An English and Arabic Dictionary, in Two Parts, Arabic and English, and English and Arabic, in which the Arabic Words are Represented in the Original Characters, as well as their Correct Pronunciation and Accentuation shown in English Letters. Second Edition, Carefully Corrected, Improved, and Enlarged; also Containing a Number of Extracts and Illustrations from the Best Arabic Writers, especially the "Arabian Nights" and the "Hariri".

8vo. (21.5 x 13.5 cm). pp.viii+1096. Publisher's original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, rubricated edges. Text printed in two columns in Arabic and English. Some spotting to cloth, joints and extremities a bit rubbed with small split to head of spine, some marginal dampstaining to first several leaves, title page browned, scattered foxing throughout, still a decent copy. A remarkably scare Arabic dictionary, the last copy traced by Rare Book Hub dating from 1961. First published in 1858, the author vouches for the "great superiority" of the present much enlarged edition in his preface. "In preparing this second edition, the author's aim has been to enlarge the practical usefulness of the work, and to render it more serviceable, not only to the English traveller and student, but also to the natives of Syria and Egypt, by selecting and inserting such words and phrases as are used in polite society, and are met with in the classical literature of the language. Expressions which had fallen into desuetude, and which were not sanctioned by the usage of the present day, have been omitted; while, on the other hand, special attention has been paid to the incorporation of all the newly-formed words and phrases which have been introduced in consequence of recent discoveries in science, and of the importation of European arts and manufactures. These additions to the vocabulary, as well as many other technical expressions, the growth of modern culture, have been sought for chiefly in the many Arabic newspapers which circulate throughout the Ottoman Empire and the dominions of the Khedive" (preface).…