Al Mughni, Used (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Librairie du Liban, 1988. Hard cover, later printing. Previous owner's bookplate, otherwise VG condition in VG dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Librairie du Liban, 1991. Hard cover, first edition. Front hinge is cracked, minor soiling to page edges, otherwise Good condition with no dust jacket, as issued.

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CONTAINS COLOR PLATES. 28.5x20.5 cm. XVIII+1710 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly bumped and slightly rubbed. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped. Cover edges slightly stained. Spine partly detached. Spine edges slightly bumped. Page wrinkled and cracked between first white page and inner cover. Rear white page stained. Several pages slightly torn with slight damage to text. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. The book is in : Arabic English.

2 Bände in 1 / 2 volumes in 1. Groß - 8° / large 8°, 231, 206 S./pp., Originalhalbleinenband (publisher's halfcloth binding), gutes Exemplar (fine), Sprache: arabisch.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Librairie du Liban. 1988. xviii+1710 pages. Hard-cover with dust-jacket. Slightly bumped. Minor tear in the dust-jacket. Illustrated. With plates. Extensive Arabic-English dictionary.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. with illustrations.colour plates and appendices 1996 illustrated 3-column pages of english-arabic terminology over 65000 english entries and 40000 idiomatic expressions the world's No 1 english-arabic dictionary Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

RARE comprehensive Arabic-English dictionary compiled by an eminent Palestinian linguist and broadcaster Hasan Sa'id Karmi (1905-2007), author of many English-Arabic (Al-Manar) and Arabic-English dictionaries in the much acclaimed Al-Mughni series, as well as a comprehensive Arabic-Arabic dictionary (Al-Hadi). This dictionary is especially rich in Arabic examples, celebrated idiomatic expressions and useful scientific appendices. With 40 new color plates, all explained in both languages. 245x175mm. 842 pages. Dark-blue marbled leather Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Jacket edges/corners worn and partly tattered. Spine edges bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare all-inclusive Arabic-English dictionary by one of the leading Arab lexicographers is otherwise in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs. The book is in : English Arabic.

4to (175 x 215 mm). 159 ff. Arabic manuscript on paper. In two hands, the first section in nasta'liq, the second and longer one in naskh. Black ink with important words and phrases overlined in red. With 10 full-page hand-painted anatomical drawings. Paper is blindstamped "Vysochajshe u Kompanija Uglichskoj fabriki", indicating the paper factory of the town of Uglich, north of Moscow. Bound in contemporary leather stamped with medallions. With ten hand-painted human medical diagrams: al-Kazaruni's Anatomy, a popular commentary on the epitome of the Canon of Medicine by Ibn Sina (Avicenna). Titled "al-Mughni fi sharh al-Mujiz", al-Kazaruni's work is split into four sections on the four medical arts, and discusses Ibn Sina's monumental medical work through the lens of another famous physician's commentary: that of Ibn al-Nafis (d. 1288). This manuscript covers the first two of the four sections of "Al-Mughni fi sharh al-Mujiz", including explanations and ten detailed, hand-painted diagrams of reproductive anatomy, childbirth, and the skeletal and circulatory systems. These are designed to be instructive, with groups of bones colour-coded by area and function, while internal organs are given more realistic colour to aid in identification. Between many of the leaves are tucked short notes in Persian, all on medical matters, presumably left by a previous owner, and perhaps even a physician or teacher's reference notes. - Al-Kazaruni (d. 1357 CE) was born in Kazerun and flourished in 14th-century Iran. He studied medicine extensively, and his work reflects not only that of Ibn Sina, but also Ibn al-Nafis (d. 1288 CE), father of pulmonary medicine, and Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236-1311 CE), a polymath fellow native of Kazerun. - Covers rubbed; minor staining to margins, a few marginal notes scrubbed away by a later owner. In very good condition. - GAL II, 195; S II, 262.

