The lives and memorable actions of many illustrious persons of the Eastern nations, [electronic resource] : such as Khalifas, Soltans, Wazirs, or Prime-Ministers, Generals, Philosophers, Poets, &c. Who have distinguish'd themselves, either by War, Learning, Humanity, Justice, &c. Extracted from the most authentick Oriental chronologers and historians. Never before Englished.
1739
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The lives and memorable actions of many illustrious persons of the Eastern nations, [electronic resource] : such as Khalifas, Soltans, Wazirs, or Prime-Ministers, Generals, Philosophers, Poets, &c. Who have distinguish'd themselves, either by War, Learning, Humanity, Justice, &c. Extracted from the most authentick Oriental chronologers and historians. Never before Englished.
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London : printed for J. Wilcox, at Virgil's Head, opposite the New Church in the Strand, M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[12],300p. ; 12⁰.
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This issue lacks an initial advertisement leaf, and has a dedication, signed: J. Morgan, which states that though 'The bookseller who purchased these loose papers [presumably Wilcox], fancies he has good grounds to believe they appertained to the late ingenious Mr. George Sale, .. yet not a syllable of this was his writing'.
Morgan claims responsibility for 'in all about a fourth of the whole'.
Another issue lacks the dedication and has an initial advertisement leaf which states that 'These short memorials .. was [sic] design'd, and begun to be translated into English, by the late ingenious Mr. George Sale'.
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Morgan claims responsibility for 'in all about a fourth of the whole'.
Another issue lacks the dedication and has an initial advertisement leaf which states that 'These short memorials .. was [sic] design'd, and begun to be translated into English, by the late ingenious Mr. George Sale'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T98736.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Sale, George, 1697?-1736.
Morgan, J., fl. 1739.
Morgan, J., fl. 1739.
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