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Al-Hariri; Preston, Theodore (Translator and editor) Makamat or Rhetorical Anecdotes of Al Hariri of Basra. Translated from the original Arabic with annotations, by Theodore Preston. London James Madden, John W. Parker, and J. Deighton 1850
First edition pp.xv, [1, contents], 504, [1, corrigenda; 1, blank]. A very good copy recently bound in half calf, marbled boards. Blind stamp of Wigan public library.