Lot Essay
Some library inscriptions on the opening flyleaf are dated AH 943 and 956.
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MAMLUK NEAR EAST, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Tha'labi: Kitab al-arayis fi qasas al-anbiya
Mamluk Near East, circa 15th Century
On Islamic traditions and jurisprudence, Arabic manuscript on fine cream paper, 234ff. with 17ll. of sepia naskh, titles in red, catch words in the hand of the scribe, opening two folios and final folio with inscriptions from various owners of the manuscript, dated 943 and 956, marginal annotations, folios trimmed, generally clean condition, in composite brown morocco binding with flap comprising one contemporary tooled board
Folio 6¾ x 5in. (17 x 12.6cm.)
Mamluk Near East, circa 15th Century
On Islamic traditions and jurisprudence, Arabic manuscript on fine cream paper, 234ff. with 17ll. of sepia naskh, titles in red, catch words in the hand of the scribe, opening two folios and final folio with inscriptions from various owners of the manuscript, dated 943 and 956, marginal annotations, folios trimmed, generally clean condition, in composite brown morocco binding with flap comprising one contemporary tooled board
Folio 6¾ x 5in. (17 x 12.6cm.)