Lot 13
Al-Hariri of Basra (Arab poet) Maqamat al-Hariri, manuscript in Arabic, on paper, in a neat naskhi script by by Muhammad Al-Fawzi, headings in red, margins in gold, single-page illuminated heading in gold and colours, [Phillipps Ms. 2815], [Turkey], 1771-72.
Hammer Price: £2,400
Description
Al-Hariri of Basra (Arab poet, scholar and government official of the Seljuk Empire, 1054-1122) Maqamat al-Hariri, manuscript in Arabic, on paper, 369pp., 17 lines, in a neat naskhi script by by Muhammad Al-Fawzi, headings in red, margins in gold, single-page illuminated heading in gold and colours, original black morocco, gilt border, worn with some worming, rubbed, [Phillipps Ms. 2815 and with his ink ownership stamp], 210 x 125mm., [Turkey], 1771-72.
⁂ The Maqamat al-Hariri, a collection of some fifty stories written in the Maqama style, a mix of verse and literary prose.
Provenance: Sold as part of lot 170 in Bibliotheca Phillippica, Part IV, Catalogue of Persian, Turkish and Arabic Manuscripts, Sotheby's, 1968.
Description
Al-Hariri of Basra (Arab poet, scholar and government official of the Seljuk Empire, 1054-1122) Maqamat al-Hariri, manuscript in Arabic, on paper, 369pp., 17 lines, in a neat naskhi script by by Muhammad Al-Fawzi, headings in red, margins in gold, single-page illuminated heading in gold and colours, original black morocco, gilt border, worn with some worming, rubbed, [Phillipps Ms. 2815 and with his ink ownership stamp], 210 x 125mm., [Turkey], 1771-72.
⁂ The Maqamat al-Hariri, a collection of some fifty stories written in the Maqama style, a mix of verse and literary prose.
Provenance: Sold as part of lot 170 in Bibliotheca Phillippica, Part IV, Catalogue of Persian, Turkish and Arabic Manuscripts, Sotheby's, 1968.
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