Oriental antiquities and general view of the Othoman customs, laws, and ceremonies
Subtitle: exhibiting many curious pieces of the eastern hemisphere, relative to the Christian and Jewish dispensations : with various rites and mysteries of the Oriental Freemasons
By: translated from the French of M. de M---- d'Ohsson ...
Contributors: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for the Select Committee and Grand Lodge of Enquiry
Published: 1788
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 593
Subjects: Islam -- Early works to 1800; Islamic law; Freemasonry -- Turkey -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Evans 21273
"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.
Comprises only the religious code of the Mahomethan legislation. A supplementary volume, completing the Mahometan legislation was published in Paris in 1820 by the author's son. Cf. Bibl. nat. Catalogue gén.
"L'histoire de même empire, qui devait former le [!] seconde division de ce grand ouvrage, existe en manuscrit, mais il n'est pas question de la publier." Quérard. La France littéraire.
Signatures: pi² A-4F⁴ [4G]1.