Hunt, Thomas. De antiquitate, elegantia, utilitate, linguae Arabicae, oratio habita Oxonii, in schola linguarum, VII kalend. Augusti, MDCCXXVIII.

Oxford, Sheldon for Richard Clements, 1739.

4to. (2), 56, (2) pp. With engr. printer's device on t. p. Disbound.

 850.00

University oration on the Arabic language, its age, beauty, and usefulness, held by the noted Arabic scholar Thomas Hunt (1696-1774). Hunt studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and was chaplain to Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield. In 1738, he became the fourth Laudian Professor of Arabic, additionally becoming Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic in 1740 (the year in which he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society) and Regius Professor of Hebrew in 1747.

Many type specimens in Arabic, as well as some in Greek, Hebrew, and Syriac. Trimmed rather closely. Some foxing near beginning and end; t. p. shows punched library ownership ("Philadelphia Divinity School") and shelfmarks.

References

Schnurrer 12. OCLC 27855095.

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