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A COMMENTARY ON PTOLEMY'S ALMAGEST
OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 18TH CENTURY
Possibly by Mirza Qazi bin Kashif al-Din al-Yazdi (d.1664-5 AD), Shaykh al-Islam and son of a physician to Shah 'Abbas I, Arabic manuscript on paper, 33ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 37ll. of black naskh script, some words picked out in red, some phrases underlined in red, illustrated with numerous diagrams, some marginal notes, catchwords, folios and quires loose in binding, in gilt and stamped maroon morocco binding, some margins with losses
Folio 12 1/8 x 8¼in. (30.5 x 20.3cm.)

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