HOTTINGER, JOHANN HEINRICH. Historia Orientalis [history of Islam]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(ISLAM)

printer

Joh. Jacob Bodmer

Place

Zurich

Publication

1651

Description

Latin interspersed with Hebrew

summary

This book 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 had no Arabic fonts, forcing Hottinger to make do with Hebrew typeface

pp. (15), (1 blank), 373, (22), (1 blank). Ex-library, some foxing. Modern boards. 4to

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