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Spiegel (F.) Eranische Alterthumskunde 3 vol. contemporary morocco-backed boards Leipzig 1871-78 § Massé (Henri) Croyances et Coutumes Persanes 2 vol. in 1 signed presentation copy to Paul Pelliot original boards Paris 1938 § Hallock (R.T.) Persepolis Fortification Tablets Chicago 1969 § Acta Iranica 7 vol. only Leiden 1975-77 § Sykes (Sir Percy) Persia Oxford 1922 § Briant (P.) From Cyrus to Alexander Winona Lake Ind. 2002 plates and illustrations all but the first two original cloth the last three with dust-jackets some rubbed; and c.45 others Iranian archaeology 8vo & 4to

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Stack (Edward) Six Months in Persia 2 vol. first edition 7 folding maps 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.1 occasional spotting mostly to maps modern half morocco 8vo 1882.

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Stchoukine (Ivan) La Peinture Turque d'après les Manuscrits Illustrés 2 vol. original wrappers uncut Paris 1966-71 § Guest (G.D.) Shiraz Painting in the Sixteenth Century Washington D.C. 1949 § Robinson (B.W.) Persian Paintings in the India Office Library 1976; ...in the John Rylands Library 1980 § Schmitz (B.) Islamic Manuscripts in the New York Public Library New York & Oxford 1992 § Sims (Eleanor) Peerless Images: Persian Painting and its sources New Haven & London 2002 plates and illustrations all but the first original cloth the last four with dust-jackets; and 11 others on Islamic miniature painting folio & 4to (18)

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Stuart (Moses) A Grammar of the Hebrew Language Oxford and London 1838 § Newman (Selig) A Grammar of the Hebrew Language with Points second edition for the Author n.d. § Rödiger (E. editor) Gesenius's Hebrew Grammar modern rexine [c.1867] § Kaye (Alan S. editor) Semitic Studies in honor of Wolf Leslau 2 vol. Wiesbaden 1991 § Hospers (J.H. editor) A Basic Bibliography for the Study of the Semitic Languages 2 vol. Leiden 1973 the first two original cloth-backed boards and ex-library copies with label on upper covers rubbed the last two original cloth; and c.60 others semitic linguistics 8vo & 4to (c.65)

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Teonge (Henry) The Diary...1675 to 1679 first edition half-title additional engraved vignette title folding engraved facsimile lightly foxed Blackmer copy with book-label contemporary half calf spine gilt in compartments a little rubbed [Blackmer 1644] 8vo 1825. ***Teonge was a naval chaplain serving in the fleet sent to the Mediterranean to subdue the Tripoli pirates .

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Thomas (Bertram) The Arabs 1937 § Ingrams (H.) Arabia and the Isles 1942 § Doughty (C.) Travels in Arabia Deserta 2 vol. 1924 § Meulen (D. van der) Hadramaut Leiden 1932 § Prévost (L.) and others. Le Sinai contemporary half calf Paris 1937 plates and illustrations all but the last original cloth the first two with dust-jackets rubbed; and c.30 others Arabia etc. 8vo & 4to (c.35)

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Trumbull (H.Clay) Kadesh-Barnea: Its Importance and Probable Site... first edition frontispiece and plates 2 folding maps on

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Trumbull (H.Clay) Kadesh-Barnea: Its Importance and Probable Site... first edition frontispiece and plates 2 folding maps one in pocket at end title very lightly foxed original pictorial cloth gilt very slightly rubbed 8vo 1884.

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Vieyra (Antonio) Brevis clara facilis ac jucunda non solum Arabicam Linguam... first edition browned at beginning and end mo

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Vieyra (Antonio) Brevis clara facilis ac jucunda non solum Arabicam Linguam... first edition browned at beginning and end modern sprinkled calf spine gilt with morocco label 4to Dublin 1789. ***Concerning the etymology of Arabic Persian and various European languages..

