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Tarikh-al-tiba`a fi al-sharq al-arabi
History of printing in the Arab east
خليل صابات. تاريخ الطباعة في الشرق العربي. طبعة ثانية، القاهرة: دار المعاف، ١٩٦٦
[Khalil Sabat. History of printing in the Arab east. 2nd ed. Cairo: Dar al-Ma‘arif, 1966.] 378 pp.
A useful and quite detailed history of Arabic-script printing in Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, from the 17th century to the 1960s. Although it contains little about type design, it is a mine of information on the printing establishments, their owners and their vicissitudes.
Unfortunately sold out in Egypt
I was at the "Dar Al Ma'arif" in Cairo to get that book. It is sold out. Does any one know, where to get the book?