Arnaud - James Bruce - 1776-2-31

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Arnaud - James Bruce - 1776-2-31

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	8864
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Arnaud
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	James Bruce
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	February 29, 1776
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Cairo 30° 2' 55.75" N, 31° 14' 37.21" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Murray 1808, p. 363-364Murray 1808
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Coin Price , Egypt , Ptolemies , Greek , Ptolemy Iv Philopator, Ptolemy XII Auletes, Arsinoe III
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

-Lettre du 31 février 1776 (du Caire) : « 1773. Pat. Med. April 28. History of the revolutions of Egypt under the Bashas, from A. H. 1099 to 1168, 1 45 May 5. Two volumes in fol. history of the conquest of Egypt by the Arabs, 18 0 Third volume of ditto copied, papers, &c. ... 10 23 June 5. One vol. 4to, History of Antar Ibn Shedad, . . 4 17 22. Two ditto. History of the conquest of Egypt and Syria by Wakedi, 10 45 One, in folio, history of Noureddin and Saladin, 13 0 20. One gold medal of Ptolemy XII, brother of Cleopatra, 17 0 One ditto of Ptolemy Philopator, 19 22 Aug. 11. One vol. 4to. History of Yemen, 2 45 10. One vol. 4to. Treatise ou Pilgrimage to Mecca, . 1 45 One vol. 4to. Explanation of dreams by Artemidorus, 3 45 31. One gold medal of Ptolemy XI 18 0 Aug. 13. One ditto, Arsinoe of Philopator, 18 8 Sept. 6. Two vols. fol. History of Mahomet, 24 0 17. The Koran, 1 vol. fol 15 0 Oct. 8. One vol. fol. Persian Poems of Navesi, .... 4 0 One vol. 4to. Commentary on the duties of a writer, 2 70 Macrizi's topographical history of Egypt, 3 vols. 4to. 17 0 (Murray 1808, p. 363-364).

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (fr)

N. B. The pataka may be rated at from tlnee shillings to three and fourpence. Vide Brown's Travels, p. 57 ; eighty-five medins make a pataka. The price of a good copy of the Koran, not exceedingly embellished, is therefore about L. 2 : 10*. (fr)