America press beirut (3 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Poor. First Edition. xi, 317 pp., 1 folding map, 1 folding chart, numerous tables, publisher's wrappers, biblio, appendices, damp stain affecting lower margin of last 100 pages, pages 142-143 soiled with glue at top margin, top outer edge of pages 261-317 slightly damaged without any loss to text, light damp stain affecting blank top margin of last few leaves, otherwise copy in fairly good condition, publications of the American University of Beirut, Social Sciences Series No. 5. #35093.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Volume I: 1380 pp., / Volume II: 1385-2783 pp., Arabic text within border, double column per page, modern hard back binding, some ink inscription on margins, title page of volume one soiled & stained, first & last pages of volume two soiled & slightly damaged without loss, occasional spotting, otherwise set in good condition, 1927-1930. Abdallah al-Bustani (1854-1930), a Lebanese linguist. He was educated in Beirut by two leading grammarians of the period, Nassif Yazigi and Yusuf al-Asir. He was a lecturer at al-Hikma School in Beirut from 1900. Al-Bustani translated into Arabic many European novels, wrote poems and edited classical Arabic poetry. His major work is the dictionary of al-Bustan in two volumes (1927). It is a comprehensive Arabic-Arabic dictionary and one of the three most comprehensive dictionaries that were compiled towards the end of the 19th century and early 20th century. Al-Bustani later published an abridged edition of al-Bustan entitled Fakihat al-Bustan. His reason for making this lexicon was that there was a very strong need for making a lexicon for students. He stated in the introduction: " As the American press saw a need for a language lexicon containing words needed by school students, of different grades and levels, of cheap price, within the reach for everybody, I drew the attention of Shaikh Abdullah al-Bustani, whom I delegated to compose the lengthy lexicon titled Al-Bustan (Orchard) to summarize it to the extent that will meet students' needs. He honoured my request of making this book, and gave it the title Fakihat al-Bustan." #34179.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. Volume I: 1151 pp., / Volume II: 1152-3208 pp., Arabic text within borders, double column per page, raised gilt spine, rubbed covers, some spotting throughout. "Lebanon was the centre of Arabic lexicography in the nineteenth century. In 1867-70 the celebrated dictionary "Muhit al-Muhit" by the distinguished scholar Butrus al-Bustani was published, compiled in the modern arrangement. In the introduction the author stated that the Arab world needed a dictionary so arranged, and the "Qamus" [of Fairuzabadi], for all his popularity was hard to use because of its rhyme arrangement. He therefore took the material of the "Qamus", and supplemented it from other lexicographers, using post-classical authors for some of his examples. This dictionary was highly praised by Arab scholars, and its fame eclipsed that of another dictionary written during the same period "Aqrab al-Mawarid" by Sa'id  al-Sartuni". (John A. Haywood "Arabic Lexicography". p. 109].book nb. 9954.…