4to. Volume I: 320 pp,. / Volume II: 286 pp., 2 pp., (table of contents), Arabic text within borders, second text printed on margin, browned paper, foxing throughout, some annotation in margin, newly bound in black leather binding with gilt title and date on spine, new end papers, Al-Matba’a al-Bahiyya al-Misriyah, 1305 A. H. / 1887.

Synopsis

This work contains two commentaries on ibn Hisham’s Mughni al-Labib ‘an kutub al-’Areeb, which is a classical, an advanced level Arabic grammar. Ibn Hisham (1310-1360) was an Arab grammarian, who was born in Cairo and also died there. His works include a commentary on Ibn Malik’s Alfiyya, an elementary treatise on syntax entitled al-I’rab ‘an qawa’id al’I’rab, some very profound grammatical riddles and two longer works, Qatr al-nada wa-ball al-sada and Shudhur al-Dhahab, which both follow the fashion of the time in consisting of a basic text and commentary by the same author. His Mughni al-Labib ‘an kutub al-‘arib is a more original work in both structure and content. Arranged alphabetically, it is a concentrated and erudite survey of the main concepts of syntax and the functions of the particle, conjunctions and prepositions. In this Volume Two scholars are commenting on Ibn Hisham’s great grammatical treatise.