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MOROCCO, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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ABU HAMID AL-GHAZALI (D. 1111 AD): KITAB NASIHAT AL-MULUK
MOROCCO, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The Book of Counsel for Kings, a manual of advice for rulers, ministers and wise people by this renowned philosopher and mystic, Arabic manuscript on paper. 98ff. plus 14 fly-leaves, each folio with 18ll. of sepia maghribi, with red and green rules, titles in larger red or black maghribi, catchwords, illuminated heading, the opening folio with later notes with date of AH 1151, in brown morocco
Text panel 6¾ x 4¼in. (16.8 x 10.7cm.); folio 9 1/8 x 6½in. (23.2 x 16.5cm.)
MOROCCO, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The Book of Counsel for Kings, a manual of advice for rulers, ministers and wise people by this renowned philosopher and mystic, Arabic manuscript on paper. 98ff. plus 14 fly-leaves, each folio with 18ll. of sepia maghribi, with red and green rules, titles in larger red or black maghribi, catchwords, illuminated heading, the opening folio with later notes with date of AH 1151, in brown morocco
Text panel 6¾ x 4¼in. (16.8 x 10.7cm.); folio 9 1/8 x 6½in. (23.2 x 16.5cm.)