A FINE OTTOMAN PAIR OF LACQUERED BOOK COVERS, the two boards linked by a plain leather spine, each board with burgundy obverse painted in gold and colours with scrolling vegetal motifs, in a border of repeated saz leaves with outer moulded rope-pattern stripe, the doublures each with rich brown glitter ground painted with central gold saz leaf spray, one signed the 'work of Ahmedi', 17th century (areas of repair, relacquered)