[Rarebooks] FS: Arabic maxims and proverbs compiled in Arabic & Latin by 12th c. Persian scholar Zamakhshari. Leyden: 1772

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Zamakhshari, Abu al-Quasim Mahmud Ibn 'Umar, Al. ANTHOLOGIA SENTENTIARUM ARABICARUM... Edidit, Vertit el Illustravit Henricus Albertus Schultens. Leyden: Joannem Le Mair. 1772. 4to. (20),171,(1)pp. Arabic text with Latin Translation and notes by Schultens. Later half calf over original paper covered boards, edges worn. The spine is plain, with 5 raised bands, without a spine label.    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first edition of a collection of Arabic maxims and proverbs compiled by a 12th century Persian theologian, grammarian and lexicographer. Note: a rather worn ex-library copy, albeit inscribed by the translator Schultens (d. 1750) sold for $4,420 in 2015!

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