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ZAND IRAN, DATED 13 RAMADAN AH 1189/7 NOVEMBER 1775 AD
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A TREATISE ON ASTRONOMY
ZAND IRAN, DATED 13 RAMADAN AH 1189/7 NOVEMBER 1775 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 44ff. plus two fly-leaves, each with 12ll. elegant black nasta'liq script, words in or overlined in red, gold margins between black rules, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated heading panel, several small diagrams throughout the text finely drawn in gold, red and black, dated colophon on final folio, later red morocco binding
Text panel 5 3/8 x 2 ½in. (6.2 x 13.6cm.); folio 7 x 4 ½in. (17.8 x 11.5cm.)
ZAND IRAN, DATED 13 RAMADAN AH 1189/7 NOVEMBER 1775 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 44ff. plus two fly-leaves, each with 12ll. elegant black nasta'liq script, words in or overlined in red, gold margins between black rules, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated heading panel, several small diagrams throughout the text finely drawn in gold, red and black, dated colophon on final folio, later red morocco binding
Text panel 5 3/8 x 2 ½in. (6.2 x 13.6cm.); folio 7 x 4 ½in. (17.8 x 11.5cm.)
Provenance
The Hagop Kevorkian Collection (579/1311); acquired Sotheby's, 18 April 1983, lot 134
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