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A SMALL PRAYER BOOK BOUND IN DARK-RED MOROCCO
Ghor Mukhi-Nanuk (Prayers to Vishnu), India, circa mid-18th century
90 x 100 mm. Comprised of 181 leaves of handmade paper with handwritten text bound by an orange border, and with 17 illustrations rendered with earth pigments, gold and silver, bound into a richly blind-stamped dark-red morocco leather album with flap. Minor wear to edges of leather cover, otherwise overall in good condition.

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