Lot Description

A TREATISE ON HERBAL MEDICINE AND OTHER WORKS
OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Comprising different sections in various hands and style, Turkish manuscript on paper, 219ff. (as numbered) plus two fly-leaves, the last section describing 116 medicinal plants, each plant with its name in Farangi, Arabic and Turkish in black ta'liq, with a gouache depiction and a short description in black cursory ta'liq, an index of medical ailments at beginning, in brown morocco, staining, slightly loose in binding
8¾ x 4½in. (22.1 x 11.4cm.)

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