Oxenius (Katharina)Livre Rare Book
Vom Promenieren zum Spazieren zur Kulturgeschichte des Pariser Parks.
241728Tübinger Vereinigung für Volkskunde, 1992 15 x 21 cm., 158 pp, Broché
Librairie Historique Fabrice Teissèdre · Sauve, France10,00 €
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19342090602128805512Kodansha 1934. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Kodansha paperback
241728Tübinger Vereinigung für Volkskunde, 1992 15 x 21 cm., 158 pp, Broché
8vo., Second Edition, with 16 plates, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A detailed study and standard reference, first published in 1959.
Fine Turkish Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Turkish. 464 p. Transhumance and Pancarci festivals in Artvin. Artvin ve çevresinde yaylacilik ve Pancarci senlikleri.
"This authentic and unexpurgated collection of jokes and tales told by today's Greeks, demonstrates the universality of humor as it reflects particular and pervasive concerns of modern Greek society.To be found here are stories about the "clever Greeks", ethnic slurs, political jokes (many of which are directed against the repressive Papadopoulos regime) and humor told at the expense of the clergy and the Greek Orthodox Church..." 262p. Book
1334679924.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
112 pages. A pleasantly illustrated introduction to Japan for younger readers. Introduces Japan's language, lifestyles, foods, transportation, alphabets, history, and more. A worthwhile book for young students of the Japanese language, or those who will be visiting that wondeful country. Author's signature and inscription upon decorated front free endpaper. Gift greetings inside front board, else clean and unmarked with light wear. Book
84153801China c.1900 n.p. Accordion-folding album very good 10 hand-painted scenes on silk in delicate watercolors full text in Chinese & English 14.5 x 20.5 cm. wood covers with a green deeply carved "Fu" Chinese character for wealth.RARE A charming work made for distribution to foreign visitors to China. Done in the Chinese fashion beginning right to left. Covers the Confucian devotions and festivals to give honor to ancestors offering sacrifices to the Gods and establishing general holidays for public entertainment. This work covers the ten main festivals: New Year Greetings on Yuan Tan. The Lantern Show on Shang Yuan. Cleansing Tombs on Ching Min or Tombs Festival Day. Dragon-boat Racing on Tuan Yang. Meditation of Kinsmen on Chung Yuan. Enjoying the Moon light at mid-Autumn festival. Ascending a height on Double-Nine. Thanksgiving for Good Harvests. Offering to God of the Kitchen Range for Blessing. Thanks to Heaven on New Year's Eve. Each of the ten festivals are portrayed in a delicate hand-painted illustration of festivals. Delicately painted in full color on rough silk with traditional Chinese silk mounting style with Chinese & English text on the opposite side. A fine example of the Chinese illustrated book with silk mountings on the borders of the paintings. Nicely done with two edge gilt as usual a bit of warping to covers. THE BINDING: This title comes in two variant bindings: one is wood covers with the Chinese character "FU" carved and stained green. Another variant is brown silk covered boards. The contents remains the same as does the price. . unknown
84153802China c.1900 n.p. Accordion-folding album very good 10 hand-painted scenes on silk in delicate watercolors full text in Chinese & English 14.5 x 20.5 cm.brown silk covers with Chinese title slip on the front. R A R E A charming work made for distribution to foreign visitors to China. Done in the Chinese fashion beginning right to left. Covers the Confucian devotions and festivals to give honor to ancestors offering sacrifices to the Gods and establishing general holidays for public entertainment. This work covers the ten main festivals: New Year Greetings on Yuan Tan. The Lantern Show on Shang Yuan. Cleansing Tombs on Ching Min or Tombs Festival Day. Dragon-boat Racing on Tuan Yang. Meditation of Kinsmen on Chung Yuan. Enjoying the Moon light at mid-Autumn festival. Ascending a height on Double-Nine. Thanksgiving for Good Harvests. Offering to God of the Kitchen Range for Blessing. Thanks to Heaven on New Year's Eve. Each of the ten festivals are portrayed in a delicate hand-painted illustration of festivals. Delicately painted in full color on rough silk with traditional Chinese silk mounting style with Chinese & English text on the opposite side. A fine example of the Chinese illustrated book with silk mountings on the borders of the paintings. Nicely done with two edge gilt as usual a bit of warping to covers. THE BINDING: This title comes in two variant bindings: one is wood covers with the Chinese character "FU" carved and stained green. Another variant is brown silk covered boards. The contents remains the same as does the price. . unknown
65746, Brepols, 2020 Hardback, 408 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:18 b/w, 11 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503585024.
