ID 828690
Lot 13 | SHAYKH 'ABD AL-WAHHAB BIN AHMAD AL-SHA'RANI (D. 1565 AD): KITAB AL-MIZAN AL-SHA'RANIYA
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
OTTOMAN EMPIRE, DATED DHU'L-HIJJA AH 1104/AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1693 AD
An important work on the four Sunni schools of law, Arabic manuscript on European watermarked paper, 400ff. plus two flyleaves, each with 29ll. of black naskh within red rules, important words and some titles in red, catchwords, opening folio with gold and polychrome headpiece, seven folios with gold and green diagrams, colophon dated, in red leather binding with brown leather spine and flap
Text panel 7 3/8 x 3 7/8in. (18.5 x 10cm.); folio 11 1/4 x 7in. (28.5 x 17.7cm.)
Provenance
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York
Special notice
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
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