Sold for:
$4,000
$4,000
Persian manuscript, 128 leaves, written in fine nasta'liq script by Hidayat-Allah of Shiraz, dated 995/1587; dates read 905, but has apparently been altered from 995. Various compiled popular works. 8vo, boards edged in red morocco, paneled in silk, decorated endpapers. Each leaf is framed by gold and colored rules and with ornamented gold bar, with floral design, separating columns and illuminated head-pieces. Initial leaves with ornamental head-pieces incorporating various shades of blue and red. Lacking a few leaves; hinges starting; boards worn; a few tears; intermittent brownspotting; some gold leaves cut from frame.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-04-10