OCKLEY, Simon

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OCKLEY, Simon
Histoire des Sarrasins, contenant leurs premières conquêtes, & ce qu'ils ont fait de plus remarquable sous les onze premiers Khalifes ou successeurs de Mahomet. Translated from English. Paris, chez Nyon fils, 1748. 2 volumes in-12 (171 x 98 mm) of CVIII, 505 pp. for volume I ; XXXVI, 484 pp. 1 f.n.ch. of errata for volume II. Ivory vellum, spine lise, title and tome respectively in red and green morocco (contemporary binding). See Blackmer, 1216 (note). First edition of the translation of this important work on the history of the Muslims. "Ockley's work is significant in two aspects: as the first attempt to write a continuous history of the Arabs in English and secondly because it is based largely on unpublished manuscript sources" (Blackmer). Nice copy.
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