GARDENS OF PARADISE 16th Century Turkish Ceramic Tile Decoration by Photographs by Ahmet Ertug Text by Walter B. Denny - 1998

Quarto, contemporary French mottled calf, a little worn, spine with five raised bands richly gilt in compartments and label lettered in gilt, head and tail of spine worn, covers with triple gilt fillets and an inner panel of triple gilt fillets embellished at the corners with fleurions in the contemporary 17th century syle à la Duseuil, title with engraved woodcut, pp,(10), 648, (4), with the errata leaf, dedication and privilege, woodcut initials, old faint water stain in the upper outer margin, an attractive copy.

RARE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF THE QUR’AN AND THE FIRST COMPLETE TRANSLATION TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE VERNACULAR by André du Ryer. It inspired the later translations into English of 1649, Dutch of 1658, German 1703 and Russian 1776. André Du Ryer was French vice-consul in Egypt from 1623 to 1626, and both adviser and interpreter to the French ambassador in Istanbul and ambassador extraordinary of the sultan to France in the early 1630s. He assembled a fine collection of Turkish,… Read More

Octavo, contemporary speckled calf, upper hinge weak but holding, blind ruled fillet, (10) + xviiipp + (12) + (4) + 511pp, title within double ruled border.

Reprint of the first English translation of the Qur'an of 1649. It was translated into English from Andrew du Ryer's French edition of 1647. This edition contains The Translator to the Christian Reader; The French Epistle to the Reader; A Summary of the Religion of the Turks; the Priviledges of Marseilles; and from Sultan Amurat at Constantinople; The Life and Death of Mahomet; Alexander Ross's A needful Caveat and the whole text of the Qur'an in English. Wing K748. British Library, Arabic Books I,887.

Cairo: Bulak, 1896 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 9 PARTS IN 2 VOLS. ARABIC TEXT. RED FULL LEATHER DECORATED AND GILDED BINDING WITH TUGRA AND NISHAN (ARMS OF STATE) OF THE SULTAN ABD UL HAMID II. PRIVATELY BOUND FOR THE YILDIZ PALACE LIBRARY. COMPLETE BINDINGS WITH FLAPS. PREPARED BY PRIVATE COMMISSION IN CAIRO. PRAISE OF SHEIKH AL ISLAM WITH HIS SEAL, REPORT OF THE COMMISSION, ENDOWMENT (CHARITABLE WAQF) WITH TUGHRAIC SEAL OF ABD UL HAMID II. (174, 182, 199, 208 PP) AND (179, 198, 168, 176, 163) PAGES. ALL EDGES OF THE TOW VOLUMES ARE GILDED. PRIVATELY BOUND BY THE YILDIZ PALACE AS PRESENTATION TO VERY LIMITED STATE MEN. A COPY FROM THE ATABEY COLLECTION WAS SOLD IN SOTHEBY'S 28 AND 29 MAY 2002

Title: Rubáiyát
Author: Omar Khayyám
Translator: Edward Fitzgerald
Illustrator: Gilbert James
Publisher: George Routledge and Sons Limited
Place: London
Year: No date, cca 1900
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: Unpaginated
Language: English
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket: Not issued
Size (mm): 94 x 134Description: Brown faux leather binding. Gilt page edges are still very bright. Marbled endpages. 12 black and white illustrations by Gilbert James. Gift inscription with ink from 1917.

1276. Very Good. Handwritten on vellum, two-sided; one side rough from removal. Modestly aged. 8.25 by 13 inches. Mounted [not attached] to descriptive board with further description on adjacent board. Would look lovely framed. From books title page: The blessed explanations (If God Wishes) were done by its collector, the poor for God's Blessings; and his Slave. May God help him to achieve what is right for the sake of the Prophet. On Thursday 13, Gandi El Aakhar, 1276, the writing of the contents of the book was completed. The commentary which this leaf was a part discussed the Islam Religion, how it started, difficulties and other factors in other religions that contributed to of opposed the Islamic religion. Found in Jerusalem by Stanley S. Slotkin, Chairman of the Board of Abbey Rents Co. The original book from which the leaf was taken were collected and disbound by Stanley Slotkin in the 1960's. Slotkin produced display sheets and distributed individual book leaves to institutions and… Read More

Quarto, contemporary French mottled calf, a little worn, spine with five raised bands richly gilt in compartments and label lettered in gilt, head and tail of spine worn, covers with triple gilt fillets and an inner panel of triple gilt fillets embellished at the corners with fleurions in the contemporary 17th century syle à la Duseuil, title with engraved woodcut, pp,(10), 648, (4), with the errata leaf, dedication and privilege, woodcut initials, old faint water stain in the upper outer margin, an attractive copy.

