Crocodile hunting, Crocodile hunting--Egypt--Photographs, People
The photograph shows an European on a crocodile hunt with five African helpers. The photographs is signed, numbered (479) and titled in the negative. ... Show moreThe photograph shows an European on a crocodile hunt with five African helpers. The photographs is signed, numbered (479) and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0047 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24447316 BIB-ID: 2537230 "The Zangaki brothers produced some of the finest images of late Victorian Egypt, yet so little is known about them. They were probably Greek Cypriots, although it has been suggested they may have come from Crete. Nothing is known of them before their first photographs were published in Egypt in the late 1870s, and even the names of the brothers themselves is unknown. It has been suggested their initials were C and G, and indeed early 20th century photographic postcards bearing the name C Zangaki have been located. Their photographs, however, were simply identified as Zangaki, the letter Z being frequently mistaken for a stylized L in several books, resulting in their work being incorrectly ascribed to Langaki. Indeed, until relatively recently, there was assumed to be one photographer with the name of A Zangaki until the discovery of a signboard bearing the legend Adelphoi Zangaki confirmed that the images were the work of brothers. While their GreekCypriot or Cretanroots are confirmed, the horse-drawn darkroom van with which they toured the length of the Nile bore the legend Zangaki Brothers, and to further confuse matters, the majority of their images are titled (in the negatives) in French. Amongst many fine images are photographs taken after the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882, and some eloquent commentaries on the popularity of the Grand Tour of Egypt in the 1880s." See Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography / John Hannavy ed., Routledge, New York, 2008, p. 1521. Show less
Water harvesting, Water harvesting--Egypt--Photographs, People
The photograph shows veiled women and children collecting water and a men on camelback. In the background palms and a herd of sheep. The photographs... Show moreThe photograph shows veiled women and children collecting water and a men on camelback. In the background palms and a herd of sheep. The photographs is signed, numbered (170) and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0048 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24450844 BIB-ID: 2537231 "The Zangaki brothers produced some of the finest images of late Victorian Egypt, yet so little is known about them. They were probably Greek Cypriots, although it has been suggested they may have come from Crete. Nothing is known of them before their first photographs were published in Egypt in the late 1870s, and even the names of the brothers themselves is unknown. It has been suggested their initials were C and G, and indeed early 20th century photographic postcards bearing the name C Zangaki have been located. Their photographs, however, were simply identified as Zangaki, the letter Z being frequently mistaken for a stylized L in several books, resulting in their work being incorrectly ascribed to Langaki. Indeed, until relatively recently, there was assumed to be one photographer with the name of A Zangaki until the discovery of a signboard bearing the legend Adelphoi Zangaki confirmed that the images were the work of brothers. While their GreekCypriot or Cretanroots are confirmed, the horse-drawn darkroom van with which they toured the length of the Nile bore the legend Zangaki Brothers, and to further confuse matters, the majority of their images are titled (in the negatives) in French. Amongst many fine images are photographs taken after the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882, and some eloquent commentaries on the popularity of the Grand Tour of Egypt in the 1880s." See Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography / John Hannavy ed., Routledge, New York, 2008, p. 1521. Show less
cum scholiis et versione Levini Warneri ... ; edidit, vertit, notisque illustrait Gerardus. Joannes. Lette. ; præmissa est laudatio Alberti.... Show morecum scholiis et versione Levini Warneri ... ; edidit, vertit, notisque illustrait Gerardus. Joannes. Lette. ; præmissa est laudatio Alberti. Schultens. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ7642 .K33 1748 Book Item-ID: i15533621 BIB-ID: 1006975 Show less
Clark, John (etcher.), Great Britain Army, Combined operations (Military science), History, Naval
