HERBELOT (Monsieur) [ e.a..] - BIBLIOTHEQUE ORIENTALE ou DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL, contenant tout ce qui regarde la connaissance des Peuples de l'Orient. Their history and traditions... - Their religions, sects and politics... - Their Sciences and Arts... etc. A Maestricht, Chez A.E. Dufour et Ph. Roux, Imprimeurs et Libraires, 1776, in-folio, blond half calf, smooth spine with large nerfs formed by large ornamented and gilded roulettes, sun shining between the nerfs; brown title page, speckled boards, 1f.bl., faux-titre, title, Discours pour servir de préface de Galand, XXI, pp 22-26: éloge de Mr. Herbelot et auteurs orientaux, text on 2 col. 954pp, 1f. bl. Ex. collated from the Biblio thèque de Mr. De BARANTE with his coat of arms. A fine copy.

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