Splendidly bound

Zamakhshari, Abu al-Quasim Mahmud ibn Umar / Hammer[-Purgstall], Joseph von (transl.). [Atwaq al-dhahab]. Samachschari's Goldene Halsbänder. Als Neujahrsgeschenk arabisch und deutsch [...].

€ 600.00

First editon, with the first German translation of this collection of moralizing addresses by the Arabic-Persian scholar Zamakhshari (1075-1144). Another translation, by H. L. Fleischer, appeared that same year in Leipzig. The present copy, untrimmed and partly uncut in the original lithographic wrappers, boasts a fine full morocco binding of the early 20th century with green morocco inlays and elaborate gilt ornamentation.

Some foxing throughout; spine sunned. A beautiful copy from an Austrian private collection.