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This is a particularly well-written and well-preserved early dated copy.
OTTOMAN TURKEY, AH DHUL QA'ADAH 889/8 NOVEMBER-7 DECEMBER 1484 AD
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Nasir al-Din Muhammad b. Muhammad al-Hasan al-Tusi (d. AH 672/1274 AD): Tahrir usul al-handasah li-uqlidis
Ottoman Turkey, AH Dhul Qa'adah 889/8 November-7 December 1484 AD
Geometry, Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 144ff. with 20ll. of neat black Ottoman naskh, copious small diagrams in red and black throughout the text, occasional marginal notes, final folio with colophon signed 'Ata Ullah b. Muhammad b. Abd al-Salam al-Kajani and dated Dhu al Qa'ada, generally clean condition, in brown morocco binding with stamped cartouche with red arabesques and spandrels
Folio 7 x 3¾in. (17.5 x 10cm.)
Ottoman Turkey, AH Dhul Qa'adah 889/8 November-7 December 1484 AD
Geometry, Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 144ff. with 20ll. of neat black Ottoman naskh, copious small diagrams in red and black throughout the text, occasional marginal notes, final folio with colophon signed 'Ata Ullah b. Muhammad b. Abd al-Salam al-Kajani and dated Dhu al Qa'ada, generally clean condition, in brown morocco binding with stamped cartouche with red arabesques and spandrels
Folio 7 x 3¾in. (17.5 x 10cm.)