ISLAMIC LEATHER BOOK COVER WITH MARBLED ENDPAPERS
ISLAMIC LEATHER BOOK COVER WITH MARBLED ENDPAPERS

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ISLAMIC LEATHER BOOK COVER WITH MARBLED ENDPAPERS
Turkey or Persia, c. 18th century

480 x 185 mm. The cover comprised of boards made from handmade paper coverd in grey-green hand-tooled leather, with golden medallions on both sides, the interior surfaced with marbled paper. Wear to leather at edges of boards, the top right corner of the leather on the recto separating, and with minor wormholes on verso.

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