| Description | Two manuscript volumes. Described in bookseller's catalogue [E. Hector, Birmingham] as a single work:
Arabic Miscellany. Text and translation by Mons. Nicholas Perron, MD (DCXX, DCXXI). Various translations, taken as well as the Oriental text, from the Journal Asiatique. 1. Arabic Tale: History of Cady Mohammed Ben Mocatil and what happened to him, from a thief who defeated him and took his clothes. 2. Extract from the chronological history of the dynasties of Fakhr-Eddin Razi, p.71. 3. Extract from the work titled 'Introdcution to the knowledge of the Royal Dyrnasties' by Taky-Eddin Makrizi, p.268. "A very fine and exceptionally interesting Arabic manuscript of the Nineteenth Century". |
| AdminHistory | The author of the text is purported to be Nicolas Perron (1798-1876), a French writer who travelled extensively in Africa and the Middle East and published various texts on Islamic and African culture, literature and law. |
| CustodialHistory | Bookplate of H St John Brooks. |