Arabic manuscript compendium on elementary Arabic grammar Majmūʿat al-Sarf

by Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. Masʿūd Ibn al-Ḥājib, al-Zanjānī

$5,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Arabic manuscript on burnished and watermarked European paper. Text written in thuluth script, 13 lines per page. Title pages illuminated with gold; all text pages ruled in gold. Marginal annotations in various hands throughout. Begins with a note attributed to al-Ḥājj Muṣṭafā Efendi. 53 + 20 + 23 + 12 + 30 leaves. 6-1/8 x 4-1/4 inches. Contemporary red leather with marbled paper onlays and fore-edge flap, marbled paper on inner covers. Very good. Item #372831

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