MUHAMMAD ALI UTAY.
[Egyptian ABC book].
[Cairo, ca. 1925]. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with numerous black and white illustrations in the text. The title-page with a frame of foliage (oval inside, rectangular outside) and part of its text printed from a woodblock. Further with a portrait of King Fuad I of Egypt and illustrations of animals, etc. Original publishers printed-paper wrappers, matching the title-page but with the frame in green and the text in red. 46, [2 blank] pp.
€ 950
Only copy located of a charming Egyptian primer which includes the Arabic alphabet (accompanied by black and white illustrations, mostly of animals), the basics of calligraphy, and shorter texts. This educational pamphlet was printed for the education of children in Egypt around 1925, shorty after the countrys independence in 1922. The margins are decorated with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and images, and a portrait of King Fuad I of Egypt (1868-1936), who reigned from 1922 to 1936.
Inscribed in Croatian from René Balley to Donio Tala, dated 1926, on the inside of the front wrapper. With a few small stains and minor wear to the corners. A very good copy of a rare and innately fragile item. Not in KVK; WorldCat.
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