Sheikh Muslih al-Din Sa'di (d. AH 691/1292 AD): Bustan

COPIED BY SHAH MAHMUD, SAFAVID PERSIA, AH 929/1522-3 AD

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Sheikh Muslih al-Din Sa'di (d. AH 691/1292 AD): Bustan
Copied by Shah Mahmud, Safavid Persia, AH 929/1522-3 AD
Persian manuscript on buff-coloured paper, 135ff. each with 14ll. of neat black nasta'liq arranged in two columns between gold rules, orange or green and gold margins, blue outer rule, titles in blue, red or gold, light smudging and staining, one folio with verses in praise of 'Ali within gold clouds, text partially erased, opening illuminated folio, rubbed, trimmed, small damages, final folio with colophon signed Shah Mahmud and dated AH 929, in contemporary black morocco cover with gold medallion and spandrels, scuffed
8½ x 5½in. (21.5 x 14cm.)