L'Ornement des Ames et la Devise des Habitants d'el Andalus, Traite de Guerre Sainte Islamique

Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1939. Good. 2 vols. index, 8, 99, 349p. plus (4)p. errata at end of 2nd volume. Softcover. 29cm. Back cover detached on first volume; all covers are edge-worn. From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana with his bookplate in both volumes. The first volume (1936) reproduces the Arabic text of the Tome 1er of the manuscript of M. Nehlil; the second volume (1939) contains a lengthy introductory study of the evolution of the doctrine of Islamic Holy War followed by a French translation of Ibn Hudhayl's treatise. (Inventory #: 79215)