Studies in the Arcadian Library – serie
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Western Women Travelling East 1716-1916
Inbunden, 2014
2189 kr
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The Arcadian Library in London holds one of the finest collections of writing by Western women travelling to the East. The books and manuscripts cover almost four centuries of travel and range from Mary Wortley Montagu's incomparable earlyeighteenth-century 'Turkish' letters to the publications of …
Ibn Baklarish's Book of Simples
Medical Remedies between Three Faiths in 12th-century Spain
Inbunden, 2008
1306 kr
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The Arcadian Library manuscript, which is the subject of this book, provides a snapshot of the intercultural dialogue that was taking place in medieval Spain where Muslims, Jews, and Christians were all involved in studying and disseminating medical knowledge. The manuscript itself is of the master …
Scientific Expeditions to the Arab World (1761-1881)
Av Ivo Klaver
Inbunden, 2009
2171 kr
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Ivo Klaver discusses the four major expeditions (Danish, French, Prussian, and British) which assembled scientific data in various parts of the Arab world between 1761 and 1881. These unique expeditions were sponsored by governments and official institutions, as opposed to expeditions undertaken by …
An Arabian Utopia: The Western Discovery of Oman
Inbunden, 2010
2171 kr
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Even though Oman had always been familiar to travellers sailing between Europe and India or Persia, it was its coast alone that was known. Greeks and Romans had charted it, medieval merchants traded on it, and in the early sixteenth century the Portuguese conquered its main towns, yet the interior …
Aleppo Observed
Ottoman Syria Through the Eyes of Two Scottish Doctors, Alexander and Patrick Russell
Inbunden, 2010
2171 kr
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The Natural History of Aleppo, published first as a single volume in 1756 and as a two-volume edition in 1794, by Scottish physicians to the British Levant Company in Aleppo, Alexander and Patrick Russell, was a landmark in European knowledge of the Arab world. It was the first detailed study by a …
The Arcadian Library
Western Appreciation of Arab and Islamic Civilization
Inbunden, 2011
2171 kr
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The Arcadian Library is unique in Europe. The 10,000 or so volumes which it owns provide a complete picture of the encounter between two cultures and show how the civilization of the Arab and Islamic worlds was appreciated in the Christian West from the earliest times to the present day. The …
The Arcadian Library: Bindings and Provenance
Av Giles Mandelbrote, Willem de Bruijn
Inbunden, 2014
2171 kr
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The Arcadian Library, based in London, is one of the finest collections of books reflecting European interest in the Arab and Islamic worlds. Among its c.10,000 volumes are many copies with important provenances and fine bindings. In this companion volume to no. 8 in the series, six distinguished …
