NASIR AL-DIN MUHAMMAD IBN MUHAMMAD IBN AL-HASAN AL-TUSI (d. AH 672/1274-75 AD): KITAB TAHRIR AL-MAJISTI

TIMURID IRAN, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY

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NASIR AL-DIN MUHAMMAD IBN MUHAMMAD IBN AL-HASAN AL-TUSI (d. AH 672/1274-75 AD): KITAB TAHRIR AL-MAJISTI
TIMURID IRAN, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
A commentary on Ptolemy, Arabic manuscript on fine cream paper, 103ff., each with 27ll. of flowing black naskh, headings in red, with numerous finely drawn diagrams in red and black and with many tables, opening flyleaf with library inscriptions and seal impressions, generally good condition, original tan morocco binding reversed and rebound
Folio 9 5/8 x 6 5/8in. (24.5 x 17cm.)

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Lot Essay

One of the ownership inscriptions on the opening fly-leaf, which is partially illegible due to damage, gives the name of... ibn Muhammad Husayn Shams al-Din ... and is dated AH 106? (1650s AD). He was presumably the son of the owner of the seal whose impression is to be found here and also twice on the last folio of the manuscript.

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