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Samuel Lee Autographed Biblical Quote, Letter & Arabic

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Samuel Lee Autographed Biblical Quote, Letter & Arabic
<Our item number 140100><B>Lee, Samuel.</B> &#40;1783-1852&#41; English orientalist; professor of Arabic and Hebrew. He co-authored the first Maori Dictionary in 1820, wrote the Hebrew, &#34;Chaldaic and English Lexicon&#34; 1840, and edited Sir William Jones&#39;s Persian Grammar 1823. 7¾ x 5 in., 1823, 1p. Autographed Biblical quotation &#40;Malachi 3.16-17&#41;, Signed, with shorter inscription in Arabic, on a page taken from a commonplace book &#40;kept by Richenda Fry, Elizabeth Fry&#41;. With an autograph letter from Lee, datelined Cambridge, 1835, 4 March, 9 x 7½ in., 3 pp., to the Rev. Dr. Cox &#40;Librarian of London University&#41;, thanking him for a diploma and a book from the Rhode Island Historical Society, discussing Lee&#39;s book on Daniel, and asking to be remembered to his American friends. More interesting content. Two seal tears, not affectimg text. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;400 - 600. <BR><BR>Our item number 140100<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergco ins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/140100.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>