Bena'yi Hadratlari Diwani Cover title Manuscript Book of Verse

by Ottoman Manuscript

$3,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Text in Ottoman Turkish and Persian, mostly in double columns. Ornamental headpiece. Nastaliq in black and red on colored leaves, ruled in black and in gold. 39 ff. Dated on last leaf. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Red leather with gilt mandorlas with floral motif tooled in blind. Collectors’ stamps on first and last leaves: ?Hilmi Hassan Tahsin 1306 1888 ; ‘Uthman bin Hassan Tahsin, and two others. Some staining. Item #311740

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