[Arabic. Zamakshari] H.A. Schultens (ed.). Al-kalim al-nawabi. Anthologia sententiarum

Arabicarum. Cum scholiis Zamachsjarii (Abu al-Qasim Maøhmud b Umar al- Zamakshari). Edidit, vertit, et illustravit Henricus Albertus Schultens. Leyden, J. le Mair, 1772. (20),171,(1) p. Sm. 4to. Text in Arabic and Latin, large engr. coat of arms by A. v.d. Meer above dedication (to Willem V), "E typographia Dammeana" on final p., extensive annotations in pencil, library stamps on endpapers, ticket on spine, 19th cent. gilt halfc. Sl. foxing, covers and spine a bit worn at extremities.

Very rare collection of Arabic maxims and proverbs, originally compiled by the medieval Persian theologian, grammarian and lexicographer Zamakshari (1075-1144). This collection ed. by the orientalist and professor Henricus Albertus Schultens (1749-1793).