Fair naskhī, in red and black., Islamic binding, in red, with flap., and With marginal notes by ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Nāfiʻ and Naṣr al-Hūrīnī (cf. leaves 8 verso, 130 recto, 192 recto).
Subject (Name):
ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Nāfiʻ--Ms. notes. and Hūrīnī, Naṣr,--d. 1874 or 5--Ms. notes.
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.
787.07.01.03 Boxed separately; shelved in Object Room C:A
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The engraving has been mounted on wood and cut into 42 puzzle pieces. The frame is comprised of 10 pieces; the remaining 32 pieces each with a portrait of a king or queen of England, starting with William I and ending with George II, and one piece depicting Oliver Cromwell, contain extensive details about their lives and reigns. Below the title in the frame at the top are directions for the puzzle: "Directions. 1. Learn to put the heads in succession. 2. Get the dates of inner ovals & the houses of the respective kings. 3. Learn the names of the principal personages of each reign separately. 4. Get by heart the historical & chronological facts of the respective reigns with the dates of battles, treaties, &c." In the bottom portion of the framing pieces is a key to the contractions used in the text: "Contractions. K. king. Pr. prince. D. duke. E. earl. Abp. Archbishop. ... N.B. Capitals over the heads are the initials of the different houses. N. Norman. Pl. Plantagenet. L. Lancaster. Y. York. T. Tudor. S. Stuart. O. Orange. B. Brunswick. In the dates the year only of the current century is sometimes expressed as the rest is evident from the reign."
Description:
Title engraved in frame above the images. and With the original box with dove-tailed sliding lid and original label. Solution to the puzzle printed separately and mounted the side, inside the box. Also boxed and shelved separately.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st July 1787 by Carington Bowles, St. Paul Church Yard ; C. Dilly, Poultry & W. Darton, Birchin Lane, London