ISBN: 9781850771838 - arabic proverbs: or the manners and customs of the modern egyptians, illustrated from their proverbial sayings current at cairo, translated and explained (16 Ergebnisse)

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Hardback. Zustand: New. New ed of 1830 ed. Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784 - 1817) was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1806 he first travelled with an African Association expedition to explore the interior of Africa. Three years later he was in North Africa, where disguised as an Arab, he travelled widely, becoming so fluent in Arabic dialects and customs that he passed as an Arab merchant, travelling in 1814 to Mecca, a city forbidden to non-Muslims. Arabic Provers, first published in 1830, is a collection of proverbial sayings, originally compiled by Sheref Addin Ibn Asad, in Cairo, at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Burckhardt translated and annotated these sayings in the hope that they might "interest and gratify the Orientalist". The work provides an intriguing insight into the manners of customs of Egyptians two-hundred years ago.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. vii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Facsim of: ed. published London: Murray, 1830. Proverbs in Arabic, translation and commentary in English.

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Hardcover. Zustand: new. Hardcover. Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784 - 1817) was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1806 he first travelled with an African Association expedition to explore the interior of Africa. Three years later he was in North Africa, where disguised as an Arab, he travelled widely, becoming so fluent in Arabic dialects and customs that he passed as an Arab merchant, travelling in 1814 to Mecca, a city forbidden to non-Muslims. Arabic Provers, first published in 1830, is a collection of proverbial sayings, originally compiled by Sheref Addin Ibn Asad, in Cairo, at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Burckhardt translated and annotated these sayings in the hope that they might "interest and gratify the Orientalist". The work provides an intriguing insight into the manners of customs of Egyptians two-hundred years ago. First published in 1830, is a collection of proverbial sayings, originally compiled by Sheref Addin Ibn Asad, in Cairo, at the beginning of the 18th century. Burkhardt translated these sayings in hope that they might 'interest and gratify the Orientalist'. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardback. Zustand: New. New ed of 1830 ed. Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784 - 1817) was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1806 he first travelled with an African Association expedition to explore the interior of Africa. Three years later he was in North Africa, where disguised as an Arab, he travelled widely, becoming so fluent in Arabic dialects and customs that he passed as an Arab merchant, travelling in 1814 to Mecca, a city forbidden to non-Muslims. Arabic Provers, first published in 1830, is a collection of proverbial sayings, originally compiled by Sheref Addin Ibn Asad, in Cairo, at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Burckhardt translated and annotated these sayings in the hope that they might "interest and gratify the Orientalist". The work provides an intriguing insight into the manners of customs of Egyptians two-hundred years ago.…

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