8vo. 260 pp., Arabic text within ruled borders, modern hard boards, paper browned & foxed throughout, few wormholes on title page & last few pages, previous owner’s name stamped on top of title page, otherwise copy is in fair condition, Al-Matba’a al-Adabiyyah, Beirut, 1908.

Synopsis

Al-Shartuni was a leading figure in the Arab renaissance movement at the second half of the 19th century. He was a leading linguist and scholar. His major work was a dictionary entitled “Aqrab al-Mawarid”. He published several books dealing mainly with Arabic language, poetry and literature.
Al-Shartuni spent most of his life teaching Arabic in Damascus and Beirut. In the last 22 years of his life, he was dedicated to correcting all the publications of the Jesuits mission in Beirut.