Dervish Celebi ibn Mustafa Amir Al-Liwa as-Sultani, Al-Nuzha Al-Mubhija fi Tashhin Al-Azhan wa Ta'dil Al-Amzija, a medical treatise, including a section on the mind and its moods, citing Galen
Ottoman Turkey, 18th Century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 223 leaves, lacking first folio, 29 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink, significant words and sentences picked out in red, inner margins ruled in red, catchwords written in wide outer margins, headings written in red, names of ailments written in red in outer margins, some crude repairs, some smudging otherwise in good condition, modern burgundy morocco incorporating earlier covers decorated with stamped central medallions, worn, with flap
210 x 144 mm.
