Abdollatiphi Historiae Aegypti Compendium, Arabice Et Latine. Partim ipse vertit, partim a Pocockio versum edendum curavit, notisque illustravit. Partim ipse vertit, partim a Pocockio versum edendum curavit, notisque illustravit. Partim ipse Vertit.

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[9], xxxii, 321 pp., [48 Appendix], Arabic and Latin text edited and translated into Latin by J. White, subscriber?s list at front, contemporary mottled calf gilt, slightly rubbed and scuffed, marbled endpapers, upper cover professionally restored, bookplate & previous owner?s inscription verso front endpaper, otherwise copy in very good condition. First Latin translation of al-Baghdadi?s Kitab al-Ifada Wa al-I?tibar fi al-Umur Wa al-Hawadith al-Mu?ayana bi Ard Misr. Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (1162- 1231), also known as Ibn al-Labbad, was a versatile scholar and scientist, and his numerous writings covered almost the whole domain of the knowledge of those days. Of those extant, the Kitab al-Ifad Wa al-I?tibar, a short description of Egypt, was widely known in Europe. The first text edition of this work was published in 1789 by White, who also subsequently published the present volume which also includes the first Latin translation . Joseph White ( 1745-1814) of Wadham College Oxford was Laudian professor of Arabic between 1775-1814. This edition is rich with Arab characters from the Imprimerie Imperiale in Paris, under the supervision of the famous orientalist J. J. Marcel ( 1776-1854), who was observing the printing of the Egyptian expedition of 1798. In this above position which he held up to 1815, he has done a good service by perfecting the Arab characters, and because of his long stay in Egypt he was expert on Islam in the East. This work is one of the earliest works on Egyptology which describes monuments as well as famine caused when Nile failed to flood, whilist the author was in Egypt, resulting in many corpses which Abd al-Latif examined (an early post morten account). The manuscript was discovered in 1665 by Edward Pococke, and the present work is the first complete edition with the Latin translation and additions by White. Bibliographical references: GAL I, p. 632. Schnurrer 153. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 3. Brunet I, 9. Graesse I, 3. NYPL Arabia coll. 18. OCLC 31486913. Lambrecht 1687. Zenker 176. Sarkis 1293. #1800. N° de ref. del artículo 011464

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