A collection of Levantine manuscripts,

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A collection of Levantine manuscripts,
Arabic on paper as follows: kitab sharh al-rajbiah lil-shaikh al-imam al-'alim Shams al-Din Muhammad b. Muhammad Sabt al-Maridani, 21ll. of black naskh, words in and overlined in red, marginal notes, signed by 'Uthman al-Din Abi al-A...i and dated Ah 1003/1594-5 AD, printed paper covered boards - 21.3 x 15.5cm.; kitab sarah al-qawa'id li-Ibn Hisham al-'Alamah.., 21ll. black naskh, words in red, red ruled margin, dated AH 1174/1760-61 AD, purple morocco binding and flap - 18.2 x 10cm.; Qur'an, 15ll., gold circles between verses, gold margin headings in red, gold stamped brown morocco binding and flap, Ottoman, 19th century - 19 x 13cm.; part 2, kitab al-mutalib al-waniah sharh al-fara'id al-saniah(?) ta'lif, 26ll. black cursive, signed by 'Abd al-Ghath(?) al-Nablusi and dated Dhu'l-Hijja AH 12(?)86/1772-3 AD?, green buckram covered boards - 22.7 x 16cm.; kitab qa'id al-fara'id wa muwa'id al-qawa'id, 25ll. black cursive in the same hand as the preceding item, headings in purple, signed by 'Abd al-al-Ghath al-Nablusi and dated AH 1298/1880-1 AD, green buckram covred boards - 23 x 17cm.; riyad al-salihin, 16ll. black naskh, words in red, signed by Sayyid Muhammad b. Yunis(?) b. Sayyid Muhammad al-Yarhabi and dated Sha'ban AH 1250/1834-5? (date rubbed), blue velveteen covered boards - 21.8 x 16.8cm.; nukhabah al-masilah sharh al-tuhfah al-risalah ila'l-nabi, 25ll. black and red naskh, dated AH 1084/1673-4 AD, brown and black part-morocco binding - 23 x 17cm.; nukhbah al-far(?) fi usul al-hadith, 21ll. black naskh, words overlined in red, marginal notes and corrections, and another work, 11ll., marbled paper covered boards, 17th/18th century - 21 x 15cm.; majmu'a yashtamal qisas wa hakayat, 17ll., black naskh, words in red, double red ruled margins at end, second part dated AH 1176/1762-3 AD, printed paper covered boards - 21.7 x 14.5cm.; another, 21ll. black naskh, words in red, red ruled margin, marginal notes, brown morocco binding, circa 18th century - 21.5 x 16cm.; sharh, 19ll. pale brown maghribi, words and titles in red, North Africa, signed by Muhammad b. Ahmad b. al-Husain b. 'Abd al-Rahman and dated AH 1205/1790-1 AD, stamped maroon morocco binding and flap - 20.8 x 15cm.; and hadith, 25ll. brown maghribi, words in red, North Africa, signed by 'Uthman b. Khalid b. Hamdullah b. Esa b. 'Abdullahand dated AH 1141/1728-9 AD, marbled paper covered boards - 21.5 x 15.5cm. (12)

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