MANUSCRIPTS -- IBN 'ÂSIM. Tuhfat al-Hukkâm ('The Gift of the Judges'), with commentary (Sharh al-Tuhfa). Copied by 'Alî b. 'Abd Allâh al-Yarqâwî al-Shamâtî. North Africa, Morocco, dated 19 Shawwâl 1210 AH (April 1796 CE). Approx. 120 lvs. Arabic ms. on paper, in a neat Maghribî hand with rubrication, marginalia, and a securely dated colophon naming the scribe. Dimensions: 21x15 cm; written area 16x10 cm. Loose in mod. Moroccan petrol leather with flap, decorated in blind tooling. (Worming and losses at the edges, especially in later leaves, but text generally legible and structurally sound).