64395, Brepols, 2024 Hardback, 192 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:18 b/w, 10 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503605753.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (29 x 21 cm). In Turkish. 186 p., ills. Kibris Türk folkloru. Duydum, gördüm, yazdim. Cypriot Turkish folklore.
1954X1579Rangoon: White Lotus Press 1954. Paperback. Good/no dj. 0.07. Schedules to Open General Licences Issued by the Ministry of Commerce and A Guide to Open-General-Licence Notices Issued and Published under the Authority of the Collector of Customs White Lotus Press paperback
42523Bern, Stämpfli 1897, 300x220mm, 43Seiten, broschiert. Bon état.
A sound book with clean pages and clear content.
Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). ; This enjoyable and innovative book reconstructs the stages of the ancient Greek wedding ceremony using a long-neglected source of information: vase paintings from the sixth through fourth centuries B. C.; Wisconsin Studies in Classics; 11.25 x 0.5 x 8.75 Inches; 153 pages
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full green cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. Light wear to cover, especially at corners and top and bottom of spine. Black and white photos. 426 pages. Includes sections on sections on the regions of: Fars, Laristan, Kuzistan, Irak Ardelan, Azerbijan, Ghilan, Mazunderan, Astrabad, Khorasan, Seistan, Kerman, Mekran, and more.
"In search of long-lost attitudes to love, lust, passion and desire." Film maker Christopher Miles and historian John Julius Norwich tour the Mediterranean Basin, looking at how ancient civilizations regarded sex and sexuality. They take in European cave paintings, Eygptian cosmologies, the teachings of Plato, and the histories of Plutarch.176p. illus (col) bibliography.index Book
"In search of long-lost attitudes to love, lust, passion and desire." Film maker Christopher Miles and historian John Julius Norwich tour the Mediterranean Basin, looking at how ancient civilizations regarded sex and sexuality. They take in European cave paintings, Eygptian cosmologies, the teachings of Plato, and the histories of Plutarch.176p. illus (col) bibliography.index Book
In-8° 4 volumi. 1) pp. (4), 34, 721 piccola lacuna a p. 75. 2) pp. (2), 392. 3) pp. (2), 270, 1 cb., una piccola gora di inchiostro alle prime due carte. 4)pp. (2), XVIII, 748, LXXXV, 86-116, Queste ultime carte contengono le Costituzioni di Benedetto XIV del 1744. legature con tracce d’uso. L’opera affronta la annosa questione dei riti malabarici, cosiddetti dalla regione indiana di Malabar: i Gesuiti, missionari nelle Indie orientali, avevano autorizzato una pericolosa e non ortodossa commistione di cerimonie cristiane e riti pagani. Il cappuccino Norberto, (1697-1770), pseudonimo dell’abate Platel, offre una descrizione storica molto dettagliata e critica delle missioni gesuite in Malabar, arricchita da molte notizie circa la cultura e costumi degli indiani. Il legato pontificio de Tournon promulgò nel 1704 la prima condanna dei riti malabarici, e con Benedetto XIV si ebbe la normativa in 16 punti che definiva il comprtamento dei missionari cattolici. missioni mission viaggi India malabar riti rites customs indians jesuits gesuiti cappuccini
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In French. 301, [4] p. Marie et Marie. Une saison a Constantinople, 1856-1858.
318 p. Illustrated. 215mm. Softbound. Original color pictorial wraps. Very Good. A very useful history. Especially interesting are the accounts of the various divisions and controversies among the Amish and the Mennonites. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PAG010A
cm. 15 x 21,5, xii-240 pp. Biblioteca di ?Lares? 420 gr. xii-240 p.
63441, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, 362 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:32 b/w, 2 tables b/w., Language(s):English, French. ISBN 9782503596938.
154p. 8vo. Original coarse linen cloth binding. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XXII. Tells of Pennsylvania German and Moravian marriages based on the casting of lots and drawing of straws. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
