MENINSKI, Franciscus a Mesgnien (1623-1698). Lexicon Arabico-Persico-Turcicum. Vienna: Joseph Nobilis de Kurzbck, 178 0. ps 4 volumes, 2 (353 x 212mm). Half-titles to vols. II-IV, title to vol. I printed in red and black with engraved vignette. 3 folding engraved plates, engraved headpieces. (Lacking titles to vols. II-IV, without half-title to vol.I, generally browned.) Later morocco-backed boards (joints weak, extremities scuffed, tear to the paper of the upper cover of vol.I). Provenance: unidentified early inscription on verso of title, ink stamps to titles and half-titles).

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MENINSKI, Franciscus a Mesgnien (1623-1698). Lexicon Arabico-Persico-Turcicum. Vienna: Joseph Nobilis de Kurzbck, 178 0. ps 4 volumes, 2 (353 x 212mm). Half-titles to vols. II-IV, title to vol. I printed in red and black with engraved vignette. 3 folding engraved plates, engraved headpieces. (Lacking titles to vols. II-IV, without half-title to vol.I, generally browned.) Later morocco-backed boards (joints weak, extremities scuffed, tear to the paper of the upper cover of vol.I). Provenance: unidentified early inscription on verso of title, ink stamps to titles and half-titles).

New edition of Meninski's Thesaurus Linguarum Orientalium (Vienna: 1680), published under the auspices of Empress Marie-Therese of Austria, with new material by Baron de Jensch, Fr. de Kletzl and J. de Wallenbourg. Brunet III, 1633. (4)

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