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Of lasting value of the history of Arabic literature

AHLWARDT, Wilhelm. Verzeichniss der Arabischen Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin.
Berlin, A. W. Schade (I) and A. Asher & Co. (II-X), 1887-1899. 10+1 volumes. 4to. With 12 photographic halftone plates of 62 manuscript specimens in vol. X. Added: separate atlas issue of the 12 plates. Altogether 11 vols. in publisher's light blue printed boards. Full description
€ 8,500
Arabic Printing & Calligraphy Bibliography & Biography Islamic Art, Culture & Science Literature
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On Gothic and Arabic manuscripts in Spanish libraries

BLANCO, Pedro Luis. Noticia de las antiguas y genuinas colecciones canónicas inéditas de la Iglesia Espanola, que de órden del rey nuestro señor se publicarán por su Real Bibliotheca de Madrid, ...
Madrid, Imprenta Real, 1798. 8vo. With some lines printed in Arabic type. Later brown half morocco, gold-tooled spine. XLI [=XXXVIII], [1], 168, [2], [2 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,500
Bibliography & Biography Islamic Art, Culture & Science Manuscripts & Documents Spain
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The conquest of Spain by the Moors and a biography of its Islamic ruler Almanzor

LUNA, Miguel de. Histoire des deux conquestes d'Espagne par les Mores, ... Par Abdulcacim Tarif Abentarique, ... Avec la description de l'Espagne, ..., la vie du grand Almansor par Ali Abensufian, et quelques lettres & pieces originales.
Paris, Widow of François Muguet, 1708. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, with richly gold-tooled spine. [24], 485, 4, [3 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
Bibliography & Biography Mediterranean Regions Military History (18th Century) Spain
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Pioneering and comprehensive history of the life of Muhammad and the origins of the Islamic community

MONTGOMERY WATT, William. Muhammad at Mecca.
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1953-1956.
With: (2) IDEM. Muhammad at Medina.
London, Clarendon Press, 1972.
2 volumes. 8vo. With genealogical charts and tables. Original grey dust jacket with blue lettering over blue cloth, with the spine lettered in gold. XVI, 192; XIV, 418 pp. Full description
€ 125
Bibliography & Biography Islam & Qurans Islamic Art, Culture & Science
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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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