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Royal Ottoman Bookcover
Turkey, mid-nineteeth century
red morocco, the right-hand board stamped in the centre with an ornate gold motif consisting of flags, weapons, the Turkish crescent and the tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid II on green, in a raised cusped ogival medallion, spandrels of green and gold roundels issuing gold vine tendrils, stylised cartouche border, the left-hand board similar with the large gold tughra of the Sultan in the centre, spine with panels of lattice work, the title Kitab al-ajaf stamped in it, marbled paper doublures, 19th century
10½ x 7in. (26.6 x 17.4cm.)
Turkey, mid-nineteeth century
red morocco, the right-hand board stamped in the centre with an ornate gold motif consisting of flags, weapons, the Turkish crescent and the tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid II on green, in a raised cusped ogival medallion, spandrels of green and gold roundels issuing gold vine tendrils, stylised cartouche border, the left-hand board similar with the large gold tughra of the Sultan in the centre, spine with panels of lattice work, the title Kitab al-ajaf stamped in it, marbled paper doublures, 19th century
10½ x 7in. (26.6 x 17.4cm.)