AN ASTRONOMICAL TREATISE
AN ASTRONOMICAL TREATISE

IRAN OR NORTH INDIA, DATED SHA'BAN AH 1289/OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1872 AD

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AN ASTRONOMICAL TREATISE
IRAN OR NORTH INDIA, DATED SHA'BAN AH 1289/OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1872 AD
Probably a commentary on Qutb al-Din Shirazi's (d. 1311 AD) Nihayat al-adrak fi dirayat al-aflak and al-Tuhfa al-shahiya, Arabic manuscript on paper, 274ff., each with 15ll. of black nasta'liq, some words and highlights in red, numerous fine diagrams in red and black, catchwords, some marginal comments, one colophon dated, first folio lacking, incomplete at end, in marble paper cover binding
Folio 9¾ x 6 1/8in. (24.7 x 15.8cm.)

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