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Paris: Firmin Didot, 1858 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 3 VOLUMES: 422, 408, 434 PP ARABIC TEXT IN FINE SCRIPT.EACH VOLUME WITH ONE TITLE PAGE IN FRENCH: NOTICE ET EXTRAITS DES MANUSCRITS DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE IMPERIALE ET AUTRES BIBLIOTHEQUES, PUBLIES PAR L'INSITUT IMPERIAL DE FRANCE.... PARIS, FIRMIN DIDOT FRERES 1858. COMPLETELY IN ARABIC. IN LATER FINE HARD COVER CLOTH BINDINGS WITH LEATHER SPINES. SEVERAL PAGES WITH LIGHT FOXING, BUT THE PAGES STILL CRISP AND THE BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION..

Original printer wrappers, many diagrams and photographic illus. Comprihensive study on the Kufic script during the first five centuries of al Hijra, with comparative study between its development in Egypt and the other parts of the Islamic world.

Cairo: al- Ma'arif press, 1951 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Inscribed by the author to Ahmad Naguib al- Hilali Pasha and dated 1- June 1951. 552 p. Arabic text including many full page photographic illustrations on fine paper. The author was the professor of the Jurnalism history in the faculty of arts in the Egyptian University (Fouad I University). Original loosed hard covers. The most important expanded known work about the subject in Arabic..

Important for the Qur'anic collections.. (1 lv), [120] p. 19.5 x 15 cm. Latin text , in contemporary vellum binding , loose. Tow copies of this rare book are existed in Laval and Pennsylvania Universities. The Koran was translated into Latin for the first time on the order of Peter the Venerable (1092-1156), the well known abbot of Cluny . During a journey to Spain in order to visit Cluniac monasteries (1142) he was able to engage two scholars for various translation projects which were connected with Peter's aim to convert Muslim people in a peaceful way. As the principal requirement for such a task he recognised the knowledge of the genuine sources of the Islamic religion, above all the Koran. The translator of the Koran was Robert of Ketton (Robertas Ketenensis) who did his work with the help of a certain Spanish Muslim named Muhammad. Robert's translation is not as literal as one should expect; sometimes he shortens the text or tries to polish the difficult style of several Koranic passages in… Read More

Istanbul: Ibrahim Muteferrika, 1739 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. (x) index, 317 p. Ottoman Turkish text. Contemporary full leather binding, spine and flap re-attached. Ibrahim Mutafarrika press, constantinople 1153 AH. (1739 AD.). The book is in excellent condition..