Images from two modern Arabic editions Comparison of the same page from 2 different editions: click on the thumbnail image to view the entire page.
		the first page of Kit¯ab al-Q¯an¯un f¯i al-tibb li-Ab¯i `Al¯i Ibn S¯in¯a. [Bayr¯ut] : [D¯ar S¯adir], [1980?]
		the first page of al-Q¯an¯un f¯i al-tibb / ta'l¯if Ab¯u `Al¯i al-Husayn ibn `Al¯i ibn S¯in¯a ; haqqaqahu wa-wada`a fah¯arisahu wa-`allaqa `alayhi Idw¯ar al-Qashsh ; qaddama la-hu bi-al-`Arab¯iyah wa-al-Farans¯iyah `Al¯i Zay`¯ur. Bayr¯ut : Mu'assasat `Izz al-D¯in, 1987.

Images from an English translation and other available Arabic editions
The image on the left is a likeness of Ibn Sina. The Arabic title reads: "Book of the Canon of Medicine".	from the title page of The canon of medicine of Avicenna. Birmingham, Ala. : The Classics of Medicine Library, c1984.
The Arabic title reads: "Canon of Medicine".	from the title page of Kit¯ab al-Q¯an¯un f¯i al-tibb li-Ab¯i `Al¯i Ibn S¯in¯a. [Bayr¯ut] : [D¯ar S¯adir], [1980?]
The Arabic invocation reads: "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious the Most Merciful".	the opening decoration and invocation to Allah from Kit¯ab al-Q¯an¯un f¯i al-tibb li-Ab¯i `Al¯i Ibn S¯in¯a. [Bayr¯ut] : [D¯ar S¯adir], [1980?]

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