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ORIENTAL AND HEBREW LITERATURE,

COMPRISING CHIEFLY WORKS IN THE

Arabic, Persian, Sanscrit, and Hebrew Languages.

For Dictionaries and Grammars of the Oriental and Jewish Languages, see the class Language. Voyages and Travels, and Works on Oriental Subjects in living languages will be found in subsequent Classes.

ABD-ALLATIF, Relation de l'Egypte, suivie de divers Extraits d'Ecrivains Orientaux, et d'un Etat de l'Egypte dans le XIVe siècle, traduit et enrichi de notes par Silvestre de Sacy, 4to. neat in russia, £1.8s Paris, Impr. Roy. 1810 ABULFEDÆ Annales Muslemici, Arabice et Latine, studiis J. J. Reiskii, edidit J. G. C. Adler, 5 vols. 4to. neat, scarce, £10. 10s Hafnia, 1789-94 "Ouvrage important, et difficile à trouver complet." Brunet. "The best general guide to inquiries into Moslem History, with which we are acquainted." Mill's Muhammedanism. ABULFEDE Historia Ante-Islamica, Arabice et Latine, e duobus Codicibus Bibliothecæ Reg. Paris. edidit, Notis et Indicibus auxit H. Ö. Fleischer, 4to. sd. 13s 6d Lips. 1831

- Tabulæ Geographicæ, Arabice et Latine, cum Notis Wüstenfeld, 8vo. sd. 7s Gott. 1835 ABULPHARAGII sive Bar-Hebræi Chronicon Syriacum, Syriace et Latine, e Codicibus Bodleianis descripserunt, verterunt, notisque illustraverunt P. J. Bruns et G. G. Kirsch, 2 vols. 4to. bds. £1. 11s 6d Lips. 1789

the same, 2 vols. 4to. hf. bd. calf neat, £1. 16s ib. 1789

"Ma di tutte queste opere, la piu grande, la piu dotta, la piu utile, la piu stimata, quella che fa piu onore al suo nome e alla sua memoria, è certamente la sua Cronica."-De Rossi.

Historia compendiosa Dynastiarum, Arabice et Latine, cum supplemento ad nostra tempora, edente Pocockio, thick 4to. fine copy, vellum, Oxon. 1663 idem, 4to. old calf, (presentation copy to R. Pocock, with Autograph), 15s

15s

Specimen Historiæ Arabum, Arab. et Lat. cum Notis Ed. Pocockii, Oxon. 1648 & 50-Boecleri Elogium Christ. Forstneri, Argent. 1669.Lersner, de Congressibus et Colloquiis principum, Argent, 1669-Geneva Restituta (written anonymously by Fred. Spanheim) 1665-in 1 vol. sm. 4to. neat in vellum, 14s

The Arabians say Abulpharagius was the prince of sages, the most excellent of the excellent, the model of his times, the glory and phoenix of the age. ABU MANSSUR Abdu'lmelik Ben Mohammed Ben

Ismail, Ettseâlebi aus Nisabur; Der vertraute Gefährte des Einsamen, etc.; übersetzt und erläutert durch G. Flügel und J. von Hammer, (in Arabic and German) 4to. (sells for £2. 5s) sd. £1. 1s Wien, 1829 AHMEDIS ARABSIA DÆ Vitæ et Rerum gestarum Timuri, qui vulgo Tamerlanes dicitur, historia, Arabice et Latine, edidit S. H. Manger, 2 vols. 4to. hf. bd. calf, uncut, £1. 8s Leov. 1767

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the same edition, LARGE PAPER, 2 vols. 4to. very neat in Dutch calf, £1. 18s Franeq. 1767

AL ASHBAHO wa al Nazair, a Treatise on Mohammedan Law, originally compiled by Zein al Abdin Ibne Najim, edited by Munshi Ramdhan Sen; in Arabic, royal 4to. very neat, £1. 4s

Calcutta, 1826 ALCORANUS, Arabice et Latine, cum Notis atque Refutatione Marraccii, 2 vols. folio, old calf, £3. 3s Patavii, 1698 the same, 2 vols. fine copy in calf, £3. 13s 6d the Refutatio and Text, without the Prodromus, folio, Oriental binding, £1.5s ib. 1698 Arabice, ad optimorum Codicum fidem edita ex Museo Abr. Hinckelmanni, Hamb. 1694

