Description:
Persian Manuscript on Paper's Ahmad ibn Mohammad Ibm Mohammad Mehdi Ib Abi Zarsa's Vasilat'al-Nejah, The Instrument of Survival,1234 AH [1819 CE]. Quarto-format manuscript in black and red ink on laid paper, fourteen lines per page, approximately 220 leaves, two volumes in one, bound in finely painted lacquer boards impregnated with glitter, 8 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.
Estimate $600-800
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Keywords
Ahmad ibn Mohammad Ibm Mohammad, Mohammad Ibm Mohammad Mehdi, Mohammad Mehdi Ib Abi, Abi ZarsaJohn Dorfman
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