Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispana Escurialensis
Madrid: Antonius Perez de Soto, 1760.
First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Item #048513
One volume of two in original boards rebacked in black leather with new endpapers. Scattered very minor foxing and browning, overal an extremely a fresh, wide margined copy overall. A few leaves trimmed to a different size, last few leaves with repair in upper right margin - possibly carefully washed when rebound as some foxing and browning in the gutters seems to suggest. Headband damaged and partially loose, but binding sound. half title, title, (12), XXIV, 544pp
The first volume of Casiri's catalog of over 1800 Arabic manuscripts found in the Escorial. The first volume contains descriptions of over 1500 items organized in sections on grammar, rhetoric, poetry, philology, lexicography, philosophy, ethics and politics, medicine, mathematics, law, and theology. The second volume wasn't published until 1770. Palau 47287. Size: Folio. One volume of the 2-volume set. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Books for Writers; Language & Linguistics. Inventory No: 048513.
Price: $2,500.00