‎Arabic‎

‎Arabic‎

‎Mushaf Masjid Al-Aqsa Holy Quran Large Size 7'' X 10'' In Arabic Text Uthmani Script‎

‎2006-01-02. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May be re-issue. Buy with confidence excellent customer service! unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0990334236n ISBN : 0990334236 9780990334231

‎Arabic‎

‎Tafseer‎

‎2019. Paperback. New. Lang: - ara. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back . This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback‎

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‎Arabic‎

‎Tafseer Hardcover‎

‎2019. Hardcover. New. Lang: - ara. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover‎

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‎Arabic Art Ettinghausen Richard‎

‎Arab Painting‎

‎Lausanne Switzerland: Skira 1962. 81 color plates. 1 vols. 4to. Cloth. Fine in dust jacket. 81 color plates. 1 vols. 4to. <br/><br/> Skira hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 42511

‎ARABIC BIBL;E‎

‎ARABIC BIBLE: OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS‎

‎LONDON: BIBLE SOCIETY 1991. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL HARDBOUND COPY OF THIS SCARCE AND IMPORTANT BIBLE.THE COMPLETE BIBLE IN ARABIC.BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS IN THE ARABIC LANGUAGE.FINE HARDBOUND PUB IN 1991 BY THE BIBLE SOCIETLY.OVER 1000 PAGES OF AS NEW TEXT.A WONDERFUL BIBLE AT A LOW PRICE. HARDBOUND. HardBOUND. As New/NOT PUB IN DJ. OCTAVO. ARABIC BIBLE. BIBLE SOCIETY Hardcover‎

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‎Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry‎

‎JOHN & ROMANS English and Arabic Text‎

‎Dracut MA: Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry. As New. 2006. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Text in English and Arabic side by side. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 116 pages . Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 66508

‎Arabic Grammar Wichmannshausen Johann Christoph‎

‎Gymnasium Arabicum. In quo tres Priores Davidis Odae cum versione Latina et notis critico-analyticus .‎

‎Wittenberg: Impensis Georgii Marci Knochii 1724. viii 128 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Disbound. Some browning to textblock. viii 128 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Arabic and Latin texts of the first three Psalms of David with discussion of the Arabic grammar and vocabulary. Schnurrer 92 Impensis Georgii Marci Knochii unknown‎

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‎Arabic Historical Writingal Muarrikh al ArabiIraq‎

‎al-Muarrikh al-Arabi "The Arab Historian"‎

‎Baghdad: Union of Arab Historians 1988. This is a quarterly journal. Articles in Arabic by various Arab historians. 329 pages. 29 cm. Wrappers. . Catalogs: LITERATURE. Baghdad: Union of Arab Historians, 1988 unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 6123

‎ARABIC ISLAMIC POSTER‎

‎ar bes Arrafeeqan Leather Bound‎

‎2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine extra customization on request like complete leather Golden Screen printing in Front Color Leather Colored book etc. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back . This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - . EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. hardcover‎

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‎ARABIC ISLAMIC POSTER‎

‎ar bes Arrafeeqan‎

‎2019. Paperback. New. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back . This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback‎

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‎ARABIC ISLAMIC BOOK‎

‎ar la tofregh qalbak min thikr Leather Bound‎

‎2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine extra customization on request like complete leather Golden Screen printing in Front Color Leather Colored book etc. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back . This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - . EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. hardcover‎

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‎ARABIC ISLAMIC BOOK‎

‎ar la tofregh qalbak min thikr‎

‎2019. Paperback. New. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back . This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback‎

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‎ARABIC ISLAMIC BOOK‎

‎Victory over masturbation - alhamdulillah-library.blogspot.in Leather Bound‎

‎2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine extra customization on request like complete leather Golden Screen printing in Front Color Leather Colored book etc. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back . This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - . EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. hardcover‎

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‎ARABIC ISLAMIC BOOK‎

‎Victory over masturbation - alhamdulillah-library.blogspot.in‎

‎2019. Paperback. New. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back . This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback‎

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‎Arabic language Holy Bible :‎

‎Al-Kitab Al-Muqaddas - ARABIC BIBLE - Translation 1878 published 1951. Arabic language Holy Bible‎

