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[Wooden printing block with Arabic inscription].
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[Arab world]. - Lot 140
[Arab world].
[Wooden printing block with Arabic inscription].
[HEATON, W. H. Title or heading of a publication related to Lisān al-ʿArab. Manchester, 1909]. Hand-engraved wood block measuring 20 x 16 cm, engraved surface 18 x 15 cm.
Typographic woodblock with two lines engraved in Arabic characters, executed in naskh calligraphy. It probably constitutes a header or title for a publication of the Lisān al-ʿArab, the famous dictionary of the Arabic language.
Engraved by W. H. Heaton at D. Rofe & Co. in Manchester, England (Upper block border: "D. Rofe & Co. 1909 / W. H. Heaton / Maker / 62 George St. / Manchester").
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