The Observatory in Islam and its place in the general history of the observatory. by SAYILI, Aydin - 1981

Ankara: TTK, 1988. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. [xii], 472 p., 8 p. b/w plts. Second Edition. The observatory in Islam and its place in the general history of the observatory. List of Plates., Introduction., Chapter I - Astronmy and Astrology in Islam., Chapter II - Al Mamûn's Observatory Building Activity General Considerations., Chapter III - Early Observatories of Islam; the Ninth and Tenth Centuries., Chapter IV - The Time of Al Birûni and Ibn Sina General Remarks and Al Birûni., Chapter V - The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries., Chapter VI - The Maragha Observatory., Chapter VII - The Fourteenth Century and Minor Observatoies., Chapter VIII - The Samarqand and the Istanbul Observatories., Chapter IX - The World of Islam and the Observatory as a Specialized Institution., Chapter X - The World of Islam and its Place in the General History of the Observatory., Conclusion., Appendix I Appendix.,… Read More

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Ankara: Turkish Historical Society. 472pp 7 bw plates at rear, printed paper wrappers, covers chipped and detached spine chipped with loss and repaired with tape, Richard Lorch's copy with his ms notes loosely inserted, a copy for rebinding, Publications of the Turkish Historical Society series VII, No. 38 . Poor. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1960.

Ankara: AKM , 2016. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. [xii], 483 p. b/w plts. The observatory in Islam and its place in the general history of the observatory. List of Plates., Introduction., Chapter I - Astronmy and Astrology in Islam., Chapter II - Al Mamûn's Observatory Building Activity General Considerations., Chapter III - Early Observatories of Islam; the Ninth and Tenth Centuries., Chapter IV - The Time of Al Birûni and Ibn Sina General Remarks and Al Birûni., Chapter V - The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries., Chapter VI - The Maragha Observatory., Chapter VII - The Fourteenth Century and Minor Observatoies., Chapter VIII - The Samarqand and the Istanbul Observatories., Chapter IX - The World of Islam and the Observatory as a Specialized Institution., Chapter X - The World of Islam and its Place in the General History of the Observatory., Conclusion., Appendix I Appendix., II Bibliography., Index.

Name on title-page. Minor rubbing. VG. Cultural Anthropology Danish Ethnographic Society Copenhagen 1991 orig.wrappers 23x15cm, 262 pp., This is the serial "Folk: Journal of the Danish Ethnographic Society", Vol. 33, 1991, completely devoted to this festschrift. Contains 15 papers, all but one in English: Includes: Communicating objects: Towards a theory of exhibition language; Things, thoughts & traditions; Small functional items and regeneration of society: Dough figurines from the Kalash people of Chitral, Northern Pakistan; Some historical evidence of Türkmen women's clothing; On the cultural geography of temporary dwellings in Afghanistan; Towards a history of Siwi things; The ships of Dilmun; Living with pound nets: Diffusion, invention & implications of a technology; On methods in ethnographic documentation: A retrospective consideration of field research in Arabia; The UNESCO Material Collections: The role of ethnographic study collections in international education;… Read More

Ankara, Turkey: Turk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 472 + 7 b&w plates. A very good copy in original red cloth. Split on the inside front cover but with no evidence on the outside.