1951 Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum - Pars Quinta

Description: Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum ab Academia Inscriptionum et Litterarum Humaniorum Conditum atque Digestum. Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicas Conteinens. Tomus I (Bound in Two Parts), Fasciculus Primus, Subsidiis Institutorum Dictorum - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - et - Fondation Universitaire de Belgique - Editus. Parisiis: E Republican Typolographeo, 1950 (paperback bound edition - 656 pp 14.25 x 11"), 1951 (Loose pages enclosed in a slip-case with a ribbon tie - CIII Tables, 17 x 12") - Part FIVE, Volume ONE (bound in two editions). Paperback volume is in poor condition. As is. Front cover detached, but included. Rear cover lacking. Text ends at 656 pp, but unsure if there are pages missing. Front paper cover is badly chipped at edges & corners. Toning & finger soiling to cover as well. Paper spine mostly lacking - black ink lettering rubbed, title illegible. Text-block lightly toned - no known marginalia. Many top-edges uncut. Please see photos. Loose pages enclosed in a slip case in fair condition. Slip case is still intact, but fore-edge is missing a large piece at head. Ribbon ties beginning to fray at loose ends - but still attached & able to be tied. Light toning to front and rear boards. Head and tail of slip-cases spine bumped. Index pamphlet toned. All plates present & in good condition - clean edges, bright illustrations. Binding of slip-case is intact - but can be fragile. Please see photos. The Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum (Corpus of Semitic Inscriptions, CIS) is a collection of ancient inscriptions in Semitic languages produced since the end of 2nd millennium BC until the rise of Islam. It was published in Latin. In a note recovered after his death, Ernest Renan stated that, "Of all I have done, it is the Corpus I like the most." The first part was published in 1881 - 14 years after the beginning of the project. This is PART V - volume ONE in two parts. FORN-MSB-0923-0696-HK668

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