[Rarebooks] FS: Joseph de Guignes: History of Huns, Turks, Mogols

[Kaaterskill Books]

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Deguignes, H. [Guignes, Joseph de]. ALLGEMEINE GESCHICHTE DER HUNNEN 
UND TURKEN, DER  MOGOLS UND ANDERER OCCIDENTALISCHEN TARTARN, VON UND 
NACH CHRISTI GEBURT BIS AUF JETZIGE ZEITEN. AUS DEN CHINESISCHEN 
BUCHERN UND ORIENTALISHCHEN  HANDSCHRIFTEN DER KONIGL. BIBLIOTHEK IN 
PARIS VERFASSET. AUS DEM FRANZOSISCHEN UBERSETST VON JOHANN CARL 
DAHNERT...[VOLS 1, 2, & 5 OF FIVE VOLUMES]. Trans. Johann Carl 
Dahnert. Greiswald: Anton Ferdinand Rose, 1768-1770. 40 + 647; 616; 
564, [4] pp. Illus. with engraved title vignettes and head and tail 
pieces. 8vo. Quarter calf over marbled boards.  For French version 
see Cordier Bibliotheca Sinica 2767. Brunet II, 567. Atabey 535. 
First edition in German.

Includes Volumes 1, 2, and 5. Volumes 1 and 2 include the general 
introduction and the complete History of the Turks and the Huns [the 
period through 1246]; (Volumes 3-4  which are not offered here, cover 
the Mogol Empire as well as the Kalmouks,  Mamaluks, Ottoman Turks, 
and others). Volume 5 contains genealogical tables of the rulers of 
Asia.

Joseph De Guignes (1721-1800) French orientalist, was interpreter of 
the Eastern languages at the Royal Library and held the chair of 
Syriac at the College de France. This work, originally published in 
1756-1758 in French, is one of the seminal works on Central Asia and 
"the most important account of the people of Asia published up to 
that time'' (Atabey), despite de Guignes' claim that "the Chinese are 
an Egyptian colony."

Extremities worn with paper loss at the edges (newer marbled paper 
laid over earlier paper), spines heavily rubbed but titles and 
decorations still easily legible, later typed paper labels with 
author's name and numerals, front joint split on v.1 and partially on 
v.5 though binding is still solid, small marginal dampstain to  fore 
edge of first 25 leaves of v.1; some offsetting, mainly to corners of 
endpapers, stamp of the  Library of the Russian Orthodox Academy on 
the title pages, front pastedown with book plates of K.I. Nevostrueva 
and A.I. Ward; leaves clean and unmarked, impressions sharp. Solid 
copies of rather hard to find volumes.    [29676] $1500.00

Regards,

Charles Kutcher
Kaaterskill Books
P.O. Box 122
East Jewett, NY 12424.
Phone: 518-589-0555.
Email: books at kaaterskillbooks.com
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