Hottinger, Johann Heinrich

Historia Orientalis Quae Ex Variis Orientalium Monumentis Collecta,

      Tiguri [i.e. Zurich]: Joh. Jacobi Bodmeri: , 1660. Rebound in half calf over marbled boards, raised bands; uncut, title and first few pages lightly browned, some minor spotting throughout. agit de Muhammedismo...De Saracenismo...Editio posterior et auctior, charactere novo Orientali nunc primum vestita. 4to, pp. [xx], 600, [24, index]; Arabic, Hebrew and Greek characters in the text. A survey of the major Eastern religions and their historical institutions, first published in 1651. Hottinger was Professor of Oriental languages at Zurich and at Heidelberg where he established an Arabic press. Smitskamp PO 380e.