Ancient alphabets and hieroglyphic characters explained : with an account of the Egyptian priests, their classes, initiation, and sacrifices / in the Arabic language by Ahmad bin Abubekr bin Wahshih ; and in English by Joseph Hammer.

Accession number

PML 151955

Creator

Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 9th cent.

Published

London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. and sold by G. and W. Nicol, 1806.

Credit line

Bequest of Julia P. Wightman.

Notes

Transliterated Arabic title reads: Shawq al-mustahām fī maʻrifatrumūz al-aqlām.

Description

21, 136 p. ; 22 cm

Provenance

From the library of Julia P. Wightman.

Binding

Contemporary calf. Presumably a hoax.

Classification

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