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Title

An essay upon the history of Sabeism

Authors

• Bock, Jean-Nicolas-Etienne, baron de, 1747-1809

Other related names

• Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809, former owner
• Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 1697
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 6293607
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6293607

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Origin

Date

1796

Place

England

Summary

Essay that focuses on the history and religion of the Sabaeans and the Druzes, with discussion of many other world religions and cultures such as those in India, Scandinavia, and Egypt.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (p. iii).
   

Extent

188 leaves : 198 x 160 (170 x 115) mm. bound to 205 x 172 mm

Foliation

Paper, 188 leaves; [v], 1-336, [xxxv]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary parchment. Front pastedown has come loose from board.

Layout

Written in 16 long lines.

Script

Written in a cursive script in the hand of Charles Rainsford.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Charles Rainsford (British army officer, fellow of the Royal Society, and alchemist); bequeathed by Rainsford to Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland.
   
• Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 615, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamps throughout).
   
• Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.
   

Subjects topical

• Druzes
• Occultism--Early works to 1800
• Sabaeans

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, English--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

• Text

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• Text

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Table of contents

• 337 — Blank leaves start
• 370 — Blank leaves end