8vo. 335 pp., [8], Arabic text, [5, introduction in Italian], contemporary quarter calf, rubbed, Arabic title printed within borders, scattered foxing throughout, front blank endpaper cut, otherwise copy in good condition, Franciscan Printing Press, Jerusalem, 1851.

Synopsis

Second Arabic edition, the first Arabic edition was printed in Rome in 1829. This work by Saint Alphonse de Liguori (1696-1787), was written in Italian and published in 1758. It was translated into Arabic by the Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo Maksimus ibn Jirjis Mazlum. Alfonso Liguori (1696-1781) was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, scholastic philosopher and theologian. He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists). As a prolific writer, he published nine editions of his Moral Theology in his lifetime, in addition to other devotional and ascetic works and letters. This work Apparecchio Alla Morte is an ascetic and classical work of Christian spirituality written in 1768. The book can be considered a development of the Massime Eterne previously written by the same author. It was widely popular
within the Catholic Church and was translated into several languages including Arabic.