Shelfmark
Eb.8.21
Author
Title
Mandragorias, seu Historia shahiludii, viz. ejusdem origo, antiquitas, ususque per totum Orientem celeberrimus. Speciatim prout usurpatur apud Arabes, Persas, Indos, & Chinenses, cum harum gentium schematibus variis & curiosis, & militum lusilium figuris inusitatis, in Occidente hactenus ignotis. Additis omnium nominibus in dictarum gentium linguis, cum sericis characteribus & eorundem interpretationibus & sonis genuinis. De ludis Orientalium libri primi pars prima, quæ est Latina. Accedunt de eodem Rabbi Abraham Abben-Ezræ elegans poëma rythmicum: R. Bosenior Abben-Jachiæ facunda oratio prosaïca: Liber deliciæ regum ... De ludis Orientalium libri primi pars 2da, quæ est Hebraica. Horis succisivis olim congessit Thomas Hyde ... Præmittuntur de shahiludio prolegomena curiosa, & materiarum elenchus.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxonii : E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1694.
Physical description
[72], 184, [4], 71, [1], [16], 278p, plates (some folded) : ill. ; 8vo.
Note
Previously Dk.7.8.
Note
Text in Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic.
Note
In three parts.
Note
Half-title reading "De ludis orientalibus libri duo ...".
Note
Mis-bound: main title-page bound after 4 pages of prelims. of Part II, including title-page reading "Shahiludium traditum in tribus scriptis Hebraicis ...". 24pp of prelims. of Part I are followed by main section of Part II (71p). Part III (278p) follows, then main part of Part I (184p).
Citation/references note
Wing H3877
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Waddington bookplate; donated to Eton by Edward Waddington in 1731.
Binding
?18th century blind-stamped, panelled calf.
Subject
Games, Oriental Early works to 1800.
Subject
Chess Early works to 1800.
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Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Language code
lat heb ara
Identifier
B17839