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91 GHAZNAWI. Principles of Law as relating to the daily ceremonies of the
Faithful, according to the teaching of Abu Hanifa, in Arabic, sm. 4to.
neatly written MS. with all the vowels; hf. bd.
A.H. 1186 (1722)

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The name appears only in the colophon: "tamma kitāba 1 Ghaznawi." GOSPEL-LESSONS for the service of the Coptic Church, in Arabic, sm. folio, MS. in black and red, 260 pp. neatly written; bound 93 GREEN (A. O.) Arabic Grammar, 12mo. 526 pp. cloth 94 HAJI KHALFAE Lexicon Encyclopædicum et Bibliographicum à . . Haji Khalfa compositum, Arabice et Latine, edidit G. Fluegel. 7 vols. 4to. hf. calf, out of print, and scarce

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97

Idem, cum versione latina, 2 vols. 4to. hf. calf

The extreme interest of these old romantic ballads and songs of the ante-Islamic
and early Islamic days, and the excellence of the edition, have led to the exhaustion of
copies, and the book is now very scarce.

98 HAMADANI. Al-Makāmāt (the Assemblies, in Arabic), small 4to. MS.
neatly written in black and red, 96 pp. 23 lines to the page; in the
original binding
(Egypt?) about 1700
This is the work which inspired Hariri to his more celebrated book of the same title.
99 HAMMER-PURGSTALL, Literaturgeschichte der Araber. Von ihrem
Beginne bis zu Ende des Zwölften Jahrhunderts des Hidschret, 7 vols.
impl. 8vo. hf. calf gilt

Wien, 1850-56 100 AL HARIRI of Basra, Makamat: or, rhetorical anecdotes translated from the original Arabic by Th. Preston, roy. 8vo. cloth 1850 101 HARIRI, The Assemblies of, Student's Edition of the Arabic Text with English notes, grammatical, critical and historical, 8vo. pp. xxviii and 472, cloth

1897 102 HARIRII Bazrensis Karrationum, consessum nomine celebratarum decas, latine, Peiper, 4to. hf. calf Cervinontii, 1831 103 HARĪRI, al Makāmāt (the Fifty Stations or Assemblies, in Arabic), sm. 4to. beautifully written MS. with all the vowel-points; Oriental leather binding About 1790-1800 104 HARTMANN, Commentatio de Geographia Africae Edrisiana, Gött. s. a.Recueil de Voyages et de Mémoires publié par la Société de Géographie Tome II: Jaubert, Relation de Ghanat, etc.-in 1 vol. 4to. plates, diagrams, and maps, cloth

Paris, 1825 105 HUZAILI ANTHOLOGY. Poems of the Huzailis, edited, in Arabic, by J. G. L. Kosegarten. Vol. I, all published, 4to. half calf gilt; very O. T. F., 1854 1854

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copy, wanting sheet 17, 4to. cloth 107 IBN ABI OS-AIBA, Abdollatiphi Bagdadensis Vita, Arabice et Latine, ed. T. Mousley, 4to. cloth Oxonii, 1808 Fákihat ul Khulafá wa Mufákahatu 1-Zurafá: Fructus Imperatorum et Jocatio Ingeniosorum, Arabice, ed. FREYTAG, 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. Arabic text and critical notes, hf. bd. Bonnae, 1832-52 109 IBN EL ATHIRI Chronicon quod Perfectissimum (KAMIL) inscribitur, Arabice, cum Supplemento, Indicibus, etc. ed. C. J. Tornberg, 14 vols. 8vo. hf. morocco Upsal. et Lugd. Bat. 1867-76 110 IBNU L ATHĪR, Tārikhu 1 Kamil (the Perfect History), in Arabic, 12 vols. 4to. hf. bd. Bulak, A. H. 1290 (1872) On the margins are printed in succession the Akhbāru d Dawwal of Abū l'Abbas Ahmad Dimashki; the Raudatu 1 Munāzir of Ibnu sh Shihna; and 'Utbi's Tārīkhu 1 Yamini. So that this is really a corpus of old histories.

