lithographed on paper with contemporary hand-coloured illumination, printed from a manuscript copied by Abdul Qafar Efendi.
Ottoman Turkey, original manuscript dated 1256 AH (1840 AD), likely printed in the same year.
Printed on blue paper. An unusual hybrid example of early lithography that has been illuminated in a contemporary hand, likely as part a final of the printing process before distribution. This copy printed on blue paper and present here in a contemporary Ottoman binding and slip-case, presented in a very clean and almost untouched state.
Al-Jazuli (d. 1465) was born in the Sous area of Morocco and compiled this Dala'il al-Khayrat, his best known work, in Fez after spending almost forty years travelling to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. He is one of the seven muslim saints of Marakkech, was a Sufi leader and Islamic scholar, and is buried in a mausoleum in the city. The text is a popular collection of Sunni muslim devotional prayers for the Prophet Muhammad, which are divided into seven sections to facilitate the reading of one section a day over the course of a week, and often include the one hundred names of Allah as well as illustrations of the holy sites of Mecca and Medina (as exemplified in the present edition).
Single volume, illuminated manuscript on pale blue paper, in Arabic, 198 by 122 mm; single column, printed in Arabic with contemporary illuminated additions by hand, very clean and crisp internal condition; contemporary red morocco with flap, ruled in gilt with hand-painted additions to panels, edges repaired, contemporary board slip-case, edges renewed in modern morocco, a handsome volume.
Al-Jazuli (d. 1465) was born in the Sous area of Morocco and compiled this Dala'il al-Khayrat, his best known work, in Fez after spending almost forty years travelling to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. He is one of the seven muslim saints of Marakkech, was a Sufi leader and Islamic scholar, and is buried in a mausoleum in the city. The text is a popular collection of Sunni muslim devotional prayers for the Prophet Muhammad, which are divided into seven sections to facilitate the reading of one section a day over the course of a week, and often include the one hundred names of Allah as well as illustrations of the holy sites of Mecca and Medina (as exemplified in the present edition).
Single volume, illuminated manuscript on pale blue paper, in Arabic, 198 by 122 mm; single column, printed in Arabic with contemporary illuminated additions by hand, very clean and crisp internal condition; contemporary red morocco with flap, ruled in gilt with hand-painted additions to panels, edges repaired, contemporary board slip-case, edges renewed in modern morocco, a handsome volume.
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