Hafez [Hafiz] [Xāja Shams-ud-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī]
Divan-e-Hafez - a 19th century Indian manuscript copy
£1,625
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
341 illuminated manuscript pages in nasta'liq script, 10 full-page miniatures, 12 x 19cm in 19th century calf, slight dust-soiling, joints splitting, a little internal dust-soiling
Provenance
Provenance: from the library of Sir Henry Evan Murchison James, Commissioner in Sind from 1891 to 1900. With a handwritten letter from the Hon. Mirza Abbas Ali Baig, member of the Indian Council, dated 1913, describing the manuscript in English.