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Arabic Pre 1950:

Wahrmund, Dr. Adolf. SCHLUESSEL DER PRAKTISCHEN HANDBUCH DER NEO-ARABISCHEN SPRACHE
Giessen 1886 Second Edition. 8vo., 72pp., flexible black leatherette boards. Near Fine. (a22486y)
$60.00 (catalogue) . RESEARCH COMMITTEE ON CENTRAL ASIA AND ISLAM OF THE TOYO BUNKO; CATALOGUE OF ARABIC BOOKS AT THE TOYO BUNKO
Tokyo 1974. Title page in Arabic and Japanese. Sm.4to., 138pp., 5pp., wraps. Table of contents in Japanese and English. Book listings in Arabic. Near VG, some wear. (a23867)
$65.00 Caspari, Carolus Pauli . GRAMMATICA ARABICA IN USUM SCHOLARUM ACADEMICARUM
Leipzig 1948. 8vo., 315pp., xxiv pp. Text in Latin. Rebound in later wraps. Owner stamp and other writings on front blank. Text a bit browned. Good . (a24662)
$80.00 Cohen, Amnon . A WORLD WITHIN JEWISH LIFE AS REFLECTED IN MUSLIM COURT DOCUMENTS FROM THE SIJILL OF JERUSALEM (XVITH CENTURY) PART TWO: FACSIMILES
Philadelphia 1994 1st Center for Judaic Studies University of Pennsylvania. All Arabic facsimiles--no other text. 8vo., 375pp., wraps. Volume 2 only. (a25669)
$29.00 Abulfeda (1273-1331) . DESCRIPTIO AEGYPTI ARABICE ET LATINE
Goettingae 1776 Christian Dieterich. Ex Codice Parisiensi edidit Latine vertit notas adiecit, Ioannes David Michaelis. Description and travel in Egypt. Octavo, 36pp. in Arabic, 134pp. of notes in Latin, later black paper-covered boards with white and gilt spine label. Small owner signature on front blank. Small institution name on title page and two institution names on verso. Near VG, corners worn, a bit of light foxing on initial and final pages. Rare. (a41574)
$950.00 Abcarius . ABCARIUS' ABRIDGED ENGLISH AND ARABIC DICTIONARY
n.d. (c.1870). 8vo., 687pp., hardcover. Fair, chipped and cracking along outer hinges, spine ends and corners worn. (a43485)
$65.00 Scheid, Jacob (Iacobi Scheidii Scheidius) . GLOSSARIUM ARABICO-LATINUM MANUALE MAXIMAM PARTEM E LEXICO GOLIANO EXCERPTUM
Lugduni Batavorum 1769 Ioannem le Mair. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 223pp., 3 pages of careful notes in Arabic handwritten on rear end pages, paper-covered boards with vellum corners and later paper spine. A few tiny neat very old ink notations in text.Good, 1/2 of front blank end paper removed, cover worn. Binding secure. (a4961)
$480.00 (Clarke, Adam) . THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL MISCELLANY. VOL. I. CONTAINING 1. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF ALL THE GREEK AND ROMAN CLASSICS AND ECCLESIASTICAL WRITERS; THE AUTHORS ALPHABETICALLY, AND THE TRANSLATIONS CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED, WITH THE TIME AS NEAR AS IT COULD BE ASCERTAINED IN WHICH EACH WRITER FLOURISHED, AND CRITICAL JUDGMENTS ON THE MERIT OF THE PRINCIPAL TRANSLATIONS, EXTRACTED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES. 2. AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF ARABIC AND PERSIAN GRAMMARS, LEXICONS AND ELEMENTARY TREATISES, WITH A PARTICULARLY DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS OF THE BEST ARABIC AND PERSIAN PROSE AND POETIC WRITERS, WHETHER PRINTED OR IN MANUSCRIPT; WITH SUCH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF THEM AS HAVE ALREADY APPEARED BEFORE THE BRITISH PUBLIC
London 1806 W. Banes. Printed separately as a supplement to Clark's Bibliographical Dictionary. 12mo., (vii), 324pp., rebound in later wraps. Good, light foxing. Volume I only. Scarce. (a61340)
$175.00Abubequer de Tortosa. LAMPARA DE LOS PRINCIPES TRADUCCION ESPANOLA DE MAXIMILIANO ALARCON - 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Madrid 1930, 1931 Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan. In Spanish. Limited to 500 ejemplares. Abubequer de Tortosa travelled and studied in Moorish Spain and the Middle East. Two volumes. In Spanish. Sm.4to., lxiii, 437pp., 546pp., original printed wraps. Uncut. VG, light wear and light soiling. 2 volumes. (a65887)
$250.00 (arabic) . PSALTERIUM SYRIACE
Londini 1824 R. Watts, Impensis Societatis Biblicae. Book of Psalms in Arabic. 12mo., 249pp.,full leather with later paper spine. Owner bookplate.Good, inner hinges cracked. (a76262)
$350.00 Al-Taussauli, Ali Ben Abdul Salaam . DELIGHT IN EXPLAINING THE MASTERPIECE, PART 1
