Henri-Joseph SAUVAIRE
Sur une Mère d'astrolabe arabe du XIIIe siècle (609 de l'Hégire), portant un calendrier perpétuel avec correspondance musulmane et chrétienne[On the Mater of a 13th-Century Arabic Astrolabe (A.H. 609), Bearing a Perpetual Calendar with Muslim and Christian Correspondence]
Imprimerie Nationale |Paris 1893|14 x 22.7 cm|Relié
First edition of the French translation prepared by J. de Rey-Pailhade and Henry-Joseph Sauvaire, issued in a small printing as an offprint from the Journal asiatique.
A few small spots of foxing; a pleasing and uncommon copy.
Half green cloth, smooth spine with red morocco title-label, ‘œil-de-chat’ patterned paper over boards, sprinkled edges.
Illustrated with two double-page plates outside the text.
Born in Marseille, Henri Sauvaire (1831–1896) began his career in the consular service before turning to Near-Eastern archaeology.
On the half-title, a presentation inscription in the hand of Henri-Joseph Sauvaire to the archaeologist Alban-Emmanuel Guillaume-Rey (1837–1916), a specialist in medieval Syria.
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