Public relationsComité des Fêtes Alger, Public relationsCompagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest, Tourism, Tourism--Algeria--20th Century, Festivals, Festivals--Algeriers
Vintage poster issued by the Commité des Fêtes Alger (Algiers Festival Committee) to promote the 1907-1908 festival season in Algiers. The poster... Show moreVintage poster issued by the Commité des Fêtes Alger (Algiers Festival Committee) to promote the 1907-1908 festival season in Algiers. The poster depicts a Moorish woman holding a French flag in front of the port of Algiers and it lists the attractions for the months from December to May. Title and date from item. The poster is signed "E. Dinet"; inscribed "Imp. Marseillaise. Marseille" and "Pour tous renseignements sur Fêtes s'adresser au Comité des Fêtes. Distractions, Conditions de Séjour etc. Rue de Strasbourg. Alger" (For All Information on the Festivals Please Reach out the Festival Committee. For Distractions and Conditions of Stay Please Visit Rue de Strasbourg, Algiers". The poster has a poster tax stamp "Republique Française 20c et 2/10 ", a stamp of the Commité des Fêtes d'Alger dated April 1907 and the stamp of the Advertising Committee of the French railway company "Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest" "Vu bon pour afficher" (Checked Good to Display). At the bottom of the poster also a hamsa with the words "Commerce et Industrie" (Trade and Industry" and the coat of arms of the city of Algiers used during colonial times. Text continues: "Programme des Fêtes de la Saison 1907-08. Décembre: Fêtes Mauresques, Courses Automobiles, Redoutes des Sports. Au Théâtre Municipal. Janvier: Chasses au Chacal, Rallye Cross-Country, Fêtes Mauresques. Fevrier: Redoute Indigène au Théâtre Municipal, Batailles de Fleurs (1.re Journée), Veglione au Théâtre Municipal. Mars: Batailles de Fleurs (2.e Journée), Corso Carnevalesque, Courses de Chevaux. Avril: Batailles de Fleurs, Veglione, Courses de Taureaux, Feria Espagnole. Mai: Régates, Fêtes Nautiques, Fêtes Mauresques" (Program of the 1907-1908 Season. December: Moorish Festival, Car races, Sport Festival at the Municipal Theater. January: Jackal hunts, Cross-Country rally, Moorish festivals. February: Indigenous Festival at the Municipal Theater, Battles of Flowers (Day 1), Ball at the Municipal Theater. March: Flower Battles (Day 2), Carnival Parade, Horse Racing. April: Flower Battles, Ball, Running of the Bulls, Spanish Festival. May: Regattas, Nautical Festivals, Moorish Festivals). Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0206 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26279265 BIB-ID: 2808649 Show less
Clothing and dress, Clothing and dress--India, Costume, Costume--India, Costume--History, Costume--History--18th century, GT1460 .S65 1807
by Balt. Solvyns. Title on added t.p.: Costumes de l'Indostan, dessin dans l'Inde en 1798 et 1799, et reprent en soixante planches enlumins. Reproduc... Show moreby Balt. Solvyns. Title on added t.p.: Costumes de l'Indostan, dessin dans l'Inde en 1798 et 1799, et reprent en soixante planches enlumins. Reproduction of original from Beinecke Library, Yale University. Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 19551.11. Main Heritage Shelves General GT1460 .S65 1807 Book Item-ID: i22255667 BIB-ID: 2383963 Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. Show less
French Occupation of Egypt (1798-1801), History, History, Military, DC225 .L33 1807
par Alex. Lacorre. Main Heritage Shelves General DC225 .L33 1807 Book Item-ID: i23694518 BIB-ID: 2523844 Show morepar Alex. Lacorre. Main Heritage Shelves General DC225 .L33 1807 Book Item-ID: i23694518 BIB-ID: 2523844 Show less
I. Genealogy of the house of Joinville. Dissertation on the life of St. Louis, written by the Lord de Joinville, by M. le baron de la Bastie.... Show moreI. Genealogy of the house of Joinville. Dissertation on the life of St. Louis, written by the Lord de Joinville, by M. le baron de la Bastie. Additions to the above by M. le baron de la Bastie. History of St. Louis by John Lord de Joinville, grand seneschal of Champagne. Notes on the above History, by Charles Du Fresne, sieur Du Cange.--II. Dissertations by B. Du Cange on the History of St. Louis, by John Lord de Joinville. A list of knights who accompanied St. Louis to Palestine, &c. Extracts from such Arabian manuscripts as speak of historical events relative to the reign of St. Louis. Extract from a Turkish manuscript. Explanations relative to the Old man of the mountain, prince of the Asssassins, by M. L'Evesque de la Ravaliere. Dissertation (1-2) on the Assassins, by M. Falconet. written by himself; containing a history of part of the life of Louis IX., king of France, surnamed Saint Louis, including an account of that king's expedition to Egypt in the year MCCXLVIII. To which are added, the notes & dissertations of M. Du Cange on the above; together with the dissertations of M. le baron de la Bastie on the life of St. Louis, M. L'Evesque de la Ravaliere and M. Falconet on the Assassins of Syria; from the 'Memoires de l'Académie de belles lettres et inscriptions de France. The whole tr. by Thomas Johnes, esq. Title vignettes. Main Heritage Shelves General DC91.6.J6 A4 1807 Book Item-ID: i10143282 BIB-ID: 1015964 Show less
