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'Izz-ad-Din 'Ali bin Aidmur bin 'Ali al-Jildaki (d. AD 1342), Kitab Nihayat al-talab bi-sharh al-muktasab fi ma'rifat hal al-dhahab, a commentary on parts of al-Muktasab fi zira'at al-dhahab, a treatise on alchemy by Abu'l-Qasim Muhammad bin Ahmad al-'Iraqi al-Simawi (fl. 12th Century), second half of the first volume only North Africa, 19th Century
18 June 2013, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£1,000 - £1,500
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'Izz-ad-Din 'Ali bin Aidmur bin 'Ali al-Jildaki (d. AD 1342), Kitab Nihayat al-talab bi-sharh al-muktasab fi ma'rifat hal al-dhahab, a commentary on parts of al-Muktasab fi zira'at al-dhahab, a treatise on alchemy by Abu'l-Qasim Muhammad bin Ahmad al-'Iraqi al-Simawi (fl. 12th Century), second half of the first volume only
North Africa, 19th Century
North Africa, 19th Century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 117 leaves, 18 lines to the page written in prose and verse in neat maghribi script in black ink, significant words and sentences in red and gold, gold dots between verses, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchwords in wide outer borders, occasional commentaries written horizontally and diagonally in red and black ink, one full-page illuminated panel at beginning decorated with geometric designs in colours and gold incorporating the name of the author and the title, ink now diffused causing discoloration of paper, some splits affecting the text on a few folios, contemporary reddish-brown morocco gilt with stamped central medallions of green leather onlay, upper part of spine damaged, some staining, with flap
224 x 174 mm.
224 x 174 mm.
Footnotes
There are three copies of this work in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin. See A. Arberry, A Handlist of the Arabic Manuscripts, vol. 1, Dublin 1955, p. 43, no. 3108. See also Brockelmann, GAL, I, 497; Suppl. I, 909.