The lives and memorable actions of many illustrious persons of the Eastern nations : such as khalifas, sultans, wazirs, ... who have distinguish'd themselves, ... Extracted from the most authentick Oriental chronologers and historians. Never before Englished.
| Other author | Sale, George, 1697?-1736. |
| Other author | Morgan, J., active 1739. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : printed for J. Wilcox, 1739. |
| Description | 8 unnumbered pages, 300 pages ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| General note | This issue lacks a dedication and has an initial advertisement leaf which states that 'These short memorials .. was [sic] design'd, and begun to be translated into English, by the late ingenious Mr. George Sale'. |
| General note | Another issue lacks the advertisement leaf but has a dedication, signed: J. Morgan, which states that though 'The bookseller who purchased these loose papers [presumably Wilcox], fancies he has good grounds to believe they appertained to the late ingenious Mr. George Sale, .. yet not a syllable of this was his writing'. |
| General note | Morgan claims responsibility for 'in all about a fourth of the whole'. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT147003. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
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