`ABD AL-QADIR AL-MARAGHI: MAQASID AL-ALHAN (`THE PURPORTS OF MUSIC`)

Lot 91
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Lot 91 | 'ABD AL-QADIR AL-MARAGHI: MAQASID AL-ALHAN ('THE PURPORTS OF MUSIC')
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'ABD AL-QADIR AL-MARAGHI: MAQASID AL-ALHAN ('THE PURPORTS OF MUSIC')
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED THURSDAY 29 SAFAR AH 826 / 11 FEBRUARY 1423 AD
Persian and Arabic manuscript on paper, 62ff. plus 4 flyleaves, each folio with 22 to 24ll. of black flowing naskh, important phrases and words picked out in red, titles in larger red or black thuluth or naskh, the text divided into 12 chapters, each profusely illustrated with diagrams and tables in red and black, marginal notes and comments, catchwords, colophon signed and dated, the first folio a 17th century or later replacement, second and third folio a contemporaneous replacement, areas of waterstaining, small repairs, in fine 19th century gilt maroon morocco cover binding with flap
Folio 13¼ x 9¾in. (33.8 x 24.6cm.)




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Sotheby's London, 15-16 April 1985, lot 315
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