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KNÖS, GUSTAF (Ed.): - Kitab Qissat al-`asr wuzara wa-ma gara lahum ma`a ibn al-Malik Azad Baht. [Arabic transcription]. Historia decem vezirorum et filii Regis Azad Bacht, insertis undecim aliis narrationibus. In usum tironum ad codicem manu scriptum Cahirensem. Göttingen, typis Henrici Dieterich, 1807.
. Pp. (x) with title, preface, content in Latin + Arabic text pp. (ii),114, (2) errata. Contemporary red paper covered boards, covers and spine ruled in gilt, title lettered in gilt on spine, extremities rubbed, corners chipped. Attractive blue marbled endpapers. Pretty copy from Säbylund. First Arabic edition of the famous Bakhtiyar-namah ("The history of the ten Viziers), a series of Persian tales which sometimes has been added as a supplement to the Arabian Nights. This translation is based on a manuscript discovered in Cairo. A Latin translation with comments (in dissertation form) was published in 1814-15. Gustaf Knös was a Swedish-born theolog and orientalist who studied in Göttingen and later in Paris under Silvestre de Sacy. Scarce. Kaiser ii, p.371. Schnurrer 419. Forum catalogue nov 14: 93. K N Ö S , Gustav (ed.). [Kitab Qissat al-`asr wuzara wa-ma gara lahum ma`a ibn al-Malik Azad Baht]. Historia decem vezirorum et filii Regis Azad Bacht insertis undecim aliis narrationibus. Göttingen, Heinrich Dieterich, 1807. 8o. Contemporary boards covered with green paper. sold First Arabic edition of a series of Persian tales known as Bakhtiyar-namah, a frame story deriving partly from the ancient Sanskrit Panchatantra (known in Arabic as Bidpai) and often added as a supplement to the Arabian nights. The present edition is based on an Arabic manuscript discovered in Cairo: a Latin translation with annotations followed (in dissertation form) in 1814. It is an elegant little book, well-printed on excellent laid paper with a very slight greenish cast. With a tiny corner of the first 3 leaves (counting from the Arabic side) and free endleaf apparently nibbled by mice, not approaching the text, but otherwise in fine condition. The spine is faded and the paper covering the boards shows a few tiny defects, but the binding is still very good. Lovely and elegant first Arabic edition of a famous set of Persian tales. Richard Burton, tr., Arabian nights (1884-1886), 10, item 174.3 (p. 441); Schnurrer 419. OMLIBRIS EURO 3000 (!)
EUR 800.00 [Appr.: US$ 862.9 | £UK 687.25 | JP¥ 135006] Booknumber: 121101
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EUR 800.00 [Appr.: US$ 862.9 | £UK 687.25 | JP¥ 135006] Booknumber: 121101
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Total: EUR 800.00 [Appr.: US$ 862.9 | £UK 687.25 | JP¥ 135006]
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