Live auction - Lot 149

[Persia - Medicine]

Illuminated manuscript relating to medicinal herbs.

[19th c.?]


Hammer price: € 1.000

€ 600 / 800

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8vo (23,5 x 14 cm): [52] ff., on paper, in Persian, 17 ll. (complete?, sl. brown, sl. waterstained and spotting, some ff. reinforced).

Contemp. purple cloth, flat spine (sm. def.).

Unidentified text, untitled, relating to the use of medicinal herbs. Fine illumination: opening page ruled with gilt, red and blue borders and with foliate scrolls on gold and polychrome illuminated panel, 9 full-page gilt heightened miniatures figuring court and hunting scenes in the style of Indian mogul miniature, dating presumably from the 19th c.

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Lot 149

Illuminated manuscript relating to medicinal herbs.

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