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8vo (120 x 182 mm). XI, (1), 377, (1) pp., final blank. Publisher's full red cloth with giltstamped cover title amidst stamped black ornaments resembling an Arab archway; the red crescent and five-pointed star of Algeria stamped to rear cover. All edges red. First edition, rare: one of the first instruction books in the colloquial Arabic of Algeria and Tunisia, addressing not only soldiers and settlers but also tourists. Essentially a phrasebook introducing a European audience to the Arabic language, it includes an introduction to Arabic grammar and a wealth of useful phrases and basic vocabulary for everyday conversation at the market as well as the dinner table, on hunting and fishing expeditions, for interviewing cooks and servants, and much more. - In addition, this "practical guide" addresses all aspects of life in northern Africa, including chapters on the Arabian horse and the Sahara desert next to matters of society, justice, religion, family, hospitality, holidays, hunting, food, fashion, personal hygiene, habitation, writing, science, medicine, agriculture, camels, and mules, as well as survival tips such as means of orientation and dealing with the hot climate. With an appendix on the Muslim calendar, weights and measures, currency and geographic positions of the most important cities of the Maghreb. - 16 library copies traceable online, none in auction records. - Binding very faintly rubbed at extremities. Hinges a little weakened; scattered spotting. - OCLC 457434106 & 7051815. Not in Gay.…