Poetry extracts: Gulestan of Saadi, Laila and Majnun
Iran, AH 1264/1847 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 19ll. of nasta'liq, occasionally written diagonally in two columns, gold divisions, gold margins within black rules, red inner rules, blue outer rules, heading illuminated in gold and colours, colophon; written in the height of desparation for my dear friend Al-Wajudi by Jafa'r Gholi, son of Mirza Mohammad Taghi, the scribe, dated AH1264 and AH1265 respectively, cloth and leather binding -- 28.5 x 13cm.
Poetry extracts: Gulestan of Saadi, Laila and Majnun
Iran, AH 1264/1847 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 19ll. of nasta'liq, occasionally written diagonally in two columns, gold divisions, gold margins within black rules, red inner rules, blue outer rules, heading illuminated in gold and colours, colophon; written in the height of desparation for my dear friend Al-Wajudi by Jafa'r Gholi, son of Mirza Mohammad Taghi, the scribe, dated AH1264 and AH1265 respectively, cloth and leather binding -- 28.5 x 13cm.
