Dodge bayard editor (1 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderSprache: Englisch
Verlag: Columbia University Press, New York & London 1970
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Leaf and Stone Books, Toronto, ON, KanadaLeaf and Stone Books
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. xxxiv, 570; 571-1149 pp. Bibliography, glossary, Bio index, general index. Illustrated with maps & figs. Octavo. An Islamic design of black over purple cloth with purple spines, gilt titles. Covers have minor shelf wear, interiors are clean and tight. A very nice copy… of this heavy two volume set. Prof. Dodge was the first to collate and update the extant manuscripts of al-Nadim's Fihrist and to translate it into English. "The Catalog (Kitab al-fihrist) by Ibn al-Nadim (d. 995 AD) is an index of all books written in Arabic either by Arabs or non-Arabs and contains ten discourses. The first six of them deal with books on Islamic subjects: 1. the Scriptures of Muslims, Jews and Christians with emphasis on the Quran and Quranic sciences; 2. grammar and philology; 3. history, biography, genealogy and related subjects; 4. poetry; 5. scholastic theology (kalam); 6. law and tradition. The last four discourses deal with non-Islamic subjects. 7. philosophy and the ancient sciences; 8. legends, fables, magic, conjuring Inc; 9. the doctrines of the non-monotheistic creeds; 10. alchemy. The author, a bookseller, often mentions the size of a book and the number of pages so buyers would not be cheated by copyists creating shorter versions. He refers often to copies written by famous calligraphers, bibliophies and other libraries and speaks of an auction and of the trade in books. In the opening section he deals with the alphabets of 14 people (Arabs and non-Arabs) and their manner of writing and also with the writing-pen, paper and its different varieties."; Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1149 pages.
