MANSUR BIN MUHAMMAD BIN AHMAD BIN YUSUF BIN FAQIR ILYAS (FL. 15TH CENTURY): AL-TASHRIH BI'L-TASWIR, TIMURID IRAN, EARLY 15TH CENTURY

MANSUR BIN MUHAMMAD BIN AHMAD BIN YUSUF BIN FAQIR ILYAS (FL. 15TH CENTURY): AL-TASHRIH BI'L-TASWIR
TIMURID IRAN, EARLY 15TH CENTURY
An illustrated anatomy, Persian manuscript on paper, 23ff. each with 24ll. of small black naskh, important words and phrases picked out in red, text panels outlined in gold and blue, the text with five full-page anatomical drawings, some with notes, one further chart, first folio with the bismillah in large gold thuluth on a ground of scrolling vine, later owner's notes on the first and final folio, repairs to the margins, areas of staining, in soft brown morocco highlighted with gold
Text panel 6½ x 4 3/8in. (16.4 x 11.5cm.); folio 9 5/8 x 6 3/8in. (24.3 x 15.9cm.)

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