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Arabic Grammar--
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Alphabetum Arabicum. Rome: Typographia Medicea, 1592, 4to (202 x 140mm.), 64pp., text in Arabic and Latin, woodcut printer's device on title-page, nineteenth-century (?) calf, minor repairs to title (not affecting text), some light marginal staining, binding heavily stained and repaired
['Uthman ibn 'Umar, called Ibn al-Hajib. Al-Kafiya. Grammatica arabica dicta Caphiah, auctore filio Alhagiabi. Rome: Typographia Medicea, 1592], 4to (202 x 140mm.), [96pp., the last blank], Arabic text only, title printed in red, text printed in red and black throughout, manuscript Latin title and imprint on title-page neatly added by hand later, twentieth-century green calf, upper cover richly tooled in gilt, lower cover tooled in blind, a little spotting or staining, verso of title fore-edge strengthened, slightly rubbed
Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ben Muhammad ben Dawud al-Sanhagi, called Ibn Adjurrum. [Grammatica arabica in compendium redacta, quae vocatur Giarrumia, auctore Mahmeto filio Davidis Alsanhagii. Rome: Typographia Medicea, 1592], 4to (202 x 140mm.), [24pp.], Arabic title and text printed in red and black throughout, manuscript Latin title and imprint on title-page neatly added by hand later, nineteenth-century red calf gilt, light waterstain thoughout, small repair on final leaf (not affecting text), rebacked, binding rather marked and rubbed
Together 3 works printed by the Typographia Medicea in Rome in 1592
Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ben Muhammad ben Dawud al-Sanhagi, called Ibn Adjurrum. [Grammatica arabica in compendium redacta, quae vocatur Giarrumia, auctore Mahmeto filio Davidis Alsanhagii. Rome: Typographia Medicea, 1592], 4to (202 x 140mm.), [24pp.], Arabic title and text printed in red and black throughout, manuscript Latin title and imprint on title-page neatly added by hand later, nineteenth-century red calf gilt, light waterstain thoughout, small repair on final leaf (not affecting text), rebacked, binding rather marked and rubbed
Together 3 works printed by the Typographia Medicea in Rome in 1592
Literature
Schnurrer 41, 42, 43; Censimento 16 CNCE 1227, 44392 (4 copies only), 65819 (3 copies only)
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
all are scarce, the third publication is very rare.
The Medici Oriental Press was the first printing press in europe dedicated to printing books in an arabic typeface. It was founded in Rome in 1584 under the direction of Giovan Battista Raimondi and the patronage of Pope Gregory XIII. The second work is the first Arabic grammar to be printed entirely in Arabic in Granjon's fine large type Arabe des Quatres Evangiles, and edited by Raimondi. There are issues of the second and thirds works with printed Latin text on the title.