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OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA MID-17TH CENTURY
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'ABD AL-RAHMAN AL-SUFI (D. AH 376/986 AD): SUWAR AL-KAWAKIB AL-THABITAH
Ottoman Turkey, circa mid-17th century
Astronomy, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 166ff. with 16ll. of black Ottoman naskh, titles in red, tables in black and red, with more than eighty miniatures of the constellations in gouache heightened with gold and silver, some unfinished, some lacunae, possibly misbound, good condition, some retouching of miniatures, later black morocco binding with tooled medallions
Folio 9¼ x 6¾in. (23.2 x 17cm.)
Ottoman Turkey, circa mid-17th century
Astronomy, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 166ff. with 16ll. of black Ottoman naskh, titles in red, tables in black and red, with more than eighty miniatures of the constellations in gouache heightened with gold and silver, some unfinished, some lacunae, possibly misbound, good condition, some retouching of miniatures, later black morocco binding with tooled medallions
Folio 9¼ x 6¾in. (23.2 x 17cm.)
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