A COMPENDIUM OF SCIENCES INCLUDING CHEMISTRY AND... Lot 189

A COMPENDIUM OF SCIENCES INCLUDING CHEMISTRY AND PHILOSOPHY Possibly Iran or Iraq, dated Jumada al-Thani 1244 AH (December 1828 AD), signed by Mohammad al-Mostafa Bin Shamseddin Arabic manuscript on lined paper, 155ff., no fly-leaves, with 11ll. to the page of black ink naskh script, with words and sections marked in red, profuse marginal notes and commentaries in a variety of hands, comprising several charts, grids, and diagrams towards the end, including specific sections on theory, chemistry, philosophy, and other major Islamic sciences, dated Tuesday, the end of Jumada al-thani 1244 AH and signed by Mohammad al-Mostafa Bin Shamseddin, in a tooled brown leather binding with arabesque medallions, the page 20cm x 15cm.