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OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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FIVE MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE LIBRARY OF HASSAN TAHSIN HILMI (D. 1914 AD)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Comprising an 18th century religious commentary in Ottoman Turkish, 141ff., each with 21ll. of black naskh script, illuminated headpiece, possibly incomplete at end, in green morocco binding, 17th century copy of Ibn 'Issa's Rumuz al-Kunuz or a commentary on this work, 20ff. each with 31ll. of black naskh script, in stamped brown morocco, a book of Sufi poems (manqabat), 54ff., each folio with 13ll. of black naskh script, signed 'Ali bin Dawud and dated Jumada II AH 1000, in stamped brown morocco, a 17th century treatise, probably on history title Tarikh mutarjam mufid, 32ff., each with 27ll. of black naskh script, followed by another work, in paper cover binding, and an 18th century work with dedication to Sultan Ahmed III, 17ff., each with 21ll. of black naskh script within gold frame, in gilt brown morocco, each with Hassan Tahsin's seal impressions
Folio 7 1/8 x 4½in. (18.4 x 11.5cm.) illustrated (5)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Comprising an 18th century religious commentary in Ottoman Turkish, 141ff., each with 21ll. of black naskh script, illuminated headpiece, possibly incomplete at end, in green morocco binding, 17th century copy of Ibn 'Issa's Rumuz al-Kunuz or a commentary on this work, 20ff. each with 31ll. of black naskh script, in stamped brown morocco, a book of Sufi poems (manqabat), 54ff., each folio with 13ll. of black naskh script, signed 'Ali bin Dawud and dated Jumada II AH 1000, in stamped brown morocco, a 17th century treatise, probably on history title Tarikh mutarjam mufid, 32ff., each with 27ll. of black naskh script, followed by another work, in paper cover binding, and an 18th century work with dedication to Sultan Ahmed III, 17ff., each with 21ll. of black naskh script within gold frame, in gilt brown morocco, each with Hassan Tahsin's seal impressions
Folio 7 1/8 x 4½in. (18.4 x 11.5cm.) illustrated (5)