Mandragorias, seu, Historia shahiludii : viz. ejusdem origo, antiquitas, ususque per totum Orientem...
Mandragorias, seu, Historia shahiludii : viz. ejusdem origo, antiquitas, ususque per totum Orientem celeberrimus : speciatim prout usurpatur apud Arabes, Persas, Indos, & Chinenses, cum harum gentium schematibus variis & curios, & militum lusilium figuris inusitatis, in Occidente hactenùs ignotis : additis omnium nominibus in dictarum gentium linguis, cum Sericis characteribus & eorundem interpretationibus & sonis genuinis : de ludis Orientalium libri primi pars prima, quae est Latina : accedunt de eodem Rabbi Abraham Abben-Ezrae elegans poëma rythmicum : R. Bonsenior Abben-Jachiae facunda oratio prosaïca : liber Deliciae regum prosâ, stylo puriore, per innominatum : de ludis Orientalium libri primi pars 2da, quae est Hebraïca / horis succisivis olim congessit Thomas Hyde ... ; praemittuntur de shahiludio prolegomena curiosa, & materiarum elenchus.
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Publisher
Oxonii : E. theatro Sheldoniano, 1694.
Date
1694.
Call Numbers
RB/1245
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Language
- Latin
- Hebrew
Hebrew
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Physical Description
Physical content
2 v. in 1 ([72], 184, [4], 71, [1]; [16], 278, [2] p., 3 folded leaves of plates) : ill. ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Publication information
Publisher
Oxonii : E. theatro Sheldoniano, 1694.
Analytical title
Historia shahiludii.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1694.
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Full title
Mandragorias, seu, Historia shahiludii : viz. ejusdem origo, antiquitas, ususque per totum Orientem celeberrimus : speciatim prout usurpatur apud Arabes, Persas, Indos, & Chinenses, cum harum gentium schematibus variis & curios, & militum lusilium figuris inusitatis, in Occidente hactenùs ignotis : additis omnium nominibus in dictarum gentium ling...
Variant title
Historia shahiludii.
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Notes
General note
'Delicia regis' ascribed to Leone da Modena. Cf. Encyc. Judaica. Berlin, 1928-34, v. 8, col. 933.
Half title: De ludis orientalibus libri duo ....
Second part of v. 1 has special t.p.: Shahiludium trad itum in tribus scriptis hebraicis, quae sunt Rabbi Abra ham Abben-Ezrae ...
Signatures: a-c⁴ (a)-(f)⁴ A-Z⁴ pi² ²A-I⁴ ²[a]⁴ ²b⁴ ³A-2M⁴ (2M4 blank)
Vol. 2 has title: Historia nerdiludii, hoc est dicere, trunculorum; cum quibusdam aliis Arabum Persarum, Indorum, Chinensium, & aliarum gentium ludis .......
Citation / References Note
Linde, A. Geschichte und lit. Schachspiels, I, p. 88-89.
Linde-Niemeijeriana 173.
Wing H3877.
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RB/1245
Record Identifier
74VvvRkkdogg
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794.1
MMS ID
991007472579702626
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