Description:
Arabic Manuscript on Paper, Three Treatises, 960 AH [1553 CE]. Octavo format, text in black ink with occasional red, diagrams, approximately 240 pages, including a commentary on Al-Hidayah, a commentary by Fakhr al-din Hosseini, and a refutation by Hosseini of his contemporaries; bound in half cloth with marbled paper boards, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.
Estimate $800-1,000
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