Pearls of the Faith or Islam’s Rosary Being The Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of Allah.
ARNOLD, Edwin.
Pearls of the Faith or Islam’s Rosary Being The Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of Allah.
First edition of Edwin Arnold's Pearls of the Faith or Islam's Rosary Being The Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of Allah; bound in full morocco
London: Trubner & Co, 1883.
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First edition of one of Arnold’s principal volumes of poetry. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant navy morocco by John Bumpus, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt banes, triple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. In near fine condition. Neat period ownership inscription.
English poet and journalist Edwin Arnold remains best known for his narrative poem The Light of Asia (1879), or The Great Renunciation. His other most popular works include Indian Song of Songs (1875), Pearls of the Faith (1883), The Song Celestial (1885), With Sa'di in the Garden (1888), and Potiphar's Wife (1892).
