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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  • Sobre 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.
  • Sobre artista
    Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, também chamado de Ibrāhīm Ibn ʿabd Allāh (nascido em 24 de novembro de 1784, Lausanne, Suíça - morreu em 15 de outubro de 1817, Cairo, Egito) foi um viajante, geógrafo e orientalista suíço. Ele é mais conhecido por redescobrir as ruínas da antiga cidade de Petra, na Jordânia. Burckhardt foi para a Inglaterra em 1806. Ele estudou árabe, ciência e medicina na Universidade de Cambridge, em Londres. Em 1809 ele deixou a Inglaterra e viajou para Aleppo, Síria, para aperfeiçoar seus costumes árabes e muçulmanos. Posteriormente, ele fez uma viagem às regiões ao sul do Saara, via Fezzan, hoje setor sudoeste da Líbia. Quando ele estava a caminho da Síria para o Cairo em 1812, ele descobriu o importante sítio arqueológico em Petra, na Jordânia moderna. No Cairo, ele não encontrou uma caravana confiável para Fezzan; portanto, ele decidiu subir o Nilo. Ao fazer isso, ele descobriu o imponente templo de pedra Abu Simbel. Em seguida, ele viajou pela Arábia, visitando Meca. Ele voltou para o Cairo, onde morreu, ainda esperando por uma chance de cruzar o Saara.

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