Yaqub ibn Sayyid Ali (d.AH 930/1524 AD): Sharh Shari'at al-Islam
Ottoman Turkey, 17th century
Fiqh, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 217ff. with 27ll. of tiny black naskh, some words in red, overlining in gold, text outlined with gold, opening folio with finely illuminated gold and polychrome floral heading, generally good condition in contemporary black morocco binding with gold tooled medallion and spandrels, decoup doublures
Folio: 8 x 5in. (20.5 x 13.5cm.); text: 5 x 2in. (13.2 x 7cm.)