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Four topographical letters: written in July 1755, upon a Journey thro' Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, &c. From a gentleman of London, to his brother and sister in Town: giving a Description Of the Country thro' which he pass'd ; with observations On every Thing that occurred to him, either Curious or RemarkableJourney from Joppa to Jerusalem in May 1751Journey from Joppa to Jerusalem in May 1751

Description and travel, DA615 .P35 1757

Editor's preface signed: I.T., i.e. Isaac Thompson?
Letters signed: R.P., i.e. Resta Patching.
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Letters signed: R.P., i.e. Resta Patching.
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Journey from Joppa to Jerusalem in May 1751
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A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments, now entituled The book of the Thousand nights and a night: with introduction, explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The NightsThousand nights and a nightArabian nights' entertainmentsArabian nights. English

Tales, Tales--Arabian Peninsula, PJ7715 .B87 1910

by Richard F. Burton.
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A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments, now entituled The book of the Thousand nights and a night: with introduction, explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The NightsThousand nights and a nightArabian nights' entertainmentsArabian nights. English

Tales, Tales--Arabian Peninsula, PJ7715 .B87 1910

by Richard F. Burton.
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A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments, now entituled The book of the Thousand nights and a night: with introduction, explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The NightsThousand nights and a nightArabian nights' entertainmentsArabian nights. English

Tales, Tales--Arabian Peninsula, PJ7715 .B87 1910

by Richard F. Burton.
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Illumination in Islamic mysticism: a translation, with an introd. and notes, based upon a critical ed. of abū-al-Mawāhib al-Shādhili's treatise entitled Qawānīn ḥikam alishrāqKitāb qawānīn ḥikam al-ishrāq. English

Sufism, Sufism--Early works to 1800, BP189.26 .I36 1938

by Edward Jabra Jurji.
E. J. Jurji's thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1936.
Translation of: Kitāb qawānīn ḥikam al-ishrāq.
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E. J. Jurji's thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1936.
Translation of: Kitāb qawānīn ḥikam al-ishrāq.
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Item-ID: i10105669
BIB-ID: 1012202
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1979. 20 cm.
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A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments, now entituled The book of the Thousand nights and a night: with introduction, explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The NightsThousand nights and a nightArabian nights' entertainmentsArabian nights. English

Tales, Tales--Arabian Peninsula, PJ7715 .B87 1910

by Richard F. Burton.
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The influence of Islam: "a study of the effect of Islam upon the psychology and civilization of the races which profess it"

Islam, Islamic civilization, DS38 .B65 1932, 297

By E.J. Bolus.
"References": p. 185-192.
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"References": p. 185-192.
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Memoirs by Commander James Felix Jones, I.N: steam-trip to the North of Baghdad, in April, 1846, with notes on various objects of interest en route : journey for the purpose of determining the tract of the ancient Nahrwan canal, undertaken in April 1848, with a glance at the past history of the territory of the Nahrwan : journey to the frontier of Turkey and Persia, through a part of Kurdistan : researches in the vicinity of the Median Wall of Xenophon, and along the old course of the River Tigris, and discovery of the site of the ancient Opis : memoir on the province of Baghdad : notes on the topography of Ninevah, and the other cities of Assyria, and on the general geography of the country between the Tigris and the upper Zab, founded upon a trigonometrical survey made in the year 1852

TravelJones, James Felix, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS70.65 .J66 1857

compiled and edited by R. Hughes Thomas.
Includes tabulated lists of public buildings and groups of houses and of prices and wages.
Illus. incl....
Show morecompiled and edited by R. Hughes Thomas.
Includes tabulated lists of public buildings and groups of houses and of prices and wages.
Illus. incl. lithogr. plates (some hand-col., some fold.) and maps (3 in pockets).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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A voyage to Suratt, in the year, 1689: Giving a large account of that city, and its inhabitants, and of the English factory there. Likewise a description of Madeira, St. Jago, Annobon, Cabenda and Malemba (upon the coast of Africa) St. Helena, Johanna, Bombay, the city of Muscatt, and its inhabitants in Arabia Felix, Mocha, and other maritine [sic] towns upon the Red-sea, and the Cape of good hope, and the island Ascension. To which is addded [sic] an appendix, containing I. The history of a late revolution in the kingdom of Golconda. II. A description of the Kingdoms of Arracan and Pegu. III. An account of the coins of the kingdoms of India, Persia, Golconda, &c. IV. Observations concerning the silk-wormsAn appendix. Containing I. The history of a late revolution in the kingdom of Golconda. II. A short description of the kingdom of Arracan, and Pegu. III. A collection of coyns and IV. Observations concerning the nature of the silk-worms

Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Silkworms, Silkworms--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel

By J. Ovington, M.A. Chaplain to His Majesty.
Errata: p. [16] (preliminary sequence).
Half-title.
Signatures: A-Z8 Aa-Qq8 (Qq8 blank).
Appendix has...
Show moreBy J. Ovington, M.A. Chaplain to His Majesty.
Errata: p. [16] (preliminary sequence).
Half-title.
Signatures: A-Z8 Aa-Qq8 (Qq8 blank).
Appendix has separate t.p.
Title within double line border.
From the library of Sir Charles Harding Firth. Imperfect copy: only 1 plate remains. SH/U-1
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The history of Esarhaddon (son of Sennacherib) king of Assyria, B.C. 681-688: tr. from the cuneiform inscriptions upon cylinders and tablets in the British museum collection, together with original texts; a grammatical analysis of ech word, explanations of the ideographs by extracts from the bi-lingual syllabaries, and list of eponyms, etc

Cuneiform inscriptions, History, PJ3837.E7 B8

by Ernest A. Budge.
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A journey through the Yemen and some general remarks upon that country

Description and travel, DS247.Y4 H37 1893, 459.3 H244j

by Walter B. Harris. Illustrated from sketches and photographs taken by the author.
"The chapter on the Yemen rebellion was published as an article...
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"The chapter on the Yemen rebellion was published as an article in 'Blackwood's magazine' for February last [1893]"--Pref.
Appendix: Genealogical and chronological tree of the imams of Sanaa. A list of imams of Sanaa, giving their full titles. Pedigree of the reigning Abdali sultan of Lahej.
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The astrolabes of the world: based upon the series of instruments in the Lewis Evans Collection in the old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, with notes on astrolabes in the collections of the British Museum, Science Museum, Sir. J. Findlay, Mr. S.V. Hoffman, the Mensing Collection and in other public and private collections / Volume 1

Ashmolean Museum., Astrolabes, Astrolabes, Astrolabes--Bibliography, QB85 .G8, 522.41

v. 1. The Eastern astrolabes -- v. 2. The Western astrolabes.
by Robert T. Gunther, M.A., Hon. LL. D., curator of the Lewis Evans Collection in the...
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by Robert T. Gunther, M.A., Hon. LL. D., curator of the Lewis Evans Collection in the Old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford.
Paged continuously.
Volume 1 has 68 leaves of plates; volume 2 has 85 leaves of plates.
Volume 1 contains facsimile reprint of "Description of a planispheric astrolabe, constucted for Sháh Sultán Husain Safawí, King of Persia, and now preserved in the British Museum; comprising an account of the astrolabe generally, with notes illustrative and explanatory: to which are added, concise notices of twelve other astrolabes, eastern and European, hitherto undescribed. By William H. Morely. Williams and Norgate, 14, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London; 20, South Frederick Street, Edinburgh. Benj. Duprat, Paris. F.A. Brockhaus, Leipsig. MDCCCLVI."
Bound in white cloth with gilt design of an astrolabe on front covers.
"The literature": p. [565]-575.
"Bibliography of the astrolabe": p. [576]-598.
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Lectures upon the Assyrian language and syllabary: delivered to students of the archaic classesAssyrian lectures

Akkadian language--Grammar, Cuneiform writing, PJ3251 .S36 1877, 492.19

by A.H. Sayce.
Spine title: Assyrian lectures.
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Spine title: Assyrian lectures.
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Secret sects of Syria and the Lebanon: a consideration of their origin, creeds and religious ceremonies, and their connection with and influence upon modern freemasonry

Freemasonry--History, Religion, Religion, BL2340 .S67 1922, 297.8

by Bernard H. Springett.
Bibliography: p. 297-300.
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Narrative of a journey into Khorasān: in the years 1821 and 1822. Including some account of the countries to the north-east of Persia; with remarks upon the national character, government, and resources of that kingdom

