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SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY; THE ILLUSTRATIONS QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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NIZAMI (D. 1209 AD): KHAMSA
SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY; THE ILLUSTRATIONS QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising the Sharafnama of the Iskandarnama and the Iqbalnama of the Iskandarnama, Persian manuscript on paper, 88ff., each folio with 17ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in two columns with double black-ruled gold divisions, the borders with text arranged diagonally, within blue and black-ruled gold frame, the two title panels in white thuluth script on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, catchwords, with six Qajar illustrations, in Qajar lacquered binding with floral decoration, folios with Iranian export stamp dated AH 1340, waterstaining
Text panel 6 x 3¼in. (15.3 x 8.4cm.); folio 8 1/8 x 5in. (20.8 x 12.7cm.)
SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY; THE ILLUSTRATIONS QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising the Sharafnama of the Iskandarnama and the Iqbalnama of the Iskandarnama, Persian manuscript on paper, 88ff., each folio with 17ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in two columns with double black-ruled gold divisions, the borders with text arranged diagonally, within blue and black-ruled gold frame, the two title panels in white thuluth script on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, catchwords, with six Qajar illustrations, in Qajar lacquered binding with floral decoration, folios with Iranian export stamp dated AH 1340, waterstaining
Text panel 6 x 3¼in. (15.3 x 8.4cm.); folio 8 1/8 x 5in. (20.8 x 12.7cm.)