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LOT 1176
Miniature Book with Qu'ranic Prayers
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (9.64 grams, 30 mm).
Leather-bound, hexagonal-trimmed pages with handwritten texts in black and red ink, first four pages decorated. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1970s.
Property of a London lady, part of her family's collection.
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