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ASSEMANI, GIUSEPPE SIMONE. Bibliotheca orientalis. 3 vols. in 4. 1719-28. Volume 1 lacks the frontispiece.

ASSEMANI, GIUSEPPE SIMONE. Bibliotheca orientalis Clementino-Vaticana. [44], 648, [2]; [172], 546, [2]; [36], 709, [1]; [32], 963 pages, including half-title and errata leaf in each volume; lacks the frontispiece/span in Volume 1. 3 volumes in 4. Folio, 390x264 mm, contemporary vellum boards with ink shelf number on spines, soiled and worn overall with portions of top and bottom spine compartments missing, covers slightly warped, Volume 1 front joint cracked, cords intact, Volume 2 spine missing leather lettering piece; occasional browning and marginal dampstaining. Bookplates of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. wide-margined set./span Rome: typis Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719-28

  • Notes: first edition of the author's magnum opus, a monumental bio-bibliography of Syriac literature based on the manuscript holdings of the Vatican Library. Graf III, 451-53.

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