IZMIR, AH 1164, 1168 AND 1070, 1750-1, 1754-5, AND 1659-60 AD
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'Ala al-Din Abu-l Hasan 'Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Mut'im al-Ansari al-Falaki al-Dimashqi known as Ibn al-Shatir (d. AH 777/1375 AD): Majmua' rasail fi 'ilm al-falak and Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa'id ibn Ya'qub ibn Ahmad al-Susi al-Marghithi (d. 1678 AD): Urjuzah al-muqni fi 'ilm Abi Muqri fi'l falak
Izmir, AH 1164, 1168 and 1070, 1750-1, 1754-5, and 1659-60 AD
On astronomical instruments, Arabic manuscript on European watermarked paper, 34ff. with 15ll. of black Ottoman naskh, comprising five treatises, first treatise on the perfect quadrant (al-rub' al-kamil), the second on the Northern astrolabe (al-usturlab al-shimali dhat sawa'ih) with colophon signed Muhammad ibn Ibrahim in Izmir in the Madrassah of 'Umar Efendizade Hajji Ahmad in 1164 and a note in Turkish with the date given in the form of a poem, the third on the sine quadrant (al-rub' al-mujayyab) dated 1164, the fourth a section from his treatise on the astrolabe dated 1168 (Risalah li wad' al-usturlab), the fifth a poem on the science of the planets copied by Muhammad ibn Sayid and dated 1070, light staining, copious marginal notes, in later maroon morocco binding with gold tooled decoration
Folio 7¾ x 5¾in. (20 x 15cm.)
Izmir, AH 1164, 1168 and 1070, 1750-1, 1754-5, and 1659-60 AD
On astronomical instruments, Arabic manuscript on European watermarked paper, 34ff. with 15ll. of black Ottoman naskh, comprising five treatises, first treatise on the perfect quadrant (al-rub' al-kamil), the second on the Northern astrolabe (al-usturlab al-shimali dhat sawa'ih) with colophon signed Muhammad ibn Ibrahim in Izmir in the Madrassah of 'Umar Efendizade Hajji Ahmad in 1164 and a note in Turkish with the date given in the form of a poem, the third on the sine quadrant (al-rub' al-mujayyab) dated 1164, the fourth a section from his treatise on the astrolabe dated 1168 (Risalah li wad' al-usturlab), the fifth a poem on the science of the planets copied by Muhammad ibn Sayid and dated 1070, light staining, copious marginal notes, in later maroon morocco binding with gold tooled decoration
Folio 7¾ x 5¾in. (20 x 15cm.)