8vo. [12], 940 pp., Arabic text within borders, title printed in red & black, in Arabic and French “La Critique de Langue”, (iv introduction in French), few worm holes on margin not affecting text, edited & introduced by Louis Cheikho, contemporary half-calf, slightly rubbedround edges, few ink annotations in margins, otherwise copy in good condition, Catholic Press, Beirut, 1895.

Synopsis

Ibn as-Sakkit of Baghdad, the acknowledged scholar of lexicography and syntax, was the tutor of Mutawakkil’s son. “Although he is mostly counted among the Kufan grammarians, he received his professional education in Baghdad, where his teachers were, among others, al-Fraa’, Qutrub, abu ‘Obaida andal-Asma’i.
Most of ibn as-Sakkit’s work has not been preserved, but his influence must have been considerable in view of the fact that he is extensively quoted by almost all later lexicographers. His main interests were poetry and lexicography, but it is important to note that in his most important lexicographical work, the Kitab Islah al-Mantiq, he arranged his material at least in part according to morphological criteria.” Lexicon Grammaticorum, p. 695.