bearbeitet durch eine Gesellschaft von Liebhabern. First edition of Europe's first orientalist journal. Contains contributions by various authors in... Show morebearbeitet durch eine Gesellschaft von Liebhabern. First edition of Europe's first orientalist journal. Contains contributions by various authors in German, French, Italian, Latin, Turkish, etc., such as "Über die Sternbilder der Araber, und ihre eigenen Namen für einzelne Sterne", "Arabische Volksräthsel", "Was steht von der Kritik für den Koran zu erwarten?", "Auszug eines Briefes über Corfu. Von Herrn Bartholdy an Hrn. von Hammer", "Streifzug Sultan Suleinan's des I. in die Steyermark [...]", "Ueber die Sprache und Schrift der Uiguren", "Ueber die Berbern", "Engelhardt's Besuch bei den Galga-Inguschen", "Pentateuch der Juden in Bachara", "Über die Talismane der Moslimen", "Entzifferung eines hieratischen Alphabets", "Beitrag zur Geschichte der Luftsteine", "Über die Vergleichung der muhammedanischen und christlichen Zeitrechnung", "Beitrag zur Geschichte der orientalischen Musik", "Über die Oasen der libyschen Wüste", "Hebräische Inschrift in der Burg zu Grätz", "Urkunde über die Abkunft eines arabischen Pferdes", "Inschriften türkischer und persischer Klingen", "Descrizione della Macedonia", "Gerichte in China", etc. - "Highly original, also in its exterior, is Hammer's richly illustrated journal published between 1809 and 1819 in six folio volumes (each volume in four issues, each with splendid engraved wrappers) 'Fundgruben des Orients'. Complete series of this journal have been sought by many a collector for years without success" (cf. Rabenlechner). - "With his journal 'Fundgruben des Orients' (6 vols., 1809-18) and his imitatory poems, Hammer unlocked mediaeval oriental literature for the West and thus also inspired Goethe's 'West-Eastern Divan'" (ÖL). - Very occasional duststaining (stronger in a few ff. and plates), brownstaining and waterstaining; a few slight edge defects. Slight defect to one plate (no loss to image), another plate bound rather closely at inner margin. Quire 43 (pp. 169-172) of vol. 1 bound twice; 2 ff. of vol. 5 trimmed. The missing engraving (vol. 5, issue 3: "Aus Mumiengemälden des k.k. Antiken-Kabinetts") is supplied in a facsimile copy. - Altogether a fine, untrimmed copy on superior paper (bluish in the last volume). Extremely rare; no complete copy in German or international auction records of the past decades. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ25 .F86 1809 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i16832929 BIB-ID: 1508225 Show less
bearbeitet durch eine Gesellschaft von Liebhabern. First edition of Europe's first orientalist journal. Contains contributions by various authors in... Show morebearbeitet durch eine Gesellschaft von Liebhabern. First edition of Europe's first orientalist journal. Contains contributions by various authors in German, French, Italian, Latin, Turkish, etc., such as "Über die Sternbilder der Araber, und ihre eigenen Namen für einzelne Sterne", "Arabische Volksräthsel", "Was steht von der Kritik für den Koran zu erwarten?", "Auszug eines Briefes über Corfu. Von Herrn Bartholdy an Hrn. von Hammer", "Streifzug Sultan Suleinan's des I. in die Steyermark [...]", "Ueber die Sprache und Schrift der Uiguren", "Ueber die Berbern", "Engelhardt's Besuch bei den Galga-Inguschen", "Pentateuch der Juden in Bachara", "Über die Talismane der Moslimen", "Entzifferung eines hieratischen Alphabets", "Beitrag zur Geschichte der Luftsteine", "Über die Vergleichung der muhammedanischen und christlichen Zeitrechnung", "Beitrag zur Geschichte der orientalischen Musik", "Über die Oasen der libyschen Wüste", "Hebräische Inschrift in der Burg zu Grätz", "Urkunde über die Abkunft eines arabischen Pferdes", "Inschriften türkischer und persischer Klingen", "Descrizione della Macedonia", "Gerichte in China", etc. - "Highly original, also in its exterior, is Hammer's richly illustrated journal published between 1809 and 1819 in six folio volumes (each volume in four issues, each with splendid engraved wrappers) 'Fundgruben des Orients'. Complete series of this journal have been sought by many a collector for years without success" (cf. Rabenlechner). - "With his journal 'Fundgruben des Orients' (6 vols., 1809-18) and his imitatory poems, Hammer unlocked mediaeval oriental literature for the West and thus also inspired Goethe's 'West-Eastern Divan'" (ÖL). - Very occasional duststaining (stronger in a few ff. and plates), brownstaining and waterstaining; a few slight edge defects. Slight defect to one plate (no loss to image), another plate bound rather closely at inner margin. Quire 43 (pp. 169-172) of vol. 1 bound twice; 2 ff. of vol. 5 trimmed. The missing engraving (vol. 5, issue 3: "Aus Mumiengemälden des k.k. Antiken-Kabinetts") is supplied in a facsimile copy. - Altogether a fine, untrimmed copy on superior paper (bluish in the last volume). Extremely rare; no complete copy in German or international auction records of the past decades. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ25 .F86 1809 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20241574 BIB-ID: 1508225 Show less
