Middle East.- Scaliger (Joseph Justus) Thomas Erpenius. Proverbiorum

Middle East.- Scaliger (Joseph Justus) and Thomas Erpenius. Proverbiorum Arabicorum, second edition, text in Latin and Arabic, woodcut printer's device on title, repeated on otherwise blank final f., contemporary ownership ink inscription to pastedown dated 1623, and others later, title page trimmed affecting date and most of imprint, fold line to front free endpaper, loss to pastedown, a few tears and loss to ff. (not affecting text), browning, marks, and occasional spotting throughout, contemporary calf, skillfully rebacked, rubbed, small loss to upper cover, otherwise sound considering age, [USTC 1011609], 8vo, [Leiden, Ex Typographia Erpeniana, Linguarum Orientalium, prostant apud J. Maire, 1623]. *** Scarce second edition of this study of Arabic proverbs. It first appeared in 1614, but the second edition is considered superior as it was revised by Erpenius just before his death in 1624.

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