Lot 1083
1083
ARABICA -- CELSIUS, O. Qiṣaṣʿalā al-luġa wa-ʿilm al-ʿArab, sive Historia linguae & eruditionis Arabum. Uppsala, H. Keyser, 1694. (4), 199 pp. Mod. brds. (Slightly short margins, last leaf laid down, browned/foxed).
The very first monograph on the subject of Arabic studies and the Arabic language, and number 1 in Schnurrer's bibliography. It was defended as a thesis under the orientalist G.P. Lillieblad, and a second edition appeared in 1704. Celsius (1670-1756) was the foremost orientalist and librarian of 18th-c. Sweden. - Only 1 copy in NCC.€ 360
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