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The lives and memorable actions of many illustrious persons of the Eastern nations, such as khalifas, sultans, wazirs, or Prime-Ministers, Generals, Philosophers, Poets, &c. who have distinguish'd themselves, either by War, Learning, Humanity, Justice, &c. Extracted from the most authentick Oriental chronologers and historians. Never before Englished.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biographical fiction, English--Early works to 1800.
- Biographical fiction, English.
- Genre:
- Bibliographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([8],300p. )
- Other Title:
- Lives and memorable actions of many illustrious persons of the Eastern nations,
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for J. Wilcox, at Virgil's Head, opposite the New Church in the Strand, M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739]
- Notes:
- This issue lacks a dedication and has an initial advertisement leaf which states that 'These short memorials .. was [sic] design'd, and begun to be translated into English, by the late ingenious Mr. George Sale'.
- Another issue lacks the advertisement leaf but has a dedication, signed: J. Morgan, which states that though 'The bookseller who purchased these loose papers [presumably Wilcox], fancies he has good grounds to believe they appertained to the late ingenious Mr. George Sale, .. yet not a syllable of this was his writing'.
- Morgan claims responsibility for 'in all about a fourth of the whole'.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T147003.
- OCLC:
- 642447732
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