We bring out full English translations of works that had previously been available in English only in part, or not at all. Each edition we stock is set out below together with its price.
Shams al-Maʿārif al-Kubrā
Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Būnī, died c. 1225
The foundational work of Islamic letter mysticism, complete in English: four parts in two volumes, 1,446 pages, with all 479 figures reproduced on 225 facsimile plates.
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Mujarrabāt al-Dayrabī
Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar al-Dayrabī, died 1151 AH (1738 or 1739 CE)
A Cairo manual of tested remedies, charms and magic squares, written by an al-Azhar jurist and, to the best of our knowledge, translated into English for the first time, with the Mujarrabāt of al-Sanūsī printed in the margin.
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Possessed: The Memoir of the Nun of Loudun
Jeanne des Anges
The complete autobiography of the prioress at the centre of the Loudun possessions, complete in English: her whole account, her later letters, an introduction, a timeline, notes and a glossary.
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The Principles of Chiromancy
Marin Cureau de La Chambre
A court physician asks whether palmistry has any basis in medicine. The 1658 English translation, modernised, with a foreword, notes on every Article and a glossary.
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The Book of the Cook
Mestre Robert (Rupert de Nola)
The first cookery book printed in Catalan, published in Barcelona in 1520, now rendered into English from the Catalan, complete with a foreword, over two hundred notes and a glossary.
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Both digital editions
Shams al-Maʿārif al-Kubrā and Mujarrabāt al-Dayrabī
The PDF and EPUB of both titles in one purchase. Bought separately they total $22.98.
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