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Kamal al-Din al-Farisi (d.1320 AD), Kitab tanqih al-manazir li dhawi al-absar wa’l-basair ('Book of Correction of Optics for those who have Sight and Mind'), Persia, Timurid, dated 899 AH/1494 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 99 leaves, 25 lines to the page, written in naskh script in black ink, important words picked up in red, few geometrical diagrams throughout, f.21a, 38b and 39a with 3 medical diagrams representing the eyes and their structure, in later brown leather binding
17.5 by 10cm.
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