Indian lithographic printing
Persian and Urdu literature, collection of works, 19th and early 20th century
£378
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
all in semi-uniform recent Indian bindings (mainly quarter sheep with gilt spines), with decorative title-pages, titles include:
Sa'di (1210-1291/2). Gulistan bi'l-tasawir ['Gulistan, illustrated]. Lucknow: Munshi Nawal Kishore, 1888. Tall 8vo, 256 pp., in Persian, title-page printed in red and black and with decorative foliate border, figural illustrations throughout the text;
Hafiz (1325-1390). Diwan-i Hafez mutarjam, ma'hu sharh Urdu ['The Collected Poems of Hafez, translated, with Urdu commentary']. Lahore: Rotary Printing Works, c.1900. 4to, 846 pp., text in Persian and Urdu;
Firdawsi (940-1019/25). Shahnama Urdu ['The Shahnama, in Urdu']. Lucknow: Munshi Nawal Kishore, c.1900. 4to, 180 pp., in Urdu, illustrations in the text;
Farid al-Din 'Attar (1145-1221). Panchi nama [Mantiq al-tayr, i.e. The Conference of the Birds, in Urdu]. Mumbai: Matba' Muhammadi, c.1900. 8vo, 110 pp., in Urdu;
Bahadur Zafar (1775-1862), last Mughal emperor. Kulliyat ['Collected Poems']. Lucknow: Munshi Nawal Kishore, c.1900. 8vo, 4 volumes in 1, 8vo, 394, 198, 196, 245 pp., in Urdu;
'Inayat Allah Kambuh (1608-1671). Bahar-i Danish ['Springtime of Knowledge']. Delhi: Matba' Mustafa, 1261 AH [1845/6 CE, but possibly later]. 8vo, 316 pp., in Persian;
and 11 others similar