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111 IBN BATUTA'S Travels, from the Arabic, by LEE, 1829-HATIM TAI, the Adventures of, a Romance, translated from the Persian, by Duncan Forbes, 2 vols. in 1, 4to. O. T. F., 1829-30 2 0

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112 IBN BATUTA. Voyages d'Ibn Batoutah, text arabe, accompagné d'une traduction par Defrémery et Sanguinetti, 4 vols. 8vo. hf. morocco

Paris, 1874

113 IBN COTEIBA's Handbuch der Geschichte herausg. von F. Wüstenfeld,
royal 8vo. in Arabic, cloth
Gött. 1850

114 IBN DOREIDI, Poëmation, cum scholiis Arab. excerptio Chaluwiae et
Lachumaei ed. Ag. Haitsma, sm. 4to. Arabic and Latin, hf. calf

116

Gött., 1858

Ishak, aus dem

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Franquerae, 1773 115 IBN ISHAK, Das Leben Muhammed's, bearbeitet von Abd el-Malik Ibn Hischam herausg. von F. Wüstenfeld, in Arabic, 2 vols. in 3, 8vo. hf. bd. scarce Das Leben Mohammeds, bearbeitet von Ibn Arabischen übersetzt von G. Weil, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. bd. 117 IBN KHALLIKAN. Ibn Challikani Vita illustrium Visorum edidit Ferd. Wüstenfeld, Arabic, Fasc. 1-10, in 3 vols. sm. 4to. about 750 pp. bds. Gottinga, 1835-41 This contains leaves 1-829. Four further fasciculi were published. 118 IBN KHALLIKAN. Wafayatu A'yan.. ta'alifu 1 Kādi Ahmad. Ibn Khallikān (Biographical Dictionary of illustrious writers), in Arabic, 2 vols. small folio, native binding Cairo, A.H. 1275 (1858) 119 IBN MALIK. Alfiyya; ou, la Quintessence de la Grammaire Arabe. Arabe avec un commentaire, par de Sacy, 8vo., cloth O. T. F., 1833 120 IBN AL WARDI. Tarikh Zain-ad-din 'Umar bin al Wardi (intitled by him Tatimmatu Mukhtasar fi Akhbāri 1 Bashr), in Arabic, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. bd. (Būlāk) 1285 (=1867) 121 IDRISI, Nuzhatu 1 Mushtāk (Geography of the World, in Arabic), small 4to. interleaved; cloth (Rome, 1592) Some copies were printed like this, with an Arabic title only, not indicating place or date; some others substituted a Latin title marked Rome, 1592. 122 IKHWANU S SAFA. (The Discussion between Man and the Animals, in Arabic), roy. 8vo. interleaved; cloth Calcutta, 1262 (1846) 123 IMITATION OF CHRIST. Kitabu 1 Iktidā bi 1 Masih (Imitation by Thomas Kempis, in Arabic), 12mo. bds. Bairüt, 1842 124 KAZIMIRSKI (Biberstein de) Dictionnaire Arabe-Français, 2 vols. stout 8vo. 1392 and 1638 pages, doable cols.; hf. bd. Paris, 1846-60 125 1846-60 the same, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. morocco 126 KEMPIS, Al-Iktidā bi 1 Masih (Imitation of Christ, in Arabic), 12mo. bd. Bairüt, 1842 127 KISSAT AL-HAKAWATI al Islambuli; or, the Autobiography of the Constantinopolitan Story-Teller, in Arabic, 12mo. cloth 1877 128 KURĀN, in Arabic. Suras 1-37, 4to. MS. beautifully written in large African characters, with headings in Cufic script, and ornaments in various colours to mark the sections, 82 leaves; hf. calf

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129 AL-KURĀN (Sacred Book of Islam), 12mo. MS. written within gold lines, with gold Sura-headings and an illuminated 'Unwan (first two pages); in a pretty binding painted with flowers About 1800

