[Levant]. GUYS, Henri. - Lot 194

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[Levant]. GUYS, Henri. - Lot 194
[Levant]. GUYS, Henri. Theogony of the Druze, or A Summary of Their Religious System, Translated from the Arabic. Paris, at the Imperial Printing Office, 1863. Large 8vo, XXXII-141 pp. 19th-century Bradel green half-percale binding, smooth spine with brown title label, gilt title and fleurons (corners and caps very slightly rubbed, marginal foxing on a few leaves). First edition. Henri Guys (1787–1877), French consul to Turkey and Syria and a leading expert on Druze traditions, presents a study based on a Druze religious manuscript entrusted to the author under conditions of great secrecy in Mount Lebanon. Shared with Silvestre de Sacy, who recognized its importance for the study of Druze doctrines, this text—printed in a very limited run—constitutes an exceptional source on the theogony and religious system of the Druze. Text primarily in French with some printed passages in Arabic. Absent from major Orientalist bibliographies, including those by Atabey and Blackmer. Provenance: Théophile Taurel – Marseille (ex libris stamp on the title page).
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