The Egyptian history, treating of the pyramids, the inundation of the Nile, and other prodigies of Egypt, according to the opinions and traditions of the Arabians written originally in the Arabian tongue by Murtadi, the son of Gaphiphus, rendered into French by Monsieur Vattier ... and thence faithfully done into English by J. Davies ...
- Title
- The Egyptian history, treating of the pyramids, the inundation of the Nile, and other prodigies of Egypt, according to the opinions and traditions of the Arabians written originally in the Arabian tongue by Murtadi, the son of Gaphiphus, rendered into French by Monsieur Vattier ... and thence faithfully done into English by J. Davies ...
- Author
- Murtaḍā ibn al-ʻAfīf, 1154 or 5-1237.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by R.B. for Thomas Basset ...,
- 1672.
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- Subject terms
- Egypt -- History -- To 640 A.D.
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"The Egyptian history, treating of the pyramids, the inundation of the Nile, and other prodigies of Egypt, according to the opinions and traditions of the Arabians written originally in the Arabian tongue by Murtadi, the son of Gaphiphus, rendered into French by Monsieur Vattier ... and thence faithfully done into English by J. Davies ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A51638.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
Contents
- title page
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To my Honoured Uncle, Mr. JOHN GRIFFITH Of
Llangwendraeth in the Coun∣ty ofCarmarthen. -
A TABLE Of the most remarkable things in the ensuing History of
Egypt. -
THE French Author's PrefaceRendred into English, Giving an account of the design of this Treatise, and its publishing. -
THE
PRODIGIES OF EGYPT According to theARABIANS. -
AN ABRIDGMENT OF The Second Part of the Book OF THE
PRODIGIES OF EGYPT. -
A CATALOGUE of Books printed for
Tho∣mas Basset, and are to be sold at his Shop at theGeorge nearCliffords Inne inFleet-street. - colophon