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Al-Jāḥiẓ : in praise of books /

: Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian, and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived, counselled and wrote in Iraq during the first century of the 'Abbasid caliphate. 'In Praise of Books' explores the centrality of books to Al-Jahiz's work and to the society he lived in.
: vi, 586 pages ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-570) and index. : 9780748683321

Montgomery, James, 1771-1854.

Published 2010

Exlibris von Ägyptologen /

: Based on an exhibition held from Apr. 14 to June 28 2009 at the Gutenberg-Museum in Mainz. : 111 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm. : Includes bibliographical references.

Konrad, Kristen.

Published 1988

Le Livre des questions /

: volumes : illustrations ; 19 cm. : 2070711943 (volume1)

Jabès, Edmond

Published 1968

Sāʼāt bayna al-kutub /

: 543 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

ʿAqqād, ʿAbbās Maḥmūd, 1889-1964

Published 2004

Bookrolls and scribes in Oxyrhynchus /

: xiv, 371 p., [24] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 29 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 0802037348

Johnson, William A. 1956-

The Written word in the medieval Arabic lands : a social and cultural history of reading practices /

: vi, 234 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-227) and index. : 9780748677344

Hirschler, Konrad

Composing Egypt : reading, writing, and the emergence of a modern nation, 1870-1930 /

: xiii, 245 pages ; 23 cm : Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index. : 9780804797115

Yousef, Hoda A., 1979-

Poetic garlands : Hellenistic epigrams in context /

: Short quotes in ancient Greek with English translation following. : xiii, 358 pages ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-339) and indexes. : 0520208579

Gutzwiller, Kathryn J.

In praise of books : a cultural history of Cairo's middle class, sixteenth to the eighteenth century /

: ix, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages197-208) and index. : 977424835X

Hanna, Nelly