Bidspirit auction | D’HERBELOT, BARTHELEMY.

D’HERBELOT, BARTHELEMY. - Bibliothèque Orientale, ou Dictionnaire universel contenant tout ce qui regarde la connoissance des peuples de l'Orient. Second edition. pp. 30, 954. Lightly foxed. Later calf-backed marbled boards. Tall folio. Maastricht: J.E. Dufour and Ph. Roux 1776 Occupying the author for much of his life (1625-95), the work did much to open Arabic, Persian and Turkish literature to the West.