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Book Description: The Arcadian Library. Book Condition: New. Andrà Du Ryer was an important and influential seventeenth-century orientalist and diplomat: French vice-consul in Egypt from 1623 to 1626, and adviser and interpreter to the French ambassador in Istanbul, he was also ambassador extraordinary of the sultan to France in the early 1630s. After reconstructing his diplomatic career and his life after his return to France, the authors assess Du Ryer's contribution to Turkish and Persian studies, his influential translation of the Quran, and his manuscript collection. He emerges as an important and influential figure whose significance has never previously been appreciated.Andrà 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 Bibliothà que 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. the authors show, with convincing detail, that [Du Ryer] was a real scholar, a man whose practical training illumined and enriched his intellectual formation.Painstakingly researched, Andre du Ryer and Oriental Studies in Seventeenth-Century France is the first (and should long remain the definitive) study of its subject.this monumental work should be read by anyone seriously interested in learning about aspects of Islam and the West in the seventeenth century, which are so vividly brought to life here. impressive book . an exemplary work of scholarship, attractively written and exhaustive in content . With its fine typography, excellent illustrations and handsome format it is a joy to read. Brand NEW unread book. Hard cover bound book. Bookseller Inventory # 9780197144022

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Book Description: Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), 2004. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 320 High by 240 Wide by deep in mm. (192) 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. (Hardback). Bookseller Inventory # AQ0197144020

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Book Description: Oxford University Press. Hardback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, Andre Du Ryer and Oriental Studies in Seventeenth-century France: Seventeenth-century Orientalist and Diplomat, Alastair Hamilton, Frances Richard, Andre Du Ryer was an influential seventeenth-century orientalist and diplomat. This title assesses Du Ryer's contribution to Turkish and Persian studies, his influential translation of the "Quran", and his manuscript collection. Bookseller Inventory # B9780197144022

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Book Description: Oxford Univ Pr, 2004. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 200 pages. 12.50x9.50x1.25 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __0197144020

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Book Description: Oxford University Press, USA, 2004. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First edition. Illustrated. New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 200 p. Contains: Illustrations. Studies in the Arcadian Library, 1. Audience: General/trade. Bookseller Inventory # 44095

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