Roper Geoffrey Editor (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 608 pages. 9.68x6.87x1.38 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 290 pages. 8.50x5.51x0.69 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 256 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition edition. 290 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jackets mildly sunned. Volume 1 has ink stamp of previous owner to title page with 2000 date in ink. Volume I; 1992, 569 pages. Volume II; 1993 724 pages. Volume III; 1994, 716. Volume IV; 1994, 489 pages. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Shipping cost dependent on destination.…

XVIII + 569 p., index of names, , index of languages (Orig. artificail leather AS NEW with VERY GOOD dustjacket) VERY SCARCE AND SOUGHT AFTER. This frst volume (of 4) is no longer regularly available.The 'World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts' is a collective bibliographic work, bringing together the work of manuscript scholars, both Muslim and non-Muslim, from all parts of the world, with the aim of increasing our knowledge of the written heritage of Islamic civilization . The Al-Furqan Survey seeks to fill in the gaps left by previous bibliographies and similar works, while bringing together and updating most of the information in it. It provides a guide to collections of Islamic manuscripts, details of how to access and hold them, and information about particularly important manuscripts they contain.…

Condition: Gut. Gebraucht - Gut * good, clean condition *.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 4 volume set. Arabic Language edition. 24x17cm. published 1997-2002. This series, which is made up of four volumes, is a comprehensive survey of the collections of Islamic manuscripts in the world and the ways to arrive at them. The review includes 106 countries. This encyclopaedic work is the product of a number of specialists in the field who are aware of the physical locations of manuscripts around the world. This is a compilation of detailed, independent studies on the number of manuscripts and the languages they are written including Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu and Swahili. Locations of manuscripts in public or private libraries are also listed. The study also includes published catalogues of collections and the titles of the catalogues which have been compiled but which have not been issued by their libraries yet. Titles of rare manuscripts discovered amongst these collections are also included. The review was widened to include post-soviet countries and former Yugoslavia as well as countries whose manuscripts have become recently known for the first time, especially in Africa. The broader review also comprises a list of languages, notables and names of collections, libraries and titles.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. multilingual edition. 328 pages. German language. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.