£380
India. Matthews (Captain A.N., Bengal Artillery, translator), Mishcàt-ul-Maśábìh' [Mishkat al-Masabih], or a Collection of the Most Authentic Traditions, Regarding the Actions and Sayings of Muh'ammed [Muhammad]; Exhibiting the Origin of the Manners and Customs; the Civil, Religious and Military Policy of the Muslemàns [Muslims]. Translated from the original Arabic [...], two-volume set, first English edition, Calcutta: Printed by T. Hubbard, at the Hindoostanee (sic; Hindustani) Press, 1809-10, [vi], ix, [1] (blank), vi, 386, [lacking 387-390], 391-665 pp; [ii], vi, 388, [lacking 389-420], 421-817, [1] (blank), [12] (index) pp, volume I with portions of staining, growing fainter and just discernible by signature G1, U1 detached with tatty margin, varying degrees of mostly marginal worm trails, when occasionally affecting letters not resulting in loss of sense, nevertheless no worming between signatures W-2B, 3F1 tatty with a thinning corner margin, upper-margin of 7P1 onwards with graduating losses, including the verso board, volume II affected by marginal worm trails in places throughout, with loss of lettering but not sense to the glosses of signatures 3G-3K, 3W-4D tatty wormed edges only, 5S-5X with worm trail in text but no loss of sense, X8-9B running-title worm trail with slight loss of letters, 9B-9H with tatty marginal worming, as well inner-margin of title-page repaired, 2G1 torn with no loss, signature 2O tatty and the torn inner-margin just holding, signature 7Q trimmed &/or bound askew, 8H-L8 holed inner-margin without loss of text, 9E-9H repaired outer-margins, 9H2-9K repaired inner-margin with some loss, [9L] repaired upper-margin, contemporary russia gilt over marbled boards, some wear and losses, red-speckled edges, 4to, (2)
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