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1772376213Copenhagen: Nicolaus Moeller 1772. First edition. Engraved vignettes to title page and dedication. With 24 engraved plates some folding including two Kufic facsimiles with hand-colored diacritical marks and initials; and a large folding map of Yemen colored in outline. Genealogical table folding at p. 194. xlvii 3 431 1 errata pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary quarter vellum spine titled in manuscript. Early owner signature of Andreas Narr struck out by Henricus Walther 1829. Spine soiled with old library label blind stamps to bottom of first and last leaves a clean and fresh copy. Very good plus. First edition. Engraved vignettes to title page and dedication. With 24 engraved plates some folding including two Kufic facsimiles with hand-colored diacritical marks and initials; and a large folding map of Yemen colored in outline. Genealogical table folding at p. 194. xlvii 3 431 1 errata pp. 1 vols. 4to. Attractive copy of the first publication of Niebuhr's six-year travels in Arabia Felix modern Yemen and vicinity a key work of the European exploration of Arabia. Engelmann I 127; Embacher 217; Cox I237; Henze III 611; Graesse IV 674; Gay 3589; Ibrahim-Hilmy II 66; Howgego I N24. Provenance: General Theological Seminary Nicolaus Moeller unknown
1951364074.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
43437629like new. unknown
B9781951364076Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1889ABC_49512Yemen Egypt and other places 1889. Contemporary burgundy/auburn gold- and blindstamped calf lozenge-patterned blindstamping. Re-backed with the original back strip laid down. Gold-stamped turn-ins white watered silk endpapers gilt edges. Oblong folio 37.8 x 28 cm. An album containing 25 albumen prints ca. 20 x 27 cm including 1 double page mounted on thick card leaves many captioned in English. Photographic record of a journey begun in Australia and taken via Aden through the Suez canal and to the Mediterranean and then on to England. While the first image shows the steamship R.M.S. Ormuz in the port of Sydney three images including a double-page spread show the port of Aden in Yemen the famous water tanks and a native of the Southern Arabian region in a studio portrait. The majority of the album is dedicated to Egypt showing Arabs on their camels the Khedive's Ismailia Palace the Suez Canal Port Said and members the local population as well as the famous pyramids. The last few photographs show the final leg of the journey Naples and ultimately Gibraltar. Among the studios identified in the photographs are those of Hippolyte Arnoux and the Zangaki brothers based at Port Said.With a near-contemporary manuscript inscription in blue ink on the verso of the first flyleaf: "Edith Elkington or Elrington Aunt Ediths voyage home - to England about 1889". Foxed throughout slightly water stained but the prints are largely clean and clear some paper repairs in the margins the last flyleaf is lacking the final leaf is nearly detached. unknown
0333353250.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
71236c.1880. . Albumen print. Four-part panorama very good tonal range and in good condition.<br /> <br /> [c.1880]. unknown
B9781732845954Paperback / softback. New. paperback
