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ABU AL-FIDA, Ismâ'îl ibn 'Alî (1273–1331). Al-Mukhtasar fî Akhbâr al-Bashar [The Concise History of Mankind. Constantinople [Istanbul], Dâr al-Tibâ'a al-'Âmira, 1286/1869. 4 in 1 vol. (8), 227, (13), 251, (1), 8, 229, (11), 160 pp. Cont. red mor. bind. w. flap, w. gilt-tooled floral decorations and a central blind-tooled mandorla. (Spine a bit faded, spine ends chipped).
The complete first Istanbul edition of this monumental universal history, covering events from the creation of the world to the author's own time in the 14th century.€ 500
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