Apr 10, 2003 - Sale 1966

Sale 1966 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 3,450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
ALFRAGANUS [i. e., AL-FARGHANI, ABU'L-'ABBAS AHMAD IBN MUHAMMAD IBN KATHIR]. Elementa astronomica, Arabicè & Latinè. Arabic text followed by Latin translation and commentary by Jacob Golius. [2], 109, [1]; [12], 109, [3]; 306, [22] pages, including the 3 blanks (¹O4, ²O4, and 2S4). 3 parts in one volume, with the preliminaries bound after the first part. 4to, contemporary vellum with calligraphic title in ink on spine, short crack at top of front joint; light dampstain in lower outer corners in last quarter of volume, early computations and doodles in ink on rear endleaves. Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius à Waesberge & widow of Elizeus Weyerstraet, 1669

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