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, Loix, Politique, Mœurs, Coutumes ; et les Révolutions de leurs Empires, etc. Par M. d’Herbelot. Nouvelle Edition, réduite et augmentée par M. D…. Membre de plusieurs Académies.

Short Title

Bibliothèque Orientale

Title in English

Bibliothèque Orientale, or Universal Dictionary containing all that makes the Peoples of the East known; their Histories and Traditions, both fabulous and true; their Religions and Sects; their Governments, Laws, Politics, Manners, Customs; and the Revolutions of their Empires, etc. By M. d'Herbelot. New Edition, reduced and increased by M. D.... Member of several Academies.

Printer

Moutard

Released place

Paris

Released date

1781

Author

Barthélemy d'Herbelot

Language

1080

Qur'an

citation

Qur'an structure

Suras

Pages

vol 1 (576 pages); vol 2 (591 pages); vol 3 (566 pages); vol 4 (555 pages); vol 5 (560 pages); vol 6 (608 pages)

Further notes

Sources

Arabic Type

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references:

Individuals

Nicolas-Toussaint des Essarts (editor); Antoine Galland (assistant; author; prefacer)

Descriptive card

A new edition, in six volumes, that was aimed at a lay but curious readership. The editor, Nicolas-Toussaint des Essarts, cut a number of entries he judged uninteresting, including those of "doctors and commentators of the Alcoran", while adding excerpts from travel accounts. Galland's "Paroles remarquables", added by the Hague edition, was kept. Available online : https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009789754

Entry author

Emmanuelle Stefanidis