bearbeitet durch eine Gesellschaft von Liebhabern. First edition of Europe's first orientalist journal. Contains contributions by various authors in... Show morebearbeitet durch eine Gesellschaft von Liebhabern. First edition of Europe's first orientalist journal. Contains contributions by various authors in German, French, Italian, Latin, Turkish, etc., such as "Über die Sternbilder der Araber, und ihre eigenen Namen für einzelne Sterne", "Arabische Volksräthsel", "Was steht von der Kritik für den Koran zu erwarten?", "Auszug eines Briefes über Corfu. Von Herrn Bartholdy an Hrn. von Hammer", "Streifzug Sultan Suleinan's des I. in die Steyermark [...]", "Ueber die Sprache und Schrift der Uiguren", "Ueber die Berbern", "Engelhardt's Besuch bei den Galga-Inguschen", "Pentateuch der Juden in Bachara", "Über die Talismane der Moslimen", "Entzifferung eines hieratischen Alphabets", "Beitrag zur Geschichte der Luftsteine", "Über die Vergleichung der muhammedanischen und christlichen Zeitrechnung", "Beitrag zur Geschichte der orientalischen Musik", "Über die Oasen der libyschen Wüste", "Hebräische Inschrift in der Burg zu Grätz", "Urkunde über die Abkunft eines arabischen Pferdes", "Inschriften türkischer und persischer Klingen", "Descrizione della Macedonia", "Gerichte in China", etc. - "Highly original, also in its exterior, is Hammer's richly illustrated journal published between 1809 and 1819 in six folio volumes (each volume in four issues, each with splendid engraved wrappers) 'Fundgruben des Orients'. Complete series of this journal have been sought by many a collector for years without success" (cf. Rabenlechner). - "With his journal 'Fundgruben des Orients' (6 vols., 1809-18) and his imitatory poems, Hammer unlocked mediaeval oriental literature for the West and thus also inspired Goethe's 'West-Eastern Divan'" (ÖL). - Very occasional duststaining (stronger in a few ff. and plates), brownstaining and waterstaining; a few slight edge defects. Slight defect to one plate (no loss to image), another plate bound rather closely at inner margin. Quire 43 (pp. 169-172) of vol. 1 bound twice; 2 ff. of vol. 5 trimmed. The missing engraving (vol. 5, issue 3: "Aus Mumiengemälden des k.k. Antiken-Kabinetts") is supplied in a facsimile copy. - Altogether a fine, untrimmed copy on superior paper (bluish in the last volume). Extremely rare; no complete copy in German or international auction records of the past decades. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ25 .F86 1809 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i10095391 BIB-ID: 1508225 Show less
bearbeitet durch eine Gesellschaft von Liebhabern. First edition of Europe's first orientalist journal. Contains contributions by various authors in... Show morebearbeitet durch eine Gesellschaft von Liebhabern. First edition of Europe's first orientalist journal. Contains contributions by various authors in German, French, Italian, Latin, Turkish, etc., such as "Über die Sternbilder der Araber, und ihre eigenen Namen für einzelne Sterne", "Arabische Volksräthsel", "Was steht von der Kritik für den Koran zu erwarten?", "Auszug eines Briefes über Corfu. Von Herrn Bartholdy an Hrn. von Hammer", "Streifzug Sultan Suleinan's des I. in die Steyermark [...]", "Ueber die Sprache und Schrift der Uiguren", "Ueber die Berbern", "Engelhardt's Besuch bei den Galga-Inguschen", "Pentateuch der Juden in Bachara", "Über die Talismane der Moslimen", "Entzifferung eines hieratischen Alphabets", "Beitrag zur Geschichte der Luftsteine", "Über die Vergleichung der muhammedanischen und christlichen Zeitrechnung", "Beitrag zur Geschichte der orientalischen Musik", "Über die Oasen der libyschen Wüste", "Hebräische Inschrift in der Burg zu Grätz", "Urkunde über die Abkunft eines arabischen Pferdes", "Inschriften türkischer und persischer Klingen", "Descrizione della Macedonia", "Gerichte in China", etc. - "Highly original, also in its exterior, is Hammer's richly illustrated journal published between 1809 and 1819 in six folio volumes (each volume in four issues, each with splendid engraved wrappers) 'Fundgruben des Orients'. Complete