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Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham-Hyacinthe, 1731-1805 (French indologist and translator)

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Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham-Hyacinthe, 1804

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Scope and Contents Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (1731-1805), oriental scholar, founder of Iranian studies in Europe, 3 Autograph Letters Signed, 1804.Letter 1: 24 September 1804. Paris. Anquietil-Duperron writes to French Politician and Orientalist Jean-Denis Lanjuinais. The letter concerns the failure of a Sanskrit dictionary project planned jointly with Isaac Antoine Silvestre de Sacy; further research into the history of religion; and an essay by Lanjuinais on Anquietil-Duperron's work on...
Dates: 1804