Daumas melchior joseph eugene (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First edition of this translation. Orig. yellow cloth with dust jacket. Book about fine, dust jacket price-clipped, jacket spine sunned but due to color scheme hardly noticeable, one tiny chip in top edge of front panel. Note that the ninth edition of the title must refer to the source of the translation, a French edition in its ninth printing. We have also listed the companion volume, The Ways of the Desert (1971). No extra domestic shipping charge if both volumes ordered together.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First edition in English, from the ninth French edition. Note that the ninth edition of the title must refer to the source of the translation, a French edition in its ninth printing. Cloth with dust jacket. About fine copy in (as usual) price-clipped dust jacket with minimal wear to the bottom of the spine panel. A very fresh copy. Much about Arab horses and falconry.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Explore the fascinating world of the Sahara and its horses in this classic work by Melchior Joseph Eugène Daumas. With commentary by the Emir Abd-El-Kader and translated by J. Hutton, this book provides valuable insights into the Arab horse culture and the manners of the desert. A must-read for all horse lovers and desert enthusiasts.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

208 S.; 114 S. Buch in guter Erhaltung, Einband sauber und unbestoßen, Seiten überw. hell und sauber, Schnitt und Vorsatz etwas fleckig, Schutzumschlag gut, mit geringen Lagerspuren, Nachdruck. Text des Nachdrucks in Frakturschrift , Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 8° , Kunstleder, mit Schutzumschlag, Frakturschrift 2. Nachdr. der Ausg. Berlin, Allg. Dt. Verl.-Anst., 1853 und 1854.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

1st Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 391 pages. Notes: Text is in French. Subjects: Regional documentation Algeria. Algeria -- customs. Algeria -- History -- 1830-1962. 1 Kg.…

8vo. (4), II, 3-438 pp. Original printed wrappers of the identical fourth edition. Fifth edition of General Daumas' work on all aspects of the Arabian horses of the Sahara desert. With commentary by the Algerian Sufi saint and military and religious leader Abd-el-Kader (1808-83), the Emir of Mascara who founded the Algerian state and led the Algerians in their struggle against French domination, and in 1847 was imprisoned with his family by the French government in the fortress of Lamalgue in Toulon. - Divided into two parts, the book includes extensive information on the principles of Arabian cavalry, military costumes of horsemen, celebrated Arabian horse breeds (Haymour, Bou-ghareb, Meizique), how to choose and acquire one's horse, nutrition, hygiene, the meaning of the variously coloured equestrian attires, rigging, veterinarian medicine and illnesses, crippled horses, castration, various kinds of military attacks in the desert and how to execute them, tribal wars, as well as ostrich, gazelle, and falcon hunting. - Daumas (1803-71), a French general of the first cavalry division, was posted to Algeria in 1835, which Charles X had invaded five years previously. Daumas participated in 18 Algerian campaigns, including those of Mascara and Tlemcen. Between 1837 and 1839, Daumas resided in Mascara as consul and personally got to know the Emir of Mascara. While in Algeria, Daumas learned the Arabic language and became one of the French army's leading experts on Arab culture in North Africa. Tribesmen came to respect him for his skills on horseback. In April 1850 he became director of Algerian affairs at the Ministry of War in Paris. - Contemporary handwritten ownership by the French scholar Paulin Malosse to half-title. Occasional light foxing. A fine copy of this equestrian classic. - Mennessier de la Lance I, 349. Huth 178. Boyd/P. 33. Cf. Gay 1524. Not in Podeschi.…

Paris, Napoléon Chaix et Cie, 1848, in 8 de (4)-XV-443-(2) pp., rel. d'ép. demi-basane bleu-nuit, dos orné de quadruple-filets dorés, très bon ex. sans rousseurs, bien complet d'une grande carte lithographiée dépliante en couleurs placée à la fin de l'ouvrage. Éd. orig. peu courante de cette traversée imaginaire du Sahara, à une époque où aucun européen ne l'avait faite. Afin de décrire cet tinéraire imaginaire, les deux auteurs utilisèrent les informations obtenues en interrogeant des marchands arabes ayant voyagé au Soudan. On trouve in fine : un vocabulaire d'histoire naturelle rédigé par le docteur Lagger, et un Code de l'esclavage chez les musulmans.…