Folio. Volumes I, II, III: 1514 pages / Volumes IV, V & VI: 1517-2744 pages, double column per page, contemporary half-calf on boards, previous owner’s stamp (Lucien Ausselet) on first 4 leaves of Volume I, spine lightly faded, otherwise set in very good condition, Imprimerie F. Mizrahi, Alexandrie, first edition, 1903-6.

Synopsis

Muhammad al-Najjari (d. 1914) was educated in France and Egypt. In this comprehensive dictionary al-Najjari makes the first attempt to combine in one work the famous dictionaries of Ibn Mazur and al-Firuzabadi. He tried to arrange the words alphabetically instead of according to their roots (which previously has been standard in Arabic dictionaries).
Bibliographic references: Anwer G. Chejne, The Arabic language,1969, p. 129. Zaunmüller, 15.