ABU TAMMAM. AHMAD, Mawlawi Kabir Ud Din (editor).
Kitab al-Hammasah,
Kitab al-Hammasah,
a Selection of Arabic Poems by Abu Tammam Habib Ibn Aws Al-Tayi, prescribed for the Decree of Honor Examination of Three Old and Accurate MSS.
Stock Code 119910
Calcutta, Urdoo Guide Press, 1856.
arabic poetry printed in Calcutta
Abu Tammam (d. 845 AD) was an Arab Muslim poet, and this Kitab al-Hamasah is his best known work, often considered one of the most prolific collection of authentic Arabic poems ever assembled.First Edition; bound in 2 vols., printed in Arabic with a title-page in Arabic to vol. I and another in English at the beginning of the vol. II (dated '1880'), 8vo (237 x 158 mm); continuous pagination throughout the two volumes, interfoliated throughout with blank leaves probably for the purpose of note-taking, early ownership inscription in Arabic to endpapers, pencil inscriptions to blanks throughout citing Lyall's English translation of the text (see 'Translations of Ancient Arabian Poetry, chiefly pre-Islamic, with an Introduction and Notes'); late 19th-century green cloth bound by Kelly & Walsh Ltd. (Singapore), spines lettered in gilt, yellow-coated endpapers, edges sprinkled in red, extremities rubbed, corners a little worn.
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