Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb Nuwayrī
The ultimate ambition in the arts of erudition
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"An astonishing record of the knowledge of a civilization, the book catalogs everything known to exist from the perspective of a fourteenth-century Egyptian scholar and litterateur. More than 9,000 pages and thirty volumes--here abridged to one volume, and translated into English for the first time--it contains entries on everything from medieval moon-worshipping cults, sexual aphrodisiacs, and the substance of clouds, to how to get the smell of alcohol off one's breath, the deliciousness of cheese made from buffalo milk, and the nesting habits of flamingos."--Provided by publisher.
Book details
- Year
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Series
- Penguin classics
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 318
- ISBN
- 9780143107484
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