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Ihkam bab al aqraba // An loqat al-a’rab or Dictionnaire // Arabe // par // Germanos Farhat Maronite // Évêque d'Alep. // Revu corrigé et considérablement augmenté sur le manuscrit de l’Auteur // Par // Rochaid de Dahdah // Scheick Maronite // Marseille // Imprimerie Carnaud dirigee par Barras et Savournin . // 1849 Or Babe Ahkhame al’Araab an Loghate al’Araab

1849 · rif. B5668 — Marseille: Carnaud c.1849. A fine example of this rare book. Binding: Contemporary vellum boards rebacked expertly with five raised bands compartments blind and gilt horizontal fillets with elaborate central arabesque gilt motif and gilt lettered morocco title on two. Notes: Text in Arabic. Preface in French Text in Arabic. Germanos Farhat was appointed Maronite Archbishop of Aleppo by Pope Pius IX. He served in this capacity from 1725 until his passing in 1732 as well as a skilled grammarian writer and religious poet. He was an important figure of the so-called Arab Renaissance. A statue in his honour remains erected in Aleppo. His work was revised edited and expanded considerably by the well known historian and commentator Rochaid de Dahdah elevated to knighthood receiving the title of “Count” or Comte by Pope Pius IX. Size: thick quarto 260x185mm Illustration: Illustrated portrait of the author Archbishop Farhat of Aleppo and illustrated gilt lettered title both in Arabic with captions in French. Provenance: Two ex libris stamps on French title: ‘Beirut library’ in blue ink and other unrecognizable. Pages: Frontispiece illustrated title blind Arabic text 723 preface summary French 3 printer’s note title in French. Category: Book Asia Middle East General; Book Literature Carnaud hardcover