First edition. Much of the rich intellectual and spiritual world of Shi'ite Islam throughout its long history is contained in the 1,626 manuscripts that make up the Princeton University Library's New Series collection and are documented here. Practical and theoretical jurisprudence, theology, grammar, logic, medicine and philosophy are all represented in the largest, most significant such collection in America. Includes the incipits in Arabic where appropriate, as well as both author and subject indexes. Reproduced from typescript.