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COLLECTION OF WORKS ON ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY BY NASIR AL-DIN AL-TUSI (D. AH 672/1274 AD) AND OTHERS

IRAN, AH 14 JUMADA I 753/28 JUNE 1352 AD

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COLLECTION OF WORKS ON ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY BY NASIR AL-DIN AL-TUSI (D. AH 672/1274 AD) AND OTHERS
Iran, AH 14 Jumada I 753/28 June 1352 AD
By Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Muhammad ibn Mas'ud al-Mas'udi and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Persian manuscript on buff paper, 112ff. with 25ll. of neat black naskh, numerous small astronomical drawings in black and blue highlighted with gold, folio of penultimate work with colophon dated 14 Jumada I 753, generally good condition, original brown morocco binding with geometric design
Folio 6.3.4 x 5 1/8in. (17 x 13cm.)

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Lot Essay

The first work, Zubdat al-hay'at by Tusi has a colophon dated 753. The second work by al-Mas'udi deals with the semiotics and nature of the weather and other aspects of the natural world. The next two works are fragments of other authors' work. The fourth is Tusi's work on the astrolabe entitled Mukhtasar dar ma'rifat-i usturlab. There follow three short works on the zodiac, a passage in Arabic about the river Nile, and another astrological work, followed by Al-ikhtiyarat al-'ala'iyyah fi al-ikhtiyarat by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. AH 606/1209 AD), another work on astrology. This is dated 14 Jumada 753. A final anonymous poetical work completes the volume.

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