NASIR AL-DIN AL-TUSI (D. AH 672/1274 AD): SHARH USUL ASHKAL KITAB UQLIDIS FI 'ILM AL-HINDASA

SIGNED IBRAHIM, OTTOMAN TURKEY OR PROVINCES, DATED SHA'BAN AH 1074/MARCH 1664 AD

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NASIR AL-DIN AL-TUSI (D. AH 672/1274 AD): SHARH USUL ASHKAL KITAB UQLIDIS FI 'ILM AL-HINDASA
SIGNED IBRAHIM, OTTOMAN TURKEY OR PROVINCES, DATED SHA'BAN AH 1074/MARCH 1664 AD
An Arabic translation of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's commentary of Euclid's On Division of Figures, Arabic manuscript on paper, 50ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 17ll. of black naskh verging on nasta'liq, titles in red, text within red rules, with numerous geometric figures and diagrams, opening folio with gold and black rules, copious marginal notes in Arabic, colophon signed and dated, waterstaining, in restored gilt brown morocco
Folio 8 x 4½in. (20.4 x 11.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

Euclid's Book on Division of Figures appears to have survived only partially and through its translations in Arabic and Persian. This commentary on the Book on Division of Figures by Nasir al-Din Tusi is therefore an important link in the transmission of one of Euclid's major works.

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