Lot Essay
Brockelmann mentions two other works by this author, one of which is on natural history and geography (GAL II, p. 67).
OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Yahya al-Watwat (d. AH 718/1318 AD): Al-qanun al-wadih fi'l baizarah
Ottoman Provinces, 18th/19th Century
Ornithology, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 42ff. with 19ll. of black naskh, catchwords in the hand of the scribe, slight staining, in brown morocco binding with paper overlay
Folio 81/8 x 5¾in. (20.5 x 14.5cm.)
Ottoman Provinces, 18th/19th Century
Ornithology, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 42ff. with 19ll. of black naskh, catchwords in the hand of the scribe, slight staining, in brown morocco binding with paper overlay
Folio 81/8 x 5¾in. (20.5 x 14.5cm.)
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