Lot 608
J. v. Hammer, Über die Länderverwaltung unter dem Chalifate. Berlin 1835.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
608
Category:
History, cultural history and miscellaneous
Artist:
Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall
Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph von: Über die Länderverwaltung unter dem Chalifate. Berlin: Kgl. Akademie der Wissenschaften 1835. 22 x 13,4 cm. XIV pp., 1 fol., 262 pp., 1 fol. (misprint). A relatively new wine-red half-linen book with marbled endpapers. Red spine label with gold lettering.
Goed. VII, 766, 89. – A copy that has been rebound and cleaned. Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall’s significance lies in his role in stimulating and spreading interest in the Orient – in particular, the history of the Ottoman Empire. The treatise ‘On the Administration of the Lands under the Caliphate’, which won an award from the Prussian Academy of Sciences, established Hammer-Purgstall’s scholarly reputation. See NDB VII, 593
Goed. VII, 766, 89. – A copy that has been rebound and cleaned. Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall’s significance lies in his role in stimulating and spreading interest in the Orient – in particular, the history of the Ottoman Empire. The treatise ‘On the Administration of the Lands under the Caliphate’, which won an award from the Prussian Academy of Sciences, established Hammer-Purgstall’s scholarly reputation. See NDB VII, 593