An illustrated treatise on artillery, including a large section on catapults, Qajar Persia, second half of the 19th Century

An illustrated treatise on artillery, including a large section on catapults
Qajar Persia, second half of the 19th Century
Arabic manuscript on European paper with stamped mark No. 5, 21 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in elegant nasta'liq script in black ink, interspersed with numerous diagrams and drawings of war machines, slightly browned otherwise in good condition, black morocco with stamped central medallions, spine crudely repaired, worn, doublures of Persian text leaves from a dispersed lithographed book
220 x 170 mm.