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Seyyed Hossein Nasr; photographs by Roland Michaud.
Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study.

Published London: World of Islam Festival Publishing Co., 1976.
ISBN 090503502X.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Westerham Press, Kent.
Size: 245x305x24mm.
Page count: xiv,273pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is grubby and ragged with some staining; the book itself is in fair to good condition, a bit of staining to the edges of the boards, page edges a bit grubby; text appears to be free of marking.


This item £10.00
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Weight without packaging: 1733g.

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Contents: Islam & rise of Islamic sciences; Islamic educational system; Cosmology, cosmography & geography; Natural history — geology, mineralogy, botany, zoology; Mathematics; Astronomy & astrology; Physics; Medicine & pharmacology; Alchemy & other occult sciences; Agriculture & irrigation; Man & the natural environment; Man in the cosmic order.

Illustrations: 94 monochrome and 135 in colour
Maps & plans: 1, repeated on front & back endpapers

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: yes
Bibliography: 3pp
Index: yes

[BML/LF]
[PC2]

See also | Islamic studies |

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