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OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND HALF 18TH/FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A BOOK OF PROVERBS
OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND HALF 18TH/FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 307ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 29ll. of small neat black naskh script, some words in red, others overlined in red, text within black-ruled gold frame, with catchwords, opening folio with finely illuminated headpiece, occasional marginal comments, in fine 18th century Ottoman brown morocco binding with flap, stamped, gilt and painted with floral motifs and sprays, with marbled paper doublures
Text panel 8 x 3 3/8in. (20.4 x 8.6cm.); folio 10 x 5 ¼in. (25.3 x 13.2cm.)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND HALF 18TH/FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 307ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 29ll. of small neat black naskh script, some words in red, others overlined in red, text within black-ruled gold frame, with catchwords, opening folio with finely illuminated headpiece, occasional marginal comments, in fine 18th century Ottoman brown morocco binding with flap, stamped, gilt and painted with floral motifs and sprays, with marbled paper doublures
Text panel 8 x 3 3/8in. (20.4 x 8.6cm.); folio 10 x 5 ¼in. (25.3 x 13.2cm.)
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