Muhammad Sa'id bin Muhammad Baqir al-labib, Kitab Tashrih al-ada'i, Treatise on the anatomy of organs with four diagrams, copied by Muhammad Rasim ibn Muhammad Reza, dated Thursday 5th Rajab A.H. 1083/A.D. 1672, Persia

Arabic manuscript on paper, 115 leaves, 17 lines to the page written in nasta'liq script in black ink on cream paper, catchwords picked out or underlined in red throughout, 4 full-page illustrations drawn in ink with some colour, in later red leather binding with flap

In very good overall condition, pages and illustrations clean and fresh, some minor nibbles and first and final pages, some rubbing and minor repair to binding and spine, as viewed.
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The four anatomical diagrams within this manuscript illustrate the following:

1. The nervous system

2. The organs

3. The veins and arteries

4. The intestinal system with veins