[Arabian Nights] Alf Layla wa-laylaqad haddaba-hu wa-sahhaha-hu ahad al-aba' al-yasu`iyyin. Four volumes of five (vol. 2-5)
by [Salihani, Antun (Anṭūn Ṣāliḥānī)]
- Used
- Condition
- Unopened. Wrappers slightly dusted, chipped, and creased, vol. 3 spine missing, front upper outer corner torn with loss. Inside
- Seller
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About This Item
Beirut: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Kāthūlīkīyah lil-Ābāʼ al-Yasūʻīyīn [Catholic Press of the Jesuit Fathers], 1890. First edition of this version of the text. In publisher's wrappers (printed title on front and spine on vol. 3 and 5). Unopened. Wrappers slightly dusted, chipped, and creased, vol. 3 spine missing, front upper outer corner torn with loss. Inside clean and firm, in fine condition.. First edition of this version of the text. In publisher's wrappers (printed title on front and spine on vol. 3 and 5).
An early edition of the Arabian Nights by the Jesuit printing house in Beirut.
Edited by Antun Salihani, from a different MS version than the earlier - such as the Bulaq and Calcutta -editions. Salihani believed that he "purified and corrected" the text, in fact largely expurgated.
Details
- Bookseller
- Foldvaribooks (HU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2746
- Title
- [Arabian Nights] Alf Layla wa-laylaqad haddaba-hu wa-sahhaha-hu ahad al-aba' al-yasu`iyyin. Four volumes of five (vol. 2-5)
- Author
- [Salihani, Antun (Anṭūn Ṣāliḥānī)]
- Format/Binding
- In publisher's wrappers (printed title on front and spine on vol. 3 and 5)
- Book Condition
- Used - Unopened. Wrappers slightly dusted, chipped, and creased, vol. 3 spine missing, front upper outer corner torn with loss. Inside
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition of this version of the text
- Publisher
- al-Maṭbaʻah al-Kāthūlīkīyah lil-Ābāʼ al-Yasūʻīyīn [Catholic Press of the Jesuit Fathers]
- Place of Publication
- Beirut
- Date Published
- 1890
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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As members of The Hungarian Antiquarian Bookseller's Association (MAE) we are also members ILAB-LILA(International League of Antiquarian Booksellers) and hence obliged to follow their Code of Ethic .
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