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
Geography, Bible, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS107 .R58 1866
by Carl Ritter ; translated and adapted to the use of Biblical students by William L. Gage. On spine: Comparative geography of Palestine. Translation... Show moreby Carl Ritter ; translated and adapted to the use of Biblical students by William L. Gage. On spine: Comparative geography of Palestine. Translation in part of Erdkunde von Asien. Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .R58 1866 Book vol. 4 Item-ID: i20234144 BIB-ID: 1021068 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Show less
Geography, Bible, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS107 .R58 1866
by Carl Ritter ; translated and adapted to the use of Biblical students by William L. Gage. On spine: Comparative geography of Palestine. Translation... Show moreby Carl Ritter ; translated and adapted to the use of Biblical students by William L. Gage. On spine: Comparative geography of Palestine. Translation in part of Erdkunde von Asien. Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .R58 1866 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i10194320 BIB-ID: 1021068 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Show less
Geography, Bible, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS107 .R58 1866
by Carl Ritter ; translated and adapted to the use of Biblical students by William L. Gage. On spine: Comparative geography of Palestine. Translation... Show moreby Carl Ritter ; translated and adapted to the use of Biblical students by William L. Gage. On spine: Comparative geography of Palestine. Translation in part of Erdkunde von Asien. Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .R58 1866 Book vol. 3 Item-ID: i20234132 BIB-ID: 1021068 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Show less
Geography, Bible, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS107 .R58 1866
by Carl Ritter ; translated and adapted to the use of Biblical students by William L. Gage. On spine: Comparative geography of Palestine. Translation... Show moreby Carl Ritter ; translated and adapted to the use of Biblical students by William L. Gage. On spine: Comparative geography of Palestine. Translation in part of Erdkunde von Asien. Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .R58 1866 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i20234120 BIB-ID: 1021068 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Show less
Railroads, Railroads--Saudi Arabia--Hejaz, Pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim, Pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--Photographs, Scientific expeditions, Scientific expeditions--Arab countries--Photographs
Photographs showing major sites and geographic features of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Palestine. Most of the photographs were taken... Show morePhotographs showing major sites and geographic features of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Palestine. Most of the photographs were taken between 1905 and 1915 by Bernard Moritz, but some also by his Turkish friends, especially for areas where non-muslim were prohibited from going. Pictures depict pilgrims on the Hajj to Mecca, Bedouins, the building of the Hejaz railway between Damascus and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, Jeddah, Petra, and Mount Sinai. Bernard Moritz was an Arabist and archaeologist. from 1898 to 1911 he was in charge of the Khedival Library and Archive in Cairo. During his stay in Egypt, he made numerous research trips to Sinai and Hejaz. Title and date from item. Photographs are tipped onto 50 card mounts with printed captions, numbered 1-100. Bookplate designed by Julius Diez approximately in 1914 on verso of title; "A. Toluboff" (probably the Russian-born Hollywood art director, 1882-1940), blindstamped. label on recto of title. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0105 Book Item-ID: i23186653 BIB-ID: 2489491 Show less
