Sale 6198
London
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12 October 1999
Price realised
GBP 2,990
Estimate
'Abdullah Bash 'Abdi al-Rumi (d. AH 1102/1690 AD): al-taqasim al-marziyah li-ma'rifat al-mamalik al-osmaniyah (Part II) Ottoman Turkey, AH 10 Rabi' II 1093/18 April 1682 AD On the geography of Ottoman Turkey, Turkish manuscript on cream paper, 61ff. with 29ll. of neat black Ottoman naskh, occasional words and phrases in red, with two small drawings of Mecca and Georgia, final folio with colophon dated 10 Rabi' II 1093, in original tan morocco binding with flap with tooled medallion containing cloud bands, generally good condition Folio 12.1/8 x 8in. (31.2 x 21cm.)
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