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QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1875
Details
THE ORDERS AND DECORATIONS OF NASIR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR
QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1875
French and Persian manuscript on paper, 42ff. with varying lines of copperplate and black nasta'liq arranged in two columns, gold, red and blue intercolumnar rules, text panels similarly outlined, title pages in French, with a number of illustrations of medals executed in opaque pigments heightened with gold, light staining, in original tan morocco
Text panel 11 ½ x 6 ½in. (29.2 x 16.5cm.); folio 14 x 9in. (35.5 x 23cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1875
French and Persian manuscript on paper, 42ff. with varying lines of copperplate and black nasta'liq arranged in two columns, gold, red and blue intercolumnar rules, text panels similarly outlined, title pages in French, with a number of illustrations of medals executed in opaque pigments heightened with gold, light staining, in original tan morocco
Text panel 11 ½ x 6 ½in. (29.2 x 16.5cm.); folio 14 x 9in. (35.5 x 23cm.)
Provenance
Anon sale in these Rooms, 25 April 1997, lot 95
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