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Lot 24

Kitab al-qoudhat ( the History of the Egyptian Cadis) Together with additions by Abu-al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Burd. The Arabic text, edited from the MS. in the British Museum by Richard J. H. Gottheil. Rome 1908.

In-8 half cloth, cover preserved. 213-xlii p. The cadi, judge of the Muslim court, is one of the most emblematic figures of medieval Islam. The...
Lot 25

Sirat Imam Shaykh Muhammad b. Abd al-Wahhab (Biography of Shaykh Muhammad b. Abd al-Wahhab). Dar al-Kitab al-Arabi, Beirut, 1963.

In-8 half cloth 328 p. Mohammed ben Abd El-Wahhab, or Ibn Abdelwahhab (1703 - 1792), was a Muslim scholar and preacher from the Banu Tamim Arab tribe...
Lot 26

Les Confréries religieuses musulmanes. Algiers, Adolphe Jourdan, 1897.

In-4 modern hardback, cover preserved (with some soiling). Illustrated with 7 hors-texte plates, 4 of which are chromolithographed, and 55 figures in...
Lot 27

Les confréries musulmanes du Hedjaz, Bibliothèque orientale Elzévirienne LII, Ernest Leroux, Editeur, 28, rue Bonaparte, 1887

In-12, bound in half cloth with corners by Frères Barets in Bordeaux, smooth spine adorned with title-piece, 310pp. Documented study of the various...
Lot 28

Arabie, avec une carte de l'Arabie, et une note sur cette carte par M.Jomard, Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, éditeurs, imprimeurs de l'institut de France, rue Jacob, 56, 1847.

In-8, publisher's boards, 522 p., 44 plates of engravings + 1 folding map. T.5 of the "L'univers pittoresque" collection of the IIIrd Asia section is...
Lot 30

Trip to Arabia. Pilgrimage to Nedjed, cradle of the Arab race. Translated from the English by L. Derome. Hachette et Cie, Paris, 1882

In-8, 2 ff.n.ch. lxviii-447 pp, contemporary red half-chagrin, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (Magnier binding). First French translation. Decorated...
Lot 31

in Le tour du monde, magazine specializing in travel writing, renowned for the quality of the engravings illustrating its articles.

N°7 of February 18, 1893. In-4. Half cloth. 15 illustrations and 1 plan, (covers missing). Accurate and comprehensive article devoted to the stay in...
Lot 32

The merchant republic of Mecca circa 600 CE. s.l.n.d.

In-8 bradel 54 p. Extract from Bulletin de l'Institut égyptien t. IV (1910). Belgian-born Jesuit priest, Arabist orientalist and historian of Islam...
Lot 33

Le pèlerinage à La Mecque, printed by B.Borrel, rue de Naples 53, Tunis, 1906

In-8, paperback, 45 pages, 14 reproductions + 1 fold-out map of the Mecca pilgrimage, showing the railroads, completed and in progress, as well as the...
Lot 34

Marins à chameau, les Allemands en Arabie en 1915-1916, Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie, Editeurs militaires, Paris, Boulevard Saint-Germain, 124, Limoges, 62, Avenue Baudin, 53, Rue Stanislas, Nancy, 1935

In-8 paperback, 120p., 2 maps and 4 photographs (not 3 as indicated on the cover). An account of the journey of the survivors of the German warship...
Lot 35

Recueil des douces vertus de la Mecque et de ses habitants et construction des lieux-saints /Al- Jāmiʻ al-laṭīf fī faḍl Makkah wa-ahlihā wa-bināʼ al-Bayt al-Sharīf, imprimerie Īsá al-Bābī al-Ḥalabī wa-Shurakāh 1st edition, 1340h (1922), Misr.

In-12, paperback, 413p, in Arabic, advertisements for the printing house and for a bookseller in Mecca (Muhammad Said and Abdul Rasul Fada). The...
Lot 37

Rihlat al-Hijâz - Voyage au Hedjaz (Arabie), 1947, Imprimerie Al-Talili, Tunis.

In-8° red half-chagrin, 56 p., printed in Arabic, folds and tears to cover. Professor at the Zitouna, collector of Muslim girls and Tunisian historian...
Lot 39

Kitab al-din wal'haram, khulasat tarikh al kaaba al muadhama wal'masjad al haram wa maqam ibrahim wa bi'r zamzam, second illustrated, commented and expanded edition, fan al-tibaa printing house, Cairo, 1369h (1950).