130 KORAN. Printed by order of the Empress Catherine of Russia, sm. folio,
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131 CORANUS, Arabice, ed. FLUEGEL, 4to. bd.
132 CORANUS, Arabice, edd. Fluegel et Redslob, 8vo. hf. bd.
133 KORAN, with marginal notes in Arabic, sm. folio, finely printed with all

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134 KURAN, Selections from, in English, by Lane, 8vo. cloth 135 LANSING (J. G.) Arabic Manual, 8vo. cloth

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136 LITTERATURE Orientale: Les Oiseaux et les fleurs, allégories morales d'Azz-eddin Elmocaddessi en Arabe avec une traduction par Garcin de Tassy, Paris, 1821-Humbert, Anthologie Arabe, ib. 1819-in 1 vol. 8vo. hf. calf

Paris, 1819 Kaire, 1799 138 LOKMAN, Fables de, en Arabe ed. Cherbonneau, 12mo. bds. Paris, 1870 139 LUMSDEN'S ARABIC GRAMMAR, comprising the System of Inflection, Vol. I, all published, stout sm. folio, calf The best Arabic Grammar explained in English.

137 LOGMAN, Fables de, Arabe et Française, sm. 4to. bd.

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140 LYALL (C. J.) Translations of Ancient Arabian Poetry, chiefly prae-
islamic, with an introduction and notes, sm. 4to. cloth
141 MAKAMAT; or, Rhetorical Anecdotes of Al Hariri of Basra, translated
from the Arabic, with annotations, by T. Preston, 8vo. cloth
O. T. F., 1850
142 AL-MAKKARI, Analectes sur l'histoire et litterature des Arabes d'Espagne,
en Arabe, publiés par Dozy, Wright, etc. Tome Second. Première
Partie, 4to. sd.

Leyde, 1858

143 MAKRĪZI, al Khitat (Description and History of Cairo, in Arabic), Vol. II,
sm. folio, bd.
Bulak, 1270 (1854)
144 MARASID UL ITTILA'. LEXICON GEOGRAPHICUM, textus Arabicus,
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Lugd. Bat. 1850-64

A most important Gazetteer, the Arabic text of which comprises over 1400 pages.

145 MARTIN, Dialogues Arabes-français, 8vo. cloth
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146 MAS'UDI. Les Prairies d'Or, de Maçoudi, Arabe et Francais, par
Barbier de Meynard et Pavet de Courteille, 9 vols. 8vo. sd. £2. 8s;
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This great work was composed in the fourth century of the Hijra, and contains
a universal history. Its special value lies in the vivid and picturesque description of
the early days of Islam.

147 MISHCAT - UL - MASABIH; a Collection of the most authentic Traditions regarding the Actions and sayings of MUHAMMED, exhibiting the religions, customs, and policy of the Muslemans; translated from the Arabic, by Capt. MATTHEWS, 2 vols. impl. 4to. hf. calf

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Valuable as a Law Code in all Mohammedan Countries.

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148 NASIF AL YAZIJI, Majma'ul Bahrain (Sixty Makāmāt, or Elegant Discus-
sions, in Arabic), roy. 8vo. hf. calf gilt
149 NAWAWI (Abu Zacarya Yahya) Tahzibu 1 Asma (a Biographical Dictionary
of the early times of Islam, in Arabic, edited by Wüstenfeld), roy. 8vo.
878 pp.; bds.
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150 NUFHUT-OOL - YUMUN, an Arabic Miscellany of compositions in prose
and verse, by Shuekh Uhmud, ed. Lumsden, roy. 4to. hf. calf, scarce

Calcutta, 1811 151 OBERLEITNER, Chrestomathia Arabica una cum glossario Arabico-Latino, 2 vols. in 1, 8vo. hf. bd. Viennae, 1824

