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IRAN, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
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ABU'L HUSAIN ABD AL-RAHMAN IBN UMAR IBN MUHAMMAD AL-SUFI (903-986): KITAB SUWAR AL-KAWAKIB
IRAN, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
Book of the fixed stars, Arabic and Persian manuscript on brown paper, 150ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each with 19ll. of black naskh, with 90 miniatures in gouache with gold or red circles indicating the positions of the stars and several Indian miniatures added at a later date, lacquer floral polychrome binding, doublures with central daffodils on red ground, rear fly-leaf loose, minor damages to the binding, rebound
Folio 9¾ x 6¼in. (24.8 x 15.9cm.); Text 5 5/8 x 3 3/8 (14.3 x 8.5cm.)
IRAN, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
Book of the fixed stars, Arabic and Persian manuscript on brown paper, 150ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each with 19ll. of black naskh, with 90 miniatures in gouache with gold or red circles indicating the positions of the stars and several Indian miniatures added at a later date, lacquer floral polychrome binding, doublures with central daffodils on red ground, rear fly-leaf loose, minor damages to the binding, rebound
Folio 9¾ x 6¼in. (24.8 x 15.9cm.); Text 5 5/8 x 3 3/8 (14.3 x 8.5cm.)
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