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Ville-Hardouin (Geoffroi de) Conquête de Constantinople translated by Natalis de Wailly library stamp on title contemporary morocco-backed boards Paris 1874 § Pears (E.) The Fall of Constantinople 1885 § Hubbard (G.E.) The Day of the Crescent Cambridge 1930 § Schefer (C.) Journal d'Antoine Galland... 2 vol. later cloth Paris 1881 § Penzer (N.M.) The Harem 1936 plates and illustrations all but the first and fourth original cloth the last with dust-jacket rubbed; and c.45 others on Turkey and the Ottoman Empire 8vo & 4to (c.45)

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Walchius (Johann Georg) Bibliotheca Patristica contemporary calf rebacked Jena 1834 § Chaine (M.) La Chronologie des Temps Chrétiens de l'Égypte et de l'Éthiopie original wrappers Paris 1925 § Kammerer (W.) A Coptic Bibliography Ann Arbor Mich. 1950 § Ramsay (Sir William) The Cities of Saint Paul 1907; The Church in the Roman Empire 1892 § Hergenröther (J.) Photius Patriarch von Constantinopel 3 vol. Regensburg 1867-69 some spotting all but the first two original cloth rubbed; and c.55 others on the Early and Orthodox Churches 8vo & 4to (c.60)

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Walton (Brian) Introductio a lectionem linguarum orientalium.. second edition text in Latin Hebrew Arabic Syriac Samaritan E

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Walton (Brian) Introductio a lectionem linguarum orientalium.. second edition text in Latin Hebrew Arabic Syriac Samaritan Ethiopic Coptic Armenian etc. some printed in woodcut woodcut illustrations G5-8 misbound after H4 paper flaw in A7 with loss of a few letters soiled a few leaves slightly torn and frayed at fore-edge Tho.Roycroft for Timoth.Garthwait 1655 bound with Raue (Christian) A Discourse of the Orientall Tongues viz. Ebrew Samaritan Calde Syriac Arabic and Ethiopic... 2 parts in 1 second part with separate title 3 folding engraved tables and 6 engraved leaves printed on both sides contemporary ink underlinings and annotations tear to foot of title holes in final leaf of text and 1 folding plate with slight loss (repaired) a few other minor repairs by W.Wilson for T.Jackson 1649; Sesqui-decuria epistolarum adoptivarum... final leaf laid down by W.Wilson for T.Jackson 1648 together 3 works in 1 vol. nineteenth century half calf rubbed [Wing W659 R311 & R315] 12mo ***The first served as an introduction to Walton's great Polyglot Bible published 1655-57 (see lot ) containing the alphabets of various languages and directions on how to read them..

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Warren (Charles) Underground Jerusalem... first edition half-title 3 mounted Woodburytypes 3 plans 1 folding and 4 plates il

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Warren (Charles) Underground Jerusalem... first edition half-title 3 mounted Woodburytypes 3 plans 1 folding and 4 plates illustrations some spotting lower hinge partly split original pictorial cloth gilt a little rubbed and stained 8vo 1876.

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Weill (M.) Le Judaisme 2 vol. Paris 1867 § Dillmann (A.) Das Buch Enoch Leipzig 1853 § Nicolas (M.) Études Critiques sur la Bible Paris 1862 § Lagrange (M.-J.) Études sur les Religions Sémitiques contemporary morocco Paris 1905 § Hommel (F.) The Ancient Hebrew Tradition 1897 § Sayce (A.) The Higher Criticism and the Verdict of the Monuments 1894 § Barton (G.) A Sketch of Semitic Origins 1902 § Lods (A.) The Prophets and the Rise of Judaism 1937 some plates and illustrations some spotting the first three uniform later half morocco the last four original cloth all a little rubbed; and c.60 others similar 8vo & 4to (c.70)

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Wolff (Rev. Joseph) Missionary Journal and Memoir of... Missionary to the Jews revised and edited by John Bayford 3 vol. fir

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Wolff (Rev. Joseph) Missionary Journal and Memoir of... Missionary to the Jews revised and edited by John Bayford 3 vol. first edition half-title in vol.3 folding lithographed facsimile laid down on linen some light browning and damp-staining ex-library copy with labels on front paste-downs and upper covers later half cloth [Not in Atabey or Blackmer] 8vo 1824-29. ***The author was a converted Jew who became a missionary. His journal is an account of his various travels in the Levant and Near East..

