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OverviewThe Natural History of Aleppo, published first as a single volume in 1756 and as a two-volume edition in 1794, by Scottish physicians to the British Levant Company in Aleppo, Alexander and Patrick Russell, was a landmark in European knowledge of the Arab world. It was the first detailed study by a European of an Arab city, with a description of the topography, the inhabitants and the plant, and animal life in the neighbourhood. Maurits van den Boogert assesses the Russells' botanical and zoological discoveries and analyses the Natural History in the context of medical practices of the time both in Europe and the Ottoman Empire. He reconstructs their stay in Aleppo, their life in Britain, Patrick Russell's experiences in India, and their broader connections, as respected members of the Royal Society, with the world of learning at large. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Maurits van den Boogert (, School of History, Leiden University.)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 25.10cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 32.80cm Weight: 2.010kg ISBN: 9780199588565ISBN 10: 0199588562 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 23 September 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsLike previous publications from the Arcadian Library, Aleppo Observed is a beautifully and lavishly illustrated book that will be a joy for the connoisseur and a treasure for the scholar. Maurits H. van den Boogert's scholarship is impeccable, introducing the story of two Scottish Orientalists whose careers and attitudes demonstrate that European writings about the Islamic world at the time were not uniformly as 'bigoted and racist' as some followers of Edward Said believe them to have been. Gerald Maclean, Times Literary Supplement Like previous publications from the Arcadian Library, Aleppo Observed is a beautifully and lavishly illustrated book that will be a joy for the connoisseur and a treasure for the scholar. Maurits H. van den Boogert's scholarship is impeccable Gerald Maclean, Times Literary Supplement Although aspects of [the Russells'] work have been explored before ... a full length biography has been notably missing for some time. Boogert's elegantly written and informative book admirably fills this gap. Like previous Arcadian Library publications, the study is richly complemented by numerous illustrations from the Russells and their contemporaries. Simon Mills, British Journal for the History of Science Author InformationMaurits H. van den Boogert (PhD, Leiden 2001) studied Arabic at Leiden. He is the author of The Capitulations and the Ottoman Legal System (2005) and has (co-)edited four volumes, including The Republic of Letters and the Levant (2005with Alastair Hamilton and Bart Westerweek), and The Ottoman Capitulations: Text and Context (2003with Kate Fleet). Van den Boogert, who works as a publisher for Brill, is guest lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for Islamic Studies (LUCIS) and at Leidens School for History. He is also the Managing Editor of the Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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