Michalis (C. B.) Dissertatio Philologica de Historia Linguæ Arabicæ, Hale, 1706—in 1 vol. 4to. vellum, £1. 10s

Marraccii Prodromi ad Refutationem Alcorani, 4 thick vols. 12mo. vellum, (titles wanting) 14s Roma, 1691

KORAN, commonly called the Alcoran of Mahommed; translated into English, with Explanatory Notes and a Preliminary Discourse, by Sale, 4to. plates, best edition, very neat, 18s

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the same, 4to. plates, russia extra, £1. 10s 1734 another edition, 2 vols. 8vo. map and plates, very neat, 168 1764 another edition, 2 vols. 8vo. map and plates, calf extra, 18s Bath, 1795 another edition, 2 vols. 8vo. map and plates, fine copy in old gilt calf, broad gold borders, £1. 1s

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1801 another edition, 2 vols. 8vo. map and plates, bds. 13s 1825 the same, 2 vols. 8vo. neatly hf. bd. calf, marb. edges, 15s 1825 the same, new edition, 2 vols. 8vo. (pub. at £1. 4s) cloth, 15s 1836

the same, in 1 vol. 8vo. (pub. at 12s) cloth, 7s "You will surely be attracted to a second consideration of the work of Sale, by the candour, the reasonableness, and the great knowledge of the subject which that excellent author appears everywhere to display."-Smyth's Lectures.

LE CORAN, traduit de l'Arabe, précédé d'un abrégé de la Vie de Mahomet, par Savary, 2 vols. 12mo. uncut, 6s Amst. 1786 TURPIN, Histoire de l'Alcoran, 2 vols. 12mo. old French red morocco, royal arms on the sides, gilt edges, beautiful copy, 16s Lond. 1775

"The Koran contains most sublime poetical passages, far surpassing European poetry.”—Byron. ALI EBN ABI TALEBI, Sententiæ, Arabice et Latine; e codicibus manuscriptis descripsit, Latine vertit, et annotationibus illustravit Cornelius van Waenen, 4to. calf gilt, marhled edges, £1. ls Or. 1806

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ALI'S Hundert Sprüche, Arabisch und Persisch | BIBLIA HEBRAICA, cum Punctis, cum Var. paraphrasirt von Reschideddin Watwat; he- Lect. Kennicotti et De Rossi, ed. Doederlein et rausgegeben, übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen Meisner, 2 vols. sm. 4to. LARGE PAPER, hf. bd. begleitet von Fleischer, 4to. sd. 78 Leipzig, 1837 russia, £1. 4s Lips. 1793 AMERICA.-Relation de l'Amerique; Ouvrage Hebraica (sine Punctis), or the Hebrew ScripTurc, composé sur diverses relations des Eu- tures of the Old Testament, without points, ropéens, in Turkish, small 4to. with curious wood- after the text of Kennicott, accompanied with cuts, bds. £1. 16s Constantinople, N. d. English Notes, selected from the most approved ARABIAN NIGHTS, in Arabic.-Tausend und Biblical Critics, by Boothroyd, 2 vols. in 1, eine Nacht, Arabisch, nach einem Tunes. MS. 4to. hf. bd. calf, £1. 5s Pontefract, 1810-16 herausgegeben; nebst Verzeichniss der in den Wörterbüchern fehlenden Wörter, von. M. Habicht, 12 vols. 12mo. sd. £4. 10s Berl. 1825-33

in English-See English Books.
ARA-ISH-I MUHFIL, or the History of Hatim-I
Ta, EE. in Hindoostanee, 4to. calf, 7s 6d
Calcutta, 1805

ASIATIC JOURNAL-See English Books.
AVICENNÆ Opera (Libri V. Canonis Medicina)
Arabice, 2 vols. folio, Oriental binding, £2. 10s
Roma, 1593

"Edition rare en France."-Frunce. AYEEN AKBERY; or the Institutes of the Emperor Akber, translated from the original Persian (of Abul-Fazel) by Gladwin, 2 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, £1. Is 1800