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Wrede (Adolph von) Reise in Hadhramaut edited by Heinrich Freiherrn von Maltzan first edition lithographed plate and folding

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Wrede (Adolph von) Reise in Hadhramaut edited by Heinrich Freiherrn von Maltzan first edition lithographed plate and folding map at end half-title stained and defective at head (repaired no loss of text) title reinforced at corners heavily foxed old half cloth uncut rubbed 8vo Braunschweig 1873. ***Scarce..

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Ahmad ibn Ali al-Makrizi. Histoire des Sultans Mamlouks de l'Égypte translated by M.Quatremère 2 vol. first edition text in

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Ahmad ibn Ali al-Makrizi. Histoire des Sultans Mamlouks de l'Égypte translated by M.Quatremère 2 vol. first edition text in French and Arabic some spotting a few leaves with marginal water-staining from the library of William Morris at Kelmscott House with booklabel on front paste-down also bookplate of the Arthur Strong Oriental Library modern half vellum uncut morocco labels 4to Paris Oriental Translation Fund 1845.

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Alpinus (Prosperus) De medicina aegyptiorum libri quatuor... first edition woodcut device on title head-pieces and initials

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Alpinus (Prosperus) De medicina aegyptiorum libri quatuor... first edition woodcut device on title head-pieces and initials woodcut illustrations 2 full-page depciting treatment with errata leaf and final blank contemporary ink marginalia (some slightly cropped) staining to lower margins modern calf morocco label [Adams A802; Durling 178; Wellcome I 232] 4to in 8s Venice Franciscus de Franciscis Senenses 1591. ***The first important work on the history of Egyptian medicine and the first published in Europe to contain an account of the coffee plant (Book 4 chapter 3)..

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) The Sarcophagus of Anchnesraneferab... inscribed by the author to Samuel Birch on front free endpaper

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) The Sarcophagus of Anchnesraneferab... inscribed by the author to Samuel Birch on front free endpaper frontispiece advertisement leaf at end original pictorial cloth gilt very slightly rubbed traces of label at foot of spine 4to 1885. ***Samuel Birch (1813-1885) Egyptologist Keeper of Oriental Antiquities at the British Museum and founder of the Society of Biblical Archaeology. ..it must never be forgotten that the first elementary grammar of Egyptian the first hieroglyphic dictionary the first treatise on Egyptian archæology the first popular history of Egypt and the first set of popular translations from the Egyptian into English were written by him. It was he who first discovered the true use of the phonetic complement in Egyptian words and it was he who before 1840 identified the principles on which depended the use of hieroglyphic characters as ideographs and determinatives. DNB.

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) An Egyptian Reading Book 1888; First Steps in Egyptian 1895; The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum plates 1929 first editions original cloth the last with dust-jacket all a little rubbed 8vo (3)

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) Some Account of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities in the possession of Lady Meux... first editio

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) Some Account of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities in the possession of Lady Meux... first edition number 32 of 200 copies for private circulation printed in red and black folding photogravure frontispiece inscribed by Lady Meux at head of title original pictorial cloth gilt g.e. very slightly rubbed and bumped at corners otherwise a fine copy 4to 1893.

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis editor and translator) The Book of the Dead: The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day 2 vol. [and] A Vocabulary... together 3 vol. first edition plates some colour and folding (mounted on linen) illustrations original cloth slightly rubbed 8vo 1898.

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) The Gods of the Egyptians or Studies in Egyptian Mythology 2 vol. first edition colour plates one or

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) The Gods of the Egyptians or Studies in Egyptian Mythology 2 vol. first edition colour plates one or two folding illustrations foxed original pictorial cloth upper covers stamped in blind spines in gilt a little rubbed spines faded 4to 1904. ***Not all copies were issued with colour plates..

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) The Egyptian Sudan: Its History and Monuments 2 vol. first edition plates and illustrations some fold

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) The Egyptian Sudan: Its History and Monuments 2 vol. first edition plates and illustrations some folding tissue guards 3 leaves in vol.1 nicked at upper fore-edge original pictorial cloth gilt rubbed spines faded and chipped at head split to one joint 8vo 1907.

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection 2 vol. first edition folding colour frontispieces plates and illustrations some folding Signet Library copy with label on front paste-downs original pictorial cloth gilt t.e.g. slightly rubbed spines a little faded 8vo London and New York 1911.

