Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 111

Price Realized: $ 618
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
IBN GHANIM AL-MAQDISI, 'IZZ AL-DIN 'ABD AL-SALAM IBN AHMAD. Les Oiseaux et les Fleurs: Allégories Morales. Arabic text with French translation and notes by Joseph-Héliodore Garcin de Tassy. xxviii, 240; 118, [2] pages, including half-titles. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, 203x127 mm, contemporary vellum boards, gilt-tooled spine with red leather lettering piece; light foxing on French and Arabic preliminaries; sprinkled edges. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1821

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first edition of a 13th-century collection of spiritual allegories interpreting silent messages communicated by birds, flowers, and animals.