Handbook of geography, based on the Kitāb al-ashkāl of Aḥmad ibn Sahl Balkhī.
Description:
2 p. l., 23, [1] p.; 2 l., facsim.: (126 p., XIX maps), 127-132 p., 1 l., Liber climatum auctore scheicho Abu-Ishako el-Faresi vulgo el-Issthachri. Ad similitudinem codicis Gothani (= Pertsch 1521) accuratissime delineandum et lapidibus exprimendum curavit Dr. J. H. Moeller. Praemissa est dissertatio de Libri climatum indole, auctore et aetate. Gothae, In libraria Beckeriana, 1839., and This copy comprises the facsimile only (1 l., 126 p., and maps). It is not clear whether it is imperfect, or whether it was issued for the Oriental trade, with the Latin matter omitted.
Subject (Name):
Balkhī, Aḥmad ibn Sahl, 849 or 850-934
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language and literature--Geography and travel