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) The Greenfield Papyrus in the British Museum first edition plates and illustrations from the library of Ricardo A.Caminos with his small ink stamps on first leaf of preface modern roan-backed cloth upper corners bumped 4to 1912.

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary 2 vol. first edition dedication leaf with decorative colour borde

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary 2 vol. first edition dedication leaf with decorative colour border original buckram spines faded small tear to spine of vol.1 large 8vo 1920.

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) Amulets and Superstitions 1930; The Mummy second edition Cambridge 1894; From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt 1934; Tutankhamen: Amenism Atenism and Egyptian Monotheism 1923; The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt London & Cairo 1902; Cleopatra's Needles 1926 plates and illustrations original cloth some pictorial gilt the last with dust-jacket slightly rubbed the first with faded spine; and 17 others by the same mostly Egypt including some from the Egypt and Chaldea series 8vo (23)

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Capart (Jean) and Marcelle Werbrouck. Thebes: The Glory of a Great Past 1926 § Varille (A.) La Tombe de Ni-Ankh-Pepi à Zâouyet el-Mayetîn contemporary half roan Cairo Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale 1938 § Lefrebre (G.) Le Tombeau de Petosiris parts 2 & 3 only (of 3) bound in 2 ex-library copy with stamps cloth Cairo Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale 1923 § Gardiner (Alan H.) and Arthur E.Weigall. A Topographical Catalogue of the Private Tombs of Thebes original cloth-backed boards 1913 § Benson (M.) and Janet Gourlay. The Temple of Mut in Asher 1899 § Murray (M.) Egyptian Temples n.d. § Grinsell (L.) Egyptian Pyramids signed by the author on title Gloucester 1947 plates and illustrations the first and last three original cloth the first pictorial gilt most rubbed; and 5 others v.s. (13)

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Charles-Roux (J.) L'Isthme et le Canal de Suez... 2 vol. first edition signed presentation copy from the author to Sir John

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Charles-Roux (J.) L'Isthme et le Canal de Suez... 2 vol. first edition signed presentation copy from the author to Sir John Wolfe Barry portrait frontispieces maps and plates some colour some folding illustrations bookplate contemporary half morocco t.e.g others uncut spines gilt and faded a little rubbed large 8vo Paris 1901. ***Sir John Wolfe Barry (1836-1918) civil engineer..

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Clot (Antoine Barthélemy) Aperçu Général sur l'Égypte 2 vol. first edition half-titles lithographed portrait of Mehmet Ali 7

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Clot (Antoine Barthélemy) Aperçu Général sur l'Égypte 2 vol. first edition half-titles lithographed portrait of Mehmet Ali 7 lithographed maps 2 double-page 1 folding 6 hand-coloured or partly so foxed contemporary green morocco titles in gilt on upper covers g.e. spines gilt in compartments a little rubbed [Atabey 258; Blackmer 370] 8vo Paris 1840. ***Mehmet Ali appointed the author chief surgeon to the Egyptian army in 1823; he created a public health service and developed medical facilities. This general survey of modern Egypt includes a chapter on Islamic art by Pascal Coste..

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Erman (Adolf) and Hermann Grapow editors. Wörterbuch der Aegyptischen Sprache 5 vol. in 3 presentation copy from the editors to James Breasted inscribed at head of upper wrapper 1925-31 § Erman (A.) Neuaegyptische Grammatik second edition 1933 contemporary cloth rubbed the first rather damp-stained and with original upper wrapper bound in Leipzig; and another by Erman 4to (5)

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Iversen (Erik) Canon and Proportions in Egyptian Art 1955 § Pendlebury (J.D.S.) Aegyptiaca: A Catalogue of Egyptian Objects in the Aegean Area Cambridge 1930 § Newberry (Percy E.) Egyptian Antiquities: Scarabs slightly spotted 1906 § Weigall (Arthur) Ancient Egyptian Works of Art 1924 § Maspero (Gaston) Egyptian Art 1913 § Capart (Jean) Primitive Art in Egypt 1905; Egyptian Art 1923 § Fraser (George) A Catalogue of Scarabs... 1900 § Mariette (A.) Notice des principaux monuments...du Musée d'Antiquités Égyptiennes de...A.Boulaq lightly foxed contemporary half morocco t.e.g. spine faded Alexandria 1864 plates and illustrations all but the last original cloth rubbed the third faded the first two with frayed dust-jackets; and 10 others 4to & 8vo (19)

