François Pétis de la Croix

French orientalist

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The history of Genghizcan the Great, first Emperor of the ancient Moguls and Tartars / in four books: containing his life, advancement and conquests; with a short history of his successors to the present time; the manners, customs and laws of the antient Moguls and Tartars; and the geography of the vast countries of Mogolistan, Turquestan, Capschac, Yugurestan, and the Eastern and Western Tartary. Collected from several oriental authors, and European travellers; whose names, with an abridgment of their lives, are added to this book. By the late M. Petis de la Croix senior... And now faithfully translated into English [by P. Aubin].
Pétis de La Croix, François, 1622-1695.Date: 1722
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A wax model of the brain made by F. La Croix after dissections by G. J. Duverney. Engraving by P.E. Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.
Sève, Jacques de, active 1742-1788.Date: [1749]Reference: 34198i
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A wax model of the brain and head (figs 1-2) by F. La Croix after G. Duverney and a wax model of a section of the brain made by Russel, "chirurgien major des Gardes-du-corp" (fig. 3) Engraving by Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.
Sève, Jacques de, active 1742-1788.Date: [1749]Reference: 34220i