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181 - [Arabia]. ABU AL-FIDA Ismail ibn Ali, or Abu’l-Fida. THE ORCHARDS.
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[Arabia]. ABU AL-FIDA Ismail ibn Ali, or Abu’l-Fida. THE ORCHARDS. The Life of Muhammad, Arabic text by Abu’l-Fida. Paris, Royal Printing Office, 1837. Large 8vo, X-160 pp. (French text), (2) ff. (half-title and title in Arabic), 120 pp. (Arabic text). Fauve half-basane with period corners, spine with faux raised bands, red title label, panels decorated with gilt metalwork and double gilt fillets, triple blind-stamped fillets on the covers (scuffs, stains, and wear on the binding; very slight marginal foxing). A medieval biography of the Prophet Muhammad in Arabic by Abu al-Fida’ Ismail ibn Ali, accompanied by a French translation by Adolphe Noël des Vergers (1805–1867). The only edition featuring the Arabic text printed in France. Biography first published in Abu al-Fida’s *Abrégé de l’histoire des hommes* (*al-Mukhta?ar fi Akhbar al-Bashar*). Provenance: John Wingfield Larking, with his ex libris engraved on the back cover. Brunet, I, 18. Gay, 3614.
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