De Vita et Rebus Gestis Mohammedis.

AUCTION 77 |
Thursday, January 17th,
2019 at 1:00 PM
"K2" Online Auction: Printed Books, Holy Land Maps, Posters, & Jewish Graphic Art
Lot 1
ABU’L-FEDA, ISMAEL
De Vita et Rebus Gestis Mohammedis.
Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre 1723
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $300
An important work for the study of 18th-century Orientalism.
The author of this life of the Prophet Mohammed, Ismael Abu'l-Feda (1273-1331), from whose "Annals" this study is derived, was a Kurdish historian, geographer and local governor of Hama, Syria.