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Wonders and rarities: the marvellous book that traveled the world and mapped the cosmos

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0674258452 (hardcover)
ISBN	9780674258457 (hardcover)
Author	Zadeh, Travis E.
Title	Wonders and rarities : the marvellous book that traveled the world and mapped the cosmos / Travis Zadeh
Publisher	Cambridge, MA ; London : Harvard University Press, 2023
Physical desc.	vi, 445 pages ; illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Note	CB illustration: page 280, figure 9.4 (In 02, f. 226v).
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: Wonder's end -- Part 1: A world within words. Stranger lands -- Measures of authority -- Astral power -- Part 2: Wonders to behold. Cosmic order -- Terrestrial designs -- Alchemical bodies -- Part 3: Distant shores. Long divided -- Across the globe -- On the edge -- Coda: Acts of enchantment.
Person as subject	Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad -- approximately 1203-1283 -- ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt
Subject	Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 02
	Geography, Arab -- History
	Cosmography -- History
	Natural history -- History
	Curiosities and wonders
	Science, Medieval

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