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Copy of the Arabic translation of Euclid's Elements through book XV with marginalia. Several leaves have been remounted because of damage.

Arabic Uṣūl al-handasah wa-al-ḥisāb / اصول الهندسة والحساب Euclid translator Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد، former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 [1v] Taḥrīr, or Uṣūl al-handasah wa-al-ḥisāb [1v] Uṣūl al-handasah wa-al-ḥisāb

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95 foliated leaves : 285 x 165 (185 x 95) mm, bound to 295 x 190 mm Foliation in ink in Hindu-Arabic numerals, upper left recto. 24-26 long lines, with extensive marginalia and geometrical shapes. Written in nastaʻliq with marginalia in rapid nastaʻliq; pointed, unvocalized.

Red half leather binding with marbled paper sides. Sewn on recessed supports with hollow spine. Gold fillet lines and titling on spine.

751 A.H. (f. 95v).

1348 Iran? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Geometry--Early works to 1800 Geometry--Arab countries--History Manuscripts, Arabic Manuscripts Codices Diagrams Half covers Recessed sewing supports Trough-marbled paper