Description:
Arabic Manuscript on Paper, The Crescent Garden, with Marginal Notes by Sheikh Baha'i, 1120 AH [1708 CE]. Small octavo format manuscript on polished laid paper, text in black ink with some red, approximately sixteen lines per page, limp tan goatskin, approximately thirty-five leaves, 7 1/4 x 5 in.
Estimate $500-700
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