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1844ABE-16347227016228 PAGES-21 CM X 30 CM-LA MONTAGNE D'OR EN CHINE, 1P, GRAVURE-LE FILLEUL, NOUVELLE, 2P-MACHINE INFERNALE DIRIGEE CONTRE SAINT MALO, 1P, 2 GRAVURES-AMBASSADE DE L'EMPEREUR DE MAROC A LOUIS XIV EN 1699, 1P, GRAVURE (L'AMBASSADEUR DU MAROC ET SES OFFICIERS DANS UNE LOGE DU THEATRE AU PALAIS DE VERSAILLES)-TRANSPORT DU CAMPANILE DE LA CHAPELLE DE CRESDENTINO, 2 PAGES, GRAVURE
1859115501Poitiers Henri Oudin 1859 Poitiers, Imp. de Henri Oudin Libraire-Editeur, 1859, VIII-452 p., demi-reliure amateur noire, environ 21x14cm. De petits frottements d'usage sur la reliure, rares rousseurs et quelques pages roussies (sans gêne pour la lecture). Bel état néanmoins.
1818587Napoli: Dalla Stamperia de’ Fratelli Fernandes 1818. First edition. In contemporary half leather. Spine lettered gilt. Water stain to first pages slight foxing throughout. The plates trimmed but no effect on images. Overall in good very condition. First edition. In contemporary half leather. Spine lettered gilt. XX 213 3 p. and 4 engraved plates. <p><br /> The first overview of Kurdish region and about their customs. With four engraved plates three show the Kurdish costumes and the fourth a wild goat which is among the Kurdish national symbols. <br /> <p><p><br /> Giuseppe Campanile 1762–1835 was among the earliest Europeans who reached Kurdistan. He was sent to Mosul by the Roman Propaganda in 1802 and within a few years he was named the Apostolic Prefect for Mesopotamia and Kurdistan. During this time he wrote his book “Storia della Regione del Kurdistan†History of the Region of Kurdistan. Beside recalling historical events of the region it is a travelogue a description of the customs geography the economy social and religious life that Campanile observed. <br /> <p><p><br /> Campanile made some interesting observations and also collected information about the otherwise poorly documented cultural and religious practices of the Shemsi the small ethno-religious group of the Middle East thus the book became one of the most important source about the Shemsi.<br /> <p><p><br /> Early and interesting source about the Kurds and their land.<br /> <p><p><br /> Ref.: Campanile G.; Bois Th.: Étude kurdes 1. Histoire du Kurdistan. Paris: Fondation-Institut kurde de Paris - l’Harmattan 2004.; Blau J.: Kurdish language ii. History of Kurdish studies.†In: Encyclopaedia Iranica. R.: The Shemsi and the Assyrians. <br /> <p>. Dalla Stamperia de’ Fratelli Fernandes unknown
