HAMDULLAH AL-MUSTAWFI AL-QAZWINI (B. 1281 AD): NUZHAT AL-QULUB

IRAN, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY

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HAMDULLAH AL-MUSTAWFI AL-QAZWINI (B. 1281 AD): NUZHAT AL-QULUB
IRAN, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
The author's last work composed in AH 740, mainly on geography, Persian manuscript on paper, 294ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 21ll. of black nasta'liq, words and titles picked out in red, catchwords, numerous tables, in brown morocco binding
9¼ x 4½in. (23.5 x 11.5cm.)

Lot Essay

According to some sources, the earliest surviving rectangular coordinate map is attributed to Hamdullah al-Mustawfi al-Qazwini.

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