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Anthology
Qajar Persia, 19th century
selections from the poetry of Sa'di and Nizami, illustrated Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled buff, cream, orange, green, blue and yellow paper, 92ff. plus three flyleaves, each with 10ll. of small black nasta'liq written diagonally in two columns, gold margins and divisions between black rules, blue or red outer rule, similar outer margin, occasional lines in red, blank folios between sections, (several folios loose, occasional staining, some smudging, damages to edges), with fourteen contemporary miniatures in gouache heightened with gold (light wear), marbled paper covered binding (creased)
folio 5¾ x 3in. (14.6 x 7.8cm.)
text 4½ x 2¼in. (11.5 x 5.7cm.)
Qajar Persia, 19th century
selections from the poetry of Sa'di and Nizami, illustrated Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled buff, cream, orange, green, blue and yellow paper, 92ff. plus three flyleaves, each with 10ll. of small black nasta'liq written diagonally in two columns, gold margins and divisions between black rules, blue or red outer rule, similar outer margin, occasional lines in red, blank folios between sections, (several folios loose, occasional staining, some smudging, damages to edges), with fourteen contemporary miniatures in gouache heightened with gold (light wear), marbled paper covered binding (creased)
folio 5¾ x 3in. (14.6 x 7.8cm.)
text 4½ x 2¼in. (11.5 x 5.7cm.)