Impressive show of Hungarian breeding skills at the fin-de-siècle, documented in a century of high-quality photoengravings. Fifty of the hundred... Show moreImpressive show of Hungarian breeding skills at the fin-de-siècle, documented in a century of high-quality photoengravings. Fifty of the hundred plates are dedicated to horses, including many of Arabian stock, such as Hamdani Semri, Jussuf, etc. Includes an autograph letter signed by the publisher to the Agricultural College of Berlin (Budapest, 10 Sept. 1899, 1 p. 4to), requesting the return of a specimen publication and soliciting a firm order (which apparently did follow). In perfect condition; only the cardbox box housing the volume shows signs of wear. Very rare. Date of publication at head of title. At head of title: 1896-Iki ezredéves állatkiállitások emléke. T.p. within red frame. Each leaf of illustration is preceded by a leaf of descriptive text in each of the four languages. Bound in gilt-stamped green cloth; gilt-stamped coat of arms on front cover; patterned endpapers. Main Heritage Shelves General SF303 .H86 1896 Book Item-ID: i16220481 BIB-ID: 1463230 Text in Hungarian, German, French and English. Show less
von Herrn Poiret ; aus dem Französischen übersesst, und mit unmerkungen begleitet. Main Heritage Shelves General DT188 .P65 1789 Book Item-ID: i1016912x ... Show morevon Herrn Poiret ; aus dem Französischen übersesst, und mit unmerkungen begleitet. Main Heritage Shelves General DT188 .P65 1789 Book Item-ID: i1016912x BIB-ID: 1018548 Show less
Arvieux, Laurent d' , 1635-1702, Abū al-Fidāʼ, ʻImād al-Dīn Ismāʻīl b. ʻAlī , 1273-1331, DS206 .A78 1780
door den Ridder d'Arvieux ; uit het Fransch vertaald en met aanteekeningen vermeerderd door G. Kuipers. Main Heritage Shelves General DS206 .A78 1780 ... Show moredoor den Ridder d'Arvieux ; uit het Fransch vertaald en met aanteekeningen vermeerderd door G. Kuipers. Main Heritage Shelves General DS206 .A78 1780 Book Item-ID: i10169076 BIB-ID: 1018543 Indices. Show less
Aus dem Französischen ins Teutsche übersetzt. Rare first German edition of this conflation of reports from French expeditions to Arabia during the... Show moreAus dem Französischen ins Teutsche übersetzt. Rare first German edition of this conflation of reports from French expeditions to Arabia during the years 1708-1713, first published in 1716. "It was with distinct literary skill that La Roque, who himself had visited Syria in 1689, prepared a construed travel report from the notes of various members of the first French expeditions to Arabia and Yemen. The 'Travels to Happy Arabia' well suited the tastes of the time. The well-founded knowledge which La Roque owed to the observations of Captain Merveille and his companions allowed him to provide the first detailed account of Arabic coffee plantations and the coffee trade of the Peninsula" (cf. Schnyder/v. Waldkirch, Wie Europa den Kaffee entdeckte, p. 207f.). - Some browning and brownstaining; tear on p. 3f. mended with Japanese paper. Translation of Voyage de l'Arabie Heureuse, attributed to Jean de Laroque. Cf. Nat. union cat., pre-1956 imprints. Does not include the treatise on coffee. Main Heritage Shelves General DS206 .L37 1740 Book Item-ID: i16862648 BIB-ID: 1509757 Show less
Description and travel, Social life and customs, DS206 .A78 1740
aufgesetzet von dem herrn De La Roque. First German edition, first published from the author's posthumous papers in Paris in 1717. D'Arvieux (1635... Show moreaufgesetzet von dem herrn De La Roque. First German edition, first published from the author's posthumous papers in Paris in 1717. D'Arvieux (1635-1702) lived in the Levant for a long time, spending six years at Aleppo as French consul, and collected these important observations on the Arabic Bedouins of the area. "His observations, which departed greatly from what had been formerly reported about the Bedouins, were received with doubt, but were confirmed by later travellers such as Niebuhr" (cf. Henze I, 101). The plates show costumes and the Bedouin camp on Mt. Carmel. - Some offsetting to text; insignificant browning; slight waterstain near end. Author and bibliographical note supplied in ink at upper edge of t. p. Bound with: Reise nach dem glucklichen Arabien. Translation of: Voyage fait par ordre du roy Louis XIV dans la Palestine. Main Heritage Shelves General DS206 .A78 1740 Book Item-ID: i16587881 BIB-ID: 1494561 Show less
Travel, Description and travel, DT7 .D37 1689, 916 KCAL
traduite du flamand d'O. Dapper. Main Heritage Shelves General DT7 .D37 1689 Book Item-ID: i23129372 BIB-ID: 2451037 Show moretraduite du flamand d'O. Dapper. Main Heritage Shelves General DT7 .D37 1689 Book Item-ID: i23129372 BIB-ID: 2451037 Show less
Relief shown by hachures. Cartographer, place and date of publication from dealer's notes. Prime meridian: Ferro. Prime meridian computed from... Show moreRelief shown by hachures. Cartographer, place and date of publication from dealer's notes. Prime meridian: Ferro. Prime meridian computed from Greenwich. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00057 Print Map Item-ID: i17066657 BIB-ID: 1525331 Show less
von Titus Tobler. Main Heritage Shelves General Z3476 .B63 1867 Book Item-ID: i21477371 BIB-ID: 1888463 Texts in English, French and German Show morevon Titus Tobler. Main Heritage Shelves General Z3476 .B63 1867 Book Item-ID: i21477371 BIB-ID: 1888463 Texts in English, French and German Show less
From the German edition of Alain Manesson Mallet's Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreises (Frankfurt, 1719) Relief shown pictorially Above border: Fig... Show moreFrom the German edition of Alain Manesson Mallet's Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreises (Frankfurt, 1719) Relief shown pictorially Above border: Fig: LXXII und LXXIII. In French and German Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00621 Print Map Item-ID: i24499286 BIB-ID: 2621630 Show less