Cairo c. 1860. Printed by the printing house of Department of Aesthestics. Publisher: Abbas Ibn Abdul-Salaam Ben Shakroun. A study of in Arabic of documents and decisions of the judge Abu Bakr Ibn Mohammed Ibn Asim from Granada, Andalusia. Sm.4to., 414 leaves, unbound (as issued) in folding paper cover with later spine. University bookplate, stamped withdrawn. Fair to Good, leaves are browned and frayed on edges. Text quite legible. Rare. (a76659)
$600.00 (oriental) . ZEITSCHRIFT DER DEUTSCHEN MORGENLANDISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT. DREIZEHNTER BAND. I U. II. HEFT
Leipzig 1859 Brockhaus. In German. One issue of this German Oriental journal. Includes: G. Flugel, Ueber Inhalt und Verfasser er Arabishcen Encyclopadie die Abhandlungen der Aufrichtigen Bruder und Teuen Freunde; Ruckert, Die Sage vom Konig Hariscandra; Sprenger, Kalender der Araber vor Mohammad, and several additional articles.Octavo, 341pp., 2 foldout plates, original green printed wraps. Good plus, light wear, light wrinkling, occasional light foxing in text. Binding secure. (a79117)
$185.00 Nemeth, J. . DAS FERAH-NAME DES IBN HATIB. EIN OSMANISCHES GEDICHT AUS DEM XV. JAHRHUNDERT
1919. Article in German from Le Monde Oriental. Sm.4to., 39pp., rebound in later wraps. VG. (a84536)
$45.00 Zettersteen, K. V. . ARCANGELO CARRADORI'S DITIONARIO DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA E NUBIANA EDITED
1919. Article in Italian from Le Monde Oriental. Sm.4to., 19pp., rebound in later wraps. VG. (a84537)
$45.00 Spies, Otto . DREI BIOGRAPHISCHE WERKE UBER SUFIS
1930. In German and Arabic. Sm.4to., 56p., removed from the Le Monde Oriental and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a84670)
$95.00 Refik, Ahmed . KARL JARNHUVUD I TURKIET. OVERSATTNING FRAN TURKISKAN AV K. V. ZETTERSTEEN (CHARLES XII EN TURQUIE. TRAD. DU TURC PAR K V ZETTERSTEEN)
1922. Sm.4to., pp. 160p., (complete), removed from Le Monde Oriental and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a84677)
$150.00Hoefner Hofner, Maria. DIE SAMMLUNG EDUARD GLASER
Wien 1944. One complete issue of Academie der Wissenschaften in Wien. "Verzeichnis des Glaser-Nachlasses, sonstiger suderabischer Materialbestande und einer Sammlung anderer semitscher Inschriften." In German. Octavo, 95p., original wraps. Good, light chipping on cover. (a85110)
$65.00 Christian, V. . DIE STELLUNG DES MEHRI INNERHALB ER SEMITISCHEN SPRACHEN
Wien 1944 Rohrer. One complete issue of Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften 222 Band 3. In German. Octavo, 26p., original pale yellow printed wraps. VG, a bit toned. (a85115)
$35.00Hyberg, H. S.. LE MONDE ORIENTAL VOL. XXV FASC. 1-3 1931 (one complete issue)
Uppsala 1931 Lundequistska Bokhandeln. Articles in this issue include: Jarl Charpentier "Indra Ein Versuch der Aufklarung; Bernhard Lewin "Zur Sunnitischen Polemik Gegen die Sia"; Axel Moberg "Herodotos and Modern Reconstructions of the Tower of Babel"; H. S. Nyberg "Ein Iranisches Wort im Buche Daniel" and many more. Sm.4to., 327p., original pale yellow printed wraps. Good plus, light wear and light staining. (a85118)
$125.00Mulla Khosro (Khusraw), Muhammad Ibn Foramurz (Faramurz) Ibn 'Ali (d. 1480 ). DURAR AL - HUKKAM FI SHARH GHURAR AL - AHKAM (MANUSCRIPT FULLY IN ARABIC )
Hardcover. Sm.4to., 25x17 cm., 6 cm thick, paginated xx, 323, iv, full calf. Writing area on page is 18x10.5 cm. with 25 lines to a page. Written in clear Naskhi script in black ink with headings, keywords and annotations in red ink on offwhite, slightly glossy paper. Numerous neatly written marginal notes and insertions in different hands,. The manuscript was copied by Murad Ibn Idin al-Kafawi on 15 Sha'ban 939 A H/ 11 March 1532 AD. Leather has been repaired over the centuries but is worn and chipped, outer hinges are cracking. Small gilt medallions on both boards are still present but mostly worn away. Cover is fair; binding however is strong; book is solid and text is near VG, clear and legible. No ownership or institution markings at all. This could well be the most important extant copy of this work as is was written 52 years after the author's death. And of course the extensive commentaries are likely of considerable interest. On Hanafi law. Pictures available on request. (a87251)
$3500.00