A description of the whole Indian Empire, written by order of the Emperor Akber. "Perhaps no book in the republic of letters contains so much information in so small a compass."-Clarke. BABER'S Memoirs-See English Books. BESCHI'S Adventures of the Gooroo Paramartan ; a Tale in the Tamul Language, with an English Translation, and a comprehensive Vocabulary, by Benj. Babington, 4to. hf. bd. 18s Lond. 1822 BIBLIA HEBRAICA, cum Targum Commentario Rabbinico, Megilloth, in one thick volume, folio, first Hebrew Bible with a Rabbinical Commentary, fine copy, in the original wooden binding, extremely rare, £3. 3s Venetiis, Bomberg, 1517 Hebraica, cum Punctis, recensita variisque Notis illustrata a Van der Hooght, thick 8vo. very neat, £1. 16s Amst. 1705

Hebraica, (sine Punctis) accurante Nath. Forster, bound in 2 vols. 4to. red morocco extra, joints, gilt edges, £1. 11s 6d Oron. 1750 "The most elegant and correct of the Anti-Masoretic Bibles."-Dr. Adam Clarke.

Hebraica, cum notis criticis et versione Latina, ad notas criticas facta; accedunt libri Graeci, qui Deutero-Canonici vocantur, authore C. F. Houbigant, 4 vols. folio, calf, very neat, £5. 5s Paris, 1753

"Cette édition estimée, et dont l'exécution est belle, n'a été tirée qu'à 500 exemplaires."-Brunet.

The Old Testament, English and Hebrew, with
Remarks critical and grammatical on the He-
brew, and corrections of the English, by A.
Bayly, 4 vols. royal 8vo. neat in calf, £2. 28
London, 1774

In this edition the Hebrew proper names are accented

as they ought to be pronounced, according to the Ma

soretic points.

Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum, cum variis lectionibus, edidit Benj. Kennicott, 2 vols. royal folio, very neat in calf, Judge Blackstone's copy, £5.5s Oxonii, 1776-80

"This edition contains a vast treasure of Hebrew learning; which, judiciously applied, will contribute more to rectify and restore the Hebrew text than all the methods hitherto practised."-Dr. Henry Owen.

"This edition is peculiarly interesting to the Hebrew scholar and critic, as it contains, in a condensed form, the substance of the most valuable and expensive works. The type is very clear, and the poetical part of the Hebrew Scriptures are printed in Hemistichs, according to the arrangement proposed by Bp. Louth, and adopted by Abp. Newcome."-Horne.

Hebraica, cum Punctis, recensita atque illus-
trata a Van der Hooght, editio nova recognita
et emendata a J. d'Allemand, thick 8vo. cloth
bds. 15s
Lond. 1844

the same, bound in russia, £1. 4s
the same, FINE PAPER, cloth, £1. 1s
Hebraica, sine Punctis, Leusdeni, 18mo. very
neat, 10s 6d
Amst. 1701

For Bibles in other Oriental Languages--See Class
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BIDPAY-See Pilpay.

BOHADINI F. Sjeddadi Vita et Res gestæ Sultani
Saladini; nec non Excerpta ex Historiis Abul-
fedæ et Saladini, Arabice et Latine, edidit Alb.
Schultens, folio, neat, £1. 5s Ludg. Bat. 1732
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Throne, in Bengalee, 8vo. calf, 7s 6d

Serampore, 1802
CAAB Ben Soheir, Carmen in laudem Muhammedis:
una cum Motenabbii Carm. grat. et Carmine ex
Hamasa, utroque inedito; curavit Freytag,
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CASIRI, Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispanica Escurial.-
See Bibliography.
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SEVEN MISCELLANEOUS volumes, some with the pronunciation, 4to. 8vo. and 16mo. in a parcel, £1. ls

See also Books of Prints, pages 84 and 261.
CHINESE Chronicle by Abdalla of Beyza, by S.
Weston, 8vo. bds. 3s 6d
1820

CHRISTA-SANGITA, or the Sacred History of
Jesus Christ, in Sanscrit Verse; book I, the
Infancy, with an Introduction in English, 8vo.
hf. bd. 7s

