Histoire Des Sultans Mamlouks De L'Egypte Ecrite en Arabe

Taki-Eddin-Ahmed-Makrizi, Etienne Marc Quatremere

Verlag: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, Paris, 1842

Beschreibung

One part of the impressive translation of this historical work on Mamluk Egypt from French Orientalist Quatremere. Volume Two, Part One only. One Part of Four. Some pages are unopened. The binding is the original publishers boards and has suffered but a worthwhile item, the set of four would normally be around £1500-£2000. Traduit en Francais, et accompagnees de notes philologiques, historiques, geographiques. In French, Translated from Arabic. With the armorial bookplate of James Whatman to the front pastedown. James Whatman, 1813 1887, was an English Liberal politician. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society and was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. With a Runting and Jeffcoat bookbinder label to the front pastedown. Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhammad al-Maqrizi, 1364 1442, was an Egyptian historian, more commonly known as al-Maqrizi or Makrizi. Etienne Marc Quatremere, 1782 - 1857, was a French Orientalist. His interest in al-Maqrizi's text has more to do with lexicography and Arabic vocabulary, than the history of Mamluk Egypt. In the original publisher's binding. Externally, The front board is detached, and the rear joint is cracked. Internally, generally firmly bound, with foxing and marginal browning. There are occasional marginal small closed tears. Good Only. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GEN20-B-8

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Histoire Des Sultans Mamlouks De L'Egypte ...

Verlag: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, Paris

Erscheinungsdatum: 1842

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Good Only

Art des Buches: book