Herbelot (Barthelémy d'). Bibliothèque orientale, ou dictionaire universel contenant généralement tout ce qui regard la connoissance des peuples de l'orient, 1st edition, Paris: Compagnie des libraires, 1697, half-title, title-page in red and black, incomplete (lacking leaves H2-3), closed tear and marginal repair to F1, occasional browning, a few marks, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco label, front joint cracked but firm, slight loss to foot of spine, folio (38.7 x 24.2 cm) (Qty: 1) Atabey 572-4 for other editions. Herbelot's great encyclopaedia of the Islamic world was in large part adapted from the Kashf al-Zunun of 17th-century Ottoman scholar Katip Çelebi.
Herbelot (Barthelémy d'). Bibliothèque orientale, ou dictionaire universel contenant généralement tout ce qui regard la connoissance des peuples de l'orient, 1st edition, Paris: Compagnie des libraires, 1697, half-title, title-page in red and black, incomplete (lacking leaves H2-3), closed tear and marginal repair to F1, occasional browning, a few marks, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco label, front joint cracked but firm, slight loss to foot of spine, folio (38.7 x 24.2 cm) (Qty: 1) Atabey 572-4 for other editions. Herbelot's great encyclopaedia of the Islamic world was in large part adapted from the Kashf al-Zunun of 17th-century Ottoman scholar Katip Çelebi.
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