Kitab Benedictariun (a Christian prayerbook), printed in Arabic, first edition in this form, by the Greek Orthodox Partiarchate [Jerusalem (Church of the Holy Sepulchre), 1854]

Kitab Benedictariun (a Christian prayerbook), printed in Arabic, first edition in this form, by the Greek Orthodox Partiarchate [Jerusalem (Church of the Holy Sepulchre), 1854]

single volume, printed in Arabic with some headings also in Greek, simple woodcut border to title, engraved head-piece to opening text with some engraved decorations separating chapters, old ownership seal removed from title with some edges repaired (not affecting text), otherwise very clean and crisp condition, small folio (310 by 240 mm.); contemporary cloth-backed boards, backed in morocco, spine with raised bands, title lettered to spine in Arabic, a little rubbed

A rare publication from a short-lived printing press for the church founded on the grounds of the Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem. The press was established towards the end of 1849, under the recommendation of Orthodox Patriarch Kerilous II, and published approximately 36 devotional texts in Arabic and Greek before its closure in 1883. The present work is a volume of Christian liturgies and includes an introduction by John Lazaridis.

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