MAGHREB -- MARRAKECH -- OTMAN, M. L'histoire de l'université el-Youssoufia de Marrakech. Al-Jami'a al-Yusufiyya bi-Marrakush fi Tis'umi'at Sana. Rabat, Al-Matba'a al-Iqtisadiyya, 1356/1937. (10), 285, (6) pp. W. portrs. Cont. h. mor. w. owrps. bound up. (W. full-p. manuscript inscription in a refined Maghribi script on the reverse of the author's portrait, old libr. ticket on front side).
A cornerstone work documenting 900 years of intellectual and spiritual history of the Ben Youssef University (El-Youssoufia) in Marrakech. Published during the French Protectorate, this first edition remains one of the most important primary sources for the study of traditional Moroccan education and the scholarly heritage of the "Red City".€ 150