Title

Bibliothèque orientale

Full title

Bibliothèque Orientale, ou Dictionnaire universel contenant tout ce qui fait connoître les Peuples de l’Orient. Leurs Histoires et Traditions tant fabuleuses que véritables. Leurs Religions et leurs Sectes. Leurs Gouvernemens, Politique, Loix, Mœurs, Coûtumes, et les Révolutions de leurs Empires. Les arts et les Sciences, la Théologie, Médecine, Mythologie, Magie, Physique, Morale, Mathématiques, Histoire Naturelle, Chronologie, Géographie, Observations Astronomiques, Grammaire, et Réthorique. Les Vies de leurs Saints, Philosophes, Docteurs, Poëtes, Historiens, Capitaines, et de tous ceux qui se sont rendus illustres par leur Vertu, leur Sçavoir ou leurs Actions. Des Jugemens critiques et des Extraits de leurs Livres, Écrits en Arabe, Persan ou Turc sur toutes sortes de Matieres et de Professions.

Short Title

Bibliothèque orientale

Title in English

Oriental Library, or Universal Dictionary containing all that makes the Peoples of the East known. Their Histories and Traditions, both fabulous and true. Their Religions and their Sects. Their Governments, Politics, Laws, Manners, Customs, and the Revolutions of their Empires. The Arts and Sciences, Theology, Medicine, Mythology, Magic, Physics, Morals, Mathematics, Natural History, Chronology, Geography, Astronomical Observations, Grammar, and Rhetoric. The Lives of their Saints, Philosophers, Doctors, Poets, Historians, Captains, and of all those who have made themselves illustrious by their Virtue, their Knowledge or their Actions. Critical judgments and extracts from their books, written in Arabic, Persian or Turkish on all sorts of subjects and Professions.

Printer

J. Neaulme & N. van Daalen

Released place

The Hague

Released date

1777

Author

Barthélemy d'Herbelot

Language

1078

Qur'an

citation

Qur'an structure

Suras

Pages

Further notes

Sources

Arabic Type

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references:

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Individuals

Barthélémy d'Herbelot (author); Antoine Galland (assistant; author; prefacer); Jean Néaulme (editor; librarian); Nicolaas Van Daalan (editor; librarian); Claude Visdelou (author); Albert Schultens (author); Johann Reiske (annotator)

Descriptive card

New edition of the BO in three volumes plus a fourth volume of additional material. An "avertissement des libraires" details the changes made to the first edition (mainly the systematisation of the alphabetical order and the generalisaiton of the gregorian calendar). Additional material in the fourth volume were penned by three authors. Claude Visdelou prepared the following additional material : "Observations sur ce que les historiens arabes et persiens rapportent de la Chine et de la Tartarie"; "Histoire abrégée de la Tartarie"; "Monument de la religion chrétienne trouvé par hazard dans la ville de Si-Ngnan-Fu, métropole de la province de Xensin en Chine"; "Description de l'Empire romain selon les Chinois"; "Description abrégée de l'empire de la Chine en forme d'une lettre écrite à S.A.S. le prince Eugène de Savoie". Antoine Galland's "Paroles remarquables et maximes des orientaux", originally published in 1694, were added. Finally, the fourth volume ends with notes and observations on d'Herbelot's original entries by Albert Schultens (1743-1793), who used Johann Reiske's (1716-1774) annotations in his personal copy of the BO.

Entry author

Emmanuelle Stefanidis