Islam

First Edition. Paris: Jean Budry & Cie, 1929. In two volumes: La Porte d'Entrée: JAFFA and JAFFA la Belle. Copy no. 321 of the initial 1 - 1000 numbered print run. Photos and full description available on request. Condition generally very good except for water staining to covers (particularly vol.2 extending to FEP, half-title and title pages) and very minor traces of mould close to bindings. Photos are unscathed in both volumes: 449 bandw historic photos in vol.1, plus 370 in vol. 2. : more than 800 photo heliogravures in excellent condition.

Riyad University, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Book is in Near Fine condition, by which we mean almost as if in its original new condition, but containing very slight marks of age and/or wear from light handling. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Archaeology; Middle East; Early (0-1000 AD); Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 8525. .

Paris, Librairie Orientale de Maisonneuve, 1854. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Oblong small octavo. Pp. xxxii, 112. Set in triple columns. Publisher's catalogue. Bound in the original orange stiff wrappers, worn under plasticization, corner clipped off from half-title, date stamp on last page. In good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. The first part is an extended introduction; the second part brings fragments of basic conversation; the third part is a vocabulary list of most common, or practical words. All three parts are printed in French, Turkish, and in a useful transcription of the Turkish into Latin characters. The work concludes with a table of the currencies, weights, and measures of the Ottoman Empire, again in the same triple language system. See Julius Theodor Zenke: Bibliotheca orientalis: Manuel de bibliographie orientale (Leipzig, 1846). I-5 IN

London; (1929): H.F. & G. Witherby. First Edition. Octavo. 319p. index. frontispiece, plates, bibliography, includes two folding maps including those of Africa and the map of Abyssinia(one map with a closed tear) The story begins with the picture of two stout-hearted Portuguese gentlemen starting out at the behest of their king to search the world for the fabulous empire of the mythical Prester John. One man dies on the way, the other presses on reaching the dominions of the Negus of Abyssinia after three years of wandering. be believed he had reached his goal. A very nice copy bound in green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in black, in the elusive and seldom seen pictorial dust jacket with chipping to head, a couple of small closed edge tears and some light finger soiling.

Paris: Earnest Burdin, 1860. Quarto. A new edition, text in French. 1106pp., illustrated with 17 full page gravures and textual illustrations by MM. Francais, H.Baron, Ed. Wattier Laville, and others. revised and corrected from the first edition of 1704, augmented with an essay on the Thousand and One Nights by M. Le Baron Sylvestre de Sacy, bound in publisher's brown pebble grained cloth backed in leather, raised bands, title within one compartment gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, scattered foxing but mostly clean especially the plates. A piece of cloth on rear board has a tear otherwise a very good copy and quite heavy.

FIRST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING, HARDCOVER with CASE - In The Name Of God: Selected Sonnets from Divan of Hafez translated by G.M.L. Bell is a Eghbal Publications hardcover First Edition/First Printing - it states First Edition on the copyright page (Even though a book may state First Edition, it may not be a true First Printing. This copy is guaranteed to be a true First Edition and First Printing). The book was published in 1985. The book is in good condition with only some bent page edges, and the boards are also good as is the special holding case!! Book is in both English and Arabic. A superb book of sonnets that offers great calligraphy and illustrations! This copy would make a special addition to any collection or library.

1633 1ed PERSIA Middle East Arabic Islam History Costume de Laet Iran Elzevier

An incredibly rare and impressive Elzevier printing of Joannes de Laet's "Persia", written to aid in his direction of the Dutch West Indian Company. This work was one of the best books describing Middle Eastern, and Arab, and Islamic history. Laet covers all expected topics of Persian history – topography, geography, religious customs, government and politics, etc. It also includes 17th-century descriptions of Middle Eastern cities such as Baghdad, Damascus, and Mecca. This 1633 first edition includes eight full-page engravings of Persian dress.
Item number: 15816
Price: $750
LAET, Joannes de
Persia seu Regni Persici status : Variaque itinera in atque per Persiam
Lugd. Batav : Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1633. First edition.

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374, [8]
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8 woodcut engravings
· References: Willems 386
· Language: Latin
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Very good copy of William Alexander's translation of Octavian Dalvimart's depiction of the costumes of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century. A complete set of these charming costume plates showing different ranks of courtiers and servants to the Sultan, enslaved women Sultanas, Odalisks and Eunuchs of the Seraglio or Harem, musicians and dancing girls of Constantinople, whirling dervishes, Spahi and Janissaries, officers and soldiers, Bedouin Arabs, Armenian, Tartar and Jewish men, etc.Title page, vi, and 120 unnumbered pages (60 hand-coloured engraved plates and 60 text pages).First published in 1802, and reissued by various publishers several times until the 1830s. [Some plates in this copy watermarked 1823.]Octavian Dalvimart or d'Alvimart was a French painter and engraver active in London. He travelled in the Ottoman Empire from 1796 to 1800, sketching people of Constantinople (Istanbul) and their costumes from life. The explanatory texts are based on works by Baron Francois de Tott, J.… Read More

London: The Children's Special Service Mission, 1882 pp 188, comprising 12 bound issues of the magazine from No. 28 - January, 1882 to No. 39 - December 1882. Illustrated with engravings original dark grey endpapers, text block edges gilt. Pictorial green cloth with bevelled edges and coloured front with light damage to top of spine including loss of colour.A monthly paper for children and young people edited and probably largely written by T.B. Bishop. Printed? and sold by Morgan and Scott.Very goodSeller open to reasonable offers.