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Paris, Impr. Roy. 1838 FRANK'S Vjasa, über Philosophie, Mythologie Literatur und Sprache der Hindu, parts, 4to. sd. 10s 6d München, 1826-30 FREYTAGII Selecta ex Historia Halebi e Codd. Arab. bib. Regiæ Parisiensis (Arab. et Lat.) royal 8vo. sd. Paris, 1819 HAMMER PURGSTALL'S Geschichte des Osmanischen Reichs, 4 vols. 8vo. second edition, sd. £2. 8s Pesth, 1836

Geschichte der Osmanischen Dichtkunst, mit Blüthenlese aus 2200 Dichtern, 4 vols. 8vo. sd. £2.18s ib. 1836-38 Geschichte der schönen Redekünste Persiens, mit Blüthenlese aus 700 Dichtern, 4to. sd. 16s Wien, 1818

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Gemäldesaall der Lebens-Beschreibungen grosser Moslemischer Herrscher, 6 vols. 8vo. sd. £1. 15s Darmst. 1837-9 Geschichte der Ilchane, d. i. der Mongolen in Persien, 2 vols. 8vo. £1. 8s ib. 1842-4 Geschichte der Goldnen Horde in Kiptschak, das ist die Mongolen in Russland, 8vo. sd. £1. Pesth, 1840

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Calcutta, 1809-14 "Ouvrage précieux pour les Orientalistes."

Brunet.

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"The most learned work upon the religion of the ancient Persians which has yet appeared."-Butler. Syntagma Dissertationum quas olim auctor doctiss. separatim edidit: accesserunt nulla ejusdem Opuscula hactenus inedita, cum appendice de Lingua Sinensi, etc. à G. Sharpe, 2 vols. 4to. plates, neat, £2. 10s Oxon. 1767 de Ludis Orientalibus libri II., 2 vols. in 1, sm. 8vo. plates, neat, 10s 6d ib. 1694

These volumes comprise all that has been written on the Game of Chess by the Orientalists, in the original languages, with Latin Translations.

IBN CHALLIKANI Vitæ illustrium Virorum; e pluribus Codd. MSS. inter se collatis nunc primum Arabice edidit, var. Lect. Indicibusque locupletissimis instruxit F. Wüstenfeld, 10 parts, 4to. sd. £3. 13s 6d Gott. 1835-37 INAYAH, a Commentary on the Hidayah, a work on Mohummudan Law, compiled by Mohummud Akmulooddeen, Ibn Muhmood, Ibn Ahmudonil Hunufee, edited by Moonshee Ramdhun Sen, 3 vols. 4to. in Arabic, sd. £4.4s Calcutta, 1830-37 INCERTI Auctoris Liber, de Expugnatione Memphidis et Alexandriæ, vulgo adscriptus Abo Abdalla Mohammedi; Arabice, cum Annotat. edidit. Hamaker, 4to. new calf gilt, £1. Is Lugd. Bat. 1825 JABLONSKI Pantheon Ægyptiorum-See Language "Egyptian.'

JONES (Sir W.) Poeseos Asiaticæ Commentarii, 8vo. neat, 88 Lond. 1774

Works-See English Books. KEMPPERI Amanitates Exotica-See Natural History.

KHALFA (Haji) Lexicon Bibliographicum et Encyclopædicum, Arab. et Lat. Commentario et Indicibus instruxit G. Fluegel, 2 vols. 4to. sd. £3. Leipzig, 1835-38 the same, translated into English-See Oriental Translation Fund, No. 59. KHIRUDUFROZ; a translation of the Uyar Danish of Abool Fuzi into Hindostanee, 4to. calf, 7s 6d Calcutta, 1805 KIEN-LUNG, the Conquest of the Miao-Tse, by Weston, royal 8vo. 6 plates of Chinese characters, bds. 5s 1810 KHRISHNA Misri Prabodha Chandrodaya, Comoedia, Sanscrite et Latine, edidit H. Brockhaus, fasciculus prior continens Textum Sanscritum, 4to. sd. 3s 6d Lips. 1835 LAILI Magnum, a Persian Poem of Hatifi, sm. 4to. printed in imitation of Manuscript, ruled with red and gold lines, with illuminated borders, richly bound in old red morocco, gilt edges, £1. 11s 6d Calcutta, 1788

LANGLES, Monumens de l'Hindoustan-See Books, of Prints.

