Lot Essay
This work is also know as Sharh al-ma'arif al-kubra or Shams al-ma'arif wa lata 'if al-'awarif.
OTTOMAN PROVINCES, AH 21 RAJAB 1041/12 FEBRUARY 1632 AD
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Abu al-'Abbas Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-Qarshi al-Buni (d. AH 622/1225 AD): Kitab shams al-ma'arif al-kubra
Ottoman Provinces, AH 21 Rajab 1041/12 February 1632 AD
On talismans, Arabic manuscript on paper, 76ff. with 29ll. of black and red naskh, numerous tables and diagrams, final folio with colophon signed 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Hasib al-Najrani at al-Mada'in a village in Najran in 21 Rajab 1041, generally clean condition, in brown morocco binding with gold tooled decoration
Folio 12 x 8in. (31.5 x 22cm.)
Ottoman Provinces, AH 21 Rajab 1041/12 February 1632 AD
On talismans, Arabic manuscript on paper, 76ff. with 29ll. of black and red naskh, numerous tables and diagrams, final folio with colophon signed 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Hasib al-Najrani at al-Mada'in a village in Najran in 21 Rajab 1041, generally clean condition, in brown morocco binding with gold tooled decoration
Folio 12 x 8in. (31.5 x 22cm.)