A MOFRADAT AL-TEBB: A BOOK ON THE SINGULARITIES OF MEDICINE Ottoman Turkey, late 18th - early 19th century An on-going note book variously dated 1196 AH, 1197 AH, 1199 AH (circa 1781 - 1784), Arabic manuscript on paper, 122ff., initial folios written in diagonal lines with 15ll., subsequent ones with horizontal lines with 17ll., the two opening bifolios illuminated in Ottoman style, the final section incised for diagonal writing in a blank grid, chapter headings in red ink, within gold, blue,and red rules, bound in pressed moire silk, the leather spine stamped and gilt, Hefz es-Sehheh (safeguarding of health), the text panel 14.5cm x 8.8cm and the folio 19cm x 13cm.