Bidspirit auction | (ISLAM). Johann Heinrich Hottinger. Historia

(ISLAM). Johann Heinrich Hottinger. Historia Orientalis [history of Islam]. Latin interspersed with Hebrew. pp. (15), (1 blank), 373, (22), (1 blank). Ex-library, some foxing. Recent boards. 4to. Zurich: Joh. Jacob Bodmer 1651 This work is curious in the respect that the Arabic texts are here presented in Hebrew characters. The probable explanation for this anomaly is that the printer possessed no Arabic fonts, so forcing Hottinger to make do with Hebrew typefaces. This work is curious in the respect that the Arabic texts are here presented in Hebrew characters. The probable explanation for this anomaly is that the printer possessed no Arabic fonts, so forcing Hottinger to make do with Hebrew typefaces.