Hakim Manuchehri Damghani, Divan, illuminated manuscript with lacquer binding incorporating photographs of Prince Dust Muhammad Khan, Mu'ayyir al-Mamalik
Qajar Persia, dated AH 1294-95/AD 1877-78
Persian manuscript on paper, 183 leaves, 9 lines to the page written in one or two columns of elegant nasta'liq script in black ink, double intercolumnar rules in black throughout, inner and outer margins ruled in red, green, blue and gold, catchwords, contemporary commentaries in wide margins, three double pages of fine illumination in colours and gold, in good condition, fine contemporary lacquer binding incorporating photographs of the prince in European attire seated on the edge of a chaise longue beside a table with an ornamental clock and a statue, commission text written in elegant nasta'liq script above and below photographs, slight crackling, doublures with European prints of lovers in a landscape
246 x 165 mm.