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SHINQÎTÎ, Ahmad Ibn al-Amîn. Al-Wasît fî tarâgim udabâ Shinqît. Cairo, al-Matba'a al-jamâlîya, 1329 (1911). (4), 542 pp. Lge-8°. Cont. green hcf. extra w. raised bands. dec. gilt back, a.e.g. (Calf a bit chafed/dam. in places, paper on sides partly gone, sl. age-toned, but else fine).
This book is a seminal work focusing on the literary figures, poets, and scholars of Shinqît, an old name for the region now known as Mauritania. - Rare.€ 300
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