Sixteen views of places in the Persian Gulph taken in the years 1809-10 : illustrative of the proceedings of the forces employ'd on the expedition... Show moreSixteen views of places in the Persian Gulph taken in the years 1809-10 : illustrative of the proceedings of the forces employ'd on the expedition sent from Bombay, under the command of Capt. Wainwright, of H.M. ship Chiffone, and Lieut. Coll. Smith of H.M. 65th Regiment against the Arabian pirates Most respectfully dedicated to Liut. Coll. L. Smith & the Officers of the H.M. 65th Regt. by their most Obedt. Humble. Servt. R. Temple / by R. Temple, H.M. 65th Regt., Bombay 1811 -- Eight Views of the Mauritius Comprising the Positions of the British Army, Commanded by the Hon. Maj. Gen. J. Abercrombie, on the 29th & 30th of Nov. & 1st of Dec. 1810, Also of the Town and harbour of Port Louis Most respectfully dedicated to Liut. Coll. L. Smith & the Officers of the H.M. 65th Regt. by their most Obedient Humble Servant. R. Temple / by R. Temple, H.M. 65th Regt., Bombay 1811 Title and date from item. The album comprises two works by Richard Temple, the "Sixteen views of places in the Persian Gulph taken in the years 1809-10" and the "Eight views of the Mauritius comprising the positions of the British Army". Letterpress description of the plates on 7 smaller pages ( 26 x 21 cm) affixed to the front pastedown. Main Heritage Display General HC.GM.02723 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23871362 BIB-ID: 2537734 Show less
Muḥammad , -632, French literature, BP75 .L36 1754
traduite de l'arabe. Published anonymously. By Lancelin. Cf. Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes; Cioranescu, A. 18. s. Actual place of publication... Show moretraduite de l'arabe. Published anonymously. By Lancelin. Cf. Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes; Cioranescu, A. 18. s. Actual place of publication from: BLC, 229, p. 283. Published in Paris. Main Heritage Shelves General BP75 .L36 1754 Book Item-ID: i10102425 BIB-ID: 1011878 Show less
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. Main Heritage Shelves General DR439 .R93 1700 Book Item-ID: i20304663 BIB-ID: 1022012 Show less
Infancy Gospel (Arabic version). Arabic & Latin, Apocryphal books (New Testament), Apocryphal books (New Testament)--Early works to 1800, BS2860.A7 I54 1697
Ex manuscripto edidit, ac Latina versione & notis illustravit Henricus Sike. 8vo. With title-page printed in red and black and decorated with Halma... Show moreEx manuscripto edidit, ac Latina versione & notis illustravit Henricus Sike. 8vo. With title-page printed in red and black and decorated with Halma's engraved Athena and Demeter/Ceres device, a woodcut tailpiece, 3 woodcut decorative initials (3 different series) and a factotum built up from cast fleurons. With the main text in Arabic with a parallel Latin translation on the facing pages, and occasional words or lines in Greek, Hebrew and Syriac. Early 19th-century boards covered with blue paper. First edition of the apocryphal Arabic Infancy Gospel, with the Arabic text on the versos and the Latin translation on the facing rectos. Sike (or Siecke), a noted orientalist from Bremen, based his edition on a manuscript that was formerly owned by Jacobus Golius, and the many notes include exerpts from the Quran and other works. The work narrates miracle stories from the first 12 years of Jesus's life, and probably originated in the fourth or fifth century. Although scholars refer to the text as the "Arabic Infancy Gospel", it was most likely originally written in Syriac. First quires with some water stains, the title-page slightly worn and the head margin of a couple pages trimmed to (but not shaving) the running head, but still in good condition Title page printed in black and red. Title vignette: device of Halma and Van de Water, with motto "Cultior his vita est." Signatures: *-3*⁴ A-X⁴ ²A-²M⁴ (3*4 blank, P3 signed P2, ²M4 blank). "Notae in librum apocryphum de infantia Salvatoris"--[93] p. at end. "Corrigenda & addenda": final page following text. Woodcut initials, tail-piece. Editio princeps of the Arabic infancy gospel. Main Heritage Shelves General BS2860.A7 I54 1697 Book Item-ID: i16875539 BIB-ID: 1510972 Title also in Arabic at head of title page; text in Arabic and Latin on opposite pages. Show less
gesammelt von Abu Temmâm ; übersetzt und erläutert von Friedrich Rückert. Includes indexes. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ7641 .A52 1846 Book vol. 1 It... Show moregesammelt von Abu Temmâm ; übersetzt und erläutert von Friedrich Rückert. Includes indexes. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ7641 .A52 1846 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i20225568 BIB-ID: 1011598 Also issued online. Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Blindstamped in lower left corner "American Colony, Jerusalem". Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0275 ... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Blindstamped in lower left corner "American Colony, Jerusalem". Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0275 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24780650 BIB-ID: 2539020 Show less
