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LOT 0877
Western Asiatic Bound Manuscript Pocket Book
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
6 x 4 1/8 in. (38 grams, 15 x 10.5 cm).
With saddle-stitched binding, manuscript blocks of Arabic-script black-ink text, small heading text; several blank pages; probably from India. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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