Live auction - Lot 822
Das arabische Hohe Lied der Liebe das ist Ibnol Fáridh's Táijet.
Vienna, Kaiserl. Königl. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei (in Commission bei C. Gerold & Sohn), 1854
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
4to: xxiv-70-[54] pp. (some light spotting).
Mod. black half leather, gilt decor. paper on boards (a few tiny def.), flat spine, orig. ill. wrappers bound with (spotting). Good copy.
First European edition of this poem by Ibn al-Farid (1128-1234), edited by the Austrian orientalist and historian J. von Hammer-Purgstall (1774-1856). Text and title pages in German and Arabic, entirely printed within gilt frame.
Ref. WorldCat.
Prov. Bookseller's ticket. - Ownership entry on title.