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A voyage to Arabia the Happy: by the way of the Eastern ocean, and the streights of the Red-Sea: perform'd by the French for the first time, A.D. 1708, 1709, 1710. Together with a particular relation of a journey from the port of Moka to the court of the king of Yemen, in the second expedition, A.D. 1711, 1712, 1713. Also, an account of the coffee-tree, and its fruit. Likewise an historical treatise of the first use of coffee, and the progress it afterwards made both in Asia and Europe ; how it was introduced into France, and whence it came to be so generally received at Paris

Coffee, Description and travel, DS206 .L37 1726

[La Roque].
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DS206 .L37 1726
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Item-ID: i10045065
BIB-ID: 1006309
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DS206 .L37 1726
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Item-ID: i10045065
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Exposition 1900. L'Andalousie au temps des MauresExhibition of 1900. Andalusia in the Time of the Moors

Ethnology--Exhibitions, Ethnology--Exhibitions--Paris, Folk dancing, Arab

Poster advertising one of the most popular attractions of the Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, called the "Andalousie au temps des Maures", a 5000...
Show morePoster advertising one of the most popular attractions of the Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, called the "Andalousie au temps des Maures", a 5000-square-meter historical theme park in the Trocadero Gardens. The poster shows an Arabian dancer.
Title and date from item. The poster is signed and inscribed "3082 - Imp. de Vaugirard G. de Malherbe dir. 152, R. de Vaugirard, Paris", "Administration, 74, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris" and "Cette affiche ne pourra être vendue que revêtue du timbre spécial de la Société" (This poster can only be sold with the special stamp of the Company). The poster has the stamp of the Société dexploitation de L'Andalousie au temps des Maure, the operating company of the exhibition "Andalusia in the Time of the Moors".
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HC.GM.P.2019.0207
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Item-ID: i2627999x
BIB-ID: 2808687
See “Andalusia In The Time Of The Moors: Regret and Colonial Presence in Paris, 1900,” in Edges of Empire: Orientalism and Visual Culture, Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones and Mary Roberts, eds., Blackwell, Oxford, 2005, pp. 181-205.
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Exposition 1900. L'Andalousie au temps des MauresExhibition of 1900. Andalusia in the Time of the Moors

Ethnology--Exhibitions, Ethnology--Exhibitions--Paris, Knights and knighthood in art

Poster advertising one of the most popular attractions of the Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, called the "Andalousie au temps des Maures", a 5000...
Show morePoster advertising one of the most popular attractions of the Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, called the "Andalousie au temps des Maures", a 5000-square-meter historical theme park in the Trocadero Gardens. The poster depicts a battle scene between a Moorish and a Christian knight. The exhibition "Andalusia in the time of the Moors" referred to the medieval heyday of Moorish Spain and to romances during the reconquest of Andalusia by Christian monarchs.
Title and date from item. The poster is signed and inscribed "3239 - Imp. de Vaugirard G. de Malherbe dir. 152, R. de Vaugirard, Paris", "Administration, 74, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris" and "Cette affiche ne pourra être vendue que revêtue du timbre spécial de la Société" (This poster can only be sold with the special stamp of the Company). The poster has a poster tax stamp "Republique Française 20c et 2/10 "
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HC.GM.P.2019.0213
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Item-ID: i26280619
BIB-ID: 2808734
See “Andalusia In The Time Of The Moors: Regret and Colonial Presence in Paris, 1900,” in Edges of Empire: Orientalism and Visual Culture, Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones and Mary Roberts, eds., Blackwell, Oxford, 2005, pp. 181-205.
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Reise des freiherrn Adalbert von Barnim durch Nord-Ost-Afrika in den jahren 1859 und 1860

Barnim, Adalbert , 1841-1860, Description and travel, DT39 .H37 1863, 916.1 H333r

beschrieben von seinem begleiter dr. Robert Hartmann.
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DT39 .H37 1863
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Item-ID: i1016909x
BIB-ID: 1018545
Show morebeschrieben von seinem begleiter dr. Robert Hartmann.
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DT39 .H37 1863
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Item-ID: i1016909x
BIB-ID: 1018545
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A thousand miles up the Nile

Description and travel, DT54 .E27 1899, 916.2

by Amelia B. Edwards ...
Illustrated by the author.
First published in 1877.
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DT54 .E27 1899
Book
Item-ID: i10044292
BIB-ID:...
Show moreby Amelia B. Edwards ...
Illustrated by the author.
First published in 1877.
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DT54 .E27 1899
Book
Item-ID: i10044292
BIB-ID: 1006232
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Wayfarers in the Libyan Desert

