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J.D. Carlyle: Arabian Poetry, First Edition.

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J.D. Carlyle: Arabian Poetry, First Edition.
<B>Joseph Dacre Carlyle. </B></I><B><I>Specimens of Arabian Poetry, </B></I></B></I><I>from the Earliest Time to the Extinction of the Khaliphat, with Some Accounting of the Authors.</B></I> Cambridge: John Burges, Printer to the University, 1796. <BR>First edition. Octavo. 180 pages. One plate of music and errata page at front. Text in English and Arabic. <BR><BR>Three-quarter green buckram over marbled boards. Decorative green endpapers; printed on heavy paper. Board edges show light wear; corners bumped. Later green buckram spine shows faint shelfwear. <BR><BR>Carlyle's work is considered the best of the early anthologies of Arabic verse, containing sixty poems by the most important Arabic poets, each faithfully translated into English by the author.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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