Oriental antiquities, and general view of the Othoman customs, laws, and ceremonies : exhibiting many curious pieces of the Eastern Hemisphere, relative to the Christian and Jewish dispensations; with various rites and mysteries of the Oriental Freemasons. Dedicated to the King of Sweden. Translated from the French of M. de M---- d'Ohsson, Knight of the Royal Masonic Orders of Vasa--Templars--Malta--Philippine--Ros a Crucian &c.--Secretary to the King of Sweden; formerly his interpreter and charge d'affairs at the Court of Constantinople.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mouradgea d'Ohsson, Ignatius, 1740-1807.

Standardized Title:

Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic law.

Islam--Early works to 1800.

Islam.

Freemasonry--Turkey--Early works to 1800.

Freemasonry.

Islam--History--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi,[1],593,[1]p., [2]leaves of plates ) ill. ;

Other Title:

Oriental antiquities, and general view of the Othoman customs, laws, and ceremonies

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed for the Select Committee and Grand Lodge of Enquiry, M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]

Notes:

"This work is divided into two parts entirely distinct and separate from each other: the one comprehends the Mahometan legislation, the other the history of the Othoman Empire."--p. 5-6.

The present volume comprises the religious code of the Mahometan legislation only. A supplementary volume completing the Mahometan legislation was published in Paris in 1820 by the author's son.

Running title: The religious code.

Plates engraved by P. Lambert "as the act direct 1789 London." -.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Evans, 21273

English Short Title Catalog, W28812.

OCLC:

642786252