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Paris, Oriental Translation Fund, 1837-1842. First Edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. First and only edition of the French translation of al-Maqrizi's Kitab al-Suluk Fi Ma'rifat Duwal al-Muluk. 1837 Complete in two 4to volumes bound in elaborate gilt tooled green morocco, white silk endpapers. Ex Repton school library with a few ink stamps, spotting to titles and very lightly intermittently throughout, a few leaves creased or soiled but generally crisp and clean. 4to, Four volumes in two, Collates [ii], xix, [i], 253, [1,( errata)]; [iv], 278; [iv], 288; [iv], 324. Scarce

London: Printed for W. Nicoll, 1766. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. The Morality of the East First edition 1766. Using a wide ranging series of extracts from contemporary works - in particular Sale's translation of the Koran - the unknown compiler (possibly John Northouck (?) attributes the rise of Islam to a failure of Christianity in the Middle East, taking a Potestant and anti-Papist point of view. The extracts also focus on borderline taboo subjects of the period (divorce, women and marriage) in order to elicit sales. A rare work, bound with (and after) a First edition of Charles Howard, Duke of NorfolkThoughts, Essays, and Maxims, also a scarce and difficult work to find. Both works collate complete (vii) 4-143pp [1] and 133pp [1] (advert) respectively. Bound in period full calf, rebacked retaining the original spine with raised bands, gilt with morocco title label. Provenance - Armorial Bookplate of Sir Edward Blackett.