SCHIAPARELLI Celestino

Ibn Gubayr (Ibn Giober), Viaggio in Ispagna, Sicilia, Siria e Palestina, Mesopotemia, Arabia, Egitto compiuto nel secolo XII, prima traduzione fatta sull'originale arabo da Celestino Schiaparelli, Casa Editrice Italiana, Roma, 1906. In-8, paperback, 412p. First Latin (Italian) translation from the original Arabic manuscript (Wright's 1852 edition). The translator mentions the existence of another copy of the manuscript in the library of the Great Mosque of Fez. Celestino Schiaparelli (1841-1919) was an Italian orientalist and Arabist, professor of Arabic at the University of La Sapienza in Rome, and director of the Académie des Lyncéens. First Latin (Italian) translation from the original Arabic manuscript (Wright edition 1852). The translator mentions the existence of another copy of the manuscript in the library of the Great Mosque of Fez. Celestino Schiaparelli (1841-1919) was an Italian orientalist and Arabist, professor of Arabic at the University of La Sapienza in Rome and director of the Académie des Lyncéens.