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Full title continues: Leurs histoires et traditions veritables ou fabuleuses. Leurs religions, sectes et politique. Leurs gouvernement, loix, coûtumes, m urs, guerres, & les révolutions de leurs empires. Leurs sciences, et leurs arts; leurs théologie…Les vies et actions remarquables de tous leurs saints, docteurs, philosophes, historiens, poëtes, capitaines, & de tous ceux qui se sont rendus illustres parmi eux, par leur vertu, ou par leur savoir. Des jugemens critiques, et des extraits de tous leurs ouvrages, de leurs traitez, . & de tous leurs livres écrits en Arabe, en Persan, ou en Turc, sur toutes sortes de sciences, d'arts, & de professions / Par Monsieur d'Herbelot. A Paris: Par la Compagnie des Libraires MDCXCVII. Avec privilege du Roy. First edition. Folio. Pp [32], 1059, [1]. Contemporary full dark calf gilt, raised bands, red label, hinges cracked but sound, endpapers replaced, front blank present, edges speckled. Early initials to half title, HLBHM [?]. Ink mark to the outer corner of page 369, light scatted foxing, but overall a clean, crisp example of this foundational work of orientalist scholarship, collated complete and correct.
AuthorHERBELOT De
Date1697
BindingHardcover
PublisherParis: Compagnie des Libraires
ConditionGood

Price: £600.00

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