Lot Essay
For a short discussion on this author, see Ahmed Jebbar & Marc Moyon, Les Sciences Arabes en Afrique, Mathématiques et Astronomie IXe-XIXe siècles, Brinon-sur-Sauldre, 2011, p.47-50.
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EGYPT OR SYRIA, DATED SHAWAL AH 903/MAY-JUNE 1498 AD
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SHIHAB AL-DIN AHMAD BIN RAJAB BIN TUNBUGHA BIN AL-MAJDI AL-QAHIRI (D. 1447 AD): NUZHAT AL-ALBAB FI MA'RIFAT SIR AL-KAWAKIB 'ALA TARIQ AL-HISAB
EGYPT OR SYRIA, DATED SHAWAL AH 903/MAY-JUNE 1498 AD
A short treatise on astronomy by this important Egyptian scholar, Arabic manuscript on paper, 9ff. plus two modern fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of black naskh script, important words and titles picked out in red, catchwords, with three tables, in modern stamped binding
Folio 7 x 4 7/8in. (17.7 x 12.3cm.)
EGYPT OR SYRIA, DATED SHAWAL AH 903/MAY-JUNE 1498 AD
A short treatise on astronomy by this important Egyptian scholar, Arabic manuscript on paper, 9ff. plus two modern fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of black naskh script, important words and titles picked out in red, catchwords, with three tables, in modern stamped binding
Folio 7 x 4 7/8in. (17.7 x 12.3cm.)