A. DURAND
Elementa grammaticae Arabicae, cum chresthomathia, lexico variisque notis
Imprimerie des pères jésuites|Beirut 1896-1897|13.5 x 21.5 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
Rare first edition of this grammar written in collaboration with Louis Cheikho (Théodore Rizqallah), later revised in a 1912 edition.
Contemporary half blue sheep binding, flat spine decorated with double gilt fillets, joints restored, green vellum tips, some rubbing to the marbled paper boards.
Stamped marks and pencil annotations to the endpapers and title page.
Louis Cheikho (Théodore Rizqallah) was a Jesuit of the Chaldean rite, a renowned Arabist and Orientalist, and founder of the Bibliothèque orientale in Beirut.
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