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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.
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection PN6519.A7 B8 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burckhardt, John Lewis, 1784-1817.
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Proverbs, Arabic--Egypt--Cairo.
- Proverbs, Arabic.
- Proverbs, Arabic--Translations into English.
- Egypt--Cairo.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 283 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Piscataway, NJ, USA : Gorgias Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- Arabic with English translations and editorial matter.
- Summary:
- A compilation and translation of Arabic proverbs by the Swiss traveler Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1817). In addition to visits to Cairo, Damascus, Lebanon, and other points in the Middle East, he was one of the few European's to venture to Mecca.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published: London : B. Quaritch, 1875.
- "First Gorgias Press edition, 2002"--T.p. verso.
- ISBN:
- 1931956847
- OCLC:
- 52156351
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