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154 PERRON, Femmes Arabes avant et depuis l'Islamisme, 8vo. hf. morocco
Paris, 1858
155 Pосock Specimen Historia Arabum sive Abul Farajius de origine
et moribus Arabum, Arab. et Lat. acc. Historia Veterum Arabum, ex
Abu 'l Feda, arab. et lat. ed. White, 4to. portrait, russia Oxon. 1806
156 Rāzi. Mukhtāru s Sihāh (Abridgment of a celebrated Dictionary) by
Muhammad bin Abi Bakr bin 'Abd-al-Kadir or Răzi, in Arabic, 12mo.
694 pp.; gilt cloth
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157 REISKII (J. J.) Primae lineae historiae Reynorum Arabicorum et rerum ab Arabibus medio inter Christum et Muhammedem tempore gestarum, ed. F. Wüstenfeld, 8vo. geneological tables, hf. calf

Gott. 1847

158 RERUM ARABICARUM, quæ ad historiam Siculam spectant ampla collectio opera Rosarii Gregorio, roy. folio, the text in Arabic and Latin, with facsimiles of inscriptions, etc.; hf. calf Panormi, 1790

159 SA'DI, Gulistan, translated into Arabic, large 8vo. bd.

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160 SACY (Silvestre de) GRAMMAIRE ARABE, seconde edition corrigée et augmentée, 2 vols. 8vo. xx and 608, xii and 697 pp., tables and plates, Paris, 1831 1831

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162 SACY (Silvestre de) Chrestomathie Arabe, ou Extraits de divers
écrivains arabes, tant en prose qu'en vers, Arabe et Français, seconde
édition, corrigée et augmentée, 3 vols. 8vo. xxiii, 551 and 176, vii, 577
and 162, and viii, 569 and 207 pages; sd. £2; or, hf. bd. 1826-27
163 SACY. Anthologie Grammaticale Arabe, suite de la Chrestomathie,
Arabe et Francais, 8vo. x, 519 and 184 pp. sd. 28s; or, neatly hf.
bound

1829
164 SCHULTEUS, Historia Joctanidarum in Arabia, Felice ex Abulfeda, etc.
Arabice et Latine, Hardewyk, 1786-Monumenta vetustiora Arabiae,
Lugd. Bat. 1740-in 1 vol. sm. 4to. vellum
165 SHALFUN (Yusuf) Anisu 1 Jalis (from the Alf
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166 SIJILMASI (Abdallah Muh. b. 'Abdal Jalil al Falali) Fat'hu 1 Jalili s-Samad (on Muhammadan Law, in Arabic), 8vo. cloth

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168 TAHTANI, Tahriru 1 Kawa'idi 1 Mantikiyya (Commentary on Shamsiyya, on Logic, in Arabic), 8vo. MS. neatly written; calf

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169 TAJWĪDU L KURAN (A Treatise on the proper pronunciation and accen-
tuation, in Arabic) followed by the Shahadat Nama, a book on the
Shi'ite martyrs, in Hindustani), in 1 vol. 12mo. MS. Indian red leather
1270 (1855)
170 TĀRĪKHU L FAT'HI L KUSSI fi fat'hi 1 Kudsi (History of the War against
the Crusaders, by 'Imad-ad-din Muhammad, in Arabic), sm. 4to.
MS. in a Syrian hand, 128 leaves; bd.
About 1600
There is a bismillah immediately followed by a rubric to indicate the beginning
of year 86 (586=1181), and the book breaks off at the end with the arrival of
Salah-ad-din before 'Askalon two years later.

171 TRADITIONS, etc. A volume in Arabic, sm. 4to. MS. consisting of the
pieces mentioned below; cloth

About A.H. 1050-1110

'Othman b. Muhammad, Kurrat-al-'Ain, A.H. 1063. 20 leaves.
Kawakib as-Sāri fi Khatmi s-Sahih al-Bukhari, A.H. 1117.
Muhammad Najm-ad-diu al Ghaiti, Su'al. (About 1100.)
Suyuti, A 'zabu n-Nahil min Hadith. 10 leaves.

