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
Translated by Ernest F. Row. Translation of La Phénicie et l'Asie occidentale. Main Heritage Shelves General DS81 .W45 1940 Book Item-ID: i1016263x BIB... Show moreTranslated by Ernest F. Row. Translation of La Phénicie et l'Asie occidentale. Main Heritage Shelves General DS81 .W45 1940 Book Item-ID: i1016263x BIB-ID: 1017899 Bibliography: p. 200-202. Show less
Atatürk, Kemal , 1881-1938, History, DR592.M8 M55 1931, 923.156, 956.10240924
by Dagobert von Mikusch ; translated by John Linton. Translation of Gazi Mustafa Kemal: zwischen Europa und Asien. Includes index. Show moreby Dagobert von Mikusch ; translated by John Linton. Translation of Gazi Mustafa Kemal: zwischen Europa und Asien. Includes index. Show less
History, History, Administrative and political divisions
[P.]43. Attached text page: De l'Empire des Turcs, [p.] 46. Relief shown pictorially Covers the Ottoman Empire and adjacent regions of the Middle East. ... Show more[P.]43. Attached text page: De l'Empire des Turcs, [p.] 46. Relief shown pictorially Covers the Ottoman Empire and adjacent regions of the Middle East. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01033 Print Map Item-ID: i11402787 BIB-ID: 1172621 Show less
H. Moll fecit. Shows that part of the Middle East under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Turks. Relief shown pictorially. Title (spelled "Turky") in... Show moreH. Moll fecit. Shows that part of the Middle East under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Turks. Relief shown pictorially. Title (spelled "Turky") in rectangular title cartouche at lower right. Prime meridian: Ferro. The map sheet is probably a page removed from the European Magazine. LC copy imperfect: Lead-pencil annotations in margins, sheet trimmed at left and right margins, mounted on cloth backing (which makes the verso unreadable). Includes text in lower margin. At foot of text: Part 2, B 2, General. Text and directories of constituent countries/cities on verso. In upper margin at right: 3. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00067 Print Map Item-ID: i17065707 BIB-ID: 2764265 Show less
Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00268 Print Map Item-ID: i23810270 BIB-ID: 2533691 Show moreMain Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00268 Print Map Item-ID: i23810270 BIB-ID: 2533691 Show less