B17839
Language code
lat, heb, ara
Shelfmark
Eb.8.21
Author
Hyde, Thomas
Title
Mandragorias, seu Historia shahiludii, viz. ejusdem origo, antiquitas, ususque per totum Orientem celeberrimus. Speciatim prout usurpatur apud Arabes, Persas, Indos, & Chinenses, cum harum gentium schematibus variis & curiosis, & militum lusilium figuris inusitatis, in Occidente hactenus ignotis. Additis omnium nominibus in dictarum gentium linguis, cum sericis characteribus & eorundem interpretationibus & sonis genuinis. De ludis Orientalium libri primi pars prima, quæ est Latina. Accedunt de eodem Rabbi Abraham Abben-Ezræ elegans poëma rythmicum: R. Bosenior Abben-Jachiæ facunda oratio prosaïca: Liber deliciæ regum ... De ludis Orientalium libri primi pars 2da, quæ est Hebraica. Horis succisivis olim congessit Thomas Hyde ... Præmittuntur de shahiludio prolegomena curiosa, & materiarum elenchus.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxonii :, E Theatro Sheldoniano,, 1694.
Physical description
[72], 184, [4], 71, [1], [16], 278p, plates (some folded) :, ill. ;, 8vo.
Note
Previously Dk.7.8.
Note
Text in Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic.
Note
In three parts.
Note
Half-title reading "De ludis orientalibus libri duo ...".
Note
Mis-bound: main title-page bound after 4 pages of prelims. of Part II, including title-page reading "Shahiludium traditum in tribus scriptis Hebraicis ...". 24pp of prelims. of Part I are followed by main section of Part II (71p). Part III (278p) follows, then main part of Part I (184p).
Citation/references note
Wing H3877
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Waddington bookplate; donated to Eton by Edward Waddington in 1731.
Binding
?18th century blind-stamped, panelled calf.
Subject
Games, Oriental, Early works to 1800.
Subject
Chess, Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr
Added entry--name
Ibn Yahya, Bonsenior
Added entry--name
Modena, Leone
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, former owner.
Added entry--place
England, Oxford.
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