Description and travel, Description and travel, DS258 .F73 1825, 456 F86k

By James B. Fraser.
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Item-ID: i10150961
BIB-ID: 1016732
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The astrolabes of the world: based upon the series of instruments in the Lewis Evans Collection in the old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, with notes on astrolabes in the collections of the British Museum, Science Museum, Sir. J. Findlay, Mr. S.V. Hoffman, the Mensing Collection and in other public and private collections

Ashmolean Museum., Astrolabes, Astrolabes, Astrolabes--Bibliography, QB85 .G8, 522.41

v. 1. The Eastern astrolabes -- v. 2. The Western astrolabes.
by Robert T. Gunther, M.A., Hon. LL. D., curator of the Lewis Evans Collection in the...
Show morev. 1. The Eastern astrolabes -- v. 2. The Western astrolabes.
by Robert T. Gunther, M.A., Hon. LL. D., curator of the Lewis Evans Collection in the Old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford.
Paged continuously.
Volume 1 has 68 leaves of plates; volume 2 has 85 leaves of plates.
Volume 1 contains facsimile reprint of "Description of a planispheric astrolabe, constucted for Sháh Sultán Husain Safawí, King of Persia, and now preserved in the British Museum; comprising an account of the astrolabe generally, with notes illustrative and explanatory: to which are added, concise notices of twelve other astrolabes, eastern and European, hitherto undescribed. By William H. Morely. Williams and Norgate, 14, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London; 20, South Frederick Street, Edinburgh. Benj. Duprat, Paris. F.A. Brockhaus, Leipsig. MDCCCLVI."
Bound in white cloth with gilt design of an astrolabe on front covers.
"The literature": p. [565]-575.
"Bibliography of the astrolabe": p. [576]-598.
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Refutation of Lieutenant Wellsted's Attack upon Lord Valentia's ... Work upon the Red Sea, with comparative diagrams, shewing the inventions of Bruce, etc

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Item-ID: i10170352
BIB-ID: 1018671
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A treatise upon falconry, in two parts

Falconry, Falconry, SK321 .B42 1841, 799.5

Running and spine titles: Falconry.
Bookplate of Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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Bookplate of Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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Item-ID: i20440054
BIB-ID: 1823249
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A study of the radiation of the atmosphere: based upon observations of the nocturnal radiation during expeditions to Algeria and to CaliforniaRadiation of the atmosphere

Atmosphere, Radiation, Q11 .S7 v.653 1915

by Anders Ångström.
Added t.p. for Academical Dissertation, Uppsala, Almqvist & Wiksells, 1916.
"Hodgkins Fund."
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Added t.p. for Academical Dissertation, Uppsala, Almqvist & Wiksells, 1916.
"Hodgkins Fund."
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Q11 .S7 v.653 1915
Book
Item-ID: i10043913
BIB-ID: 1006194
Includes bibliographical references.
Also available via the Internet.
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The gentleman's stable directory, or, Modern system of farriery: comprehending all the most valuable prescriptions and approved remedies, accurately proportioned and properly adapted to every known disease to which the horse is incident, interspersed with occasional references to the dangerous and almost obsolete practice of Gibson, Bracken, Bartlet, Osmer, and others, also particular directions for buying, selling, feeding, bleeding, purging, and getting into condition for the chase : with experimental remarks upon the management of draft horses, their blemishes and defects : to which is now added a supplement, containing practical observations upon thorn wounds, punctured tendons, and ligamentary lameness : with ample instructions for their treatment and cure illustrated by a recital of cases, including a variety of useful remarks : with a successful method of treating the canine species, in that destructive disease called the distemperTaplin's FarrieryGentleman's stable directoryModern system of farriery

Horses, Horses--Diseases, Canine distemper, Canine distemper, Horses, Horses--Diseases, SF955 .T37 1793

by William Taplin.
Includes index.
With frontispiece portrait of Taplin.
Vol. 2: 3rd ed., carefully corrected.
Spine title: Taplin's Farriery.
"Horse...
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Includes index.
With frontispiece portrait of Taplin.
Vol. 2: 3rd ed., carefully corrected.
Spine title: Taplin's Farriery.
"Horse medicines prepared by the author", a complete list p. 503-504, v. 1 and p. 418-419 v. 2.
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Item-ID: i24276236
BIB-ID: 2583197
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