The travels of Ibn Jubayr, edited from a ms in... Lot n° 42

Second edition revised by M.J. De Goeje and printed for the trustees of the " E.J.W. Gibb Memorial ", Leyden : E.J.Brill, imprimerie orientale, London : Luzac&Co., 46, Great Russel Street, 1907. In-8, full percaline binding, back cover decorated with gilt interlacing and 3 inscriptions in gilt cartouches in Arabic, Persian and Turkish, two of the inscriptions are by the poet Jalal Al-Din Al-Rumi (Persian) and the Ottoman historian Kamel Pascha-Zade (Turkish), spine worn. 363 p., uncut, in Arabic of the printed account + 53 p. of preface, glossaries, additions and corrections in English. Corrected second edition of "The travels of Ibn Jubayr" published in 1856 by William Wright and corrected by M.J. De Goeje in 1907. An authoritative edition. Michael Jan de Goeje (1836-1909) was a Dutch orientalist specializing in Arabia and Islam. A graduate of Leiden and Oxford universities, he is renowned for his editions of the Al-Tabari and Al-Idrissi manuscripts, and for his contribution to the colossal Encyclopedia of Islam. Second corrected edition of "The travels of Ibn Jubayr" published in 1856 by William Wright and corrected by M.J. De Goeje in 1907. An authoritative edition. Michael Jan de Goeje (1836-1909) was a Dutch orientalist specializing in Arabia and Islam. A graduate of the universities of Leiden and Oxford, he is renowned for his editions of the manuscripts of Al-Tabari and Al-Idrissi and for his contribution to the colossal Encyclopaedia of Islam.