THIS VOLUME ONLY - Band IV. Volume 4 of the wide-ranging 13-volume work `Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums` (published from 1967 to 2000) by the eminent orientalist Fuat Sezgin (b.1924), professor emeritus of the History of Natural Science at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany and the founder and honorary director of the Institute of the History of the Arab Islamic Sciences there. 245x170mm. XI+399 pages. Red gilt Hardcover. Gilt front cover and spine. Cover slightly rubbed. Spine slightly faded/dust-stained. Spine wrinkled. Spine edges slightly bumped. Text block upper edge age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This rare book, the cornerstone reference on the history of science and technology in the Islamic world, is in good condition.