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ABOULFÉDA, Abu l-Fida Ismail ibn Ali (1273-1331) – NOËL DES VERGERS, Adolphe, trad. (1805-1867)

Lot 37
10.05.2021 11:00UTC +01:00
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€ 1 300
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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Lot 37 | ABOULFÉDA, Abu l-Fida Ismail ibn Ali (1273-1331) – NOËL DES VERGERS, Adolphe, trad. (1805-1867)
Estimate value
€ 1 500 – 2 000
ABOULFÉDA, Abu l-Fida Ismail ibn Ali (1273-1331) – NOËL DES VERGERS, Adolphe, trad. (1805-1867). Vie de Mohammed. Paris : Imprimerie Royale, 1837.

Rare exemplaire, en demi-maroquin de l’époque, de cette unique édition imprimée du texte arabe de cette biographie du prophète. Elle est extraite de l’Histoire abrégée du genre humain du savant Aboulféda. Le texte arabe original est accompagné de sa traduction française par Noël des Vergers, voulue « aussi littérale que possible » d’après son avertissement liminaire, accompagnée et complétée de « notes explicatives, partout où le sens m’a paru l’exiger ».

2 parties (texte français et arabe) en 1 vol. in-4 (235 x 152 mm) (faux-titre restauré en marge extérieure, rares piqûres et pliures). Unique édition. Demi-maroquin vert de l’époque, dos lisse à faux-nerfs et lettre dorée, tranches mouchetées (dos légèrement insolé, quelques petits manques).

Only printed edition of this biography of the Prophet, with both the original text and an annotated French translation, in a fine contemporary binding.
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