Questo sito usa cookie di analytics per raccogliere dati in forma aggregata e cookie di terze parti per migliorare l'esperienza utente.
Leggi l'Informativa Cookie Policy completa.

Sei in possesso di una Carta del Docente o di un Buono 18App? Scopri come usarli su Maremagnum!

Rare and modern books

Prideaux, Humphrey.

Mahometto Den. [Translated by Tadasu Hayashi].

Tokyo, Higashi Kan'ichi, Meiji 9 [1876].,

4500.00 €

Inlibris Antiquariat

(Wien, Austria)

Ask for more info

Payment methods

Details

Author
Prideaux, Humphrey.
Publishers
Tokyo, Higashi Kan'ichi, Meiji 9 [1876].
Keyword
Middle East, incl. Arabian Gulf: History, Travels, Falconry and Horses
Languages
English

Description

8vo. 2 vols. 88, 47 ff. Original Japanese fukuro-toji bindings. First Japanese edition: the first Japanese book on the life of the prophet Muhammad, drawn from Prideaux's "The True Nature of Imposture Fully Display'd in the Life of Mahomet" (1697) and translated into Japanese by Hayashi Tadasu, later to become Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs. Rare as a complete two-volume set. - Bindings very slightly stained, otherwise fine. - Cf. Chauvin XI, 185f., 656ff. (other editions).