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The Library Of Mohamed And Margaret MakiyaMakiya
19 April 2016 • London
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Sale Number: L16417
296 lots
1. The Improvement of Human Reason, exhibited in the life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan... newly translated from the original Arabick by Simon Ockley. London: W. Bray, 1711
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
2. The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan in Asia, Africa and Europe...translated by Charles Stewart. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
3. Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia. London: for the author, 1764
Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
4. Damascus and Palmyra: A Journey to the East. London: Richard Bentley, 1838
Estimate: 800 – 1,200 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
5. A Personal Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1888
Estimate: 600 – 900 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
6. A collection of 8 volumes in English, including:
Estimate: 700 – 1,000 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
7. A collection of 14 volumes in French, including:
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
8. A Pictorial Tour in the Mediterranean. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
9. Arabicae linguae novae, et methodicae institutiones. Rome: typis Sac. Cong. de Prop. Fide, 1650
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
10. A collection of eight editions in 64 volumes, comprising:
Estimate: 1,000 – 2,000 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
11. A collection of 94 volumes, including:
Estimate: 1,000 – 2,000 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
12. The Alif Laila or Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night... edited by W.H. MacNaghten. Calcutta: W. Thacker and Co., and London: W.H. Allen and Co., 1839-1842
Estimate: 600 – 900 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
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