View of the base of the minaret including the external staircase, with the inclusion of the two figures. Their dark forms punctuate the light area... Show moreView of the base of the minaret including the external staircase, with the inclusion of the two figures. Their dark forms punctuate the light area of the blank wall in a similar way to the dark windows and shadows in the walls above, while adding a human dimension both literally and socially. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (189) in ink on label on verso. Main Heritage Vault HC.HP.2020.0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25953588 BIB-ID: 2746221 Show less
مسجد النبي دانيال (الإسكندرية), Islamic architecture--Mosques, Islamic architecture--Mosques--Egypt--Alexandria--Photographs
Girault de Prangey's daguerreotypes, taken during his photographic excursion around the eastern Mediterranean in 1842, are the earliest surviving... Show moreGirault de Prangey's daguerreotypes, taken during his photographic excursion around the eastern Mediterranean in 1842, are the earliest surviving photographs depicting Egypt and the Middle East. Three years later, in 1845, he was back in France with almost one thousand daguerreotypes. Out of these, he considered part of his archaeological fieldwork, he realized the lithographs illustrating the renowned book Monuments arabes d’Égypte, de Syrie et d’Asie mineure, dessinés et mesurés de 1842 à 1845. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (96) on the back of the plate. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0254 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25237445 BIB-ID: 2686959 Show less
Date from item, title devised by Library staff. The lithographs is plate 22 of the album Monuments Arabes d'Egypte, de Syrie, et d'Asie Mineure. Mai... Show moreDate from item, title devised by Library staff. The lithographs is plate 22 of the album Monuments Arabes d'Egypte, de Syrie, et d'Asie Mineure. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2020.0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26070923 BIB-ID: 2746192 Show less
texte et notices par J. de La Nézière. Préf. par M. le maréchal Lyautey. Main Heritage Shelves General N7388.M8 L26 1921 Book Item-ID: i15720779 BIB-ID:... Show moretexte et notices par J. de La Nézière. Préf. par M. le maréchal Lyautey. Main Heritage Shelves General N7388.M8 L26 1921 Book Item-ID: i15720779 BIB-ID: 1015064 Show less
folding map Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00542 MS Map Item-ID: i1140033x BIB-ID: 1172376 Show morefolding map Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00542 MS Map Item-ID: i1140033x BIB-ID: 1172376 Show less
Astrology, Astrology--Early works to 1800, QB23 .Y94 1654
This volume, which contains several parties, is preceded by a brief preface, "Sors authoris", signed by Assert, Jean-Emmanuel de Rieux, marquis d... Show moreThis volume, which contains several parties, is preceded by a brief preface, "Sors authoris", signed by Assert, Jean-Emmanuel de Rieux, marquis d'Asserac. It is followed by an explanation of the work untitled "Astrologiæ nova methodus. Ad lectorem". The second part has its own title page with the title "Fatum universi observatum a Francisco Allaeio arabe christiano. Anno M. DC. LIIII.". Finally, the third part doesn't bear a title, but is preceded by the following statement "Ad illustrissimos viros amplissimi senatus armorici. In librum de fato universi nuper editum. Disceptatio P. Iuonis Parisini capuc." Signature: A-C2 ; A-Q2 ; A-E2, F4. Headbands and initials engraved on wood. Main Heritage Display General QB23 .Y94 1654 Book Item-ID: i24905744 BIB-ID: 1883015 Show less
by H.L. de Bussigny ; with illustrations. Main Heritage Compact General SF309 .B96 1922 Book Item-ID: i2150233x BIB-ID: 1946607 Also available in digital... Show moreby H.L. de Bussigny ; with illustrations. Main Heritage Compact General SF309 .B96 1922 Book Item-ID: i2150233x BIB-ID: 1946607 Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site. Show less
by Baretto de Souza (Count de Souza) ; illustrated under the author's direction with photographs and with numerous drawings by Victor Nickol. Murray... Show moreby Baretto de Souza (Count de Souza) ; illustrated under the author's direction with photographs and with numerous drawings by Victor Nickol. Murray file copy no. 362. Main Heritage Compact General SF309 .B37 1927 Book Item-ID: i21509542 BIB-ID: 1845811 Show less
Collection of plates from "Monuments arabes d’Égypte, de Syrie et d’Asie-Mineure dessinés et mesurés de 1842 à 1845" (19), printed in Paris by... Show moreCollection of plates from "Monuments arabes d’Égypte, de Syrie et d’Asie-Mineure dessinés et mesurés de 1842 à 1845" (19), printed in Paris by Lemercier for the author and A. Hauser in 1846, and from "Monuments et Paysages de l’Orient" (5), printed in Paris by Lemercier in 1851. In 1842, Girault de Prangey went on a trip to study in the Middle East; his two-year tour led him to Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt. He took daguerreotypes of monuments and landscapes and when he returned to France in 1845 he used some of his plates for the illustrations of the above-mentioned works. Title and date from item. Lithographs are bounded in a half green morocco album with gilt lettering on spine. Size of the sheets and of the lithographs varies. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2013.0010 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21990724 BIB-ID: 2355314 Show less
Costume, Costume--Turkey--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, DR424 .N53 1585
Main Heritage Shelves General DR424 .N53 1585 Book Item-ID: i2452377x BIB-ID: 2623424 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DR424 .N53 1585 Book Item-ID: i2452377x BIB-ID: 2623424 Show less
