HAMDULLAH AL-MUSTAWFI AL-QAZWINI (D. 1339 AD): NUZHAT AL-QULUB, SIGNED MUHAMMAD SHAFI’ BIN NASRALLAH, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED 13 RAJAB AH 1051/18 OCTOBER 1641 AD

HAMDULLAH AL-MUSTAWFI AL-QAZWINI (D. 1339 AD): NUZHAT AL-QULUB
SIGNED MUHAMMAD SHAFI’ BIN NASRALLAH, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED 13 RAJAB AH 1051/18 OCTOBER 1641 AD
A cosmographical work with special emphasis on the geography of Persia, Persian manuscript on paper, 214ff., plus two flyleaves, 22ll. of black nasta’liq, keywords and phrases picked out and underlined in red, catchwords, occasional diagrams and tables including a bifolio illustrated with a map of the world, colophon signed and dated, first folio lacking, with later owner’s seal impression, flyleaves with later owner’s notes, in brown morocco, scattered small repairs
Folio 9 ¾ x 7 ½in. (24.6 x 18.9cm.)