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Lepsius (R.) ...Einleitung zur Chronologie der Aegypter presentation copy from the author modern half vellum Berlin 1848 § Sharpe (Samuel) The History of Egypt under the Ptolemies modern half calf spine gilt 1838 § Davis (Charles H.S.) The Egyptian Book of the Dead New York & London 1901 § Mercer (S.A.B. editor) The Tell el-Amarna Tablets vol.2 only (of 2) Toronto 1939 § Baikie (James) Egyptian Papyri and Papyrus-Hunting 1925 § Greiss (Elhamy A.M.) Anatomical Identification of some Ancient Egyptian Plant Materials original wrappers faded Cairo 1957 plates and illustrations all but the first two and last original cloth spines faded most rubbed; and c.50 others on Ancient Egypt including vol.1-4 of The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 4to & 8vo (c.55)

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Lindsay (Alexander William Crawford Earl of Crawford & Balcarres) Letters on Egypt Edom and the Holy Land 2 vol. first edition lithographed frontispieces (foxed) contemporary calf 1838 § Long (George) The Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum 2 vol. contemporary half calf spines gilt 1846 § Sharpe (Samuel) The History of Egypt 2 vol. third edition presentation copy from the author original cloth 1852 § Wilkinson (J.G.) Topography of Thebes and General View of Egypt lithographed plates modern cloth 1835 plates and illustrations spotted rubbed; and 2 others on Egypt 8vo (9)

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Peet (T.Eric translator) The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus original cloth-backed boards faded 1923 § Breasted (James Henry) The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus vol.1 only (of 2: text lacking plate vol.) covers damp-stained at upper edge Chicago 1930 § Tait (W.J.) Papyri from Tebtunis in Egyptian and in Greek 1977 § Guérard (O.) Enteuxeis [graece]: Requêtes et Plaintes addressés au Roi d'Égypte... 2 fascisules in 2 vol. contemporary cloth uncut 1931 § Golénischeff (M.W.) Le Conte du Naufragé title stained at fore-edge modern roan-backed boards original wrappers bound in 1912 some plates and illustrations all but the first and last two original cloth rubbed the last two Cairo Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale; and 7 others on papyri v.s. (13)

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Savary (Claude Etienne) Letters on Egypt... 2 vol. first English edition 2 folding engraved maps and folding plate a little

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Savary (Claude Etienne) Letters on Egypt... 2 vol. first English edition 2 folding engraved maps and folding plate a little browned at edges bookplate of Heytesbury House contemporary calf spines gilt with morocco labels rubbed vol.1 with upper joint split and spine worn at head [cf.Atabey 1091 & Blackmer 1492 French editions] 8vo 1786.

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Wilkinson (John Gardner) Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians First & Second Series together 6 vol. including plate

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Wilkinson (John Gardner) Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians First & Second Series together 6 vol. including plate vol. to second series first editions tinted lithographed frontispiece and 93 lithographed plates 9 chromolithographed some heightened with gold or silver (oxidised) many folding illustrations some foxing to plates one or two small tears engraved bookplates uniform contemporary half morocco spines gilt rubbed spines faded 8vo 1837-41.

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Bible Ethiopic. Psalterium Davidis Aethiopice half-title browned contemporary calf worn 1815 § Exercitationes Aethiopicae... edited by D.Hermann Hupfeld contemporary half cloth Leipzig 1825 § Liber Enoch Aethiopice... edited by August Dillmann browned modern half calf Leipzig 1851 § Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis translator) The Book of the Mysteries of the Heavens and the Earth... title foxed 1935 § Lifchitz (D.) Textes Éthiopiens Magico-Religieux Paris 1940 the last two original cloth the first two worn; and 3 others Ethiopic 4to & 8vo (8)

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Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis editor and translator) The Contendings of the Apostles 2 vol. 1899-1901; Baralam and Yewasef 2 vol. Cambridge 1923; Legends of Our Lady Mary...and her mother Hanna 1933; One Hundred and Ten Miracles of Our Lady Mary 1923 the last three all presentation copies from the editor inscribed on half-titles the last signed and inscribed to Lady Meux ...on her birthday... plates and illustrations original cloth all but the first pictorial gilt rubbed spines a little faded the third nicked; and 9 others Ethiopic texts translated by Budge 4to & 8vo (15)

