EARLY DANISH WORK ON THE MIDDLE EAST

STAUNING, JØRGEN.

Iagttagelser og Efterretninger om Orienten især Egypten og Arabien: uddragne af Harmars, Niebuhrs, Forskaals og Biörnstaahls Reisebeskrivelser, fornemmelig saavidt samme indeholde Besvarelser paa Michaelis Spørgsmaale og Bidrag til Bibelfortolkning (+) Iagttagelser over Arabien; uddragne af Niebuhrs Beschreibung von Arabien; for saavidt de besvare Michaelis Spørgsmaale (+)Iagttagelser over Egypten, uddragne af Hormars Beobachtungen über den Orient aus Reisebeschreibungen.

Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1787.

8vo. Uncut in a recent full green calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. A good copy. (12), 186, LXIV, 221, (3), 141 pp. 

Rare early Danish work containing a compilations of various works on the Middle East by Harmar, Niebuhr, Forsskäl and Björnstähl primarily with a focus their contributions in relation to Biblical studies – all works being forerunners of modern bible science that would begin to emerge a few decades later.
Also contained in the present work is, what presumably is, the first Danish translation of any part of Johann Michaelis ‘Fragen’ – his publication with 100 question which were the foundation of the famous Niebuhr-expedition.

Order-nr.: 60655