Title

Bibliothèque orientale, ou Dictionnaire universel : contenant generalement tout ce qui regarde la connoissance des peuples de l'Orient

Full title

Bibliothèque Orientale, ou, Dictionaire universel: contenant généralement tout ce qui regarde la connoissance des Peuples de l’Orient: leurs Histoires et Traditions véritables ou fabuleuses: leurs Religions, Sectes et Politique: leurs Gouvernement, Loix, Coûtumes, Moeurs, Guerres, et les Révolutions de leurs Empires: leurs Sciences, et leurs Arts: leurs Théologie, Mythologie, Magie, Physique, Morale, Médecine, Mathé- matiques, Histoire naturelle, Chronologie, Géographie, Observations Astronomiques, Grammaire, et Réthorique: les Vies et Actions remarquables de tous leurs Saints, Docteurs, Philosophes, Historiens, Poëtes, Capitaines, et de tous ceux qui se sont rendus illustres parmi eux, par leur Vertu, ou par leur Savoir: Des Jugemens critiques, et des Extraits de tous leurs Ouvrages: de leurs Traitez, Traductions, Commentaires, Abregez, Recüeils de Fables, de Sentences; de Maximes, de Proverbes, de Contes, de bons Mots, et de tous leurs Livres écrits en Arabe, en Persan, ou en Turc, sur toutes sortes de Scie

Short Title

Bibliothèque orientale

Title in English

Oriental Library, or, Universal Dictionary: containing generally all that concerns the knowledge of the Peoples of the East: their Histories and Traditions true or fabulous: their Religions, Sects and Politics: their Government, Laws, Customs, Manners, Wars, and the Revolutions of their Empires: their Sciences, and their Arts: Their Theology, Mythology, Magic, Physics, Morals, Medicine, Mathematics, Natural History, Chronology, Geography, Astronomical Observations, Grammar, and Rhetoric: the Lives and Remarkable Actions of all their Saints, Doctors, Philosophers, Historians, Poets, Captains, and of all those who have made themselves illustrious among them, by their Virtue, or by their Knowledge: Critical judgments, and Extracts of all their Works: of their Treatises, Translations, Commentaries, Abridgments, Collections of Fables, Sentences; of Maxims, Proverbs, Tales, Good Words, and of all their Books written in Arabic, Persian, or Turkish, on all sorts of Sciences, Arts, and Professions

Printer

Released place

Maastricht

Released date

1776

Author

Barthélemy d’Herbelot de Molainville

Language

2982

Qur'an

Qur'an structure

Suras

Pages

Further notes

Sources

Arabic Type

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references:

Individuals

Zichy Jenő (poss.)

Descriptive card

This is a late 18th-century reprint, not the 1697 first edition. Large folio format with title page printed in red and black.

Entry author

Gyöngyi Oroszi