Aurangzeb , 1618-1707, History, History, Description and travel, Court and courtiers, Social life and customs, DS461.7 .B47 1671
The history of the late revolution of the dominions of the Great Mogol -- Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of... Show moreThe history of the late revolution of the dominions of the Great Mogol -- Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of five years, or thereabout, in the empire of the Great Mogol -- A letter to the Lord Colbert, of the extent of Indostan, the circulation of gold and silver coming at length to be swallow'd up there as in an abyss, the riches, forces, justice and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia. by Monsr F. Bernier, physitian of the faculty of Montpelier ; English'd out of French. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; woodcut initial letters. Title page followed by seven pages of "An extrait of a letter written to Mr. H.O. from Monsr de Monceaux the younger, giving a character of the book here Englished and its author", which is followed by six pages of contents and an errata page. With a final advertisement leaf. Pagination: [16], 258, [2], 176, 102, [2] p. Page 208 is wrongly printed as 082. Translation by Henry Oldenburg of author's Histoire de la dernière révolution des états du Grand Mogol, 1670. Volume two, entitled "Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of five years, or thereabout, in the empire of the Great Mogol" has separate pagination and title page with following imprint: London : printed by S.G. for Moses Pitt at the white Hart in Little Britain, 1671. The third part entitled "A letter to the Lord Colbert, of the extent of Indostan, the circulation of gold and silver coming at length to be swallow'd up there as in an abyss, the riches, forces, justice and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia" has also separate pagination. Copy in FCO Historical collection is a variant copy without a Wing reference number. Imprint reads: London : printed and are to be sold by John Williams, book-seller in Plymouth, 1671. The map is signed: "Cross sculp:" Main Heritage Shelves General DS461.7 .B47 1671 Book Item-ID: i10203618 BIB-ID: 1021997 Text also available online from EEBO at: http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home. English translation of French original. Copy in Marsden Collection has armorial bookplate of William Marsden on front paste-down. UkLU-K Copy in FCO Historical Collection is from the historical library collection of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, transferred to King's on permanent loan in 2007. It has a ms. inscription on second free endpaper: "E Libris Thomae Hewett, Anno Domini 1719" and a ms. inscription in Indic script on the same page. There is another ms. inscription on title page in another hand: "L. Moody, Mrs Hill". UkLU-K Show less
von Joseph Ritter von Hammer. "Mit dreyssig Beylagen"--Title page. Main Heritage Shelves General DR536 .H36 1829 Book Item-ID: i22255655 BIB-ID: 2383962 T... Show morevon Joseph Ritter von Hammer. "Mit dreyssig Beylagen"--Title page. Main Heritage Shelves General DR536 .H36 1829 Book Item-ID: i22255655 BIB-ID: 2383962 Text in German, Italian and Turkish. Show less
Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados., HistoryOrthodox Eastern Church, Islam, Islam--Early works to 1800, Muslims, Muslims--Turkey--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, DR424 .G74 1683
Published by command of the French King, by Monsieur William Joseph Grelot. Made English by J. Philips. A translation, by John Phillips, of: Grelot,... Show morePublished by command of the French King, by Monsieur William Joseph Grelot. Made English by J. Philips. A translation, by John Phillips, of: Grelot, Guillaume-Joseph. Relation nouvelle d'un voyage de Constantinople. With frontis. portrait (A1v) of Mahomet IV dated 1683 signed: I. Sturt sculp. Illustrations numbered I-XIV; ten are on inserted plates, the others within the text. Signatures: A-R⁸. Main Heritage Shelves General DR424 .G74 1683 Book Item-ID: i10041345 BIB-ID: 1005937 Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1965. 1 microfilm reel ; 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 186:10). Signature (17th or early 18th cent?) of William Davison. UkCU 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
خريطة للامبراطورية العثمانية، تظهر فيها شبه الجزيرة العربية مع وصف دقيق للامبراطورية العثمانية في قارتي اسيا وافريقيا، وبها الكثير من التفاصيل حول... Show moreخريطة للامبراطورية العثمانية، تظهر فيها شبه الجزيرة العربية مع وصف دقيق للامبراطورية العثمانية في قارتي اسيا وافريقيا، وبها الكثير من التفاصيل حول الجزيرة العربية ومنطقة الخليج العربي، نشرت باللغة اللاتينية عام 1606 ورسمت بواسطة جودوكوس هونديوس (Jodocus Hondius)بناء على خريطة رسام الخرايط الشهير البلجيكي جيرارد ميركاتو (Gerhard Mercator) مع بعض تعديلات، وهي ملونة يدوياً، والعنوان مزخرف برسم لاحد السلاطين العثمانيين. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. The map has a decorative cartouche with the portrait of Ottoman Sultan Mahumet Turcorum Imperat 2. Detail is extracted from the maps of the Mercators. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00182 Print Map Item-ID: i11400353 BIB-ID: 1531358 Show less