£1,625
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 578
Auction: 6 November 2019 at 12:00 GMT
Persian manuscript on paper, 253 leaves (as numbered in pencil) plus 1 fly-leaf, each leaf with fourteen lines of black naskh script, with a dedication to Prince Muhammad Wali Mirza inscribed in gold on the second page, text within black-ruled gold frame, catchwords, with black and gold line around the margins, red thuluth script marginal marker at top, opening folio with gold floral illuminated margins and illuminated head piece preceded by an index, colophon elegantly signed, in stamped black morocco binding