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Indian lithographic printing Collection of works in Persian

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Indian lithographic printing Collection of works in Persian 8vo or large 8vo, lithographed throughout and with decorative title-pages, titles comprising: 1) Nur al-Din Muhammad Zuhuri (d.1615/16). Mina Bazar. [Lucknow]: Nawal Kishore, 1274 AH [1867/8 CE]. [Bound with:] Aurangzeb (1618-1707), Mughal Emperor. Ruqa'at-i Alamgiri ['Letters of Alamgir']. [Lucknow]: Nawal Kishore, 1281 AH [1864/5 AH]. [And:] Mian Jan. Dustur al-Arqam. [Calcutta?]: Government Press, 1859. In Urdu, containing specimens of petitions and official documents, one of 2,000 copies. 3 works in 1 volume, contemporary red sheep with marbled paper sides, 44, 46 and 47 pp., a few small worm-tracks; 2) Ni'mat Khan 'Ali (d.1709-10). Waqa'i' ['Events']. [Lucknow]: Nawal Kishore, 1884, contemporary half cloth, 1-2 154 3-4 pp., light largely marginal worming to outer leaves, repair to lower fore corners of last two leaves; 3) Sa'di Shirazi (1210-1291/2). Bustan. Delhi: Matba' Mujtaba, 1329 AH [i.e. 1911]. Large 8vo, contemporary half sheep, 288 pp., separately published fragment ('Farhang-i Bustan') bound in at rear, ink-stamp (Haji Sayed Abdur Rahim Khanga) and Urdu ownership inscription to initial blank, light marginal worming; 4) Idem. Tayyibat. Lucknow: Nawal Kishore, 1902. Large 8vo, contemporary red leather, rebacked and relined, 258 [2] pp., covers flecked with white marks, stain to last few leaves; 5) Idem. Gulistan. Mumbai: Matba' Safadri, 1888. Contemporary half calf, 252 pp., text-block detached from binding Qty: (5) Note: Nur al-Din Muhammad Zuhuri, of Persian origin, was a poet at the court of the Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II, ruler of Bijapur in modern-day Karnataka; Mina Bazar is a description of the bazaar which his patron built there. Ni'mat Khan 'Ali's work (Waqa'i') is a satirical account of Aurangzeb's siege of Hyderabad in 1687.

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Indian lithographic printing Collection of works in Persian 8vo or large 8vo, lithographed throughout and with decorative title-pages, titles comprising: 1) Nur al-Din Muhammad Zuhuri (d.1615/16). Mina Bazar. [Lucknow]: Nawal Kishore, 1274 AH [1867/8 CE]. [Bound with:] Aurangzeb (1618-1707), Mughal Emperor. Ruqa'at-i Alamgiri ['Letters of Alamgir']. [Lucknow]: Nawal Kishore, 1281 AH [1864/5 AH]. [And:] Mian Jan. Dustur al-Arqam. [Calcutta?]: Government Press, 1859. In Urdu, containing specimens of petitions and official documents, one of 2,000 copies. 3 works in 1 volume, contemporary red sheep with marbled paper sides, 44, 46 and 47 pp., a few small worm-tracks; 2) Ni'mat Khan 'Ali (d.1709-10). Waqa'i' ['Events']. [Lucknow]: Nawal Kishore, 1884, contemporary half cloth, 1-2 154 3-4 pp., light largely marginal worming to outer leaves, repair to lower fore corners of last two leaves; 3) Sa'di Shirazi (1210-1291/2). Bustan. Delhi: Matba' Mujtaba, 1329 AH [i.e. 1911]. Large 8vo, contemporary half sheep, 288 pp., separately published fragment ('Farhang-i Bustan') bound in at rear, ink-stamp (Haji Sayed Abdur Rahim Khanga) and Urdu ownership inscription to initial blank, light marginal worming; 4) Idem. Tayyibat. Lucknow: Nawal Kishore, 1902. Large 8vo, contemporary red leather, rebacked and relined, 258 [2] pp., covers flecked with white marks, stain to last few leaves; 5) Idem. Gulistan. Mumbai: Matba' Safadri, 1888. Contemporary half calf, 252 pp., text-block detached from binding Qty: (5) Note: Nur al-Din Muhammad Zuhuri, of Persian origin, was a poet at the court of the Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II, ruler of Bijapur in modern-day Karnataka; Mina Bazar is a description of the bazaar which his patron built there. Ni'mat Khan 'Ali's work (Waqa'i') is a satirical account of Aurangzeb's siege of Hyderabad in 1687.

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