en tibi liber quem in medicina edidit Abuchare filius Zacharie Rasis ... : hunc Helchauy, hoc est Continentem appellauit: quia omnem fere... Show moreen tibi liber quem in medicina edidit Abuchare filius Zacharie Rasis ... : hunc Helchauy, hoc est Continentem appellauit: quia omnem fere medicinalem artem contineret. In eo enim quecunque a priscis illis, tam Grecis quam Arabibus auctoribus annotatu digna in medicina sunt sparsim conscripta collecta congestaque in vnum comperies ... habebis nunc emendatissimum ... RHAZES. Continens ... en tibi liber quem in medicina edidit Abuchare filius Zacharie Rasis ... Hunc Helchauy, hoc est continentem appellavit ... [Venice, heirs of Ottaviano Scoto], 1529. Folio, 1 l(b.) + 1t + 1 + 14(cont.) + 508 + 1 l(b.), title printed in red and black, with large woodcut of an oriental scholar at his reading desk, within a magnificent woodcut border, at the top Aesculapius (Greek god of medicine) surrounded by putti n a frieze, the architrave supported by two pairs of double columns, at the foot a row of half-length portraits of Mesue, Avicenna, Hippocrates, Galen and Rhazes; printed in double columns, two elaborate woodcut initials on first page; old vellum with new endpapers. An extremely rare edition of Books 1-12 of Rhazes's Continens (al-Hawi), the largest and most important of his works. "The arrangement of the subject-matter in al-Hawi gives the impression that the author probably had several study-files, each containing quires for copying notes from reference books. He did not neglect to record even those opinions which seemed false to him, invariable adding his private comments and personal experiences ... Each of al-Razi's medical study files was reserved for notes on a certain topic [and from these he] selected subject-matter for his other written works" (A. Z. Iskandar, Religion, learning and science in the Abbasid period, pp. 373-74). Signatures: a-z8 [et]8 [us]8 [rum] 8 aa-ee8 ff6 [prescription sign]4 gg-zz8 [2et]8 [2us]8 [2rum]8 A-Q8. Colophon (Q8r): "Impressum Venetijs mandato & sumptibus heredi ... Octauiani Scoti ... per Bonetum Locatellum ... sexto supra millesimi quinquiesq; centesimum quintodecimo kalendas maias paschali videlicet tempore." Device of Ottaviano Scoto on t.p. Printed in two columns. Decorative woodcut initials. Main Heritage Display General R128.3 .R39 1529 Book Item-ID: i10074740 BIB-ID: 1009110 Show less
written in the Persian language by Jouher ; translated by Charles Stewart. On spine: Memoirs of Humāyūn. Main Heritage Shelves General DS461.2 .J39 1832 ... Show morewritten in the Persian language by Jouher ; translated by Charles Stewart. On spine: Memoirs of Humāyūn. Main Heritage Shelves General DS461.2 .J39 1832 Book Item-ID: i10225547 BIB-ID: 1024190 Show less
A voyage to Barbary, for the redemption of captives [by J.B. de La Faye] -- Appendix. Being the history, ancient and modern, of Oran and Al-Marsa ... Show moreA voyage to Barbary, for the redemption of captives [by J.B. de La Faye] -- Appendix. Being the history, ancient and modern, of Oran and Al-Marsa [by John Morgan?] -- Journal of the Spaniards proceedings in their late conquests of Oran and Al-Marsa. Englished from the French originals: with some useful annotations. [M. l'Abbe Boulet]. First ed. pub. in 1735 under title: A voyage to Barbary, for the redemption of captives. According to the Bodleian Library record, this is a translation by Joseph Morgan of Philémon de la Motte's 'Voyage pour la redemption des captifs aux royaumes d'Alger et de Tunis', which was first published in English in the same year as 'Voyage to Algiers and Tunis, for the redemption of captives'. However, other libraries attribute the work to Jean de La Faye. Title page in red and black. Errata appears at end of contents. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initial letters. "A map of the kingdoms &c. of Barbary, J. Mynde sc." facing title page; "A chart of the sea coast from Cape Cautin in Barbary to the Lizard Point in England" facing p. 3; "A plan of Oran and its neighbourhood wherein are comprised all its castles &c, E. Bowen sculpt." following p. 20 in appendix. Main Heritage Shelves General DT291 .L36 1736 Book Item-ID: i10176238 BIB-ID: 1019259 Includes bibliographical references. From the historical library collection of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, transferred to King's on permanent loan in 2007. UkLU-K Show less
transl. and ed. by A. Asher. Main Heritage Shelves General G370 .B46 1840 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i10206322 BIB-ID: 1022268 Show moretransl. and ed. by A. Asher. Main Heritage Shelves General G370 .B46 1840 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i10206322 BIB-ID: 1022268 Show less
Moriscos--History, Moriscos--Spain--History, Moriscos--Historia--Obras anteriores a 1800, Moriscos--España--Historia--Obras anteriores a 1800, Moriscos--Historia, Moriscos--Historia--Expulsión, 1609-1614, Historia--Obras anteriores a 1800, Historia--Obras anteriores a 1800, DP104 .G83 1613
