Hyde: De ludis orientalibus libri duo

Thomas Hyde: De ludis orientalibus libri duo, quorum prior est duabus partibus, viz. 1, Historia Shahiludii Latinè; deinde 2, Historia Shahiludii Heb. Lat. per tres Judæos. Liber posterior continet Historiam Reliquorum Ludorum Orientis (Oxonii: Theatrum Sheldonianum [1694])

• Digitized:
  • vol. 1,1:
    > Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10431615-1)
    > Google Books (Original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, digitized 29 January 2010)
  • vol. 1,2:
    > Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10431614-5)
    > Google Books (Original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, digitized 29 January 2010 )
    > Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
    > Google Books (Original from Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, digitized 11 January 2013)
  • vol. 2:
    > Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10431616-6)
    > Google Books (Original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, digitized 29 January 2010)
• Bibliographic references:  ESTC Citation No. R1348, BS 3142 f., Löwendahl 0210
• No copy of volume 1,1 listed in Wiener Chinabibliographie

Note: Book 1 has a separate dated titlepage: „Mandragorias, seu Historia Shahiludii, viz. ejusdem Origo, Antiquitas, Ususque per totum Orientem celeberrimus. Speciatim prout usurpatur apud Arabes, Persas, Indos, & Chineses, cum harum Gentium Schematibus variis & curiosis, & Militum lusilium Figuris inusitatis, in Occidente hactenùs ignostis. Additis omnium Nominibus in dictarum Gentium linguis, cum Sericis Characteribus & eorundem Interpretationibus & Sonis genuinis.“. This book has two parts, the second part has a separate title page: „Shahiludium traditum in tribus scriptis Hebraicis.“  The second book has a separate dated title page that reads: „Historia Nerdiludii, hoc est dicere trunculorum“.
The second part of book 1 was first published in 1689 as De Historia shahiludii tria scripta hebraica (ESTC Citation No. R31138)