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Middle East & Islamic World

Highlights of the life and career of the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia: Ibn Sa'ud

PHILBY, Harry St John Bridger. Arabian jubilee.
London, Robert Hale Limited, 1954. 8vo. With a portrait of king 'Abdul-'Aziz Ibn Sa'ud as the frontispiece, 1 map of Arabia in 1950, and 16 double-sided plates. Black cloth with title information in gold on spine. XIV, 280 pp. Full description

€ 400

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Bibliography & Biography Saudi Arabia

Abu Dhabi harbour in the 1970s

[PHOTOGRAPH - ABU DHABI]. [Photograph of a dhow in the harbour of Abu Dhabi with two large cranes in the background].
[Abu Dhabi, 1970s?]. Photo: ca. 50.5 x 63.5 cm; paper board: ca. 56 x 68.5 cm. A large photographic print in colour mounted on thick paper board. Full description

€ 5,000

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Photography UAE - United Arab Emirates

Rare photograph of three men praying in the Sahara

[PHOTOGRAPHY - ALGERIA]. Sahara Algérien - la prière.
[Ca. 1880]. One albumen print (ca. 21 x 27.5 cm). Mounted on grey/green cardboard (ca. 28 x 39 cm), with a black border around the albumen print. Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. [1] photograph. Full description

€ 400

Islamic Art, Culture & Science North Africa Photography

Captivating views of the Alhambra, produced for tourists visiting Granada

[PHOTOGRAPHY - ALHAMBRA]. MAUZAISSE, Charles (photographer). [Collection of 13 photographs of the Alhambra in Granada].
[Granada, ca. 1865]. All albumen photographic prints (18 x 24 cm) are mounted on black card stock (29.5 x 21 cm). [13] ll. Full description

€ 9,500

Architecture Islamic Art, Culture & Science Photography Spain

Rare photographs of a Nissan car show in the Middle East in the 1970s

[PHOTOGRAPHY - CAR SHOW]. Car show.
[1970s]. Eight photographs (all ca. 9 x 12.5 cm). Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. [8] photographs. Full description

€ 400

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Photography Saudi Arabia Technology

Collection of photographs of 19th-century Egypt, by the leading Orientalist photographer of the time

[PHOTOGRAPHY - EGYPT], SÉBAH, Jean Pascal. [Collection of 34 albumen prints of Egypt].
[Cairo?, 1888-1900?]. 34 albumen prints (ca. 22 x 27 cm) mounted on cream cardstock (ca. 28 x 35.5 cm). Full description

€ 4,000

Egypt Islamic Art, Culture & Science North Africa Photography

A 19th century souvenir album by the Zangaki brothers,
with 34 albumen prints of Egypt and its inhabitants

[PHOTOGRAPHY - EGYPT]. ZANGAKI BROTHERS. [Cover title:] Aegypten 1891.
[Egypt, Zangaki brothers, 1891]. Oblong album (31.5 x 41 cm). With 34 large albumen prints mounted on heavy cardstock leaves. Most of the photographs are numbered and captioned in French in the negative and signed 'Zangaki'. The last one is signed Sebah & Joallier. The Zangaki prints measure 22.5 x 28.5 cm; the Sebah & Joallier one is 20.5 x 26.5 cm. Original gold-stamped bubble-grained maroon cloth over boards. [36] ll. Full description

€ 3,500

Egypt North Africa Photography

20th-century engineering works and urban reconstruction in Iran

[PHOTOGRAPHY - ENGINEERING - IRAN]. [Collection of 19 engineering photographs in Iran].
[Iran, 1307-1308 AH (= 1928-1930 CE)]. Oblong album (24.5 x 29.6 cm). With 19 black and white photographs (ca. 23.1 x 17.1 cm) on thick dark blue/black paper. Mid-19th-century bright blue faux-leather, the front board features a pictorial on-lay within a rectangular frame, the illustration depicts a young woman in traditional costume holding a large ceramic vessel. The joints are laced through onto 2 supports. [9] ll. Full description

€ 12,500

City Plans, Topography & Views Iran / Persia Photography Technology

Rare late 19th-century photograph of two Bedouins engaged in falconry

[PHOTOGRAPHY - FALCONRY]. [Two Bedouins hunting with birds of prey].
[Ca. 1880]. One albumen print (ca. 22 x 27.5 cm). Tipped onto a stiff paper mount (ca. 40 x 30 cm). Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. Full description

€ 250

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Falconry, Fishing & Hunting Photography

Sterographs of the procession of the holy carpet, taken by American photographers in the late 19th century

[PHOTOGRAPHY - HOLY CARPET]. RAU, William Herman and Roddo York YOUNG (photographers). [Holy carpet].
[Early 20th century]. Various sizes. With two stereographic cards and one photographic print. Mounted on cardboard. [3] photographs. Full description

€ 300

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