Ibrahim ibn Darwish `Uthman Haqqi al-Arzrumi, Ma`rifatnameh, an encyclopaedic work, illuminated and illustrated in the Ottoman style by 'Abdallah Lutfi
Constantinople, AH 1203/ AD 1788, dated AH 1239/AD 1823 (?)
Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 358 leaves, 33 lines to the page copied in neat black naskhi script, gold ruled borders, highlights in red, several illuminated diagrams and tables, staining and crude repairs throughout, illuminated colophon, original stamped brown morocco with flap, worn, split to spine
285 x 175 mm.