Three thousand Arabic coins from the Khedivial Library

Lane-Poole, Stanley. Catalogue of the Collection of Arabic Coins Preserved in the Khedivial Library at Cairo.

€ 1.500,00

Numismatic catalogue numbering some three thousand Arabic coins preserved in the Khedivial Library, Cairo. Meticulously describing each coin, including the Arabic inscriptions, mints and dates. Includes an extensive index of persons and mints. Prepared by the British orientalist and archaeologist Stanley Lane-Poole (1854-1931), who from 1874 to 1892 worked in the British Museum, and after that in Egypt researching in the field of archaeology. From 1897 to 1904 he had a chair as Professor of Arabic studies at Trinity College, Dublin.

Spine-ends and hinges slightly damaged; spine waterstained. Small marginal tear to pp. 195-199 and pp. 249f. Modern pastedowns.