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FIRDAWSI (D.1010 AD): SHAHNAMA
VOLUME ONE SIGNED QADI MUHAMMAD IBN AHMAD SUTRAH, VOLUME II SIGNED FARID YA'QUB WAHLIURI (?), PROBABLY DECCAN, INDIA, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
The Book of Kings, in two volumes, Persian manuscript on paper, 582ff. (combined), each folio with 25ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in four columns between black-ruled gold double divisions, text within blue, black and gold rules, titles in red within cartouches, each volume with a gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, with catchwords, with thirty-nine illustrations (as numbered), some probably 18th century, colophons signed, one with obscure date of 7 Shawal, old repairs and occasional added notes, each volume in brown morocco binding
Text panel 8 5/8 x 4 7/8in. (21.8 x 12.4cm.); folio 11 x 7in. (28 x 18cm.) (2)