782 Arabic proverbs collected before 1817, with explanatory notes 1830
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Papel
28 ⨯ 22 cm
Actualmente no disponible a través de Gallerease
- Sobre la obra de arteArabic proverbs, or the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, illustrated from their proverbial sayings current at Cairo, translated and explained ...
London, John Murray (colophon: printed by C. Roworth), 1830. Large 4to (28 x 22 cm). With a large folding engraved map of the Sinai, the Holy Land and parts of Egypt and Syria, showing Burckhardt's travels, and a few small woodcut illustrations in the text. Set in roman and italic type with the proverbs also in the original Arabic. Mid-19th-century half tan calf, spine with gold-tooled bands.
First edition of a ground-breaking trove of 782 Arabic proverbs, published here in the original Arabic with English translations and (sometimes extensive) explanations of their meaning. Burckhardt took some from a collection assembled by the Egyptian scholar Shered ad-Din Ibn Assad, adding others "as he heard them quoted in general society or in the bázár ... Several Scriptural sayings and maxims of ancient sages will be found here naturalized among Arabs; as well as some Proverbs which have generally been supposed of European origin" (preface). This makes the present publication an essential primary source for Islamic, Egyptian and Arabic oral history, preserving popular proverbs collected before 1817.
The Swiss explorer, orientalist and archaeologist Burckhardt (1784-1817) travelled through Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Nubia and the Arabian Peninsula, and rediscovered the ancient city of Petra. Disguised as an Arab, he crossed the Red Sea to Jeddah under the name "Sheikh Ibrahim", passed an examination in Muslim law and participated in a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina.
With bookplate. Endpapers browned, slightly affecting the title-page, last page and folding map, but otherwise in very good condition. Binding somewhat worn and scuffed, but structurally sound. An expert Arabist's annotated collection of Arabic sayings, giving insights into Arabic culture.
Gay 1963; Howgego, 1800-1850, B76. - Sobre el artistaJohann Ludwig Burckhardt, también llamado Ibrāhīm Ibn ʿabd Allāh (nacido el 24 de noviembre de 1784 en Lausana, Suiza - murió el 15 de octubre de 1817 en El Cairo, Egipto) fue un viajero, geógrafo y orientalista suizo. Es mejor conocido por redescubrir las ruinas de la antigua ciudad de Petra en Jordania. Burckhardt fue a Inglaterra en 1806. Estudió árabe, ciencias y medicina en la Universidad de Cambridge en Londres. En 1809 salió de Inglaterra y viajó a Alepo, Siria, para perfeccionar sus costumbres árabes y musulmanas. Posteriormente emprendió un viaje a las regiones al sur del Sahara, a través de Fezzan, ahora el sector suroeste de Libia. Cuando estaba en el camino de Siria a El Cairo en 1812, descubrió el importante sitio arqueológico de Petra, en la Jordania moderna. En El Cairo no encontró una caravana confiable a Fezzan; de ahí que decidió viajar por el Nilo. Al hacerlo, descubrió el imponente templo de roca de Abu Simbel. Luego viajó por Arabia, visitando La Meca. Regresó a El Cairo donde murió, todavía esperando la oportunidad de cruzar el Sahara.
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