L'Arabie contemporaine avec la description du pèlerinage de la Mecque et une nouvelled carte géographique de Kiepert.Author: Adolphe d'Avril, Agent and Consul General for France in Romania.Publication details: Paris, 1868.1 volume (313 pages)The volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter.This is found at the back of the volume, beginning after page 313.Dimensions: 224mm x 142mm.
Voyage en Arabie & en d’autres Pays circonvoisins, volume one, authored by Carsten Niebuhr, with contributions from Peter Forsskål. Translated from German into French by Ferdinand Louis Mourier.Publication details: Printed in Amsterdam by S J Baalde, and in Utrecht by J van Schoonhoven and Company, 1776.Physical description: one of two volumes, Quarto, with numerous folded maps and plans.1 volume (409 pages)This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. There is also a list of illustrations and plans, giving titles and page references.Dimensions: 285mm x 240mm.
Voyage en Arabie & en d’autres Pays circonvoisins, volume two, authored by Carsten Niebuhr, with contributions from Peter Forsskål. Translated from German into French by Ferdinand Louis Mourier.Publication details: Printed in Amsterdam by S J Baalde, and in Utrecht by Barthelemy Wild, 1780.Physical description: the second of two volumes, Quarto, with numerous folded maps and plans.1 volume (389 pages)This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. There is also a list of illustrations and plans, giving titles and page references.Dimensions: 285mm x 240mm.
Obock, Mascate, Bouchire, Bassorah, written by Denis de Rivoyre, illustrated by Saint-Elme Gauthier.Publication details: Published by E Plon & Company, printers and editors, 10 Rue Garancière, Paris, 1883.Physical description: 292 pp; [14] leaves of plates (2 folded); illustrations and fold-out map.1 volume (290 pages)This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. This is found at the back of the volume, beginning after page 290.Dimensions: 180mm x 120mm.
Correspondence, minutes and memoranda regarding the Société Internationale d'Études du Chemin de Fer Transpersan's proposed bid for an option to construct a railway in Persia. Parts one and two of three.Topics covered:the proposed application by the Société Internationale d'Études for the option to construct a Trans-Persian Rail line;concessions for the Kerman Mining Concession and Persian Railway Syndicate;possible alignments for the rail line;areas of control for Britain, Russia and France;the point of access to the Persian Gulf;the military implications of the line for the Government of India.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject files was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part, listed by year. This is placed after the last piece of correspondence on file.1 volume (251 folios)The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 4045 (Trans-Persian Railway) consists of 2 volumes, with parts one and two comprising one volume, and part three comprising the second volume.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 253; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-251; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.