Lot 110
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ILLUSTRATED COLLECTION OF TREATISES ON MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING
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ILLUSTRATED COLLECTION OF TREATISES ON MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING

IRAN, 26 SAFAR AH 1 JULY 1735 AD

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ILLUSTRATED COLLECTION OF TREATISES ON MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING
Iran, 26 Safar AH 1 July 1735 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 40ff. with 26ll. of fine black naskh, titles in red, illustrations within the text in gold, text outlined with gold, colophon at end of first work on f.7a dated 26 Safar 1148, brown morocco binding with gold tooled medallions
Folio 9 3/8 x 5½in. (23.7 x 14cm.)
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Lot Essay

The manuscript contains three treatises. The first and second are on mechanical engineering and surveying. The second treatise appears to reiterate some of the text of the first but is longer. The third is a treatise on talismanic letters.

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