MOROCCO, DATED 4 RAJAB AH 1222/7 SEPTEMBER 1807 AD

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NASIR AL-DIN TUSI (D. AH 672/1274 AD): TAHRIR UQLIDIS
MOROCCO, DATED 4 RAJAB AH 1222/7 SEPTEMBER 1807 AD
The first and second epistles (maqala) of this seminal work by Tusi, Arabic manuscript on paper, 37ff. plus two modern fly-leaves, each folio with 21ll. of small sepia maghribi script, titles and important words in red, numerous diagrams, first colophon dated, second colophon probably re-inked, with catchwords, opening folio with polychrome illumination, in modern gilt red binding
Folio 8 ¼ x 6 ¾in. (21.2 x 17.1cm.)

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Euclid's Elements is a mathematical and geometric treatise which consists of thirteen books written by the Greek mathematician Euclid in Alexandria, around 300 B.C. It has formed the basis of school geometry until the late 20th century .The manuscript offered here is a copy of Tusi's Tahrir (or recension/edition) of Euclid's Elements. It contains the first two maqalas (books) out of fifteen. It is based on the translations of the work done by al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf (early 9th century) and Thabit bin Qurra (end of the 9th century).

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