Al-Ghazali (1058-1111), al-Munqid min ad-Dalâl, La Délivrance de l'Erreur, Turkish version by Sa'ïd and Zehni, Imprimerie impériale, dated 1871 Volume of 106 pages, each printed with 20 lines of text in Osmanli Turkish with black ink in naskhi calligraphy. The text is introduced by a sarlow frontispiece decorated with vegetal mantling. At the end of the text, date of 20 Shawwal 1287 H / 13 January 1871. On the title page, a stamp in black ink with illegible Arabic inscriptions and sealed bookplate "Bibliothèque de Mr Barbier de Meynard" also present on the last page. According to a note printed at the beginning of the volume, this work was used by Monsieur Barbier de Meynard for his French translation of this text. Bound in half-chagrin, titled on the spine in gold lettering: "Traité de Gazzali, trad. turque". 19.6 x 13.4 cm A few folds and small edge tears, one page shortened, some foxing, wear to binding. Charles Barbier de Meynard (Marseille 1826 - Paris 1908) was a leading French Orientalist. After an early career in diplomacy, he taught Oriental languages (Turkish, Arabic and Persian) at major institutions such as the Collège de France. A member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, he left a remarkable body of written work, including a Dictionnaire géographique, historique et littéraire de la Perse et des contrées adjacentes (1861) and a Dictionnaire turc-français (1881-1886), and translated several literary works from the languages he mastered into his native tongue.