series of this journal have been sought by many a collector for years without success" (cf. Rabenlechner). - "With his journal 'Fundgruben des Orients' (6 vols., 1809-18) and his imitatory poems, Hammer unlocked mediaeval oriental literature for the West and thus also inspired Goethe's 'West-Eastern Divan'" (ÖL). - Very occasional duststaining (stronger in a few ff. and plates), brownstaining and waterstaining; a few slight edge defects. Slight defect to one plate (no loss to image), another plate bound rather closely at inner margin. Quire 43 (pp. 169-172) of vol. 1 bound twice; 2 ff. of vol. 5 trimmed. The missing engraving (vol. 5, issue 3: "Aus Mumiengemälden des k.k. Antiken-Kabinetts") is supplied in a facsimile copy. - Altogether a fine, untrimmed copy on superior paper (bluish in the last volume). Extremely rare; no complete copy in German or international auction records of the past decades. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ25 .F86 1809 Book vol.3 Item-ID: i20241598 BIB-ID: 1508225 Show less
bearbeitet durch eine Gesellschaft von Liebhabern. First edition of Europe's first orientalist journal. Contains contributions by various authors in... Show morebearbeitet durch eine Gesellschaft von Liebhabern. First edition of Europe's first orientalist journal. Contains contributions by various authors in German, French, Italian, Latin, Turkish, etc., such as "Über die Sternbilder der Araber, und ihre eigenen Namen für einzelne Sterne", "Arabische Volksräthsel", "Was steht von der Kritik für den Koran zu erwarten?", "Auszug eines Briefes über Corfu. Von Herrn Bartholdy an Hrn. von Hammer", "Streifzug Sultan Suleinan's des I. in die Steyermark [...]", "Ueber die Sprache und Schrift der Uiguren", "Ueber die Berbern", "Engelhardt's Besuch bei den Galga-Inguschen", "Pentateuch der Juden in Bachara", "Über die Talismane der Moslimen", "Entzifferung eines hieratischen Alphabets", "Beitrag zur Geschichte der Luftsteine", "Über die Vergleichung der muhammedanischen und christlichen Zeitrechnung", "Beitrag zur Geschichte der orientalischen Musik", "Über die Oasen der libyschen Wüste", "Hebräische Inschrift in der Burg zu Grätz", "Urkunde über die Abkunft eines arabischen Pferdes", "Inschriften türkischer und persischer Klingen", "Descrizione della Macedonia", "Gerichte in China", etc. - "Highly original, also in its exterior, is Hammer's richly illustrated journal published between 1809 and 1819 in six folio volumes (each volume in four issues, each with splendid engraved wrappers) 'Fundgruben des Orients'. Complete series of this journal have been sought by many a collector for years without success" (cf. Rabenlechner). - "With his journal 'Fundgruben des Orients' (6 vols., 1809-18) and his imitatory poems, Hammer unlocked mediaeval oriental literature for the West and thus also inspired Goethe's 'West-Eastern Divan'" (ÖL). - Very occasional duststaining (stronger in a few ff. and plates), brownstaining and waterstaining; a few slight edge defects. Slight defect to one plate (no loss to image), another plate bound rather closely at inner margin. Quire 43 (pp. 169-172) of vol. 1 bound twice; 2 ff. of vol. 5 trimmed. The missing engraving (vol. 5, issue 3: "Aus Mumiengemälden des k.k. Antiken-Kabinetts") is supplied in a facsimile copy. - Altogether a fine, untrimmed copy on superior paper (bluish in the last volume). Extremely rare; no complete copy in German or international auction records of the past decades. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ25 .F86 1809 Book vol.4 Item-ID: i22669012 BIB-ID: 1508225 Show less
Collection of plates from "Monuments arabes d’Égypte, de Syrie et d’Asie-Mineure dessinés et mesurés de 1842 à 1845" (19), printed in Paris by... Show moreCollection of plates from "Monuments arabes d’Égypte, de Syrie et d’Asie-Mineure dessinés et mesurés de 1842 à 1845" (19), printed in Paris by Lemercier for the author and A. Hauser in 1846, and from "Monuments et Paysages de l’Orient" (5), printed in Paris by Lemercier in 1851. In 1842, Girault de Prangey went on a trip to study in the Middle East; his two-year tour led him to Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt. He took daguerreotypes of monuments and landscapes and when he returned to France in 1845 he used some of his plates for the illustrations of the above-mentioned works. Title and date from item. Lithographs are bounded in a half green morocco album with gilt lettering on spine. Size of the sheets and of the lithographs varies. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2013.0010 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21990724 BIB-ID: 2355314 Show less
