Kitab Vigil Ijim'al ila Ta'ammulat Ruhiya li'Ayam al-Usbu,
a book of Christian Psalms, denoting prayers for weekly use.
Dair al-Shuweir, Lebanon, the Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Kisrawan, 1736
Publications from the early years of the press are exceptionally rare and scarcely come to the market. The largest collection of Dair al-Shuweir publications in private hands was that of Camille Aboussouan, whose library held 21 volumes from this press, including the first two titles printed, but was notably lacking this title. Only two institutional copies of this work have been traced, both in Germany (at the Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt and Bayerische Staatsbibliothek).
First edition, printed in Arabic type-set in red and black, complete, small 8vo (165 by 110 mm); Arabic text within ruled borders, key words and phrases printed in red, printed catch-words and wood-block printed devices, ownership and bibliographical inscriptions to front free endpapers (in Arabic and Italian, probably nineteenth-century), clean condition internally; contemporary blind embossed morocco, stamped in gilt with coptic-style central and corner medallions of a floral motif, upper cover a little darkened and soiled, otherwise a good copy.
Nasrallah p. 38.
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