Bonhams 1793 : Abdul-Rahman bin Muhammad bin Abdul-Haq as-Shami, Fawa'id min 'ulum al-batin yantafi'a biha al-ta'in wa al-qatin, a treatise on occult and magic numbers and letters North Africa, 19th Century

Abdul-Rahman bin Muhammad bin Abdul-Haq as-Shami, Fawa'id min 'ulum al-batin yantafi'a biha al-ta'in wa al-qatin, a treatise on occult and magic numbers and letters
North Africa, 19th Century

Arabic manuscript on paper, 53 leaves, 25 lines to the page written in a personalised maghribi script in black ink, signficant words picked out in red, catchwords, commentaries written in outer margins at a later date, numerous tables, some staining mostly restricted to outer margins, edges frayed, recent repairs to inner margin, modern brown binding
234 x 173 mm.

Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art

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