Lot 56
Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa Shawariq al-Anwar, prayers North Africa, dated AH 1337/AD 1918(2)
10 April 2008, 14:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,000 - £1,500
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North Africa, dated AH 1337/AD 1918
North Africa, dated AH 1337/AD 1918
Arabic manuscript on paper, 174 leaves, 10 lines to the page written in clear maghribi script in black ink, significant words picked out in red, blue and green throughout, inner margins ruled in blue and red, occasional catchwords in wide margins, numerous diagrams at beginning including one of the holy tombs in Mecca and Madinah, a few folios badly stained affecting text, rather worn, contemporary brown morocco, with flap, worn, 151 x 134 mm.; and a manuscript of Sharh Um al-Barahin by Muhammad bin Yusuf al-Sanussi, North Africa, dated 26th Rabi' al-Thani 1258/6th June 1842
218 x 166 mm.(2)
218 x 166 mm.(2)