
Lot 37•
MÜLLER (ANDREAS) Opuscula nonnulla orientalia, 9 parts in 1 vol., Frankfurt ad Oderam, J. Völcker, 1695
3 December 2014, 14:00 GMT
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MÜLLER (ANDREAS)
Opuscula nonnulla orientalia, 9 parts in 1 vol., text in arabic and roman, general title with engraved vignette, 3 titles printed in red and black, early calf, rebacked in calf with gilt lettering [Cordier (Sinica) p.31], small 4to, Frankfurt ad Oderam, J. Völcker, 1695
Footnotes
The collected works on China and the Orient by German sinologist Andreas Müller (1630-1694). Includes his version, translated into both Arabic and Latin, of Banakati's Historia sinensis "which included an important account of Chinese printing" (Mungello, Curious Land... the Origins of Sinology, 1989, p.229).
Provenance: Godfrey Handel, with three-line note; "M Geludov Oeder", inscriptions on title.