Author: Munir Baalbaki

Publisher: Dar El-Ilm Lilmaliyeen

Size/Vol.: A4 (21x29.7 cm - 8.27x11.69 in)

ISBN : 995390216X

Language : Arabic, English

-Binding: Hardback

- Pages: 2155

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