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OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN;

AND THE BEST IMITATIONS BY EUROPEAN AUTHORS:

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TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

AN INTRODUCTORY DISSERTATION,

CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF EACH WORK, AND OF ITS AUTHOR,
OR TRANSLATOR,

BY HENRY WEBER, Esq.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOLUME THE FIRST,

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ENTERTAINMENTS.

EDINBURGH:

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FOR JOHN BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY, SYLVESTER DOIG AND
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AND ROBERT SCHOLEY, LONDON.

1812.