London, William Pickering, 1847, kl. in-8vo, engraved front.-portr. + CXXXIV + 1 ll. + 258 p., full calf binding, edges and floral border gilt, spine discolored & stained, book-cover with gilt decoration. 3 edges gilt.
The most well-known work of J. Selden that was posthumely published in 1689 by his secretary Milward. Selden was jurist, politician and one of the most important orientalists of his time. Our book is the most competent issue in the first edition. Afterwards it was several times published. Stolleis 574 ff.; Brit. Encycl. XX/295 f. Image disp.
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