Zain ad din al 'Irāki, Kitābu t Tabsirat fi 'ilmi 1 Hadith.
And various other tracts.

26 leaves.
20 leaves.

About 1050. 19 leaves.

172 ‘UYŪNU L AKHBAR wa Nuzhatu 1 Absār (General History by Muhammad al Misri al Bakri, in Arabic), 8vo. MS. in black and red, wanting the beginning; old Turkish binding

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173 UL UJUB OOL OJAB, the art of letter writing, in Arabic, 8vo. hf. calf

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174 VANDYKE (Edward) Kitāb Iktifā-u l-Kanū' bi-ma huwa matbu' min ajli
t-ta'lifi l'arabiyya fi Matabi'i sh sharkiyya wa l'Arabiyya
(Bibliography of Arabic works printed both in Europe and the East,
edited and augmented by Muhammad 'Ali al Biblāwi), in Arabic, roy.
2vo. 680 pp. bds.

Cairo, 1897

Including the works published in France, Holland, and Germany, as well as those printed in the East.

176 Armenian.

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175 Aramaic. Cook (S. A.) A Glossary of the Aramaic Inscriptions, 8vo. cloth 1898 Aramaic, one of the great branches of the Semitic family of languages, was the lingua franca of Western Asia. Used in Babylonia and Assyria as early as the tenth century, B.C. GOSPEL LESSONS OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH, in Armenian. Small folio, MS. on bombycine paper, preceded by a Calendar, decorated with birds and grotesque figures; and containing four large miniatures of the Evangelists, besides some smaller miniatures, and splendidly ornamented opening pages; bound in massive repoussé silver for an Armenian Monastery in Casarea (Cappadocia), bearing on the upper side figures of God the Father, Christ, the Virgin, and a Bishop, besides an ornamental pattern of Renaissance character; on the reverse a similar border, and a design of the Assumption of Mary About 1550-1600 84 0 0 The MS. seems to belong to the first half of the sixteenth century, and the ornamentation of the binding to the later part of the same century. The binding is a magnificent example of Armenian art work.

Assyria: 177 BOTTA (P. E) MONUMENT de NINIVE découvert et décrit par lui; mesuré et dessiné par E. Flandin, 5 vols. atlas folio, vellum paper, beautiful engravings of architecture, sculpture, and inscriptions, hf. red morocco extra, gilt edges, by T. Wright Paris, 1849-50 30 0 0

This work cost 1800 francs.

178 KING (L. W.) The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi, King of Babylon, about B.C. 2000, to which are added a series of letters of other Kings of the first Dynasty of Babylon, the original Babylonian texts, edited from tablets in the British Museum, with English translations, summaries of contents, etc., 8vo. plates, cloth

179

1898 Assistant in the Dept. of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum, FIRST STEPS IN ASSYRIAN, a Book for Beginners, being a series of historical, mythological, religious, magical, epistolary, and other texts, printed in Cuneiform Characters with interlinear transliteration and translation, and a sketch of Assyrian Grammar, sign-list, and vocabulary, 8vo. cloth

1898

The aim of the present work is to furnish the beginner with all the materials which he will require in his earliest studies of the Assyrian language and the cuneiform inscriptions. 180 LAYARD (A. H.) the Monuments of Nineveh, from Drawings made on the spot, both series, impl. folio, 171 plates in outline, some coloured and tinted, with descriptive letterpress, in 2 portfolios (pub. at £21.) 1853 Australia: 181 QUIROS (Pedro Fernandez de) COPIE DE LA REQVESTE presentee av Roy d'Espagne par le Capitaine Pierre Ferdinand de Quir, sur la descouuerte de la cinquiesme Partie du monde, appellee la terre Australle, incogneue, & des grandes richesses & fertilité d'icelle.

PARIS M.DC.XVII.

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