Lot Essay
The opening flyleaf is inscribed by A.G.Ellis MA. who was the author of the Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts in the British Museum printed in 1894.
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Three medical texts
including Nazhat al-Qulab, 18ll. of black nasta'liq, dated AH 1199/1784-5 AD, Lahore India, modern blue binding - 10 x 6in. (25.5 x 15.2cm.); another, 19ll., brown binding, India, 18th/19th century - 8 x 6in. (20.4 x 15.2cm.), the third, 17ll. of black naskh, India, before AH 1060/1650-1 AD, black morocco binding - 9½ x 4¾in. (24.2 x 12cm.)
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including Nazhat al-Qulab, 18ll. of black nasta'liq, dated AH 1199/1784-5 AD, Lahore India, modern blue binding - 10 x 6in. (25.5 x 15.2cm.); another, 19ll., brown binding, India, 18th/19th century - 8 x 6in. (20.4 x 15.2cm.), the third, 17ll. of black naskh, India, before AH 1060/1650-1 AD, black morocco binding - 9½ x 4¾in. (24.2 x 12cm.)
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