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Front cover design by S.G. Collins. Portrait of Adriaan Reland, by Pieter I Schenk. 1703 (Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, object no. RP-P-1905-255).
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Names: Jaski, Bart, editor. | Lange, Christian, 1975– editor. | Pytlowany, Anna, editor. | Rinsum, Hendrik Johannes van, editor.
Title: The Orient in Utrecht : Adriaan Reland (1676–1718), Arabist, cartographer, antiquarian and scholar of comparative religion / edited by Bart Jaski, Christian Lange, Anna Pytlowany, Henk J. van Rinsum.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: The history of Oriental studies, 2405-4488 ; vol. 10 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021018089 (print) | LCCN 2021018090 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004462168 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004462175 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Reelant, Adriaan, 1676–1718—Books and reading. | Middle East specialists—Netherlands—Biography. | Cartographers—Netherlands—Biography. | Orientalism—Netherlands—History. | Middle East—Religion—History—Sources.
Classification: LCC DS115.9.R46 O75 2021 (print) | LCC DS115.9.R46 (ebook) | DDC 297.072/02—dc23
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