A PRINTED COPY OF AL-JAZULI'S DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT Ottoman...
A PRINTED COPY OF AL-JAZULI'S DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
Ottoman Turkey, dated 1314 AH (1898)
Arabic print on paper, from an original manuscript in black naskh script, 93ff., plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll., the text within gold and black and red ruling, gold rosette text markings, bifolio 36-37 with a view of Mecca and Medina, hand-coloured in bright opaque polychromes and gold, opening bifolio 40-41 hand-illuminated in cobalt blue and gold and orange opaque pigments with and undulating border, pages numbered, catchwords, printed by Ottoman Publishers, the frontispiece dated 2 Neysan 1314, 23 Zul Hajja 1315 (15 April 1898), the colophon signed Usman, known as Baqayesh Zada, dated 1305 AH (1888 AD), in brown calf tooled restored binding, the text panel 18.5cm x 8.5cm and the folio 12.5cm x 18.5cm.
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A PRINTED COPY OF AL-JAZULI'S DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
Ottoman Turkey, dated 1314 AH (1898)
Arabic print on paper, from an original manuscript in black naskh script, 93ff., plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll., the text within gold and black and red ruling, gold rosette text markings, bifolio 36-37 with a view of Mecca and Medina, hand-coloured in bright opaque polychromes and gold, opening bifolio 40-41 hand-illuminated in cobalt blue and gold and orange opaque pigments with and undulating border, pages numbered, catchwords, printed by Ottoman Publishers, the frontispiece dated 2 Neysan 1314, 23 Zul Hajja 1315 (15 April 1898), the colophon signed Usman, known as Baqayesh Zada, dated 1305 AH (1888 AD), in brown calf tooled restored binding, the text panel 18.5cm x 8.5cm and the folio 12.5cm x 18.5cm.