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BINARK, Ismet & Halit EREN. World bibliography of translations of the meanings of the holy qur'an. Printed translations 1515-1980.Edited with introduction by Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. Istanbul, 1986. Cloth, with dust-jacket. XCIX,8801,(36) pp. Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture. [Boeknr.: 16160 ]

€ 75,00

BROUWER, C.G. Al-Mukha. Profile of a Yemeni seaport as sketched by servants of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) 1614-1640. Amsterdam, d'Fluyte Rarob, 1997. Wrappers. With 6 maps and 22 plates. 508 pp. [Boeknr.: 19680 ]

€ 95,00

BROUWER, C.G. Cauwa ende Comptanten: De Verenige Oostindische Compagnie in Jemen. Cowha and Cash: The Dutch East India Company in Yemen. 1614-1655. Amsterdam, D' Fluyte Rarob, 1988. Wrappers. With illustrations. 100 pp. [Boeknr.: 6263 ]

€ 40,00

DAM, N. van. (Ed.). Nederland en de Arabische wereld van Middeleeuwen tot twintigste eeuw. (Met medewerking van) J. Brugman, C.G. Brouwer, A.H. de Groot, B.J. Slot, J.J. Witkam. Lochem, De Tijdstroom, 1987. Wrappers. With 46 illustrations (several in colours). 80 pp. [Boeknr.: 4677 ]

€ 25,00

DHOW. Arab sailing vessels. Three original watercolours showing traditional Arab sailing vessels off the coast with native fishermen, common in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean region. Signed by SCHLIEN.One plate is dated 1886. Seize ca. 24 x 19 cm and 2 others ca. 31 x 23,5 cm. - Decorative views. [Boeknr.: 31661 ]

€ 425,00

HOSPERS, J.H. A basic bibliography for the study of the Semitic languages. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1973 - 1974. 2 volumes. Cloth. XXV,401; XII,108 pp. [Boeknr.: 35753 ]

€ 45,00

LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward. Arabië in opstand. Geautoriseerde bewerking van R.H.G. Nahuys. 's Gravenhage, H.P. Leopold, 1927.Original pictorial cloth, with dust-jacket (restored). With folding map and 8 plates. 247 pp. First Dutch translation of Revolt in the desert (1927), an abridged version of Seven Pillars of Wisdom. The book was an instant bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. It is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British Army Colonel T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") while serving as a military advisor to Bedouin forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire of 1916 to 1918. [Boeknr.: 37156 ]

€ 65,00

MICHAUD, (Joseph) & (Jean J.F.) POUJOULAT. Correspondance d'Orient (1830-1831). Bruxelles, N.J. Gregoir, V. Wouters et Cie, 1841.8 volumes in 4. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt. With folding map. First published in Paris in 1833-1835. - 'Michaud, the historian of the Crusades, and his secretary Poujoulat travelled together through Greece, Constantinople and the Archipelago to Jerusalem, where they separated. Poujoulat explored Syria and Michaud went on to Egypt, but they wrote regularly to each other, and these letters constitute in great part the voluminous Correspondance d'Orient. The first three volumes, dealing with Greece and Turkey, contain mostly Michaud's letters. Both Michaud and Poujoulat were interested in the contemporary state of the countries they visited than archaeology and antiquities' (Blackmer 1122). - A very fine set.Atabey Collection 807; Blackmer Collection 1122; Contominas Collection 465; Weber 211; Tobler p.151; Röhricht p.367; Ibrahim-Hilmy II, p.33. [Boeknr.: 32445 ]

€ 475,00

PFANNMÜLLER, Gustav. Handbuch der Islam-Literatur. Berlin, Leipzig, Walter de Gruyter & Co, 1923. Original half cloth, spine lettered in gilt. VIII,436 pp [Boeknr.: 35752 ]

€ 45,00

STEPHENS, John Lloyd. Incidents of travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy Land. Edinburgh, William & Robert Chambers, 1839.Modern wrappers. 120 pp. (printed in two columns). First published in New York in 1837 followed by many other editions, by 1839 there were ten editions. - The American John Lloyd Stephens (1805-1852) sailed for Alexandria in 1835. After visiting Cairo he took a voyage up the Nile, visited Dendra and Luxor. He made his way to Mount Sinai and then to Aqaba and Petra and Jerusalem where he spent several months. 'His book achieved considerable success on both sides of the Atlantic' (Howgego II, p.565). 'One of the earliest and best-selling American travel books on Egypt' (Kalfatovic, Nile notes, 0342). Stephens became know as 'the American traveller' (Blackmer p.340).Rohricht p.384; Tobler p.158; Ibrahim-Hilmy II, p. 259. [Boeknr.: 37733 ]

€ 125,00

WENSINCK, A.J. & J.H. KRAMERS. Handwörterbuch des Islam. Im Auftrag der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam herausgegeben. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1941. Cloth. With plates. VIII,833,6 pp. Detailed glossary to Islamic religion. [Boeknr.: 13605 ]

€ 75,00

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