An Arabic-English lexicon, . derived from the best and the most copious Eastern sources; comprising a very large collection of words and significations omitted in the Kḿoos, with supplements to its abridged and defective explanations, ample grammatical and critical comments, and examples in prose and verse: composed ... by Edward William Lane, ... In two books: the first containing all the classical words and significations commonly known to the learned among the Arabs: the second, those that are of rare occurrence and not commonly known.
Edward William Lane (1801 - 1876)
Category
Books
Date
1863 - 1874
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3069658
Summary
Bibliographic description
8v. . 35cm.. Imperfect: wants parts 6-8 (published after Gardner Wilkinson's death?). With a publisher's subscription advertisement for another title loosely inserted in voI:5. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. - Inscription on front endpaper of voI:1: 'Sir Gardner Wilkinson, D.C.L., Kc. from his friend the Author', with a printed life of Lane from 'Men of mark. No LVI' pasted in beneath.. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full green cloth; as issued.
Makers and roles
Edward William Lane (1801 - 1876) Stanley Lane-Poole (1854 - 1931)