Arabic proverbs, or, The manners and customs of the modern Egyptians : illustrated from their proverbial sayings current at Cairo

Author(s)

• Burckhardt, John Lewis

Bibliographic Information

Arabic proverbs, or, The manners and customs of the modern Egyptians : illustrated from their proverbial sayings current at Cairo

translated and explained by the late John Lewis Burckhardt ; introduction by C.E. Bosworth

Curzon, 1984

1st paperback ed

Note

Arabic with English translations and editorial matter

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Completed just before his death in 1817 by one of the foremost European pioneers in Arabic studies. Reprint with Introduction by C.E. Bosworth.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA23584571
• ISBN:
  • 0700701850
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ara
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 283 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PN6519.A7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Proverbs, Arabic -- Egypt -- Cairo
  • LCSH : Proverbs, Arabic -- Translations into English