8vo. 272 pp., Arabic text within borders, modern hard back binding, ink annotations in margins, foxing to first & last few pages, small hole on last page with loss of 3 words, ink inscription on title page, otherwise copy in good condition, Matba’at al-Jawa’ib, Qustantiniyah, Turkey, first edition, 1301 A. H. / 1883.

Synopsis

This is another publication of al-Tha’alibi’s letters sand three other scholars elected by Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, the publisher of “al-Jawa’ib”.
The book is a selection from works by al-Tha’alibi, al-Jahiz, al-Rakhji and al-Imam Abi Talib al-Mufadal bin Salama. Details as follow:
1- A letter from al-Ijaz wal I’jaz, by al-Tha’alibi.
2- A letter from Bard al-Akbad fi al-‘Idad, by al-Tha’alibi.
3- A letter from Muntakhabat al-Bayan wal Tabyin, by al-Jahiz.
4- A letter from Ahsan al-Mahasin by Abi al-Hassan bin al-Husain al-Rakhji.
5- A letter from Ghayat al-‘Arab fi ma’ani ma Yajri ‘Ala alsin al-‘Amma fi muhawaratihimwa ‘amthalihim min kalam al-Arab by al-Mufadal bin Salama.
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