LOWTH, de Sacra Poesi Hebræorum, subjicitur
Metricæ Harianæ, brevis confutatio, 4to. neat in
old calf, 78 6d
Oxon, 1753
Lectures on Hebrew Poetry, 8vo. cloth, 7s 1839

"A most learned and elegant work, admired both at home and abroad."-Lowndes. LUTAIFI Hindee, or Hindoostanee Jest Book, containing a choice Collection of Humorous Stories, in the Arabic and Roman Characters, edited by W. C. Smyth, 8vo. bds. 5s 1821 MAHABHARUT, a Bengalee Poem, 4 vols. 16mo. bds. £1. 16s Serampore, 1801-3 MAILLA (J. A. M. de) Histoire générale de la Chine, traduite du Tong-Kien-Kang-Mou, publiée par l'Abbé Grosier, 11 vals. 4to. several hundred fine plates; with the autograph of William Beckford, Esq. French calf, neat, £2. 2s Paris, 1777-80 MAIMONIDIS More Nevochim, id est Doctor Perplexorum ad dubia loca S. Scripturæ ; Latine conversus a Buxtorfio, 4to. vellum, 12s

Basil. 1629 "One of the most valuable works of the learned Jewish Rabbi Maimonides; particularly for his exposition of the Mosaic laws."-Towneley's Bib. Lit.

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ab anno 971, usque ad 1453, Arabice et Latine, edidit J. D. Carlyle, 4to. bds. 9s Cantab. 1792 MÉMOIRES concernant les Chinois - See Early Voyages, article "China."

MEYER (Joh.) Chronicon Hebræorum Majus et

Minus, Hebr. et Lat.; Comment. perpet., cui
Notæ in V. T. lib. Hist. et plerosque Prophetas
min. insertæ sunt, illustravit: acced. Dissert.
tres. I. De Hist. S. divina Orig. et Infallib. II.
De ejusd. Integritate adv. R. Simonii Hist.
Crit. V. T. III. De Codice et Calculo Hebr.
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"In this highly esteemed work are inserted various treatises by Danzius, Rhenferd, Scheidius, and others, who have applied themselves to the illustration of the New Testament from the Jewish writings."-Horne, MICHAELIS Spicilegium Geographiæ Hebræoru exteræ post Bochartum, 2 vols. in 1, 4to. neat, Goett. 1769-80

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An important Repertory of Eastern Literature, consisting of curious fragments in the Persian, Arabic, and Turkish Languages; Dissertations on their various Dialects; Translations and Essays, in German, French, Latin, and English, by Von Hammer, De Sacy, Rosenmuller, Eichhorn, Ramussen, J. C. Rich, etc. MIRCHONDI Historia Gasnevidarum, Persice et Latine, Ex Cod. Berol. aliisque nunc primum edidit, Lect. Var. instruxit, Annotat. illustravit F. Wilken, 4to. sd. £1. 14s Berol. 1832 MISHCAT-UL-MASABIH; or a Collection of the most authentic Traditions of the Actions and Sayings of Muhammed; exhibiting the Origin of the Manners and Customs, the Civil, Religious, and Military Policy of the Muslemans; translated from the Arabic, by Capt. Matthews, 2 vols. impl. 4to. bds. uncut, £2. 5s

Calcutta, 1809-11 the same, 2 vols. impl. 4to. calf extra marbled edges, £3. 8s ib. 1809-11

These traditions constitute the second authority of Musselman law, and are considered as a supplement to the Koran. "The only complete work in the English language on these traditionary laws is a translation of the Mishcat-ul-Masabih, a class-book in Musselman colleges. It contains the most important and authentic traditions of Muhammed, compiled from all preceding collections."-Mills.

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Oriental Translatious-continued,

16 MISCELLANEOUS TRANSLATIONS FROM ORIENTAL LANGUAGES, Vol. I. 8vo. 8s

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THE TUHFAT-UL-MUJAHIDIN; a History of the
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