Description:
Arabic Manuscript on Paper, Abdul Rahman Sabahi's Moshkelat' al-Kafieh, Ibn Hajib, Good Problems, or Benefits of Light, 949 AH [1542 CE]. Narrow octavo format manuscript, text in black and red, twenty-five lines per page, text written within a ruled border, with side-notes, approximately 150 leaves, bound in full blind-tooled morocco, 9 x 5 1/4 in.
Estimate $500-700
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