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GBP (£) 1,200 - 1,700
EUR (€) 1,390 - 1,970
USD ($) 1,610 - 2,280
1095 A.H.
6 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (232 grams, 16 x 21.5 cm).
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, central arabesque foliage panel to each cover; title page with triangular block of naskh text with red marks; first set of text pages typically with 31 lines of cramped naskh script in black ink with red highlighting, hand-drawn geometric figures with numerical notation relating to angles, etc; second set with looser script typically in 23 lines with marginal notes and red underscoring, tables and perpendicular text blocks.
PROVENANCE:
From an important family collection started in the late 1950s.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
FOOTNOTES:
The texts are: (1) 'Ghaniat alhisab' (In Arithmetic) the classification by Judge Jamal al-Din Ahmad bin Ali Ibn Thabit (2) 'Alkaayib' (In Calculating Mathematical Copies) by the computer scientist Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ha'im al-Magdisi, written out by Yusuf ibn Hussein Hamouda Al-Habibi in the year 1095 A.H. (1683 A.D.).
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