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LOT 0279
Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, The Ascension of Delights by Muhammad al-Mandi Ibn Ahmad Al-Fasi
1162 A.H.
4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (587 grams, 11.5 x 16.7 cm).
Rebound hardback with full leather binding, central arabesque foliage panel to both covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap; title page with liquid gold panel inside a frame with cross and colon detailing (:+:); text pages with concentric red, black and liquid gold frame and typically 17 lines of black text with red titles and highlighting, marginal notation; liquid gold header blocks, occasional dense marginal notation; notation to underside of text-block; spine repaired.
ProvenanceFrom an important family collection started in the late 1950s.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12275-220403.
The text is 'Kitab matalle ammasaraat snarh dalayii alkhayrat' (The Book of Ascension of Delights, Explanation of the Evidences of Goodness) compiled by the Sheikh, writer and historian Muhammad al-Mahdi ibn Ahmad Al-Fasi who died in 1109 A.H. (1697 A.D.) written out by the poet Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Saleh ibn Omar Pasha al-Dimashqi in 1162 A.H. (1748 A.D.).
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LOT 0279
Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, The Ascension of Delights by Muhammad al-Mandi Ibn Ahmad Al-Fasi
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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