Book review
Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums Band VIII. Lexikographie bis ca. 430 H. Band IX. Grammatik bis ca. 430 H.. By Fuat Sezgin.
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1982, 1984. 389, 406 pp.

Reviewed by Kees Versteegh
University of Nijmegen
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