lithographed on paper with contemporary hand-coloured illumination, printed from a Qur'an copied by Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Tabrizi.
Qajar Persia, Tabriz (?) from a manuscript dated 1266 AH (1849 AD), printed circa 1850.
An unusual 'hybrid' example of a Qajar lithographed Qur'an illuminated by hand in the contemporary Qajar style of Qur'an illumination and printed during the lifetime of the scribe.
Scarce. We can locate only one other copy at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
Single volume, lithographed on paper, in Arabic with some printed annotations in Farsi, complete, 142 by 95 mm; printed in single column, from a qur'an copied in 21 lines black naskh, with marginal annotations in shekasteh script, opening two leaves of illumination, surah headings and polychrome additions throughout hand-painted by a contemporary Qajar illuminator, a small smudge to second leaf else very bright and attractive condition, some later manuscript ownership inscriptions and seals to endpapers; housed in fine contemporary Qajar lacquered boards, outer covers painted with elegant floral designs framed within multiple gilt rulings, and inner covers decorated with spiralling gilt vines set against a striking black background, in very good condition.
OCLC 643317368.
Scarce. We can locate only one other copy at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
Single volume, lithographed on paper, in Arabic with some printed annotations in Farsi, complete, 142 by 95 mm; printed in single column, from a qur'an copied in 21 lines black naskh, with marginal annotations in shekasteh script, opening two leaves of illumination, surah headings and polychrome additions throughout hand-painted by a contemporary Qajar illuminator, a small smudge to second leaf else very bright and attractive condition, some later manuscript ownership inscriptions and seals to endpapers; housed in fine contemporary Qajar lacquered boards, outer covers painted with elegant floral designs framed within multiple gilt rulings, and inner covers decorated with spiralling gilt vines set against a striking black background, in very good condition.
OCLC 643317368.
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