Sale 5566
London, South Kensington
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14 October 2005
Price realised
GBP 480
Estimate
MUHAMMAD B. SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI: DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT, PROBABLY SUDAN, 19TH CENTURY Signs of the Blessings, poetry in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, 216ff. with 7ll. of bold sepia sudani script, important phrases in red, underlined in yellow, divisions marked by yellow trefoils, tan leather cover with flap, unbound, fitted modern box -- Folio 6¼ x 4¼in. (16 x 10.5cm.)
Provenance
Edward E. Ayer, 1920 Newberry Library, Chicago
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