[Rarebooks] FS: Classic work on Islamic law. Amsterdam: 1778

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Anquetil Duperron, Abraham-Hyacinthe. LEGISLATION ORIENTALE... en Turquie, en 
Perse et dans l’Indoustan, les Principes Fondamentaux du Gouvernement... 
Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey. 1778. 4to. (16),vi,312,(40)pp. Index. Complete with 
half-title and final blank. Woodcut vignette on title. Early 19th century half 
morocco, gilt, over marbled boards. Extremities somewhat rubbed. Outer hinges 
starting, but still quite sound.     $2,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Important work on law, politics and government in Turkey, Iran and India. It 
attacks the concept of Oriental despotism set forth by Montesquieu in his “
Lettres Pesanes,” 1721 and “De l’Esprit des Loix” in 1748.

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