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Auction archive: Lot number 113

TWO ASTRONOMICAL TREATISES

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
ca. US$1,601 - US$1,921
Price realised:
£3,500
ca. US$5,605
Auction archive: Lot number 113

TWO ASTRONOMICAL TREATISES

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
ca. US$1,601 - US$1,921
Price realised:
£3,500
ca. US$5,605
Beschreibung:

TWO ASTRONOMICAL TREATISES
ONE SIGNED YUSUF AL-KINAWI, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, DATED SAFAR AH 830/DECEMBER 1426-JANUARY 1427 AD
TWO ASTRONOMICAL TREATISES ONE SIGNED YUSUF AL-KINAWI, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, DATED SAFAR AH 830/DECEMBER 1426-JANUARY 1427 AD Including Al-jawhar al-maknun fi hisab al-falak al-massun by 'Abd al-Rahman bin 'Ali al-Aqfahasi (d. AH 860), Arabic manuscript on paper, 6ff. plus two modern fly-leaves, most folios with black and red tables, catchwords, signed and dated, in modern binding, and Al-futuhat al-wahbiya sharh al-risala al-fathyia fi 'ilm al-miqat al-falakiya by 'Ali bin 'Abd al-Qadir al-Nabatayni al-Masri (d. AH 1070), a commentary on astronomical time calculation, Arabic manuscript on paper, 29ff. plus 2 modern fly-leaves, each folio with 25ll. of black naskh , some words in pink, catchwords, in various hands, dated Safar AH 1200, in modern binding Folio 6¾ x 5 1/8in. (17.3 x 12.9cm.) (illustrated) and 8 5/8 x 6 3/8in. (22 x 16.2cm.) (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 113
Auction:
Datum:
23 Apr 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
23 April 2012, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

TWO ASTRONOMICAL TREATISES
ONE SIGNED YUSUF AL-KINAWI, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, DATED SAFAR AH 830/DECEMBER 1426-JANUARY 1427 AD
TWO ASTRONOMICAL TREATISES ONE SIGNED YUSUF AL-KINAWI, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, DATED SAFAR AH 830/DECEMBER 1426-JANUARY 1427 AD Including Al-jawhar al-maknun fi hisab al-falak al-massun by 'Abd al-Rahman bin 'Ali al-Aqfahasi (d. AH 860), Arabic manuscript on paper, 6ff. plus two modern fly-leaves, most folios with black and red tables, catchwords, signed and dated, in modern binding, and Al-futuhat al-wahbiya sharh al-risala al-fathyia fi 'ilm al-miqat al-falakiya by 'Ali bin 'Abd al-Qadir al-Nabatayni al-Masri (d. AH 1070), a commentary on astronomical time calculation, Arabic manuscript on paper, 29ff. plus 2 modern fly-leaves, each folio with 25ll. of black naskh , some words in pink, catchwords, in various hands, dated Safar AH 1200, in modern binding Folio 6¾ x 5 1/8in. (17.3 x 12.9cm.) (illustrated) and 8 5/8 x 6 3/8in. (22 x 16.2cm.) (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 113
Auction:
Datum:
23 Apr 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
23 April 2012, London, South Kensington
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