The Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī

Maqamat al-Hariri

al-Ḥarīrī · الحريري

Fifty assemblies of rhymed prose and verse around the rogue Abū Zayd — the most admired display of the Arabic language after the Qurʾān. Complete in 390 pages, in the original Arabic; no English anywhere in the volume.

Right-to-left casewrap hardcover in Scheherazade New, verse set hemistich by hemistich, the five glossaries as their own sections, the printer named in the colophon.

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Language: Arabic
Format: 6 × 9 in — US Trade
Binding: Hardcover · Case wrap
Extent: 390 pages
Paper: 60# cream, uncoated
Cover: Matte
Typeface: Scheherazade New

Text of the Beirut printing of 1873, via OpenITI. Public domain. Printed to order and shipped directly to you; shipping is calculated at checkout from your address.