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Cairo: Bolacco (Bulak), 1822 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. EXTREEMLY RARE, ARABIC ITALIAN DICTIONARY, VOCABULARY AND TERMS, PAGINATED IN ARABIC AND LATIN, TITLE PAGE IN ARABIC, CONTAINS PRINTING DATE 1238 AND PLACE (TAMMA AL TAB'U FI BULAK BI MATBA'AAT SAHIB AL SA'AADAH), AND PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR IN ARABIC, SUBTITLE, 266 PP IN TOW COLUMNS, ARABIC AND ITALIAN, 4 PP ERRATA IN ITALIAN, 2 PP ERRATA IN ARABIC, AND ONE TITLE PAGE IN ITALIAN CONTAINS PRINTING DETAILS: BOLACCO DALLA STAMPERIA REALE 1822. 4TO. THE FIRST AND ONLY BOOK TO BE PRINTED IN BULAQ AND IN A NATIONAL PRINTING OFFICE IN EGYPT AFTER THE FRANCH EXPEDITION. THE BOOK CONSISTS OF TOW PARTS: (Part I): del dizionario disposto come il solito nell'ordine alfabetico. (Part II): Che contiene una breve raccolta di nomi e di verbi li piu necessari, e piu utili allo studio delle due lingue. THE AUTHOR WAS AN EGYPTIAN BORN FROM ALEPPO AND A CATHOLIC MONK. HE ACCOMANIED THE FRENCH EXPEDITION DURING IT'S DEPARTURE… Read More

Istanbul: the Imperial press, Uskudar, 1801 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. TRI-LINGUAL DICTIONARY (TURKISH-ARABIC-PERISAN) EARLY PRINTED BY ABD UL RAHMAN AL MUDARRIS IN THE IMPERIAL PRESS ESTABLISHED ACCORDING THE IMPERIAL ORDER IN USKUDAR AFTER IBRAHIM MUTEFERRIKA PRESS. IN CONTEMPORARY FRENCH BINDING OF YELLOWISH-BROWN MOROCCO GILT IN TURKISH STYLE WITH FOLDING FLAP. 2 PAGES OF THE IMPERIAL PRINTING ORDER AND IEASON BY THE HEAD MANAGER OF THE USKUDAR PRINTING HOUSE, Abd ul Rahman al Mudarris, 7 PAGES OF INDEX, 851 PP. UPPER LIFT CORNERS OF THE PRINTING ORDER, INDEX, AND FIRST 6 PAGES OF THE BOOK WITH FINE OLD RESTORATION AFFECTED THE FIRST LETTERS OF THE FIRST 13 LINES IN SOME OF THESE PAGES.ALL PAGES ARE PARTLY WITH LIGHT WATER STAIN. UPPER HALF OF THE COLOPHON PAGE IS STICKED ON THE BACK COVER. OTHER WISE, THE TEXT IS COMPLETE AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. BINDING PARTLY AFFECTED, PARTIAL SMALL MISSINGS IN THE SPINE AND FLAP. COVERS SLIGHTLY RUBBED. SAME TITLE IN… Read More

Vol. 1, contains Arabic and Turkish with other languages. 662 , 364 p. Covers and spine loose. Vol. 2, printed in 1870 , 168, 92, 93, 125, 105, 69, 94 p. The second work of the diplomat author in our inventory.

Istanbul: al- Matba'a al 'Amira al- Sultaniyya (The Imperial press), 1866 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ahmad Faris was born in Lebanon for a Maronite family who called him Faris. He travelled to Egypt then to Malta where he became the director of the American printing house. He travelled in Europe and Tunisia where he converted to Islam and invited to Isnbul where he lived for several years and established al- Jawa'ib press and newspaper in 1277 AH. which was the first Arabic political magazine to be issued there for 27 years. Arabic text in 609 p. Folio, in contemporary Ottoman style decorated soft leather binding with occational minor holes in the back cover, Finely restorated. Limited cuts in the upper margins of the first page didn't affect the text. Minor cut in the upper right corner of the last page with one or tow words missing. Very rare excellent copy overall..