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Literature and History
Lot 75

BOHADINUS (YUSUF IBN RAFFI IBN SHADDAD). 1145-1234.
SCHULTENS, ALBERT. 1686-1750. EDITOR.
Vita et res gestae Sultani, almalichi alnasiri, Saladini. Leiden: Jean le Mair, 1755.

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BOHADINUS (YUSUF IBN RAFFI IBN SHADDAD). 1145-1234.

SCHULTENS, ALBERT. 1686-1750. EDITOR. Vita et res gestae Sultani, almalichi alnasiri, Saladini. Leiden: Jean le Mair, 1755.
4 parts in one. Folio (315 x 195 mm). Title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, Arabic and Latin text in two columns. Dutch blindstamped vellum, inked title on spine. Vellum of upper joint cracked, light staining to covers.
Provenance: William Cureton, (1808-1854) English Orientalist (William Cureton note partially in Arabic on front paste-down); Viscount Mersey (1872-1956), Bignor Park (book label).

SECOND EDITION, reprinted from the Samuel Luchtmans edition of 1732. Bohadinus, as he was known, wrote the only contemporary first-hand account of the life of Saladin and his exploits during the Third Crusade. The translator, Albert Schultens, was a professor of oriental languages, and curator of oriental books and manuscripts at the Library of the University of Leiden. Gay 2238 (first edition); Schnurrer 175.

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