‎Beirut Lebanon The United Society of the Holy Bible 1951. Original black cloth. 17x13 cm. - corners slightly bumped endpapers with some stains paper bit browned slightly worn Although still very good see picture Beirut, Lebanon, [The United Society of the Holy Bible], 1951 hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 45820

‎Arabic Language and Area School.‎

‎Levantine Arabic; introduction to pronunciation by James A. Snow. 1971 Leather Bound‎

‎2020. Leather Bound. New. SPECIAL DISCOUNTED PRICE DURING COVID PANDEMIC. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1971. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 116. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover‎

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‎Arabic Language and Area School.‎

‎Levantine Arabic; introduction to pronunciation by James A. Snow. 1971 Hardcover‎

‎2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Pages 116. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1971. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover‎

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‎Arabic Language Etymology Frankel Siegmund‎

‎Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen . Eine von het Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen gekrönte Preisschrift‎

‎Leiden: E. J. Brill 1886. First Edition. xxii 327 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half brown morocco. Bookplate of Max L. Margolis with his signature on title. Somewhat rubbed internally fine. First Edition. xxii 327 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. On Aramaic loan words and phrases in classical Arabic.<br/>With the ownership signature of linguist and scholar of Jewish history Max L. Margolis. E. J. Brill unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 52630

‎Arabic Lexicon on Historical Basis Facebook‎

‎Questions About Arabic Lexicon FULL LEATHER BOUND‎

‎2019. SUPER DELUXE EDITION. New. Antique look with Golden Leaf Printing and embossing with round Spine completely handmade bindingextra customization on request like Color Leather Colored book special gold leaf printing etc. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure in old look so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - ara. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED. Normal Hardbound Edition is also available on request. unknown‎

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‎Arabic Lexicon on Historical Basis Facebook‎

‎Questions About Arabic Lexicon Hardcover‎

‎2019. Hardcover. New. Lang: - ara. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover‎

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‎Arabic Manuscript Najm al Din al Katibi.‎

‎Referencing the full title: Tahrir Al-Qawaid Al-Mantiqiyah Fi Sharh Al-Risalah al-Shamsiyah 1203 or 4-1276 or 7. Principles of Logic; commentaries on Commentary on "Al-Risalah al-shamsiyah" a book on Islamic philosophy regarding the basis of logic and rhetoric. Complete commentary with glosses on this classic thirteenth century text. The commentary starts on page 8 and discusses Islamic philosophy logic and metaphysics.‎

