TravelChardin, John , 1643-1713, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS257 .C43 1720
Adorn'd and illustrated with a great number of cutts. By Edm. Lloyd, Esq. "In eight volumes" - note on principal title-page. Only two volumes... Show moreAdorn'd and illustrated with a great number of cutts. By Edm. Lloyd, Esq. "In eight volumes" - note on principal title-page. Only two volumes published. Later states have "two" substituted for "eight" and "Vol. I" deleted. Principal title-page printed in red and black. Main Heritage Shelves General DS257 .C43 1720 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i20243686 BIB-ID: 1024982 Translation by Lloyd of part of vols. 3 and 4 of Chardin's Voyages en Perse (Amsterdam, 1711 edition). Show less
Ibn Saʻūd , 1880-1953, Ibn Saʻūd , 1880-1953, Wahhābīyah, Arabie Saoudite. Ibn Sa'ud (roi d'Arabie Saoudite, 1880-1953), Wahhābīyah, DS244 .W5 1933, 921
by Kenneth Williams. Main Heritage Shelves General DS244 .W5 1933 Book Item-ID: i15642112 BIB-ID: 2523050 Show moreby Kenneth Williams. Main Heritage Shelves General DS244 .W5 1933 Book Item-ID: i15642112 BIB-ID: 2523050 Show less
by Sir Harford Jones Brydges, to which is appended, a brief history of the Wahauby. First edition, a complete and attractive set. The second volume ... Show moreby Sir Harford Jones Brydges, to which is appended, a brief history of the Wahauby. First edition, a complete and attractive set. The second volume - and the map - devoted entirely to the so-called "Nedjed Country" (now Saudi Arabia). - The first political and commercial treaty between Great Britain and Persia was concluded in 1801, when the East India Company sent John Malcolm to the Court of Fath Ali Shah. Persia undertook to attack the Afghans if they were to move against India, while the British undertook to come to the defence of Persia if they were attacked by either the Afghans or the French. When the Russians intensified their attacks on the Caucasian Provinces in 1803 annexing large territories, Fath Ali Shah appealed to the British for help, but was refused on the grounds that Russia was not included in the Treaty. The Persians thus turned to the French and concluded the Treaty of Finkenstein in 1807. It was against this background that Harford Jones, who was the chief resident at Basra for the East India Company, was sent to Persia by the Foreign Office in 1809 [...] The French who had now entered into a treaty with Russia (the Treaty of Tilsit in 1807) had lost interest in Persia and removed their political and military missions. Thus the British were able to conclude another treaty with Persia (the Treaty of Friendship and Alliance, also called the Treaty of Tehran) which bound Britain to assist Persia in case any European nation invaded her (even if Britain had a treaty with that nation). This treaty was not honoured by the British after the first Persian-Russian War. There were two later revisions to the Treaty: 17 March 1812 and 25 November 1814" (Ghani). Volume 2 is devoted exclusively to the Wahabis, tracing their history from the mid-eighteenth century to their defeat by Egyptian Ottoman forces at the site of the Wahabi capital, Darîyah (Dereyah), in 1818. - Rare: the only other copy in a contemp. binding on the market within the last 30 years was the Burrell copy (wanting half titles and rebacked; Sotheby's, Oct 14, 1999, lot 127, £8,000). Our copy complete, only slightly browned and foxed, but altogether fresh, in an appealing full calf binding with very slight bumping to lower corners. With the frequently lacking poem "To my Watch" on a separate leaf at the end of volume I. Main Heritage Shelves General DS302 .B79 1834 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i16876192 BIB-ID: 1511065 Show less
by David Price. Main Heritage Shelves General DS223 .P75 1821 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i10072536 BIB-ID: 1008889 Also issued online. Show moreby David Price. Main Heritage Shelves General DS223 .P75 1821 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i10072536 BIB-ID: 1008889 Also issued online. Show less
Description and travel, DS247.H3 S73 1940, 915.34, 915.335
"First edition 1940." Main Heritage Shelves General DS247.H3 S73 1940 Book Item-ID: i10045247 BIB-ID: 1006327 Show more"First edition 1940." Main Heritage Shelves General DS247.H3 S73 1940 Book Item-ID: i10045247 BIB-ID: 1006327 Show less
Freya Stark. Main Heritage Shelves General DS247.H32 S73 1938 Book Item-ID: i10223174 BIB-ID: 1023953 Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-317)... Show moreFreya Stark. Main Heritage Shelves General DS247.H32 S73 1938 Book Item-ID: i10223174 BIB-ID: 1023953 Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-317) and index. Show less
I. A description of Asia, according to the oriental geographers -- II. A short history of Persia ... and an appendix consisting of an essay on... Show moreI. A description of Asia, according to the oriental geographers -- II. A short history of Persia ... and an appendix consisting of an essay on Asiatick poetry and the history of the Persian language. extracted from an Eastern manuscript, which was translated into French by William Jones. Previously translated by the same author into French: Histoire de Nader Shah. London, 1770. History of Nadir Shah written ca. 1757 by Muḥammad Mahdī Khān Astarābādī. Main Heritage Shelves General DS294 .M34 1773 Book Item-ID: i22878269 BIB-ID: 1835955 Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Description and travel, DT51 .I79 1780
by Eyles Irwin, esq. ; illustrated with maps and cuts. Main Heritage Shelves General DT51 .I79 1780 Book Item-ID: i10043329 BIB-ID: 1006136 Show moreby Eyles Irwin, esq. ; illustrated with maps and cuts. Main Heritage Shelves General DT51 .I79 1780 Book Item-ID: i10043329 BIB-ID: 1006136 Show less
by Thomas Legh. Main Heritage Shelves General DT53 .L44 1817 Book Item-ID: i23306725 BIB-ID: 2496496 Show moreby Thomas Legh. Main Heritage Shelves General DT53 .L44 1817 Book Item-ID: i23306725 BIB-ID: 2496496 Show less
by David Price. Main Heritage Shelves General DS223 .P75 1821 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i20226822 BIB-ID: 1008889 Also issued online. Show moreby David Price. Main Heritage Shelves General DS223 .P75 1821 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i20226822 BIB-ID: 1008889 Also issued online. Show less