Persian literature--History and criticism, History, DS258 .W37 1807
by Edward Scott Waring. European-printed edition, following an error-ridden edition published at Bombay in 1804. Includes a chapter on Arabian... Show moreby Edward Scott Waring. European-printed edition, following an error-ridden edition published at Bombay in 1804. Includes a chapter on Arabian horses, an early account of Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab and Wahhabi Islam, and passages on hawk-hunting and pearl fishing in the Arabian Gulf “from the 56th to the 48th degree east longitude”, i. e., essentially the Gulf coast from Ras al-Khaimah to Qatar and Bahrain and on to Kuwait. Early attempt at an encompassing description of Persia, by the Bengal civil servant Edward W. H. Scott-Waring (1783–1821). “Very rare” (Allibone). Main Heritage Shelves General DS258 .W37 1807 Book Item-ID: i10044413 BIB-ID: 1006244 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, History, DR425 .O55 1801
par G.A. Olivier ... ; avec atlas. Atlas of 50 plates numbered sequentially but published in 3 parts. Each part has separate half title and title... Show morepar G.A. Olivier ... ; avec atlas. Atlas of 50 plates numbered sequentially but published in 3 parts. Each part has separate half title and title pages and each has 7-page introduction. Part 2, "Deuxième livraison," published "an xii" (1804?); Part 3, "troisième livraison, " published 1807. Plate 9 first published with Part 2, with instructions that it be inserted between plates 8 and 10 in Part 1. LC set has armorial stamp in each of 6 vols. of text: Doublette. Main Heritage Shelves General DR425 .O55 1801 Book vol.3 Item-ID: i20234077 BIB-ID: 1025607 Also issued online. Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, History, DR425 .O55 1801
par G.A. Olivier ... ; avec atlas. Atlas of 50 plates numbered sequentially but published in 3 parts. Each part has separate half title and title... Show morepar G.A. Olivier ... ; avec atlas. Atlas of 50 plates numbered sequentially but published in 3 parts. Each part has separate half title and title pages and each has 7-page introduction. Part 2, "Deuxième livraison," published "an xii" (1804?); Part 3, "troisième livraison, " published 1807. Plate 9 first published with Part 2, with instructions that it be inserted between plates 8 and 10 in Part 1. LC set has armorial stamp in each of 6 vols. of text: Doublette. Also issued online. Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, History, DR425 .O55 1801
par G.A. Olivier ... ; avec atlas. Atlas of 50 plates numbered sequentially but published in 3 parts. Each part has separate half title and title... Show morepar G.A. Olivier ... ; avec atlas. Atlas of 50 plates numbered sequentially but published in 3 parts. Each part has separate half title and title pages and each has 7-page introduction. Part 2, "Deuxième livraison," published "an xii" (1804?); Part 3, "troisième livraison, " published 1807. Plate 9 first published with Part 2, with instructions that it be inserted between plates 8 and 10 in Part 1. LC set has armorial stamp in each of 6 vols. of text: Doublette. Main Heritage Shelves General DR425 .O55 1801 Book vol.5 Item-ID: i20234107 BIB-ID: 1025607 Also issued online. Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, History, DR425 .O55 1801
par G.A. Olivier ... ; avec atlas. Atlas of 50 plates numbered sequentially but published in 3 parts. Each part has separate half title and title... Show morepar G.A. Olivier ... ; avec atlas. Atlas of 50 plates numbered sequentially but published in 3 parts. Each part has separate half title and title pages and each has 7-page introduction. Part 2, "Deuxième livraison," published "an xii" (1804?); Part 3, "troisième livraison, " published 1807. Plate 9 first published with Part 2, with instructions that it be inserted between plates 8 and 10 in Part 1. LC set has armorial stamp in each of 6 vols. of text: Doublette. Main Heritage Shelves General DR425 .O55 1801 Book vol.4 Item-ID: i20234089 BIB-ID: 1025607 Also issued online. Show less
by William Vincent. Main Heritage Display General VK885 .V56 1807 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i2371329x BIB-ID: 1021061 Show moreby William Vincent. Main Heritage Display General VK885 .V56 1807 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i2371329x BIB-ID: 1021061 Show less