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The foreword to this work, first published over a century ago,
provides the following recommendation: 'The narrative of Simon
Ockley, which Edward Gibbon characterised as instructive, and his
translation of Arabic MSS as 'learned and spirited', make his
'History of the Saracens' a fitting sequel to what has been offered
in this volume from Gibbon's great work.' The combined essence of
the writings of these two historians on Saracenic history, is here
combined in a single volume of unsurpassed scholarship. Its
republication will be welcomed by a wide readership.Simon Ockley
(1678-1720) was born in Exeter and educated at Cambridge where, in
1711, he became Professor of Arabic at the University. His great
work on the Saracens, published between 1708 and 1757, was the
result of years of study in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The
second part of the present volume is an abridgement of this
work.Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) is best known for his monumental
history 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. He was an
admirer of Ockley's early translations from Arabic sources.
Gibbon's own work forms the first part of the present work.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1848 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1868 Edition.
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believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
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++++ Beschreibung Der Sudlichen Barbarey Simon Ockley, Ludwig
Friedrich Vischer
With An Account Of Their Most Remarkable Battles, Sieges, Revolts,
Etc.Collected From Authentic Sources, Especially Arabic Mss.
With An Account Of Their Most Remarkable Battles, Sieges, Revolts,
Etc.Collected From Authentic Sources, Especially Arabic Mss.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Rich in titles on
English life and social history, this collection spans the world as
it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles
include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of
nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world
that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American
Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side
of conflict. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
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edition identification: ++++British LibraryT134350With a list of
subscribers. The 'Account of the Arabians .. of the life of
Mahomet, .. ' in vol.1 is by Roger Long. First published in 1708 as
'The conquest of Syria, Persia, and gypt, by the Saracens: .. ' -
The titlepage to vol. 2 has no edition statCambridge: printed for
the sole benefit of Mrs. Anne Ockley, by permission of Henry
Lintot, Esq;, 1757. 2v., plate; 8
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Rich in titles on
English life and social history, this collection spans the world as
it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles
include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of
nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world
that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American
Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side
of conflict. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++British LibraryT134350With a list of
subscribers. The 'Account of the Arabians .. of the life of
Mahomet, .. ' in vol.1 is by Roger Long. First published in 1708 as
'The conquest of Syria, Persia, and gypt, by the Saracens: .. ' -
The titlepage to vol. 2 has no edition statCambridge: printed for
the sole benefit of Mrs. Anne Ockley, by permission of Henry
Lintot, Esq;, 1757. 2v., plate; 8
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