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Hunt, Thomas.

De usu dialectorum orientalium, ac praecipue Arabicae, in Hebraico codice interpretando. Oratio habita Oxonii, in scola linguarum, VII kalend. Martii, MDCCXLVIII.

Oxford, Sheldon for Richard Clements, 1748.,

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Author
Hunt, Thomas.
Publishers
Oxford, Sheldon for Richard Clements, 1748.
Keyword
Middle East, incl. Arabian Gulf: History, Travels, Falconry and Horses
Languages
English

Description

4to. (2), 34 pp. Modern marbled wrappers. All edges red. University oration on the usage of Arabic dialects, held by the noted Arabic scholar Thomas Hunt (1696-1774). Hunt studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and was chaplain to Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield. In 1738, he became the fourth Laudian Professor of Arabic, additionally becoming Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic in 1740 (the year in which he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society) and Regius Professor of Hebrew in 1747. - Many type specimens in Arabic, as well as some in Greek and Hebrew. Slight browning near beginning and end. A good, wide-margined copy. - Schnurrer I, 13. OCLC 1067273.
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