SAVARY DE BREVES, FIRST EDITION OF THE ARABIC VERSION OF THE PSALMS, Rome 1614.

SAVARY DE BREVES, FIRST EDITION OF THE ARABIC VERSION OF THE PSALMS, Rome 1614. Liber Psalmorum Davidis, regis et prophetae. Ex Arabico idiomate in latinum translatus. Opus tam sacrarum literarum, quam linguae arabicae studiosus utilissimum. Recens in lucem editus munificientia ... Francisci Savary de Breves. Rom, Stefano Paolini fur Savariana, 1614. Small 4to (c. 210x160 mm.). (12), 1-338, 343-474, (1) pp. Lacking 4 pages. Contemporary half calf binding. Brunet IV, 921 - Ebert 18088 - Darlow-Moule 1641. First edition of the Arabic version of the Psalms and a fine example of oriental typography. Francois Savary de Breves (1560-1628), French diplomat, ambassador to Constantinople and Rome and one of the most important orientalists of his time, probably had this Arabic script cut based on the model of a calligraphic manuscript from Qannubin, which has been preserved in the Bibliotheca Vaticana.

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