Lot 64
Arabic grammars. dictionaries, etc.
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A collection to include: Wright, W. A grammar of the Arabic language translated from the German of Caspari. London, 1859-62. 2 volumes in 1, 8vo., contemporary quarter cloth, marbled boards; Hava, J.G., the Revd. [Arabic title] Arabic-English dictionary, Beirut, 1899. 8vo., contemporary half calf, cloth boards; Catafago, Joseph An English and Arabic dictionary. London, 1873. Second edition, 8vo., contemporary quarter calf, rubbed, repairs to inner joints, title-page dusty and with some small stamps; Saad, Khalil [Arabic title] Centennial English-Arabic dictionary of the American Press. [Beirut], 1926. 4to., original quarter calf, cloth, worn, inner joints week, leaf of preliminary pages detached; Wehr, Hans A dictionary of modern written Arabic edited by J. Milton Cowan. Wiesbaden, 1961. 8vo., publisher's cloth, dustwrappers; Gairdner, T. Egyptian colloquial Arabic. Cambridge, 1917. 8vo., publisher's cloth; Van Ess, J. The spoken Arabic of Iraq. Oxford, 1941. Second edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth; Athanasius, Atallah A text-book of Arabic syntax. Cairo, 1922. 8vo., original quarter cloth, printed paper boards, and 21 others. (29)