{"product_id":"common-prayer-pococke-1837-112559","title":"Kitab al-Salawat al-Am'iyyat,","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003efirst Calcutta edition\u003c\/h4\u003eRare edition of Pococke's Arabic translation of the Book of Common Prayer, first published in Oxford in 1674. The text was likely commissioned by Christian missionaries in Calcutta and is apparently the third extant edition of the text in Arabic translation (Griffiths, Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer, 2002).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the collection of James Windrow Sweetman (d. 1966), who was Vice Principal of the Henry Martyn School at Aligarh, and then Professor of Islamic Studies at the Selly Oak College Birmingham.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOCLC records only one copy in the British Isles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst Calcutta edition, 4to, type-set printed in Arabic, lacking English title and 4X and 4Y (two gatherings, 8 leaves in total), Arabic title trimmed, second leaf repaired along lower edge, some light even toning, near-contemporary half leather over cloth boards, covers lightly scuffed, paper label to spine. 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½ inches).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGriffiths 8:3\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"POCOCKE, Edward (translator).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49870339703089,"sku":"112559","price":500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/112559_eb449fe5-6e02-41b5-81d6-36a5ff7ea7ce.jpg?v=1780912721","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/common-prayer-pococke-1837-112559","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}