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An important account of Bedouin nomadic life
The Arab of the Desert.
A Glimpse into Badawin Life in Kuwait and Sau'di Arabia. London George Allen & Unwin 1949
First edition, first impression, pp.648, many illustrations, some in colour, 9 folding maps on seven sheets, and 6 folding genealogical tables. A very good copy in lightly soiled original cloth. Corners bumped, occasionally very lightly foxed.
Unpublished translation of the introduction of Farhang-i Rashidi, intended to accompany the Persian
Ferhengi Reschidi. Grammatica linguae Persicae
textum ad fidem codicum manuscriptorum edidi et Latine reddidit. Ludovicus Splieth. [Halle] [c.1846]
Persian and Latin manuscript in ink on wove paper, 8vo (22.5 x 18 cm), ff.24, with 21 lines of text per page in single ruled frames, headings in red, Latin text in cursive, Persian in fastidious nasta'liq, f.1r with a calligraphic title in Persian, transliterated Persian, and Latin, written in red and black, in a double-ruled frame. Bound in later calf-backed red cloth, spine worn but joints firm. Paper slightly browned, with a small marginal tear on f.1, text unaffected and contents otherwise in excellent condition. Occasional later pencil annotations. Blind and withdrawn stamps of Nottingham Public Libraries ; printed label of the Waterhouse Collection, 1902, on front pastedown.
No other copies on Copac, not in BL
First publication of any part of the Farhang-i Rashidi: an important 17th-century Persian Grammar.
Grammaticae persicae
praecepta ac regulae quas lexico persico Ferhengi Reschidi praefixas e duobus codicibus uno Roedigeri, altero bibliothecae Reg. Berolinensis. Scripsit et editit... Halle Lippert & Schmidt 1846
First edition, pp.51, lithographed Persian text. An very good copy in modern half calf, cloth boards, interleaved and heavily annotated in both Latin and Persian in a contemporary hand, probably Spleith's. Title page foxed, and occasional spotting elsewhere.
COPAC shows 4 copies only in Oxford, Cambridge, Queen's University Belfast, and BL.