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THE KASIDAH (COUPLETS) OF HAJI ABDU AL-YAZDI.
A lay of the higher law. Translated and annotated by his friend and pupil, F.B. H. S. Nichols And Co., London, 1894. In-8 gr. (mm. 260x208), tela editoriale con titolo oro al piatto (in lingua orientale) e al dorso, pp. (4),6,(4), 42 cc.num., 1 c.nn., stampate solo al recto. Seconda edizione (la prima è del 1880, stampata privatamente da Quaritch). Dalla prefazione, scritta da Isabel Burton (moglie dell'A.): On the return journey from Meccah, when Richard Burton could secure any privacy, he composed the following exquisite gem of Oriental poetry, and called it The Kasidah. by Haji Abdu al-Yazdi, which was one of his Eastern noms-de-plume.. The Kasidah was written in 1853. It is a poem of extraordinary power, on the Nature and Destiny of Man, anti-Christian and Pantheistic. So much wealth of Oriental learning has rarely been compressed into so small a compass... Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), viaggiatore e scrittore inglese. Per alcuni anni in India, compì (1853) un viaggio alla Mecca travestito da pellegrino; e quindi in Somalia riuscendo a raggiungere Harrar, non ancora visitata da Europei (1854). Parti' quindi con Speke alla ricerca delle sorgenti del Nilo e scoprì il lago Tanganica (1858). Fu poi in California e nuovamente in Africa, dove salì per primo il M. Camerun. Lasciò importanti relazioni delle sue esplorazioni, così Diz. Treccani,II, p. 561-62.Bella edizione in tiratura limitata di sole 100 copie numerate. La ns., 46, è in ottimo stato, con barbe.
Wanderings in three continents by the late Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, K.C.M.G.
London, Hutchinson, 1901, in-8vo, front ‘a photogr. portrait’ + 313 p., with some illustrations by A. D. McCormick, orig. publisher’s illustrated red cloth. Spines sunned, else a fine set.
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The Perfumed Garden of the Shaykh Nefzawi
London, 1963, in-8, 271pp, Reliure éditeur jaquette illustrée, Très bel exemplaire! 271pp
Love, war and fancy - the customs and manners of the East from writings on The Arabian Nights
London, 1964, in-8, 288pp, Reliure éditeur jaquette illustrée, Superbe exemplaire de la bibliothèque d'André Crépin! 288pp
Anne Johnson ; based on the original translation by Sir Richard Burton
Reference : 60590
ISBN : 600605496
The Concise Kama Sutra
Hamlyn 2003
in8, broche, couverture rempliee, bon etat d'usage sauf grande trace de mouillure bas des pages 1 a 95, illustrations couleurs, texte anglais, Hamlyn, 2003, 191p
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Phébus ,1991, in-8 de 328 pages ,ill. h-t., , br. , , .Les frais de port pour la France sont offerts à partir de 25 euros d'achat (Mondial relay,lettre suivie)et 30 d'achat (colissimo suivi ). Pour l'étranger : tarif livre et brochure, colissimo international, DHL express