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Dillmann (August) Ethiopic Grammar edited by Carl Bezold translated by James A.Crichton 1907 § Leslau (Wolf) An Annotated Bibliography of the Semitic Languages of Ethiopia 1965 § Ethiopian Studies dedicated to Wolf Leslau Wiesbaden 1983 § Lockot (H.W.) Bibliographia Aethiopica II: The Horn of Africa in English Literature Wiesbaden 1998 § Fumagalli (G.) Bibliografia Etiopica contemporary boards Milan 1893 all but the last original cloth the first rubbed; and c.25 others Ethiopic linguistics and bibliography 4to & 8vo (c.30)

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Hay (J.H.D.) Western Barbary presentation copy from the author contemporary calf-backed boards 1844 § Churchill (Col.) The Life of Abdel Kader ex-Sultan of the Arabs of Algeria 1867 § Crawfurd (M.S.) Through Algeria 1863 § Naphegyi (G.) Among the Arabs: A Narrative of Adventures in Algeria 1868 § Routh (E.M.G.) Tangier 1912 § Cowper (H.S.) The Hill of the Graces 1897 § Playfair (R.L.) The Scourge of Christendom 1884 § Kearton (Cherry) The Shifting Sands of Algeria 1924 § Baradez (J.) Fossatum Africae: Recheches Aériennes sur l'Organisation des Confins Sahariens a l'Époque Romaine limited edition contemporary cloth Paris 1949 plates and illustrations all but the first and last original cloth some pictorial gilt a little rubbed; and c.50 others on North Africa 8vo & 4to (c.55)

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Ibrahim-Hilmy (Prince) The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan 2 vol. 1886-87 § Blunt (Wilfrid Scawen) Gordon at Khartoum original cloth-backed boards uncut slightly faded 1911 § MacMichael (H.A.) The Tribes of Northern and Central Kordofan Cambridge 1912 § Theobald (A.B.) The Mahdiya 1951 § Elton (Lord) General Gordon 1954 § Crabitès (P.) The Winning of the Sudan 1934 plates and illustrations all but the second original cloth the first worn and spine of vol.1 torn the last three with dust-jackets rubbed; and c.20 others on the Sudan 4to & 8vo (c.25)

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[La Faye (Jean Baptiste De)] Etat des Royaumes de Barbarie Tripoly Tunis et Alger ?first edition title in red and black with

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[La Faye (Jean Baptiste De)] Etat des Royaumes de Barbarie Tripoly Tunis et Alger ?first edition title in red and black with woodcut device lightly browned contemporary calf spine gilt with morocco label rather rubbed joints split [cf.Atabey 654 other 1704 issue; Not in Blackmer] 12mo The Hague Guillaume de Voys 1704. ***With references to slavery and the ransom of captives. According to Barbier an earlier edition was published in Rouen in 1703 certainly another issue with the same collation was published in 1704 under the imprint of Meyndert Uytwerf..

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Leared (Arthur) Marocco and the Moors second edition revised by Sir Richard Burton 1891 § Hooker (J.D.) and John Ball. Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas ownership stamp in red ink across title 1878 § Harris (W.B.) Tafilet 1895 maps plates and illustrations some spotting original cloth the first two pictorial gilt rubbed spines faded; and 2 others on Morocco 8vo (5)

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Lepsius (R.) Nubische Grammatik mit einer Einleitung über die Völker und Sprachen Afrika's library stamp at head of title modern cloth uncut Berlin 1880 § Döhne (J.L.) A Zulu-Kafir Dictionary errata slip interleaved spotted contemporary half morocco spine gilt rubbed Cape Town 1857 § Robinson (C.H.) Specimens of Hausa Literature Cambridge 1896 § Doke (C.M.) and B.W.Vilakazi. Zulu-English Dictionary reprint Johannesburg 1949 § Ward (Ida C.) An Introduction to the Ibo Language Cambridge 1936 § Meier (W. editor) Bibliography of African Languages Wiesbaden 1984 § Harries (Rev. Lyndon) A Grammar of Mwera original wrappers Johannesburg 1950 all but the first two and last original cloth the fifth faded; and c.20 others on African languages 8vo & 4to (c.25)

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Ludolf (Hiob) Lexicon aethiopico-latinum... 3 parts in 1 vol. first edition title in red and black note to the reader leaf a

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Ludolf (Hiob) Lexicon aethiopico-latinum... 3 parts in 1 vol. first edition title in red and black note to the reader leaf at end contemporary ink notes in Geez in some margins and extensively on endpapers browned slight worming to inner and outer margins and paste-downs contemporary vellum rubbed [Leslau 783; Wing L3467] 4to Thomas Roycroft 1661.

