Bidspirit auction | [HISTORY] - Homily on St.

[HISTORY] - Homily on St. Mark: Rare Arabic–French Edition by Abbé Barges (Paris, 1877) - ANBA SEVERE (Bishop of Nestéraweh) - Homélie sur St. Marc, Apotre et évangéliste. Texte arabe publiè avec une traduction et des notes, le tout accompagné de deux appendices … par M. l’Abbé J.-J.-L. Barges. Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1877. 8vo (230x135 mm.), half black chagrin with large corners, spine with raised bands and title in gold, marbled paper on boards, flyleaves/pastedowns in cailloutè paper, a clean and well-preserved copy. Engraved frontispiece, text in French and Arabic, pp. (6), lxii, (2), 276, (4), (106 nn. for the Arabic text.). Rare, no copy ever sold on RBH