A finely illustrated publication detailing the collection of Indian miniatures of Alfred Beatty (1875-1968), a copper mining tycoon who built up o...

A beautifully detailed and illustrated manual to playing the sitar, including different types of sitar and instructions on their uses. The text in...

A very attractive Shi'a prayerbook from Safavid Persia, possibly from Shiraz, containing du'a Alawi Misri in praise of the twelfth Imam Muhammad M...

First edition,

First edition of the first printed book on tea in Ottoman Turkish. Seyyed Mehmed Izzet (1819-1909) was often referred to as "Çayci" (the tea man) ...

The earliest and most comprehensive account of Sultan Mahmud II's repression of the Janissaries in 1826, composed by the court historian and schol...

Safa Isfahani (1852-1904) was a Persian mystic and poet born in Firiydan, Isfahan. In his youth he departed for Tehran where he met sufis, mystics...

Medieval arabic grimoire. Kitab'Uyun al-Haqa'iq wa Idah al-Tara'iq (The Wisdom of the Ages and the Secrets of the Sages) was compiled in the thirte...

Rare bombay imprints. A collection of four rare Bombay imprints including: - Kitab al-Durra't al-Badi'a, by Khan Sahib (16pp. published by Muhammad...

There are appearances of several dates throughout the volume (referencing specific instruments) ranging from 1929 to 1939 suggesting a date of pub...

Single volume, illuminated manuscript on paper, in Arabic, complete, 318 leaves plus two later free endpapers, 120 x 80 mm; single column, 14 line...

These volumes are part of a historical series printed at the Print House of the Imperial Academy in St Petersburg. The two present volumes are: Ta...

The holy text of the Qur'an is divisible into thirty equal parts to facilitate the reading of one section every day of the month, each sections be...

This leaf showcases the excellence of Persian manuscript production in the early Safavid period of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centur...

Single volume, illuminated manuscript on paper, in Arabic, 338 leaves plus an additional free endpaper at each end, 140 x 95 mm; single column, 12...

With fine marbled paper borders. A fine illuminated manuscript with remarkable decorated marbled borders, of many varying designs and patterns. The...

Very attractive pocket-sized Qur'an copied in a regular scribal hand and dated 1800 AH. The Qajar dynasty began in 1797 and saw a flourish in arti...

A fine and attractive volume containing excerpts of poetry from revered Sufi poets including Sa'di, Rumi and Hafez, present here in an exceptional...

Manuscript with Duke of Wellington association. Rare South Indian Qur'an in a contemporary Indian leather-tooled binding, present here in an excell...

One of the earliest Arabic printing presses in the Middle-East. The Dair al-Shuweir press at the Monastery of St John the Baptist is one of the fir...