Johann Heinrich Hottinger. Historia Orientalis [history of Islam].

Auction 90 | Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 at 1:00pm

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Lot 144

(ISLAM).

Johann Heinrich Hottinger. Historia Orientalis [history of Islam].

Latin interspersed with Hebrew. pp. (15), (1 blank), 373, (22), (1 blank). Ex-library, some foxing. Recent boards. 4to.

Zurich: Joh. Jacob Bodmer 1651

Est: $300 - $500

This work is curious in the respect that the Arabic texts are here presented in Hebrew characters. The probable explanation for this anomaly is that the printer possessed no Arabic fonts, so forcing Hottinger to make do with Hebrew typefaces.