8vo. 611 pp., half-title, original quarter calf with marbled boards, rubbed round the edges, top corner of upper cover chipped, marbled endpaper, title gilt on spine, paper browned, top edge of title page cut without loss to text, pencil note verso front endpaper, otherwise copy in overall good condition, Librairie Nouvelle, Paris & Tissier, Librairie-Editeur, Alger, first edition, 1858.

Synopsis

An early study of Arab women before and during the establishment of Islam. Major Arabic references were used by the author who was a director of the medical school in Egypt, member of the Société Asiatique, and the Historical Society of Algeria. Reference: Playfair 2045; Hajj Chahin, 3641.