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General History of the Turks Vol. 2 1729
General History of the Turks Vol. 2 1729
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Author: Ebu?lga?zi? Bahadir Han, Khan of Khorezm
Title: An Account of the Present State of the Northern Asia Relating to the Natural History of Grand Tatary and Siberia...
Place Published: London
Publisher: Printed for Knapton
Date Published: 1729
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Volume 2 of 2 volumes. [3], 380-792, [4] pp. Folding map. (8vo) 20x12 cm (8x5") bound in library's maroon cloth, gilt spine. First Edition in English.



Volume 2 of The General History of the Turks, Moguls and Tartars...the first English edition of one of the earliest sources on the Tartars and Mongols. ESTC states that the original text, which was bought from a Bucharan merchant by Swedish officers taken prisoner at the battle of Pultawa in 1709, was in Jagatale, with title transliterated: Shajare-ye Tork. It first appeared in a French translation (Leyden, 1726). The first edition of the original Tartar manuscript followed in 1825. Atabey 5 (refers to this second copy); cf. Brunet I, 19; not in Blackmer. Scarce.

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Light wear to cloth with light sunning to spine; library stamps, etc. to rear endpapers, title page and map, map with closed tear along fold of bottom panel, interior solid with a bit of scattered light foxing; very good.
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