Rare Arabic-Jawi Dictionary
For Sale
This book has now been sold by The Penang Bookshelf.
Thanks for your interest!
Thanks for your interest!
A Kuala Lumpur bookseller has approached The Penang Bookshelf to see if any of its customers would be interested in getting their hands on this unusual book. It appears to be the first or one of the first Arabic-Jawi dictionaries ever published. It was probably published in Cairo sometime around the beginning of the 20th century.
The book has been rebound, but the original spine has been retained. You can see a photo of the book with its current cover and other photos of the book here. The bookseller describes the book's conditon as follows: -
"There are slight worm holes in
the back margins, 20 or so in the
last 20 pages and 'very very few in the
next back 50 or so. The beginning
is similar, all small margin
holes, 20 or so in the first 50
pages and thereafter very few. The
bulk of the text has no holes. I
can only say this copy is in
excellent condition relative to
the only 2 other copies I have
seen for sale.On the title page
there is a Jawi name and the date
7.6.04, can this be 1904? Someone
else told me the date is 1931 but
the plane in the picture section
is far too early for this later
date.
It is a very interesting text with
plenty of illustrations and
picture pages. It is of course in
black and white throughout on yellowed
paper. It has little foxing and
the paper seems strong."
If you are interested to know more please contact me, William Knox, on 012-972-6485 or by email. An appointment to view the book in Kuala Lumpur can be arranged.
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