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CARTOGRAPHY -- ASSEMANI, Simone (1752-1821). Globus caelestis cufico-arabicus. Padua: 1790.
4° (291 x 216mm). Text in Arabic and Latin, 3 engraved folding plates. (Occasional faint spotting and some faint offsetting on plates.) Modern binding reusing old vellum boards.
Scarce work on Arabic celestial globes, describing one such found in the Borgia Museum at Velletri. The work also has a general analysis of Arabic astronomy.
4° (291 x 216mm). Text in Arabic and Latin, 3 engraved folding plates. (Occasional faint spotting and some faint offsetting on plates.) Modern binding reusing old vellum boards.
Scarce work on Arabic celestial globes, describing one such found in the Borgia Museum at Velletri. The work also has a general analysis of Arabic astronomy.
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