sunni hadith printed in Calcutta

Mishkat al-Masabih is an important and extensive collection of about 6000 hadith, compiled by Imam Khatib at-Tabrizi (d. 1248) in the thirteenth-century. Printed here as the first English edition in Calcutta by the Hindustani press, commercially rare.

First English Edition, two volumes, [vi], ix, [1] (blank), vi, 386, [lacking 387-390], 391-665 pp; [ii], vi, 388, [lacking 389-420], 421-817, [1] (blank), [12] (index) pp, 4to, some light browning and worming (rarely affecting text), mordern calf-backed marbled boards, a handsome set.