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MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY
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A SELECTION OF POEMS
MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Including poems from emperor Humayun's diwan, Hilali's diwan, and others from Shahi, Hafiz and Jami, 43ff. plus 14 fly-leaves, each folio with 12ll. of small black nasta'liq arranged in couplets and in two columns divided by double black-ruled divisions, the text written diagonally between triangular illuminated panels, the opening and final folios with nasta'liq quatrains, with a fine circa 1580 Mughal illustration of a prince attended by women on a terrace, the garden with a fountain, remargined, the paper doublure with old auction catalogue label and added notes, in 19th century Gilt and stamped binding
Text panel 4 1/8 x 2 3/8in. (10.4 x 6cm.); folio 7 x 4½in. (17.8 x 11.3cm.)
MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Including poems from emperor Humayun's diwan, Hilali's diwan, and others from Shahi, Hafiz and Jami, 43ff. plus 14 fly-leaves, each folio with 12ll. of small black nasta'liq arranged in couplets and in two columns divided by double black-ruled divisions, the text written diagonally between triangular illuminated panels, the opening and final folios with nasta'liq quatrains, with a fine circa 1580 Mughal illustration of a prince attended by women on a terrace, the garden with a fountain, remargined, the paper doublure with old auction catalogue label and added notes, in 19th century Gilt and stamped binding
Text panel 4 1/8 x 2 3/8in. (10.4 x 6cm.); folio 7 x 4½in. (17.8 x 11.3cm.)
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