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1770ABC_48344Probably Egypt 1770. Near-contemporary brown leather with a blind-stamped oriental rosette as a center piece and similar style corner pieces on both boards a partial manuscript title label on the spine. 4to ca. 17 x 22 cm. Arabic and Italian manuscript on paper 19 lines per extensum paginated throughout from right to left. Manuscript dictionary comprising some 9000 Arabic terms and their Italian translations. It was formerly owned by the German oriental scholar and Franciscan priest Arsenius Rehm 1738-1808 who lived in Cairo between 1769 and 1776 building a large collection of manuscripts which he brought with him when he worked for some time at the Franciscan abbey of Frauenberg at Fulda Hesse. After his death his collection remained at the monastery until it was purchased by the Benedictine Abbey of St Boniface Munich in 1852. The present volume which had not been part of the collection proper remained in Frauenberg whose library was dispersed in 2021 by the Franciscan Province. "The library includes a fairly extensive Arabic dictionary of his though not written by him. It offers only the Italian translation of the Arabic words. In the Arabic style it begins from our perspective at the end" cf. Bihl.With old stamps of the Frauenberg Abbey library on the final leaf with attribution to Arsenius Rehm in indelible pencil ca. 1900. The binding is somewhat rubbed and scuffed; remains of old spine labels. Interior shows only occasional light staining; very well preserved.l Michael Bihl Geschichte des Franziskanerklosters Frauenberg Fulda 1907 p. 137. hardcover
1730369933Ottoman Empire 1730. Polychrome double page ornamental opening text in black ink in a rounded naskh hand 8 lines per page fully vocalized with gold dot aya markers all within gilt rule borders. Attributes within gilt frames 30 per page. Occasional annotations in red. 117 ff. Dated at end A.H. 1143. 1 vols. 12mo. Late nineteenth century Islamic binding of red leather plaque stamped in silver with fore edge guard. Some minor smudging of passages a few paper flaws. Twentieth-century ownership inscriptions on first blank. Very good plus overall. Polychrome double page ornamental opening text in black ink in a rounded naskh hand 8 lines per page fully vocalized with gold dot aya markers all within gilt rule borders. Attributes within gilt frames 30 per page. Occasional annotations in red. 117 ff. Dated at end A.H. 1143. 1 vols. 12mo. Attractive pocket devotional with short surahs tables of the Attributes of Allah and other prayers. unknown
178073849Timbuktu Mali: N.p. ca. 1780. Timbuktu manuscript of northern Mali - handwritten pages written in Arabic - from the same previous collection which is dated of 21/03/1780 24 safar 1194 Hegira. but this one has no date because it is missing a few leaves but I justify that it is from the same collection of the same mosque and same Shaikh masterArabic manuscript in papers former is the 3rd of the same manuscript116 leaves and 36 pages consisting of 36 lines in black and red ink nasghe on strong brown paper written in three different black inks see photos notes in margins.Size: 30 x 26 cmBinding in leather by its former owner written in it: Au nom de Dieu le Miséricordieux Manuscrit de la mosquée de Tombouctou and herffan Mahdi and religious signsThe manuscript has some stains due to passage of time but clearly visible text see pictures purchased from heirs together with other manuscripts N.p. hardcover
171164014CBs.l., [um 1711]. 8°. 20 x 14 cm. [53] Blatt. Halblederband im Stile der Zeit mit marmoriertem Deckelbezug. [6 Warenabbildungen]
1792014205Edinburgh & London: Printed for Bell and Bradfute J. Dickson E. Balfour and P. Hill Edinburgh and G.G. J. & J. Robinson London 1792. Hardcover. Very Good. 18mo. Volume VI of Arabian Nights Entertainments Volume II of Arabian Tales. One volume only. Contemporary mottled calf black leather series label to spine gilt titles and decorations. 323 pp. Gilt to spine and boards almost entirely rubbed off. Chipping to spine ends. Wear to corners. Staining to tail edge of text block. Bookplate of Alexander Randall. Wear to front pastedown of removed catalogue description. Printed for Bell and Bradfute, J. Dickson, E. Balfour, and P. Hill, Edinburgh, and G.G. J. & J. Robinson, London hardcover