Glossarium Arabico-Latinum manuale, maximam partem e Lexico Goliano excerptum.

SCHEIDIUS, Jacobus

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Harderwijk, J. Moojen (with the Arabic types of E. Scheidius) for J. le Mair (Leiden), 1769

4to: [8]-223-[1] pp. (some minor marginal soiling).

Contemp. marbled wrappers (loose). Very good uncut copy.

First edition of the young Scheidius’ (1754-1801) dictionary based on Jacob Golius’ famous "Lexicon Arabico-Latinum" (1653). The Arabic types used for this work were purchased by his brother Everardus Scheidius from E. Luzac at Leiden.
Ref. Zenker I:52. - STCN.