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BARTHELEMY D' HERBELOT (1625-1695)
Bibliotheque Orientale ou Dictionnaire Universel contenant ... tout ce qui regarde la connoissance des peuples de l'Orient, Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1697. 2° (383 x 245mm.). Title printed in red and black, woodcut headpieces, initials and culs-de-lampe, half-title. (Half title with a short tear at inner margin, most of the volume very lightly browned). 19th-century half calf, spine gilt (slightly worn, upper cover detached). Provenance: Hudson Gurney (1775-1864), the celebrated Norfolk antiquary and verse-writer (his crest in top compartment of spine).
FIRST EDITION.
Bibliotheque Orientale ou Dictionnaire Universel contenant ... tout ce qui regarde la connoissance des peuples de l'Orient, Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1697. 2° (383 x 245mm.). Title printed in red and black, woodcut headpieces, initials and culs-de-lampe, half-title. (Half title with a short tear at inner margin, most of the volume very lightly browned). 19th-century half calf, spine gilt (slightly worn, upper cover detached). Provenance: Hudson Gurney (1775-1864), the celebrated Norfolk antiquary and verse-writer (his crest in top compartment of spine).
FIRST EDITION.
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