[BIBLE]. [PSALTER].
Kitab Mazamir Daud al-Malik wa an-Nabi.
Kitab Mazamir Daud al-Malik wa an-Nabi.
Stock Code 122142
[London], British and Foreign Bible Society, 1819.
first bfbs psalter in Arabic
The first British and Foreign Bible Society Psalter in Arabic, printed in London. According to Darlow and Moule, the text in this edition is reproduced from the Aleppo Psalter of 1706, which was prepared by the Patriarch of Antioch (see item 3 in this catalogue for more information).This 1819 edition, along with subsequent B.F.B.S. editions were seen through the press by John David Macbride (1776-1868), Lord Almoner's Reader in Arabic at Oxford (for more information see DM 1665).
First B.F.B.S. edition, 12mo (155 x 100 mm); title-page and all text entirely type-set in Arabic, some very slight finger-soiling otherwise internally clean and crisp, ex-libris stamped in blind to the title, bookplate to upper pastedown (offset to facing endpaper), overall clean internal condition, housed in contemporary sheep, extremities lightly rubbed, a charming example.
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