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- Books, Geography, History, India
Lahore: Its History, Architectural Remains and Antiquities with an Account of its Modern Institutes, Inhabitants, their Trade, Customs, &c.
- 2,800.00€
- Lahore, British India (Pakistan) / Mughal and British Colonial History / Fine Art & Architecture The first and only contemporary edition of the first comprehensive history and guidebook of Lahore, by the eminent Indian historian Syad Muhammed Latif, the engaging text is lavishly illustrated with 105 plates of illustrations of the city’s great Mughal and British masterpieces, plus an…
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- Books, Ottoman Books, Science, Turkica
Last Ottoman Book on Darwinism: داروين [Darvin / Darwin]
- 450.00€
- 8°. 15 pp. with illustrated cover (tiny loss of paper on the spine, light water-staining in the lower corner, lower margin of the cover cut into the low part of the printing, without loss of text, otherwise in a good condition).
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- Books, Geography, Maps and Prints, Ottoman Books
Late Ottoman Pocket Atlas: جمهوريت جهان اطلاسى [Cumhuriyet Cihan Atlası / Republic Atlas of the World]
- 620.00€
- A charming pocket atlas in Ottoman language, made in the first years of the Republic of Turkey. Long small 8°: [4 pp.], 24 pp., 120 pp., 34 colour lithographed maps and charts, some folding (complete – matching the list in text), contemporary half linen binding, debossed dark faux leather boards (minor staining, mostly on the edges, front endpapers…
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- Europe, New Acquisitions: October 2020
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND CITY MAP – PANORAMA: Plan monumental de Lausanne. Légende des principales curiosités, artères , places et promenades. Panorama du signal.
- 220.00€
- Colour lithograph, 70 x 51 cm (27.6 x 20 inches), verso views and advertisements (soft folds with small partly repaired holes on the crossings and tears in margins, minor staining, otherwise in a good condition).
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- Arabic Books, Books, New Acquisitions: December 2020, Ottoman Books, Turkica
LAW IN ARABIC COUNTRIES AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: حقوق الحقوق [Hukuk / Al-Hukuk – Huquq]
- 1,800.00€
- The complete first year of one of the first newspapers on law, written under the Western influences and parallelly issued in Ottoman and Arabic languages. 8°. 12 parallel issues in Ottoman (203 pp.) and Arabic languages (199 pp.) (all together 24 units with 402 pp.), bound together. Original cloth boards, brown calf spine with gilt decoration and lettering, original…
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- Arabic Books, Books, History
LEBANON WAR / ARAB GUERRILA RESISTANCE: الاحتلال والمقاومة دراسات ووقائع
- 380.00€
- [Occupation and Resistance. Studies and Facts] A publication on the activity of the Lebanese underground guerrilla group Jammoul, which was attacking Israeli-related targets between September 1982 and 1985 during the Lebanon War 4°, 110 pp. with black and white illustrations, maps and charts, [2 pp.] blank, original illustrated wrappers (good used example with minor foxing). …
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- Maps and Prints, Middle East, New Acquisitions: December 2020
LEBANON: جبل لبنان سنجاغى [Mount Lebanon Sanjak]
- 120.00€
- A map from Umûm Vilayât-ı Şâhâneyi Hâvi Küçük Atlas - Umûmî Küçük Atlas (General Small Atlas) Chromolithograph. 9 x 13,5 cm (3.5 x 5.3 inches).
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- Books, Turkica
Lenin
- 140.00€
- A Turkish translation of Gorky’s Lenin by a medical doctor, who believed that the Communism would protect the Caucasus Muslims from Armenian and Georgian imperialism. 8°, 45 pp., [3 pp.] blank, original wrappers with illustrated cover (minor staining, tiny folds and small tears in margins, but overall in a good condition).
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- Africa, Books, Maps and Prints, New Acquisitions: December 2020
LIBYA GEOLOGICAL MAP / OIL-PETROLEUM INDUSTRY: Geologic Map of the Kingdom of Libya Compiled by Louis C. Conant and Gus H. Goudarzi under the joint sponsorship of the Kingdom of Libya and the Agency for International Development, U. S. Department of State. / خريطة جيولوجية للمملكة الليبية
- 750.00€
- The first edition of the first comprehensive, scientifically accurate geological map of Libya, a grand, bilingual (English - Arabic) separately issued production primarily made to aid the country’s burgeoning oil industry; the result of a collaboration between Louis Conant and Gus Goudarzi, two of America’s most esteemed geologists, fulfilling a joint project of the U.S. State Department and the pro-Western…
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- Arabic Books, Books, New Acquisitions: September 2020
LITHOGRAPH IN GOLD / ALAOUITE DYNASTY, MOROCCO: هذه مرثية الشريف مولاى احمد بن المرحوم سلطان المغرب مولاى عبد الرحمن الشريف [This is an Elegy for Sharif Moulay Ahmad, the Son of the Late Sultan of Morocco Moulay Abd al-Rahman Sharif …]
- 4,500.00€
- An elegant pamphlet in Arabic language with an elegy for Ahmad, a son of sultan of Morocco Abd al-Rahman from the Alaouite dynasty, was lithographed in gold in Istanbul. 8°. 12 pp., original wrappers with lettering, all pages lithographed in gold, elegant modern calf with debossed ornaments to contemporary style, bound with old marbled wrappers, modern yellow endpaper…
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- Europe, Italy, Maps and Prints, New Acquisitions: October 2020, Slovenia
LJUBLJANA-TRIESTE RAILROAD: Karte der k.k. Staats-Eisenbahn zwischen Laibach und Triest. Sr. Excellenz dem Hochgeborenen Herrn Gustav Grafen Chorinsky, Freiherrn von Ledske…
- 2,200.00€
- [Map of the K. K. State Railway between Ljubljana and Trieste. To His Excellency the Noble Gustav Count Chorinsky, Baron von Ledske…] A rare, charming map of the railroad between Ljubljana and Trieste was lithographed in Ljubljana, possibly at the occasion of the opening of the line. Lithograph, 66 x 41 cm (26 x 16.1 inches), originally dissected in…
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