In-12, paperback, 234p. in Arabic, 1 frontispiece, 2 drawings (Bab Bani Shaiba disappeared in 1950 and the minbar al haram al makki) and 13...
Lot 40

Riḥlat al-kātib al-adīb al-bāri' al-labīb Abī al-Ḥusayn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Jubayr al-kinānī al-andalusī

First edition in Arabic of Ibn Jobair's account, printed from the copy published by Brill in Leiden, 1326h (=1908), ed. al-Hajj Muhmmad Amin Derbel...
Lot 41

Ibn Gubayr (Ibn Giober), Viaggio in Ispagna, Sicilia, Siria e Palestina, Mesopotemia, Arabia, Egitto compiuto nel secolo XII, prima traduzione fatta sull'originale arabo da Celestino Schiaparelli, Casa Editrice Italiana, Roma, 1906.

In-8, paperback, 412p. First Latin (Italian) translation from the original Arabic manuscript (Wright's 1852 edition). The translator mentions the...
Lot 43

Al tariq ila Mecca / The Road to Mecca, first edition in Arabic, translated from English by Afif Al Baabaki, preface by Abdel Wahab Azzam, Dar Al ilm al-malayin, Beirut, February 1956

Paperback, 404 pages, dedicated to King Saud and in memory of the relationship between his father King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud and the author. Edition in...
Lot 44

Pèlerinage aux lieux saints de l'Islam, Les Editions Africaines, dar al kitab al-lubnani, Beirut, undated, ca.1955.

In-8, paperback, 45p, uncut, 8 black and white illustrations including 1 of the 1955 expansion works, in French. Pilgrimage guide to Mecca and Medina...
Lot 45

Wafd allah ila haramihi al amin/ Délégation auprès de Dieu en ses Lieux-Saints, Re-edition 1983, Tunis, Dar Bouslama.

32 black and white illustrations, 182 pages. Missing part of the title on the cover, copied by hand. Account of the pilgrimage to Mecca by the...
Lot 48

Le chemin de la Kaaba / Al-tariq ila al-kaaba, Dr Mustafa Mahmud, Dar Al A'awda, Beirut, 1st edition, 1971.

In-12, paperback, 87p. 5 illustrations by Muhammad Hajji (?) and cover designed by artist Bahja (?). The author's Sufism-infused reflections and...
Lot 51

Chrétientés d'Orient, 19th century

Covered bowl with tripod base, consisting of a conical shaft, a grip ring and a truncated conical body, flared and topped with a bulbous lid, in...
Lot 52

Souvenirs from Jerusalem. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, sd [1862]

Large folio of [1] f. title with engraved and enhanced vignette (plan of the Holy Sepulchre), 4 pp. and 14 fine lithographs: general view of Jerusalem...
Lot 53

Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Mount Sinai in 1831, 1832 and 1833.

Expanded edition with a report on the pilgrimage from Jaffa to Jerusalem, made by Madame de Lamartine in 1833, and a typographical note by the...
Lot 56

Egypt, Coptic or Byzantine art, 4th-8th century

Wool and linen tapestry, in a box. Size: 3.5 x 53 to 14.5 x 68 cm A set of six large linen and wool textiles, Egypt, Coptic or Byzantine Art, 4th-8th...
Lot 57

Egypt, circa 12th century

This cotton and silk canvas features two opposing friezes on a green background, bearing an anonymous, illegible inscription in white, with red...
Lot 58

Fatimid Egypt, 10th-11th century

Polychrome linen weave, depicting several medallions of quadrupeds or birds facing each other. Mounted on pink satin. The motif is only partially...
Lot 60

Probably Fatimid Egypt, 9th-10th century

Oblong-shaped, cut rock crystal with palmettes decoration. Dims. 2.5 and 3 cm. Originating from Madagascar, rock crystal is a rare and precious...
Lot 61

Near East, Probably Syria, 8th-10th century

Tripod with globular body and flared neck, in clear glass with slight brown iridescence. Condition: good H. 6.5 cm This decoration of applied...
Lot 63
- FUKAI (Shinji), Persian Glass. Kyoto, Weatherhill/Tankosha, 1977. In-4 cloth boards in publisher's illustrated dust jacket. Color reproductions. -...
Lot 64

Egypt or Syria, circa 8th century

Carved bone, decorated with vine branches. H. 7.5 to 10 cm The use of carved animal bones became popular for decorating furniture and household...
Lot 65

Iran, 19th-20th century

Agate or carnelian engraved with Kabbalistic inscriptions. Condition: fractured. 3 x 2.5 cm An Agat or cornelian carved ring engraved with Kabbalistic...
Lot 67

Iran, Timurid or Safavid art, 15th-16th century

Copper-alloy central umbilicus with incised and engraved decoration, the inner walls tinned and partially inlaid with black paste. The umbilicus is...
Lot 68

Iran or Central Asia, late 19th century - early 20th century

Oval-shaped, carnelian, engraved on four lines in cursive Arabic script, encircled and mounted in a medallion. 4 x 4.8 cm Inscriptions: Verse of the...
Lot 69

Iran, Qajar art, 19th century

Necklace and bracelet, each featuring an enfilade of eight gold plates in the shape of a quatrefoil inlaid with red and green stones on the front...

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