Description and travel, DT55 .A44 1912, 916.2

[by] Frances Gordon Alexander; with sixty illustrations from photographs, and a map.
Illustrated lining-papers.
Prepared jointly by Lady Evelyn...
Show more[by] Frances Gordon Alexander; with sixty illustrations from photographs, and a map.
Illustrated lining-papers.
Prepared jointly by Lady Evelyn Cobbold and Frances Gordon Alexander. The American edition is issued under Mrs. Alexander's name, the English under Lady Evely Cobbold's, the text differing slightly.
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DT55 .A44 1912
Book
Item-ID: i1024167x
BIB-ID: 1025805
Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.
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A thousand miles up the Nile: with upwards of seventy illustrations

Description and travel, DT54 .E27 1889, 916.2

engraved on wood by G. Pearson, after finished drawings executed on the spot by the author.
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DT54 .E27 1888
Book
Item-ID:...
Show moreengraved on wood by G. Pearson, after finished drawings executed on the spot by the author.
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DT54 .E27 1888
Book
Item-ID: i10044309
BIB-ID: 1006233
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A voyage to Arabia the Happy: by the way of the Eastern ocean, and the streights of the Red-Sea: perform'd by the French for the first time, A.D. 1708, 1709, 1710. Together with a particular relation of a journey from the port of Moka to the court of the king of Yemen, in the second expedition, A.D. 1711, 1712, 1713. Also, an account of the coffee-tree, and its fruit. Collected from the observations of those employed in this last voyage. Likewise an historical treatise of the first use of coffee, and the progress it afterwards made both in Asia and Europe; how it was introduced into France, and whence it came to be so generally received at Paris

Coffee, Description and travel, DS206 .L37 1730

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DS206 .L37 1730
Book
Item-ID: 10045053
BIB-ID: 1006308
Reg.
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DS206 .L37 1730
Book
Item-ID: 10045053
BIB-ID: 1006308
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Le Coran: traduit de l'arabe, accompagné de notes, et prećédé d'un abreǵé de la vie de Mohamet tiré des ećrivaius orientaux les plus estimeśQurʼan. French

Qurʼan, Qurʼan--Translations into French, BP112 .Q73 1821

Par M. Savary.
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BP112 .Q73 1821
Book
vol. 1
Item-ID: i17038005
BIB-ID: 1523156
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BP112 .Q73 1821
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vol. 1
Item-ID: i17038005
BIB-ID: 1523156
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Le Coran: traduit de l'arabe, accompagné de notes, et prećédé d'un abreǵé de la vie de Mohamet tiré des ećrivaius orientaux les plus estimeśQurʼan. French

Qurʼan, Qurʼan--Translations into French, BP112 .Q73 1821

Par M. Savary.
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BP112 .Q73 1821
Book
vol. 2
Item-ID: i23594408
BIB-ID: 1523156
Show morePar M. Savary.
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BP112 .Q73 1821
Book
vol. 2
Item-ID: i23594408
BIB-ID: 1523156
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Sudan sand: filming the Baggara Arabs

Baggara (African people), Motion pictures--Production and direction, Motion pictures--Production and direction--Sudan, Description and travel, Descriptions et voyages, DT155.2.B34 T74 1930, 916.24 C862s

by Stella Court Treatt, with sixty-three illustrations from photographs.
Includes index.
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DT155.2.B34 T74 1930
Book
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Show moreby Stella Court Treatt, with sixty-three illustrations from photographs.
Includes index.
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DT155.2.B34 T74 1930
Book
Item-ID: i10181738
BIB-ID: 1019809
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The Heart of Libya: the Siwa Oasis, its people, customs and sport

DT154.S5 S56 1929

by G. E. Simpson ; with photographs.
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DT154.S5 S56 1929
Book
Item-ID: i10202729
BIB-ID: 1021908
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DT154.S5 S56 1929
Book
Item-ID: i10202729
BIB-ID: 1021908
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Serious poems

PR4796 .S4 1886, 821.79 H77S

by Thomas Hood.
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PR4796 .S4 1886
Book
Item-ID: i24880218
BIB-ID: 2666398
Show moreby Thomas Hood.
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PR4796 .S4 1886
Book
Item-ID: i24880218
BIB-ID: 2666398
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