RARE ARABIC GRAMMAR BASED ON MANUSCRIPTS IN THE ROYAL LIBRARY

Lettieri, Mauritius.

Regiae Bibliothecae Borbonicae. Codices Arabici Descripti quourum Specimina Arabice et Latine. Tomus I [all published] Grammatici et Philosophici.

Neapoli: Ex Regia Typographia, 1837. Item #870

Large 4to.  300 x 220 mm., [11 ¾ x 9 inches].  [1], iv, 24 pp. One folding plate of Arabic letter forms.  Later 19^th century marbled paper wrappers; some minor foxing.

Treatise on Arabic writing forms and grammar based on manuscripts in the Royal Library in Naples written by Maurizio Lettieri (1804-1849) a professor of Arabic at the University of Naples.  The essay describes fourteen Arabic manuscripts and provides bibliographic and textual information on each, including examples of the script used by the scribes recording the text.  The Arabic text is often accompanied by the Latin equivalents, providing access to both the script and the contents of each manuscript. 

The folding plate shows examples of various manuscript alphabets and numbers, and  it includes specimens of type made to represent the scripts.

Not cited in ICCU the Italian Union Catalogue. NUC, or OCLC.

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Price: $1,750.00