The first part of the book is commercial in character, and in the second part the author treats of roots, rule of false, and algebra, the third part being devoted to geometry from the practical. Bcni bibliotheca catholica neerlandica impressa, 15001727 the hague, 1954 copinger w. Some editions contain only a few hundred nights, while others include 1,001 or. Bibliotheca is an elegant, meticulously crafted edition of the bible designed to invite the reader to a pure, literary experience of its vast and varied contents. Book 36 of diodorus siculus historical library, translated into english. Publishing house of the academy of the socialist republic of romania, bucharest, 1971. One thousand and one nights is a collection of middle eastern folk tales compiled in arabic. See table of contents for some information about how. Bibliotheca historica is a work of universal history by diodorus siculus. A complete set still existed in the imperial palace in. Inspired by creating a library for his fifteenthcentury. Full text of bibliotheca historica brandenburgica, scriptores rerum brandenburgicarum maxime marchicarum exhibens see other formats. The 1001 nights in the eighteenthcentury dutch republic. Bibliotheca alexandria access to knowledge toolkit ii the access to knowledge movement.
Ancient history, history, early works to 1800, world history, kings and. Molly moons incredible book of hypnotism by georgia byng not in english common. The bibliotheca classica will be closed from the 17 march in an effort to help contain the spread of covid19. I was disappointed to discover that was not possible with this book. The introduction gives great historical insight about the various tales. Bibliotheca, six are ascribed to apollodorus and only three to other authors. There are only a few detailed histories of persia from ancient greek historiography that have survived time. Although the amazon item description lists the book language as english, the book is written in latin and does not include an english.
The first six books are geographical in theme, and describe the history and culture of egypt, of mesopotamia, india, scythia, and arabia, of north africa, and of greece and europe. The first six books are geographical in theme, and describe the history and culture of egypt book. The most significant translation in one hundred years of one of. However, according to alnadim, the book contains only 200 stories. Opportunities, challenges and the road ahead first edition november 2009 edited by hala essalmawi. Amazons became an important subject of the fine arts around 1900, especially in the work of the munich painter and sculptor franz stuck 18631928.
Bibliotheca historica, volumes 12 burkhard gotthelf struve on. Stevens, henry published by boston, houghton mifflin 1870. The text is treated in classic typographic style, free. Greek text is rendered using the scholars press spionic font, free from here constructive feedback is welcomed to roger pearse. Diodorus siculus, book 36 fragments covering the period 104 98 b. I was hoping to read the english translation of all extant volumes of diodorus siculus bibliotheca historica by purchasing this book.
The text is treated in classic typographic style, free of all added conventions such as chapter and verse numbers, section headers, cross references, and marginalia. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. It consisted of forty books, which were divided into three sections. Copinger, supplement to hains repertorium bibliographicum, 3 vols. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages. Although the amazon item description lists the book language as english, the book. The alif laila or book of the thousand nights and one night, commonly known as the arabian nights. Tausendundeine nacht gallandhandschrift arabisches manuskript des 15. Aladdin, ali baba and other favourites penguin classics. In the next section, he recounts the history of the world starting with the trojan war, down to the death of alexander the great. Diodorus of sicily, a first century bc author, is the only one to have written a comprehensive. This index includes the titles of all publications listed in the primary bibliographies, together with their translations if given and variant wordings often found. The text history of the bibliotheca of pseudoapollodorus. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
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