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Ludolf (Hiob) Seu lexicon amharico-latinum first edition title in red and black with engraved vignette lightly browned title

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Ludolf (Hiob) Seu lexicon amharico-latinum first edition title in red and black with engraved vignette lightly browned title with small tear (no loss) and faint embossed stamp modern half vellum morocco label [Leslau 1278] folio Frankfurt J.D.Zunner for M.Jecquet 1698.

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Palmer (Sir Richmond) The Bornu Sahara and Sudan first edition one of 500 copies errata slip plates and illustrations foldin

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Palmer (Sir Richmond) The Bornu Sahara and Sudan first edition one of 500 copies errata slip plates and illustrations folding map at end original cloth lower corners bumped dust-jacket a little rubbed and frayed at edges slightly defective at one corner (repaired) 4to 1936.

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Rohlfs (Gerhard) Drei Monate in der libyschen Wüste... Mit Beiträgen von P.Ascherson W.Jordan and K.Zittel first edition hal

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Rohlfs (Gerhard) Drei Monate in der libyschen Wüste... Mit Beiträgen von P.Ascherson W.Jordan and K.Zittel first edition half-title 16 mounted actual photographs 11 lithographed plates 1 folding folding partly hand-coloured lithographed map at end wood-engraved illustrations in text some photographs rather faded a little soiled at edges ex-library copy with old ink stamp on title and upper cover original printed wrappers rubbed and slightly defective at edges recased with wrappers laid down 8vo Cassel 1875. ***Account of the scientific expedition to the Libyan desert 1873-74. This was the first volume published and concerns the people geography botany etc. of the Sahara; see the following lot for the geological and palaeontological report..

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Stanley (Sir Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa... 2 vol. first edition frontispieces 3 folding colour maps (1 with small tear)

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Stanley (Sir Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa... 2 vol. first edition frontispieces 3 folding colour maps (1 with small tear) plates and illustrations foxed original pictorial cloth gilt 8vo 1890.

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Westermarck (Edward) Marriage Ceremonies in Morocco 1914 § Harris (L.) With Mulai Hafid at Fez 1909 § Harris (W.) The Land of an African Sultan 1889 § Durrieu (X.) The Present State of Morocco modern cloth 1854 § Michaux-Bellaire (E.) and A.Graulle. Villes et Tribus du Maroc 2 vol. Paris 1915 § Doutte (E.) Missions au Maroc: En Tribu Paris 1914 § Voinot (L.) Sur les Traces Glorieuses des Pacificateurs du Maroc Paris 1939 plates and illustrations the first three original cloth one pictorial the last three original printed wrappers uncut rubbed; and c.40 others on Morocco 8vo & 4to (c.45)

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Archer (Major) Tours in Upper India and in parts of the Himalaya Mountains; with accounts of the Courts of the Native Prince

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Archer (Major) Tours in Upper India and in parts of the Himalaya Mountains; with accounts of the Courts of the Native Princes 2 vol. first edition lacking half-titles engraved bookplate of James Blyth contemporary calf gilt spines gilt in compartments with morocco labels very slightly rubbed 8vo 1833.

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Baber (Zehir-Ed-Din Muhammed) Memoirs... translated by John Leyden and William Erskine first edition in English folding engraved map errata leaf at end contemporary calf gilt spine gilt in compartments morocco label a little rubbed slight worming and splitting to upper joint 4to 1826. ***Baber founder of the Mogul Empire in Hindustan was a descendant of Tamerlane and born in 1483. The greater part of his life was spent in war. He took Cabul in 1504 Candahar two years later several times invaded Hindustan and in 1525 finally defeated the Sultan of the Afghans and became substantially master of Hindustan. He showed himself no less able as a sovereign... and died in 1530. He was also a good writer and left a valuable autobiography. DNB..

