Mémoire sur les tribus Arabes des déserts de l'Égypte et les tribus Israélites qui ont occupé autrefois les mêmes déserts.

[Du Bois-Ayme, Jean Marie Joseph].

Verlag: [Foligno, Feliciano Campitelli], 1810.

Beschreibung

8vo. 126 pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards with giltstamped spine and blue morocco spine label. All edges marbled. Early account on the tribes of Egypt. A rare offprint from the "Déscription de l'Égypte", a compilation of the scientific results of Napoleon's Egyptian expedition published in 1809. The present work describes the main Bedouin tribes living in Egypt, including Tarabin, Néfahat, Ayaidi, Hannadi, Mahazi and Beni-Wassel. Also, it makes some observations on the noble Arabian horse, which is considered "more scarce in the deserts of Egypt than in those of the Hejaz and Syria". Prepared by Du Bois-Aymé (1779-1846), one of the leading scientists accompanying the expedition. - Rare variant edition (probably the first) with a slightly different title, also omitting the author's as well as the publisher's name from the title-page. Corners slightly bumped. Paper occasionally browned; light brownstaining near the end. Still a good copy. - OCLC 742830325. Cf. Gay 2011; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 194. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 60096

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Titel: Mémoire sur les tribus Arabes des déserts de...

Verlag: [Foligno, Feliciano Campitelli], 1810.

Einband: Hardcover