MICHAELIS (Johann David). Arabische Grammatik nebst einer Ar - Lot 131

MICHAELIS (Johann David). Arabische Grammatik nebst einer Arabischer Chrestomathie, undAbhandlung vomarabischenGeschmack, sonderlich in der poetischenund historischen Schreibart. Göttingen, Victorinus Bossiegel, 1781. Two parts in one volume in-8, CXII, 8, 256, 136 p., brown basane, smooth spine decorated with gilded boxes and motifs, red title page (foxing, worn binding). German translation by the theologian and orientalist Johann David Michaelis (1717-1791), of the Arabic Grammar first published by Erpenius in 1613, accompanied by a chrestomathiearabe. Erpenius' Arabic Grammar was a great success, and was reprinted many times over a period of almost two centuries. Provenance: Ecole Sainte-Geneviève (stamp on title). (Schnurrer 120 p. 83).