THE BIBLES OR BOOKS ACCOUNTED SACRED BY THE
MAHOMETANS, HINDUS, PARSEES, CHINESE,

AND SCANDINAVIANS.

VOLUME THE FIRST,

CONTAINING

A CONNECTED SERIES OF NOTES ON THE ORIGINAL
TEXT, EARLY VERSIONS, AND PRINTED
EDITIONS OF THE OLD AND

Quare quis tandem me reprehendat, si quantum cæteris ad festos dies ludorum celebrandos, quantum ad alias voluptates, et ad ipsam requiem, animi et corporis conceditur temporis: quantum alii tempestivis conviviis, quantum aleæ, quantum pilæ, tantum mihi egomet, ad hæc studia recolenda, sumpsero.

CIC. PRO ARCHIA.

Le changement d'etude est toujours un delassement pour moi.

D'AGUESSEAU.