SCHNURRER (Christian Friedrich von). Bibliotheca arabica. Ha - Lot 253

SCHNURRER (Christian Friedrich von). Bibliotheca arabica. Halae ad Salam, typis et sumtu I. C. Hendelii, 1811. In-8, pp. V-XXI, [1] f., 514 pp., 515 (a)-518 (a), pp. [515]-526 (without pp. 527-529). Old vellum, smooth spine, gilt author, title and date, speckled edges (soiling to boards with small lack to lower board, lacking pp. I-IV, 527-529 and one leaf at end). Rare. Bibliography of around 500 works by or about Arabs, published in Europe before 1880. This work was published in two editions, as indicated by Chauvin. The original edition, published between 1799 and 1806, includes works on the following subjects: history and geography, poetry, grammar and lexicography, as well as works by Christians, texts relating to the Bible and, finally, everything concerning the Koran. The second edition added a seventh and final part devoted to various subjects. (Chauvin, I, pp. xx-xxiii).