11-17-201311-17-2013
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November 17, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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Cardonne, Denis Dominique, editor (1720-1783) A Miscellany of Eastern Learning. Translated from Turkish, Arabian, and Persian Manuscrip

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2687BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 17, 2013 11:00AM

Description:

Cardonne, Denis Dominique, editor (1720-1783)A Miscellany of Eastern Learning. Translated from Turkish, Arabian, and Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the King of France. London: for Wilkie, 1771.
12mo, two volumes in one, in contemporary sheep, worn, ex libris F. Olcott, with his bookplate inside the front board, 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.
[and] Thomas Maurice's Observations Connected with Astronomy and Ancient History, Sacred and Profane, on the Ruins of Babylon, [bound with] Observations on the Remains of Ancient Egyptian Grandeur and Superstition, London: for the Author, sold by Murray, 1816 and 1818, illustrated with six full-page plates, in later buckram, some spotting and foxing, 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (2)
Estimate $300-500


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Keywords

Denis Dominique, London, editor, France, Thomas Maurice