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[ASTRONOMY & MATHEMATICS -- MANUSCRIPT]. A treatise on astronomy, arithmetic and the astrolabe. N.p., 1193 A.H. [1779 C.E.]. With distinct sections pertaining to astronomy and arithmetic.
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[ASTRONOMY & MATHEMATICS -- MANUSCRIPT]. A treatise on astronomy, arithmetic and the astrolabe. N.p., 1193 A.H. [1779 C.E.].

132 leaves, 8vo (158 x 101 mm). In Persian. Written in nasta’liq script black ink with rubrication. With a few marginal notes, and 6-leaf index in red, black and green ink at end. (Trimmed occasionally affecting notes in margins, some stains, a few leaves at end remargined.) Later limp red morocco decorated in blind (some wear and minor losses). 
 
With distinct sections pertaining to astronomy and arithmetic.

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