ID 1360803
Lot 87 | Astronomica
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 8 000
Second edition of Greaves's scarce work. Mahmūd Shāh Cholgi (fl. c.15th century), the ruler of Malwah in central India from 1435 to 1469, is generally credited as the author-compiler of the astronomical tables and commentary found in the Persian work Zīj-i jāmi. Here Greaves publishes the first section of this work with a facing Latin translation. An English mathematician and astronomer, Greaves traveled to the Middle East in 1637 where he collected Arabic, Perisan and Greek manuscripts. Scarce: RBH records only four copies in the past 25 years, and none of the first 1650 edition at all. An early example of a work printed in Persian to appear in England. Wing C3923.
Quarto (196 x 140mm). Persian text with facing Latin translation, woodcut diagrams in text, title and text with ruled border (repair to title at gutter; worming to margin). Later calf, bound on the right (rebacked, corners renewed, minor repairs to endpapers). Provenance: Owen Gingerich (bookplate).
| Place of origin: | England |
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| Place of origin: | England |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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