Contiene: Pt. 1, con tít. transcrito arriba; y en fol. 164: Epilogo ... Contiene el auiso que dio la campana de Vililla de la prodiccion de España ... Show moreContiene: Pt. 1, con tít. transcrito arriba; y en fol. 164: Epilogo ... Contiene el auiso que dio la campana de Vililla de la prodiccion de España ... - Pt. 2: Dialogo de consuelo por la expulsion de los moriscos de España. / Compuesto y ordenado por Iuan Ripol, ciudadano de Caragoça, ... ; repartido en nueue paragraphos. -- Tablas de las dos pt. al final de la pt. 2. Nuevamente compuesta y ordenada por F. Marcos de Guadalajara y Xavier, religioso ... de la orden de Nuestra Señora del Carmen ... Sign.: [calderón]8, A-V8, X4; *-***8. -- Pt. 2̇ con port. y fol. propias. -- Texto fileteado. -- Apost. marg. Port. 1̇ orlada y con esc. real xil. -- Port. 2̇ fileteada y con el monograma xil. IHS. -- Esc. xil. de la Orden de los carmelitas en verso de h. 164. Main Heritage Shelves General DP104 .G83 1613 Book Item-ID: i10143439 BIB-ID: 1015979 Show less
Astrology, Astrology, Astrology--Early works to 1500, Astrology, Arab, Astrology, Arab--Early works to 1500, Incunabula, Incunabula--Specimens, BF1714.A6 A28 1500
Bound in vellum with gold tooling by Leighton, Brewer St. W. Third incunabular edition of the principal work of Albumasar (d. 886), the Arabian... Show moreBound in vellum with gold tooling by Leighton, Brewer St. W. Third incunabular edition of the principal work of Albumasar (d. 886), the Arabian mathematician and astronomer whose works exercised a profound influence upon the medieval world view in the occident. His "Flores" are probably extracted from "De magnis coniunctionibus" (cf. DSB I, 35, 1); according to Houzeau/Lancaster, no Arabic original text or manuscript is known. The woodcuts show allegories of the planets and the zodiac, illustrating this astrological florilegium. - First 3 ff. show a faint brownstain; otherwise only very insignificantly browned. A very clean, crisp copy in a beautifully restrained modern binding by Philippe Belz, who took over the Niedrée shop in 1860 and retired in 1880. Main Heritage Vault BF1714.A6 A28 1500 Book Item-ID: i16587844 BIB-ID: 1494557 Also available online. Show less
Science, Science--Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Medieval, Manuscripts, Syriac, Manuscripts, Syriac--Facsimiles, Manuscripts, Syriac, Philosophy, Medieval, Science, PJ5671 .J63 1935
by Job of Edessa ; Syriac text edited and translated with a critical apparatus by A. Mingana. Show moreby Job of Edessa ; Syriac text edited and translated with a critical apparatus by A. Mingana. Show less
Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1800, R128 .C43 1515
Title in red and black with attractive woodcut depicting the beheading of Saint Symphorian, with Champier and his wife nkeeling before the martyr... Show moreTitle in red and black with attractive woodcut depicting the beheading of Saint Symphorian, with Champier and his wife nkeeling before the martyr in prayer; final four leaves of index (and blank) bound at the beginning; with all the blanks; a fine copy, in contemporary blind tooled calf, bookplate of J. Renard on front paste-down. First edition of one of the rarest of Champier's early medical works, published between 1509 and 1515 in Lyons and unknown to Allut (Etude Biographique & Bibliographique sur Symphorien Champier, Lyons, 1859). Champier, physician, surgeon, humanist and chronicler, wrote many and various books, amongst them the first important history of medicine, De medicinae claris scriptoribus in quinque partibus tractatus (Lyons, 1506). Adams C1328; Bird 538; BMSTC French Books p. 99; Durling 937; IA 135.496; besides the copy in the National Library of Medicine (Durling), NUC records only four other locations, Yale Medical School, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, New York Academy of Medicine and Countway Library; not in Baudrier, Bibliographie Lyonnaise. Title and place of publication from colophon Title page printed in red and black; title vignette (woodcut). Initials; marginal notes. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General R128 .C43 1515 Book Item-ID: i10164807 BIB-ID: 1018115 Show less
Sign. : a-i⁸ A-B⁸C¹⁰ 2A-2D⁸. Titre en noir et en rouge, encadrement typogr. au titre, marque de Louis Martin au titre, lettrines. Main Heritage... Show moreSign. : a-i⁸ A-B⁸C¹⁰ 2A-2D⁸. Titre en noir et en rouge, encadrement typogr. au titre, marque de Louis Martin au titre, lettrines. Main Heritage Shelves General R128.3 .M36 1528 Book Item-ID: i22860058 BIB-ID: 2428641 Show less
Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli , 1749-1799 (nawab of Mysore,), Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli , 1753-1799, History, DS470.T6 H87 1844, 954.3 H95h2
tr. from an original Persian manuscript in the library of His Most Gracious Majesty, by W. Miles. Added title-page, engr. "This copy was printed for ... Show moretr. from an original Persian manuscript in the library of His Most Gracious Majesty, by W. Miles. Added title-page, engr. "This copy was printed for ... the Earl of Clare." Main Heritage Shelves General DS470.T6 H87 1844 Book Item-ID: i10203680 BIB-ID: 1022004 Show less
