Shelfmark
Fd.6.17
Author
Uniform title
[Taqwīm al-buldān. Selections. Latin & Arabic]
Title
Abulfedae Descriptio Aegypti, arabice et latine. Ex codice Parisiensi edidit, latine vertit, notas adiecit, Ioannes David Michaelis, stellae polaris eques, regis M. Britanniae consiliarius aulicus, et professor philosophiae Goettingensis..
Varying form of title
Abvlfedae Descriptio Aegypti, arabice et latine
Physical description
[6], 28, 134, [4], 36 pages ; 22 cm. (4⁰)
Language
Arabic and Latin text.
Note
The final numbered section of the book is Arabic text, and numbered from right to left.
Note
Signatures: pi¹ )(² A-C⁴ D², A-R⁴, A-D⁴ E² (final sequence from right to left).
Note
Woodcut device on title page.
Note
Woodcut headpieces and a tailpiece.
Note
With printed footnotes.
Citation/references note
Schnurrer, C.F. Bib. arabica, 162
Provenance
Round bookplate of Eton College Library on front pastedown.
Binding
18the century full brown, flat spine with gold decorations; titling on spine compartment; two flyleaves at the beginning and two at the end of volume.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting pi⁴, )(² wrongly inserted between D1 and D2 of the first section.
Subject
Egypt Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Germany Göttingen.
Language code
lat ara ara
Identifier
B55403