RARE comprehensive English-Arabic Dictionary of Agricultural and Allied Terminology. The author - Mustafa Shahabi, was an eminent Syrian agronomist, politician, writer and the third elected director of Arab Academy of Damascus (1959-1968). Shahabi made many contributions for modernizing the Arabic language by writing many comprehensive modern term indices of science and technology in Arabic. This dictionary was edited by Ahmad Sh. al-Khatib, the bulk of the Arabic material being the realization of Emir Moustapha el-Chihabi in his "Dictionnaire Francais-Arabe Des Tems Agricoles". 280x210mm. XVI+907 pages. Green fake leather Hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket rubbed. Jacket spine faded. Jacket edges and corners wrinkled/worn. Jacket rear upper edge slightly torn and chipped. Cover corners and spine edges slightly wrinkled. Spine slightly wrinkled. Small pen mark on rear whitepage upper corner. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare English-Arabic dictionary of agricultural and allied terminology compiled by an eminent authority in the field, is in good condition.