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Germany, 1526 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 16th C. No. printing details but According to Carl Gollner (Turcica: Die europaischen Turkendrucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts), only one copy recorded, printed in 1526. 12mo. One title leaf and 17 ff (together 36 pp) in old German. (Gollner: VD 16 no. 1881). This book is a propaganda against the Ottomans and seems that it deals with: how the German Reich should deal, i.e. defend itself against the Turks, discussing military measures that should be taken against the turks and how the costs of these military measures should be shared between the different social groups of the German society, defense of the christian region against the turks. But the contents is mainly about who should be made to contribute to the costs of this military action(s). The christian church, the vatikan, the different political states of germany and the different social groups in germany and what part of the costs these different group should take. Very good,… Read More

London: John Murray, 1838 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. FIRST ED. (VOL. 1): OMAN AND NAKAB EL HAJAR, (XVI), 446 PP WITH FRONTISPIECE, FOLDING MAP OF OMAN, AND 2 PLATES. (VOL. 2): (X), 472 PP, 8 PP ADVRT. WITH FRONTISPIECE, 1 MAP OF SINAI PENINSULA, 5 PLATES, 1 MAP OF THE RED SEA. COMPLETE UN CUTTED COPY IN ITS ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH MINOR TEARS IN THE SPINE. INSIDE: CRISP AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE AUTHOR WAS LIEUT. IN THE INDIAN NAVY..

19 individual photographs of different sizes, of which four are signed by Huda Sha'rawi including two dedicated and signed in Paris to Majd ed Din (Nasif). About 14 are studio photographs; most in Paris and some in Cairo including one in Egyptian local dress signed by Lekegian in Cairo. Huda Sha'rāwī; (June 23, 1879 – December 12, 1947) was a pioneering Egyptian feminist leader, nationalist, and founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union. Born into a wealthy family in Minya, she was the daughter of Muhammad Sultan, the first president of the Egyptian Representative Council. Sha'rawi spent her childhood and early adulthood secluded in an upper-class Egyptian harem. At the age of thirteen, she was married to her cousin Ali Pasha Sha'rawi. According to Margaret Badran, a "subsequent separation from her husband gave her time for an extended formal education, as well as an unexpected taste of independence." She was taught to read the Quran and received tutoring in Arabic and Turkish and Islamic subjects by… Read More