Persian Journal—Sherafat (Sharafat) Two volumes of issues containing portraits. [late nineteenth-century] 2 volumes, folio (424 x 265mm.), lithographed throughout, Persian text, with 60 lithographed portraits, and one view (the first volume with 28 portraits and one view; the second with 32 portraits), some portraits with hand-colour, twentieth-century cloth bindings, the second volume with stains and tears (some crudely repaired with tape), sold as a periodical not subject to return Rare Persian lithography. Sharafat was one of several official newspapers established in Iran under Nasir al-Din Shah and was published from 1896 until 1903. The portraits include members of the royal family, court officials, foreign rulers and diplomats.Condition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
Persian Journal—Sherafat (Sharafat) Two volumes of issues containing portraits. [late nineteenth-century] 2 volumes, folio (424 x 265mm.), lithographed throughout, Persian text, with 60 lithographed portraits, and one view (the first volume with 28 portraits and one view; the second with 32 portraits), some portraits with hand-colour, twentieth-century cloth bindings, the second volume with stains and tears (some crudely repaired with tape), sold as a periodical not subject to return Rare Persian lithography. Sharafat was one of several official newspapers established in Iran under Nasir al-Din Shah and was published from 1896 until 1903. The portraits include members of the royal family, court officials, foreign rulers and diplomats.Condition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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