4to. (148) pp. With a small floral vignette on the title-page and two woodcut initials. 18th century full vellum with gilt title label on spine. First edition under this title, and the definitive edition of the Renaissance. Al-Hasan is "often quoted in astrological works of the Christian middle ages under the name Albubather. He flourished about the middle of the third century A.H., for Ahmad b. Abi Tahir Taifur (died 280 = 893) mentions him in his Kitab Baghdad as a contemporary" (Suter). Notable is the scholar-printer responsible for the work: Johannes Petreius was soon to cement his historical reputation by printing Copernicus's "De Revolutionibus" (1543). In the present work, Petreius offers his own justification for printing the work of Al-Hasan alongside such luminaries, for "true majestic Astronomy is on a higher level than the things intelligible to students. However this should not dissuade them from its handmaiden, Astrology, as its fruits and rewards are adjudged to be pure, and itself offering many advantages" (preface to the reader). Astronomy was properly regarded as being essential for deriving accurate figures needed for the sciences of Astrology and Prognostication; a heavily annotated copy of this edition of Al-Hasan is known from Tycho Brahe's library (cf. Prandtl, Die Bibliothek des Tycho Brahe), and Robert Westman has argued that Copernicus not only embraced astrology but sought to defend it in his "De Revolutionibus" ("Copernicus and the Astrologers", Dibner Library Lecture, 2013). - The important 9th century astrologer and physician Abu Bakr al-Hasan is best known for this work on casting nativities, or divination as to the destinies of newborns, which was "translated by Salio of Padua in or around 1218. The work is extant in a least seven manuscripts and four early printed editions from 1492 to 1540. A treatise in 206 chapters on nativities (birth horoscopes) providing answers to a wide number of questions pertaining to the twelve houses" (The Warburg Institute, Bibliotheca Astrologica Latina). The questions range from correct aspects of insemination and conception to the effects of delayed birth; the effects of the moon and planets on the pregnancy; the feeding of the newborn; and even whether the birth will take place "modestly" or "immodestly". According to Al-Hasan, if Mars and Mercury align, the newborn will unfortunately be a liar; he also gives guidelines for how to determine whether the offspring will be pious; whether they will be a "hypocrite"; intelligent; gifted with a keen memory; foolish; faithful; generous; greedy; jealous; beautiful; argumentative; a fornicator; a thief; a sodomist (chapters 37 & 38); and prone to chastity or prone to sins against nature. - OCLC shows one copy in US libraries, at Brown. - Minor dampstaining to blank margin of a handful of leaves, more pronounced on fol. b4, otherwise only very light browning. Contemporary annotation to fol. h1r, a few modern pencil underlinings and marginal marks. 20th century bookplate of the Italian writer Enrico Gaetani to pastedown. - VD 16, A 59. Zinner 1732. Houzeau/Lancaster II, 3941. Lalande p. 60. Sarton I.603. Aboussouan 6. Rosenthal 3352. Graesse I, 60. Suter, H., "al-Hasan", in: First Encyclopaedia of Islam III, p. 274f. Carmody, Arabic Astronomical and Astrological Sciences in Latin Translation (Berkeley, 1956), pp. 136f., no. 1. Sezgin, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums VII, p. 123, no. 1.3. Cf. GAL S I, 394.

Beirut 1988, 170 pp., plates and ill. (code B-314).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Volume I: 332 pp., / Volume II: 3 pp., (contents), 320 pp., Arabic text within borders, Mughni al-Labib text is printed on margin, heavy foxing on title page & last page, paper browned. Numerous commentaries have been written on Ibn Hisham al-Ansari's "Mughni al-Labib 'An Kutub al-'A'arib" including this one by Musataf 'Arafa al-Dasuqi. Ibn Hisham al-Ansari was a distinguished and renowned Arab grammarian. Born at the beginning of 8th century Hijrah, he wrote several works which are being learnt and studied even today. "Mughni al-Labib", was compiled twice by Ibn Hisham in 749 A. H. and 756 A. H. Mughni al-Labib is among the leading grammatical works, specifically in discussion of the huruf al-ma 'ani (grammatical prepositions or particles), in addition to other aspects of grammar. The objectives of Mughni al-Labib are stated in its muqaddimah (introduction), among which are, to facilitate understanding of al-Qur'an and to simplify students' learning of grammatical rules and questions. Further, the methodology used by Ibn Hisham in Mughni al-Labib helps students, particularly those who major in Arabic language, to understand its content. The methodology used includes a suitable selection of topics, simplified arrangement of al-huruf order, wide and detailed discussion, and accuracy of information. It is hoped that this book, Mughni al-Labib continues to receive the attention deserved in view of the abundant benefits gained from it, and also that it continues to be part of the reference for the existing syllabus, specifically for students who major in Arabic language. #35034.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Volume I: 320 pp, / Volume II: 286 pp., 2 pp., (table of contents), Arabic text within borders, second text printed on margin, browned paper, foxing throughout, some annotation in margin. new end papers. This work contains two commentaries on ibn Hisham's Mughni al-Labib 'an kutub al-'Areeb, which is a classical, an advanced level Arabic grammar. Ibn Hisham (1310-1360) was an Arab grammarian, who was born in Cairo and also died there. His works include a commentary on Ibn Malik's Alfiyya, an elementary treatise on syntax entitled al-I'rab 'an qawa'id al'I'rab, some very profound grammatical riddles and two longer works, Qatr al-nada wa-ball al-sada and Shudhur al-Dhahab, which both follow the fashion of the time in consisting of a basic text and commentary by the same author. His Mughni al-Labib 'an kutub al-'arib is a more original work in both structure and content. Arranged alphabetically, it is a concentrated and erudite survey of the main concepts of syntax and the functions of the particle, conjunctions and prepositions. In this Volume Two scholars are commenting on Ibn Hisham's great grammatical treatise. #35010.

