Adab al-Kuttab

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272 pp. Arabic text,modern hardback binding, corrected and annotated by Muhammad Bahjat Al-Athari and reviewed by Mahmoud Shukri Al-Alusi, few ink inscription on margin, scattered spotting, Al-Matba'a al-Salafiya, Cairo, 1341 H. 1922. Al-Ṣuli's Adab al-Kuttab ("The Conduct of Secretaries") is regarded as one of the most important works on adab (belles-lettres) and the art of rhetoric. Some refer to it as Adab al-Katib ("The Writer's Conduct"). Despite its modest size, it contains a wealth of valuable observations and excellent discussions on various branches of literature, oratory, rhetoric, and the art of writing. In the introduction, al-Suli writes: "This is a book that I have composed concerning what every secretary requires, whether he occupies the highest rank or the lowest position. I have made it comprehensive, encompassing everything a secretary needs, so that, in all such matters, he need rely on no other work but this one."