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'Abd Al-Basit Ibn Mus `Almawi, Sauvaire, H[Enri].

Description de Damas. Traductions de l'Arabe.

Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1895-1896.,

4500,00 €

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Autore
'Abd Al-Basit Ibn Mus `Almawi, Sauvaire, H[Enri].
Editori
Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1895-1896.
Soggetto
Middle East, incl. Arabian Gulf: History, Travels, Falconry and Horses
Lingue
Inglese

Descrizione

8vo. 2 parts in 1 vol. (4), 318 pp. (4), 441, (1) pp. Modern red half morocco with giltstamped spine title; original blue printed wrappers bound within. First edition in book form ("Extrait du Journal Asiatique, 9. s r., v. 3-7, 1894-96"). The French scholar Henri Sauvaire (1849-96), a leading photographer and numismatic collector, served as a Consul in Damascus and Casablanca. He spent the last years of his life writing on Arab culture. In 1864 he embarked on translating into French the "Description of Damascus" by Abd al-Basit al-Amawi, who lived in Damascus in the mid-16th century (d. 1573/4). - Rare and well-preserved. - OCLC 23427282.