Kitab Tahthib al-Ibarat fi fin an 'Akhadh al-Misahat (Treatise on Land Surveying), translated by Sa'id Omra Efendi from French to Arabic, apparently first Arabic edition [Cairo, Egypt, Bulaq Press, dated 1260 AH (1844 AD)] textually complete, index and 14 folding engraved plates, some hand-coloured, plate no.1 torn along old fold, headpiece above first section of text, colophon at the end, contemporary red morocco, covers ruled in gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo This is one of a number of French translations printed by the Bulaq press in Cairo from 1841 until about 1850. This particular work is unusual for the folding plates included at the back of the work, which endorsed a different printing technique and have been mounted on leaves to fold outwards instead of being sewn into the binding. This may have been because the binders were unfamiliar with the techniques used by western printers to include folding plates in the collation, and therefore adapted their Eastern book production styles to suit.
Kitab Tahthib al-Ibarat fi fin an 'Akhadh al-Misahat (Treatise on Land Surveying), translated by Sa'id Omra Efendi from French to Arabic, apparently first Arabic edition [Cairo, Egypt, Bulaq Press, dated 1260 AH (1844 AD)] textually complete, index and 14 folding engraved plates, some hand-coloured, plate no.1 torn along old fold, headpiece above first section of text, colophon at the end, contemporary red morocco, covers ruled in gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo This is one of a number of French translations printed by the Bulaq press in Cairo from 1841 until about 1850. This particular work is unusual for the folding plates included at the back of the work, which endorsed a different printing technique and have been mounted on leaves to fold outwards instead of being sewn into the binding. This may have been because the binders were unfamiliar with the techniques used by western printers to include folding plates in the collation, and therefore adapted their Eastern book production styles to suit.
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