Bibliothèque de M. le Baron Silvestre de Sacy .Tome Second. Sciences médicales et arts utiles, Psychologie ; Sciences morales ; Linguistique ; Littérature et Beaux- Arts ; Histoire littéraire. [ auction catalogue, sale dates: 6 -29 Avril 1846 ]

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Printed wrappers, 8vo, xxiii, 413, [1] pp. Lots 1796-3910 The second volume only of the three-volume auction catalogue for the sale of the library of Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838) a leading Orientalist and philologist. professor of Arabic at the École speciale des langues orientales vivantes, professor of Persian at the College of France, and curator of oriental manuscripts of the Bibliothèque Royale. This was the most important oriental library ever assembled by an individual and this second volume of the catalogue is focussed on de Sacy's collection of books on languages and literature which included many great rarities. The catalogue remains valuable for the careful and detailed descriptions by Romain Merlin. Brunet: "Une véritable bibliographie de la littérature orientale, et particulièrement des langues hébrai que, arabe et persane."- Manuel du libraire, t. 5. Backstrip largely rubbed away, otherwise a Very Good unopened copy. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-20354

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