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Alphabet reader
manuscript on paper, each folio with a letter or pair of letters in an ogival cartouche on gold ground, gold margins between black rules, red outer rule, final pages with lines of black naskh in godl divisions and with floral sprays painted in the margins, opening bifolio with illuminated margins and headings, original maroon morocco binding with gold painted central lattice panel and borders (flap lacking), pale purple doublures painted with a gold flowering spray Ottoman, 19th century, signed by Mustafa Wasif - 9 x 6½in. (23 x 16.5cm.)
manuscript on paper, each folio with a letter or pair of letters in an ogival cartouche on gold ground, gold margins between black rules, red outer rule, final pages with lines of black naskh in godl divisions and with floral sprays painted in the margins, opening bifolio with illuminated margins and headings, original maroon morocco binding with gold painted central lattice panel and borders (flap lacking), pale purple doublures painted with a gold flowering spray Ottoman, 19th century, signed by Mustafa Wasif - 9 x 6½in. (23 x 16.5cm.)