Lot 173
Egypt.- Kitab al-ibriz [Arabic-English Lexicon and Phrasebook], Bulaq, Egypt, 1877
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Middle East.- Kitab al-ibriz [Arabic-English Lexicon and Phrasebook], occasional damp staining, a few leaves detached, minor repairs to a couple leaves, a few pencil annotations and underlinings, ink gift inscription to front pastedown from Harold Bridgewater to Homashah Dinshah Gandhi Esq, dated "1/10/[18]99", with the latter’s ownership inscription as Homashaji Dinshaji Gandhi, contemporary roan-backed cloth, upper cover detached, spine worn and becoming broken, rubbed and worn, small 4to, Bulaq, Egypt, [1877].
⁂ A rare, seemingly unrecorded, Arabic-English lexicon and phrasebook.
Description
Middle East.- Kitab al-ibriz [Arabic-English Lexicon and Phrasebook], occasional damp staining, a few leaves detached, minor repairs to a couple leaves, a few pencil annotations and underlinings, ink gift inscription to front pastedown from Harold Bridgewater to Homashah Dinshah Gandhi Esq, dated "1/10/[18]99", with the latter’s ownership inscription as Homashaji Dinshaji Gandhi, contemporary roan-backed cloth, upper cover detached, spine worn and becoming broken, rubbed and worn, small 4to, Bulaq, Egypt, [1877].
⁂ A rare, seemingly unrecorded, Arabic-English lexicon and phrasebook.