Lot 6
al-Jawhari (Abu Nasr Isma'il) Kitab-i Iugat-i Vankulu [An Ottman Turkish translation of the Arabic Sihah of Jawhari], 2 vol., Istanbul, Dar ut-Tibaat el-Memure, 1169-70 AH [1755-56]; and a Koran (3)
Hammer Price: £380
Description
al-Jawhari (Abu Nasr Isma'il) Kitab-i Iugat-i Vankulu [An Ottman Turkish translation of the Arabic Sihah of Jawhari], 2 vol., translated by Mehemmed ibn Mustafa el-Vani [Vankuli], vol. 1 lacking final 2 ff. now provided in facsimile, vol. 1 with one or two marginal notes, slight chipping to fore-edges, water-staining to both, abrasion marks to endpapers, vol. 1 in twentieth-century half-cloth, rubbed and worn, vol. 2 in near contemporary calf envelope binding, rubbed and worn, chipping to extremities, Istanbul, Dar ut-Tibaat el-Memure, 1169-70 AH [1755-56]; and an early twentieth century Koran, large 8vo & 8vo (3).
⁂ The first mentioned is the second edition of the first text printed by Ibrahim Muteferrika in 1729: an Ottoman Turkish translation of the enormously influential 10th-century Arabic dictionary of Jawhari.
Description
al-Jawhari (Abu Nasr Isma'il) Kitab-i Iugat-i Vankulu [An Ottman Turkish translation of the Arabic Sihah of Jawhari], 2 vol., translated by Mehemmed ibn Mustafa el-Vani [Vankuli], vol. 1 lacking final 2 ff. now provided in facsimile, vol. 1 with one or two marginal notes, slight chipping to fore-edges, water-staining to both, abrasion marks to endpapers, vol. 1 in twentieth-century half-cloth, rubbed and worn, vol. 2 in near contemporary calf envelope binding, rubbed and worn, chipping to extremities, Istanbul, Dar ut-Tibaat el-Memure, 1169-70 AH [1755-56]; and an early twentieth century Koran, large 8vo & 8vo (3).
⁂ The first mentioned is the second edition of the first text printed by Ibrahim Muteferrika in 1729: an Ottoman Turkish translation of the enormously influential 10th-century Arabic dictionary of Jawhari.