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bearbeitet durch eine Gesellschaft von Liebhabern., First edition of Europe's first orientalist journal. Contains contributions by various authors in German, French, Italian, Latin, Turkish, etc., such as "Über die Sternbilder der Araber, und ihre eigenen Namen für einzelne Sterne", "Arabische Volksräthsel", "Was steht von der Kritik für den Koran zu erwarten?", "Auszug eines Briefes über Corfu. Von Herrn Bartholdy an Hrn. von Hammer", "Streifzug Sultan Suleinan's des I. in die Steyermark [...]", "Ueber die Sprache und Schrift der Uiguren", "Ueber die Berbern", "Engelhardt's Besuch bei den Galga-Inguschen", "Pentateuch der Juden in Bachara", "Über die Talismane der Moslimen", "Entzifferung eines hieratischen Alphabets", "Beitrag zur Geschichte der Luftsteine", "Über die Vergleichung der muhammedanischen und christlichen Zeitrechnung", "Beitrag zur Geschichte der orientalischen Musik", "Über die Oasen der libyschen Wüste", "Hebräische Inschrift in der Burg zu Grätz", "Urkunde über die Abkunft eines arabischen Pferdes", "Inschriften türkischer und persischer Klingen", "Descrizione della Macedonia", "Gerichte in China", etc. - "Highly original, also in its exterior, is Hammer's richly illustrated journal published between 1809 and 1819 in six folio volumes (each volume in four issues, each with splendid engraved wrappers) 'Fundgruben des Orients'. Complete series of this journal have been sought by many a collector for years without success" (cf. Rabenlechner). - "With his journal 'Fundgruben des Orients' (6 vols., 1809-18) and his imitatory poems, Hammer unlocked mediaeval oriental literature for the West and thus also inspired Goethe's 'West-Eastern Divan'" (ÖL). - Very occasional duststaining (stronger in a few ff. and plates), brownstaining and waterstaining; a few slight edge defects. Slight defect to one plate (no loss to image), another plate bound rather closely at inner margin. Quire 43 (pp. 169-172) of vol. 1 bound twice; 2 ff. of vol. 5 trimmed. The missing engraving (vol. 5, issue 3: "Aus Mumiengemälden des k.k. Antiken-Kabinetts") is supplied in a facsimile copy. - Altogether a fine, untrimmed copy on superior paper (bluish in the last volume). Extremely rare; no complete copy in German or international auction records of the past decades., Main Heritage Shelves General, PJ25 .F86 1809 vol.5, Book, vol.5, Item-ID: i22669036, BIB-ID: 1508225 |