1748 Life of Mohammed ISLAM Prophet Mahomet Muslim Koran Mecca Gagnier 3v
"Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever has not kindness has not faith."
― Muhammad, the Prophet
A rare and desirable book on the prophet Muhammed. French author Jean Gagnier's biography of the Mohammed proved to be an important read with both Islamic and American readers. This book, unlike other 'lives of Mohammed', includes written accounts of Arabic traditions taken from the Koran and other ancient authors.
Item number: #19213
Price: $750
GAGNIER, Jean
La Vie de Mahomet, traduite et compilée de l'Alcoran, des traditions authentiques de la Sonna et des meilleurs auteurs arabes
Amsterdam : Les Wetsteins et Smith, 1748.

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Vol. I – [4], LII, [6], 383, [1]
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Vol. II – [10], 343, [1]
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Vol. III – [12], 405, [53]
· Provenance: Bookplate – Jacques Laget
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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1847 1ed Kutbeddin Izniki 14th-c Ottoman Mysticism Islam Shari'a Sufism Arabic
Kutbeddin İznikî was a late 14th-century Ottoman mystic known for his studies in mysticism, Sufism, Shari'a sciences, and even cult leadership. His writings focused on prayer as a form of worship, fasting, fiqh study, Islamic pilgrimages, and through which he emphasizes the importance of the direction of Sheikh.
This 1847 Istanbul printing of Izniki's work was printed in Arabic with each page having a double-line border around the text. A truly rare and rather obscure item found for sale in the English-speaking world.
Item number: #21143
Price: $750
IZNIKI, Kutbeddin
Mürşidü'l-müteehhilîn
Istanbul: 1847. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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79, [1]
· Language: Arabic
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~7.75in X 5in (19.5cm x 12.5cm)
· Very rare
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1276. Very Good. Handwritten on vellum, two-sided; one side rough from removal. Modestly aged. 8.25 by 13 inches. Mounted [not attached] to descriptive board with further description on adjacent board. Would look lovely framed. From books title page: The blessed explanations (If God Wishes) were done by its collector, the poor for God's Blessings; and his Slave. May God help him to achieve what is right for the sake of the Prophet. On Thursday 13, Gandi El Aakhar, 1276, the writing of the contents of the book was completed. The commentary which this leaf was a part discussed the Islam Religion, how it started, difficulties and other factors in other religions that contributed to of opposed the Islamic religion. Found in Jerusalem by Stanley S. Slotkin, Chairman of the Board of Abbey Rents Co. The original book from which the leaf was taken were collected and disbound by Stanley Slotkin in the 1960's. Slotkin produced display sheets and distributed individual book leaves to institutions and… Read More

T.E. Lawrence. REVOLT IN THE DESERT. George H. Doran Copyright1927. DOUBLEDAY DORAN First American Edition. States First Printing in America, March, 1927. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. INCLUDES RARE VG FOLD-OUT MAP IN NICE CONDITION. 335 PAGES, INDEXED. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. Maroon boards. 6 3/8 x 9 ¼.

1750 ISLAM 1ed History of Muslim Caliphs ARAB Abbasid Revolution Al-Musta-sim
Francois Auguier de Marigny's "Histoire des Arabes" is one of the best and most thorough histories of the Muslim caliphs following the Muhammed. From the 6th-century on, caliphs were the leaders of the Islamic world, a position which was recognized into the 20th-century. In 750, the Abbasid Revolution overthrew the Umayyad's and the Abbasid Dynasty established a new line of caliph leadership, a line which would have the longest tenure of reign and ruled powerfully over much of the known world.
Marigny's "Arabes" covers the reigns of the earliest caliphs through the death of Al-Musta'sim in 1258. This impressive four-volume first edition was published in 1750 Paris.
Item number: #24141
Price: $795
MARIGNY, Francois Augier de
Histoire des Arabes sous le gouvernement des Califes
A Paris: Chez Estienne, Desaint & Saillant, Herissant, 1750. First edition.
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1685 QURAN Koran Islam Mohammed Mahomet Du Ryer BANNED Muslim Alcoran Arabic
A rare, 17th-century printing of the Quran in French. This highly desirable Islamic text was translated by Andre du Ryer, known for his accuracy in French translations. Du Ryer translated this work out of the Arabic into French; however, it was not well-received by the Catholic Church. In fact, Catholic priest Vincent de Paul prohibited the distribution of this work – the first French Quran to be banned when it was originally published!
Item number: #24966
Price: $795
Quran
L'Alcoran De Mahomet
A La Haye: Chez Adrian Moetjens, 1685.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [10], 486, [4]
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~5.5in X 3in (14cm x 8cm)
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