Daiber Hans Ed (7 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: VERY GOOD. [8], 117pp. + 4 B/W facsimile photo plates of the Mosul and Tehran mss. Large 8vo, sewn binding in blue french-flap wraps. Fore head corner bumped, clean and unmarked otherwise with sound binding. German-Arabic diglot with Ishaq's translation of Aristotle's Meteorology beside Daiber's German translation of Ishaq, with an introduction by Daiber in German.…

Hardcover. Condition: FINE. [10], 106pp. Slim 8vo, sewn binding in Navy cloth with gilt stamped lettering. Exceedingly clean and sharp.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: NEAR FINE. With Signed business card of the editor and translator, Hans Daiber, inscribed to fellow scholar of Jewish and Islamic philosophy, Joel Kraemer. 243pp. 8vo, sewn binding in Navy cloth. Exceedingly clean and sharp. DJ with just a bit of shelf wear. 'The Buyid wazir Ab? I-Fa?l Ibn al-'Am?d (died 970 A.D.) became famous as a poet and expert in epistolary literature (ins?'), but also as a scholar and scientist. Until now our only source of information was from fragments and quotations in later literature. Fortunately, two Arabic manuscripts from the 12th and 13th centuries have been preserved containing seven letters which were sent to the Buyid emir 'A?udaddaula, and confirming posterity's high opinion of him. Moreover, they reveal the originality of a personality which, based on the knowledge of Greek and contemporary sciences, drew new conclusions. The text of the letters is published here together with translations into German, commentary and complete glossary. In a deliberate and complicated style they discuss themes of meteorology, physics, psychology and philosophy. These letters are extremely important for the history of Arabic literature and the history of sciences.'. Signed.…