and adventurer (1616-44). Originally a page at the court of the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, in 1635 Mandelslo was attached to the duke's embassy to Moscow and Persia, a mission intended to open trade negotiations. The Duke's librarian and mathematician, Adam Olearius accompanied the embassy as its secretary. The ambassadors themselves remained in Persia, but in 1638 Mandelslo, feeling the need for wider travel, obtained permission to travel on to India. Sailing from Hormuz, he landed at Surat in April 1638 then travelled through Gujarat to Agra, Lahore, Goa, Bijapur and Malabar. He sailed for England from Surat in January 1639, calling at Ceylon and Madagascar, but was to die of smallpox five years later. Before his death, Mandelslo had entrusted his rough notes to Olearius, who subsequently published them bound with his numerous official accounts of the embassy" (Howgego I, 677). - This present edition is significantly rarer than its later reworkings and translations; ABPC lists a single complete copy at auctions of the last decades (Sotheby's, Oct 11, 2005, lot 177, £3,400). - Bookplate of Thomas Christian Wöhler on front pastedown; library stamp on t. p.; bottom of hinge weakened. Binding slightly rubbed and bumped; still, a fine copy. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .M36 1658 Book Item-ID: i16873415 BIB-ID: 1510756 Show less
Antiquities, Travel, Antiquities, Description and travel, DT53 .M56 1827
von Heinrich Freiherrn von Minutoli ; mit sieben Kupfertafeln. Main Heritage Shelves General DT53 .M56 1827 Book Item-ID: i23462061 BIB-ID: 2505522 Show morevon Heinrich Freiherrn von Minutoli ; mit sieben Kupfertafeln. Main Heritage Shelves General DT53 .M56 1827 Book Item-ID: i23462061 BIB-ID: 2505522 Show less
hrsg. von Bartholdy und Rumpf, The complete Middle East volume from Rumpf's four-volume gallery of the world. Treats the Levant, Persia and Arabia ... Show morehrsg. von Bartholdy und Rumpf, The complete Middle East volume from Rumpf's four-volume gallery of the world. Treats the Levant, Persia and Arabia (the last fifty pages of the volume giving an overview of history, geography, and customs of the Arabian Peninsula). The fine engravings show costumes as well as views of Baalbek, Palmyra, Rhodes, Samos, Shiraz, Yemen etc. The folding plates show maps of the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, and views of the Dardanelles castles. - Ownership stamp "Keyserling, Malgutzen" on first half-title. Insignificant browning; a very appealing copy. Mit 15 Kupfertafeln und 1 Karte. Main Heritage Shelves General DS207 .G35 1804 Book Item-ID: i16875473 BIB-ID: 1510966 Lit. opg. Show less
Only edition. - "The translation by David Nerreter (1649-1726) is the second complete German Quran translation. It is based on Marraccio's Latin... Show moreOnly edition. - "The translation by David Nerreter (1649-1726) is the second complete German Quran translation. It is based on Marraccio's Latin translation from the Arabic original, published in 1698. The so-called 'Nerreter Quran' was published in a single edition. In his preface, Nerreter provides an extensive account of all previous editions and revisions" (cf. Enay). The engravings depict Islamic customs, oriental costumes, etc. - Slight browning and brownstaining. Sig. )(8, A-Kkkk8, Llll4. Planches gravées sur cuivre. Main Heritage Shelves General BP160 .N47 1703 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i16875412 BIB-ID: 1510960 Show less
Only edition. - "The translation by David Nerreter (1649-1726) is the second complete German Quran translation. It is based on Marraccio's Latin... Show moreOnly edition. - "The translation by David Nerreter (1649-1726) is the second complete German Quran translation. It is based on Marraccio's Latin translation from the Arabic original, published in 1698. The so-called 'Nerreter Quran' was published in a single edition. In his preface, Nerreter provides an extensive account of all previous editions and revisions" (cf. Enay). The engravings depict Islamic customs, oriental costumes, etc. - Slight browning and brownstaining. Sig. )(8, A-Kkkk8, Llll4. Planches gravées sur cuivre. Main Heritage Shelves General BP160 .N47 1703 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i22620692 BIB-ID: 1510960 Show less
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palestine, Description and travel, DS107 .V58 1840
von J.N. Visino. "Mit Plänen und Zeichnungen." Includes bibliographical references. Show morevon J.N. Visino. "Mit Plänen und Zeichnungen." Includes bibliographical references. Show less
par Monsieur Michaelis ... ; traduit de l'allemand. Translation by Johann Bernhard Merian. Appended: "Essai de tables chronologiques des anciens rois... Show morepar Monsieur Michaelis ... ; traduit de l'allemand. Translation by Johann Bernhard Merian. Appended: "Essai de tables chronologiques des anciens rois de l'Yemen, dont on trouve les noms dans la liste de ces rois, publiée par Pocock," [16] p. and "Extrait de la description de l'Arabie par Mr. Carsten Niebuhr, tiré de la Bibliothèque orientale de Mr. Michaelis," 38 p. Show less
aus der Reyssbeschreybung des berühmten Hn Paul Lucas gezogen, und mit folgenden Denckwürdigkeiten heraus gegeben von Iohann Bapt. Homann ... in... Show moreaus der Reyssbeschreybung des berühmten Hn Paul Lucas gezogen, und mit folgenden Denckwürdigkeiten heraus gegeben von Iohann Bapt. Homann ... in Nürnberg ... ; Iohannes Christophorus I.B. Homanni filius delineavit. Map is in German and Latin Relief shown pictiorally and by hachures Title above map: Aegyptus hodierna / ex itinerario celberrimi viri Pauli Lucae Franci desumta ac novissime repraesentata à Iohanne Baptista Homann ... Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00152 Print Map Item-ID: i17066244 BIB-ID: 1525290 Show less