PERSIA, AH 1238-45/1822-30 AD
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Sheikh Muslih al-Din Sa'di: Gulistan
Persia, AH 1238-45/1822-30 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 322ff. with 15ll. of flowing black nasta'liq arranged in two gold-outlined columns within gold margins, lines of text arranged diagonally around main text, occasional words and titles in red and blue, four gold and polychrome illuminated bifolios with text within gold clouds, other illuminated headings, final folio with colophon signed Muhammad Rabi' al-Hamadani, copied between ..38 and ..45, very light smudging and staining, in original black lacquer gul-o-bulbul binding, red lacquer doublures with narcissus, chipped and worn at edges
Folio 10¼ x 6¼in. (26 x 16cm.)
Persia, AH 1238-45/1822-30 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 322ff. with 15ll. of flowing black nasta'liq arranged in two gold-outlined columns within gold margins, lines of text arranged diagonally around main text, occasional words and titles in red and blue, four gold and polychrome illuminated bifolios with text within gold clouds, other illuminated headings, final folio with colophon signed Muhammad Rabi' al-Hamadani, copied between ..38 and ..45, very light smudging and staining, in original black lacquer gul-o-bulbul binding, red lacquer doublures with narcissus, chipped and worn at edges
Folio 10¼ x 6¼in. (26 x 16cm.)