Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 7

Manuskripte - Anthologie. Pers. Handschrift. 19. Jh.


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Manuskripte
Anthologie. Pers. Handschrift. 19. Jh., 1824.
Estimate:
€ 1,000 / $ 1,100
Sold:
€ 2,880 / $ 3,168

(incl. surcharge)
Orientalische Handschriften. - Anthology of poems. Persian manuscript on polished paper. With 2 half-pages of illumination in gilt and colours. A. H. 1239 = A. D. 1824. 236 ll. Size of sheets 25,2 : 14,5 cm. Black ink, 25 lines, most with several columns. - Contemp. floral lacquer binding with calf spine.
Very nice and richly decorated manuscript with poems and short prose pieces by poets from Iran, Transoxania and India. The publisher (and presumably also author) Muhammed Gafar al-Hindi begins, after the preface, with a selection of older poets, according to their region of origin, continues with contemp. poets and finishes with his own poems. - Two double pages each with a splendid arabesque illumination and floral marginal borders in gold and colours, numerous captions in red, light blue or white on gold ground with colour devices on the side, each left page with small decorative pieces in the margin, in the most delicate execution, each text area with a golden, red and blue bordering line. The outer boards each with a lavishly made depiction of a bouquet of roses and other flowers, the inside covers with a rosebush and a nightingale. - First and last ll. with small worming in the margin, first l. (title) with the blank reverse side mounted on the flying endpaper, last l. with large defective spot, 2 ll. with broad marginal cut-off in the head margin, few narrow marginalia. Edges of manuscript scraped. All in all well-preserved manuscript with hardly any stains.
Very nice and richly decorated manuscript with poems and short prose pieces by poets from Iran, Transoxania and India. The publisher and author is Muhammed Gafar al-Hindi. Persian manuscript on polished paper. With 2 half-pages of illumination in gilt and colours. A. H. 1239 = A. D. 1824. Contemp. floral lacquer binding with calf spine. The outer boards each with a lavishly made depiction of a bouquet of roses and other flowers, the inside covers with a rosebush and a nightingale. - First and last ll. with small worming in the margin, first l. (title) with the blank reverse side mounted on the flying endpaper, last l. with large defective spot, 2 ll. with broad marginal cut-off in the head margin, few narrow marginalia. Edges of manuscript scraped. All in well-preserved manuscript with hardly any stains.




7
Manuskripte
Anthologie. Pers. Handschrift. 19. Jh., 1824.
Estimate:
€ 1,000 / $ 1,100
Sold:
€ 2,880 / $ 3,168

(incl. surcharge)