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First edition of a great Arabic grammar, with both the original and the revised preface

WRIGHT, William. A grammar of the Arabic language, translated from the German of Caspari, and edited, with numerous additions and corrections, ... vol. I[-II].
London, Edinburgh, Williams and Norgate (back of title-page: printed by Friedrich Nies (Karl Berend Lorck), Leipzig), 1859. 8vo. Set in roman, italic and Arabic type. Contemporary half mottled, tanned sheepskin. XVI, 257, [1 blank]; VI, [1], [1 blank], XVI, 327, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
Arabic Printing & Calligraphy Language & Linguistics Literature School & Textbooks
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Biographical dictionary of 254 Islamic scholars (11th-15th century), their writings and their academies, including a 22-page excerpt in Arabic from Ibn Qadi Shuhba’s biographical dictionary

WÜSTENFELD, Ferdinand and Ibn Qadi SHUHBA. Die Academien der Araber und ihre Lehrer. Nach Auszügen aus Ibn Schohba's Klassen der Schafeïten ...
Göttingen, Vanderhoeck & Ruprecht (colophon: printed by Friedrich Ernst Huth), 1837. 8vo. Publisher's original printed wrappers. VIII, 136; 22 pp. Full description
€ 3,500
Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Bibliography & Biography Science
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Rare report from General Allenby about the Palestine campaign, in Ottoman Turkish translation

[WWI - PALESTINE CAMPAIGN], HIKMET, Mülazim-i Evvel (translator). [In Arabic script:] Filistin hezimeti: Ceneral Allenbi'nin raporu [Palestine defeat: the report of general Allenby].
Istanbul, Matbaa-yi Orhaniye, 1335 AH [= 1919 CE]. 8vo (ca. 18.5 x 12.5 cm). With the Turkish text printed using Arabic script. Original publisher's orange printed paper wrappers. 48 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
Arabic Printing & Calligraphy Greek & Non-Western Types Military History (20th Century) Turkey & Ottoman Empire UK - United Kingdom
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First edition of al-Zamakhshari’s collection of Arabic proverbs, in Arabic and Latin

ZAMAKHSHARI, Abu al-Quasim Mahmud ibn Umar (Hendrik Albert SCHULTENS, editor). [Al-Kalim al-nawabigh]. Anthologia sententiarum Arabicarum. Cum scholiis Zamachsjarii.
Leiden, Jean Le Mair (colophon: printed by Daniel van Damme), 1772. 4to. With the large engraved arms of Willem V, Prince of Orange, above the dedication.Vellum, manuscript spine title. [20], 171, [1] pp. Full description
€ 6,500
Iran / Persia Language & Linguistics Literature
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Beautiful photographs of Egypt by the Zangaki brothers

ZANGAKI BROTHERS (photographers). [Pilgrims].
[Ca. 1880]. Various sizes. Two albumen prints and one later photograph. The photographs of the Zangaki brothers are mounted on either side of limp board, the third photograph is mounted on stiff paper. All housed in a clear plastic sleeve. [3] photos. Full description
€ 350
Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Egypt Islam & Qurans North Africa Photography
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