‎place of origin unknown: ca. 1675-1800. 1675. 17 x 27.5 cm. 526 pp. Largely written in black ink with additional notations in red throughout. Arabic language manuscript with a few minor additions in old Persian. This manuscript probably written ca. 1675-1800 with no date found within. The calligraphic hand naskh in this book is apparently written by the same hand throughout. This book is dedicated to Amir Ahmed. It is signed by the scribe Mohammed Mehdi. The owner of the manuscript whose name was written on the same page is blacked-out hiding his identity. There is a sentence that say "225 coins was given" for the contract of writing this work "on the first month of "Mirzan". Later the accounting states that 100 coins were paid in the month of Safar. Binding: old brown calf with red-stained calf spine and flap endleaves are early marbled papers or possibly hand-painted in a decorative pattern; endleaves are trimmed at gutter edges of binding scuffed. Very good. The main body of the work relates the logic phrases of Al-Risalah al-Shamsiyah. One part on geometry may be from Ptolemy's Almagest. The last leaf in the book is a receipt of accounts paid. "The Risalah Shamsyyah having during six hundred years been the principal text book of Logic in all Mohammadun schools appeared to have the best claims to represent the Logic of the Mussalmans." Sprenger alludes to a biographical assessment of Najm al-Din al-Katibi as written by Amyr Kolong "He is the author of commentaries on the Talakhkhuc on the Mohaccal and on the Hikmat al'ayn of Rajab 675 11 December 1272." According to Springer Hajy Khalyfah states that he was a pupil of Nacyr aldyn Tusy and placed his death at 693 Arabic Calendar. - Sprenger Supple. p.i. The original logic treatise Al-Risalah al-Shamsiyah is divided into three books. The FIRST is in four sections 1 On Words; 2 On Simple Meanings Predicables 3 Five Inquities on Universals and Particulars 4 On Definitions the ways of defining. The SECOND book is "on propositions and rules regarding them" also divided into three sections and an introduction: "Definition of proposition and its primary division; Section I: - 1 Its parts and kinds; 2 On the four fenced Propositions; 3 On Privatives and Attributives; 4 On Modal Propositions. Section II: On the different kinds of hypothetical Propositions; Section III: Rules Concerning Propositions - 1 On Contradiction; 2 On even Conversion; 3 On Conversion by Contradiction; 4 On the Cohesion of Hypotheticals. THIRD book: On Syllogism - Definition and division of Syllogism; third section: Conjugate Syllogism containing hypothetical premises; fourth section: On the Interpellative Syllogism; fifth section: Pendents of the Syllogism. Conclusion - first inquiry: On the matter of Syllogisms; second inquiry: On the parts of which Sciences consist. - This contents derived from Spenger. This student's/scholar's manuscript is very rich in commentary with massed marginalia written throughout. There are even additional notes saved on pasted tab-inserts. Al-Risalah al-Shamsiyah is the most celebrated Islamic book on logic. The Islamic philosophical text of Najm al-Din al-Katibi is still taught today in the Middle East. Texts like the present commentary are very useful to understand what was being taught by religious scholar at the Hawzah a religious circle. The scribe's work might refer to other commentaries and thereby one can see the influences of the period. The Minasian Collection at UCLA has several manuscripts of commentaries on Al-Risalah al-Shamsiyah. Najm al-Din al-Qazwini al-Katibi died AH 675 / 1276 CE "was a Persian Islamic philosopher and logician of the Shafi`i school. A student of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi he is the author of two major works one on logic Al-Risala al-Shamsiyya and one on metaphysics and the natural sciences Hikmat al-'Ain. His work on logic the al-Risala al-Shamsiyya Logic for Shams al-Din was commonly used as the first major text on logic in Sunni madrasahs right down until the twentieth century and is "perhaps the most studied logic textbook of all time." Al-Katibi's logic was largely inspired by the formal Avicennian system of temporal modal logic but is more elaborate and departs from it in several ways. While Avicenna considered ten modalities and examined six of them al-Katibi considers many more modalized propositions and examines thirteen which he considers 'customary to investigate." - Wikipedia. See: Mohaghegh. PROVENANCE: Almost unknown but the manuscript came to the United States by way of the Ricardo and D'Ancona families a descendent of Isaac Ricardo who lived variously in the Netherlands and possibly with roots in Spain or Portugal. The family came to the US ca.1892 to settle in New York. They were Sephardic Jews and tried to make a living here but that was difficult. Their heritage was buried and so were some precious pieces including an oil painting and this manuscript and some other items. The piece has been with the family after moving to Cambridge St. Louis and Santa Monica. This was in the possession of Judith Koffler and now purchased from her by Jeff Weber. References: See: Parviz Morewedge ed. Islamic philosophical theology 1979 p.235; Brockelmann Carl. Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur. Leiden: E.J. Brill 1937-1949 2 vols. plus three supplementary volumes. See: al-Katibi's al-Risalah al-Shamsiyah - Vol. I p. 612 466 and Supplement I pp. 845-847; For information on al-Risalah al-Shamsiyah read Tony Street's essay on logic in: The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy edited by Peter Adamson Richard C. Taylor Cambridge University Press 2005. pp.247 250. Cambridge Companion; Tony Street 2000 "Toward a History of Syllogistic After Avicenna: Notes on Rescher's Studies on Arabic Modal Logic" Journal of Islamic Studies 11 2: 209–228; M. Mohaghegh article on "al-Katibim Najm al-Din Abu'l-Hasan Al b. Umar" Encyclopaedia of Islam second edition Leiden: Brill 1986-2000 Vol. IV p. 762a-b. Encyclopaedia of Islam; In addition there is an edition and translation into English of al-Katibi's Risalah Shamsyyah in the Appendix to A. Sprenger's Dictionary of the Technical Terms used in the Sciences of the Mussalmans the logic of the Arabians original Arabic with an English translation Calcutta 1854. See: "Risalah Shamsyyah"; Alai ibn Muòhammad Jurjaanai Muòhsin Baidaarfar Alai ibn Umar Qazwainai - have written a 480 page book commentary on Al-Risalah al-shamsiyah published by Intishaaraat Baidaar in 2003 ISBN: 9789647155151. ca. 1675-1800. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : LLV2608 ISBN : 9647155158 9789647155151

