Khosrow and Shirin ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT WITH 8 EXQUISITE MINIATURES

by Nizami Ganjavi

$25,000 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller · No longer available

India: circa 1590. Contemporary morocco. Two parts, tall octavo 21.8 by 11.5 cm . Manuscript with polychrome illumination; approximately 420 leaves, text recto and verso. Persian text in black and red ink on polished cream paper. Opening and central 2-page illuminated compositions; main text in two columns, 15 lines per page; 8 half-page polychrome miniatures; 3 pages with modest additional polychome illumination. Contemporary brown morocco wallet binding expertly rebacked ; covers with

• Binding: Leather

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