782 Arabic proverbs collected before 1817, with explanatory notes by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
782 Arabic proverbs collected before 1817, with explanatory notes by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
782 Arabic proverbs collected before 1817, with explanatory notes by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
782 Arabic proverbs collected before 1817, with explanatory notes by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
782 Arabic proverbs collected before 1817, with explanatory notes by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
782 Arabic proverbs collected before 1817, with explanatory notes by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
782 Arabic proverbs collected before 1817, with explanatory notes by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
782 Arabic proverbs collected before 1817, with explanatory notes by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt

782 Arabic proverbs collected before 1817, with explanatory notes 1830

Johann Ludwig Burckhardt

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  • A proposito di opere d'arte
    Arabic 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.
  • A proposito di opere artista
    Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, detto anche Ibrāhīm Ibn ʿabd Allāh (nato il 24 novembre 1784, Losanna, Svizzera – morto il 15 ottobre 1817, Il Cairo, Egitto) è stato un viaggiatore, geografo e orientalista svizzero. È noto soprattutto per aver riscoperto le rovine dell'antica città di Petra in Giordania. Burckhardt andò in Inghilterra nel 1806. Studiò arabo, scienze e medicina all'Università di Cambridge a Londra. Nel 1809 lasciò l'Inghilterra e si recò ad Aleppo in Siria per perfezionare le sue usanze arabe e musulmane. In seguito fece un viaggio nelle regioni a sud del Sahara, via Fezzan, oggi settore sud-occidentale della Libia. Durante il viaggio dalla Siria al Cairo nel 1812, scoprì l'importante sito archeologico di Petra, nell'odierna Giordania. Al Cairo non trovò nessuna carovana affidabile per Fezzan; quindi decise di risalire il Nilo. Così facendo ha scoperto l'imponente tempio rupestre di Abu Simbel. Poi viaggiò attraverso l'Arabia, visitando la Mecca. Tornò al Cairo dove morì, aspettando ancora la possibilità di attraversare il Sahara.

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