Oriental antiquities, and general view of the Othoman customs, laws, and ceremonies: exhibiting many curious pieces of the Eastern Hemisphere, relative to the Christian and Jewish dispensations; with various rites and mysteries of the Oriental Freemasons. Dedicated to the King of Sweden. Translated from the French of M. de M---- d'Ohsson, Knight of the Royal Masonic Orders of Vasa--Templars--Malta--Philippine--Ros a Crucian &c.--Secretary to the King of Sweden; formerly his interpreter and charge d'affairs at the Court of Constantinople.
Mouradgea d'Ohsson, Ignatius,1740-1807.
Philadelphia : Printed for the Select Committee and Grand Lodge of Enquiry,
M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]
"This work is divided into two parts entirely distinct and separate from each other: the one comprehends the Mahometan legislation, the other the history of the Othoman Empire."--p. 5-6.
Plates engraved by P. Lambert "as the act direct 1789 London." -.
Running title: The religious code.
The present volume comprises the religious code of the Mahometan legislation only. A supplementary volume completing the Mahometan legislation was published in Paris in 1820 by the author's son.
ESTC
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