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Africa: 2 ALVAREZ (Francisco) Historia de las Cosas de Ethiopia, en la qual se cuenta muy copiosamente el estado y potencia del Emperador della, &c. sm. folio, woodcut title (some margins wormed) Çaragoça, A. Millan, 1561 3 ANDERSON (C. J.) Lake Ngami; or, explorations and discoveries, roy. 8vo. map and sporting illustrations, hf. morocco 1856 4 BOTELER (Capt. T.) Narrative of a Voyage of discovery to Africa and Arabia, 1821-6, 2 vols. 8vo. map and plates, bds. 1835 Paris, 1848 5 D'AVEZAC, Isles de l'Afrique, 8vo. numerous plates, hf. bd. cloth 1882 Berlin, 1879 13 OWEN (Capt. W. F. N.) Narrative of Voyages to explore the shores of Africa, Arabia and Madagascar, 2 vols. in 1, map and plates, hf. calf 1833 14 PHILIP (J.) Researches in South Africa; illustrating the civil, moral 16 SIERRA LEONE, An account of the Colony of, 8vo. map, hf. bd. Including: El Latrodectus formidabilis de Chile; papers on the entomostraca, coleoptera, bees, fish, meteorites, etc. of Chili. America-continued. 18 BOURINOT (J. G.) Canada during the Victorian Era; a Historical Review, roy. 8vo. map and plates, cloth Ottawa, 1897 0 50 19 FORD (Paul L.) The New England Primer, a history of its origin and RARE This valuable State Paper was prepared for the secret instruction of the Viceroy and his successors in the due administration of the government, to enable them to secure just imposition of taxes, the verification of revenue receipts, and to control the entire financial system of the Mexican dominion. 21 GAY (José Antonio). Historia de Oaxaca. 2 vols., large Svo., with 2 plates; cloth, uncut Mexico, 1881 22 HARRISSE (H.) The Diplomatic History of America, its first chapter, 1452-1493-1494, 12mo. map, cloth 1897 Mr. Harrisse has been writing a monograph called "The Diplomatic History of America: its First Chapter, 1452-1493-1494." It consists of twenty chapters, descriptive of early diplomacy for the possession of the New World-treaties, demarcation lines, Papal bulls, and scientific theories, with a map showing at a glance the line of demarcation, as fixed by the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), according to Ferrer (1495), Cantino (1502), Enciso (1518), the Badajoz experts (1524), Ribeiro (1529), Oviedo (1545), and the Sevillian cartographers (1550), transferred on an English Admiralty chart. A hundred and seventy notes follow the text. 23 MARYLAND Historical Society. Archives of Maryland. 5 vols. thick 4to. sd. Baltimore, 1883 Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, 1637-1676, 2 vols. ; Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1678, 2 vols.; Judicial and Testamentary Business of the Provincial Court, 1637-1650. 24 MERCER (H. C.) The Hill Caves of Yucatan: A search for evidence of 26 TEZOZOMOC. Cronica Mexicana por Tezozomoc hacia 1598, anotada por Arabic: 27 ABCARIUS (John) English and Arabic Dictionary, roy. 8vo. cloth 29 ABULFIDA. hf. bd. 1 15 1 1 0 10 6 076 100 0 10 6 110 Mexico, 1858 076 0 12 0 Lips. 1786 020 330 Tārīkhu 1 Maliki 1 Mu'ayyad Ismail Abi 1 Fidă (Abulfeda's General History) in Arabic, 4 vols. in 2, small folio, (Constantinople ?) A.H. 1286 (1868) This is the only complete edition of the work. 30 ALF LAILA WA LAILA. The first Egyptian edition of the Arabian 200 020 rabic-continued. 32 ALF LAILA: Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, commonly 20s. Calcutta, 1814 34 ASMA I. Siratu t Tubba' Hann al Yamāni wa mā jarā lahu ma' Kalib (Romance of the early days of the Arabs, full of poetry), in Arabic, 4 vols. in 1, small 4to. plain MS.; bound About 1750 On the first page, after the preliminary Gloria, etc., the story begins with Kala 1 Asma'i wa Abū ‘Ubzida wa Jahainat al Yamani yarwūna zālik 'an Ka'b al Akhbār; and several other headings begin Kāla 1 Asma'i. On the title of the second part, the word Yamani is followed by wa ba'dahu Kalām az Zīr, and on that of the third the words are Al Jux' aç Ç'aliç min Kalām az Zīr al-Muhalhil. 35 BAGHAWI. Ma'alimu t Tanzil (The great Koranic Commentary of Muhyi us Sunnat Abu Muhammad Husain al Farra al Baghawi), in Arabic, folio, 1006 pp. lithographed in clear and handsome characters, the words of the sacred text larger than the rest; red leather binding Bombay, A.H. 1285 (1868) This is one of the most important works of its kind, and was composed about the beginning of the Christian twelfth century. 36 BAHA 'UD-DIN (Abú 'l-Mahásin bin Shaddád): Vita et Res gestæ SULTANI SALADINI, auctore Bohadino, Arab. et Lat., ed. Schultens, sm. folio, calf Lugd. Bat. 1732(-55) The value and authenticity of this history are universally recognized. The author, who is generally known in the East as Ibn Shaddád, was Cadi 'l-'Askar under the great Sultan, whose life he wrote. 37 BAIDAWI. Anwaru t Tanzil. Tafsiru 1-Kādi (Commentary on the 38 AL-BELADSORI, Liber expugnationis Regionum, ed M. J. de Goeje. Arabice, 41 AL BURDA. The Famous Poem on Muhammad, called The Mantle, Written by Muhammad Mu'azzam, about 1600 Halle, 1876 036 1 0 0 Lipsiae, 1834 42 CASPARI'S Arabische Grammatik, 8vo. hf. morocco 43*CORANUS, Arabice, ed. FLUEGEL, 4to. bd. 1873 44 DAMIRI. Hayata 1 Haiwan al Kubra (History of the Animal World by 45 DOZY (R. P. A.) Supplément aux Dictionnaires Arabes, 2 vols. royal Leyde, 1877-80 200 660 |