4to (155 x 214 mm). Arabic manuscript on paper. (7) leaves of index, 1 title-page, 391 numbered pages (pp. 218-219 bound between pp. 199 and 200). Black naskh with occasional words picked out in red ink. Some marginal annotations. Contemporary auburn full morocco with fore-edge flap, covers and flap with blindstamped medallions. Unique autograph of this medical manual, in the author's own hand, written in Mecca in the 16th century CE. - The text comprises chapters on the composition and physical properties of medications (the various types of medicine including syrups, ointments, and pills); problems of the head such as headaches, hemiplegia, dizziness, strokes; the eye (macular fibrosis, chalazia); the nose; the lips; the teeth (toothaches, molars, cavities, discoloration and whitening); the tongue and other parts of the mouth; the internal organs (heart, liver, lungs, stomach, ulcers, piles), the bladder and ailments of the urinary tract; sexual problems (including womb- and uterus-related issues); back problems; sciatica; obesity; finally, leprosy and other skin-related ailments. This first and largest part of the manuscript comprises pp. 1-384 and ends with a colophon, dated 2 Dhu al-Qa'dah, which states that the author wrote this manuscript in Mecca at the Bimaristan al-Mu'ayyadi (not to be confused with the like-named institution that existed in Cairo), a hospital constructed under Mamluk Sultan al-Mu'ayyad, who was known for his charitable endowments. It is likely that the author worked here. - Starting on page 385, a second part provides summaries of various ailments and their respective remedies. The second colophon (on p. 390) states that this appendix was written at the Holy Mosque of Mecca on 10 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1000 AH. The final leaf contains "A Brief Summary of al-Adwiyah al-Mufradah (Simple Drugs)"; a seven-leaf index at the beginning was added at a later date. - There is a general dearth of information about Hejazi history around AH 1000, and little is known about the life of Mulla Safi al-Din al-Kilani (d. 1010/1601). Al-Muhibbi's "Summary of History of the 11th Century" records that he settled in Mecca and authored a number of books on medicine (the Nur Osmaniye Library in Isanbul owns a manuscript of his "Tadhkirat al-Shahawaat fi Tabsirat al-Ladhaat", or "On Sexual Medicine"), and many medical miracles and dramatic cures are attributed to him (cf. Al-Khalili). - Binding insignificantly rubbed; later endpapers. Occasional stains to text and an old repair to the title-page, but altogether very well preserved. A fine survival. - For the author cf. al-Muhibbi, Khulasat al-Athar fi a`yan al-Qarn al-Hadi 'Ashar [A Summary of History of the Eleventh Century] (Cairo, 1980) II, 244, and al-Khalili, Mu'jam udaba' al-atibba' [A Dictionary of Medical Authors] (Najaf, 1946) I, 213.

Originalpaperback. Condition: Gut. 2 Bde./vols. zus./tog. 1143 S./p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Dr. Albrecht Noth (1937-1999), langjährigem Professor für Geschichte und Kultur des Vorderen Orients in Bonn und Hamburg. Text arabisch. - Einbände berieben und bestoßen, Schnitt beschmutzt, Buchblock aber in guter Qualität. - Muwaffaq ad-Din Abu Muhammad 'Abdallah ibn Ahmad ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi (1147-1223) war ein hanbalitischer Traditionalist. Das Lexikon des hanbalitischen Rechts enthält eine Kurzfassung aus dem Kitab al-Mughni. Bd. 1: Alif-Shin, Bd.2 Sad-Ya. / From the library of Prof. Dr. Albrecht Noth (1937-1999), long-time professor for the history and culture of the Near East in Bonn and Hamburg. Arabic text. - Covers rubbed and bumped, edge soiled, but innerbook in good quality. - Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi Muwaffaq al-Din Abu Muhammad 'Abd Allah b. Ahmad b. Muhammad (1147-1223) was a Sunni Muslim ascetic, jurisconsult, traditionalist theologian, and religious mystic of the Hanbali school. The encyclopaedia of Hanbali law contains a short version of the Kitab al-Mughni. Vol. 1: Alif-Shin, vol.2 Sad-Ya. ar Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Approximately 450 pp., neatly hand written Arabic text, 23 lines to the page, many words and headings written or underlined in red, contemporary stamped full calf with flap, few worm holes on inner margins and lower corners of few leaves, heavier on endpapres, not affecting text, occasional spotting, inscribed by Abdul Basit ibn al-Shaykh 'Ali al-Fakhuri al-Shafi'i al-Bayruti, 1276 A. H. / 1859. Ibn Hisham al-Ansari (1309-1360), was a leading Egyptian grammarian. Imam Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani mentioned in his book al-Durar al-Kamina that al-Ansari learned from all the great scholars of his time such as Taj al-Tabrizi, Taj al-Fakhani, Shuhab ibn Marhal and Ibn Jama'ah. He quickly became famous for his work in the science of Arabic grammar and wrote 28 titles or works about Nahw, Sarf and Lugha: - Mughni al-Labib 'an Kutub al-'A'arib. (Thiswork). - Awdah al-Masalik ila Alfiyyat ibnMalik. - Sharh al-Burda. - Qatr al Nada wa-ball al-Sada and Sharh Chuzur al-Zahab. Imam Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani quotes ibn Khaldun saying: "Everywhere we went in Morocco we would hear that there has come from Egypt an unparalleled scholar in the science of Arabic Grammar, not even matched by Sibawayh". #3306.