Louis Calligaris [Luigi CALLIGARIS]
Il Nuovo Erpennio, ossia corso teorico-pratico di lingua araba nel quale con metodo affatto nuovo, facile e progressivo, ai principi della lingua correttamente scritta, si aggiungono le pratiche della lingua parlata dalla gente colta nelle varie regioni di Asia e Africa[The New Erpennius; or, a Theoretical and Practical Course in the Arabic Language, in Which, by an Entirely New, Easy and Progressive Method, the Principles of Correct Written Arabic Are Combined with the Practices of the Spoken Language Used by Educated People in the Various Regions of Asia and Africa]
Tipografia Derossi e Dusso|Turin 1863|20.5 x 26.7 cm|Relié
Extremely rare first edition of this work comprising a course intended for students of Arabic at the University of Turin.
No copies recorded in the CCF or the CCI. The title refers to Thomas Van Erpe’s Grammatica arabica [= Erpennio in Italian], published in Leiden in 1613.
Contemporary-style half black cloth over marbled paper boards, smooth spine, unrestamped and restored, bookplate pasted to front pastedown, modern binding.
In 1861, Colonel Luigi Calligaris (1808-1870), who had served from 1833 as an instructor to the beylical army of Tunisia, was permanently recalled to Piedmont and, in recognition of his expertise in Oriental languages, was appointed professor of ve
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