‎Arabic Stories/ Folktales c. 622 on‎

‎The Arabian Nights Illustrated Junior Library‎

‎Grosset & Dunlap NY 1992. Illustrated edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Earle Goodenough. A sultan with a bad habit of killing his wives the day after the wedding marries Scheherazade who is more than his match. She tells him 1001 stories intertwined and building on each other so that the sultan is forced to keep her night after night in order to hear the next story. Originally a collection of stories and folktales from Western and Southern Asia written in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. circa 622-1258/1492 disputed English translations from 1706 adapted the title to 'Arabian Nights'. There is a protective mylar cover. Junior Library ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Grosset & Dunlap, NY hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 944CHL50-3160

‎Arabic Teach Yourself John Robertson Smart Smart‎

‎Arabic Teach Yourself John Robertson‎

‎Good. Comes with CD AUDIO for the book. unknown‎

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‎Arabic Virtual Translation Center‎

‎1000 Qudsi Hadiths: An Encyclopedia of Divine Sayings‎

‎2019-05-11. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence excellent customer service! unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0359651631 ISBN : 0359651631 9780359651634

‎ARABIC. TANTAVY MOUHAMMAD AYAAD EL‎

‎TRAIT� DE LA LANGUE ARABE VULGAIRE‎

‎Leipsic Leipzig: Guillaume Vogel fils 1848. FIRST EDITION. 225 x 142 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2". XXV pp. 4 p.l. 231 pp. FIRST EDITION. VERY ATTRACTIVE AND UNUSUAL CONTEMPORARY BLUE CLOTH BY F. J. CRUSIUS OF LEIPZIG his ticket on verso of front free endpaper WITH ORNATE STAMPED DECORATION IN THE ROMANTIC STYLE in gilt colors and blind covers with rocaille frame and large central arabesque in red and gilt smooth black roan spine with stylized gilt vine brown and tan lattice-work printed endpapers and edges. Text in French and Arabic on facing pages. Front flyleaf with AUTHOR'S INK PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION to Monsieur P. Desmaison see below. One corner slightly bumped leaves lightly and uniformly browned due to paper quality a few other trivial imperfections but A NEARLY FINE AND VERY PLEASING COPY with few signs of wear inside or out. This is a beautifully preserved copy of a rare guide to spoken Arabic that features special provenance in an embossed and painted cloth binding that can almost pass as onlaid morocco. Our author Sheikh Mouhammad Ayaad El-Tantavy or al-Tantawi 1810-61 was an instructor of languages and literature at Al Azahr University in Egypt when he came to the attention of Russian diplomats in Cairo whose interpreter had attended his classes. The Russian consul to the Ottoman Empire which then occupied Egypt requested that El-Tantavy be lent to the Institute of Oriental Languages in the Russian foreign ministry and once he arrived in St. Petersburg in 1840 he never left. In addition to teaching languages at the school for Russian diplomats he was a professor of Arabic at St. Petersburg University eventually becoming the Chair of Arabic Studies. The present work is a guide to spoken Arabic for diplomats with the parallel texts in Arabic and French then the international language for diplomacy. France Russia and the Ottoman Empire had been engaged in a series of conflicts for some years so this tool would have had very practical application. It is recommended in the 1855 book "The Languages of the Seat of War in the East" by Friedrich Max Muller. The present copy is inscribed by the author to Jean-Jacques-Pierre Desmaisons 1807-73 the Franco-Russian director of training in Oriental languages in the Asiatic department of the Russian foreign ministry and El-Tantavy's supervisor there. The fact that Desmaisons would not have needed to make practical use of our volume goes some way to account for its fine condition. Binder F. J. Crusius developed machinery to facilitate the lavish decoration of bindings in innovative ways--like using paint to imitate leather as in the present example--achieving aesthetically pleasing results with far less labor and expense than would have been necessitated by hand work. The "Report of the Assessment Commission at the General German Industrial Exhibition in Munich in 1854" notes that Crusius displayed plan drawings of his invention at the fair. Copies of the first edition of this work are rare with OCLC finding just 12 in libraries worldwide and none in North America. We could find no copies recorded at auction. Guillaume Vogel fils unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ST14540