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Brennand (W.) Hindu Astronomy first edition presentation copy from the author plates and illustrations original cloth very s

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Brennand (W.) Hindu Astronomy first edition presentation copy from the author plates and illustrations original cloth very slightly rubbed 8vo 1896. ***Rare..

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Buchanan (Francis) A Journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore Canara and Malabar 3 vol. first edition half-titles

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Buchanan (Francis) A Journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore Canara and Malabar 3 vol. first edition half-titles engraved frontispiece folding hand-coloured map and 38 plates 1 hand-coloured 5 folding tables foxed contemporary half calf rubbed rebacked preserving old morocco labels 4to 1807.

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Curzon (George Nathaniel Lord) British Government in India: The Story of the Viceroys and Government Houses 2 vol. 1925 § Fraser (Lovat) India under Curzon & After 1911 § Routledge (J.) English Rule and Native Opinion in India 1878 § Sastri (K.N. Venkatasubba) The Administration of Mysore under Sir Mark Cubbon (1834-1861) 1932 § Philips (C.H. editor) The Correspondence of Lord William Cavendish Bentinck Governor-General of India 1828-1835 2 vol. 1977 § Yapp (M.E.) Strategies of British India: Britain Iran and Afghanistan 1798-1850 Oxford 1980 plates and illustrations original cloth the first and last three with dust-jackets slightly rubbed; and c.20 others on the British Raj 4to & 8vo (c.30)

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Cust (Robert Needham) Linguistic and Oriental Essays First - Seventh Series in 8 vol. 1880-1904 § Chamberlain (B.H.) The Classical Poetry of the Japanese 1880 § Edkins (Rev. J.) Chinese Buddhism second edition 1893 § Arnold (Sir Edwin) Indian Poetry 1895 § Rockhill (W.W.) The Life of the Buddha 1907 § Sell (Rev. E.) The Faith of Islam 1896 Trübner's Oriental Series the first and last ex-library copies with stamps uniform original cloth gilt a little rubbed; and 5 others from the series 8vo (18)

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-. Case of Sir John Macpherson Baronet late Governor-General of India; containing a summary review of his administration and services errata leaf at end [c.1808] § Proceedings of the Select Committee...to consider and report upon the expediency of augmenting the allowances to the Directors for their attendance upon the business of the Company folding tables [Kress B.6311] 1814 both rather spotted and browned near-uniform modern calf-backed marbled boards the first with morocco label on spine privately printed 4to (2)

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-. Rawdon-Hastings (Francis Ist Marquess Of Hastings) Summary of the Administration of the Indian Government from October 18

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-. Rawdon-Hastings (Francis Ist Marquess Of Hastings) Summary of the Administration of the Indian Government from October 1813 to January 1823 first Maltese edition lacking folding engraved map contemporary tree sheep spine gilt in compartments with morocco label slight worming to spine rubbed [Goldsmiths' 24128] reprinted at Malta 1824; and a copy of the Edinburgh 1825 edition 8vo (2)***An address to the Directors of the East India Company from the Marquess of Hastings defending his period of office in India as Governor-General. He had resigned following his authorisation for the bankers William Palmer & Co. to lend money to the Nizam of Hyderabad despite an act of Parliament prohibiting loans to native princes. kress & goldsmiths.

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-. Rawdon-Hastings (Francis Ist Marquess Of Hastings) Summary of the Administration of the Indian Government from October 18

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-. Rawdon-Hastings (Francis Ist Marquess Of Hastings) Summary of the Administration of the Indian Government from October 1813 to January 1823 first Maltese edition lacking folding engraved map title slightly defective at foot of inner margin [Goldsmiths' 24128] reprinted at Malta 1824 bound after Kinnaird (Hon. Douglas) Remarks on the volume of Hyderabad Papers printed for use of the East India Proprietors signature at head of title 1825 § Doyle (Sir John) Substance of the Speech...at the India House upon the Hyderabad Papers... signed presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper errata slip tipped in [Goldsmiths' 24533] 1825 uniform contemporary sheep-backed boards spines gilt a little rubbed 8vo (2)***kress & goldsmiths.

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