History of Tatars, 1729-30

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Author: Ebu?lga?zi? Bahadir Han, Khan of Khorezm
Title: A General History of the Turks, Moguls, and Tatars, vulgarly called Tartars. Together With a Description of the Countries They Inhabit. In Two Volumes.
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for J. and J. Knapton, et. al.
Date Published: 1729-30
Description:

2 volumes. [4], xxxii, [8], 374, [2]; [3], 380-792, [8] pp. With two folding engraved maps. (8vo) 19.5x12 cm (8x4¾"), period calf, spines tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco spine labels. First Edition in English.

First English Edition of one of the earliest sources on the Tartars and Mongols. ESTC states that the original text, which was bought from a Bucharan merchant by Swedish officers taken prisoner at the battle of Pultawa in 1709, was in Jagatale, with title transliterated: Shajare-ye Tork. It first appeared in a French translation (Leyden, 1726). The first edition of the original Tartar manuscript followed in 1825. Atabey 5 (refers to this second copy); cf. Brunet I, 19; not in Blackmer. Scarce.

The Map in Vol.I is "A Map of the Northern Asia as it was about the Grand Invasion of the Tatars into the Southern parts of Asia under the conduct of Zingis Chan Adapted to the Genealogical History of the Tatars."

The map in Vol.II is "A New Map of the Northern Asia drawn from the most Authentick Observations."
Condition Report: Wear and some staining to covers, spine label of Vol. I perished; Vol. II with mildew staining to some margins; overall very good, with bookplates of Reginald C.L. Powys-Lybbe.