Ɵ Nizami, section from the Khamsa, manuscript on paper [Persia or India, 1(0)52 AH (1642-3)]

Ɵ Nizami Ganjavi, substantial section of the Khamsa (containing four of five of the epic's poems), copied by Ahzar' Abad Muhammad, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia or India, dated 20 Dey 1(0)52 AH (1642-3)]single volume, 330 leaves, containing Khosrow wa Shirin, Leili o Majnun, Eskandar Nameh and Haft Peykar (all but Makhzan ol'Asrar from the Khamsa), apparently complete sections in themselves, some leaves misbound, four columns of black nasta'liq, some headings in red, catchwords throughout, columns ruled in gilt and blue, some marginal worming (particularly to end of volume), a few leaves with outer edges repaired, a few small scuffs, else clean and presentable condition, 300 by 210 mm.; eighteenth-century western half-morocco, spine gilt in compartments, edges marbled, head and tail of spine worn with slight loss to leatherA large format and neatly copied manuscript containing four of five parts of Nizami's Khamsa. The lack of illuminated headings and relatively informal hand suggest that this was perhaps produced for scholarly use and then sold to a Western traveller in the late eighteenth century.