The Oriental Collections; Consisting of Original Essays and Dissertations, Translations and Miscellaneous Papers Illustrating the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia
The Oriental Collections; Consisting of Original Essays and Dissertations, Translations and Miscellaneous Papers Illustrating the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1797 Excerpt: ...Geographical Persian MS. intitled A-lo_i_k or the Seven Climates. Tranflated by William Ouseley, Esq.------299 Mots d'ancien Egyptien qui fe trouvent inscrits fur une Antique de Bronze, de la Collection du Rev. Thomas Coxe, et dont l'empreinte fe voit Oriental Collections, Tom. I. p. 324. Expliques par M. l'Abbe ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1797 Excerpt: ...Geographical Persian MS. intitled A-lo_i_k or the Seven Climates. Tranflated by William Ouseley, Esq.------299 Mots d'ancien Egyptien qui fe trouvent inscrits fur une Antique de Bronze, de la Collection du Rev. Thomas Coxe, et dont l'empreinte fe voit Oriental Collections, Tom. I. p. 324. Expliques par M. l'Abbe Caperan--------302 Account of a large and valuable Collection of Oriental MSS. brought from Surat by Samuel Guise, Esq., and now to be fold, 311 Turkish Sonnet, by Fazouli, J-ds 316 Persian Sonnet, by Shefah, (Jli&--------ij Explanation of the Miscellaneous Plate-------318 Queries, Notices, Answers, &c.---------jr ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS.. 1798. The Oriental Emigration of the Hibernian Druids proved from their Knowledge in Aflro nomy, collated with that of the Indians and Chaldeans--From Fragments of Irish MSS. By Lieutenant-General Vallancey, L. L. D. F. R. S. M. R. I. A. &c---Continued from No. II. p. 121. 2. BlS, Beis, Baisc, Baischarm, a cycle. Ch. Pafu periodus. Arab, baus, an anniversary, the festival of Easter. Pers. bazi, a sphere; js (S)-i bazijirm, a celestial sphere; bazirt, an hour, a portion of a cycle. Ar. beza, Sol, duale Abevuin, duo dies, vel duo menses, (Gol.) which plainly (hews beza means a E E cycle. Pers.jlAJ piyaz, an onion, from its circular coatings; (see Siobal, Art. 21.) Ch. Q baz, Heb. 3 an egg, from its globular figure; tf/A an onion; (see Art. 24.) From Baifc comes Baifc-bhuidin, the golden cycle ornumber; (see Art 6.) Oisbeis% an epycycUj; (see Eas. Alt.) 3. Barbhis, Berbhis, a cycle, an anniversary, (Shawe.) The word appears to be compounded of the two former, but I find it to be an Egyptian word for an anniversary. Sheck Schemsedden Mohammed, in his book intitled The Wandering Stars, gives a description of t...
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1898
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32 full page plates including three folding plates; other illustr in text, 11 x 8.5, half leather, cloth, 403, 437 w/ indices, ex-lib with spine labels removed and blank bookplates, covers unevenly toned, top of spine of vol 1 chewed, hinges loose, extremities worn, scattered foxing (esp on plates), offprint from plates, ink corrections on pp 402/03 of volume 2 else a nice, scarce set. Does not contain the third and last volume.