Andre Du Ryer and Oriental Studies in Seventeenth-Century France [Hardcover]

Alastair Hamilton (Author), Francis Richard (Author)

List Price:	CDN$ 195.00
Price:	CDN$ 167.55 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details
You Save:	CDN$ 27.45 (14%)
	o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

Temporarily out of stock.
Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your account will only be charged when we ship the item.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. Gift-wrap available.

Product Details

Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Mar 5 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0197144020
ISBN-13: 978-0197144022
Product Dimensions: 32.5 x 24.9 x 3 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.6 Kg

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

See Complete Table of Contents

Product Description

Review

"...[a] monumental book, very beautifully produced" --Ahmad Gunny, Journal of Islamic Studies September 2005

"...this outstanding work of scholarship." --Ahmad Gunny, Journal of Islamic Studies September 2005

Review from other book by this author: "A beautifully produced and richly illustrated book" --Arab Culture and Ottoman Magnificence in Antwerp's Golden Age by Alastair Hamilton, Arcadian Series No.2, OUP 2001 Robert Irwin, Times Literary Supplement

"Hamilton's erudition, grasp on an immense range of problems and intimate knowledge of an impressive number of past micro-cultures of exegesis inform every page of The Apocryphal Apocalypse" --Oxford-Warburg Studies, OUP 1999 Anthony Grafton, Times Literary Supplement

Product Description

Andre Du Ryer was French vice-consul in Egypt from 1623 to 1626, and both as adviser and interpreter to the French ambassador in Istanbul and ambassador extraordinary of the sultan to France in the early 1630s, he assembled a fine collection of Turkish, Persian, and Arabic manuscripts most of which are now in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. After reconstructing his diplomatic career and his life after his return to France in 1633, the authors assess Du Ryer's contribution to Turkish and Persian studies, his translation of the Quran both in France and in the countries where it was translated (England, Holland, and Germany), and his manuscript collection. Du Ryer is presented in the historical context of French diplomatic relations with the Ottoman Empire and in the context both of contemporary European orientalism and of the development of French literature in the reign of Louis XIII and the minority of Louis XIV. He emerges as an important and influential figure whose significance has never previously been appreciated.

See all Product Description

Tag this product

(What's this?)

Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.

Customer Reviews

There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.ca

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

Share your experience with this product with others

Create your own review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com ^(beta)

Amazon.com: 4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)

4.0 out of 5 stars oriental trip in old french-turkish relationships, April 7 2008

By Dohet - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Andre Du Ryer and Oriental Studies in Seventeenth-Century France (Hardcover)

Andre Du Ryer achieved diplomatic and cultural travels in Egypt, Persia and Turkey, as delegate of the merchants of Marseille first, of the king of France then. These travels are partly described in his work.
Thank you for this interesting book with many photos and drawings.

› Go to Amazon.com to see the review 4.0 out of 5 stars