‎STAUNING, JØRGEN.‎
‎Iagttagelser og Efterretninger om Orienten især Egypten og Arabien: uddragne af Harmars, Niebuhrs, Forskaals og Biörnstaahls Reisebeskrivelser, fornemmelig saavidt samme indeholde Besvarelser paa Michaelis Spørgsmaale og Bidrag til Bibelfortolkning (+... - [EARLY DANISH WORK ON THE MIDDLE EAST]‎

‎Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1787. 8vo. Uncut in a recent full green calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. A good copy. (12), 186, LXIV, 221, (3), 141 pp. ‎

Reference : 60655

‎Rare early Danish work containing a compilations of various works on the Middle East by Harmar, Niebuhr, Forsskäl and Björnstähl primarily with a focus their contributions in relation to Biblical studies – all works being forerunners of modern bible science that would begin to emerge a few decades later. Also contained in the present work is, what presumably is, the first Danish translation of any part of Johann Michaelis ‘Fragen’ – his publication with 100 question which were the foundation of the famous Niebuhr-expedition. OCLC only list two copies, both in Denmark.‎