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LOT 1268
Western Asiatic Gilt Manuscript
20TH CENTURY A.D.
12 x 8 7/8 in. (3.8 kg, 30.5 x 22.5 cm).
An extensive Arabic text, bound in cardboard covers, some pages with decorative borders; pages stained. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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