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BOULAINVILLIERS (Henri de). Histoire des arabes,...

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BOULAINVILLIERS (Henri de). Histoire des arabes, avec la vie de Mahomed. A Amsterdam, chez Pierre Humbert, 1731. Two volumes in 1 vol. in-12, [1] f., 168 p., [1] f., p.169-407, contemporary speckled tan calf, 5-ribbed spine, red title page, gilt fleurons, cold fillet framing the boards, gilt frieze at the edges, speckled red edges (lower board rubbed with small worm tract). Second edition of this work, the first volume of which contains a description of Arabia, and the cities of Mecca and Medina, as well as considerations on the mores of the Arabs; the second concerns Mahomet himself.