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Abu'l Hasan 'Ali ibn Radwan bin Ja'far al-Mutatabib, Tafsir li-kitab al-arba'h li Batlumiyus al-Qaludi, a commentary on the Four Essays of Ptolemy, commissioned for Prince Muhammad Vali Mirza, the fourth son of Fath 'ali Shah Qajar (reg. 1797-1834), copied by Muhammad Isma'il, son of Sayyid Abi'l-Hasan al-Musawi al-'Arizi al-Yazdi Qajar Persia, dated towards the end of Jumadi II 1240/mid-February 1825
Arabic and Persian manuscript on thin paper, 549 leaves, 14 lines to the page written in disciplined naskhi script in black ink, interlinear Persian translation written in smaller nasta'liq script in red ink, double interlinear gilt rules, inner margins ruled in red, blue and gold, catchwords, chapter numbers and titles written in thuluth script in red ink in the upper corner of each page, four illuminated headpieces in colours and gold, in good condition, light brown morocco, doublures of marbled paper, slightly worn 337 x 210 mm.