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LOT 0285

Islamic Leather Bound Manuscript, Allibab al Maenari by the Philosopher Hussain bin Ali Al-Kashif Al-Baihaqi

18TH CENTURY A.D.

5 1/2 x 9 in. (171 grams, 14 x 23 cm).

Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, central arabesque foliage panel to covers; 16 laid-paper page; title page with rectangular-red-ink frame and title blocks and panels of naskh text below a triangular panel of scrolled foliage ornament; text pages with red-framed rectangular blocks of black-ink text with red headers, occasional marginal notation, disc stamps to first and last pages.

Provenance

From an important family collection started in the late 1950s.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Footnotes

The text is the Book of Allibab al Maenari on Philosophy by the Philosopher Hussain bin Ali Al-Kashif Al-Baihaqi; once the property of Judge Ahmed Nazif in Belgrade in the 18th century A.D.

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LOT 0285

Islamic Leather Bound Manuscript, Allibab al Maenari by the Philosopher Hussain bin Ali Al-Kashif Al-Baihaqi

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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