1876 Congres International des Orientalistes: Rendu de la Premiere Session. Paris - 1873. Tomes I et II.

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Scarce

In the original French, but with examples of text in Chinese, Akkadian, Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Arabic.

Volumes I and II of the publication of the first session of the 'Congres International des Orientalistes'. Gathering together work from various authorities on a variety of topics.

With discussion of ritual, religion, history and philosophy in the Orient.

With the publisher's front and rear wraps bound in.

Illustrated with four plates, one of which is folding.

With the bookplate of F. Diba to the front pastedown. Diba published a bibliography of Persia in 1981.

A fascinating insight into Oriental scholarship in the late nineteenth century.