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IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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TWO QAJAR PRAYER BOOKS
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
The first Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 25ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll. of bold black naskh script, each line in cloud between gold ground, text within gold and polychrome rules, titles in gold script, occasional words picked out in blue, fly-leaf with old collector notes in German, in soft brown morocco binding; the second a miniature safina prayer book, 184ff., each with 6ll. of black naskh script, within gold and black rules, with illuminated headpiece and titles, in soft brown morroco binding, with associated green embroidered bag
Folio 6.3/8 x 4in. (16.4 x 10.2cm.); 2.1/4 x 1.3/8in. (5.7 x 3.6cm.)
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
The first Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 25ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll. of bold black naskh script, each line in cloud between gold ground, text within gold and polychrome rules, titles in gold script, occasional words picked out in blue, fly-leaf with old collector notes in German, in soft brown morocco binding; the second a miniature safina prayer book, 184ff., each with 6ll. of black naskh script, within gold and black rules, with illuminated headpiece and titles, in soft brown morroco binding, with associated green embroidered bag
Folio 6.3/8 x 4in. (16.4 x 10.2cm.); 2.1/4 x 1.3/8in. (5.7 x 3.6cm.)
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