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Auction archive: Lot number 18

An impressive lithographed copy of Firdausi's Shahnama, with 58 illustrations, by the scribe Muhammad Ibrahim

Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,957 - US$2,610
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 18

An impressive lithographed copy of Firdausi's Shahnama, with 58 illustrations, by the scribe Muhammad Ibrahim

Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,957 - US$2,610
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

lithograph on paper, 346 leaves, 33 lines to the page in nasta'liq script in six columns, headings in nasta'liq script within decorated panels, catchwords, page numbers, 58 illustrations, mostly quarter-page, several three-quarter-page, opening prose preface, monochrome decorated opening headpiece, full-page decoration preceding this, four further decorated headpieces, European-style red leather gilt 395 x 265 mm.

Auction archive: Lot number 18
Auction:
Datum:
26 Oct 2020
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street
Beschreibung:

lithograph on paper, 346 leaves, 33 lines to the page in nasta'liq script in six columns, headings in nasta'liq script within decorated panels, catchwords, page numbers, 58 illustrations, mostly quarter-page, several three-quarter-page, opening prose preface, monochrome decorated opening headpiece, full-page decoration preceding this, four further decorated headpieces, European-style red leather gilt 395 x 265 mm.

Auction archive: Lot number 18
Auction:
Datum:
26 Oct 2020
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street
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