RARE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF THE QUR’AN AND THE FIRST COMPLETE TRANSLATION TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE VERNACULAR by André du Ryer. It inspired the later translations into English of 1649, Dutch of 1658, German 1703 and Russian 1776. André Du Ryer was French vice-consul in Egypt from 1623 to 1626, and both adviser and interpreter to the French ambassador in Istanbul and ambassador extraordinary of the sultan to France in the early 1630s. He assembled a fine collection of Turkish,… Read More

Octavo, contemporary speckled calf, upper hinge weak but holding, blind ruled fillet, (10) + xviiipp + (12) + (4) + 511pp, title within double ruled border.

Reprint of the first English translation of the Qur'an of 1649. It was translated into English from Andrew du Ryer's French edition of 1647. This edition contains The Translator to the Christian Reader; The French Epistle to the Reader; A Summary of the Religion of the Turks; the Priviledges of Marseilles; and from Sultan Amurat at Constantinople; The Life and Death of Mahomet; Alexander Ross's A needful Caveat and the whole text of the Qur'an in English. Wing K748. British Library, Arabic Books I,887.

Cairo: Bulak, 1896 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 9 PARTS IN 2 VOLS. ARABIC TEXT. RED FULL LEATHER DECORATED AND GILDED BINDING WITH TUGRA AND NISHAN (ARMS OF STATE) OF THE SULTAN ABD UL HAMID II. PRIVATELY BOUND FOR THE YILDIZ PALACE LIBRARY. COMPLETE BINDINGS WITH FLAPS. PREPARED BY PRIVATE COMMISSION IN CAIRO. PRAISE OF SHEIKH AL ISLAM WITH HIS SEAL, REPORT OF THE COMMISSION, ENDOWMENT (CHARITABLE WAQF) WITH TUGHRAIC SEAL OF ABD UL HAMID II. (174, 182, 199, 208 PP) AND (179, 198, 168, 176, 163) PAGES. ALL EDGES OF THE TOW VOLUMES ARE GILDED. PRIVATELY BOUND BY THE YILDIZ PALACE AS PRESENTATION TO VERY LIMITED STATE MEN. A COPY FROM THE ATABEY COLLECTION WAS SOLD IN SOTHEBY'S 28 AND 29 MAY 2002

Title: Rubáiyát
Author: Omar Khayyám
Translator: Edward Fitzgerald
Illustrator: Gilbert James
Publisher: George Routledge and Sons Limited
Place: London
Year: No date, cca 1900
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: Unpaginated
Language: English
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket: Not issued
Size (mm): 94 x 134Description: Brown faux leather binding. Gilt page edges are still very bright. Marbled endpages. 12 black and white illustrations by Gilbert James. Gift inscription with ink from 1917.

1276. Very Good. Handwritten on vellum, two-sided; one side rough from removal. Modestly aged. 8.25 by 13 inches. Mounted [not attached] to descriptive board with further description on adjacent board. Would look lovely framed. From books title page: The blessed explanations (If God Wishes) were done by its collector, the poor for God's Blessings; and his Slave. May God help him to achieve what is right for the sake of the Prophet. On Thursday 13, Gandi El Aakhar, 1276, the writing of the contents of the book was completed. The commentary which this leaf was a part discussed the Islam Religion, how it started, difficulties and other factors in other religions that contributed to of opposed the Islamic religion. Found in Jerusalem by Stanley S. Slotkin, Chairman of the Board of Abbey Rents Co. The original book from which the leaf was taken were collected and disbound by Stanley Slotkin in the 1960's. Slotkin produced display sheets and distributed individual book leaves to institutions and… Read More