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

Estimate: $300–$500
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 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.

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

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